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This scrapbook includes correspondence, typescripts, printed materials, black and white photographs, postcards, and other ephemera relating to the life, work, and personal interests of William Adams Delano and his architectural partnership with Chester H. Aldrich.
The pages of the scrapbook are presented in numerical order, with loose materials found within the book listed at the end of the inventory.
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William A. Delano scrapbook. Located in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Source of acquisition--Purchase by Avery Library. Accession number--2007.015.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Scrapbook Processed DBF 02/01/08.
2008-12-06 File created.
2009-07-23 File revised.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
William Adams Delano was born in New York City in 1874 and was educated in architecture at Yale and Columbia University. He joined the prominent New York-based architectural firm Carrère & Hastings, where he first met Chester Aldrich. In 1903, Delano opened a private practice in New York City with Aldrich, and the firm of Delano & Aldrich became largely known for its significant designs of Beaux-Arts-style country houses, cultural institutions, commercial, and civic buildings throughout the East Coast. After the partnership ended, Delano continued to practice through the late 1950s. He died in New York in 1960.
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| Name |
|---|
| Aldrich, Chester Holmes, 1871-1940 |
| Carrère & Hastings |
| Delano & Aldrich |
| Subject |
| Architecture -- United States -- History -- 19th century |
| Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century |
Box 1 Folder 01
Handwritten note, typescript papers, handwritten papers, clippings
CR - blank; CV - Recommendation of William A. Delano from V. Laloux; three typescript quotes; article on Luxembourg that includes de Lannoi family castle.
Box 1 Folder 02
Clippings, printed papers, typescript papers
Council on Foreign Relations dinner program; article on Rue Saint-Florentin; typescript speech; articles on William A. Delano to membership in Academie des Beaux Arts.
Box 1 Folder 03
Clippings, typescript papers, handwritten note
Includes miscellaneous typed quotes; William A. Delano Yale '95 bookplate; clipped images of [Viking?] ships.
Box 1 Folder 04
Correspondence, clippings, typescript papers
Includes articles on United States Embassy in Paris; article on William A. Delano as board member of Washington Board of Architectural Consultants; letter on William A. Delano as president of The Brook; article on Thomas Garden Apartments including William A. Delano; University Club dinner menu; typed quote from Vitruvius; miscellaneous typescript and printed quotations.
Box 1 Folder 05
Typescript paper, clippings
Poem titled "Tom Commemorate the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Partnership of Delano & Aldrich"; clipped images of ducks.
Box 1 Folder 06
Typescript paper, photographs, printed papers
Poem titled "W.A.D. and C.H.A. on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Their Partnership" by Corinne Roosevelt Robinson; photographs depicting Chester H. Aldrich and William A. Delano (at party?); musical program from anniversary party.
Box 1 Folder 07
Clippings, photographs
Articles on skyscrapers including William A. Delano; unidentified photograph of people seated at long table; photographs of Greek temple model on top of a cake (25th anniversary?); article on Delano & Aldrich's 25th anniversary; article on William A. Delano appointed to National Committee of Fine Arts.
Box 1 Folder 08
Clippings, printed papers
Includes article on Diego Rivera; article including William A. Delano's participation in Newport architectural exhibition; article on American Institute of Architects meeting including William A. Delano; articles on Delano &Aldrich's 25th anniversary party; clipped image of airline passenger terminal in Miami.
Box 1 Folder 09
Clippings
Article on William A. Delano's involvement in Capital Park and Planning Commission; articles on United States Embassy in Paris; article on the International Grenfell Association (William A. Delano was vice-president).
Box 1 Folder 10
Clippings, printed papers
Articles on United States Embassy in Paris; program, menu, and seating list from Architecture Club 16th Dinner; program from "The City of Washington" meeting; articles on Washington, D.C.
Box 1 Folder 11
Clippings, correspondence
Article on Architecture Club dinner; article including Delano & Aldrich's United States Pavilion at 17th Venice Biennale; letter from Robert D. Kohn; blueline drawing of Murchison Rex dinner menu; clip of William A. Delano quote on skyscrapers; article on William A. Delano's United States Embassy in Paris.
Box 1 Folder 12
Clippings, printed papers, photograph
Unidentified photograph that includes William A. Delano; clip on Delano & Aldrich's United States Pavillion in 17th Venice Biennale; map of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; article on Newport architecture and decorative arts that mentions D&A; Ruth Draper obituary.
