Series I: Personal Papers
documents the life and development of architect Arthur T. Sutcliffe. The series is composed primarily of diaries, photographs, architectural drawings, watercolor sketches, correspondence, architectural drawing tools, 2,495 postcards and other collected ephemera of Arthur T. Sutcliffe. The subjects of the watercolor sketches range from residential renderings to still life drawings. The diaries in the collection were kept by Arthur Sutcliffe from 1884 to 1971. Each year has its own diary and every day has an entry by Sutcliffe..
Box 01 Folder 01 to 02
Biographical/Background Information, 1906-1959
2 folders; includes a short biography of Sutcliffe as well as personal papers such as miscellaneous certificates, identification cards, and writings.
Box 12
Conch Shells, undated
Box 01 Folder 03
Correspondence, Edwin Ginn, 1903
Box 01 Folder 04 to 05
Correspondence, General, 1902-1968
Box 01 Folder 06
Correspondence, William and Ida Sutcliffe, 1906-1907
Letters written during a trip to Europe; includes ephemera collected during the trip.
Box 06 to 11
Diaries, 1884-1971
Box 05 Folder 01
Ecole Des Beaux Art, 1906-1907
Box 05 Folder 02
Gustave Umbdenstock, "Conference D'Architecture", 1908
Signed and addressed by Umbdenstock to his student Sutcliffe.
Box 05 Folder 03
Gustave Umbdenstock, Portrait, undated
Signed and addressed by Umbdenstock.
Box 01 Folder 07
Photographs [1 of 2], undated
Box 01 Folder 08
Photographs [2 of 2], undated
Box 01 Folder 09
Photographs and clippings of friends and mentors, 1887-1932
George Grey Barnard, Edna Barnard, Edwin Ginn, Grace Bigelow, Theophilus Parons Chandler, William Henry Cusack, George B. Ford.
Box 15
Postcard Collection, undated
United States, Virgin Islans, Puerto Rico, Canada, Bermuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Mexico, Cuba.
Box 16
Postcard Collection, undated
Box 17
Postcard Collection, 1906-1907
France; collected while a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
Box 18
Postcard Collection, undated
England, Scotland, Switzerland, Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Greece, Denmark, Syria.
Box 19
Postcard Collection, undated
Italy, greeting cards, ships, flowers, airplanes, art works.
Box 20
Postcard Collection, undated
Box 05 Folder 04
Poughkeepsie High School Commencement Excercises, 1894
Includes Commencement program and Sutcliffe's commencement essay "Evolution in Architecture."
Box 05 Folder 05
Theophilus P. Chandler Material, 1898-1927
Primarily photographs and sketches of buildings designed by Chandler.
Box 01 Folder 10
Architectural Drawings [1 of 2], undated
Pencil on trace drawing with color wash.
Box 05 Folder 06
Architectural Drawings [2 of 2], ca. 1900s
Box 05 Folder 07
Notebook, 1898-1900
Pencil and watercolor sketches.
Box 05 Folder 08
Residential Renderings, undated
Primarily watercolor paintings, but some ink drawings.
Box 01 Folder 11 to 13
Sketches, undated
3 folders; primarily watercolor paintings, but some ink or pencil drawings.
Box 02 Folder 01
Tie Pin, 1908
Engraved with "Staff of Ernest Flagg Architect, 1908" and an image of the Singer Tower.
Box 02 Folder 02
American Institute of Architects, Annual Convention, New York, NY, 1925
Medal and committee ribbon.
Box 02 Folder 03
Eastman College memory books, 1894
2 books as well as a drawing and poem of William Henry Cusack.
Box 02 Folder 04
Long Island Country Club, 1953-1962
Photographs, by-laws, book of officers and directors, and a brief history.
Box 02 Folder 05
Miscellaneous French architecutral studies, undated
Box 02 Folder 06
Office of Ernest Flagg letterheads, forms, and cards, undated
Box 02 Folder 07
Pamphlets on the Loire Chateaux and Paris, 1906
Box 02 Folder 08
Poughkeepsie, New York [1 of 2], ca. 1890-1910s
Box 02 Folder 09
Poughkeepsie, New York [2 of 2], 1889-1931
Box 02 Folder 10
Set of architectural drawing tools, undated
In a black leather box (#601); includes calipers and compasses.
