Records, 1891-1907, bulk 1901-1908.

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Records, 1891-1907, bulk 1901-1908.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84665432

This collection of business papers was created when William Gilman Nichols served as president of the firm. Included are general accounts, purchase and sales records, letters, bills, time books, and foreign and domestic ledgers. These manuscripts provide a detailed record of furnishings and prices for work at many well-known locations. Clients included the Armour, Guggenheim, McCormack, and Vanderbilt families. The firm worked on the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Delmonico's, St. Regis Hotel, the state capital building of Minnesota, and the White House. Specifically, the ledgers contain detailed records of interior decoration and furnishings. The handwritten and copies of letters to clients and suppliers contain design proposals, descriptive details regarding style, materials to be used, sketches, specifications, and notes. The foreign ledger reveals the international scope of Herter Brothers' clientele. And, the bills frequently have the name of the job for which the items recorded on them were purchased.

11 cubic ft. (24 boxes, 37 volumes)

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White House (Washington, D.C.)

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White House, formerly Executive Mansion (1810–1902), the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President’s Palace” on early maps, the buil...

Armour family.

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McCormack family.

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Vanderbilt family.

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Guggenheim family.

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Herter, Gustave, 1830-1892

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Herter, Christian, 1840-1883

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Bellevue Stratford Hotel.

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Nichols, William Gilman.

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Delmonico's Restaurant

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St. Regis (Hotel)

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Herter Brothers (New York, N.Y.)

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This company, founded in 1865 by brothers Gustave and Christian Herter, quickly became one of New York City's leading interior design houses and furniture makers. Herter Brothers decorated many of New York's finest homes and businesses as well as many other places throughout the United States. The brothers used such materials as ebonized wood, inlays of ivory and gilt, and other ostentatious devices to satisfy the tastes of their wealthy clients. French, English, and Japanese influences are evid...