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Archival Collections Portal > Avery Drawings & Archives Collections > Finding Aid: Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers,
1882-1980
Preferred Citation
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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Summary Information
At a Glance
| Avery ID: | D&A Goodhue View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924. |
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| Title: | Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers,
1882-1980
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| Physical description: | 9.5 linear feet of papers, 1,164 drawings, 35 photographs (22
manuscript boxes, 26 portfolio boxes, 3 archives boxes, 52 rolls, 6 phase boxes, 1 flatfile
drawer).
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| Language(s): |
In English.
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| Access: |
This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Drawings & Archives
Reading Room, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. A portion of this collection is stored in
Columbia University Libraries' off-site storage and will be recalled upon request for patrons. For further information and
to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
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| Types of Materials in the Collection: | Correspondence,
typescript papers,
carbon typescript papers,
holograph papers,
printed papers,
photographic prints,
architectural reprographic prints,
and
mixed media drawings
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This material is arranged in eight series: Project Records, General; Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York City; Wilton
Lloyd-Smith Residence; Nebraska State Capitol; Correspondence, General; Personal Papers; Whitaker Papers;
and Additional Donations.
The scope and arrangement of materials within each series is described at the beginning of each series
inventory.
Return to top Description
Scope and Content
This collection contains architectural drawings, photographs, business records and reference materials
related to the projects and designs of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and his successor firm, Mayers, Murray
& Philips, primarily in the New York City region. A large portion of the collection consists of
personal and professional correspondence to and from Goodhue from the early 1900s until his death in 1926.
Relatively few architectural drawings from his professional practice survive.
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Access Restrictions
 This collection is available for use by qualified readers by appointment in the Drawings & Archives
Reading Room, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. A portion of this collection is stored in
Columbia University Libraries' off-site storage and will be recalled upon request for patrons. For further information and
to make an appointment, please call (212) 854-4110 or email avery-drawings@libraries.cul.columbia.edu
Restrictions on Use
Columbia University is providing access to the materials in the Library's collections solely for
noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including, but not limited to,
publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly
prohibited. All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director,
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For additional guidance, see Columbia University
Libraries' publication policy.
In addition to permission from Columbia University, permission of the copyright owner (if not Columbia
University) and/or any holder of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) may also be required
for reproduction, publication, distributions, and other uses. Responsibility for making an independent legal
assessment of any item and securing any necessary permissions rests with the persons desiring to publish the
item. Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a
particular purpose.
Preferred Citation
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Related Material
Architectural drawings and records by Bertram Goodhue and his related firms can also be found in the
Guastavino
Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins Architectural Records and Drawings collection, held by Avery
Library's Dept. of Drawings & Archives.
Architectural drawings and records by Cram Goodhue and Ferguson, as well as Mayers, Murray &
Phillip, the successor firm to Bertram Goodhue, are also held by the Dept. of Drawings & Archives.
Architectural records and papers from Bertram Goodhue can also be found in the Raymond DeRis Collection, held by the Dept.
of Drawings & Archives.
Research materials relating to Bertram Goodhue's association with James Renwick can be found in the
Selma Rattner Research Papers on James Renwick, held by the Dept. of Drawings & Archives.
Lastly, medals and other items relating to Bertram Goodhue's association with sculptor Lee Lawrie can be found in the
Lee Lawrie collection, held by the Dept. of Drawings & Archives.
Selected Bibliography
Oliver, Richard.
Bertram Grosvenor
Goodhue
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New York:
Architectural History Foundation; Cambridge, Mass.:
MIT Press, 1983
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For Further InformationFor more information about using the collections and conducting research in the Department of Drawings & Archives, please see our FAQ. Return to top About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Finding aid written by Annemarie van Roessel, Mellon Project Archivist, Dept. of Drawings &
Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Processing Information
The bulk of this collection was processed by Annie Grunow, Lurita Macintosh, and Taryn Zarillo, under the
direction of Annemarie van Roessel, Mellon Project Archivist, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery
Architectural and Fine Arts Library, in 2005-2006.
EAD instance created by Annemarie van Roessel from Access database and MARC record April 4, 2006.
Finding aid written in English.
CLIO ID: 3460598 View CLIO record Return to top Index Terms
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Return to top History / Biographical Note
Biographical Note
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was born on April 28, 1869 in Pomfret, Connecticut. Goodhue was educated at
Russell’s Collegiate and Military Institute in New Haven from 1880-1883, where he was known among his
classmates for his skill in caricature and sketching. Without the financial means to attend college, Goodhue
chose instead to apprentice with an architectural firm. In 1884, he began as an assistant and novice
draftsman in the office of Renwick, Aspinall and Russell in New York City, where he acquired an intensive
but largely self-directed education in architectural design and production. Moonlighting after hours as a
draftsman and designer, Goodhue became adept at highly detailed and atmospheric perspective renderings of
extant structures and of his own imaginative architecture.
In 1891, Goodhue was awarded a prestigious competition commission to design a cathedral in Dallas, Texas.
Seeking collaborative assistance with this large project, Goodhue meet with Boston architects Ralph Adams
Cram and Charles Francis Wentworth, who shortly offered him a full partnership in their firm. Although the
cathedral remained unbuilt, Cram, Goodhue and Wentworth–renamed Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson in 1898–received
numerous commissions throughout the New England for ecclesiastical and civic buildings and residences in the
English Gothic and Beaux-Arts styles. Both Goodhue and Cram were well known for associations and
collaborations with noted artisans and craftsmen, particularly members of the Society of Arts and Crafts,
Boston, with whom they frequently socialized. With the commission to design the United States Military
Academy at West Point, New York, in 1902, Goodhue returned to New York City to open a branch of CGF to more
closely supervise design and construction at the site. From that office, Goodhue designed numerous other
major buildings, including St. Thomas Church (New York City, 1905-1920); Rice University (Houston, Texas,
1909); the Chapel of the Intercession (New York City, 1910-1914); and the Panama-Pacific Exposition (San
Diego, California, 1911-1915).
Goodhue’s business relationship with Cram and Ferguson was dissolved in 1913 and Goodhue became an
independent architect, employing several dozen staff by the start of World War I. He continued to receive
significant commissions, including the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer (New York City, 1914-1918); Saint
Bartholomew’s Church (New York City, 1914-1919); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California,
1915-1917); Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, 1918-1928); the Nebraska
State Capitol (Lincoln, Nebraska, 1920-1932); and the Los Angeles Public Library (1921-1926). Although never
formally trained in architectural idioms, Goodhue’s work frequently referred to the Arts and Crafts movement
and a vernacular aesthetic, often incorporating the work of talented craftsmen. Becoming increasingly
reductivist and modern after World War I, Goodhue often integrated historicist Mediterranean and
Indo-European aesthetics with classical massing to achieve a recognizable style of his own.
Goodhue’s commissions took him across the United States, and he traveled widely for business and pleasure
after 1900, often to see architecture of other cultures and regions, which he sketched with great aplomb. In
the spring of 1924, after a trip to Los Angeles, where he was involved in building the public library,
Goodhue succumbed to a heart attack, just days before his fifty-fifth birthday. His ashes were interred in a
church of his own design, the Chapel of the Intercession, in New York City, in a tomb designed by a
long-time colleague, sculptor Lee Lawrie.
After Goodhue’s sudden death, his office was reorganized as Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Associates to complete
outstanding commissions. In 1931 the firm was renamed by its partners Mayers, Murray & Phillip,
closing finally in 1940.
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