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Charles E. Babcock papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 15-5-1626

Scope and content

Two volumes of lecture notes entitled "Ancient Architecture" and "Romanesque and Byzantine"; two publications, "Vaults" (20 pp.) and "Pendentives and other Devices" (3 pp.); and a typescript outline "Architectural Methods of Covering Spaces" (2 pp.). Also, a typescript describing the making of a bust of Professor Babcock and a photo of the bust, a cabinet card portrait of Babcock, and a note from him to Frederick W. Field (1895). Drawings of Lincoln Hall (1904). June 15, 1872, Plan of Sage College, no. 11, Section, through center, looking North.

Scope and content

Also, "Freely Given: the story of a Sparkill landmark and its famous architect," published by Christ Episcopal Church, Sparkill, N.Y., 2011.

Dates

  • [ca.1880-1908]

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Professor of architecture, Cornell University.

Extent

12 items. (12 items.)

Language of Materials

English