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Presbrey-Leland Inc. records, 1925-1995
10 document boxesThis collection contains extensive photographs and a large sample of historical project files from Presbrey-Leland Inc., a company producing burial memorials and monuments based in Valhalla, New York. The 10 boxes of project files are arranged in order by project number assigned by Presbrey-Leland (project numbers range from 21321 to 95029), and contain sketches, architectural drawings and blueprints, correspondence with clients, invoices and estimates, and photographs. There is no corresponding project list for this collection. The 14 boxes of photographs are arranged in groupings by numbers 1 thru 51, with each grouping containing photographs from many different projects. Photographs are of headstones, memorials, mausoleums and other architectural burial monuments at various cemeteries. Additional miscellaneous files in the collection include 3 binders of photographs of drawings of various architectural elements (including tablets, headstones, and garden furniture), 1 small binder of sketches with project numbers, and files on Lettering and Trinity Church, Church of the Intercession.
Carrère & Hastings architectural drawings and papers, 1899-1930
1295 itemsArchitectural drawings and photographs of architectural drawings with some related correspondence of residential and public buildings, churches, libraries, theaters, monuments, and bridges including: the Henry Hudson Bridge, Triborough Bridge, and the Manhattan Bridge in New York; Edward Henry Harriman's Arden House in Harriman, N.Y.; the Alfred I. Dupont mansion in Roslyn, N.Y.; the David A. Reed house in Washington, D.C.; the reconstruction of the Grand Army Plaza in New York City; the Memorial Amphitheater for Arlington National Cemetery; and various bicentennial buildings for Yale University. Of note are drawings of the grounds, details of buildings, and furniture for the New York Public Library, 1908-1909.