Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Hitchcock, Henry Russell, 1903-1987
| title | Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers, 1919-1987. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | The bulk of the collection consists of Hitchcock's alphabetical files, containing mainly correspondence (22 feet). Writings, lectures, photographs, printed matter, and miscellaneous items make up the remainder. Bio/History: Architectural historian, critic, museum director, and influential teacher. Died 1987. |
| extent | 25.0 linear ft. |
| formats | Subject Files Correspondence Writings Photographs Printed Materials |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.hitchenp.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/henryrussell-hitchcock-papers-9728 |
| acquisition information | Donated by Ms. Mosette Broderick, a colleague of Professor Hitchcock, who also served as his assistant and is his literary executor. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:34 |
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| title | Henry Russell Hitchcock papers, [ca. 1800-1970] (bulk). | repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Architectural drawings, specifications, manuscripts, printed materials, photographs, ephemera, collected by Hitchcock, and relating to the work of architects Henry Hobson Richardson and Frank Lloyd Wright, including a letter, 1940, from Wright to Hitchcock suggesting the writing of IN THE NATURE OF MATERIALS; the architectural firm Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge; furniture designer Charles Rennie Macintosh; and miscellaneous and unidentified architects dating from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century, with the bulk dating from the nineteenth century. Occupation: Architects./ Historians. |
| extent | ca. 1 cubic ft. |
| formats | Drawings Ephemera Photographs Manuscript Printed Materials |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/archives/cul-3460620 |
| record source | https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/3460620 |
| finding aid | Available in repository. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:34 |
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| title | Henry-Russell Hitchcock letters to Dorothy Stroud and John N. Summerson, 1946-1949. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Three postcards and sixteen letters, 1946-1949, from Hitchcock to John N. Summerson and Dorothy Stroud, who were both on the staff of Sir John Soane's Museum in London. The letters record Hitchcock's impressions of Europe in the summer of 1946 while he was traveling in England to research his book, Early Victorian Architecture in Britain, and document the progress of his research and record his impressions of buildings, geography, food, and hotels. Later letters, when Hitchcock has returned to the United States discuss his own move from Wesleyan University to Smith College. Bio/History: Architectural historian, critic, museum director, and influential teacher. Died 1987. |
| extent | 19 items |
| formats | Postcards Correspondence |
| access | Use requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. office |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| acquisition information | Donated 2000 by Dr. Gavin Stamp via Mosette Broderick, the executor of Henry-Russell Hitchcock's estate. Dr. Stamp, architecture professor at Glasgow School of Art, received them from the executors of the estate of Dorothy Stroud; he then turned them over to Broderick to place in the Archives. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:34 |
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| title | Henry Russell Hitchcock lectures on architecture, 1948 January-May. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Lectures on "19th Century Architecture, England and the Continent" for Fine Arts 70, N.Y.U. Institute of Fine Arts. Bio/History: Architectural historian |
| extent | ca. 100 p. |
| formats | Writings Typescript |
| access | Open for use by qualified researchers. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat76134 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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| title | Artist file: Hitchcock, Henry Russell, 1903-1987; miscellaneous uncataloged material | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number Hitchcock, Henry Russell, 1903-1987 |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010777799707141 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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| title | Douglas Putnam Haskell Papers, 1866-1979 (bulk 1949-1964) | repository | Columbia University Libraries |
| description | Correspondence, memos, articles, speeches, transcripts, clippings, notes, printed matter, photographs, audio tapes, and memorabilia mainly relating to Douglas Haskell’s editorship at Architectural Forum from 1949-1964. A great portion of the collection (more than 46 boxes) consists of Douglas Haskell’s correspondence with prominent architects during his tenure at Architectural Forum. The collection also contains material relating to Haskell’s editorial duties and professional activities. Memos to various staff members (7 boxes) provide insight into the internal oranization of the editorial staff. Some of the staff members with whom Haskell communicated most frequently include Peter Blake, Thomas Creighton, Paul Grotz, Joseph Hazen, Jane Jacobs, Roy Larson, Lawrence Lessing, Mary Jane Lightbown, Henry R. Luce, Walter McQuade, Ralph D. Paine, Ogden Tanner, Perry I. Prentice, Allan Temko, and Ann Wilson. The inclusive dates for the collection are 1915-1979, which includes material before Haskell’s arrival at Architectural Forum. Biographical/ Historical Note: Douglas Putnam Haskell was born in Monastir, Yugoslavia, in 1899, the son of American missionaries to the Balkans. He eventually moved to the United States, where he graduated from Oberlin College in 1923 with a degree in Political Science and a minor in Art. Known as the “dean” of architectural editors, Haskell wrote architectural criticism and edited numerous periodicals. He worked for The New Student as an editor from 1923-1927, was on the editorial staff of Creative Art from 1927-1929, was an associate