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Harold Reeve Sleeper papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2135

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Business and personal papers consisting mainly of correspondence, records, and files, including sketches and photographs dealing with architectural work and with professional associations and councils in which Sleeper was active, but also including personal correspondence, minutes, reports, and published material dealing with the American Institute of Architects (national, New York, and other chapters), Architectural League of New York, Downtown - Lower Manhattan Association, Inc., New York State Association of Architects, New York Building Congress, National Institute for Architectural Education, New York City Mayor's panel of architects, and other groups; correspondence, data, and publications related to the Presbyterian Church, including the Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue parishes; lecture notes and other papers relevant to lectures given at New York School of Interior Decoration, Columbia University, and Princeton University; drawings, blueprints, photographs, and financial and business records for architectural work completed, including churches, banks, schools, other public buildings, and private homes; business, project files, ledgers and notebooks from the practice of Frederick L. Ackerman in which Sleeper was employed; research notes and/or published copies of books and articles by Sleeper or to which he contributed, including ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHIC STANDARDS (1932, 4th ed. 1951) a

Dates

  • 1911-1960.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Architect.

Extent

29.1 cubic feet. (29.1 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Business and personal papers consisting mainly of correspondence, records, and files, including sketches and photographs dealing with architectural work and with professional associations and councils in which Sleeper was active, but also including personal correspondence, minutes, reports, and published material.

Physical Description

Correspondence, photographs, printed materials, architectural plans, and organizational records.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
February 2016
EAD encoding:
Marcie Farwell, February 2016
Date modified:
RMC Staff, February 2016
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
February 2016
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)