Ernest Flagg papers, 1888-1972

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Series II: Project Records

includes plans, drawings, photographs, and clippings regarding a particular project. The A.H. Scribner records are the most complete, and also contain contracts, billing records, and correspondence with contractors.



Box 02 Folder 10 109 E. 40th Street (New York, NY), undated

Photographs : 22 items

Business Card (A. Peanroy) : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 11 111 East 40th Street (New York, NY), 1908-1934

List of Patents in Safe



Box 02 Folder 31 Automobile Club of America (New York, NY), 1907-1912

The American Architect and Building News(4 May 1907) : 14 p.

The Club Journal(9 Nov 1912) : 1 copy



Box 02 Folder 39 Bourne, Frederick G., Residence (Dark Island, Chippewa Bay, NY), 1903-1904

Architectural Drawings : 19 items



Box 02 Folder 39 Bourne, Frederick G., Residence (Oakdale, NY), undated

Architectural Drawing : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 40 Bourne, Frederick G., Residence (Oakdale, NY), undated

Photograph : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 53 Charleston Baptist Temple (Charleston, WV), 1923-1926

Includes programs from Hugenot Day of Remembrance (6 Jun 1926) and the National Hugenot-Walloon Memorial Dedication Ceremony (18 May 1924), and an issue ofThe Baptist(3 Feb 1923)



Box 02 Folder 46 Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. (Hartford, CT), undated

Includes 3 floor plans



Box 02 Folder 55 Count Szechenyi Palace (Budapest, Hungary), undated

Magazine clipping : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 51 Eaton, A.W., Residence (Pittsfield, MA), 1926

Architectural Drawings : 2 items



Box 02 Folder 17 Flagg Court (Brooklyn, NY), undated

Brochure : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 13 Flagg, Ernest, Residence (New York, NY), 1907

3 copies of article fromThe Architectural Record(Sept 1907)



Box 02 Folder 14 Flagg, Ernest, Residence(New York, NY), undated

Photographs of Exterior : 41 items



Box 02 Folder 15 Flagg, Ernest, Residence (New York, NY), undated

Photographs of Interior : 15 items



Box 02 Folder 16 The Flegg Ridge Estate of Ernest Flagg (Dongen Hills, NY), undated

Includes 1 pamphlet, 1 photograph



Drawer 244 Folder 06 The Flegg Ridge Estate of Ernest Flagg, Dongen Hills (Staten Island, NY), undated

Architectural Drawings : 17 items

Also includes drawings of a small bridge and other structures located in Staten Island,



Box 02 Folder 54 Gwynne Building (Cincinnati, OH), undated

Includes clipping from NWEM.



Box 02 Folder 33 Model Fireproof Tenement Co., undated

Advertisements : 7 items



Box 02 Folder 34 Model Fireproof Tenement Co., 1958-1960

Newspaper Clippings : 4 items ; "Why the Model Fireproof Tenement Company," clipping from Cantilever Flat Slabs, and an article from Turner Construction.



Box 02 Folder 35 Model Fireproof Tenement Co., 1959

Correspondence : 3 letters, 1 set of letterhead



Box 02 Folder 36 Model Fireproof Tenement Co., 1951

Minutes from 2 meetings



Box 02 Folder 32 Model Fireproof Tenement Co., 1928

Photograph : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 38 Model Fireproof Tenement Co., undated

Prospectus : 3 booklets



Box 02 Folder 37 Model Fireproof Tenement Co., 1951-1956

Stockholder Information; includes "Brief Review of Model Fireproof Tenement Co.", Certificate of Incorporation, and Report to the President for the year 1956.



Box 02 Folder 12 Patent # 498.034, 1919



Box 02 Folder 43 Pomfret School Chapel (Pomfret, CT), undated

Photographs : 3 items



Box 02 Folder 42 Pomfret School Chapel (Pomfret, CT), undated

Includes pencil sketch of floor plan, blueprint of plaque in the memory of William Brach Olmsted, photograph book containing 15 black and white photographs of Pomfret School campus.



Box 02 Folder 22 Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY), 1903-1905

Agreements For Extra Work : 116 items



Box 02 Folder 25 Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY), 1903-1905

Billing Records; includes 25 receipts, 18 statements and estimates of contracts, extras, and payments to contractors.



Box 02 Folder 23 Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY), 1903-1905

28 Building Agreements with various contractors



Box 02 Folder 24 Scribner, A.H. Residence (New York, NY), 1904-1905

Includes 2 contracts for utility service and 1 permit.



Box 02 Folder 27 Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY), 1905-1906

Correspondence from Flagg and Chambers : 13 letters



Box 02 Folder 28 Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY), 1904-1906

Correspondence from Gagneau & Cie : 9 letters



Box 02 Folder 30 Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY), 1904

Correspondence from J.H. Jansen : 3 letters, 1 color postcard



Box 02 Folder 29 Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY), 1904

Correspondence from Roswag et Fils : 2 letters



Box 02 Folder 26 Scribner, A.H., Residence (New York, NY), 1903-1906

131 payment vouchers issued by the Office of Ernest Flagg



Box 02 Folder 21 Scribner Building (New York, NY), undated

Photographs : 2 items



Box 02 Folder 19 Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY), 1903-1907

Includes 1 pencil sketch, printed pamphlet, floor plans, clipping from Owners and Builders Magazine September 1907, clipping from New York Tribune January 20, 1907, 1 copy of "The Rational Skyscraper" from The Architectural Record, March 1904.



Box 02 Folder 20 Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY), 1907

Photographs : 15 items



Drawer 224 Folder 01 to 04 Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY), 1897-1957

Architectural Drawings : 105 items

Later additions done after 1920 were by other architects.



Roll A05.25 Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY), undated

Architectural Drawings : 2 items



Roll A05.29 Singer Building, Liberty and Broadway (New York, NY), undated

Architectural Drawing : 1 item; "detail for the U of an office"



Drawer 224 Folder 01 to 04 Singer Building, Broadway and Prince (New York, NY), 1902-1903

Architectural Drawings : 5 items



Roll A10.04 Singer Building, Broadway and Prince (New York, NY), 1902

Photograph of sub-basement plan drawing : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 47 Soldiers' Monument (New Britain, CT), undated

Includes 1 magazine clipping



Box 02 Folder 45 St. Luke's Convalescent Hospital (Greenwich, CT), undated

Photographs of pencil drawings : 2 items



Box 02 Folder 44 St. Luke's Hospital Convalescent Home (Greenwich, CT), 1928

Includes clipping from Kohler of Kohler News May 1928, 5 black and white photographs.



Box 02 Folder 18 St. Luke's Hospital (New York, NY), ca. 1893

Includes 5 prints of a drawing signed Ernest Flagg, Arch., 1 floor plan, 1 drawing of exterior, clipping from Harper's Weekly, Jan. 1893.



Box 02 Folder 52 St. Paul's School, Sheldon Library (Concord, N.H.), undated

Photograph : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 41 Tablet for W.W. Lord, DD. (Cooperstown, NY), ca. 1907

Architectural Drawing : 1 item



Box 02 Folder 48 US Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD), 1908-1954

Includes article from Cooper & Brass Bulletin May 1954, 4 clippings from various publications, article from The American Architect and Building News, July 1908, copies of The American Architect and Building News July 1908 regular and international editions.



Box 02 Folder 49 US Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD), undated

Architectural Drawings : 5 items



Box 02 Folder 50 US Navel Academy (Annapolis, MD), undated

Photographs : 14 items