Avery Drawings & Archives Collections
 

Hector Guimard architectural drawings and papers, 1903-1933, bulk 1903-1929

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID 3460610 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Guimard, Hector, 1867-1942; Addams, Jane, 1860-1935; Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Title Hector Guimard architectural drawings and papers, 1903-1933, bulk 1903-1929
Physical Description 115 items
Language(s) French .
Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Drawings are arranged in chronological order.

Description

Scope and Content

The architectural drawings in the collection represent 20 projects dated from the 1900s to the 1920s. Each project was catalogued separately in the online catalog. This finding aid provides a link to each project's associated record. Sheet level description can be found in these project-level records. Each sheet is individually accessioned with numbers ranging from 1000.006.00001 through .00111.

Also included are reports and pamphlets, 1915-1919 and undated, of the Association for the Study and Propaganda of the International Pax-State (Etat-Pax, in French), of which Guimard was a member (the Association was in favor of assuring the security, prosperity, and independence of nations through super-armament), and an issue, 1933, of PAX INTERNATIONAL, the monthly journal of the Ligue Internationale de Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté, whose honorary president was Jane Addams.

Using the Collection

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Restrictions on Use

Columbia University is providing access to the materials in the Library's collections solely for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including, but not limited to, publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly prohibited. All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For additional guidance, see Columbia University Libraries' publication policy.

In addition to permission from Columbia University, permission of the copyright owner (if not Columbia University) and/or any holder of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) may also be required for reproduction, publication, distributions, and other uses. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of any item and securing any necessary permissions rests with the persons desiring to publish the item. Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.

Preferred Citation

Hector Guimard architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Gift. Accession number--1000.006.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Revision Description

2009-06-25 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Architects Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
architectural drawings (visual works) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Apartment houses -- France -- Paris Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- France -- Designs and plans Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- France Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Art nouveau (Architecture) -- France Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Association for the Study and Propaganda of the International Pax-State Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Castles -- France Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Chateau de Chavaudon (France) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Commercial buildings -- France Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dwellings -- France -- Auteuil Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hotel de Voyageurs (France) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hotels -- France Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hotels -- France -- Paris Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
International organization Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Maison Americaine (France) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Security, International Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women -- Societies and clubs -- Periodicals Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

French architect. Guimard was a leading practioner of the Art Nouveau style, working primarily in Paris.