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Avery Drawings & Archives

Alexander McMillan Welch architectural drawings and papers, 1886-1937

1,838 architectural drawings
Alexander McMillan Welch (1869-1943) was a New York City based architect who practiced independently and as a member of Welch, Smith & Provot. His firm was best known for designing New York City townhouses in the Beaux-Arts style. The collection includes 1,641 architectural drawings, 196 student drawings, 14 student notebooks, 99 loose photographs and 3 photo albums of project photography, project specifications and files, and some professional ephemera.
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Emery Roth architectural drawings and autobiography, 1907-1949, bulk 1920-1939

2,286 architectural drawings

This collection included primarily original and reprographic architectural drawings by Roth, circa 1907-circa 1949, largely of apartment buildings located in Manhattan and designed during the 1920s and 1930s. Represented are the San Remo Towers, The Beresford, The Oliver Cromwell, the Normandy, and numerous other apartment buildings. There are also drawings for several hotel and private residences. A two-volume typescript autobiography is also included.

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William Muschenheim architectural drawings and papers, 1929-1957, bulk 1931-1950

20 manuscript boxes

The William Muschenheim collection spans from 1929 to 1957, with bulk dates from 1931-1950. The collection documents approximately 130 separate jobs and is made up of architectural drawings, correspondence, accounts, estimates, specifications, invoices, contracts, samples, invoices, and other material related to Muschenheim's professional projects. The projects mainly represent Muschenheim's work in New York City, but also include work in Albany (NY), Amenia (NY), Bridgehampton (NY), Chappaqua (NY), Hampton Bays (NY), Malverne (NY), Massapequa (NY), Nassau Point (Long Island), Washington (CT), Washington DC, Westhampton Beach (NY), and Woodstock (NY), among other locations.

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Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, 1866-1979-(bulk 1949-1964).

56 Linear Feet
Douglas Putnam Haskellan (1899-1979) was an American writer, architecture critic and magazine editor. This collection contains correspondence, memos, articles, speeches, lectures, transcripts, clippings, notes, printed matter, photographs, audiotapes, and memorabilia mainly relating to Douglas Haskell's editorship at Architectural Forum and his professional activities. The collection includes items dating from 1866 to 1979, with the majority of materials dating from the period of 1949 to 1964.
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Style and method Box 109, Folder 10 to 11

,Staten Island, N.Y. April, 1930, 75 West Street,New York City. 45 pages with maps. 2 copies.
1 pamphlet. The Hudson River Bridge, between Fort Lee, New Jersey and Manhattan, New York, The Port
of New York Authority, 75 West Street, New York City.

Article. "The Architecture of Steel," by Christian Barman; from The Architects' Journal. Jan. 14, 1931. pp. 82-88.

  1. Series XIV: Bridges