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Architecture.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Stepping stones : Letters to Eunice 1932-1974 on paths of architecture and planning and archaeology, article

 Collection
Identifier: 4439
Abstract

Bound volume of typescript transcripts of letters, with autobiographical notes. Also, "Aerial Archaeology: A Personal Account," an article by Whittlesey published in the JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY, Vol. 1, Number 1/2, 1974.

Dates: 1974, 1989.

Thomas Mackesey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 15-2-1745
Scope and content Includes correspondence; manuscripts of speeches; teaching notes; newsletters, pamphlets, A.I.P. and A.I.A. journals, books, and other printed materials; planning material pertaining to Cornell University; schedules of Cornell University lectures on the history of planning (Planning 700), 1970-1971; project notes, consultant folders, planning reports, and other papers concerning the development of various cities, the Suez Canal, Kuwait, and other areas; maps; minutes of meetings; and other...
Dates: [ca.1950-1971]

Vatet family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3984
Scope and content

Includes photograph albums and other family photographs; student scrapbook of Oscar Eugene Valentine Vatet; and other papers of Oscar V. Vatet, Oscar Pierson Vatet, and John Valentine Vatet, some concerning architecture.

Dates: 1899-1950.

William Gray Purcell papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 9 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065303046]
Identifier: 15-3-m.119
Scope and content Includes correspondence between Purcell and Etta Arntzen, and an article by Purcell entitled "1902 and the Gilded Age," which appeared in the March-April 1952 issue of NORTHWEST ARCHITECT, the official publication of the Minnesota Society of Architects. The article pertains to architectural education and Purcell's designs for Willard Straight Hall on the Cornell campus. Also, an article by Marc W. Hammons from CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE, Vol. 11, 1989/1990, "True Faith: The Organic...
Dates: 1951-1952.

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.