Charles Over Cornelius papers, 1921-1932

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Charles Over Cornelius papers, 1921-1932

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Charles Over Cornelius (1890-1937) was an Amerian architect who served as the Associate Curator of American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1925-1931. The bulk of his papers are photographs, postcards and glass negatives of houses and furniture, some of which Cornelius used in his writings or for restoring colonial or pre-Civil War properties for clients.

1.2 linear feet (in 3 manuscript boxes)

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Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.

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Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.

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