Ernest Flagg papers, 1888-1972

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Series III: Writings

includes both published and unpublished works. The collection also includes Flagg's Greek Documents and studies, drafts, manuscripts, and corresponding materials relating to Le Naos du Parthenon.



Box 03 Folder 13 "A Fish Story", 29 Mar. 1940

6 copies of a speech read at a luncheon in honor of Mr. Flagg by the American Institue of Architects.



Box 03 Folder 10 "Architect Offers Some Plans to Avert Traffic Stagnation", 27, Nov. 1927

4 Clipping from the New York Herald Tribune



Box 04 Folder 03 "Influence of the French School on Architecture in the United States", undated

From The Architectural Record



Box 03 Folder 01 "L'Ecole Des Beaux Arts", 1894

From The Architectural Record, July-September, 1894



Box 03 Folder 06 "Reduccion De Los Costes Por Un Adecuado Planeamiento De Las Casas", 1924

1 copy from El Problema De La Vivienda En Lod Estados Unidos, 1924



Box 04 Folder 08 "Study of Certain Greek Standards of Measure", undated



Box 03 Folder 09 "The City of the Future", 1927

2 copies from Safety Fall Pictoral Note Book, Vol. XIII, No. 4



Box 03 Folder 02 "The New York Tenement-House Evil and Its Cure", 1894

From Scribner's Magazine, July, 1894. Includes draft.



Box 04 Folder 17 "The So-Called Temple of Poseidion", undated

Inlcudes chapter of manuscript, 2 prints



Box 03 Folder 03 "The Works of Ernest Flagg", April, 1902

1 copy. The Architectural Record, Vol. XI, No. 44, April 1902



Box 03 Folder 12 Again The New York Tenement House Evil and Its Cure, 1936

1 copy



Box 03 Folder 25 Articles on Various Subjects, undated

1 binder



Box 03 Folder 11 Basics of Greek Design, 1930

3 copies from Architecture, September, 1930



Box 03 Folder 08 Building Regulation Sanity and Congestion, 1926

2 copies



Box 05 Folder 10 Copies of letters from the members of The French Institute on receipt of Ernest Flagg's book "The Parthenon Naos", 1924-1937

7 letters



Box 03 Folder 27 Ernest Flagg's Buildings, Writings, Plans, Comments. Newspaper Articles 1893-1901, 1893-1901

1 scrapbook



Box 04 Folder 05 Greek Documents, Folder 1 of 3, 1924-1937

Includes index, documents 1-19



Box 04 Folder 06 Greek Documents, Folder 2 of 3, 1925-1930

Includes documents 20-30



Box 04 Folder 07 Greek Documents, Folder 3 of 3, ca. 1920-ca. 1930

Includes documents 31-46



Box 05 Folder 07 Le Naos du Parthenon. Rapports et Articles des Donnees, ca. 1927

Manuscript



Box 05 Folder 08 Le Naos Du Parthenon: The Parthenon Naos, 1928-1937

I hardcover book, with inscription by the author, 1 letter



Box 05 Folder 02 Le Parthenon, Donnees Generales, undated

Manuscript



Box 03 Folder 21 Letters to the Editor, 1921-1944

11 letters



Box 03 Folder 26 List of Published Writing of Various Kinds, undated

1 binder. Contains 7 photographs of letters written by ancestors.



Box 03 Folder 17 Misc. Writings, 1925-1940

12 essays



Box 03 Folder 15 Misc. Writings on Architecture, 1909-1925

15 essays



Box 03 Folder 18 Misc. Writings on City Planning, 1934

6 essays



Box 03 Folder 16 Misc. Writings on Design, 1924-1925

13 essays



Box 03 Folder 19 Misc. Writings on Finance and Taxation, 1930-1939

13 essays



Box 03 Folder 20 Misc. Writings on Flagg Houses and Small Houses, 1924-1934

6 essays



Box 03 Folder 07 Nouvelles Lumiers Sur L'Art Grec, 1924

Paper read at the French Academy, copy of the Journal of the Royal Institue of British Architects, December, 1924.



Box 04 Folder 19 Peristyle Du Temple De Theseus a Athenes, undated

Manuscript



Box 05 Folder 03 Peristyle of the Parthenon, undated

Includes 17 drawings



Box 04 Folder 18 Peristyle of the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnus, undated

Includes 1 typewritten manuscript, 1 handwritten manuscript



Box 03 Folder 24 Proposed Building Ordinance for New York, undated

Manuscript



Box 03 Folder 04 Roads and Pavements, 1910

3 copies



Box 03 Folder 22 Small Houses, 1922-1926

18 letters, 7 reviews of Small Houses in fabric covered folio



Box 04 Folder 20 Temple of Theseus, Drawings, undated

Includes 32 drawings, 2 prints



Box 04 Folder 14 The Cella of the Temple of Theseus. Ratios and Data, undated

1 binder. Includes La Cella du Temple de Theseus. Rapports et Donnees.



Box 04 Folder 04 The Ecole Des Beaux-Arts, undated

2 articles



Box 04 Folder 02 The Ernest Flagg Envelopes From Avery Library, 12 Folios, undated

5 pages



Box 03 Folder 23 The Flagg Car, undated

3 pamphlets



Box 03 Folder 14 The German Conquest of Taste, 1946

2 copies of the Journal of the American Institute of Architects, January 1946



Box 04 Folder 09 The Lighting of Grecian Temples, undated

Includes 2 typewritten manuscripts, 1 handwritten manuscript, 1 letter.



Box 04 Folder 10 The Lighting og Grecian Temples, Drawings, undated

9 drawings



Box 03 Folder 05 The Mayor's Committee on Pavements, 1912

1 copy of First Report (March 1912), 1 copy of Second Report (December 1912)



Box 05 Folder 05 The Parthenon Cella. Ratios and Items of Data (Original), undated

Manuscript in English and French.



Box 05 Folder 09 The Parthenon Naos, Correspondence, 1937

14 letters



Box 05 Folder 11 The Parthenon Naos, Review, ca. 1928



Box 05 Folder 06 The Parthenon Naos. Ratios & Items of Data (All corrections made), ca. 1927

Manuscript



Box 05 Folder 04 The Parthenon Peristyle, Ratios and Items of Data, undated

Manuscript



Box 05 Folder 01 The Parthenon: General Data, undated

Manuscript



Box 04 Folder 23 The Temple of Diana Propylaea at Eleusis, 1945

Includes manuscript, handwritten copy with revisions



Box 04 Folder 21 The Temple of Diana Propylaea at Eleusis, Drawings, undated

32 drawings, 1 plate



Box 04 Folder 22 The Temple of Diana Propylaea at Eleusis, Translations, undated

Translations of 4 articles



Box 04 Folder 16 The Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pola, Drawings, undated

5 drawings



Box 04 Folder 15 The Temple of Rome and Augustus at Pola. Ratios and Items of Data, undated

Includes 1 handwritten manuscript, 2 typewritten manuscript



Box 04 Folder 13 The Theseum, 1945



Box 04 Folder 01 Trophie des Alpes, undated

Includes 1 manuscript chapter, 3 copies of article by J. Formige from L'Architecture, Vol, XLV, No. 12.



Box 04 Folder 12 Various Entases, 1933

Includes 13 essays on various entases, 5 drawings



Box 04 Folder 11 Various Temples, undated

Includes drawings, ratios, and memoranda for 26 various temples.