Selma Rattner research papers on James Renwick, 1856-2001, bulk 1960s-2001

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Series 5. Grace Church, New York, New York



Box 09 Folder 42 and Drawer 154 100 Fourth Ave., NYC.

Holograph research notes, photocopied architectural drawings, architectural drawings on waxed canvas.



Box 09 Folder 43 150/ Misc. inserting new bldgs.

Newsletter, holograph research notes, Rattner correspondence, clippings, color photograph.



Box 09 Folder 44 150/ "tour" slide proj.

Photocopied maps and illustrations, booklet, antique postcard, Rattner correspondence.



Box 09 Folder 45 [150th anniversary.]

Holograph research notes.



Box 09 Folder 46 [150th anniversary.]

Holograph research notes, clipping, photocopied articles and illustrations.



Box 09 Folder 47 19, 21, 23 W. 9th., NYC.

Photocopied report.



Box 09 Folder 48 1st- contemporaneous, int.

Photocopied petition.



Box 09 Folder 49 1st- descriptions, contemporaneous.

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles.



Box 09 Folder 50 1st incorporation.

Holograph research notes, photocopied legal document.



Box 09 Folder 51 1st- lots from Trinity, 1810.

Holograph research notes.



Box 09 Folder 52 1st notes.

Holograph research notes, manuscript pages, clipping, photocopied article.



Box 09 Folder 53 1st- pews.

Photocopied articles.



Box 09 Folder 54 1st- views.

Photocopied illustration.



Box 09 Folder 55 1st, establishment.

Holograph research notes, photocopied article.



Box 09 Folder 56 31-45, 107-121 E. 10th St., NYC.

Holograph research notes.



Box 09 Folder 57 55 W. 10th St., NYC. 1884-1885.

Photocopied articles and illustrations, holograph research notes.



Box 09 Folder 58 71 Broadway, NYC. Empire Building, site of 1st Grace Church.

Clipping, holograph research notes, photocopied articles, illustrations, and land map, National Register of Historic Places nomination form.



Box 09 Folder 59 86-102 Fourth Ave., NYC, 1848.

Photocopied lot map, color slides, holograph research notes.



Box 09 Folder 60 [Accounts and bills.]

Photocopied original materials.



Box 09 Folder 61 Alpha chapter- Delta Psi.

Rattner correspondence, holograph research notes, postcard, photocopied legal documents and illustrations.



Box 09 Folder 62 Alterations.

Manuscript pages (photocopied and original), black and white photographs, transcribed articles, photocopied photographs, articles and illustrations.



Box 09 Folder 63 ["Antiques" magazine, 1968.]

Magazine, holograph research notes.



Box 09 Folder 64 Archbishop John Hughes. Research notes.

Internet articles, photocopied personal journal and articles, holograph research notes.



Box 09 Folder 65 Austen, David.

Holograph research notes.



Box 09 Folder 66 Bills of [?] re: stone.

Photocopied bills, holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 01 Bills, etc. [1 of 2].

Photocopied bills, accounts and receipts, holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 02 Bills, etc. [2 of 2].

Photocopied bills, accounts and receipts, holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 03 [Bills and accounts.]

Photocopied original materials.



Box 10 Folder 04 [Building and Finance Committee- see Box for original.]

Photocopied accounts.



Box 10 Folder 05 [Building materials samples, Grace Church Houses?]. [1 of 2.]

Envelopes containing materials samples.



Box 10 Folder 06 [Building materials samples, Grace Church Houses?]. [2 of 2.]

Envelopes containing materials samples.



Box 10 Folder 07 Chancel ext., 2nd c. 1903.

Photocopied buildings department application with lot map, holograph research notes, photocopied photographs, transcribed articles.



Box 10 Folder 08 Chantry- R & S Oct. 19, 1877- Apr. 11, 1878.

Holograph research notes, black and white photographs, photocopied photographs, articles and illustrations.



Box 10 Folder 09 Chapel- 1882/ Church of the Incarnation.

[Folder empty].



Box 10 Folder 10 Chapel 1st.

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles and illustrations.



Box 10 Folder 11 [Checks, bills, accounts, holograph research notes.]

Photocopied original materials.



Box 10 Folder 12 Choir room and vestry.

Photocopied buildings department application with lot map, holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 13 Choir school.

Photocopied correspondence.



Box 10 Folder 62 Christmas program, Grace Parish, 1883.

Printed paper.



