Warren Powers Laird administration Records, 1900-1932.

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Warren Powers Laird administration Records, 1900-1932.

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The records of the Warren Powers Laird administration document the administration of the School under Lairds long tenure. He served as head of the School of Architecture from 1891-1920 and Dean of the School of Fine Arts from 1920-1932. The records span the years 1900-1932. The Business Administration series (1906-1932) contains the records of high-level administrators within the University of Pennsylvania and the School of Architecture, later the School of Fine Arts. This series consists of mainly correspondence related to the administrative decisions made for the School and its facilities. Much of the correspondence is between Laird and other administrators such as the Provost, the Secretary, the Comptroller, the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, etc. The Educational Administration series (1906-1932) contains correspondence between Laird and deans or directors of other schools and departments within the University of Pennsylvania. This series has subseries titles such as College; Towne Scientific School, School of Education, etc. The School of Architecture series (1900-1920) relates to the daily functioning of the school in terms of its finances, faculty, curriculum, students, and equipment. The series has subseries titles such as 20: Current Expenses; 43: Matriculates; 61: New Building, etc. The School of Fines Arts series (1920-1932) relates to the daily functioning of the school after it changed from the School of Architecture to become the School of Fine Arts in 1920. This series contains folders similar to those of the School of Architecture, but also contains folders that reflect the different organization of the School of Fine Arts. For example, there are subseries titles such as 25: Department of Music; 26: Department of Fine Arts and 30: Department of Architecture. The Boards, Committees, Faculties, etc. series (1906-1932) contains information regarding committee or board members of the University of Pennsylvania and their decisions or influence that relate to the development of the School of Architecture/School of Fine Arts. The subseries include titles such as 5: Board of Deans; 9: Committee on the School of Fine Arts, etc. The Clubs, Institutes and Societies series (1908-1932) consists of organizations that have a relationship with the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture / School of Fine Arts. Examples of the subseries are 101: American Institute of Architects and 108: Civic Art Affairs Connected with the University. The Building Projects and Competitions series (1906-1923) contains extracurricular professional work done by Laird. This series documents his competitions such as the 155: Madison Free Library; 153: Camden County Courthouse and 162: Brooklyn Academy of Music. The records of the Laird administration contain correspondence between Laird and former students and between Laird and persons interested in the program. Below is a small sampling of the correspondence between Laird and others represented this collection.

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Architecture

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University of Pennsylvania.

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The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania was part of the Towne Scientific School until 1920, when a separate School of Fine Arts was established, teaching architecture and other fine arts. Teaching staff and courses of instruction of the Towne Scientific School, Department of Architecture were listed in the Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The School of Fine Arts published its teaching staff, regulations, courses of study, competitons and, in some years, curre...

Bickley, George Howard.

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Boyd, William, Jr.

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University of Pennsylvania. Graduate School of Fine Arts

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Chillman, James, Jr

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Das Neves, Christiano S.

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Laird, Warren Powers, 1861-1948

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Great-great-nephew of Abigail Powers Fillmore. From the description of A forgotten president : typescript, 1940 Jan. 15. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 38289400 Although Warren P. Laird did comparatively little in the way of conventional architectural design, his career as an "advisor" on architectural competitions and projects greatly influenced many important commissions in the United States before the Depression. Laird also played a crucial rol...

Cret, Philippe, 1876-1945.

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Sakai, Yunosuke.

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University of Pennsylvania. School of Design.

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Warren Powers Laird was born to Mathew James and Lydia Powers Laird on August 8, 1861 in Winona, Minnesota. He was educated at the Winona State Normal School and Cornell University. After attending Cornell, Laird studied with architects in several cities including Boston and New York. In 1887, he returned to Cornell to teach before going to Paris to study. Due to an increase in architectural practice in Philadelphia and the growing need for trained architects, the presid...

Day, Frank Miles, 1861-1918

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Frank Miles Day was born in Philadelphia and was educated primarily by his father. He studied architecture in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania's Towne School and in London at the South Kensington School of Art and the Royal Academy. He began independent practice in Philadelphia in 1887, and in 1892 he established a partnership (Frank Miles Day and Brother) with his elder brother, H. Kent Day (1851-1925), an accountant. Charles Zeller Klauder became a chief draftsman for Frank Miles...