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Harvard University. Corporation. Records of early Harvard buildings, 1710-1969.

Title: Records of early Harvard buildings, 1710-1969.

The Records of early Harvard buildings consist of floor plans, drawings, receipts, estimates, and correspondence resulting from the construction and maintenance of Harvard College buildings in the Old Yard during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The records also include several drawings and floor plans of Massachusetts Hall, the oldest surviving building at Harvard, as well as correspondence, notes, and sketches from the construction of University Hall, designed by architect Charles Bulfinch. In addition to providing an overview of the expansion of Harvard Yard, the records also reveal the costs and labor involved in constructing and maintaining educational buildings in colonial New England.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 cubic feet (2 flat boxes,1 legal document box, 1 bound volume, and 5 oversized folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/743412001 View

Henry Hobson Richardson drawings, ca. 1886- ca. 1940.

Title: Henry Hobson Richardson drawings, ca. 1886- ca. 1940.

Architectural drawings from American architect H. H. (Henry Hobson) Richardson's Brookline office, and later drawings made by the successor firm.

ArchivalResource: 5,300 drawings (757 linear ft. )

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00434/catalog View

Harvard Medical School Buildings and Grounds, Vanderbilt Hall and the Seeley G. Mudd Building. Images, Finding Aid., ca. 1923-1980:

Title: Harvard Medical School Buildings and Grounds, Vanderbilt Hall and the Seeley G. Mudd Building. Images, Finding Aid. ca. 1923-1980:

This finding aid describes photographs, lantern slides, negatives, postcards, and prints portraying Vanderbilt Hall and the Seeley G. Mudd Building at Harvard Medical School. Go directly to images.

ArchivalResource: 67 images.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/med00020/catalog View

R. Guastavino Company. Mass. General Hospital, Boston, Mass. [graphic] : plan [and section] of proposed opening in vault / R. Guastavino Co.

Title: Mass. General Hospital, Boston, Mass. [graphic] : plan [and section] of proposed opening in vault / R. Guastavino Co. May 27, [19]40.

ArchivalResource: 1 drawing : blueprint on paper ; 33.5 x 28.5 cm. (13 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80838680 View

Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969. Papers, 1867-2005.

Title: Papers, 1867-2005.

These papers of Fogg Art Museum Director Edward Waldo Forbes document his administration of the museum and a wide range of personal and professional activities and interests. The bulk of the collection dates from 1909 to 1944. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, including a series of correspondence with art dealers, and also include photographs, reports, expedition field notes and journals, printed material, newspaper clippings, blueprints, meeting minutes, letters of recommendation, insurance records, invoices, page proofs, telegrams, rubbings, sketches, visiting cards, shipping documents and press releases.

ArchivalResource: 119 boxes + oversize materials.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422897333 View

New York Hospital building specifications, 1929-1952.

Title: New York Hospital building specifications, 1929-1952.

Mechanical specifications, carpentry specifications, electrical and lighting specifications for the construction of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 1929-1932. Also, specifications for alternations to the Payne Whitney Clinic, 1952.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86158566 View

Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins. Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 19: Files, Massachusetts, 1889-1962 (bulk 1900-1930).

Title: Architectural records. Series II: Project Records. Subseries 19: Files, Massachusetts, 1889-1962 (bulk 1900-1930).

This subseries contains notes, photographs, bids, specifications, bills, receipts, certificate of insurance, memorandums, correspondence, clippings, estimates, advertisements, invoices, contracts, postcards, and credit reports pertaining to R. Guastavino Co.'s projects in Massachusetts. The amount of material for projects vary from one item to two full folders. Correspondence is between R. Guastavino Co. and the principals involved in the projects, i.e., contractors, architects, suppliers, etc. Notes and clippings were later added by Prof. George Collins as a result of his research.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309717020 View

Records, 1855–1983 (Bulk 1921–1966).

Title: Records, 1855–1983 (Bulk1921–1966).

The records of Boston Lying-in Hospital are the product of the hospital staff’sadministrative, fundraising, publication, and public relations activities from 1855 through1981.

ArchivalResource: 5 cubic feet (1 standard record carton, 3 flat document boxes, and 1 roll ofdrawings.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/med00056/catalog View