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Archives at Cornell

Architects.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Philip Will, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3749
Abstract Includes records of Will's involvement with the American Institute of Architects, including his term as president; his files as trustee of Cornell University, ca.1962-1976, including material concerning the Buildings and Properties Committee; plans for Sigma Phi fraternity at Cornell; and correspondence, speeches, and reports pertaining to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and to architectural education in general. Also, speeches and photographs relating to Will's nomination for...
Dates: 1941-1985.

Robert Evans Alexander papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3087
Abstract

Includes architectural plans and drawings, reports, correspondence, legal papers, agenda and minutes of meetings, printed material and photographs from the firms of Neutra and Alexander, and Alexander and Associates. Projects include a plan for various buildings and schools. Also, "Checkpoint Charlie," a volume of personal reminiscences; "Convicts with AIDS," and "Why L.A.?;" and obituary material.

Dates: 1935-2002.

Sanford B. Wells papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3728
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].

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: Michael McCarthy records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6306
Abstract

Correspondence, preliminary design work drawings, slides, photographs, blueprints, a model, publicity and promotional materials relating to Michael McCarthy's partnership in the New York office of the firm.

Dates: 1970-1998.

William Henry Miller miscellany

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2811
Abstract Includes drawings and blueprints for Cornell buildings, including Sage infirmary medical building and the Cascadilla School in Ithaca, New York; unidentified drawings; details of two fireplaces in the Ithaca Conservatory of Music (now Ithaca College); two small hand carved wooden panels presented by Miller to the College of Architecture at the time of its semi-centennial (1921); a scrapbook of clippings and plates from architectural magazines; a book of architectural postcards, including...
Dates: 1879-1916.

William Henry Miller Sigma Chi architectural drawings

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1
Identifier: 1221
Scope and content

Specifications and bound floor plans and elevations of the Sigma Chi Chapter House, Cornell University, designed by William Henry Miller. This is the house that was built at 519 Stewart Avenue that later would become the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house.

Dates: ca.1900.

William Hull Botsford papers

 Collection
Identifier: 37-5-989
Abstract

Collection documenting the life and career of William Hull Botsford, who studied at the Cornell College of Architecture from 1907-1909. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, diaries, scrapbooks, artifacts, and works of art. Main subjects represented in the collection are Botsford’s life, time at Cornell, career as an architect, and death in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.

Dates: 1904-1962

Willis Franklin Denny architects plans and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1716
Abstract

Diagrams and plates of houses, churches, and hotels in Atlanta, Georgia designed by Denny.

Dates: n.d.

Wolfe Markam papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3855
Scope and content

Includes a few student drawings from Wolfe Markam's undergraduate courses in architecture at Cornell University. Also, drawings of his major projects, including Elm Hill West Apartments, Kings Gate West Apartments, High Acres Apartments, Swiss Village, Sarkin Brothers Apartments, Metals Processing Company, numerous private residences, and some commercial buildings, almost all built in or near Syracuse, New York.

Dates: 1911-1975.