Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 and Eero Saarinen & Associates
- Extent:
- 51 Sheets
- Language:
- English .
- 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.
Background
- 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.
- Acquisition information:
- Lawrence G. Zimmerman, 1973 1972.004
- Custodial history:
Gift of Lawrence G. Zimmerman, 1973.
- Processing information:
Papers Processed avr 04/04/2007.
- Arrangement:
Architectural working drawings are stored in numerical order, sheets 2 through 121, with some sheets lacking.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Airport terminals
Airport buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans
Architectural drawings -- American - Names:
- Trans World Airlines Flight Center (New York, N.Y.)
TWA Terminal A (New York, N.Y.)
Trans World Airlines -- Buildings
John F. Kennedy International Airport - Places:
- New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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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.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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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.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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300 Avery Hall1172 Amsterdam Avenue M.C. 0301New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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212) 854-6199avery@library.columbia.edu