This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
The collection consists chiefly of travel sketches, cartoons, invitations, and other ephemera. The arrangement of the material relies primarily on Walker Cain's filing system. Therefore, unlike material is sometimes grouped together because it was originally found in the same folder. Moreover, folder titles have been transferred from the original file folder label given by Walker Cain. A folder title in square brackets indicates it has been supplied by the cataloger and not from Cain's original file (however, this is not the case in Series VI: Medals and Series VII: Miscellaneous, where all titles have been supplied by the cataloger). The folder titles supplied by Cain do not always provide the most accurate description of the material found within a certain folder, therefore, a great effort has been put forward to describe the majority of the material contained within each folder. This description or scope and content note is found in the container list under each folder title. It is important to look at the scope and content notes rather than rely on a folder title to help determine what material will be found in each folder.
The names and groupings of the subseries under Series V: General Files comes from Cain's original filing system. Subseries 5: MMW includes material related to the firm of McKim, Mead & White. Some of the material within this series pre-dates Cain's employment with the firm and includes photographs and printed materials. Subseries 6: Sandy Calder includes correspondence with Alexander Calder and photographs of the sculptor and his works.
The collection was donated in 3 accessions, in 1994, 1996, and 2007. The material is from the first accession (1994.004) unless otherwise noted.
Walter O. Cain also donated materials related to the firm of McKim, Mead & White to Avery Library.
The collection is made up of seven series: Sketch File, Sketch Books, Sketch & Scrap Book, Architectural Drawings, General Files, Medals, and Miscellaneous.
This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University,1172 Amsterdam Ave., Mail Code 0301, New York, NY 10027.
Walker O. Cain architectural records and papers collection. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library. Columbia University, New York, NY.
Source of acquisition--Gift of Walker O. Cain, 1994.004; Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Walker O. Cain, 1996.005; Gift, 2007.017.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
2009-06-25 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Walker O. Cain (1915-1993) was an American architect associated with the firms of McKim, Mead & White (1940-1961), Steinmann, Cain & White (1961-1965), Steinmann & Cain (1965-1967), Walker O. Cain & Associates (1967-1978), and Cain, Farrell and Bell (1978-1986). Among Cain's most notable buildings are St. Vartan Cathedral, the Armenian Church at Second Avenue and 34th Street, the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of History and Technology in Washington, and the Jadwin Gymnasium and Computer Center at Princeton.
Cain was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland where he held the Trustees' Scholarship for five years. In 1937 he was a recipient of the Schweinfurth Scholarship to study in Fontainebleau, France.
In 1939 he won the Henry Adams Prize of the American Institute of Architects and was a finalist in the Paris Prize competition the same year.
In 1938 and 1939, he won honorable mention in architecture in the competition for the Rome Prize of the American Academy in Rome.
Then, in 1940, while a candidate for a master's degree in fine arts at Princeton University, Cain won the Rome Prize. After moving to New York City, he served as chairman of the board of the American Academy in Rome from 1974 to 1984. Cain also served as the chairmen of the New York chapter of Save Venice, Inc. during the 1970s.
Walker O. Cain died in Southhampton, L.I. in 1993.
Box 01 Folder 01
4 landscapes (watercolor on paper)
1 portrait of Joan Benjamin, Nov. 1976 (ink on paper)
1 street scene labeled "Antigua 65?" (watercolor on paper)
Box 01 Folder 02
25 misc. drawings from different places and dates (various media), majority with political themes
1 photocopy of drawing
1 sheet regarding the "Selectivity of Investigative reporters"
Box 01 Folder 03
9 sketches, some riders identified, some dates (ink on paper)
Box 01 Folder 04
43 hill-town drawings
multiple photocopies of hill-town drawings
written sheets describing book and text on Italian hill towns, with 9 historical prints of hill towns and Italian urban topography
miscellaneous items, including a letter from Avery Fisher, and 2 pieces of correspondence from Brendan [Gill?]
Oversize 01 Folder 02
7 original drawings of Italian Hilltowns, and various photocopies of the same (ink and watercolor on paper)
Drawer 17 Folder 01
Italian hill-town drawing, printed onto mylar, rendered in a brown wash
Roll A29A.15
6 sepia prints
Box 01 Folder 05
90 drawings of nude figures, some identified, various dates (various media)
3 photographs of drawings
1 photocopy of unidentified site plan
Oversize 01 Folder 01
20 drawings of nude figures, undated (watercolor and ink on paper)
Box 01 Folder 06
6 cityscape drawings (various media)
3 misc. drawings, including one of Le Corbusier with accompanying text
5 printed invitations
Box 01 Folder 07
17 cityscape and portrait drawings (various media)
3 photocopies of drawings
1 misc. drawing with text
Oversize 01 Folder 06
17 watercolor drawings of Italian scenes, including landscapes and cityscapes, dated 1948 (watercolor on paper, attached to hard cardboard frame with tape)
6 ink drawings of Italian hill-towns and landscapes, dated 1948 (ink on paper)
Box 01 Folder 08
47 drawings of different sites and cities (various media)
2 sketch books, one entitled "Greek Islands/1978" (23 sketches total
various media)
3 photo contact prints, and 1 photograph of a drawing
1 watercolor landscape by Ethel Walker
1 photocopy of drawing
Box 01 Folder 09
10 landscape and seascape drawings (watercolor on paper, ink on paper)
Box 01 Folder 10
15 landscape and seascape drawings, variously dated, and 1 drawing of "Southampton Hurricane 1985" (watercolor on paper, ink on paper)
2 drawings of Jerusalem plaza and church interior, dated in 1950 and 1952 (watercolor on paper)
5 misc. items, including 3 photocopies of drawings
Box 01 Folder 11
5 landscape drawings (watercolor on paper)
Box 01 Folder 12
31 landscape and streetscape drawings, variously dated in 1977 and 1969 (watercolor on paper, ink on paper)
2 misc. items, including a WOC business card, and a printed invitation
Box 01 Folder 13
62 drawings of various landscapes, seascapes, and figures, some identified, variously dated (various media)
miscellaneous items, including various photocopies of a drawing from St. Paul the Divine, and from a drawing of Roy Rauschbaum
2 drawings with accompanying text, including plan sketches for "a house I'd like to design for us"
1 drawing entitled "Modernized Brownstone Residence of Wm. Lescaze, architect / New York"
Box 02 Folder 01
24 drawings and sketches (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
38 photocopies of various drawings (originals also available)
3 hand-written pages, including one on "Fireworks", one on what "Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore have in common", and one dated "Mandarin Oriental Hotel/1990/Year of the Horse"
Box 02 Folder 02
4 photocopies of politically charged drawings
Box 02 Folder 03
9 drawings of landscapes and seascapes, including 3 labeled "Jamaica", 5 labeled "Antigua", and one labeled "Hawaii 1968" (ink on paper and watercolor on paper)
Box 02 Folder 04
7 drawings of various places and events, some labeled (ink on paper, some filled in with colored pencils)
14 photocopies of drawings
Box 02 Folder 05
19 drawings of various towns, variously labeled, including sketches from Puebla, Taxco, Las Brisas, San Angel, Cuernavaca, and Mexico City (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
2 notepads, including 15 ink drawings in one notepad, and 7 pencil drawings in the other
Valentine's card to "Phill" signed by various people, including Betty and Walker Cain
3 photocopies of drawings
Box 02 Folder 06
88 drawings of various sites and events, variously labeled, including sketches of Rome, Caprarola, Sienna, Florence, Torcello, Milan, Venice, and Capri (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
37 photocopies of various drawings and text, including a copy of a small essay on "Janus"
miscellaneous items, including printed card of WOC drawing, short essay on "Italian Hill Towns", a collection of 11 Italian stamps, and 2 note cards on Italian Music and Art
Box 02 Folder 07
35 landscape drawings of Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada, variously dated (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
34 figure and animal drawings, some labeled, variously dated (ink on paper)
2 abstract drawings (ink on paper)
miscellaneous items, including 2 negative copies of drawings, a hand-written note addressed to "Dears", a letter from Archbishop Manoogian, and 4 photocopies of drawing
Box 02 Folder 08
3 drawings, including one labeled "Henry Watt", and one labeled "Kristy's whatnot" (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
copy of poem written by WOC entitled "Once upon an Easton Neston"
sketch of "Mr. Cane Drawing" by N. Weir
Box 02 Folder 09
35 drawings of various landscapes, figures, and cityscapes, some identified, including one with accompanying text on "Proposal to Improve Irish (or English) Council Houses" (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
2 photocopies of drawings
one written page of memoirs dated "Yesterday June 1987"
Box 02 Folder 10
2 sketches, one entitled "Japan Sea" (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
3 photocopies of flyer announcing arrival in China
Box 02 Folder 11
12 cityscape drawings (various media)
Box 02 Folder 12
16 cityscape and seascape drawings, and various portraits, including one labeled "Pilkington Plays/Sept. 3, 1973/ Colares" (ink on paper)
Box 02 Folder 13
2 sketches of mansions, 1 labeled "The Blake Tenement", and the other "Miles Brewton House", dated 1990 (ink on paper)
1 portrait of Micheal Kingsley (ink on paper)
Box 02 Folder 14
5 sketches of landscapes and monuments, some labeled, including one with text on the history of Egypt (ink on paper)
Box 03 Folder 01
25 figure drawings, mostly labeled (mixed media)
23 landscape drawings, variously dated (mixed media)
miscellaneous items, including 2 copies of plan of "Refugee for Retired Tyrants", an Honorable Mention from the Garrison Art Exhibition, and various copies of Membership Cards for the "Manasota Key Conference on the Disposition of Political Redundancies", and photocopy of text on "Recollections on Haik Kavookjian"
Oversize 01 Folder 03
Various portraits of Jose de Rivera (ink on paper)
New England Seascape drawing, dated 1971 (watercolor on paper)
Birthday Card to Samuel Duryee from Betty and Walker Cain, 1973 (ink and watercolor on paper)
Box 03 Folder 02
45 cartoon drawings, variously labeled, most including accompanying text (mixed media)
42 photocopies of various drawings, cartoons, and invitations to various occasions, including copy of drawing sent to G. Mead
miscellaneous items, including copies of 2 poems
Box 03 Folder 03
7 "moon landing" drawings, dated 1969 (ink on paper)
1 copy of letter to Mr. Hyland
Box 03 Folder 04
8 photocopies of cartoons, Christmas Greeting Card, and other invitation, dated 1979
Box 03 Folder 05
14 watercolor paintings entitled "Homage to Bissier", some with accompanying text (watercolor on paper)
1 landscape painting of "the Ruined Abbey of St. Astrid", dated 1979 (watercolor on paper)
1 abstract drawing (ink on paper)
2 photocopies of letter addressed to "Sir"
Box 03 Folder 06
15 cityscape drawings, variously labeled (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
1 page of written text on recollections from August 31, 1975
Box 03 Folder 07
18 abstract drawings of arched figures (ink on paper, and 1 watercolor on paper)
2 other drawings (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 03 Folder 08
9 landscape and church drawings (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
1 photo of model of St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York
various photocopies and 2 prints of various Armenian churches and sites
miscellaneous items, including various pamphlets relating to events about St. Vartan Cathedral
various correspondence relating to St. Vartan Church matters, including WOC's schedule for a trip to Armenia in December 1965
Box 03 Folder 09
11 photocopies of the Southampton Jazz Festival invitations, including photocopies of preliminary sketches for the invitation
Box 03 Folder 10
2 copies of poems, including one by Samuel Walter Foss and an essay by Albert Einstein
3 photocopies of drawings
5 drawings (ink on paper), dated from the 1970's
Box 03 Folder 11
28 cut-outs taped onto blank sheets of paper, labeled, mostly of animals
2 birthday cards, one addressed to WOC
19 photocopies of invitations to Digressionist events from various years
various letters, including one from Otto Luenig, one from Frank Taplin, and one from Osborn
photocopies of 3 poems, including one by Paul Keiffer, and one by George Mead
Box 03 Folder 12
104 photocopies of ink drawings
copy of map of Lindos and Rhodes
Box 03 Folder 13
22 landscape and portrait drawings (ink on paper), some dated to 1968, variously labeled (one label attached to drawing with paper-clip)
Box 03 Folder 14
6 cartoon drawings, undated (ink on paper)
23 sketches of landscapes and cityscapes, some labeled, including 2 entitled "Morocco 1972", 2 entitled "Bodrum 1978", and 1 seascape dated 1976 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper, pencil on paper)
various copies of Christmas cards
Box 03 Folder 15
43 sketches of various subjects, including 5 architectural drawings from 1934, various small-format watercolors, and other unlabeled landscape scenes dated as recently as 1990 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 04 Folder 01
6 cards from WOC to Mary, variously dated (ink and watercolor over paper)
4 drawings addressed to Mary (ink on paper)
Box 04 Folder 02
28 invitations done by WOC, various organizations, various dates, and many copies of each
11 preliminary sketches or copies of various invitations
various photocopies of drawings
"The Garrison Art Exhibition 1958" Catalog
4 seasonal greeting cards
8 copies of "Century" invitations
Box 04 Folder 03
Over 100 copies of various greeting cards for Christmas and New Year's (print on paper, some with watercolor applied), various years, various themes and locations
various preliminary sketches for varied cards
2 small landscape drawings (watercolor on paper)
18 photocopies of architectural drawings by Hitler (from the Speer-Archiv)
copies of 2 stories, one entitled "The Fellow from Sasabe and the Young Lady from Apache Creek", and the other "A Night in the Open", both signed RMMcK and dated in 1989
various photocopies of comic drawings depicting news-story about "Sex Charge- Doctor Suspended"
miscellaneous items, including letter from Rev. Edward N. West, and small pocket sketchbook with various writings and drawings
Box 04 Folder 04
Drawing of the Louvre and its new addition-the pyramid, accompanied by London Times article dated Nov. 1984
Various copies of "modernized" Piranesi drawings and letter addressed to Frank
Article from Sports Illustrated dated Oct.22, 1990 showing drawing by WOC
3 figure drawings (ink and pencil on paper)
4 photocopies of cartoon drawing
Essay entitled "Bias Lives" by WOC, dated March 27, 1986 (3 pages attached with paper-clip)
Box 04 Folder 05
4 drawing, various subjects (ink on paper)
Box 04 Folder 06
14 drawings of various subjects and dates including: 1 watercolor drawing of "The Borda Gardens Cuernavaca, 1982", 1 cartoon of the "Digressionists" dated 1980, 1 ["medievalized"] city/village-scape of mid-town Manhattan dated 1978, 1 drawing of a port at "Bodrum" dated 1978, 3 watercolor drawings and 2 sketches of Italian villages dated 1976, streetscape of Salzburg dated 1975, 1 watercolor drawing of "Swallows at Shelter Island" dated 1975, 3 drawings in Spain dated 1971, and 1 watercolor of "Villa Hourand (?) near AAR" dated 1948
4 drawings, unlabeled (watercolor on paper, ink on paper)
Box 04 Folder 07
Photocopies of cartoon drawings of ecclesiastical subjects, including 3 with original text, and 5 original drawings
Box 04 Folder 08
31 drawings of abstracted arches, mostly dated 1961, 8 dated 1971, and 1 dated 1968 (watercolor on paper, ink on paper)
Box 04 Folder 09
10 drawings, including various cityscapes and cartoon drawings, unlabeled, undated, and 1 cartoon labeled "Capri Tourist" dated 1983
1 letter, unaddressed, dated 1992
11 copies of etchings of various sites in Rome and the Acropolis of Athens, and 1 music score of the Musical Alphabet by Mrs. T. Welsh
misc. items, including 7 photocopies of various unlabeled sites, and 1 copy of invitation to Century reception, and 1 photograph of painting signed in the back Eve Gugler (?)
Box 04 Folder 10
7 drafts of lion motif for invitation to NYPL reception on September 27 1979 (ink on paper)
various photocopies of final draft of drawing included on invitation
1 invitation and 2 RSVP cards for the reception
architectural plan, unlabeled (pencil on trace)
Box 04 Folder 11
11 drawings, including series of abstract geometric drawings, and various unlabeled streetscape scenes (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
copy of invitation to Spring Concert on March 25, 1970, signed by Benny Goodman
Box 05 Folder 01
3 letters, including one to Mr. Hoving regarding a response to an article published in Connoisseur, one to Mr. Gottlieb, Editor-in-Chief of the NEW YORKER magazine, and one from Stewart Richardson
4 photocopies of ink drawings
2 drawings, including one cartoon of Christo, and one "modernized" Piranesi drawing (ink on paper)
1 photograph of person wrapped in cloth (and 1 photocopy of photograph)
Box 05 Folder 02
45 drawings of Venice (ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper)
2 drawings (watercolor on "canvasette")
12 photocopies of drawings
miscellaneous items, including a map and booklets about Venice
Box 05 Folder 03
13 cityscape and landscape drawings (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
5 prints of landscape drawing
Box 05 Folder 04
4 cityscape/obelisk drawings and 1 landscape drawing (ink on paper, watercolor on paper), locations include Italy and Turkey
4 photocopies of drawings of Rome and Istanbul
Box 05 Folder 05
34 drawings, various subjects, mostly portraits (ink on paper, pencil on paper, watercolor on paper)
60 photocopies of drawings, some rendered in color pencil, various subjects
miscellaneous items, including the May to August 1989 issue of "The Sound Alternative" with cover designed by WOC
Box 05 Folder 06
8 photograms of church elevation, unlabeled, undated
6 drawings, 1 fountain drawing labeled "Bethesda", 1 portrait of Henry Cooper with various notations on Marcel Duchamp, dated 1974
Box 05 Folder 07
11 drawings, cartoon sketches, and notes, some with accompanying text, including 3 addressed to Mary, and 2 addressed to Maria, dated 1984 (watercolor and ink on paper)
Box 05 Folder 08
5 photocopies of cartoon drawings, 1 labeled as "Robert's Folly", the others of cowboy/horse motifs
2 cartoon/portrait drawings, 1 labeled "Les Lalanne's Centaur" dated Easter 1988, the other unlabeled, dated 1986 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 05 Folder 09
various copies of cartoon drawings, including one with text attached on "Idea for Cartoon Strip entitled 'The Leader'"
Box 05 Folder 10
21 watercolor sketches, landscapes and cityscapes, including scenes from Spain, Italy, Mexico, and Israel, variously dated from 1947 to 1953 (watercolor on paper)
14 ink drawings, including landscapes and seascapes from Gloucester (1962) and Amalfi (1948), and one unidentified portrait (ink on paper)
2 pencil drawings of "toreros"
misc. items, including copies of an invitation to an American Historical Society event, and an Annual Meeting invitation from the BAID, dated November 1954
Box 05 Folder 11
Essay on Humor in Architecture (14 typed pages attached by paper-clip)
2 portrait sketches (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
Card of recognition for award of "Newsbury Etching Contest" sponsored by Walther League of the Ohio District
3 invitations, including the BAID Annual Meeting, a Mississippi Steamboat Party, and a 1947 American Academy in Rome celebration
Box 05 Folder 12
4 figure drawings (ink on paper, watercolor on paper, pencil on paper)
2 landscape drawings (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
3 cartoon drawings (ink on paper), and various photocopies of multiple cartoons (some colored with colored pencil)
various invitations to various events, including preliminary sketches to invitation for the Century Assn's 1972 Annual Reception
photograph of three men observing architectural plan (unidentified), and 4 Photostats of various cartoons
Box 05 Folder 13
39 copies of invitations/announcements/pamphlet from various events, organizations, and dates, all illustrated by WOC, including The Century Association's 1956 "Welcome to New Members" booklet, and various invitations from the Architectural League of New York
3 original drawings for invitations the Architectural League and the Alumni Association if the American Academy in Rome (ink on drafting paper) [oversize file]
misc. items, including sketches of Paul Manship and JK Smith, and a copy of a cartoon labeled "Olsen Eats"
Oversize 01 Folder 05
3 original trace drawings for various invitations (ink on trace)
Drawer 17 Folder 01
Collage made from various liquor labels, pasted onto silhouette of dancing woman, outlined in black ink, undated
Drawer 17 Folder 01
Unfinished painting of typical New England autumn scene, with white house in the foreground, undated, unlabeled (watercolor on paper)
Drawer 17 Folder 01
Printed in 1931 by Danesi Editore, with introduction by Francesco Ehrle S.I. 24 engravings of various views of Rome, in plan and elevation. [/p][p]2 small sheets of paper, with square grid and various measurements included, probably pertaining to reduced scale of one of the engravings (pencil on paper)
Box 05 Folder 14
42 photocopies of sketches, cartoons, and portraits, many with accompanying text
3 ink drawings, including original drawing for party invitation (ink on paper)
6 invitations/greeting cards, including WOC's Birthday invitation April 14, 1972
Box 13 Folder 26 to 28
56 items : watercolor, ink, and/or pencil on paper or canvas ; the majority of the drawings were originally framed and depict various travel scenes and range in date from the 1940s to the 1980s
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Oversize 03 Folder 08
1 item : ink and pencil on paper (fron tside), ink and color pencil (on back side)
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Oversize 01 Folder 07
5 drawings belonging to series, identified by page number, of cartoon drawings rendered in thick, deep black traces of ink (ink on trace paper attached with tape to cardboard frames)
5 cartoon drawings with accompanying text (ink on paper torn from sketch book)
9 ink drawings of various subjects, including 2 sketches of unidentified women, 1 still-life of paint jars and brushes, 1 abstract drawing of arches, 1 cartoon drawing labeled "Illustrated Adler Lecture Notes", dated 6 July 1974, 1 collage of ink drawings pasted onto backboard, labeled "From the Mexican sketchbook of WOC", and 1 interior/porch scene with 4 unidentified people lounging (ink on paper)
3 drawings of buildings, 1 of the Rotunda at UVA, 1 labeled "St. Anthony's Hall, Hartford, 1947", and 1 labeled "Hale's Tower, East Hampton" (ink on paper)
photocopy of cartoon drawing labeled "Whitney Symposium" dated October 1985, of various renditions of the Whitney Museum
6-drawing series of ink sketches of various subjects and objects, undated, including drawings labeled "Diving", "Dancing Siva/S. India", "Havana Club Courtyard", "Conference in the Rain", "Tube Green Jade/Shang Dynasty", and unlabeled sketch of policeman (ink on paper)
2 sketches of tennis players at play, one dated 1970, the other 1974 (ink on paper)
Drawer 17 Folder 01
5 5"x7" drawings of geometricized animals, pasted with glue onto long board, undated (ink on paper)[/p][p]drawing of engine, all parts labeled, entitled "Oversonic Audiodamp Insert XL303; Anit-hood Fume Decoagulator, MSKCC Special Edition", undated (ink on paper)[/p][p]drawing of market scene entiltled "Promenade", perhaps in Mexico, signed by Brendan?, undated (ink on paper, mounted with glue onto hard-board)
Oversize 01 Folder 08
4 final drafts for invitations to various events and institutions, including 1953 Architectural League of New York (others undated) (ink on trace paper or cardboard)
Oversize 01 Folder 09
6 drawings of Arab landscapes/cityscapes, unlabeled, including one sketch on stationary with "American University of Beirut" head letter, and 3 drawings dated 1969 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
1 ink drawing of market scene, labeled Jerusalem, dated 1952 (ink on paper)
two head portraits of men wearing a fez (watercolor on paper)
Oversize 01 Folder 10
6-drawing series of beach, ocean, and waterfront scenes, dated 1955, variously labeled in Bermuda (watercolor on paper)
4 ink and watercolor drawings of beach scenes, distinguished by New England character, yet unlabeled, one drawing dated 1948, the others undated (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Oversize 01 Folder 12
1 drawing of church from behind, with view to adjacent cemetery, unlabeled, undated (watercolor on paper)
Oversize 01 Folder 13
4 drawings of varied subjects, including sketches for fountain design, sketches for desk design, sketch of artist at work, and bird's-eye view of farm-house (ink on paper, pencil on paper, watercolor on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 01
1 drawing of sea-cove, dated 1935, and 1 drawing of boat and seagulls out in the ocean (watercolor on paper)
Winding streetscape at night, illuminated by lamp (watercolor on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 02
2 head portraits of men wearing a fez, one labeled Jerusalem 1952, the other unlabeled (ink and watercolor on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 04
2 hand-made collage cards using photographs and magazine clippings, both for Valentine's Day, undated
2 Valentine Day's cards made by WOC, one for Mary dated 1982, the other unaddressed (ink on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 06
3 nude figure drawings, unlabeled (ink and watercolor on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 07
11 drawings of abstract arch compositions, three matted together, the rest matted separately (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 08
1 shore and river landscape labeled "Sketch for the William Church Osborn Memorial Park, Garrison New York, April 1959" (watercolor on paper)
1 isometric drawing of shore and river's-edge labeled "Hudson River Valley Museum of Transportation, Garrison Landing, N.Y." (Photostat)
Oversize 02 Folder 09
4 drawings of building for The Lawrence School, including copy of plan for the New Student Dining Room by WOC and Assoc., Architects
Oversize 02 Folder 11
6 sketches of landscapes/seascapes, none labeled, some dated 1978 (watercolor on paper, ink on paper)
1 sketch of church interior, unlabeled
Oversize 02 Folder 12
4 ink sketches, including some detail drawings, of cartoon labeled "Refugee of Retired Tyrants" (ink on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 13
2 original drawings, and 3 Photostat reproductions of "Walker's Illustrated Lecture Notes", including one labeled "Mortimer Adler on 'Marx as a Profit'", one labeled "Capitalabor", and one labeled "Illustrated Adler Notes"
Oversize 03 Folder 10
Set of drawings from Aspen 4 July 1974. One labeled "Remarks by Liz Cooperten(?)", and one of Mortimer Adler.
