Philip Sawyer photographs, drawings, and papers, circa 1889-1937.

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Philip Sawyer photographs, drawings, and papers, circa 1889-1937.

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Sawyer's portraits of L. M. Franklin and William Louis Ayres, partners in the architectural firm York and Sawyer; photograph of an unidentified atelier at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, circa 1890s; a photograph of draftsman in the studio of architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, circa 1890; photographs of members of the McKim, Mead & White studio in masquerade, and lyrics, "Onward all ye draughtsmen," both from a celebration held on winning the competition for the Rhode Island State Capitol; a portrait of Samuel Yellin by Sawyer; portrait of a surveying team at Fort [Paque?], Alabama, 1889, including Philip Saywer; and a photograph of "Baneck Hill," Ridgefield, Conn. Drawings include three sketchbooks used while a student at the Ecole des beaux-arts in Paris - architectural drawings, 1893, travels in Italy, 1893, and travel sketches, 1894; sketchbook of travel landscapes, 1909; an ink and pencil sketch of view to the New Jersey Palisades from Sawyer's West 70th Street apaprtment, 1898; five etchings of landscapes and a pencil cartoon for an etching, by Sawyer and others, including one by Charles A. Platt; and a portrait sketch of Sawyer. Also, mounted photographs of various York & Sawyer projects. Other photographs include portraits of Sawyer, wedding portraits of Sawyer and Mildred Sawyer, 1937, Sawyer and daughter Mildred at Lake George, N.Y., and various buildings in America and Europe.

approx. 300 items.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)

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Franklin, L. M.

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Baneck Hill (Ridgefield, Conn.)

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Saywer, Mildred Conway.

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Sawyer family.

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York, Edward Palmer 1865-1928

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Sawyer, Philip 1868-1949

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New York City architect, partner of Edward P. York (1865-1928). Began his career as a draftsmen with McKim, Mead & White. York and Sawyer were formed in 1904. From the description of Philip Sawyer photographs, drawings, and papers, circa 1889-1937. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505719962 ...

Yellin, Samuel, 1885-1940

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Samuel Yellin, one of the most important architectural metalworkers in the United States in the early twentieth century, was born in Galicia, Poland in 1885. He was trained in Europe and traveled there before he immigrated to the United States. Yellin settled in Philadelphia, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was appointed as instructor at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, and by 1909 he had established his own shop. Yellin designed and built ironwork for some of the...

York & Sawyer

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At the time of this project the address of York & Sawyer was given as 100 E. 42nd St. (New York, N.Y.). From the description of The New York Academy of Medicine, Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street, New York, [N.Y.] [graphic] : [detail drawings] / York & Sawyer, architects. May 18, 1925-July 8, 1926. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78334996 At the time of this project the address of York & Sawyer was given as 50 East 41st St. (New Yor...

Sawyer, Mildred.

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Ayres, William Louis, 1874-1947

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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...

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. ...