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Abbott Merkt and Company records, 1906-1994

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Series 7: Richard H. Tatlow III, Professional Papers

This series, as created by Mr. Tatlow, contains materials about the general operations of Abbott Merkt, as well as items related to specific Abbott Merkt, Harrington & Cortelyou, and War Department projects; these items have been retained in this series as found.

Subseries A: Administrative Papers

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 71 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Office operations and corporate planning. [1 of 3.], 1972-1984, 13 items


Box 71 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Office operations and corporate planning. [2 of 3], 1969-1971, 15 items


Box 71 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Office operations and corporate planning. [3 of 3], 1929-1968, 18 items


Box 71 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Operating guidelines and company future. Memoranda., 1971-1974, 4 items

Personal and confidential notes between Tatlow III and Tatlow IV.


Box 71 Letters of introduction to the Portland Cement Company., 1926, 2 items


Box 71 NUS Corporation., 1973, 2 items


Box 71 Office operations. Notes and correspondence. [1 of 5.], 1963-1966, 8 items

Includes correspondence between R.H. Tatlow III and Hunley Abbott.


Box 71 Office operations. Notes and correspondence. [2 of 5.], 1950-1958, 8 items

Includes correspondence between R.H. Tatlow III and Hunley Abbott.


Box 71 Office operations. Notes and correspondence. [3 of 5.], 1945-1947, 22 items

Includes correspondence between R.H. Tatlow III and Hunley Abbott.


Box 71 Office operations. Notes and correspondence. [4 of 5.], 1939-1943, 15 items

Includes correspondence between R.H. Tatlow III and Hunley Abbott.


Box 71 Office operations and management. Notes and correspondence. [5 of 5.], 1938, 21 items

Includes correspondence between R.H. Tatlow III and Hunley Abbott.


Box 71 "Report on Management Study of Abbott, Merkt & Company by Walter E. Reitz, Management Consultant.", 1969 Feb 26, 1 item

Subseries B: Associations and Committees

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 71 A-E Services Committee. Correspondence., 1967-1970, 6 items

Letters against competitive bidding for architect-engineer services.


Box 71 American Society of Civil Engineers. Correspondence. [1 of 3.], 1968-1972, 10 items


Box 71 American Society of Civil Engineers. Correspondence. [2 of 3.], 1966, 1967, 15 items


Box 71 American Society of Civil Engineers. Correspondence. [3 of 3.], 1960-1966, 11 items


Box 71 American Society of Civil Engineers. Notes and correspondence., 1962-1968, 8 items

Includes numerous newspaper clippings featuring Tatlow.


Box 71 Awards and life memberships. Various., 1960-1979, 6 items


Box 71 Consulting Engineer., 1960 May, 1 item

Profile of Richard H. Tatlow, III.


Box 71 Correspondence from various associations and committees., 1946-1974, 16 items

Includes Science and Technology Advisory Council and AICE among many.


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [1 of 12.], 1974, 1975, 7 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [2 of 12.], 1973, 23 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [3 of 12.], 1973, 13 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [4 of 12.], 1973, 17 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [5 of 12.], 1973, 11 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [6 of 12.], 1972, 1973, 13 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [7 of 12], 1972, 24 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [8 of 12.], 1971, 16 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [9 of 12.], 1971, 8 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [10 of 12.], 1971, 21 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [11 of 12.], 1971, 13 items


Box 72 National Board of Accreditation in Concrete Construction. Correspondence. [12 of 12.], 1971, 11 items


Box 72 Notes and correspondence., 1933-1953, 17 items


Box 72 Notes and correspondence., 1941-1960, 21 items


Box 72 Notes and correspondence., 1962-1973, 17 items


Box 72 "Richard H. Tatlow III: ASCE President Drives Ahead for A-E's." Engineering News-Record., 1967 Sep 26, 1 item


Box 72 "Tatlow for Blossom." Architectural Forum., 1941 May, 1 item

Subseries C: Awards and Degrees

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box Box American Society of Civil Engineers. Certificate of presidency., 1968-1969, 2 items

Includes correspondence regarding certificate.


Box 72 University of Colorado. George F. Norlin Award., 1960, 1970, 4 items


Box 72 Various awards and degrees., 1946-1969, 4 items

Includes Citation for Legion of Merit and Metropolitan Section, American Society of Civil Engineers award.


Box 72 Various membership awards from societies and institutions., 1944-1970, 5 items

Subseries D: Correspondence

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 72 Letters of recommendation., 1954-1958, 3 items

Letters from J. Buckley Bryan of R.H. Macy & Co. Inc.


Box R.H. Tatlow Prof. Files Box 1 Notes and correspondence., 1931-1962, 9 items


Box 72 Notes and correspondence., 1946, 22 items

Regarding R.H. Tatlow III's appointment as president of Abbott, Merkt & Co.


Box 72 Tatlow, Richard H. III and Abbott, Merkt & Co. employees. [1 of 4.], 1982-1986, 20 items


Box 72 Tatlow, Richard H. III and Abbott, Merkt & Co. employees. [2 of 4.], 1977-1981, 20 items


Box 72 Tatlow, Richard H. III and Abbott, Merkt & Co. employees. [3 of 4.], 1975, 1976, 23 items


Box 72 Tatlow, Richard H. III and Abbott, Merkt & Co. employees. [4 of 4.], 1972-1974, 24 items

Subseries E: Datebooks


Box 74 Business Yearbooks., 1950-1984, 33 items

Entries includes both personal and business information.

Subseries F: Financial Records

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Annual reports. [1 of 5.], 1955, 1956, 2 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Annual reports. [2 of 5.], 1953, 1954, 2 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Annual reports. [3 of 5.], 1951, 1952, 2 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Annual reports., 1949, 1950, 2 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Annual reports. [5 of 5.], 1946-1948, 3 items


Box 72 "Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Management Report, Projections and Objectives.", 1975 Dec 15, 1 item


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Board meetings., 1967, 1983, 3 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Financial statements and reports on audits (cash basis). [1 of 4.], 1965, 1966, 2 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Financial statements and audits (cash basis). [2 of 4.], 1963, 1964, 2 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Financial statements and audits (cash basis). [3 of 4.], 1960, 1962, 2 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Financial statements and audits (cash basis). [4 of 4.], 1955-1959, 4 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Reports on examination of accounts, years ending December 1952, 1953 and 1954., 1952-1954, 3 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Reports on examination of financial statements, years ending December 1967 and 1968., 1967, 1968, 3 items


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt Architects, Inc, Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Engineers, Situation Report., 1975 Jul 08, 1 item


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt Architects, Inc. Stock purchase agreements. [1 of 2.], 1987, 9 items

Stock agreements of the Tatlow family.


Box 72 Abbott, Merkt Architects, Inc. Stock purchase agreements. [2 of 2.], 1987, 5 items

Stock agreements of the Tatlow family.


Box 72 Acquisition of Abbott, Merkt Architects, Inc. by DMJM., 1985, 1986, 20 items


Box 72 Acquisition of Abbott, Merkt Architects, Inc. by DMJM. [1 of 4.], 1987, 6 items


Box 72 Acquisition of Abbott, Merkt Architects, Inc. by DMJM. [2 of 4.], 1986, 4 items


Box 72 Acquisition of Abbott, Merkt Architects, Inc. by DMJM. [3 of 4.], 1985, 11 items


Box 72 Acquisition of Abbott, Merkt Architects, Inc. by DMJM. [4 of 4.], 1979-1984, 6 items


Box 72 "Stock Purchase Agreement, February 7, 1984.", 1984 Mar 31, 1 item

Subseries G: General Papers

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 73 B. Altman & Co. Warehouse and 3rd Floor Addition. Long Island City (NY)., 1948, 1954, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 B. Gertz, Inc. Warehouse. Queens (Jamaica) (NY)., 1947, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 Bamberger's Warehouse. Bloomfield (NJ)., 1947, 1 item

Project overview.


Box R.H. Tatlow Prof. Files Box 2 Berkley Bridge. Correspondence. Norfolk (VA)., 1946, 2 items


Box 73 Building unit costs for Jobs #224 thru 996. [1 of 5.], 1925-1942, 1 item


Box 73 Building unit costs for Jobs #224 thru 996. [2 of 5.], 1942-1951, 1 item


Box 73 Building unit costs for Jobs #224 thru 996. [3 of 5.], 1951-1958, 1 item


Box 73 Building unit costs for Jobs #224 thru 996. [4 of 5.], 1958-1963, 1 item


Box 73 Building unit costs for Jobs #224 thru 996. [5 of 5.], 1961-1967, 1 item


Box 73 Hecht Company Arlington Store. Arlington (VA)., 1950 Oct 10, 1 item

Project comments.


Box 73 Hecht Company Service Building. (MD)., 1955, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 Hecht Company Warehouse Addition. Washington (DC)., 1946, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 Le Grand Bazar Service Building. Antwerp (Belgium)., 1953, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 Le Grand Bazar. Antwerp (Belgium). Correspondence., 1954 Oct 10, 1 item

Letter of thanks and request for advise.


Box 73 Libbey, F.W., W.D. Lowry and R.S. Mason. "Ferruginous Bauxite Deposits in Northwestern Oregon." State of Oregon, Department of Geology and Mineral Industries., 1945, 1 item


Box 73 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb Service Building. Birmingham (AL)., 1950, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 Rike-Kumler Company Service Building. Dayton (OH)., 1953, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney, Inc. Service Building. St. Louis (MO)., 1952, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 Stix, Baer and Fuller Service Building., 1957, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 William H. Block Company Service Building. Indianapolis (IN), 1957, 1 item

Project overview.