Oversize 02 Folder 14
5 original cartoon drawings, including one political satire dated December 1985 (ink on paper)
2 photocopies of cartoon, dated in 1982 and 1987, one labeled "Mark Millard builds his Dream House"
1 collage/cartoon labeled "Before/After Walker's visit to Killingworth"
Oversize 02 Folder 15
2 original ink drawings of various people in guild/studio-like environment, unlabeled, undated, and 2 photocopies of the same, including one labeled "Vive les Amateurs!"
5 portrait drawings, including one unlabeled drawing of various people painting on easels, one labeled "The Crew ashore at Santorini" dated 1978, one labeled "Life Drawing, Louis Bonche at ease with Model", and one labeled "the Gallery Opens, East Hampton"
2 nude figure drawings (watercolor on paper)
1 nude figure drawing by XG(?), dedicated to WOC, dated 1972 (charcoal on paper)
2 portrait drawings, one labeled "Malcolm Campbell", the other unlabeled (ink on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 17
1 drawing of baroque fountain, undated, labeled "Hamilton" (ink on paper)
1 drawing of English garden-scape, characterized by sharply-hewn bushes and trees (colored pencil on paper)
print of oak tree in garden setting, dated 1978
drawing of interior court/garden in museum setting, with modern sculpture as center-piece, undated, unlabeled (colored pencil on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 18
series of 4 abstract drawings, one accompanied by quote by El Greco, dated 1977 (watercolor on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 20
Seascape drawing, dated 1930 (watercolor on board)
abstract drawing of various realistic objects/art pieces, each labeled by its type or author (i.e. Bissier, Joan Fitzgerald, Eero, Berrocal, 19th Century Portuguese, 18th century English), undated (watercolor on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 22
2 original drawings of sculptor at work, in various poses, dated 1974 (ink and watercolor on paper)
2 positive and 2 negative copies of the sculptor drawings, and details thereof
Oversize 03 Folder 01
24 reproductions of prints of Roman maps and sites, drawn by Giambattista Falda, 1676. Printed in Danesi Editore, Rome, 1930, with accompanying booklet, including other information.
Oversize 03 Folder 05
5 watercolor drawings, including a "Homage to Septimus Severus" dated 1968, 1 seascape from Bermuda dated 1955, 1 lakeside view dated 1959, and 1 figure drawing (watercolor on paper)
2 ink drawings, including 1 seascape drawing and 1 street scene, unlabeled, undated (ink on paper, set on board with tape)
Oversize 03 Folder 06
3 invitations, including 2 original drawings, and 1 print dry-mounted onto backboard (ink on paper)
1 negative print of cartoon drawing of gymnast's steps
2 drawings belonging to series, identified by page number, of cartoon drawings rendered in thick, deep black traces of ink (ink on trace paper attached with tape to cardboard frames)
Box 13 Folder 30
2 small drawings of Italian cityscapes, dated 1974 and 1975 (watercolor on paper)
2 ink drawings : one portrait labeled Gollschah(?). And one cartoon of floating doll, both dated 1961 (ink on paper)
1 landscape drawing labeled "Jerusalem from the Wilderness," dated 10 March 1952, and one unlabeled portrait of older man (ink and watercolor on paper)
Box 17 Folder 9
Box 09 Folder 01
4 drawings of China, 2 labeled "Peking 1988" and "Shanghai 1986" (watercolor on paper, ink on paper)
4 seascape drawings of Japan, none labeled or dated (watercolor on paper, pencil on paper)
1 drawing labeled "Dunes Church June 1988" (ink on paper)
4 pages of scattered text, some on Japan
Box 09 Folder 02
Pencil drawing of horse on cover, labeled "Lilli"
First page indicates Mrs. Denver Duff Stewart's name and address, and below, "Drawings by Walker Cain", undated (pencil on paper)
Following 29 pages recount story of Lilli the horse, accompanied by animated ink drawings (text typed onto separate sheet of paper, and glued onto sketch book)
Following 8 pages contain child's drawings and scribbles, last page unattached (pencil on paper)
Box 09 Folder 03
10 drawings of Italian landscapes, cityscapes, and a few portraits, mostly labeled, dated from October 15-18, 1947 (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
1 page of text
Box 09 Folder 04
2 pages of text on Maurice Cranston (cont'd), and Anthony Quinton
1 cartoon drawing (ink on paper), 1 incomplete ink drawing, and 1 incomplete pencil drawing
Box 09 Folder 05
5 landscape and townscape drawings labeled St. Paul de Vence, Colombe d'Or, and Les Baux, dated October 1980, (ink on paper)
Box 09 Folder 06
Mostly blank pages
8 pages of text, including essay on "The Sabatini article (May 2, 1988)", and short story (ink on paper)
8 scattered drawings, including portrait, unlabeled (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
Box 09 Folder 07
37 landscape and portrait drawings of various places, including Marrakech and Rabat, dated 1982 (ink and colored pencil on paper)
2 pages of text, mostly names of people, and descriptions of places
misc. items including Moroccan money bill and postcard glued into sketch book, and loose postcard inserted between pages
Box 09 Folder 08
6 drawings from Villa Haute, Nimes, Avignon, and St. Paul de Vence, dated from Sept. 27 to Oct. 10, 1980 (ink on paper)
Box 09 Folder 09
13 drawings, mostly incomplete portraits, 2 city/landscape drawings labeled "Kuzerne", and "Munich Opera" (ink on paper)
6 pages of text
Box 09 Folder 10
9 pages of text, including chronology of Chinese history
5 seascape and landscape drawings, none labeled (watercolor on paper)
Box 10 Folder 01
6 pages of text, including general information about the Virgin Islands, and a "Story told by John Meruim(?), Prime Governor, Virgin Islands" dated July 14, 1975
12 seascape, landscape, and portrait drawings, labeled Salt River Inlet, Fredriksted, and Virgin Islands, dated July 1975 (ink on paper)
Box 10 Folder 02
14 drawings, including various at Lady Dorothy Weir's home in Ayrshire, Scotland, and various in Venice, dated 1982 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper, pencil on paper)
Box 10 Folder 03
25 drawings from Florence, Rome, Certaldo Alta, S. Giminiano, including various sketches of Henry Moore's "Warrior with Shield" in cortile near the Pazzi Chapel, dated October 1989 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
postcard of Florence pasted into sketch book
Box 10 Folder 04
60 drawings, mostly cartoons and portraits accompanied by text or newspaper clipping attached with glue, dated 1982 (ink on paper, color pencil on paper)
extensive text, including "Two Stories-A and B", and various newspaper clippings, including one loose article, and one loose letter written by WOC addressed to "Dear Childs, both-"
Box 10 Folder 05
43 drawings labeled from Rhodes, Istanbul, Bodrum, Villa Julia, Rome, Venice, Dobrovnik, dated from October 1988 (ink on paper)
1 painting from the interior of a boat, loose page (watercolor on paper)
Box 10 Folder 06
15 drawings, mostly cartoons, including 3 labeled "NYC as an Italian Hill Town", and some accompanied by text (ink and watercolor on paper)
11 pages of text, including "Lawyer Story", and an essay on "Feminist Nomenclature"
Box 10 Folder 07
14 seascape, interiors, and portrait drawings from Acapulco, dated 1983 (ink and colored pencil on paper)
Box 10 Folder 08
9 rough sketches of house plans and portraits, including one labeled "Woman at next table" (ink on paper)
Box 10 Folder 09
7 drawings and rough sketches of church facades and townscapes, unlabeled, undated (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
2 cartoon drawings
Box 10 Folder 10
5 sketch designs for doorway for the Abby Rockefeller Mauze Room, undated (pencil on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 11 Folder 01
7 drawings, including a few architectural plans and sketches (pencil on paper, ink on paper)
Box 11 Folder 02
13 drawings and sketches of architectural plans, perspectives, and staircase studies (pencil on paper, ink on paper)
Box 11 Folder 03
12 drawings, including one of Hagia Sophia, and various scenes from Italian streets, dated 1989 (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
4 pages of text, some accompanying drawings
Box 11 Folder 04
5 drawings, including one figure drawing and landscape drawing (ink on paper, pencil on paper, watercolor on paper)
3 pages of text, including quotes and some addresses
Box 11 Folder 05
15 drawings, including various plans of churches, chapels and cathedrals from Venice and Rome (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
5 pages of text, including various dates and addresses such as Bruno Zevi's in Rome, and a crossword puzzle of Italian architect's names
Box 11 Folder 06
7 architectural sketches of plans including specific measurements, undated (ink on paper)
Box 11 Folder 07
26 drawings, including some plans of villas, and various portraits of men such as Chairman Roth, Walter Stanley, and Hackley, undated (ink on paper)
7 pages of text, including statistics of property owned by the American Academy in Rome
1 loose page with specifications for closet dimensions
Box 11 Folder 08
15 drawings of Acapulco and Merida, including seascapes and church facades, and drawings of the Casa Portanova in Acapulco, dated 1983 (ink on paper, colored pencil on paper)
2 pages of text on " Notes on Parrish Art Museum Tour of McKim Mead and White Houses on East Long Island"
Box 11 Folder 09
17 drawings of Cuernavaca, Merida and Taxco, mostly of church facades and interiors, a few with accompanying text, undated (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 11 Folder 10
2 unfinished landscape drawings, 1 sketch of house facade, and 1 map of Eastern Europe, undated (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 11 Folder 11
4 pages of text including travel schedule
4 portraits and sketches, including one of colonial house, and one of dock-yard (ink on paper)
Box 12 Folder 01
20 drawings, mostly architectural sketches and numerical calculations (ink on paper)
8 portraits and beach scene drawings, undated, unlabeled (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 12 Folder 02
5 drawings, mostly portraits, unlabeled, undated, one accompanied by text (ink on paper)
Box 12 Folder 03
13 drawings, mostly architectural sketches of cathedrals (ink on paper)
2 portraits, unlabeled, and 1 abstract drawing (ink and
Box 12 Folder 04
6 drawings, including 1 drawing of church facade labeled "Portugal 1973" (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
1 draft of unfinished letter addressed to "Jim"
Box 12 Folder 05
2 landscape drawings and 1 cartoon drawing about Soviet repression, undated (ink on paper)
8 pages of text, including 1 page of memoirs dated 20 September 1984, apparently from Greece
Box 12 Folder 06
16 drawings from Dubrovnik, Sveti Stefan, Sounium, dated August-September 1970, including landscape and portrait drawings (ink on paper)
9 pages of text, including extensive description of Sveti Sefan and Dubrovnik
Box 12 Folder 07
9 drawings from Venice and Rome, mostly of church facades, dated September 1982 (ink and watercolor on paper)
4 drawings from the Smithsonian Museum of History and Technology, including 2 drawings of the facade, 1 drawing labeled "Calder Stabile", and 1 drawing labeled "Cafritz Memorial" (ink and watercolor on paper)
Box 12 Folder 08
1 drawing of forest/road scene, undated, unlabeled (ink on paper)
Box 12 Folder 09
19 drawings of Greece, including landscapes and cityscapes, dated October 1980 (ink and watercolor on paper)
1 drawing from Rome, undated (ink on paper)
14 drawings from England, including streetscapes, portraits and horse-back riding scenes, dated August 1981 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
7 pages of text, including poem entitled "Once Upon an Easton Neston or Ode to Flora Mary"
Box 12 Folder 10
18 drawings, mostly architectural plans and numerical calculations, undated, unlabeled (ink on paper)
13 pages of text, including notes on "How to Read an Architectural Drawing"
Box 12 Folder 11
4 drawings, including 1 abstract portrait of woman, unlabeled, undated (ink on paper)
various pages of text, including 2 rough drafts of invitations for Century Ass'n event
3 wax seals with initials CA imprinted
Box 12 Folder 12
5 drawings of Italian townscapes and monuments in Florence, including statue of Emperor Constantine (ink and pencil on paper)
Box 13 Folder 01
7 drawings, including portraits of Italian Soldiers in uniform, labeled "Fascist Uniforms Rome", and scenes from Sienna, dated 1937 (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 02
3 drawings of interior lounge scenes, undated, unlabeled (pencil on paper)
6 landscape drawings from Zermatt and Wein, dated 1992 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
3 pages of text, including mournful comments on the sale of The Power of Music by William Sidney Mount
Box 13 Folder 03
14 drawings, including cartoon drawings accompanied by text, unlabeled portraits, and architectural renderings, dated 1984-1985 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 13 Folder 04
12 small portrait drawings, each accompanied by a thought/phrase, and labeled by name, undated (ink on paper)
9 rough sketches of unknown subject matter, unlabeled, undated (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 05
7 drawings, including map of Ohio small-town, seascape drawings, and sketches of train locomotives, undated (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 06
12 photocopies of drawings from various sketchbooks, some labeled, one dated 1988
1 cartoon drawing torn out from spiral sketch book (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 07
5 pages of text, including various genealogic trees of the Cain family
5 drawings, including 3 from graveyard sites and 2 of New England house among autumn foliage, undated, unlabeled (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
Box 13 Folder 08
6 architectural drawings, including plans and elevations of private house/villa, and rendering of MMW use of columns in exterior courtyards, undated (ink on paper)
7 pages of text, mostly appointment dates and numerical calculations
Box 13 Folder 09
8 drawings, including various ice-skating figures, and a couple's portrait labeled "Munna & Lash/16 April 1983/Florence S.C." (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 10
10 drawings, including sketches of sculptures and columns, and a few tropical landscape drawings, unlabeled, undated (ink on paper, pencil on paper)
5 pages of text, including reference to appointment on January 19, 1986
Box 13 Folder 11
15 drawings of via Garibaldi, including plans and sections of the public spaces/underground roads and passageways, undated (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 12
12 landscape and cityscape drawings of Istanbul, unlabeled, undated, and 1 drawing "to Stephanie" of Venice, dated 1977 (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 13
10 sketches of Italian country side and hill-towns, labeled, undated (ink on paper)
8 drawings of S. Ohio barns/farm houses, glued into sketchbook, 2 drawings loose, dated 1950's (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 14