Box 1 Folder 13
Clippings, printed papers
Includes clipped images and articles on United States Embassy in Paris; article on William A. Delano's election to Academie des Beaux Arts; articles and clipped images of Delano & Aldrich scholarship winner; article on D.E. Waid; National Capital Park and Planning Commission event program; American Society of Landscape Architects dinner menu; American Institute of Architects's New York chapter dinner menu.
Box 1 Folder 14
Clippings, typescript papers, printed papers
Miscellaneous articles on William A. Delano; clipped image that includes Chester H. Aldrich; typed note on the Post Office Department; clipped image of Delano & Aldrich's Japanese Embassy in Washington; program of commencement at New York Trade School.
Box 1 Folder 15
Clippings
Includes articles on William A. Delano's buildings at Yale Divinity School; article on William A. Delano's Union Club; article on the Delano and Aldrich scholarship; article on United States Embassy in Paris; Eugene Delano obituary.
Box 1 Folder 16
Clippings, photographs
Includes articles and photographs of the United States Embassy in Paris; article on taste and economics in architecture; miscellaneous articles on William A. Delano.
Box 1 Folder 17
Clippings
Includes articles on United States Embassy in Paris; article on "The Anonymity of the Architect"; miscellaneous articles on William A. Delano.
Box 1 Folder 18
Clippings
Article on birds; clipped images of pottery.
Box 1 Folder 19
Clippings, correspondence, printed paper, handwritten note
Includes articles and letters on soy beans; articles on United States Embassy in Paris; dinner menu
Box 1 Folder 20
Correspondence, typescript papers, handwritten papers, clippings
Letters and notes on soy beans; articles on United States Embassy in Paris; list of diners at Pierre Jays; letter to the editor on Architects' Emergency Committee.
Box 2 Folder 01
Typescript papers, clippings
Poem on William A. Delano's Marquand Chapel at Yale; cartoon on "Avant L'Exposition de 1937"; article on la Place du Carrousel in Paris; clippings on William A. Delano's United States Embassy in Paris.
Box 2 Folder 02
Typescript papers, clippings
Two poems by William A. Delano; article on William A. Delano's Memorial Gateway at Lawrenceville; article on William A. Delano's Laucks Residence; article on William A. Delano's architecture in "La Revue Moderne Des Arts et de la Vie"; article on D.C.'s cherry blossoms.
Box 2 Folder 03
Photographic print, correspondence, clippings, postcards, typescript paper
Unidentified photographic print; letter on William A. Delano elected to membership to National Academy of Design; article "L'Enfant's Washington"; article, poem, and postcard on soy beans.
Box 2 Folder 04
Clippings, correspondence
Includes article and letter on William A. Delano elected to membership in National Academy of Design; article on William A. Delano's United States Embassy in Paris.
Box 2 Folder 05
Clippings
"Adaptive Radiation of the Lizards" diagram; article on Post Master General's office; article "Europe and the Beginnings of the Great United States."
Box 2 Folder 06
Clippings, cprrespondence, photograps
Article on Raymond Hood; article on Frank Kent; letter from Royal Cortissoz; clippings of pictures of lizards; photographs of William A. Delano and Arthur Brown, Jr. at Treasure Island.
Box 2 Folder 07
Clippings
Includes article on United States Embassy in Paris; article on Frederic Adrian Delano; article on Marquis de Cuevas.
Box 2 Folder 08
Clippings, printed papers,
Moreau Delano obituaries; article on the de Lannoy family; article on New York Worlds Fair 1939; article on art under federal guidance; Lawrenceville commencement program; article on United States Embassy in Paris.
Box 2 Folder 09
Clipping, printed papers, typescript paper, photograph
Print of "Place de la Charte"; program from "The Digressionists" coffee house club; Victor Laloux obituary; typescript poem by John Gregory; clipping of an image of peacock ("?" marks not by DBFF).
Box 2 Folder 10
Clipping, photographs
Article on Victor Laloux, in French; unidentified photographs with William A. Delano depicted.
Box 2 Folder 11
Clippings, correspondence, typescript papers
Article on William A. Delano's New York Public Library trusteeship; correspondence with W. Hallam Tuck; article on Elihu Root Auditorium at the Carnegie Institution; article and letter on William A. Delano's election to membership in American Academy of Arts and Letters; typescript quotations.
Box 2 Folder 12
Clippings, correspondence, printed papers, typescript papers
Article on William A. Delano at Elihu Root Auditorium inauguration at the Carnegie Institution and luncheon seating list; poem about William A. Delano; advertisement depicting North Beach Airport (LaGuardia Field).
Box 2 Folder 13
Clippings, correspondence, printed papers
Articles on North Beach Airport (LaGuardia Field); clipping of T'ai Tsu portrait; correspondence re: New York Public Library trusteeship.
Box 2 Folder 14
Clippings, photographs
Miscellaneous articles on William A. Delano; photographs of William A. Delano at British Embassy in Washington.
Box 2 Folder 15
Clippings, photograph, correspondence
Unidentified photograph (group of men, probably Yale Class of 1895); article from Lawrentian on William A. Delano's National Institute of Arts and Letters Gold Medal; articles on North Beach Airport (LaGuardia Field); article on Montagu Norman's cottage; correspondence re: gold medal.
Box 2 Folder 16
Clippings, correspondence, printed papers, photograph
Includes letter to editor regarding William A. Delano's article inNew York Times Magazine"The Architect: Forgotten Man?"; New York World's Fair 1939 opening day program; letter from W. Hallam Tuck; photograph of Arthur Brown, Jr. and Robert Farquhar at Golden Gate Exposition.
Box 2 Folder 17
Clippings, correspondence, photographs
Includes New Yorker article on LaGuardia Field; articles on William A. Delano at "Modern v. Traditional" dinner at Architectural League of New York; photographs of Arthur Brown, Jr. and William A. Delano; photograph at LaGuardia Field.
Box 2 Folder 18
Clippings, printed papers, photograph, typed card
Includes American Academy of Arts and Letters program; National Institute of Arts and Letters program; Architectural League program; article on modernist exhibit at Architectural League; clipping and photograph of William A. Delano receiving Park Association award.
Box 2 Folder 19
Printed papers, typed paper,
Art Commission Associates dinner program; Frederick Woltmann biography for National Institute of Arts and Letters; Carnegie Hall program; clip of photograph of William A. Delano at Lawrenceville; Academy luncheon seating list.
Box 2 Folder 20
Printed papers
Dinner menu designed by William A. Delano; National Institute of Arts and Letters program; Council on Foreign Relations dinner program; Art Commission Associates annual dinner program.
Box 2 Folder 21
Photographs, printed papers, typed papers
Photograph of Chester B. Price; unlabeled photograph of William A. Delano; "To Harry Miller Lydenberg" program; blueline print of "The Digressionists" program; Whitney Warren obituary.
Box 2 Folder 22
Photograph, typescript papers
Includes photographs of William A. Delano at Lawrenceville.
Box 2 Folder 23
Correspondence, clipping, typed paper, printed paper
Correspondence with Henry L. Stimson; W.A. Brown obituary; "Dr. Welch's Life by Dr. Flexner"; National Academy of Design program honoring Hobary Nichols.
Box 2 Folder 24
Clippings
Articles on Academy of Arts and Letters; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters annual ceremony program, exhibition program.
Box 2 Folder 25
Typed papers, photograph, printed paper, correspondence
Photograph of New York Art Commission Associates; program and menu from Art Associates dinner; typed "Address at the Rededication of the T------m June 7, 1942, by An------ '86 (Scroll & Key?); letter from John Walter Cross.
Box 2 Folder 26
Typed papers, photograph
Photograph of Frederic A. Delano; description of New York Public Library trustee meeting; typed "Thomas Jefferson's Claim to a Site of Major Importance for a Memorial" by Fiske Kimball; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters annual ceremony programs.
Box 2 Folder 27
Photographs, printed papers
Photographs of William A. Delano at Architectural League exhibition of LaGuardia Field drawings; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters annual ceremony program.
Box 2 Folder 28
Clippings, printed papers, correspondence
St. Cloud Presbyterian Church brochure; correspondence with Frederic A. Delano and Dr. V. Bush regarding Richard Delano (William A. Delano's son); articles on Richard Delano; Lawrenceville School Special Convocation program; poem "For Stephen Vincent Benet; Art Commission Associates at the Century Club program.
Box 3 Folder 01
Printed papers, articles
American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters annual ceremony program; Paul Phillipe Cret obituary; article on Brown Brothers Harriman; article on Idlewild Airport.
Box 3 Folder 02
Photograph
Photograph of National Capital Park and Planning Commission; label "Dr. William A. Delanosworth was Mr. Delano's brother-in-law" without object referenced present.
Box 3 Folder 03
Typed papers, articles
"De Lannoy" biography (William A. Delano's pilgrim ancestor); "Health News" newsletter; Article on Idelwild Airport.
Box 3 Folder 04
Clippings, printed papers, photograph
Articles on William A. Delano resigning from National Capital Park and Planning Commission; "The Digressionists" illustration; William A. Delano bookplate; photograph of Joseph E. Grew at Lawrenceville School
Box 3 Folder 05
Clippings, printed papers
William A. Delano letter to the editor of "Lawrence"; Henry de Forest Baldwin obituary; menu; article on William A. Delano as Municipals Art Commission chairman; article on President Truman
Box 3 Folder 06
Printed papers, correspondence
American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters annual ceremony program; letter from W. K. Sturges
Box 3 Folder 07
Printed papers
"Lines Read at the Hundredth Birthday Meeting of the Century Association…" sheet; program from "Anniversary Dinner in Honor of Howard Greenley"
Box 3 Folder 08
Correspondence, printed papers
Letter from Leonard Bacon; Century Association annual election program; "Our Century" by Thornton Wilder program; sheet music for " Old Hundred" by Louis Bourgeois
Box 3 Folder 09
Clippings, typed papers, printed papers, correspondence; photograph
Includes Henry Hicks obituary; typed "Quotation from Updike…"; typed "Quotation from Emerson's Journals; photograph of unidentified man; Academy of Arts and Letters program; Century Association menu; correspondence with Bill Lockwood;
Box 3 Folder 10
Clippings, printed papers
Article on William A. Delano in Italian; pamphlet "Les Rencontres Musicales de Bruxelles"; Century Club program with poem to William A. Delano on his birthday; article on William A. Delano's Place de Concorde building; article on Brooklyn Bridge reconstruction; menu for "Digressions" dinner
Box 3 Folder 11
Clippings, handwritten note
Article on A. Whitney Griswold; article on Washington Square North; handwritten "Requirement for a President of Yale"; article on John Sloan, H. L. Mencken; article on Castle Clinton; typed label "Lord and Lady Montagu…" with no clipping above
Box 3 Folder 12
Clippings, printed papers
Article on White House renovation; National Academy of Design 125th Anniversary Dinner program and seating list
Box 3 Folder 13
Clippings
60R-V has no content; 61R-V, article on William A. Delano's "Willowmere," James Freeman Curtis residence; article on Brown Brothers Harriman; Caroline Delano Wadsworth obituary.
Box 3 Folder 14
Clippings, photographs
Article on Henry L. Stimson; photographs of Christmas party at Fisher Residence, Bayville, L.I.
Box 3 Folder 15
Clippings, printed papers
Oculus newsletter; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters annual ceremony program; Jo Davidson obituaries
Box 3 Folder 16
Clippings, printed papers
Article on White House renovation; Robert P. Patterson obituaries; invitation to Parsons School of Design commencement ceremonies; Charles Proctor Cooper obituary
Box 3 Folder 17
Clippings, typed paper
Article on White House renovation; article on Henry VIII wine cellar; letters related to White House renovation, correspondents: John S. Burke, Douglas William Orr
Box 3 Folder 18
Clippings
Includes article on White House renovation; reference but no image or article of "Bust of Mr. Delano" by Miss Hoffman; Poem "Walpole Word"; article on architectural history
Box 3 Folder 19
Clippings
Includes articles on White House Truman balcony; William A. Delano White House renovation
Box 3 Folder 20
Clippings, printed paper
Academy of Arts and Letters program; Article on Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition; article on William A. Delano Old Brookville police kiosk; Charles C. Hyde obituary; Richard M. Tobin obituary; article on New York Public Library; article on Willmarth Lewis
Box 3 Folder 21
Clippings, typescript papers, printed paper
Articles and newsletter on William A. Delano and American Institute of Architects Gold Medal; American Institute of Architects Gold Medal in absentia speech
Box 3 Folder 22
Clippings
Article on William A. Delano; Cartoon on White House renovation
Box 3 Folder 23
Clippings, correspondence
Frederic A. Delano obituary; Articles on William A. Delano American Institute of Architects Gold Medal; Letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower on American Institute of Architects Gold Medal; Embassy of Japan program; Honneur au Medalle diploma
Box 3 Folder 24
Typescript papers, printed paper, postcard, correspondence
Speech on Rhodes Scholars; Program and speech concerning The Brook; letter concerning inscription on American Institute of Architects Gold Medal; Allen Wardwell obituary, Yale Class of '95.
