For additional information, contact the Archives Center at [email protected]or 202-633-3270 OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION Title: Building and Construction Extent: .66 cubic feet, 2 oversized folders Scope and Content: This collection consists primarily of scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, bills and receipts, trade cards, building specifications, publications, periodicals, contracts, stocks, expense schedules and building permits. Most of these materials are from manufacturers of, and dealers in building products. These include terra cotta tile, lumber, doors, sashes, moldings, balusters, stairs and cornices. There are also materials from builders, carpenters, joiners, stone cutters, masons, plasterers, stucco workers, bricklayers, house painters, decorators and architects. Most of the buildings are for public use; however there are companies such as Sears, Roebuck & Company that produced specifications and products for private use including homes, summer cottages, garages, and shelters. Public buildings represented include those for use by railroads and their passengers, power plants, storage facilities, work shops, municipal voting houses, telephone booths, hunting lodges, boat houses, bath houses, docks, film projection booths, bunkhouses, and portable school houses. The buildings are mostly stone, brick, iron and steel structures. Some of these are fire-proof. Other materials include periodicals and publications relating to the building trades. Included is a 1913 book of plans for a model fire-proof farm house. A group of general materials includes building permits, contracts, specifications and caricatures of builders. Series 1, Builders, Carpenters, and Manufacturers and Distributors of Building Products, circa 1860-1920, consists of individual builders, carpenters, bricklayers, masons, and the like as well as large and small companies producing a variety of materials and products for use in building construction and repair. These businesses are arranged alphabetically by name. Publications such as catalogues and promotional booklets are named where they appear. Series 2, Publications, 1887-1928, are arranged in two series: Subseries 2a, Periodicals Related to the Trade, 1888-1927, relates to building, carpentry, equipment, and contracting are arranged alphabetically by title. Subseries 2b, General Publications Related to the Trade, 1887-1928, publications are arranged alphabetically by title. Series 3, General Information, circa 1835-1910, contains contracts, specifications, permits, specifications, caricatures, bills and receipts, and a letter from the president of the National Builders Association. Much of this material is hand written. System of Arrangement: The arrangement scheme for Isadore Warshaw’s aggregation of thread materials has been created by the Archives Center. It is arranged in three series. The three series are:
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For additional information, contact the Archives Center at [email protected] or 202-633-3270
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Title: Building and Construction
Extent: .66 cubic feet, 2 oversized folders
Scope and Content: This collection consists primarily of scattered correspondence on
letterhead stationery, bills and receipts, trade cards, building specifications, publications,
periodicals, contracts, stocks, expense schedules and building permits. Most of these
materials are from manufacturers of, and dealers in building products. These include terra
cotta tile, lumber, doors, sashes, moldings, balusters, stairs and cornices. There are also
materials from builders, carpenters, joiners, stone cutters, masons, plasterers, stucco
workers, bricklayers, house painters, decorators and architects.
Most of the buildings are for public use; however there are companies such as Sears,
Roebuck & Company that produced specifications and products for private use including
homes, summer cottages, garages, and shelters. Public buildings represented include
those for use by railroads and their passengers, power plants, storage facilities, work