Box 10 Folder 14 Chrono. and res.

Rattner correspondence, holograph research notes, photocopied articles and illustrations, transcribed minutes, clippings, original materials.



Box 10 Folder 15 Church and Rectory.

Rattner correspondence, pamphlet, clippings.



Box 10 Folder 16 Competition.

Holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 17 Connecting pavillion/ Replaced by Grace House.

Holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 18 Construction and costs.

Black and white photograph, negative and slide, original materials.



Box 10 Folder 19 Construction- marble.

Black and white photographs, negatives and slides.



Box 10 Folder 20 Construction specifications- original.

Black and white photograph, negative and slide.



Box 10 Folder 21 [Contact sheet- negatives.]

Negatives.



Box 10 Folder 22 Copy of acct book ["Accts. of the Buildg and Finance Committee, Grace Church"]. [1 of 3].

Photocopied account book.



Box 10 Folder 23 [Photocopies of account materials.] [2 of 3.]

Photocopied accounts.



Box 10 Folder 24 [Photocopies of account materials and other research.] [3 of 3.]

Holograph research notes, photocopied accounts.



Box 10 Folder 25 Correspondence.

Rattner correspondence.



Box 10 Folder 26 "Der Schweizerhauschenstil"/ (The Swiss House Style).

Manuscript pages, photocopied articles and illustrations.



Box 10 Folder 27 Descriptions- designations.

Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report.



Box 10 Folder 28 Descriptions- designations/ Rectory.

Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report, photocopied article.



Box 10 Folder 29 Descriptions, contemporaneous.

Holograph research notes, photocopied and transcribed articles.



Box 10 Folder 30 Descriptions, current.

Pamphlets, booklets, newsletter, transcribed article, holograph research notes, clippings.



Box 10 Folder 31 Descriptions, later.

Photocopied articles.



Box 10 Folder 32 Doorway- E. end, S. aisle 1893.

Photocopied articles and illustrations, black and white photographic reproductions and photographs, black and white slides.



Box 10 Folder 33 Doorway- transept, N. 1892.

Photocopied illustrations, black and white slides and photographic reproduction.



Box 10 Folder 34 Doorway- transept, S. 1892.

Photocopied articles and illustrations, black and white photographic reproduction.



Box 10 Folder 35 Doorway, E. end N. aisle J.R. 1884.

Black and white photograph, holograph research notes, color slides.



Box 10 Folder 36 E. 9th and 10th Sts., NYC.

Clippings, photocopied lot map, holograph research notes, photocopied report.



Box 10 Folder 37 "Ein Berner Bauernhaus" by Hans Martin Gubler.

Manuscript with photocopied architectural drawings.



Box 10 Folder 38 Entrance, Bdwy, central, 1891 R.A & R.

Photocopy, black and white slides and photograph.



Box 10 Folder 39 Ext. temp.

Black and white photographic reproduction, Rattner correspondence, photocopied photographs, articles and illustrations.



Box 29 Folder 03 "The Fairy Wedding--The Marriage Ceremony of Charles S. Sirraton (Gen. Tom Thumb) and Miss Lavinia Warren (The Queen of Beauty), Solemnized at Grace Church, Broadway, N.Y. Feb. 10."

Black and white photograph.



Box 29 Folder 04 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 3, 1856.

Newsprint. Includes images of Grace Church.



Box 10 Folder 40 For filing 9/98.

Pamphlet, booklet, transcribed governmental documents, photocopied article, clipping.



Box 10 Folder 41 For filing no W.I. or G.C., St. Mary's.

Photocopied articles and illustrations, newsletters, Rattner correspondence, clipping, transcribed correspondence, holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 42 For filing.

Holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 43 Furnishings, orig. fence, etc.

Photocopied articles, black and white photographs and photographic reproductions, negatives.



Box 10 Folder 44 Furnishings.

2 black and white photographs.



Box 10 Folder 45 Grace Chapel- competition.

Holograph research notes, transcribed meeting minutes, photocopied articles and correspondence.



Box 10 Folder 46 Grace Chapel.

Holograph research notes, photocopy.



Box 10 Folder 47 Grace Church

Holograph research notes, photocopied land map, articles and photographs, clippings, manuscript.



Box 10 Folder 48 [Grace Church and Rockefeller churches.]

Holograph research notes, booklets, pamphlets, clippings, photocopied article.



Box 10 Folder 49 [Grace Church.]

Transcribed articles and captions.



Box 10 Folder 50 [Grace Church: Renwick, J.R., obituary and eulogy, 1895.]

Transcribed and photocopied obituaries.



Box 10 Folder 51 Grace Church [copies of originals].

Holograph research notes, photocopied sketches and correspondence, originals. *MOVE TO ORIGINALS BOX



Box 10 Folder 52 Grace Church Houses- NYC material for Historic Structures Report.

Photocopied article, holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 53 Grace Church Houses: an Historic Structures Report.

Photocopied report.



Box 10 Folder 54 Grace House- J.R.- 1880/ J.R.- June-Nov. 1880.

Holograph research notes, black and white photographs, clipping, photocopied articles.



Box 10 Folder 55 Grace Memorial house.

Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report, photocopied buildings department applications, architectural drawings and articles, black and white photographs, holograph research notes.



Box 10 Folder 56 Grace Memorial House- preserv./ Checked 4/19/97.

Photocopied buildings department application, building specifications, lot maps, and articles, clippings, holograph research notes, Rattner letter to the editor.



Box 10 Folder 57 High Grace Church, Low Grace Church and Grace Church.

Manuscript pages.



Box 10 Folder 58 Historical file. [1 of 2.]

Photocopied correspondence.



Box 10 Folder 59 Historical file. [2 of 2.]

Photocopied correspondence.



Box 10 Folder 60 "Historismus und Regionalismus."

Manuscript pages, photocopied articles and illustrations.



Box 10 Folder 61 Huntington Close.

Photocopied articles, holograph research notes, black and white photograph.



Box 11 Folder 01 Ills. misc subjects.

Black and white photographs and negatives, photocopied illustrations.



Box 11 Folder 02 Int.- temp.

Black and white photographic reproductions, photocopied photographs and illustrations.



Box 11 Folder 03 Interior- original.

Holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 04 "Kantonale Gewerbeausstellung Zurich 1894"/ (Kantonal Trade Exposition).

Manuscript pages with photocopied photographs and architectural drawings.



Box 11 Folder 05 Landscaping.

Photocopied articles and illustrations.



Box 11 Folder 06 Letters, Grace Church.

Photocopied meeting minutes.



Box 11 Folder 07 Lib./ NYT indices G.C.

Photocopied articles and indices.



Box 11 Folder 08 Maps- temp.

Photocopied land maps, lot maps, and architectural renderings.



Box 11 Folder 09 Measured drawings c. 1965.

Architectural sketches.



Box 11 Folder 10 Memorial tablets.

Black and white photograph, black and white slide.



Box 11 Folder 11 Memorials.

Photocopied correspondence and article, original materials.



Box 11 Folder 12 [Metropolitan Museum of Art.]

Photocopied articles.



Box 11 Folder 13 Miscellaneous.

Photocopied illustrations.



Box 11 Folder 14 [Miscellaneous including original materials.]

Transcribed correspondence, photocopied articles and illustrations, original materials.



Box 11 Folder 15 [Miscellaneous including original materials.]

Photocopied correspondence, invoices and legal documents, original materials.



Box 11 Folder 16 [Miscellaneous research.]

Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report, holograph research notes, transcribed articles, photocopied architectural plans.



Box 11 Folder 17 [Miscellaneous research.]

Holograph research notes, bibliography, black and white photographs.



Box 11 Folder 18 [Miscellaneous research.]

Photocopied land maps with architectural sketches, photocopied articles and illustrations, holograph research notes, antique magazine cover and pages.



Box 11 Folder 19 [Miscellaneous research.]

Holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 20 [Miscellaneous research.]

Photocopied architectural drawings, accounts, and article.



Box 11 Folder 21 [Miscellaneous research.] [1 of 3.]

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles, illustrations, land maps, transcribed articles.



Box 11 Folder 22 [Miscellaneous research.] [2 of 3.]

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles, illustrations, land maps, transcribed articles.



Box 11 Folder 23 [Miscellaneous research.] [3 of 3.]

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles, illustrations, land maps, transcribed articles.



Box 11 Folder 24 [Miscellaneous slides.]

Color and black and white slides.



Box 11 Folder 25 [Miscellaneous slides.]

Black and white slides, holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 26 [Miscellaneous slides.]

Color and black and white slides.



Box 11 Folder 27 Mission Chapel, 1859-1861.

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles and illustrations.



Box 11 Folder 28 Morton, Levi Parsons 1824-1920.

Holograph research notes, photocopied article.



Box 11 Folder 29 Negatives.

Negatives.



Box 11 Folder 30 Neighborhood house 1906-1907.

Landmarks Preservation Commission designation report, photocopied buildings department applications, holograph research notes, photocopied article.



Box 11 Folder 31 Neo-gothicism and the Prot. Epis. Church- notes. [1 of 2].

Holograph research notes, draft manuscript.



Box 11 Folder 32 Neo-gothicism and the Prot. Epis. Church- notes. [2 of 2].

Holograph research notes, draft manuscript.



Box 11 Folder 33 Not Renwick.

Photocopied article and illustrations.



Box 11 Folder 34 [Notes and outline].

Holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 35 Organ gallery rail.

Black and white photographs and photographic reproductions, photocopied photographs.



Box 11 Folder 36 Orig.- wall on north.

Holograph research notes, photocopied correspondence, original materials.



Box 11 Folder 37 Original spire.

Clipping, photocopied article.



Box 11 Folder 38 Original windows.

Photocopied correspondence, black and white slides.



Box 11 Folder 39 Oxford movement- high vs. low church.

Holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 40 Oxford movement- Trinity Ch. documents.

Photocopied reports, transcribed article.



Box 11 Folder 41 Pews, auction of.

Black and white photographic reproductions, negatives, correspondence (1845), photocopied seating plans. *MOVE TO ORIGINALS BOX



Box 11 Folder 42 Pews.

Holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 43 Photos: xeroxes, Fourth Ave.

Photocopied photographs.



Box 11 Folder 44-66 [Photocopies of original Renwick materials.]

Photocopied correspondence, bills, estimates, receipts, land maps, drawings and legal documents.



Box 11 Folder 67 [Photocopies of original Renwick materials; see Box for originals.]

Photocopied correspondence and legal documents.



Box 11 Folder 68 [Photocopies of original Renwick materials; see Box for originals.]

Photocopied pew transfer.



Box 11 Folder 69 [Photocopies of original Renwick materials; see Box for originals.]

Holograph research notes, photocopied building permit application.



Box 11 Folder 70 [Photographs, Grace Church Houses?]

Black and white photographs, envelopes with holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 71 [Photographs, Grace Church Houses?]

Black and white photographs, mounted on black construction paper.



Box 11 Folder 72 Plans- Rectory. [1 of 2.]

Black and white photographs, architectural plans, photocopied articles and illustrations, holograph research notes, clippings,



Box 11 Folder 73 Plans- Rectory. [2 of 2.]

Black and white photographs, architectural plans, photocopied articles and illustrations, holograph research notes, clippings,



Box 11 Folder 74 Porches, inner and outer 1891 R.A & R.

Black and white photograph, color slides.



Box 11 Folder 75 Poss. J.R./ Brevoort Farm prop.- res. Folder.

Photocopied articles, illustrations, lot map, and report.



Box 11 Folder 76 [Property maps].

Photocopied land maps, holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 77 Pub. works.

Photocopied articles and illustrations, holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 78 Pugin [and architectural detailing].

Photocopied illustrations, holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 79 Re: slides, etc. for Nov/96 GC talk.

Photocopied lot maps.



Box 11 Folder 80 Rectors.

Black and white photograph, holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 81 Rectory, alterations and repairs.

Transcribed minutes, holograph research notes.



Box 11 Folder 82 Rectory, construction.

Black and white photograph, negative and slide, original materials.



Box 12 Folder 01 Rectory descriptions begun c. 1847 comp. 1848.

Holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 02 Rectory, furniture.

Black and white photographs, Rattner correspondence, article.



Box 12 Folder 03 Rectory, views.

Black and white photographs, photographic reproductions and slides, photocopied illustrations.



Box 12 Folder 04 Renwick bust.

Photocopied article and illustrations, color slides.



Box 12 Folder 05 Renwick on.

Holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 06 [Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen v. Grace Church.]

Photocopied bills, transcribed report, original materials.



Box 12 Folder 07 Research.

Holograph research notes, photocopied article.



Box 12 Folder 08 Restoration- 1953-1954.

Black and white photographs with captions.



Box 12 Folder 09 Richards, Ferdinand "1858".

Photocopied museum exhibition material.



Box 12 Folder 10 School- charity.

Holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 11 School?

Holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 12 [Selma Rattner Master's Thesis: "Neo-Gothicism and the Protestant Episcopal Church," 1967. Volume 1]. [1 of 3.]

Rattner correspondence, photocopied land maps and architectural plans, black and white photographs, holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 13 [Selma Rattner Master's Thesis: "Neo-Gothicism and the Protestant Episcopal Church," 1967. Volume 1]. [2 of 3.]

Rattner correspondence, photocopied land maps and architectural plans, black and white photographs, holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 14 [Selma Rattner Master's Thesis: "Neo-Gothicism and the Protestant Episcopal Church," 1967. Volume 1]. [3 of 3.]

Rattner correspondence, photocopied land maps and architectural plans, black and white photographs, holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 15 [Selma Rattner Master's Thesis: "Neo-Gothicism and the Protestant Episcopal Church," 1967. Volume 2].

Rattner correspondence, photocopied land maps and architectural plans, black and white photographs, holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 16 [Slides and correspondence, miscellaneous].

Color and black and white slides, postcard, holograph research notes, Miscellaneous Research.



Box 12 Folder 17 [Slides, correspondence, and research, miscellaneous.]

Color slides and photographs, holograph research notes, flier, photocopied articles, illustrations and architectural drawings.



Box 12 Folder 18 Site, inc. Fourth Ave.

Transcribed report, photocopied legal documents, holograph research notes and sketches, black and white photographic reproductions, photocopied and transcribed correspondence, original materials.



Box 12 Folder 19 Slides.

Photocopied land maps with architectural sketches, tracings of sketches.



Box 12 Folder 20 Social history.

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles.



Box 12 Folder 21 Spire. R.A. & R. 1883.

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles.



Box 12 Folder 22 [Stained glass windows.]

Landmarks Preservation Commission calendar of hearings, original materials.



Box 12 Folder 23 Stewart box- G.C. archives [William Rhinelander Stewart].

Photocopied correspondence, land maps, articles, and catalogue of stone memorials, holograph research notes.



Box 12 Folder 24 Sweden SAH trip.

Color slides.



Box 12 Folder 25 Symposium paper- "Has Preservation Killed Historic Architecture?," 1989.

Rattner article and correspondence, photocopied photographs.



Box 12 Folder 26 Taylor, Thomas house.

Holograph research notes, black and white photograph.



Box 12 Folder 27 Unidentified photos [circa 1920].

2 black and white photographs.



Box 12 Folder 28 Views- Fourth Ave- misc. bldgs.

Black and white photographs, photocopied article and photographs.



Box 12 Folder 29 Views- contemporaneous. [1 of 2]

Holograph research notes, photocopied articles, illustrations and lot maps.



Box 12 Folder 30 Views- contemporaneous. [2 of 2]

Black and white photographs, black and white negatives, stereocard, photostat.



Box 12 Folder 31 Views.

Photocopied articles, illustrations, and architectural drawings, holograph research notes, Rattner correspondence, black and white photographs.



Box 12 Folder 32 Views.

Color photographs and slides, clippings, pamphlet, photocopied articles and illustrations.



Box 12 Folder 33 Views, exterior, circa 1900.

Black and white photographs.



Box 29 Folder 05 Views, interior, circa 1930s.

Black and white photographs, mounted on board.



Box 12 Folder 34 Views- model.

Color photographs, slides.



Box 12 Folder 35 Vouchers- 100-199.

Photocopied bills, receipts and accounts.



Box 12 Folder 36 Vouchers- 1-99.

Photocopied bills, receipts and accounts.



Box 12 Folder 37 Vouchers- 200-299.

Photocopied bills, receipts and accounts.



Box 12 Folder 38 Vouchers- 300-399.

Photocopied bills, receipts and accounts.



Box 12 Folder 39 Vouchers- 400-99.

Photocopied bills, receipts and accounts.



Box 13 Folder 01 W. 9th, 10th, 11th St. houses, NYC.

Color photographs, Rattner correspondence, photocopied articles, illustrations and photographs, sketches, holograph research notes.



Box 13 Folder 02 Windows- Renwick memorial.

Photocopied and transcribed correspondence, color slides.



Box 13 Folder 03 Wolfe, Catharine Lorillard.

Holograph research notes, color slide, photocopied articles.



Box 13 Folder 04 Wolfe, John David, 1792?-1872.

Holograph research notes, transcribed article.



Box 13 Folder 05 [Wooden spire.]

Photocopied correspondence and bills, original materials.



Box 13 Folder 06 Xeroxes for slides.

Photocopied articles, illustrations and photographs.