Rockefeller Hall construction correspondence

Collection — manuscript box: 26 - folder 1

Identifier: 14-22-1480m

Scope and content

98 pages of typewritten correspondence between Cornell University administrators and faculty and architects at Carrère & Hastings, discussing specifications for Rockefeller Hall, and also updates to the electricity and lighting in Goldwin Smith Hall. Correspondents include Jacob Gould Schurman, Robert Henry Treman, George S. Moler, Edward L. Nichols, Owen Brainard, and others.

Dates

1903-1904.

Creator

no primary creator (Person)
Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942. (Person)
Treman, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1858-1937. (Person)
Moler, George Sylvanus, 1851-1932. (Person)
Nichols, E. L. (Edward Leamington), 1854-1937. (Person)
Brainard, Owen, active 1903-1904. (Person)
Carrère & Hastings (Organization)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Rockefeller Hall was built in 1904, and originally designed to include laboratories. The original architects were the firm Carrère & Hastings, known also for designing New York Public Library. Rockefeller Hall was remodeled in 1980.

Biographical / Historical

Jacob Gould Schurman was President of Cornell University; Robert Henry Treman was the chair of the University's Building Committee; George S. Moler and Edward L. Nichols were Cornell physics professors who were deeply involved in the construction discussions; Owen Brainard was one of the architects at Carrère & Hastings.