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The collection documents the life and activities of architect Arthur T. Sutcliffe. The collection is made up of four series: Personal Papers, Project Records, George L. Sutcliffe Papers, and Family Papers.
1838-1962
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Accession number--1995.019.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
2010-11-12 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Architect Arthur T. Sutcliffe was born July 23, 1876 in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was the son of William Henry Sutcliffe and Ida M. Johnson and brother of George L. Sutcliffe.
After graduating in 1895 from Poughkeepsie's Eastman Business College, where he studied art and architecture with William Henry Cusack, Sutcliffe entered Drexel Institute's School of Architecture, receiving a degree in 1897.
After graduation, Sutcliffe was employed by Philadelphia architect Theophilus P. Chandler from 1897 to 1902. He left Philadelphia to work for architect Ernest Flagg in New York. He remained with Flagg for the entirety of his career, leaving only for a year and half in 1906-1907 to study at the EĢcole des Beaux Arts in Paris.
documents the life and development of architect Arthur T. Sutcliffe. The series is composed primarily of diaries, photographs, architectural drawings, watercolor sketches, correspondence, architectural drawing tools, 2,495 postcards and other collected ephemera of Arthur T. Sutcliffe. The subjects of the watercolor sketches range from residential renderings to still life drawings. The diaries in the collection were kept by Arthur Sutcliffe from 1884 to 1971. Each year has its own diary and every day has an entry by Sutcliffe..
Box 01 Folder 01 to 02
2 folders; includes a short biography of Sutcliffe as well as personal papers such as miscellaneous certificates, identification cards, and writings.
Box 12
Box 01 Folder 03
Box 01 Folder 04 to 05
2 folders.
Box 01 Folder 06
Letters written during a trip to Europe; includes ephemera collected during the trip.
Box 06 to 11
87 diaries.
Box 05 Folder 01
3 notebooks.
Box 05 Folder 02
Signed and addressed by Umbdenstock to his student Sutcliffe.
Box 05 Folder 03
Signed and addressed by Umbdenstock.
Box 01 Folder 07
Primarily portraits.
Box 01 Folder 08
Box 01 Folder 09
George Grey Barnard, Edna Barnard, Edwin Ginn, Grace Bigelow, Theophilus Parons Chandler, William Henry Cusack, George B. Ford.
Box 15
United States, Virgin Islans, Puerto Rico, Canada, Bermuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Mexico, Cuba.
Box 16
France, Monaco
Box 17
France; collected while a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Box 18
England, Scotland, Switzerland, Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Greece, Denmark, Syria.
Box 19
Italy, greeting cards, ships, flowers, airplanes, art works.
Box 20
United States
Box 05 Folder 04
Includes Commencement program and Sutcliffe's commencement essay "Evolution in Architecture."
Box 05 Folder 05
Primarily photographs and sketches of buildings designed by Chandler.
Box 01 Folder 10
Pencil on trace drawing with color wash.
Box 05 Folder 06
Ink and pencil drawings.
Box 05 Folder 07
Pencil and watercolor sketches.
Box 05 Folder 08
Primarily watercolor paintings, but some ink drawings.
Box 01 Folder 11 to 13
3 folders; primarily watercolor paintings, but some ink or pencil drawings.
Box 02 Folder 01
Engraved with "Staff of Ernest Flagg Architect, 1908" and an image of the Singer Tower.
Box 02 Folder 02
Medal and committee ribbon.
Box 02 Folder 03
2 books as well as a drawing and poem of William Henry Cusack.
Box 02 Folder 04
Photographs, by-laws, book of officers and directors, and a brief history.
Box 02 Folder 05
Box 02 Folder 06
Box 02 Folder 07
Box 02 Folder 08
Photographs.
Box 02 Folder 09
Clippings.
Box 02 Folder 10
In a black leather box (#601); includes calipers and compasses.
consists of photographs, correspondence, and some architectural drawings related to various projects Arthur T. Sutcliffe worked on as an architect. The architect for Commodore F.G. Bourne's Residence is not Sutcliffe, but rather Ernest Flagg. The majority of the projects are renovations of residences located in Long Island, New York.
Box 05 Folder 9
Roll A10.05
19 blueprints.
Box 05 Folder 10
1 pencil on trace drawing.
7 photographs.
Newspaper clippings.
Box 05 Folder 11
1 blueprint.
Box 05 Folder 12
4 photographs.
Roll A04.14
9 blueprints.
7 pencil on trace drawings.
2 ink on linen drawings.
Box 05 Folder 13
14 photographs.
Negatives.
Original folder labeled "Arthur T. Stucliffe, Architect (later owned by Mr. and Mrs. Arthuir T. Sutcliffe).
Box 05 Folder 14
7 photographs.
Roll A04.12
1 pencil on trace drawings.
6 ink on linen drawings
Box 05 Folder 15
1 pencil on trace drawing.
7 photographs.
Article written by A.T. Sutcliffe entitled "South Africa Provided the Motif for this Unique Residence on Long Island."
Box 05 Folder 16
1 pencil on graph paper drawing.
12 photographs
Sept. 1926 Issue of "Gypsumist"
Box 05 Folder 17
4 photographs.
Article written by A.T. Sutcliffe, who also owned the cottage.
Box 05 Folder 18
3 negatives.
Box 05 Folder 19
Article entitled "A House of Attractive Appeal: Moderate in Cost: Effective in Artistry: A Residence at Garden City, Long Island, New York."
Box 05 Folder 20
4 photographs.
Box 05 Folder 21
3 pencil on trace drawings.
Letter from W.B. Hayden, Esq.
Roll A04.15
12 pencil on trace drawings.
3 blueprints.
Box 05 Folder 22
2 blueprints.
3 pencil on trace drawings.
Correspondence.
Newspaper clipping.
Reprint of "The New Lascoff Pharmacy--a Professional Wonder Shop" from The Druggist Circular.
Box 05 Folder 23
1 blueprint
Pencil on trace drawings.
3 photographs.
Oversize 01 Folder 02
1 oversize photograph.
Drawer 77
1 pencil on trace rendering.
Oversize 01 Folder 03
37 blueprints.
Box 05 Folder 24
3 photographs
Dedication Program.
Box 05 Folder 25
1 pencil on trace drawing.
Correspondence.
Box 05 Folder 26
5 photographs.
Letter from F. Newbold
Box 05 Folder 27
Correspondence.
Newspaper Clipping
Box 05 Folder 27
1 pencil on trace drawing.
1 pencil on paper drawing.
Box 05 Folder 28
1 photograph.
Newspaper clipping
Roll A04.13
1 blueprint.
7 pencil on trace drawings.
Box 05 Folder 29
3 photographs.
Clipping.
Box 05 Folder 30
1 blueprint.
Correspondence.
Box 05 Folder 31
1 photograph.
Newspaper clipping
Box 05 Folder 32
1 blueprint.
1 photographs.
Correspondence.
Roll A04.11
8 pencil on trace drawings.
1 photostat.
Box 05 Folder 33
1 photograph.
Correspondence.
Roll A04.16
1 pencil on paper drawing.
Box 05 Folder 34
1 blueprint.
Ink on trace drawings.
Box 05 Folder 35
1 blueprint.
Correspondence.
contains the papers of Arthur Sutcliffe's brother. A significant portion of the collection documents George L. Sutcliffe's 1909-1910 world cruise on the "Cleveland" (Hamburg-Amerika Line) to, among other places, Bombay, Rangoon, Kobe, Osaka, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Batavia, Java, and Yokohama.
Box 03 Folder 08
Includes obituaries, last will and testament as well as material from various Masonic Lodges in New York.
Box 03 Folder 09
Oversize 01 Folder 01
7 items; possbily from Turkey.
Box 04 Folder 01
Primarily portraits.
Box 04 Folder 02
Locations include Bombay, Rangoon, Kobe, Osaka, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Batavia, Java, and Yokohama.
Box 04 Folder 03
Written to his parents William and Ida Sutcliffe, brother Arthur, Rev. Robert Fulton Gary, and Robert Fulton Gary, Jr.
Box 04 Folder 04
The other papers include ephemera collected on the trip and a news article about Sutcliffe's trip.
Box 03 Folder 05
Prints made from silver negatives. Locations include Bombay, Rangoon, Kobe, Osaka, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Batavia, Java, and Yokohama.
Box 13 to 14
400 postcards: Special Series, Madeira, Gibraltar, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, India, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Java, Australia, Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Hawaii, California.
Box 04 Folder 06
From Osaka, Calcutta, Bombay, Canton, Ceylon and Hong Kong.
includes materials belonging to various members of the Sutcliffe family. The Sutcliffe family papers include correspondence, news clippings, diaries recounting various world trips, photographs, genealogical research, collected ephemera and phrenology reports. Also of note in the collection is the 1838 third edition of O.S. and L.N Fowler's Phrenology Proved, Illustrated, and Applied..
Box 02 Folder 11
Box 02 Folder 12
Includes both the original diary as well as a typewritten copy. Also included is a photograph of William H. Sutcliffe and his wife Ida M. Johnson Sutcliffe (parents of Arthur Taylor Sutcliffe).
Box 02 Folder 13
Photographs, Announcement of Marriage, Obituaries, Deeds, Last Will and Testaments, and other papers.
Box 03 Folder 01
Box 03 Folder 02
Box 03 Folder 03
Box 03 Folder 04
Box 03 Folder 05
Box 03 Folder 06
Third Edition
Box 03 Folder 07
There are three notebooks, one on Rhetoric and Composition and two on Botany. One of the Botany notebooks belonged to Arthur Sutcliffe and the other belonged to his brother George. Both contain detailed sketches of plants and trees drawn by both men.