Samuel Gottscho American architecture photographs and negatives, 1925-1939

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
3460599 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Gottscho, Samuel H. (Samuel Herman), 1875-1971; Pope, John Russell, 1874-1937; Litchfield, Electus D. (Electus Darwin), 1872-1952; Atterbury, Grosvenor; Baum, Dwight James, 1886-1939; Pancoast, Russell T (Russell Thorn), 1899-1972; Weed, Robert Law; Volk, John L; Treanor & Fatio; Peabody, Wilson & Brown
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
30,000 items
Language(s):
English .
Access:

Collection is unavailable for use due to conservation concerns. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Description

Summary

Approximately 30,000 negatives and prints of buildings primarily on the East Coast, designed by various architects, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Constitution Hall and the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., and several churches and houses, all designed by John Pope Russell; four houses by Electus D. Litchfield; houses and other projects by Grosvenor Atterbury; houses by Peabody, Wilson & Brown; the John Ringling mansion in Sarasota, Florida, among other houses, churches, and office buildings designed by Dwight James Baum; numerous houses and apartment buildings in Miami Beach, Florida, especially those by Russell T. Pancoast and Robert Law Weed; many other houses throughout Florida by architects such as John L. Volk and Treanor and Fatio; and many houses and estates located in suburbs of New York City, particulary Greenwich, Conn., Montclair, N.J., and Mt. Kisco, Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, and South Hampton, N.Y.

Arrangement

Images are arranged in the original numerical order assigned by Gottscho.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

Collection is unavailable for use due to conservation concerns. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.

Preferred Citation

Samuel Gottscho American architecture : photographs and negatives. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Gift. Accession number--1964.002.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Biographical / Historical

Architectural photographer in New York City. Gottscho was also known for his photographs of flowers and gardens.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
negatives (photographs) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Baltimore Museum of Art CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Constitution Hall (Washington, D.C.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
John and Mable Ringling Mansion (Sarasota, Fla.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
National Archives (Washington, D.C.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Architectural photography CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- Connecticut -- Greenwich CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- Florida CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- Florida -- Miami Beach CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- Florida -- Sarasota CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- New Jersey -- Montclair CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Locust Valley CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Mount Kisco CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Oyster Bay CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Southampton CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Buildings -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID