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Paul Byard collection of Welfare Island publications, 1968-1977, bulk 1968-1969
7 itemsCollection consists of legal briefs and New York State Urban Development reports related to the development of Welfare Island (later Roosevelt Island).
William 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).
Philip Johnson architectural drawings, 1943-1994, bulk 1943-1970
5,100 drawingsThis collection contains approximately 5100 drawings, including preliminary design drawings and unbuilt studies, presentation drawings, and working drawings, for more than 100 individual projects designed by Philip Johnson, some in collaboration with John Burgee. Locations include the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, and Venezuela. Major commissions included in this collection are the Glass House in New Canaan, CT; the New York State Pavilion for the 1964 World's Fair, Queens, NY; the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, NYC; Asia House, NYC; the H.L. Moses Building at Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY; the master plan for Welfare Island, NYC; the Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX; and buildings for Sarah Lawrence College, Seton Hill College, the University of St. Thomas, and Yale University. Also of note in this collection are many presentation renderings by Helmut Jacoby and other architectural renderers. A subset of this collection includes drawings created for the 1996 monograph on Philip Johnson by Peter Blake.
Giorgio Cavaglieri architectural records and papers, 1934-2005, bulk 1960-2005
96 document boxesThis collection includes original and reprographic architectural drawings, project files, photographs, correspondence, and professional papers related to preservation architect Giorgio Cavaglieri's architectural work, professional associations, and writings.
Alexander Jackson Davis architectural drawings and papers, 1804-1900
3,000 itemsAlso, biographical manuscripts, illustrations of coats of arms, pedigree, and lists of his drawings and his library, to circa 1900, much of it done by Joseph B. Davis.