A. D. F. Hamlin architectural drawings and papers, 1835-1926

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Bib ID	3460612 View CLIO record
Creator(s)	Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 ; Hamlin, Cyrus ; Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 ; MacNeil, Hermon Atkins, 1866-1947 ; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title	A. D. F. Hamlin architectural drawings and papers, 1835-1926
Physical Description	3 print boxes; 4 manuscript boxes; 2 folders; 4 oversize folders; 1 rolls; 1 item (framed drawing)
Language(s)	Some materials are in French.
Additional Description	http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/avery_assets/Hamlin.ADF.pdf
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Description

Summary

Architectural drawings for buildings designed by Hamlin including proposed alterations for the Charles Dudley Warner House, circa 1885; pumping station Clear Stream (or Clear Stream Station), Long Island, 1886; American Classical School, Athens, Greece, 1886-1888; proposed cottage for Mrs. R. Hoe at Sea Cliff, Long Island, 1887; an addition to Clinton Hall at Blair Presbyterian Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey, circa 1896; Soldier's Monument, Whitinsville, Massachusetts, circa 1904 (Hamlin was the architect and Herman A. MacNeil was the sculptor); and miscellaneous and unidentified structures. Also included are drawings done by Hamlin while a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1876-1877; sketches done by Hamlin on travels both in the United States and abroad, 1867-1923; photographs of various unidentified buildings and architectural drawings; manuscripts of "ARCHITECTURAL SHADES AND SHADOWS" with related drawings"History of American Art" (unfinished, in French), circa 1923, and "MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND THE CRITICS" circa 1923. Personal materials included undated photographs of A.D.F. Hamlin; a photograph of an 1835 portrait of Cyrus Hamlin; a volume containing condolences, 1926, on the occasion of A.D.F. Hamlin's death; and a scrapbook"Memoirs of Amherst, Class of '75" containing programs, invitations, clippings, notes, essays, exam questions, steamship passenger lists, and other materials.

Using the Collection

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Preferred Citation

A. D. F. Hamlin architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Gift.

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Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form

Heading	"CUL Archives:" "Portal"	"CUL Collections:" "CLIO"	"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:" "ArchivedGRID"
Architects	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works)	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"
American School of Classical Studies at Athens	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Study and teaching	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Blair Presbyterian Academy (Blairstown, N.J.). Clinton Hall	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Charles Dudley Warner Residence	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Clear Stream Station (Clear Stream, N.Y.)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
College teachers	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Cottages -- New York (State) -- Sea Cliff	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Industrial buildings -- New York (State) -- Clear Stream	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Mrs. R. Hoe cottage (Sea Cliff, N.Y.)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Schools -- Greece -- Athens	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Schools -- New Jersey -- Blairstown	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Soldier's Monument (Whitinsville, Mass.)	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Soldiers' monuments -- Massachusetts -- Whitinsville	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
United States -- Pictorial works	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Architect, Professor of Architecture. Hamlin was affiliated with the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, 1881-1883, and taught at Columbia's School of Architecture from 1883 to 1926.