George E. Patton architectural records, 1939-1990.

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George E. Patton architectural records, 1939-1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63585916

This collection is the primary archive of the work of George E. Patton, donated to the Architectural Archives by Patton himself just before his death. His architectural drawings alone document 447 projects spanning the years 1939-1990. His extensive office files and photographs (not yet fully described) may identify additional projects. The collection is a rich resource for the study of the practice of landscape architecture in America, for research on the major architects with whom Patton collaborated and for documentation of specific projects and sites. Patton's long association with Louis I. Kahn is an important thread through the collection, and his archives complement the holdings of the Louis I. Kahn Collection at the Architectural Archives. They provide additional documentation for important Kahn projects, as well as insight into Kahn's travel sketches through the remarkable correlation between Patton's photographs made during his 1951 trip with Kahn to Egypt and Greece and Kahn's drawings made on that same trip. The collection also contains significant materials related to projects of Robert Venturi: Fairhill Square, one of Venturi's earliest known projects, and Western Plaza, Washington, DC, among others. A complete list of architects whose work is represented in this collection has not yet been prepared. Patton's archives document many significant sites in the Philadelphia region, including a large number of parks, playgrounds, and recreational sites. His work on academic campuses includes the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and both the main campus and the Ambler campus of Temple University. Significant work in the city of Philadelphia includes designs for Rittenhouse Square, the courtyard of the Betsy Ross House, the Rittenhouse Hotel and the 1992 restoration of Logan Square on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and its Swann Fountain (originally designed in 1917 by Wilson Eyre and Alexander Stirling Calder). Personal materials (not yet completely described) appear to be limited to intermittent personal correspondence, student drawings, travel photographs and sketches, and materials related to lectures and professional associations. His archives do not appear to contain extensive materials related to his personal and family life or to his teaching at the University of Pennsylvania.

Architectural drawings 6615 sheets : various media.Photographs 5 cubic ft.Office files 56 cubic ft.

University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives

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