This series includes a small collection of Sullivan drawings, objects, and papers acquired by Avery Library over the years. Photographs includes images of Sullivan and members of his family from circa 1870s-1920s. The drawings date from the 1870s to the 1920s and include landscapes, portraits, and architectural drawings. Drawings done by Sullivan's parents Adrienne and Patrick Sullivan are included. Additionally, two objects are included: a doorknob from the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, New York and a medal designed by Sullivan.
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00001 Cover designs, 3 [18]95 August
Hunt frame : [cover design for magazine] / L H S [monogram]
1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 17.0 x 20.3 c,/ (6 3/4 x 8 in.)
Range: NYDA.1936.001.00001 to .00015 Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank (Columbus, Wisconsin), 1919
Original studies and working sketches for Farmers' and Merchants' Union Bank, Columbus, Wis.
15 drawings : graphite on paper ; 22.8 x 61.0 cm. (9 x 26 in.) or smaller.
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00002 Guaranty Building (Buffalo, New York), 18, [18]95 July
Sketch study, Guaranty Bldg., Buffalo : hardware / A & S [monogram] ; LHS [monogram]
1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 32.9 x 20.1 cm. (13 x 8 in.)
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00006 Land and Loan Office (Algona, Iowa). Alterations, 14 March 1920
Details of terra cotta work. Sheet no.3 : terra cotta cap. for central pier (some ornament on back face) : alterations and additions, Land & Loan Office for H.C. Adams, Algona, Iowa
1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 39.5 x 72.3 cm. (15 3/4 x 28 3/8 in.)
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00008R Landscape drawings, [1848-1868]
Chain bridge, Newburyport, Mass.
1 sheet : graphite on paper ; 18.8 x 27.2 cm. (7 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00004 Mrs. Arthur J. Eddy memorial (Flint, Michigan), May [19]21
Preliminary study, Eddy, Flint, Mich. / LHS [monogram]
1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 44.0 x 33.0 cm. (17 1/4 x 13 in.)
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00005 Mrs. Arthur J. Eddy memorial (Flint, Michigan), 1921
Mrs. Arthur J. Eddy memorial (Flint, Michigan)
1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 44.0 x 33.0 (17 1/4 x 13 in.)
Range: NYDA.1983.001.00001 Ornament drawings, [18]95 January 19
[Ornamental design]
1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 6.7 x 8.2 cm. (2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00003 Ornamental drawings, 18 [18]85 April
[Ornamental study] : Sprague no. 18
1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 7.6 x 17.7 cm. (3 x 7 in.)
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00007R Ornamental drawings, October 1885
Anemone japonica, Lyon's Falls
1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 27.0 x 20.4 cm. (10 5/8 x 8 in.)
Range: NYDA.1000.002.00009 Portraits, [18]84 November 1920
Louis Sullivan at the piano / drawn by his mother, A.F.S.
1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 17.6 x 19.7 cm. (6 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.)
Range: NYDA.1967.004.00001 Doorplate and Knob from the Guaranty Building (Buffalo, New York), ca. 1894–95
Cast iron ; 14 x 4 1/8 in. (35.6 x 10.5 cm)
Shelf C104rr Medal, [undated]
In leather case. Gift of George Elmslie, September 1941
Miscellaneous photographs and papers
Miscellaneous photographs, clippings, and pamphlets on Sullivan's work, particularly the Owatonna Bank, Minnesota
Photographs, 1974
Album of photographs of the drawings by Louis Sullivan in Avery Library. Photos 1-122 are of the drawings in the Frank Lloyd Wright collection of Sullivan drawings in Avery Library. Photos 123-125 are 3 drawings acquired from Richard Nickel.
Range: NYDA.1000.044 The Bayard–Condict Building (New York, New York), [undated]
9 photocopies : plans, elevations, sections
Catalogue, 1965
Published by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation