CASS GILBERT COLLECTION, 1897-1936,
#214

Container List

BOX

FOLDER

1

1

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1919-1932

 

SERIES 2: PERSONAL PAPERS, 1914-1963

2

Biographical Materials

3

Miscellaneous Papers found in Cass Gilbert's Desk, 1936

4

Statistical Data Book, 1914-1932

5

Miscellaneous Statistical Data

 

 

SERIES 3: NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING CONTRACTS, 1934-1935

6

Contract: New York Life Insurance Company and Cass Gilbert, Inc., 6/27/1934

7

Construction Bid Proposals, 12/21/1935

SERIES 4: THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING, 1911; 1913

8

The Woolworth Building by Montgomery Schuyler (1913). Cass Gilbert's signed copy

9

New York Times Clipping about the Woolworth Building 5/ 7/1911

SERIES 5: SKETCHBOOKS, 1897-1932

2

1

1897-98 Holland; Germany

2

1898 Assisi; Siena; Florence; Paris

3

1902 Italy; Mediterranean; Switzerland

4

1905 England

5

1905 France; Italy

6

1908 France

7

1910 Lubeck, France; U.S. Court House Studies, 1912-13

8

1912 England; Germany; Switzerland; Italy

9

1913 England; France

10

1916 Charleston, SC

11

1920 France

3

1

1921 England; France

2

1921 Venice; Rome

3

1922 England

4

1922 France; Miscellaneous

5

1923-24 England

6

1927 Italy; France (with misc. France, 1906)

7

1929-32 Normandy; Yucatan (with envelope of photos from Rome)

8

1930-31 England

9

1932 France; United Kingdom

10

Miscellaneous Loose Sketches (including photo prints and negatives of studies for George Washington Bridge)

OIPP scan nos. 2000-11266 and 2000-11267, sketch of Supreme Court. OIPP scan no. 2000-11268: Central temple design for Supreme Court in sketch done on Baltimore and Ohio train. OIPP scan no. 2000-11269: Sketch plan for Supreme Court on back of concert program.

SERIES 6: PHOTO PRINTS

Subseries A.- Bound Volumes

5

American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York City, 1929-30: photographs by Eric Baker. [added by DEH, 12/4/00] (Auditorium, OIPP scan # 2000-11262)

6

American Insurance Building, Newark, NJ, 1923-24

7-14

Arkansas State Capitol Building, 1909-14, (see also Box 71, Folder 1)

15

Army Supply Base, Brooklyn, NY, 1918-19

16

Atlantic Refining Building, Philadelphia, PA, c.1920

17-18

Bridgeport Peoples Savings Bank, Bridgeport, Conn., 1916-30

19

Chase Dispensary, Waterbury, Conn., 1923-24

20

Chase Offices, Waterbury, Conn., 1917-19

21-22

Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis, MN, 1921-25

23

First Division Memorial, Washington, DC, 1923-24 (see also Box 71, Folder 2)

24

Hotchkiss School, Dormitory "B" and Infirmary, Lakeville, Conn., 1922-23

25-26

Hudson River Bridge (George Washington Bridge), New York City, 1928-31

27

Interzone Building, New York City, 1922-23

28

James Scott Water Fountain, Detroit, MI, 1921-32

29

Kill Van Kull Bridge, Port of New York, 1928-31

30

Kinney Building Alterations, Newark, NJ, 1928

31

Miscellaneous

32

New Haven Station, New Haven, Conn., 1917-19

33-35

New York Life Insurance Building, New York City, 1925-28, (see also Box 71, Folder 3)  Photographs by P.O. Valentine, 33 Homestead Park, Newark, N.J. (From Box 35, view of building from southwest, no. 190, OIPP scan # 2000-11264)

36-37

Oberlin College Art Building, Oberlin , Ohio, 1915-17, (Administration Building facade, OIPP scan # 2000-11263)

38

Oberlin College Theological Group, Oberlin, Ohio, 1930-31

39

Oberlin, Allen Memorial Hospital, Oberlin, Ohio, 1924-25

40

130 West 30th St. Building, New York City, 1927

41

Prudential Bridges, Halsey St. and Bank St., Newark, NJ, 1927-28

42

Prudential Broad & Academy Building, Newark, NJ, 1926-28

43-44

Prudential Building, Newark, NJ, 1926-28

45-47

Prudential Power Plant, Newark, NJ, 1926-28

48

Rodin Studios, New York City, 1917

49

Seaside Sanatorium, Waterford, Conn., 1932-34, (see also Box 71, Folder 4)

50-53

St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, MO, 1908-12

54

Texas, University of, Education Building, Austin, TX, 1916-17

55

Treasury Annex, Washington, DC, 1919-20

56

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building, Washington, DC, 1922-24

57-59

U.S. Court House - New York, New York City, 1932-36, (see also Box 71, Folder 5)

60

U.S. Legations - Ottawa, Canada, 1928-32

61

Waterbury Club, Waterbury, Conn., 1917-18

62-63

Waterbury Municipal Building, Waterbury, Conn., 1914-15

64

Waterbury National Bank, Waterbury, Conn., 1920-21

65-67

West Virginia Capitol Building, Charleston, WV, 1924-32

68-69

West Virginia Capitol Main Building, Charleston, WV, 1924-32

70

Williams Warehouse, New York City (?), 1927-28

 

Subseries B - Loose Materials

71

1

Postcards - Arkansas State Capitol Building under Construction, ca. 1909-14

2

First Division Memorial , Washington, D.C., c.1923-24

3

New York Life Insurance Building, c. 1925-28

4

Seaside Hospital, Waterford, Conn., c. 1932-34

5

U.S. Court House, New York, c. 1932-36

6

Woolworth Building , New York City, ca. 1911-13

7

Snapshots of Construction of Woolworth Building, NYC

8

F.W. Woolworth & Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert at Palm Beach, Florida, Spring, 1911

9

Snapshots & Negatives, New York City, July 1935

 

SERIES 7: SUPREME COURT BUILDING SPECIFICATION DATA, 1932-1935
72 1-4 General Construction Specifications (George A. Fuller Co., Washington, DC), parts 1-4, 1932-35
73 5-7 General Construction Specifications (George A. Fuller Co., Washington, DC), parts 5-7, 1932-35
8 Mechanical Approvals (George A. Fuller Co., Washington, DC), part 8, 1932-35
74 1-3 Correspondence and Construction Specifications between Cass Gilbert and David Lynn, Office of the Architect of the Capitol, Washington, DC, 1933-35

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