Series II: Project Records
consists of photographs, correspondence, and some architectural drawings related to various projects Arthur T. Sutcliffe worked on as an architect. The architect for Commodore F.G. Bourne's Residence is not Sutcliffe, but rather Ernest Flagg. The majority of the projects are renovations of residences located in Long Island, New York.
Box 05 Folder 9
Partial Listing of Projects, 1930-1939
Roll A10.05
Bourne, Frederick Gilbert, Residence (Dark Island, Chippewa Bay, NY); Architect: Ernest Flagg, 1903-1904
Box 05 Folder 10
Brett Homestead, Renovations, (Beacon, NY), undated
1 pencil on trace drawing.
7 photographs.
Newspaper clippings.
Box 05 Folder 11
Cammann, H.H., Residence (Merrick, NY), 1911
Box 05 Folder 12
Corlies House (Merrick, NY), undated
Roll A04.14
Crary, Charles Franklin, House (307 South Merrick Avenue, Merrick, NY) [1 of 2], undated
9 blueprints.
7 pencil on trace drawings.
2 ink on linen drawings.
Box 05 Folder 13
Crary, Charles Franklin, House (307 South Merrick Avenue, Merrick, NY) [2 of 2], undated
14 photographs.
Negatives.
Original folder labeled "Arthur T. Stucliffe, Architect (later owned by Mr. and Mrs. Arthuir T. Sutcliffe).
Box 05 Folder 14
De Peyster Residence (Ridgefield, CT), undated
Roll A04.12
de Villiers-Schwab, Henry , House (Merrick, New York, NY) [1 of 2], 1931
1 pencil on trace drawings.
6 ink on linen drawings
Box 05 Folder 15
de Villiers-Schwab, Henry B., Residence (Merrick, NY) [2 of 2], undated
1 pencil on trace drawing.
7 photographs.
Article written by A.T. Sutcliffe entitled "South Africa Provided the Motif for this Unique Residence on Long Island."
Box 05 Folder 16
Dobson House (Bermuda), 1923-1926
1 pencil on graph paper drawing.
12 photographs
Sept. 1926 Issue of "Gypsumist"
Box 05 Folder 17
Fisherman's Cottage Renovations (Merrick, NY), 1915
4 photographs.
Article written by A.T. Sutcliffe, who also owned the cottage.
Box 05 Folder 18
Frost, H.R., Residence and Stores (Huntington, NY), undated
Box 05 Folder 19
Garden City Residence (Garden City, NY), undated
Article entitled "A House of Attractive Appeal: Moderate in Cost: Effective in Artistry: A Residence at Garden City, Long Island, New York."
Box 05 Folder 20
Gloria Dei Old Swedes Church (Philadephia, PA), ca. 1890s-1900s
Box 05 Folder 21
Hayden, Esq., W.B., Club House Alterations, 1905
3 pencil on trace drawings.
Letter from W.B. Hayden, Esq.
Roll A04.15
Lascoff Pharmacy, Renovations (1209 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY) [1 of 2], 1930-1931
12 pencil on trace drawings.
3 blueprints.
Box 05 Folder 22
Lascoff Pharmacy, Renovations (1209 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY) [2 of 2], 1938-1944
2 blueprints.
3 pencil on trace drawings.
Correspondence.
Newspaper clipping.
Reprint of "The New Lascoff Pharmacy--a Professional Wonder Shop" from The Druggist Circular.
Box 05 Folder 23
Leland, Miss Maud A., Residence (Cedarhurst, NY) [1 of 2], undated
1 blueprint
Pencil on trace drawings.
3 photographs.
Oversize 01 Folder 02
Leland, Miss Maud A., Residence (Cedarhurst, NY) [2 of 2], undated
Drawer 77
Merrick Grammar School (Merrick, NY) [1 of 3], 1922
1 pencil on trace rendering.