Box 3 Folder 25
Clippings, printed paper
Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University; Allen Wardwell obituary; article on Metropolitan Life Building'; article on Castle Clinton.
Box 3 Folder 26
Clippings, printed paper, envelope
Columbia Bicentennial envelope; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters annual ceremony program; Thatcher M. Brown obituary; Article on David Bruce; Letter to the editor on Foreign Service.
Box 3 Folder 27
Clippings, typed card
John W. Davis obituaries; quote on musical composition; article on Castle Clinton.
Box 3 Folder 28
Clippings, correspondence
Article on Algonac, Federic A. Delano Estate; Article, letter on India House; article on B.H. Latrobe.
Box 3 Folder 29
Clippings, printed papers
American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters annual ceremony program; Century Association dinner for Francis Henry Taylor program; General Brehon B. Somervell obituary, William A. Delano letter to the editor.
Box 3 Folder 30
Correspondence, typed paper
Letter on William A. Delano elected as honorary member of Century Club; dinner for Mr. Hamilton Fish Armstrong guest list; Art Commission.
Box 3 Folder 31
79R-V has no content; Back Cover has no content.
Box 4 Folder 1
Correspondence, printed papers
"Speech by August Heckscher on the occasion of the Dinner Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary of the founding of The American Institute of Architects"; Letters related to William A. Delano's American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.
Box 4 Folder 2
Card
Christmas card from British Embassy
Box 4 Folder 3
Printed paper, photograph
Photograph of Arthur Brown and Robert Farquhar in Berkeley; notice of death of Arthur Brown from National Academy of Design.
Box 4 Folder 4
Correspondence
Letters related to The Brook.
Box 4 Folder 5
Typescript paper
List of the meeting's elected members.
Box 4 Folder 6
Clippings
Articles on current affairs, politics, art and architecture, and obituaries; some explicitly refer to William A. Delano and Delano & Aldrich. Includes William J. Donovan, Lawrence Grant White, Ruth Draper, "The Architect: Forgotten Man?" by William A. Delano, White House renovation.
Box 4 Folder 7
Clippings
Articles on current affairs, politics, art and architecture, and obituaries; some explicitly refer to William A. Delano and D&A. Includes Charles Burlingham, George F. Baker mansion preservation, Wyndham Barn in Bryn Mawr.
Box 4 Folder 8
Correspondence, typescript papers, clippings
Miscellaneous correspondence, which includes typescript and handwritten letters, messages written on a clipping and typescript event program.
Box 4 Folder 9
Printed papers
Program for Yale Reunion Dinner; Washington D.C. Post Office dedication program; invitation to the British Embassy.
Box 4 Folder 10
Printed papers
The Digressionists program; Council on Foreign Relations dinner program; Lucius Boomer Mid-Winter dinner invitation; Engineer's Club dinner program; American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute of Arts and Letters program.
Box 4 Folder 11
Printed papers
Miscellaneous programs and invitations.
Box 4 Folder 12
Typescript papers, printed papers
Lawrenceville Special Convocation programs; typescript transcript of William A. Delano special citation.
Box 4 Folder 13
Typescript papers
Speech delivered at a meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Box 4 Folder 14
Printed paper
Excerpt from "Bay Regional Style" article.
Box 4 Folder 15
Typescript papers
"Address by the Rev. John LaFarge, S.J., National Sculpture Society"
Box 4 Folder 16
Correspondence
Letter related to White House renovation.
Box 4 Folder 17
Typescript papers
About William A. Delano.
Box 4 Folder 18
Photograph
Photograph of White House renovation dedication plaque.
Box 4 Folder 19
Typescript papers
Typescript account of "the steps so far taken in connection with the Exposition of 1939, as far as I have been concerned"