Scope and content
Includes floor plans, photographs, drawings, renderings, transparencies, negatives, specifications, publicity and promotional material, correspondence with Cornell, hospital design material, reprints from LADIES HOME JOURNAL, and material on restoring an 18th century mill in New Jersey for Wells' own use.
Dates
- [ca.1940-1965].
Creator
Biographical / Historical
Sanford B. Wells was an architect. Born in Middleburg, New York on April 23, 1908 or 1910, he graduated from the Cornell University College of Architecture. Working for other architectural firms or in private practice, his clients included L. Bamberger & Co., B. Altman & Co., R.H. Macy & Co., Bloomingdale Brothers, LADIES HOME JOURNAL, and the armed forces of Colombia, South America. He designed stores and store departments, residences, offices, and office and apartment buildings, and was also active in industrial design.
Extent
1 cubic feet.
2 mapcase folders.
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: 3 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 3 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 7 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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