6 drawings of Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens and sculpture of Lorenzo de Medici, labeled, dated May-June 1984 (ink on paper, watercolor on paper)
2 cartoon drawings of "Post Modern Blocks", dated 7 June 1984 (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 15
5 drawings of sites and monuments in Egypt, some text on the history of the place, dated 1992 (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 16
27 drawings of various towns, cities, landscapes, and figure drawings from the various places mentioned above, dated 1937 (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 17
11 drawings of townscapes and landscapes, and various drawings of site plan with sculpture center-piece, unlabeled (ink on paper)
4 pages of notes, including a 2-page diary entry on April 26, 1948 - Perugia
loose-leaf page with child's drawings on both sides, labeled as "Streamliner", and "Engine Stopped", by Tamma Cain
Box 13 Folder 18
20 drawings of cityscapes, landscapes, and various portraits, including one labeled "The Hon. Rose Talbot/ London 1989" (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 19
Various portraits, including "Marge and Jaggers", "Ecole des Beaux Arts Students", "M. Jacques Carlu", "Jane Iglauer", all dated in 1937 (ink on paper)
Various pages of notes, perhaps from school lectures, including the topics of "Elements of Charlemagne's Crown", "Louis XVIII, XIV, and XV" dated 4/20/37, "Renaissance" dated 7/16/37, and "Gothic" dated 7/13/37 (ink and pencil on paper)
Box 13 Folder 20
2 pages of notes on comments/opinions of many people regarding the case of "St. Bart's"
among the people represented are B. Gill, Edw. Kostikian, S. Armstrong, and many more
6 drawings, including "Sketch to commemorate Tommy Phipps 70th Birthday" dated Dec. 1983, sketches of barns, and unlabeled portrait of woman speaker (ink on paper)
Box 13 Folder 21
Various sketches of blocks/buildings/geometric shapes, and rough sketch of unidentified site plan (ink on paper)
various sketches of unidentified man wearing glasses (ink on paper)
loose leaf pages of "Application and Approval Process from 3/1/77 to 6/30/79 for St. Francis Community Health Center, Jersey City, New Jersey"
Box 13 Folder 22
6 pages of sketches of abstract drawings using geometric forms and volumes (ink on paper)
4 drawings of Greek Revival mansion, including one detail of ground floor arcade (ink on paper)
2 pages of notes, addresses and fragments of poems, including poem by J. McCall, and rough drafts of notes to Richard Webel and Buck, undated
Box 13 Folder 23
9 drawings, including various unidentified cityscape scenes (perhaps London), a drawing of a Henry Moore sculpture at the Tate, dated 20 Aug. 1991, and a plan for a house, unlabeled (ink and watercolor on paper)
Box 14 Folder 01
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 14 Folder 02
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 14 Folder 03
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 14 Folder 04
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 14 Folder 05
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 14 Folder 06
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 14 Folder 07
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 14 Folder 08
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 14 Folder 09
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Roll A87.15
Architect: Steinmann and Cain; Other Creators: Edouard Utudjian; James Mongitore Associates; A.A. Abdalian, Consulting Engineer
24 pencil on trace drawings; 9 blueline prints
(Accession No. 2007.017)
Box 15
Plan, elevations, perspective drawings, sketches of interior, postcards of significant interior pieces, and printed literature on the Armenian Cathedral in New York City, arranged into clear plastic sleeves and bound together by WOC & Associates, Architects
Oversize 01 Folder 11
Series of 5 drawings of various interior spaces, labeled "Preliminary Sketches" for: "View toward Dining Room from Library", "Library", "Stairwell", "Dining Room", and "View from Park", dated 1950 (ink on paper)
Oversize 01 Folder 15
5 photographs of site plan for Cathedral, unlabeled, undated
Oversize 02 Folder 03
2 isometric drawings of house and building, rendered in pencil, unlabeled (pencil on paper)
Oversize 02 Folder 05
7 drawings of plans, section and elevation of Smithsonian Institution of Art building, including garden and plaza layout with Calder's and de Rivera's pieces labeled (ink and colored pencil on paper)
2 color photographs of exterior elevation drawings for Smithsonian Museum
Oversize 02 Folder 10
2 reverse-image sheets of figure sketches, dated 1974, printed onto acetone, and 1 positive photocopy of the image
2 positive-image Photostats of country-scene sketches
2 copies of Birthday Card for Robert Philip(?) dated December 8, 1978 (image on acetone)
1 negative and 1 positive image of drawing from Medieval Ages, representing scene of Nativity (acetone and paper dry-mounted onto backboard)
Oversize 02 Folder 16
1 elevation drawing of Nott Memorial Building at Union College, Schenectady, New York (pencil on paper
cartoon-like drawings of buildings and text discerning difference between "Classical" and "Romantic" styles
ground-floor plan of residential house, unlabeled, undated (pencil on paper)
1 sketch drawing of "Tamma's Barn" in perspective and elevation, dated 1982 (ink on trace paper)
2 drawings at street level of 68th street perspective view (ink on paper)
Photostat of interior drawing by McKim Mead & White for alterations to Batsford's on 122 East 55th Street
drawing of Doge's Palace in Venice (ink on paper)
series of insignias with two-dove motif (pencil on paper)
print of sketch of labyrinth-like open building, labeled "Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Projected Volley-Ball Court and Chamber-Music Building"
various photocopies of text on "Architecti Virtues"
Oversize 02 Folder 21
1 print of Monastery of St. Keghard
4 photographs of model for Armenian Church in NY
detail drawing of church nave, unlabeled (pencil on paper)
Oversize 03 Folder 04
4 architectural renderings of college buildings, including one labeled "Library", and one reference to Union College (ink on trace paper, mounted with tape onto backboard)
1 negative and 1 positive copy of McKim Mead & White's 1913 elevations, plans, and section for the American Academy in Rome building
1 print of tempietto-like building, labeled "Union College"
1 copy of drawing of neo-classical facade, labeled only "South Elevation"
Box 06 Folder 01
Various photocopies of letters addressed to Robert Gottlieb, Editor-in-Chief, The New Yorker, dated 27 January 1989, 28 February 1989, and 29 March 1989, regarding the "plagiarism" of idea about AT&T building as telephone receiver, originally WOC's idea
Rough draft letter addressed to Mr. Renbar regarding possible measures to deal with problem with The New Yorker, undated, and copies of letter addressed to Cy about the same subject, dated 4 May 1989
Response letters from Lee Lorenz, Art Editor, The New Yorker, dated 22 May 1991, and Robert Davidson, dated 28 February 1989
various photocopies of New Yorker cover, 30 January 1989, displaying AT&T building with phone receiver
various photocopies of drawing labeled "New York as an Italian Hill-town", including the AT&T building with phone receiver in landscape
various copies of page 20 from the August 1984 Connoisseur issue, including cartoon of AT&T building with phone receiver, among other cartoons by WOC
August 1984 Connoisseur magazine
Box 13 Folder 29
Ink and color pencil drawing on WOC stationary of AT&T building with phone receiver.
