George Howe papers, 1926-1974, bulk 1926-1955

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
3460619 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Howe, George, 1886-1955; Kozlenko, William, 1908-; Levinson, Maxwell, 1912-; Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005; Rice, Norman N; Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974; Buffler, Rob; Robertson, Howard, 1888-1963; Sherman, Roger (Roger W.); Berninger, Dominque; Bowman, Irving; Stern, Robert A. M; Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958; Biddle, Monroe; Blair, John (John M.); Carman, Harry T; Christenson, Carolyn K; Clarke, Joseph S., Jr; Creighton, Thomas H. (Thomas Hawk), 1904-1984; Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945; Cunningham, Cornelius Carman, 1890-1958; Fassett, F. G. (Frederick Gardiner), 1901-; Dowst, Loring; Harbeson, John F. (John Frederick), 1888-1986; Hill, Oliver; Ingersoll, Jared C; Harnwell, G. P. (Gaylord Probasco), 1903-1982; Jones, William Fontaine; Judge, Joseph; Lescaze, William, 1896-1969; Morse, John D; Paris, William Francklyn, 1871-1954; Peterson, Charles E (Charles Emil), 1906-2004; Roberts, Ruth C; Shapiro, Henry; Stonorov, Oscar, 1905-1970; Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986; Willcox, James M., 1861-; Wister, Owen J; Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959; Zevi, Bruno, 1918-2000; McManus, Ella Butt
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
11 manuscript boxes; 2 print boxes; 13 rolls; 3 oversize folders
Language(s):
English .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/avery_assets/Howe.George.pdf
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, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Description

Summary

Also, correspondence with Norman Bel Geddes, Monroe Biddle, John M. Blair, Harry T. Carman, Carolyn K. Christenson, Joseph S. Clarke, Jr., Thomas H. Creighton, Paul Cret, C.C. Cunningham, F.G. Fassett, Jr., Loring Dowst, John E. Harbeson, Oliver Hall, Jared C. Ingersoll, Gaylord P. Harnwell, William Fontaine Jones, Joseph Judge, William Lescaze, John D. Morse, William F. Paris, Charles E. Peterson, Ruth C. Roberts, Henry Shapiro, Oscar Stonorov, J.J. Sweeney, James M. Willcox, Owen J. Wister, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruno Zevi, and others. This relates to proposed development of air rights over New York City's Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 1955; architectural projects in Pennsylvania relating to mental health, 1955; proposed new Independence Mall Building in Philadelphia, 1955; the 1954 Boston Art Festival Architectural Exhibit; sculpture committee on the design of the Ella Butt McManus monument, Connecticut, 1954-1955; the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, building designed by Howe & Lescaze (with related memoranda, manuscripts of articles and talks, press releases, and architectural analyses), 1930-1939; and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis (with related printed material, clippings, and photograph)

Also, correspondence with Norman Bel Geddes, Monroe Biddle, John M. Blair, Harry T. Carman, Carolyn K. Christenson, Joseph S. Clarke, Jr., Thomas H. Creighton, Paul Cret, C.C. Cunningham, F.G. Fassett, Jr., Loring Dowst, John E. Harbeson, Oliver Hall, Jared C. Ingersoll, Gaylord P. Harnwell, William Fontaine Jones, Joseph Judge, William Lescaze, John D. Morse, William F. Paris, Charles E. Peterson, Ruth C. Roberts, Henry Shapiro, Oscar Stonorov, J.J. Sweeney, James M. Willcox, Owen J. Wister, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruno Zevi, and others. This relates to proposed development of air rights over New York City's Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 1955; architectural projects in Pennsylvania relating to mental health, 1955; proposed new Independence Mall Building in Philadelphia, 1955; the 1954 Boston Art Festival Architectural Exhibit; sculpture committee on the design of the Ella Butt McManus monument, Connecticut, 1954-1955; the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society, building designed by Howe & Lescaze (with related memoranda, manuscripts of articles and talks, press releases, and architectural analyses), 1930-1939; and the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis (with related printed material, clippings, and photograph)

Using the Collection

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Preferred Citation

George Howe papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Various gifts.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Biographical / Historical

Architect, Chair of the Dept. of Architecture at Yale University. Partner in the architecture firm Howe & Lescaze.

Subject Headings

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Diaries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Boston Art Festival Architectural Exhibition (Date of meeting or treaty signing: (1954).) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ella Butt McManus Monument (Conn.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Howe & Lescaze CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Independence Mall Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
PSFS Building (Philadelphia, Pa.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Yale University. Department of Architecture CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Saint Louis, Mo.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mexico -- Description and travel CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Architects -- Awards CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architects -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architectural design CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architectural firms CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Study and teaching CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Artists -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bank buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Exhibitions -- Massachusetts -- Boston CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Memorials -- Missouri -- Saint Louis CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Monuments -- Connecticut CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Railroad stations -- New York (State) -- New York CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Schools of architecture -- Connecticut -- New Haven CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID