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.
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Summary Information
At a Glance
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| Creator(s): | Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961. |
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| Title: | Trans World Airlines Unit Terminal Building, New York International Airport, architectural drawings,
1958-1961.
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| Physical description: | 51 sheets
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| Language(s): |
Materials are in English.
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| Access: |
This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into one series:
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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.
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Using the Collection
Access Restrictions
This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu.
Restrictions on Use
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.
For additional guidance on restrictions and permissions see Columbia University Libraries Publication and Digital Reproduction Policy and Procedures
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.
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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives; machine readable finding
aid created by Columbia University Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Papers Processed 04/04/2007 avr
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion June 25, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
CLIO ID: 6136153 View CLIO record
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Index Terms
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