Box 73 William Hengerer Company Warehouse Addition. Buffalo (NY), 1956, 1 item

Project overview.

Subseries H: Legal Files

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 73 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Department of Education, summons. [1 of 2.], 1973, 10 items


Box 73 Abbott, Merkt & Company, Inc. Department of Education, summons. [2 of 2.], 1973, 1 item

Subseries I: Licenses and Registrations

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 73 Corporate licenses. Notes and correspondence., 1970-1985, 17 items


Box 73 Licenses and registration, Hawaii. Tatlow, Richard H. III., 1973 Apr 19, 1 item


Box 73 Licenses and registrations, various. R.H. Tatlow III., 1941, 1943, 3 items

Subseries J: Photographs

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 73 Associations and committees. Various scenes., 1959-1968, 17 items; 13 items; 3 items; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Color photographic print

Black-and-white film negative

People


Box 73 Burdine's, Inc. Miami (FL), 1944, 3 items; 2 items; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Black-and-white film negative

Architectural drawing


Box 73 Caliber 30 Building - Lake City Ordnance Plant - War Department. Detroit (MI), 1940s, 1 item; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Architectural drawing


Box 73 Collapsible Building. Houston (TX), 1961 Oct, 1 item; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Construction view


Box 73 Hecht Company. Parkington Shopping Center (Arlington, VA), 1950s, 1 item; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Display window


Box 73 Macy's Department Store. New Haven (CT), 1963, 2 items; 2 items

Gelatin silver print

People

Groundbreaking.


Box 73 Tatlow, Richard. Portraits and photographs, miscellaneous., 1945-1977, undated, 23 items

People. Includes group photographs related to Tatlow's military service.


Box 73 Tatlow, Richard H., III. Various scenes., 1959-1962, 5 items; 5 items

Gelatin silver print

People.


Box 73 Tatlow, Richard H., III, with Don Dahl. Minneapolis TV #4., 1965 May, 5 items; 5 items

Gelatin silver print

People


Box 73 Tatlow, Richard H., III. Portraits., 1967, 10 items; 4 items; 6 items

Gelatin silver print

Black-and-white film negative

People


Box 73 Tatlow, Richard H., III. Norlin Award, University of Colorado., 1970, 2 items; 2 items

Gelatin silver print

People


Box 73 Traveler's Insurance Company. Bridge. Hartford (CT), 1930s, 1 item; 1 item

Gelatin silver print

Exterior perspective view

Subseries K: Public Relations

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 73 Abbott, Merkt & Company. Advertisements., 1961, 1962, 4 items


Box 73 "Bridges, Designed by Harrington & Cortelyou, Consulting Engineers, of which R.H. Tatlow was a partner.", undated, 2 items


Box 73 "Brochure of Abbott, Merkt & Company Incorporated, Industrial Engineers.", undated, 1 item


Box 73 Garden State Plaza and Monmouth Shopping Center (NJ)., 1951-1960, 9 items

Miscellaneous articles.


Box 73 HOK/BBA, Mideast Consortium, SRL. Catalog., circa 1970s, 1 item


Box 73 Tatlow, R. H., III. Miscellaneous newspaper articles., 1933-1960, 6 items

Subseries L: Writings

Materials are arranged alphabetically.


Box 73 "Building Research Advisory Board Promotes Development in Building Construction." Civil Engineering., 1947 Nov, 1 item


Box 73 "Calculations of Stresses in Bascule Pony Trusses." University of Colorado, M.A. Thesis., 1932, 1 item


Box 73 "Civil Engineer and Technician." Encyclopedia of Education, Macmillan Company., 1969, 1971, 2 items


Shelf C170rr Drafting tools, cased sets, undated, 6 cases


Shelf C170rr Drafting tools, rules., undated, 4 items


Box 73 "Planning A Modern Warehouse For Department Stores." Address given to the Annual Clinic of the Traffic Group of the National Retail Goods Association, Ohio., 1947 Apr 09, 1 item


Box 73 "Speeches For ASCE And Others BY R.H. Tatlow III.", 1967, 1968, 1 item


Box 73 Stores Magazine. Various articles., 1967, 1969, 2 items


Box F19.1 "Truck Loading Facilities for Shopping Centers," preliminary report., 1953 Aug 20, 1 item

Contains article: Tatlow, R.H., III. "Planning Facilities for Truck Traffic in Shopping Centers." Reprinted fromStores, November 1955.


Box 73 Various articles., 1947-1954, 9 items