Drawings show plans for new addition on promoenade deck and exsiting lounge renovations; also includes a rendering of the exterior of Uris Hall.
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Institute of International Education Kaufmann Conference Rooms architectural drawings and papers, 1961-1966 2 manuscript boxes
This collection contains original and reprographic correspondence, financial papers, black and white photographs, and reprographic architectural drawings relating to the commissioning, design, and construction of the Kaufmann Conference Rooms in the Institute of International Education's headquarters in New York City, N.Y., between 1961 and 1966.
Abbott Merkt and Company records, 1906-1994 89 linear feet of papers
This collection primarily contains architectural drawings, photographs, business records and reference materials related to the projects and designs of architectural and engineering firm Abbott, Merkt and Company. A subsidiary portion of the collection includes drawings, photographs and papers related to the life and career of Richard H. Tatlow, III, president of Abbott Merkt, as well as the firms and agencies for which he also worked.
Max Abramovitz architectural records and papers, 1925-1990 14,000 drawings
Files of the company, 1911-1920, much of which consists of unsucessful architectural bid documents, each noting the architect, building, and location, as well as estimated costs, sketches, and related correspondents. These bid documents represent commissions not awarded to NYATCC, and do, in some cases, indicate the outcome of the bid. Architects represented include McKim, Mead & White; Cass Gilbert; George Post; D.H. Burnham & Company; Warren & Wetmore, Schwartz & Gross, and many others. Also includes correspondence and office memoranda, including some describing the formative years, 1911-1914, of the National Terra Cotta Society, trade catalogs, and job photographs. Also, two albums containing photographs of sample pieces of terra cotta, and month by month construction records for three buildings, including the American Theater (42nd Street, New York, 1892) by Charles Coolidge Haight; the Renaissance Apartments (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1889) and the Imperial Apartments (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1890) both by Montrose Morris.
High Lawn architectural records and papers, 1903-2000, bulk 1908-1914 2 manuscript boxes
This collection includes original and reprographic architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, correspondence, and photographs documenting the design and construction of High Lawn, William B. Osgood Field's estate in Lenox, Massachusetts. The main house and related outbuildings were designed by the prominent New York architecture firm Delano & Aldrich between 1908 and 1914. The farm buildings and several other estate structures were primarily designed by New York architect John C. Greenleaf. The collection also includes copy photographs of the Field family and guests at High Lawn during the 1910s. Also included is a small group of drawings and other papers related to neighboring properties in Lenox; as well as drawings for Field's townhouse at 645 Fifth Avenue in New York City, designed by Hunt & Hunt, with interior work by Stuart & Stuart, dating from 1903-1911; and drawings for a building at 8-10 W. 37th St., in New York City, designed by John C. Greenleaf in 1923.
Included are the architectural drawings pertaining to the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer in New York, N.Y. These drawings include plans, elevations, sections, and details in full-scale, and the dates of the drawings span 1908-1928. The drawings are cataloged separately in CLIO and their call numbers are NYDA98-F0 through NYDA98-F6; their accession numbers are 1996.011.00001 through.00452.
Additional materials include carbons of typescript correspondence of lectures given by Dean William A. Boring (academic year 1933-1934) and Professor Theodor Karl Rohdenburg (academic year 1946-1947). Also design problems, the earliest of which were given in conjunction with the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, from academic years 1918-1919, 1926-1927, 1936-1937, 1949-1950, and 1957-1958. Also materials for the Architecture 51 class; correspondence of Joseph Hudnut; course outlines; correspondence relating to the search for a new dean of the school, 1957-1963.