Lucien E. Smith architectural drawings and papers, circa 1890-1940.

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Lucien E. Smith architectural drawings and papers, circa 1890-1940.

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Papers consist primarily of Smith's files relating to his architectural work containing correspondence with clients, colleagues, contractors, suppliers, and others, with related bills, notes, receipts, accounts, estimates, specifications, time sheets, progress reports, and architectural drawings. Also, portrait photographs of young people (possibly classmates?) in Rochester, N.Y. and Evanston, Ill., circa late 19th century; a class roll card, 1901, for a class taught by Smith at the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, New York; a memo book, undated, containing miscellaneous accounts, sketches, memoranda; correspondence, 1890s, between Ella Smith (Smith's mother) and Lucien Smith and other family members, Rochester, N.Y., and Elmhurst, Ill.; account book, 1891-1902, of Mrs. H. V. (Ella) Smith, Rochester, N.Y.; calling cards, invitations, photographs, letters, bills, receipts, and other, miscellaneous personal documents; student drawings made by Smith when at Columbia University's School of Architecture; drawings for a proposed "academy of art and archaeology" in Rome, 1905-1906; and drawings for Malvina Hoffman's house and studio in New York City.

approx. 11 cubic ft.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7627385

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

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Malvina Hoffman House (New York, N.Y.)

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American Academy in Rome

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Art school; Rome, Italy. Organized in 1894 as the American School of Architecture in Rome. In 1897, it was dissolved and its assets turned over to the newly established American Adademy in Rome, not a traditional school, but a place where architects, painters, and sculptors could work in close association. After merging with the American School of Classical Studies (f. 1895) on the last day of 1912, the American Academy in Rome consisted of the School of Fine Arts and th...

Columbia University. School of Architecture

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The architecture program at the School of Mines at Columbia was begun by William Robert Ware in 1881. In 1897 the department became a separate school of architecture. Ware had begun the first professional school of architecture in the United States at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From the description of Columbia University School of Architecture student drawings, circa 1879-1956, (bulk circa 1884-1912). (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: ...

General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York

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Smith, Ella.

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Smith, Lucien E., 1877-1969.

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Architect in New York City. From the description of Lucien E. Smith architectural drawings and papers, circa 1890-1940. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505719976 ...