Henry J. Toombs papers, 1902-1967 (bulk 1923-1967).

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Henry J. Toombs papers, 1902-1967 (bulk 1923-1967).

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The collection contains correspondence, architectural drawings and specifications, bids, bills, receipts, publications, brochures, minutes, reports, announcements, financial statements, memos, estate papers, military records, legal case records, invitations, photographs, address books, scrapbooks, sketches, and books. Of major interest are the plans of buildings and furniture designed for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, their friends, and related institutions, such as the Warm Springs Foundation in Meriwether Co., GA. There are drawings of Val-Kill and the Factory Building in New York State. Over 50 letters to Toombs by the Roosevelts have been copied and interfiled in the general correspondence.

18 cubic ft.6 oversized folders.

Georgia Department of Archives and History Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6837551

Georgia Department of Archives and History Library

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Henry J. Toombs, architect and sculptor, was born in Cuthbert, GA; attended the U.S. Naval Academy, 1913-1916; received B.S. (1921) and M.A. (1923) degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in architecture; worked for McKim, Mead, and White, New York architects; began independent architectural work for the Roosevelt family, ca. 1926; associated with Eric Gugler, architectural offices in New York City; served as architect for Georgia Warm Springs Foundation; opened offices in Warm ...