Walker O. Cain architectural records and papers collection, 1892-1994, bulk 1960-1994

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Series V: Miscellaneous



Box 15 Photograph Album

Family album of photographs of WOC as a child and adolescent, dating from 1927 to 1936



Box 17 Folder 12 Postcards to family

4 postcards from Cain to parents, and program for funeral of Oscar Clyde Cain (WOC's father)



Box 13 Folder 24 Postcards, blank

253 items : from Singapore, Bath, London, Indonesia, Finland, Germany, Thailand, Hong Kong, Paris, Portugal, Tivoli, Sweden, Japan, Egypt

5 postcards with notes

(Accession No. 1996.005)



Box 13 Folder 25 Postcards, with notes and letters

5 items

(Accession No. 1996.005)



Box 13 Folder 25 Photographs, Egypt

5 items

(Accession No. 1996.005)



Box 13 Folder 25 Photographs, Miscellaneous

2 items

(Accession No. 1996.005)



Box 13 Folder 25 Miscellaneous envelopes, passes, articles

7 items

(Accession No. 1996.005)



Oversize 02 Folder 19 Invitations

7 copies of invitations, including 1970 invitation to Spring Concert, The 88 Amateur Show, and the Southampton Jazz Festival



Oversize 02 Folder 23 Rome and Athens Plans

Copy of Athens Plan of the Ancient Agora

Maps, Plans and Drawings from Rome "Al Tempo di Benedetto XIV" by Giambattista Nolli from 1748, published in the Vatican, 1932



Oversize 03 Folder 02 Maps

8 maps from various countries and continents from the "Geografia Commerciale" series

1 color plan of floor pattern from the Basilica of St. Marco, and 1 color isometric map of Rome from 1574, compliments of the Hotel de la Ville Inter-Continental Roma



Roll A29A.16 Copy of Old Etching/Map of Rom

1 drawing



Box 15 Smithsonian Institution Constitution Ave. Fountains

Series of letters from WOC and Anthony DiMartino, dating from 1969 to 1972, concerning the Constitution Avenue Fountain, including copies of photographs and specifications regarding the project (bound in chronological order)



Oversize 03 Folder 08 Papyrus

Egyptian insignia and dedication to WOC as Master Architect



Box 13 Folder 31 Photographs and Stamps

2 abstract color photographs, one identified as detail on fluted columns, signed by unknown artist and labeled "Athens 1983" on the back; the other of decorative woodwork

2 unaddressed envelopes with commemorative stamps of architecture in the United States, stamped in 1981