George B. Tatumpapers 1900–1940

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George B. Tatumpapers 1900–1940

The George B. Tatum papers comprise the reference files of a noted American architectural historian who compiled and organized numerous architectural plans, diagrams, black-and-white illustrations, tear sheets, articles, and selected photographs for the period 1900 to 1940.

6 linear feet; (6boxes)

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Tatum, George B., 1917-2008

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George B. Tatum (1917-2008) was a nationally recognized architectural historian with special interest in the history of gardens and American architecture, particularly in the Philadelphia area. From the description of George B. Tatum papers. 1900-1940. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 316230283 George B. Tatum (1917–2008) was a nationally recognized architectural historian with special interest in the history of gardens and A...

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Abbott, Franklin.

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Janssen, Benno, 1874-1964

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Homsey, Samuel Eldon.

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Homsey, Victorine Du Pont.

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Platt, Charles A. (Charles Adams), 1861-1933

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Painter, architect, landscape designer; New York, N.Y. and Cornish, N.H.; b. 1861; d. 1933. From the description of Charles A. Platt letter collection, [ca. 1887]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79370050 Also known originally as Seven Springs Farm. From the description of House for Eugene Meyer, Esq., Mt. Kisco, N.Y. [graphic] : Project 525. [Part 1] / Charles A. Platt, Architect. 1915-1921. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 83173...

Homsey Architects, Inc.

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The architectural firm of Victorine & Samuel Homsey, Inc. was founded in Wilmington, Del. in 1935. It was one of the first husband-and-wife architectural practices in the U.S. Samuel Eldon Homsey (1904-1994) began his practice in Boston after graduating from MIT in 1926. On April 27, 1929, he married Victorine du Pont (1900-1998). Victorine had studied at the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, a non-degree granting institution run by faculty...

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Bullard, Roger H.

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Mellor, Meigs & Howe

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McKim, Mead & White

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At the time of this project the address of McKim, Mead & White was given as 160 Fifth Ave. (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Prospect Park, entrance shelters at Plaza entrance, [Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [detail drawing of dome in section and plan] / McKim, Mead & White, architects. Aug.24, 1895. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78960919 Architectural company. From the description of Photographs, [ca. ...

Baum, Dwight James, 1886-1939

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Delano & Aldrich

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English architect. From the description of Architectural drawings, ca. 1908. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83030030 ...

Janssen & Abbott.

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Carrère & Hastings.

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Gilchrist, Edmund B. (Edmund Beaman), 1885-1953

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Edmund Gilchrist was born in Philadelphia, son of William W. and Susan (Beaman) Gilchrist. He took courses in architecture at the Drexel Institute and at the University of Pennsylvania and worked in the offices of Horace Trumbauer and Wilson Eyre. He first worked with his most important early client, developer Dr. George Woodward, while in Eyre's office. Woodward gave Gilchrist his first independent commissions near the end of the first decade of the twentieth century. Together with...

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Cass Gilbert was born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of General and Mrs. Samuel Augustus Gilbert. He received his education at MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge after working in a St. Paul architect's office. Following graduation, he traveled throughout Europe and upon his return, entered the office of McKim, Mead, and White, Architects in New York City. A year later, in 1882, he established his own off...

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