Guide to The Packer Collegiate Institute records 2014.019

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Collection processed by Pratt Institute, School of Library and Information Science graduate students and John Zarrillo. Digital materials processed by Erica López in 2019.

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Revised by John Zarrillo Revised by Maggie Schreiner to incorporate additional material Revised by Aliki Caloyeras and Maggie Schreiner to include digitized material. Revised by Maggie Schreiner to reflect the incorporation of born digital materials Revised by Amy Lau to include COVID-19 oral histories Updated by Alice Griffin to include CBH language. , March 2017 , September 2018 , February 2020 , December 2020 , February 2021 , May 2022

Container List

Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Series 14: Architectural records, 1856-2006 Scope and Contents The series documents various alterations, renovations, and new construction at Packer, dating from circa 1880s to 2006. It includes plans, specifications, blueprints, correspondence, and related files. School floor plans dating from circa 1860 are located in a bound volume labeled "Compositions," which is included in *Sub-series 8.1: Student publications* (box 497). Arrangement The series is organized into two sub-series: Sub-series 14.1: Architectural drawings, plans, and administrative records Sub-series 14.2: Playground design
Sub-series 14.1: Architectural drawings, plans, and administrative records, 1856-2006. 2.3 Cubic Feet in five boxes and three oversize folders Scope and Contents The sub-series contains architectural drawings, blueprints, floor plans, and projected renderings, dating from circa 1880s-2006. It includes materials prepared by the Chapman, Evans, and Delehanty firm that document the extensive alterations and additions made to the Packer Collegiate Institute in 1957 and 1958. The various renderings and blueprints provide detailed information on Chapman's alterations. Large-scale floor plans of the entire campus are filed, as well as specific treatments of such areas as the dining room, gymnasium, sundeck, library, and greenroom. The sub-series also includes drawings and blueprints created by various firms as proposals for the installation of the institute's steam heating system circa 1882. It is unclear which, if any of the firms, actually won the contract. Dated the same year is a correspondence from Otis Brothers & Company regarding the installation of an electric elevator. The company provided Packer with a blueprint for this elevator on June 5, 1891. The series also contains architectural blueprints and watercolors from 1944. The plan books and specifications document a variety of alterations, building additions, and demolitions undertaken at Packer from the 1880s to the 1950s. The materials in the series affords researchers a vantage from which to better understand the architectural evolution of the campus at 170 Joralemon Street. Of special interest are: Architect William Tubby's specifications and instructions for the major alterations performed before World War I; James Gamble Rogers' materials and plans for the building's subsequent overhaul in 1940; the promotional materials describing proposed additions to mark Packer's centennial celebration in 1945; and intensive specifications describing the large-scale alterations performed in 1957 by Champan, Evans, and Delehanty. Arrangement Arranged chronologically.
Box: 105	Folder : -	Illustration of Packer Collegiate Institute building by J. Wells	1856
Box: 87	Folder : 3	Architectural photos / illustrations	circa 1880s-1890s
Box: 554	Folder : 15	H.B. Smith Company steam heating catalogs	circa 1881
Cabinet: Flat file A	Drawer : 7	Plans for heating (Gold's Heater Manufacturing)	1882
Box: 554	Folder : 16	Steam heating proposal (Baker, Smith & Co.)	1882
Box: 105	Folder : -	Specifications for steam heating (Baker, Smith & Co.)	circa 1882
Box: 87	Folder : 2	Specifications for ventilation of Packer	1882
Box: 554	Folder : 17	Correspondence and specifications for heating and ventilating (Bates & Johnson)	1882
Box: 105	Folder : -	Basement plan (Bates & Johnson) General For steam heating	circa 1882
Box: 554	Folder : 18	Specifications and proposal for heating and ventilation (Gold's Heater Manufacturing)	1882
Box: 554	Folder : 19	Specifications for steam heating (Garvey Brothers)	1882
Box: 554	Folder : 20	Specifications for ventilation	circa 1882
Box: 519	Folder : 2	Minutes of Special Committee to consider plans for new chapel	1884
Box: 519	Folder : 3	N. LeBrun and Sons correspondence and specification for chapel stairways	1888
Box: 554	Folder : 21	Otis Brothers & Co. elevator correspondence General With Truman Backus	1891
Box: 540	Folder : -	Schematic of Electric Passenger Elevator by Otis Brothers and Co. (blueprint)	1891
Cabinet: Flat file A	Drawer : 7	Annex plans - Roof and traverse sections (N. LeBrun & Sons)	circa 1906
Box: 106	Folder : 1	Basement plan blueprint by Tubby	circa 1909
Box: 87	Folder : 4	Specification Book for Packer Institute, William Tubby, Architect	1909
Box: 519	Folder : 4	Garden renovations	1914, 1918
Cabinet: Flat file A	Drawer : 7	Plan of new covered play space (Lord and Hewlett)	circa 1940s
Box: 87	Folder : 5	Specification for alteration of Packer Collegiate Institute, Jos.Gamble Rogers, Inc., Architects	1940
Cabinet: Flat file A	Drawer : 7	Basement floor plan and proposed cafeteria (Chapman and Evans)	1944
Box: 105	Folder : -	Handcolored chapel drawings (Chapman and Evans)	1944
Box: 106	Folder : 2	Chapman and Evans - Blueprints and photostats of architectural renderings and sketches General note 13 rolled items	1944
Box: 105	Folder : -	Katherine Sloan Pratt Hall plans (Chapman and Evans)	1958
Box: 87	Folder : 6	Packer Centennial Book of Plans	1945
Box: 519	Folder : 5	Architectural drawing correspondence General note Letter to Packer librarian from Robert Harley offering to sell pencil drawing of Packer architect John McComb	1945
Box: 87	Folder : 7	Correspondence on Painting	1946
Box: 519	Folder : 6	Copy of first floor plan	circa 1950s-1970s
Box: 87	Folder : 8	Specification for Packer Collegiate Institute (Chapman, Evans and Delehanty)	1957
Box: 106	Folder : 3	Large-scale floorplans by Chapman, Otis	1957
Box: 105	Folder : -	Illustration of Packer Collegiate Institute building	circa 1960s
Box: 519	Folder : 7	Theater renovation survey and plans	1991-1998
Box: 519	Folder : 8	Lower School space planning study	1993
Box: 519	Folder : 9	Packer: A Campus Redefined presentation by HHPA LLC	2001
Box: 519	Folder : 11	Campus map	2004
Box: 519	Folder : 10	Alumni Room restoration projects	2004-2006
Sub-series 14.2: Playground design, 1982, 1989-1995. 1 Cubic Feet in four boxes Scope and Contents The sub-series consists offiles relating to construction of a playground at Packer Institute. It includes architectural drawings, equipment pricelists, public relations memos, Children's Committee files, and children's drawings of the playground. Arrangement Arranged chronologically.
Container 1	Container 2	Title	Date
Box: 379	Folder : 2	Architecture/Engineering Plan with Energy Conservation Study	1982
Box: 87	Folder : 9	Architectural plans for playgrounds	1989-1990
Box: 379	Folder : 1	Slides	1990s
Box: 378	Folder : 12	VHS video tapes	1990s
Box: 378	Folder : 11	Miscellaneous	1990s
Box: 377	Folder : 15	Playground plans	1992-1994
Box: 378	Folder : 2	Playground equipment	1992-1994
Box: 378	Folder : 9	Design Day	1993
Box: 378	Folder : 4	Children's Art	circa 1993
Box: 378	Folder : 7	Playground Committee memos	1993-1994
Box: 378	Folder : 1	Public relations	1994
Box: 378	Folder : 5	Design Correspondence	1994
Box: 377	Folder : 14	Playground information sheets	1994
Box: 378	Folder : 8	Playground Committee Notes, Fall	1994
Box: 377	Folder : 16	Leaders and Associated	1994-1995
Box: 378	Folder : 6	Children's Committee	1994-1995
Box: 378	Folder : 10	Schedules - Notes - Memos	1994-1995
Box: 377	Folder : 13	Playground plans	1994-1995
Box: 379	Folder : 3	Playground Programs and Forms	1994-1995
Box: 378	Folder : 3	Volunteer information	1995
Box: 379	Folder : 4	Garden Project, Architectural Plans, Newspaper Clippings, Committee Reports	1995
Box: 379	Folder : 5	Garden Volunteers	1995
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Table of Contents

Container List

Series 14: Architectural records, 1856-2006

Scope and Contents

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Sub-series 14.1: Architectural drawings, plans, and administrative records, 1856-2006. 2.3 Cubic Feet in five boxes and three oversize folders

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General

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General note

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Sub-series 14.2: Playground design, 1982, 1989-1995. 1 Cubic Feet in four boxes

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