Harold Van Buren Magonigle architectural drawings and papers, 1894-1944, bulk 1894-1930
2000 itemsSketchbooks, 1895-1903; sketches, 1894-1896, made while Magonigle was travelling in Europe on Rotch Travelling Scholarship; graphic designs, 1902-1919; rendered competition drawings for government buildings, circa 1907-1920, and memorial structures, circa 1910-1930; photographs of Magonigle's architectural drawings, memorial structures, monuments, and other architectural work, much of it located in New York City, circa 1900s-1930s. Among projects represented in the collection are the Gates Avenue Courthouse, Brooklyn, N.Y.; the Firemen's Memorial, the Robert Fulller Memorial, and the National Watergate Memorial in New York City's Riverside Park; the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo.; the Isaac Guggenheim house in Port Washington, N.Y.; numerous additions and alterations for the Franklin Murphy mansion in Mendham, N.J.; and the United States Embassy compound in Tokyo, Japan. Also, drawings by other architects including Hugh Ferriss, Thomas Rogers Kimball, Hubert George Ripley, and I.W. Taber, that were presented to Magonigle. Also included are drawings, circa 1910s-1940s, by Magonigle's wife, painter and designer Edith Marion Day; photographs of Day and Magonigle; manuscripts of lectures, literary works, and other writings by Magonigle; and ephemera.
Hugh Ferriss architectural drawings and papers, 1906-1980, bulk 1918-1960
440 drawingsMax Abramovitz architectural records and papers, 1925-1990
14,000 drawingsWilliam Gehron architectural drawings, 1931-1952
290 drawingsThe collection contains 290 drawings by American architect William Gehron for projects in the New York area. Projects represented are: Queens Borough Hall, 1939-40 (74 drawings); P.S. 191, 1952 (25 drawings); Convalescent Day Camp, Welfare Island, 1937 (15 drawings); Micellaneous Housing Projects, 1935 (25 drawings); Proposed Plaza for Broadway and 122nd Street, 1936 (1 drawing); World War II Memorial in Watermill, Long Island, NY, 1950 (6 drawings); Harlem Hospital OPD, 1939 (77 drawings); Studies for MacDonald Observatory, 1931 (28 drawings); and Utica State Hospital, 1949 (41 drawings). An rendering by Hugh Ferriss of the State Educational Building and Memorial Pylons in Harrisburg, PA was donated in 2004 (acq. 2004.005).
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- Harold Van Buren Magonigle architectural drawings and papers, 1894-1944, bulk 1894-19302
- Construction of airplane hangar and workers' housing / Hugh Ferriss, 19451
- Hugh Ferriss architectural drawings and papers, 1906-1980, bulk 1918-19601
- Max Abramovitz architectural records and papers, 1925-19901
- William Gehron architectural drawings, 1931-19521
Current results range from 1894 to 1990
- Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library6
- Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-19626
- Firemen's Memorial (New York, N.Y.)2
- Franklin Murphy mansion (Mendham, N.J.)2
- Gates Avenue Courthouse (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)2
- Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China)2
- Isaac Guggenheim house (Port Washington, N.Y.)2
- Kimball, Thomas Rogers, 1862-19342
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts2
- Magonigle, Edith, 1877-19492
- Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans✖[remove]6
- Architects4
- Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York4
- Architectural drawings -- American3
- Architectural rendering3
- Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York3
- Architecture -- Study and teaching3
- Drawings (visual works)3
- Photographic prints3
- architectural drawings (visual works)3