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Archival Collections Portal > Avery Drawings & Archives Collections > Finding Aid: Nathalie Bailey Morris photographs of American Gothic Revival architecture
Nathalie Bailey Morris photographs of American Gothic Revival architecture,
1853-1937
(bulk 1933-1934)
Preferred Citation
Nathalie Bailey Morris photographs of American Gothic Revival architecture. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
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Summary Information
At a Glance
| Avery ID: | Morris View CLIO record |
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| Creator(s): | Morris, Alletta Nathalie Lorillard Bailey, 1887-1935. |
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| Title: | Nathalie Bailey Morris photographs of American Gothic Revival architecture,
1853-1937
(bulk 1933-1934)
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| Physical description: | 1134 images and .25 linear ft. of papers (2 manuscript boxes and 2 binders)
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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. 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: | Black and white photographic prints
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black and white and color postcards
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holograph papers
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typescript papers
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printed papers
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Arrangement
Organization and Arrangement
This collection is organized in four series: Mounted Photographs; Ringbound Photographs; Loose Images; and Papers.
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Scope and Content
The collection includes 1134 images (photographs and postcards, with some duplicates) of approximately 60 buildings, including some earlier photographs, plans, and renderings that Morris copied to add context to her own contemporary photographs. Of properties with identified architects, the great majority were designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, with a few examples of the work of Richard Upjohn, James Renwick, and several other lesser-known architects. Major sites depicted include Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, N.Y.; Fonthill Castle, Bronx, N.Y.; Lovat, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.; Hurst-Pierrepont, Garrison, N.Y.; Belvoir, Yonkers, N.Y.; Beechwood, Yonkers, N.Y.; Mount Ida, Troy, N.Y., Llewellyn Park, Orange, N.J.; and Malbone, Newport, R.I. Some 18th-century buildings, and one 17th-century building (the Christopher Billop House, near Tottenville, Staten Island, built circa 1699), are also depicted.
Also included is correspondence to Morris about her research from Emma Clifton Austin; J. J. Champenois; John Mead Howells; Cornelius G. Kolff; Grace M. Mayer (Museum of the City of New York); Renwick, Aspinwall & Guard; Robert B. Sterns; and Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes; as well as several published articles and Morris' own research notes. Lastly, of special interest are nine photographs of the official opening of the George Washington Bridge in 1931.
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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. 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
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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
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Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.
Preferred Citation
Nathalie Bailey Morris photographs of American Gothic Revival architecture. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
Related Collections
See also the Alexander Jackson Davis architectural drawings and papers,
the Richard Upjohn and Richard Michell Upjohn architectural drawings,
and the Leslie O. Merrill Collection of Greek Revival in Syracuse
held in the Department of Drawings and Archives at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Libraries.
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, Archivist, Dept. of Drawings & Archives,
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Annemarie van Roessel, Archivist, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, in January 2008.
EAD instance generated by Annemarie van Roessel from MARC21 record and SGML instance, Nov. 14, 2007.
Finding aid written in English.
CLIO ID: 3460635 View CLIO record Return to top Index Terms
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Return to top History / Biographical Note
Biographical Note
Alletta Nathalie Lorillard Bailey Morris (1883-1935) was born to a socially prominent New York City family and in her adult life was active in civic and charity work. She was also an amateur architectural historian and photographer, particularly dedicated to documenting works of 19th-century American Gothic Revival architecture in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states. Her interest may have been spurred in part by the summer house she and her husband, Lewis Gouverneur Morris, owned in Newport, Rhode Island. A large villa in the Gothic Revival style, "Malbone" was designed in 1848-1850 by noted American architect Alexander Jackson Davis. From the 1910s through the early 1930s, Morris was driven by her husband or chauffeur to many notable sites of Gothic Revival architecture so that she could photograph extant conditions.
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