John Donnelly scrapbook on architectural sculpture, 1894-1970.

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John Donnelly scrapbook on architectural sculpture, 1894-1970.

The collection consists of a scrapbook, (1915-1935), containing newspaper clippings and photographs of architectural sculpture, together with loose scrapbook materials and one folder of correspondence (1894-1950). The scrapbook documents many of the projects undertaken by the father and son during the period when they worked for the major architects of the Beaux Arts school: Cass Gilbert, Delano & Aldrich, and Carrère and Hastings. The most important projects represented are the Donnellys' work with Gilbert on the United States Supreme Court building and the Woolworth Building. They also worked on Riverside Church, Grand Central Terminal, and the statue of George Washington for the New York World's Fair (1939). The incoming correspondence, formerly glued down in the scrapbook, includes letters of recommendation written for Donnelly by sculptor Karl Bitter, architects Cass Gilbert and Thomas Hastings, the firms of Delano & Aldrich and George B. Post & Sons.

1.4 linear feet (2 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771428

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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of blacks to American culture held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program. From the description of New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580393 From the guide to the New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940, (The...

Carrère & Hastings.

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Originally built by Alexander Jackson Davis for Charles A. Davis (no relation) 1846. cf. Garmey, Stephen. Grammercy Park, an illustrated history of a New York neighborhood / by Stephen Garmey ; foreword by Paul Goldberger; contemporary photographs by Philip Howard. [New York] : Balsam Press: distributed by Kampmann & Co., c1984. From the description of [Episcopal residence] No. 7 Granacy [i.e. Gramercy] Park, N.Y. [graphic] : [Alterations] / [Carrère and Hastings]. [circa 1904]....

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Hastings, Thomas, 1860-1929

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John Donnelly & Co.

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The elder John Donnelly, who was born in Ireland, was among the most important stone carvers and building decorators of the Beaux Arts period in New York City; he founded his own architectural sculpture firm, John Donnelly & Co., and worked for some of the most successful architectural firms of the day. His son, John, did much of the design on paper and modeling in clay, while the elder Donnelly supervised the actual stone carving, often doing the work himself. The elder Donnelly retired in ...

Delano & Aldrich

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At the time of this project the address of Delano & Aldrich was given as 9 East 41st Street (New York, N.Y.) and 4 East 39th Street (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Art Gallery for Henry Walters, Esq., Baltimore, Md. [graphic] : [detail drawings] / Delano & Aldrich, Architects. Feb., 1905-June 21, 1906. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78165781 Architectural firm of New York, N.Y. From the description of Architec...

Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.)

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Donnelly, John, 1866-1947.

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Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, 1867-1915

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Born in a suburb of Vienna, Austria, Karl Bitter was trained as a sculptor at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, from 1885 to 1888. After active service in the Army, Bitter immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in November of 1889. Within weeks of his arrival, Bitter was engaged by the American architect, Richard Morris Hunt (1825-1895). He worked on projects for the Astors and Vandberbilts in New York City and at the Biltmore Estate, for William H. Vanderbilt, Ash...

Woolworth Building (New York, N.Y.)

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Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Donnelly, John, 1903-1970.

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George B. Post & Sons

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Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934

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Cass Gilbert was born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of General and Mrs. Samuel Augustus Gilbert. He received his education at MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge after working in a St. Paul architect's office. Following graduation, he traveled throughout Europe and upon his return, entered the office of McKim, Mead, and White, Architects in New York City. A year later, in 1882, he established his own off...