Raymond M. Hood architectural drawings and papers, circa 1890-1944.

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Raymond M. Hood architectural drawings and papers, circa 1890-1944.

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Architectural drawings for three projects; photographs of architectural drawings and models; photographs of sites before construction, buildings under construction, and interiors and exteriors of completed buildings; and related clippings. The three projects, with original drawings, arethe McGraw-Hill building, New York, 1929-1934, by Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux, and alterations, 1942-1944, by Harrison, Fouilhoux, and Abramovitz; Hood's first studies for Rockefeller Center, drawn by Walter Kilham, Jr. in 1929; and the Daily News Building, New York, 1929-1947, by Hood and John M. Howells. Also included are the Chicago Tribune Tower, Chicago (Hood won the competition for the project in 1922 - a photograph of the drawing submitted to the competition by architect Eliel Saarinen is included); photographs of models for Rockefeller Center buildings; and miscellaneous and unrealized projects. Also, two albums containing interior and exterior photographs of completed buildings designed by Hood including his American Radiator building, New York, the Chicago Tribune Tower, and others. Biographical material on Hood includes clippings of obituaries, 1934; photographs of Hood and his family, ca. 1890s-1930s, and travel photographs, early 20th century; clippings of articles by and about Hood; and biographical notes on Hood. Of interest is a photograph by Berenice Abbott of the McGraw-Hill building showing the Sixth Avenue El, demolished in 1940.

Drawings: approx. 281 sheets.Papers: approx. .7 cubic ft.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7627421

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

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Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991

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b.1898; d, 1991. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462170 B. in Springfield, Ohio on July 17, 1898; d. 1991 in Monson, Maine, age 93. From the description of Berenice Abbott : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 437266448 Berenice Abbott was born July 17, 1898 in Springfield, Ohio. She attended Ohio State University, but left early in 1918, movin...

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Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950

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Architect; Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Came to U.S. from Finland. Taught design at the University of Michigan and was president of Cranbrook Academy of Art. From the description of [Louis Sullivan and Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue eulogy]. 1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122556982 ...

Howells, John Mead, 1868-1959

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Abramovitz, Max, 1908-2004

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Godley, Frederick A., d. 1961.

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Hood, Raymond M. (Raymond Mathewson), 1881-1934

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Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981

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