Trans World Airlines Unit Terminal Building New York International Airport architectural drawings, 1958-1961

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Architectural working drawings are stored in numerical order, sheets 2 through 121, with some sheets lacking.

• Series I: Architectural Working Drawings

Description

Scope and Content

Collection consists of 51 reprographic architectural working drawings for the TWA Terminal A at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, N.Y., drawn between 1958 and 1961. All sheets are diazo print on paper, with a very few bearing graphite and/or colored pencil annotations. Earlier drawings note Eero Saarinen as the architect of record; later drawings note Eero Saarinen and Associates. Architectural working drawings are stored in numerical order, sheets 2 through 121, with some sheets lacking.

• Series I: Architectural Working Drawings

Using the Collection

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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 and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.

Preferred Citation

Trans World Airlines Unit Terminal Building, New York International Airport, architectural drawings. Located in Columbia University, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Department of Drawings & Archives.

Custodial History

Gift of Lawrence G. Zimmerman, 1973.

Acquisition

Lawrence G. Zimmerman, 1973 1972.004

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Processing Information

Papers Processed avr 04/04/2007.

Revision Description

2009-06-25 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

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