(Accession no. 1996.005)
Box 06 Folder 02
Letters from Willard R. Epsy, Arthur Ross, and Rosamond Bernier exchanging bits of unfinished poetry to be completed
2 verse responses from WOC
Box 06 Folder 03
3 letters from Sir Hugh Casson, undated
Box 06 Folder 04
Extensive rough-draft material written by WOC to James Cramer voicing his complaints about Leon Krier, the undeserved speaker at the annual AIA meeting (15 hand-written pages, ink on paper)
October 1989 issue of Oculus, journal published by The New York Chapter of the AIA
AIA Memorandum dated 10 April 1990 regarding the Honorary Fellowship Nominations for 1990
Box 06 Folder 05
August 1984 issue of Connoisseur, with note made on cover: See page 20 WOC pen & ink sketches
Reprint from Interiors, December 1967 issue, featuring "A Case of Creative Landmark Preservation in Manhattan", about the remodellation of McKim Mead & White's 1910 680 Park Ave. town house
Box 06 Folder 06
16 letters addressed to WOC from April 1969 to May 1972, including correspondence from Beverly Pepper, Leonard Charmicheal, C.O.V. Keinbusch, and Daniel P. Moynihan
17 copies of letters/essays written by WOC from February 1970 to April 1973, including correspondence to Richard deVore, Leonard Carmicheal, Paul McCloskey, Edward West, Haik Kavookjian, Daniel P. Moynihan, and Robert Cramer
also a "Memorandum on Vietnam" addressed to Paul Barringer
Various clippings of WOC's acceptance of a Doctorate of Letters from Union College
Box 06 Folder 07
1 postcard from Rens, dated 23 May 1976
Box 06 Folder 08
16 letters from Russell Lynes addressed to WOC, including one accompanied by Xerox of the cover-jacket of Lyne's new book Life in the Slow Lane
poster, about 16"x20" in size, announcing exhibit called "Russell Lynes Observes" at the Vassar College Art Gallery, Autumn 1987
New York Times clipping, dated 16 September 1991, announcing death of Russell Lynes
Century Association leaflet announcing Memorial Service for Russell Lynes
photocopy of essay on Russell written by WOC on 17 October 1991
Box 06 Folder 09
10 letters from various people, including a thank-you letter from Avery Fisher, and others by Lewis Thomas, M.D., Leonard Miall, O.B.E., Walter Lord, and John B. Coburn
copy of article on McKim, Mead & White written by Mosette Glaser Broderick (and signed by Mosette), entitled "A Place Where Nobody Goes: The Early Work of McKim, Mead, & White and the Development of the South Shore of Long Island"
Box 06 Folder 10
Letter from Francis R. Bacon, Dean of the Cleveland School of Architecture, to congratulate for his son's acceptance
Dated list of events, presumably career chronology
Box 06 Folder 11
7 letters from John Rusell, some in regard to Rosamond Bernier's candidacy for the Century Association
2 letters from Rosamond Bernier
1 rough draft of letter to Secretary of the Century Assn. to propose Rosamond Bernier as a "Centurion"
2 photocopies of cartoons of John Russell entitled "Homage to the Labors of Russell" dated February 1986
Box 06 Folder 12
10 letters/cards sent to WOC from Gabriel Seymour, dated from 1989 to 1991
Box 06 Folder 13
35 letters and poems from Frank E. Taplin addressed to WOC, dated from 1988 to 1992, and one package of poems still in the postage envelope
23 photocopies of poems, notes and essays written by WOC, presumably addressed to Frank Taplin
18 original copies of various poems, essays and letters addressed to Frank, including a poem entitled "O Fetch me some Gin to Toast Ethelyn"
miscellaneous items, including 2 letters with accompanying poems from Frederick P. Rose dated 1991, and 1 from John O'Connor dated 1978
Box 06 Folder 14
Letter and accompanying essay entitled "On Error in Biology" written by Lewis Tomas, M.D., dated April 1979, 18 pages, typed
Box 06 Folder 15
Spring 1985 issue of the "Village Views" magazine, including an article entitled "Walking to Work with Stanford White"
various sheets of blank letterhead stationary for "The Commission for an Exile Island of Ousted Usurpers (A.E.I.O.U.)"
3 copies of invitations to party hosted by Walker and Betty Cain, and Lyn and Ned Chase
various correspondence, including letters to Governor Mario Cuomo, Wilfred Sherk, Mosette Broderick, Raymond Clairville, Arthur Ross, and Paula Pagonis
miscellaneous, including copy of article about John Karol, and specifications letter for competition to design bronze doors for Armenian Cathedral of St. Vartan in NYC
Box 06 Folder 16
12 original drawings to illustrate text for "Supermouse", presumably written by James W. Murray
21 photocopies of drawings for "Supermouse"
Rough draft of "Supermouse", dated 26 February 1975, 11 pages, typed
Two letters from James W. Murray dated Sept. 1975 and Oct. 1976, and one undated letter signed Joch, all regarding the illustrations and publication specifications for "Supermouse"
Oversize 01 Folder 04
4 drawings with accompanying text for "Supermouse" cartoon (ink on paper)
Box 06 Folder 17
10 photographs of de Rivera and his work, including various photos of model of sculpture for entrance of Smithsonian Institution at Washington
Pamphlet offered by the Borgenicht Gallery of Art in New York City displaying de Rivera's "Constructions", and a small excerpt on de Rivera's biography
4 newspaper clippings from The New York Times dated 1969 and 1972, about de Rivera's current work on exhibit, including the sculpture for the Smithsonian Institution
Box 06 Folder 18
5 newspaper clippings and 3 photocopies from 1987 to 1991 regarding the strife between modern architects and the Prince of Wales (articles from The Sunday Times (London), The New York Times, The Evening Standard (London), and the Daily Mail)
3 pages of "Notes on an Article" written by WOC, 19 May 1987, regarding competitions, winning entries, and the designs for new buildings in England
Box 06 Folder 19
2 letters from Lime Rock Press, Inc. including specifications about Italian Sketchbook, dated 1984
37 pages of text and illustrations for Italian Sketchbook by WOC, including notes and corrections made in pencil
Box 06 Folder 20
Hand-written, typed, and corrected version of thesis concerning School for Handicapped Children
Box 07 Folder 04
Miscellaneous items, including original card announcing that WOC "has become an Associate of the Firm McKim, Mead & White" dated January 1, 1951
Box 07 Folder 05
10 copies of library drawing (ink on paper)
12 invitations, drawings, and photocopies of invitations to various events to the Century Club
various correspondence among Century members regarding the sale of "The Power of Music" by William Sidney Mount
New York Times clipping about the original Century Club designed by H.H. Richardson (written by Christopher Gray)
Box 07 Folder 06
Over 100 photocopies, enlarged and reduced, of drawings of scenes and interiors of the Century Club
Various versions and revisions to the Guide for the Club, entitled "Inside the Century", including drawings by WOC
Various letters regarding the completion of the Guide of the Club
1 portrait photograph (unknown)
Commemorative scroll of appreciation for WOC from Century Association, undated
1 rough sketch of Palladian window and shrubbery, labeled Century Club, undated
Box 07 Folder 07
6 copies of 1990 Century Masked Ball invitation
1 sketch labeled "Columbus Circle-The Main Monument", and 1 plan drawing, unlabeled (ink on trace paper, pencil on trace paper)
13 letters addressed to WOC, including letters from Marshall Davidson, Otis Blodget, John Russell, John Chancellor, Francis Mason, Peter G. Cook, and Stowe C. Phelps
photocopy of monograph of the Century Club, 1889-1891, and detail photograph of open loggia, unlabeled
Box 07 Folder 08
23 drawings by WOC for the booklet "Inside the Century", of various sizes, and some with specifications on accurate dimensions
accompanying text (without the drawings) for the pamphlet
4 letters from Martin Cook Associates, presumably the publisher of the pamphlet, regarding various specifications and notes about it
Box 07 Folder 09
Booklet of the Association entitled "Inside the Century", and 12 photocopies of the drawings by WOC used to illustrate the booklet
Essay entitled "A Janusian Musing" on Charles McKim, and various copies and drafts of poem entitled "I Can't Get Started", including one addressed "To Lyn", dated January 1993
Oversize 01 Folder 14
11 original drawings of cartoon illustrations used in Century Booklet (ink on paper)
Box 07 Folder 01
Various copies of poems by Lyn Chase, Lawrence White, and poems taken from "The Old Farm" and The New York Times, March 19, 1991
Correspondence including letters from Willard R. Epsy, Tom Wolfe, and Alick Bear
Copies of poem/essay entitled "The Clerihew", copies of poems entitled "Moonstruck", "The Hen", and essay entitled "Obelisks" and "Louis Galentiere"
10 drawings accompanied by short poems, and various copies of the same
copy of page from Connoiseur, August 1984, containing three drawings by WOC
copies of various invitations for various events
Box 07 Folder 02
17 original poems and notes written by WOC, various related to the "Clerihews"
13 photocopies of poems and notes written by WOC
9 photocopies of printed articles or memos, including an entry on "Clerihews Galore" from the National Review, 11 February 1991
poem entitled "Ode on a Self-Inflicted Birthday", about WOC, written on American Academy of Rome head letter, dated 1973, signed FEB
25 photocopies and original notes/letters from various people, including copies of a poem by Lawrence G. White, and Cathy Cochran
Box 07 Folder 03
46 original cartoon drawings and notes by WOC, mostly political satires from the early 1980's (ink on paper)
Correspondence to WOC from various people, including Robert C. Osborn, J.S. Coles, Edward C. Brewster, and Maude Davis
about 50 photocopies of drawings and cartoons by WOC, some rendered in colored pencil
about 50 photocopies of printed material on comic accounts, cartoons, puzzles, etc.
Box 08 Folder 05
1 group photograph, unlabeled, undated, presumably of the members of the McKim, Mead and White firm sometime in the 1920's
Undated pamphlet for a proposal for "a new Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian Institution"
2 New York Times clippings by Christopher Gray on McKim Mead & White architecture
Photocopy of Leland Roth's Building List for McKim Mead and White
Various photocopies of Vitruviu's text on "Qualities of an Architect"
Box 08 Folder 06
Detailed description of contents and placement of exhibit on Stanford White entitled "Stanford White's New York", displayed at the Gallery of the New York School of Interior Design, 7 December 1987 through 12 February 1988
Receipt for Outgoing Loan from the Museum of the City of New York to the Century Association, attn: Walker Cain, for exhibition entitled "Public Spaces and Private Places: Architectural Photographs of McKim, Mead & White", from 27 March 1989 to 15 May 1989, including 13 page description of each photograph on loan
original photograph of bronze statue, unlabeled, untitled
11 copies of black and white photograph of three men seated, holding plan, presumably McKim, Mead & White
various photocopies of McKim, Mead & White book label
Box 08 Folder 07
47 bound pages of plans and elevations for the Municipal Building, New York, and the US Post Office Building, New York. (Book label from MMW's office. Pencil inscription on top left corner identifying "Case 49")
Box 08 Folder 08
Concerning MMW, including Cortissoz, Royal, "Some Leaders in our Architectural Renaissance," and Andrews, Wayne, "McKim, Mead, White: Their Mark Remains" (Book label from MMW's office. No. 1 appears on the spine)
Box 08 Folder 09
Including 3-page biography, and list of Watercolors and Drawings on exhibit at Davis Gallery, New York, from April 22 to May 11, 1963
Box 08 Folder 10
Including various hand-written entries on recipients of written checks
Box 15
13 Photographs of Models for the Plan for the Air Museum prepared by MMW (bound and stored in clear plastic sleeves)
Box 14
126 pages of text, regarding the architect's professional experience (typed, double-spaced, and bound, catalogued in the MMW library)
Box 15
395 Architectural photographs of buildings from Paris, Rome, Venice, Vienna, Budapest, and England (Bound and indexed. Property of MMW library)
Box 15
Oversize 03
24 black and white photographs, unlabeled, undated
Box 17 Folder 10
Box 08 Folder 01
6 photographs of Alexander Calder and his work, including photos of model of the Museum of History and Technology, and the placement of an outdoor sculpture by Calder
Box 08 Folder 02
31 photographs of Smithsonian-Calder Stabile model, including 2 spreadsheets
16 letters and 10 postcards addressed to WOC from Alexander Calder, mostly related to a joint project at the Smithsonian Museum, and 2 invitations to gallery openings and reception
8 carbon copies of letters from WOC to Alexander Calder, mostly related to joint Smithsonian-Calder Stabile project, and 13 photocopies of notes and cartoon drawings related to the project
10 newspaper clippings about Calder and his current projects
Various copies of invitation to Calder Memorial Service at the Whitney Museum, December 6, 1976, including one copy with comments written by WOC, and various newspaper clippings relating Calder's recent death
Box 08 Folder 03
3 letters and 2 postcards from Sandy Calder to WOC in reference to "the project" (joint sculpture project at the Smithsonian Museum), dated 1967 (some with double-sided tape attached, thus sticking to other surfaces)
4 photocopies of letters from WOC addressed to Sandy Calder, dated 1968
Box 08 Folder 04
Various drafts, comments and considerations related to the essay regarding the Natural History Museum of the Smithsonian, including 2 typed and revised drafts on "The Museum of History and Technology" (8 pages each), and 1 hand-written draft
5 photographs of architectural renderings
1947 Report on luncheon held to discuss the dissension for plans for the United Nations building project, including various newspaper articles on the subject
Interview with WOC for the Smithsonian Institution Office of Architectural History and Historic Preservation, February 3, 1988 (70 pages)
Report written by Cynthia R. Field on "A Case of Hidden Authorship: The Role of Charles Follen McKim in the Design of the Natural History Museum of the Smithsonian"
various letters regarding matters and concerns about the new Museum of History and Technology
Box 17 Folder 1
Handwritten student paper by Cain
Box 17 Folder 2
Handwritten student paper by Cain.
Box 17 Folder 3
Handwritten student paper by Cain.
Box 17 Folder 4
Sketches by Cain likely submitted for school assignment
Box 17 Folder 5
Sketches by Cain likely drawn during a trip to England and submitted for school assignment
Box 17 Folder 6
Sketches by Cain likely submitted for school assignment
Box 17 Folder 7
Box 17 Folder 8
Handwritten student paper by Cain
Box 17 Folder 11
Includes syllabi and exams
Box 17
Leather binder with course notes (typed and handwritten)
Box 16
Box 13 Folder 32
Granted to WOC, with inscription: Trustee 1952-, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees 1974-1982
Box 16
Inscribed "Awared by the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects to McKim, Mead, and White for the Madison Square Presbyterian Church as a distinguished work of architecture represented at the annual exhibition of the Architectural League of New York, MCMVII" (1907)
Box 13 Folder 32
2 items
Box 16
Montevideo, Marzo 1920
Box 16
Box 16
Box 16
Box 13 Folder 32
Box 16
Box 15
Family album of photographs of WOC as a child and adolescent, dating from 1927 to 1936
Box 17 Folder 12
4 postcards from Cain to parents, and program for funeral of Oscar Clyde Cain (WOC's father)
Box 13 Folder 24
253 items : from Singapore, Bath, London, Indonesia, Finland, Germany, Thailand, Hong Kong, Paris, Portugal, Tivoli, Sweden, Japan, Egypt
5 postcards with notes
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 13 Folder 25
5 items
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 13 Folder 25
5 items
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 13 Folder 25
2 items
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Box 13 Folder 25
7 items
(Accession No. 1996.005)
Oversize 02 Folder 19
7 copies of invitations, including 1970 invitation to Spring Concert, The 88 Amateur Show, and the Southampton Jazz Festival
Oversize 02 Folder 23
Copy of Athens Plan of the Ancient Agora
Maps, Plans and Drawings from Rome "Al Tempo di Benedetto XIV" by Giambattista Nolli from 1748, published in the Vatican, 1932
Oversize 03 Folder 02
8 maps from various countries and continents from the "Geografia Commerciale" series
1 color plan of floor pattern from the Basilica of St. Marco, and 1 color isometric map of Rome from 1574, compliments of the Hotel de la Ville Inter-Continental Roma
Roll A29A.16
1 drawing
Box 15
Series of letters from WOC and Anthony DiMartino, dating from 1969 to 1972, concerning the Constitution Avenue Fountain, including copies of photographs and specifications regarding the project (bound in chronological order)
Oversize 03 Folder 08
Egyptian insignia and dedication to WOC as Master Architect
Box 13 Folder 31
2 abstract color photographs, one identified as detail on fluted columns, signed by unknown artist and labeled "Athens 1983" on the back; the other of decorative woodwork
2 unaddressed envelopes with commemorative stamps of architecture in the United States, stamped in 1981