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William Adams Delano collection

Call Number

PR 244

Date

1899-1949, undated, inclusive

Creator

Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960
Delano & Aldrich

Extent

3.25 Linear feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

The documents in this collection are in mostly in English, with some instances of French.

Abstract

The William Adams Delano Collection contains photographs and drawings documenting his education in Paris, and some photographs of the projects his architecture firm designed.

Biographical Note

William Adams Delano (1874-1960) was born in New York, was a graduate of the Lawrenceville School and Yale University, and studied architecture at Columbia University and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. After working in the New York firm of Carrere & Hastings, he formed a design firm with Chester Holmes Aldrich (1871-1940) in 1903

Further information on Delano and his firm can be found in Peter Pennoyer and Anne Walker, The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich (New York and London: W. W. Norton & Co., 2003). The book includes a chronology of the architects' life and design projects.

Arrangement

The collection is organized in the following series:

Series I. Photographs
Series II. Student Drawings
Series III. Commissions
Oversize material from Series I.

Scope and Contents

The William Adams Delano Collection spans the period from 1899 through the 1940s; it contains photographs and drawings documenting his education in Paris, and some of the projects his architecture firm designed.

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Use Restrictions

Taking images of documents from the library collections for reference purposes by using hand-held cameras and in accordance with the library's photography guidelines is encouraged. As an alternative, patrons may request up to 20 images per day from staff.

Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.

Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: https://www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions

Preferred Citation

This collection should be cited as William Adams Delano Collection, PR 244, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.

Location of Materials

Materials in this collection may be stored offsite. For more information on making arrangements to consult them, please visit www.nyhistory.org/library/visit.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of William Adams Delano, May 29, 1956, and June 28, 1956.

Related Materials

Drawings by Delano & Aldrich for the Battery Park (New York City) design competition are in the Architects and Engineers File (PR 003). The Delano & Aldrich firm's archive is at the Avery Art and Architecture Library, Columbia University.

Collection processed by

Sandra Markham

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-08-21 15:48:10 -0400.
Language: Description is in English.

Edition of this Guide

This version was derived from delano.xml

Repository

New-York Historical Society
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024