Howells & Stokes architectural records and drawings, 1900-1940, bulk 1904-1907
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Bib ID:
- 3464557 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944; Howells, John Mead, 1868-1959; Howells and Stokes
- Repository:
- Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
- Physical Description:
- 4 manuscript boxes; 11 Sheets
- Language(s):
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English
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- Access:
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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
Scope and content
Correspondence, specifications, contracts, invoices, financial statements, memoranda, and architectural drawings pertaining to the construction of St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University, New York, N.Y.), a project designed by Howells & Stokes, and by Stokes independently. Correspondence is between Howells & Stokes and Columbia University officials, contractors, and suppliers, including Nicholas Murray Butler, R. Guastavino Co., Tiffany Studios, Coppède, Paul Manship, and McKim, Mead & White, as well as Stokes' aunts Olivia Egleston Phelps Stokes and Caroline Phelps Stokes.
General Note
This is the host record for which 1 separate RLIN VIM record was created. The RLIN VIM ID number is NYDA97-F5, and the accession numbers are 1000.039.00001 through.00011
Using the Collection
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, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the director of Avery Library.
Preferred Citation
Howells & Stokes architectural records and drawings. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Howells & Stokes architectural records and drawings, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Transferred from the Office of the President, Columbia University, 1000/030 (circa 1970); and transfer from Columbia University Dept. of Facilities, 1995.012.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Processing Information
correspondence, architectural drawings accessioned, described 04/21/1997.
Biographical / Historical
Architectural firm in New York, N.Y. formed by the partnership of Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) and John Mead Howells (1868-1959). The firm dissolved in 1917.
Subject Headings
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Architectural drawings -- American |
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Colleges |
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Contracts |
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Correspondence |
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Detail drawings (drawings) |
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Financial statements |
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Invoices |
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Notes (documents) |
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Schools |
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Specifications |
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Universities |
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Atlantic Terra Cotta Company (New York, N.Y.) |
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Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947 |
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Coppedè, Adolfo, 1871-1951 |
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Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 |
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R. Guastavino Company |
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St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University) |
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Stokes, Caroline Green Mitchell |
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Stokes, Olivia Egleston Phelps, 1847-1927 |
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Tiffany Studios (New York, N.Y.) |
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Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York |
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Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans |
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Chapels (rooms or structures) |
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Churches (buildings) |
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Memorials |
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