Guide to the Architect & Engineer File 1811-1989 PR 003

The collection consists of approximately 1,500 drawings in many media, including ink and graphite drawings, renderings, sketches, blueprints, and lithographs representing works by more than 150 locally and nationally prominent architects and engineers.

Guide to the Kitson Papers 1887-1934 (Bulk 1902-1909, 1920-1931) Kitson Papers

The Kitson Papers consist of materials of various forms related primarily to the work of Henry Hudson Kitson, a sculptor of public monuments. The collection also contains papers of Kitson's first wife, Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, who was also a sculptor. The bulk of the correspondence consists of letters to Henry Kitson from individuals and organizations who commissioned work from him. Legal documents, especially signed and unsigned contracts, are in the collection. Photographs, mostly unidentified but also including studies for known sculpture subjects, comprise a sizable portion of the collection. The collection contains rough sketches of works and details of works, also mostly unidentified as to subject. Some blueprints are included. Financial records in the collection consist most notably of invoices and receipts from contractors providing materials and services for the Kitsons' projects.

Guide to The Alfred Olcott Hudson River Steamboats Collection Ca. 1871-1951 (Bulk 1905-1930) PR 098

This collection contains photographs, ship plans and blueprints, ephemera, and clippings relating to Hudson River steamboats from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

Guide to the John B. Snook Architectural Record Collection 1843-1948 PR 064

The collection is comprised of ca. 2500 architectural drawings by John Butler Snook and his various firms.