editor for Architectural Record from 1929-1930, was architecture critic for The Nation from 1930-1942, associate editor again of Architectural Record from 1943-1949, and, finally, was editor of Architectural Forum from 1949 until his mandatory retirement in 1964 at the age of sixty-five. Haskell began his career as one of the few American proponents of modern architecture during the 1920s and was a friend and colleague of Clarence Stein, Henry Wright, Lewis Mumford, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Active in promoting issues related to urban renewal, civic architecture, and historic preservation, Haskell lectured throughout the United States, was adjunct professor at Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and served on countless architectural committees, advisory panels, and juries. Although Haskell was never an architect, the American Institute of Architects admitted him as a member, and in 1962 he was elected to the College of Fellows. Douglas Haskell died on August 11, 1979. |
| extent | 56 linear ft. (118 boxes including 5 oversize). |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Clippings Printed Materials Photographs |
| access | This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu. |
| bibliography | Benson, Robert Alan. "Douglas Haskell and The Modern Movement in American Architecture," Journal of Architectural Education, Summer 1983, v. 36, no. 4, p. 2-9. |
| record source | http://clio.cul.columbia.edu |
| finding aid | Finding aid in PDF format, with separate index to correspondents in Pending and Personal Correspondence series. The finding aid also contains select item level control for the Pending and Personal Correspondence Series. The remaining series are described at the folder level. Finding Aid: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/da/haskell.html |
| acquisition information | The Douglas Putnam Haskell Papers, 1866-1979 (bulk 1949-1964) were a gift to Avery Library from Helen Lacey Haskell in 1986. The collection was processed as part of the 1993-1994 "Modern Masters Project," funded by an HEA Title II-C grant. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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| title | Marcus Whiffen collection, 1930-1995 [manuscript] | repository | Charles Trumbull Hayden Library |
| description | This collection consists primarily of correspondence, photographs, clippings, and other printed materials. The extensive correspondence series documents Whiffen’s diverse activities as architectural historian, journalist, and educator. Of particular import is correspondence with noted architectural historians Nicholas Pevsner and Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Files of correspondence with fellow scholar Frederick Koeper in developing the jointly authored book, American Architecture, 1607-1976, are also included within the holding. Whiffen’s professional editorial experience is documented in files of correspondence regarding the architectural publications, Triglyph, and Journal of Architectural Education. The collection includes an extensive holding of photographs used in Marcus Whiffen’s prominent work, American Architecture Since 1780: A Guide to the Styles. Historical and Biographical Note Marcus Whiffen was born in Herefordshire, England, in 1916. He graduated BA at the University of Cambridge in 1937 and completed his MA at the same institution in 1946. The career in which he established an international reputation as a scholar in the field of architectural history began on the staff of Architect & Building News (London) in 1937. From 1946-1952, he was Assistant Editor for the Architectural Review (London). After arriving in the United States in 1952, he held lecturer positions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then at the University of Texas before becoming Architectural Historian at Colonial Williamsburg (1954-1959). Professor Whiffen was associated with Arizona State University in various positions from 1960 until his death in February, 2002. During his long career Marcus Whiffen has authored many books and articles on British and American architecture. Some of his published works are: Stuart and Georgian Churches: The Architecture of the Church of England Outside London (1948): American Architecture Since 1780: A guide to the Styles (1969,1992); and Pueblo Deco: The Art Deco Architecture of the Southwest with Carla Breeze (1984). In addition he served as editor of the Journal of Architectural Education 1962-67, and editor of Triglyph: A Southwestern Journal of Architecture and Environmental Design, 1984-90. |
| extent | 7 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Photographs Printed Materials |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://www.rock.lib.asu.edu/record=b3611998~S3 |
| record source | http://www.rock.lib.asu.edu/record=b3611998~S3 |
| finding aid | Guide available in the Architectural and Environmental Design Library, Arizona State University. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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| title | Henry-Russell Hitchcock: vertical file. | repository | Canadian Centre for Architecture |
| description | Includes obituary. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.cca.qc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=cca&lang=eng#focus |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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| title | Autograph letters signed (2): Paris, to Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Date of Writing: 1929 Jan. 13 and [n.d.]. (MA 2904) | repository | Pierpont Morgan Library Archives |
| description | Inviting him to tea and thanking him for flowers. Notes: With wax seal. Dept./Collection: Pierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Literary and Historical Manuscripts Location: Literary and Historical Manuscripts (LHMS) Call Number: Misc American Record ID: 118066 Accession Number: MA 2904 |
| extent | 2 items (4 p.) ; (32mo) + with envelope. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://corsair.themorgan.org/ |
| acquisition information | Gift; Mr. Henry-Russell Hitchcock; 1971. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:38 |
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