NEW YORK, September 13, 2011 – Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library received a gift of archival materials from Rose Associates – a prominent New York real estate development firm. The archival gift is accompanied by funds from the Susan & Elihu Rose Foundation to support processing this fascinating collection of construction photographs, brochures, newspaper clippings, […]
Category: Drawings & Archives
Thomas W. Lamb in the News
Yesterday’s New York Times brings welcome news regarding the future of the Victoria Theater on 125th Street in Harlem designed by Thomas Lamb, one of the major theater architects of the first half of the 20th century, whose archive is one of the most heavily used collections in the Drawings and Archives. The renovation of […]
Frederick Woodbridge at Antioch
Frederick Woodbridge was the excavation architect for the Antioch excavation in 1924. His drawings of the excavation, part of his archive at the Drawings and Archives, are featured in the new publication: Building a New Rome: The Imperial Colony of Pisidian Antioch (25 BC-AD700) published by the Kelsey Museum of the University of Michigan. […]
Happy Birthday Charles Follen McKim
Charles Follen McKim (Aug. 24, 1847-Sept. 14, 1909) was a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White– one of the most prominent American Beaux-Arts architects of the late 19th century. The firm designed the Boston Public Library, Pennsylvania Station (demolished), Madison Square Garden (demolished), University Club of New York, the Pierpont Morgan Library, the […]
New York Crystal Palace
Read more about Avery’s unique image of the New York Crystal Palace in the new article by Julie Mellby in the History of Photography —by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Giorgio Cavaglieri centennial
Celebrating a Centennial: One of the leading architects of the historic preservation movement in New York, Giorgio Cavaglieri would have turned 100 years old on August 11th. New Yorkers may not know his name but he was the architect behind the preservation of the Jefferson Market Courthouse Library, the Public Theater, and the Delacorte Theater. […]
Avery Library Drawing & Archives–Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery is now a National Historic Landmark! On June 30, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that Woodlawn was one of 14 new national historic landmarks! Cited for its landscape and architectural design, Woodlawn’s application was strengthened by the archival documentation of its monuments, which are now housed in Avery’s Drawings […]
Avery Lib. Drawings & Archives: Madame C.J. Walker
A’Lelia Bundles, a Columbia University Trustee, Friends of Woodlawn Trustee, author, and granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker, posted this on her blog. (“Madam Walker Essay” from www.madamcjwalker.com by A’Lelia Bundles). –by Janet Parks, Curator of Drawings & Archives […]
Avery Library Drawings & Archives on the Road
Here are some of the current exhibitions to which Avery Library Drawings & Archives has contributed material: San Diego Museum of Art Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement. June 18-September 11, 2011 6 drawings from Avery’s Gustav Stickley collection Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA Palladio and His […]
Happy Birthday Frank Lloyd Wright
Happy Birthday to Frank Lloyd Wright (8 June 1867–9 April 1959). Avery Library has many Wright drawings and archival holdings. Flickr photo: Universal Pop. […]