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DescriptionSummarySketchbooks, 1895-1903; sketches, 1894-1896, made while Magonigle was travelling in Europe on Rotch Travelling Scholarship; graphic designs, 1902-1919; rendered competition drawings for government buildings, circa 1907-1920, and memorial structures, circa 1910-1930; photographs of Magonigle's architectural drawings, memorial structures, monuments, and other architectural work, much of it located in New York City, circa 1900s-1930s. Among projects represented in the collection are the Gates Avenue Courthouse, Brooklyn, N.Y.; the Firemen's Memorial, the Robert Fulller Memorial, and the National Watergate Memorial in New York City's Riverside Park; the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo.; the Isaac Guggenheim house in Port Washington, N.Y.; numerous additions and alterations for the Franklin Murphy mansion in Mendham, N.J.; and the United States Embassy compound in Tokyo, Japan. Also, drawings by other architects including Hugh Ferriss, Thomas Rogers Kimball, Hubert George Ripley, and I.W. Taber, that were presented to Magonigle. Also included are drawings, circa 1910s-1940s, by Magonigle's wife, painter and designer Edith Marion Day; photographs of Day and Magonigle; manuscripts of lectures, literary works, and other writings by Magonigle; and ephemera.
Using the CollectionAvery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Restrictions on AccessThis 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. Preferred CitationHarold Van Buren Magonigle architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Related MaterialsHarold Van Buren Magonigle papers at Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. Edith Magonigle drawings, Avery Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. Immediate Source of AcquisitionSource of acquisition--Various gifts. Accession number--1000.028, 1939.001, 1996.018. About the Finding Aid / Processing InformationColumbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Processing InformationDrawings for the collection were cataloged in 1978 during Project AVIADOR (Avery Videodisc Index of Architectural Drawings on RYAN). The collection was re-inventoried by Paul Guidos (Student Assistant) in 2022. Shelley Hayreh (Archivist & Collection Manager) edited and published the finding aid for the collection in 2022. Subject HeadingsThe 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. All links open new windows. Genre/Form
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History / Biographical NoteBiographical / HistoricalHarold Van Buren Magonigle was born in Bergen Heights, New Jersey on October 17, 1867. His father John Henry was, for a time, the business manager of actor Edwin Booth. His mother, Katherine Devlin, was the sister of Booth's wife. By the age of 13, Magonigle had entered the work force, starting with a student draftsman position at the architecture firm of Vaux and Radford. In 1882, Magonigle left for a position in the offices of Charles C. Haight, staying five years. In 1887, he joined the offices of McKim, Mead and White and worked there until a move to Boston in 1892, where he worked for the firm Rotch and Tilden. In 1894, Magonigle won the Rotch Travelling Fellowship and traveled throughout England, France, Greece and Italy for the next two years. After the completion of the fellowship, he returned to the offices of McKim, Mead and White. Over the next few years, he moved around working briefly as a partner of Evarts Tracy, then head draftsman with Schickel and Ditmars, followed by a short association with H.W. Wilkinson. Around 1902, Magonigle went into private practice, where he remained for the rest of his career. Magonigle died on August 20th, 1935 following a stroke suffered while on vacation visiting friends in Vergennes, Vermont. Edith Magonigle donated his drawings to Avery Library in 1939. |