This collection contains architectural drawings, photographs, business records and reference materials related to the projects and designs of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and his successor firm, Mayers, Murray & Philips, primarily in the New York City region. A large portion of the collection consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from Goodhue from the early 1900s until his death in 1926. Relatively few architectural drawings from his professional practice survive.
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Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924
Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company architectural records, 1866-1985, bulk 1890-1942 40.1 linear feet
Guastavino, Rafael, 1842-1908
This collection is made up of architectural drawings, correspondence, specifications, contracts, invoices, minutes, financial statements, patents, advertisements, photographs, photograph album, test results and reports, memoranda, tile samples, factory order cards, and other materials pertaining to The Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company's projects. The dates of the materials span 1866-1985, with bulk dates 1890-1942. The architectural records include structural, decorative, and acoustical sample products and fragments. Also included are materials added to the files by George Collins (1917-1993), Professor of Art History at Columbia University. Prof. Collins secured the donation of this archive in 1963, and remained its custodian until it was transferred to the Drawings and Archives Collection at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library in 1988. The records document Prof. Collins' research efforts, as well as the Company's projects in forty states (including District of Columbia), four Canadian provinces, and eleven other foreign countries.
Rambusch Company records, 1910-1984 67 document boxes
Fischer, Sigurd, 1887-1981
This collection contains original and reprographic design drawings, photographic prints and various types of business records documenting the work of Rambusch Company across the United States. Over many decades, Rambusch has collaborated on projects with numerous noted architectural firms, including Bertram Goodhue, R. Guastavino & Co.