COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, business and financial records, lists and other records pertaining to the practice of architecture and the renovation of Tjaden Hall on the Cornell campus, clippings, broadsides, diplomas, certificates, licenses, and other papers. Collection includes framed images, drawings, watercolors, and other visual images deriving from Tjaden's professional career, with numerous references to individual clients and patrons. Also includes books, leaded glass items, and architectural instruments.
Dates
- 1919-1997
Creator
- Tjaden, Olive. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Olive Tjaden VanSickle, distinguished alumna of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell, began her career with a Long Island architect and later opened her own firm. She designed more than 2,000 buildings during 20 years of practice in New York, including her own home in Garden City, Long Island. In 1945 she moved to Florida and participated in the extensive development there. Now retired, she lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Tjaden's work includes a number of large estates on Long Island and in upstate New York, churches, and commercial buildings. In Florida, she continued her work as an architect of residential garden apartments.
At one time in her career, Tjaden was the only woman member of the American Institute of Architects. Among her other professional activities, she was an inspector for the Federal Housing Administration and program director for the Museum of Fine Arts in Fort Lauderdale.
Tjaden Hall (formerly Franklin Hall), on the Cornell University campus, was renamed in her honor in 1980.
Extent
6.4 cubic feet. (6.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, business and financial records, lists and other records pertaining to the practice of architecture and the renovation of Tjaden Hall on the Cornell campus, clippings, broadsides, diplomas, certificates, licenses, and other papers. Collection includes framed images, drawings, watercolors, and other visual images deriving from Tjaden's professional career, with numerous references to individual clients and patrons. Also includes books, leaded glass items, and architectural instruments.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Personal And Family Records
Correspondence Photographs Travel Miscellaneous
Series II. Professional Records and Materials
Diplomas, Certificates, Licenses, etc. Projects Photographs of Professional Work Publications and Presentations Financial and Legal Records Miscellaneous Professional Papers Honoraria, Awards, etc. Dedication of Olive Tjaden Hall, Cornell University, June 12 1981
Series III. Artworks
Series IV. Architectural Plans and Drawings
Physical Description
Correspondence, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, business and financial records, lists, clippings, broadsides, diplomas, certificates, licenses, framed images, drawings, watercolors, books, leaded glass items, and architectural instruments.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- J. Parker
- Date completed:
- September 1997
- EAD encoding:
- Mireille Lee, July 2000
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, November 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by J. Parker
- Date
- July 2000
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu