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Architecture -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Anna Clegg Stryke papers

 Collection
Identifier: 21-23-2349
Abstract

Two photograph albums, loose photographs, diplomas, and Sigma Xi certificate of Anna Clegg Stryke; also, house plan by Gibb and Waltz.

Dates: 1906-1913.

College of Engineering architectural renderings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 16-2-3772
Scope and content

General plan for the College of Engineering by York and Sawyer, 1925; elevations and other plans for the proposed buildings for the College of Engineering, by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon; and a plan of Carpenter Hall, by Perkins and Will. Also a draft of "The Master Plan for Engineering Facilities," January, 1989 and a computer simulation photograph fo the new building for the Theory Center. Also includes slides with plans and photographs of Upson and Thurston Halls.

Dates: 1925-1989.

Fairview Heights miscellany

 Collection — Manuscript box 69 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924078882408]
Identifier: 6371
Scope and content

Brochures, postcards, and articles - concerning Fairview Heights in Ithaca, NY. It is a residential Community adjacent to Cornell University consisting of 150 apartments in 8 buildings on a five-acre landscaped site. It was designed by Marcel Breuer in 1964.

Dates: 1964.

Jamieson and McKinney Block architectural drawings

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113938231]
Identifier: 8655
Scope and content

Blueprints of the Jamieson and McKinney Block, including rear elevation, longitudinal section, floor plans, and details of iron work.

Dates: 1896.

John Snaith papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064933827]
Identifier: 2297
Scope and content

Photocopied specifications for the house and stable of William V. Teeter and Pliny Hall on South Albany St., Ithaca, which Snaith designed, contracted, and built; drawings, related correspondence, and financial records; and one original photograph, 1882, of the house and stable.

Dates: 1881-1882.

Miller-Heller House records

 Collection
Identifier: 15-4-1886
Abstract Research files of Elizabeth Hancock Sillin include "A Master Plan for the Miller-Heller House, 122 Eddy St., Ithaca, New York"; poem about William Henry Miller, 1906; letter about 1849 Chickering piano, 1944; "Life of John West Jackson," 1943; and letters to graduate students about history of Heller House. Also, correspondence and notes from or about Lillian Purvis Heller, 1940-1977. Also includes a stained glass fragment, videocassettes, slides, an audiocassette, photographs, and assorted...
Dates: 1935-1999

Sage College records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 43-10-38
Scope and content

Financial records include vouchers relating to the construction of Sage College, 1875; vouchers relating to the Sage Fund, 1872-1876; four check books and bank book relating to the Sage Fund; ledgers; and contract for Sage College Bridge. Early advertisements, notices, and circulars of the Sage College at Cornell University, including the proceedings of the laying of the corner stone and "Sage Maidens of Cornell University," from Demorest's Family Magazine, 1891.





Dates: 1871-1895.

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.