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Architectural drawings.

 Subject
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Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Willard Dickerman Straight papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1260
Abstract

Microfilmed papers of Willard D. Straight consist of personal and official correspondence, both original and typescript copies, and reports chiefly concerning his association with the Chinese Imperial Customs Service (1902-04). Documented is his employment with Reuters during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05); with the United States Department of State in Korea and Manchuria (1904-09); and with Edward H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff, and J.P. Morgan and Company (1904-09).

Dates: 1825-1925.

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 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 papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1856
Abstract

Drawings, photographs, plans, and specifications of Ithaca and Cornell buildings by Miller, list of newspaper articles concerning Miller and notable architecture in Ithaca, and a biographical sketch of Miller by Dethlefsen.

Dates: 1890-1957.

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

William S. Downing papers

 Collection
Identifier: 6971
Abstract

Collection consists of project files, correspondence, meeting notes, architectural drawings, specifications, photographs, photographic negatives, and slides related to Downing's architectural practice.

Dates: 1922-2006.

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.