Primarily a collection of correspondence, business papers, diaries, journals, essays, etc., of Horatio Gates Warner (1801-1876) and his immediate family.
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The collection consists of correspondence, business records, ledgers and account books, notebooks and diaries, and blue prints.
Office of Planning and Institutional Studies: floor plans, architectural renderings, etc., 1920s-1940s 0.37 Cubic feet
Includes copies of architectural renderings for River Campus buildings, floor plans and statistics for River Campus and Prince Street Campus buildings, and an "Analysis of Functions of Building and Grounds Department" personnel.
Library: Rush Rhees Library addition material, 1961-1973 3.21 Cubic feet
Rush Rhees Library Addition Material includes correspondence, specifications, notes, and other documentation related to the planning, design, and construction of the 1970 addition. A thick folder of proposals, cost estimates, and correspondence relating to the renovations made to Rush Rhees Library in 1971-72 can be found in Box 6. Box 7 contains a scrapbook compiled by Augusta Hoeing, widow of Professor Charles Hoeing, who had donated $25,000 for a garden court in memory of her father, Calvin C. Laney, Rochester's first superintendent of parks.
Library: plans, etc., 1920s-1960s 1 map case drawer
A collection of rough sketches, blueprints, photographs of mock-ups, etc. of the original Rush Rhees Library, alterations over the years, and the major addition of the late 1960s.
Architectural plans for several University buildings, most of which were on the Prince Street campus. The box also includes plans for a few non-University buildings.
The portfolio contains both photographs and reproductions of renderings designed by Travers.
Samuel J. Tilden papers, 1794-1886, 1835-1876 42.78 linear feet
The collection consists primarily of materials relating to "Shingleside," a country home in Charlotte, NY designed for Stein by Claude Bragdon, but it also includes several family photographs. In 1916, Nathan Stein's family commissioned Carl Raschen to make drawings of the house and grounds. Raschen (1882-1961) was a painter, illustrator, etcher and one-time teacher at the Chicago Art Institute whose work appeared in many newspapers and periodicals of the day. Plates were made from the drawings to illustrate a privately printed booklet; some of the copper plates are also in this collection.
Kendrick family papers, 1825-1947 30 boxes
The Kendrick Family Papers includes the correspondence and other papers of Asahel Clark Kendrick and Ryland Morris Kendrick. The correspondence of Asahel Clark Kendrick includes letters to and from University of Rochester professors and trustees at the time of the founding of the University. There are also letters from prominent educators, clergymen, and literary figures. Other papers are the lecture notes and writings of Asahel Clark and Ryland Morris Kendrick. These include translations and commentaries of various books of the Bible by A. C. Kendrick, as part of his work on the revised English version of the Bible. The papers also include books and pamphlets written by A. C. Kendrick, journals and poems by various family members, and the house plans of the Kendrick home on Alexander Street, near East Avenue. The family correspondence to and from A. C. Kendrick includes letters from his wives: Anne Elizabeth (Hopkins) Kendrick, and Helen Morris (Hooker) Kendrick; his children, and his son-in-law Rossiter Johnson.