Oversize 01 Folder 03
Merrick Grammar School (Merrick, NY) [2 of 3], 1924
Box 05 Folder 24
Merrick Grammar School (Merrick, NY) [3 of 3], 1924-1925
3 photographs
Dedication Program.
Box 05 Folder 25
Mulcahey, James F., Residence (Merrick, NY), 1923-1924
1 pencil on trace drawing.
Correspondence.
Box 05 Folder 26
Newbold House (109 East 72nd Street, New York, NY), 1911
5 photographs.
Letter from F. Newbold
Box 05 Folder 27
Ogden, George B., Residence (122 East 72nd Street, New York, NY), 1923, 1938
Correspondence.
Newspaper Clipping
Box 05 Folder 27
Reeve, Jennie A., Cottage (Sierra Madra), 1906
1 pencil on trace drawing.
1 pencil on paper drawing.
Box 05 Folder 28
St. Andrew's Church (Hartsdale, NY), 1938
1 photograph.
Newspaper clipping
Roll A04.13
St. Andrew's Parish House (Hartsdale, NY), 1937
1 blueprint.
7 pencil on trace drawings.
Box 05 Folder 29
St. Andrew's Church (New Paltz, NY), 1913
Box 05 Folder 30
St. Luke's Church, Renovations (Beacon, NY), 1911
1 blueprint.
Correspondence.
Box 05 Folder 31
St. Mark's Church (Yonkers, NY), undated
1 photograph.
Newspaper clipping
Box 05 Folder 32
St. Paul's Church, Renovations (Tivoli on Hudson, NY), 1922-1932
1 blueprint.
1 photographs.
Correspondence.
Roll A04.11
U.S. Naval Station Chapel (Guam) [1 of 2], 1940
8 pencil on trace drawings.
1 photostat.
Box 05 Folder 33
U.S. Naval Station Chapel (Guam) [2 of 2], 1940-1959
1 photograph.
Correspondence.
Roll A04.16
Whatman Residence (Dark Island, Chippewa Bay, NY), undated
1 pencil on paper drawing.
Box 05 Folder 34
Winthrop Sargent Residence (Beacon, NY), undated
1 blueprint.
Ink on trace drawings.
Box 05 Folder 35
Winthrop Sargent Residence, New East Entrance (Fishkill on Hudson, NY), 1910-1911
1 blueprint.
Correspondence.
Series III: George L. Sutcliffe Papers
contains the papers of Arthur Sutcliffe's brother. A significant portion of the collection documents George L. Sutcliffe's 1909-1910 world cruise on the "Cleveland" (Hamburg-Amerika Line) to, among other places, Bombay, Rangoon, Kobe, Osaka, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Batavia, Java, and Yokohama.
Box 03 Folder 08
Clippings and other papers, 1893-1908
Includes obituaries, last will and testament as well as material from various Masonic Lodges in New York.
Box 03 Folder 09
Copper engraving print of Tower Grocery in Poughkeepsie, NY, undated
Oversize 01 Folder 01
Historiated Studio Portraits, ca. 1900s
7 items; possbily from Turkey.
Box 04 Folder 01
Photographs, undated
Box 04 Folder 02
World Trip, Album, 1909-1910
Locations include Bombay, Rangoon, Kobe, Osaka, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Batavia, Java, and Yokohama.
Box 04 Folder 03
World Trip, Correspondence, 1909-1910
Written to his parents William and Ida Sutcliffe, brother Arthur, Rev. Robert Fulton Gary, and Robert Fulton Gary, Jr.
Box 04 Folder 04
World Trip, Diary and other papers, 1909-1910
The other papers include ephemera collected on the trip and a news article about Sutcliffe's trip.
Box 03 Folder 05
World Trip, Photographs, 1909-1910
Prints made from silver negatives. Locations include Bombay, Rangoon, Kobe, Osaka, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Batavia, Java, and Yokohama.
Box 13 to 14
World Trip, Postcards, 1909-1910
400 postcards: Special Series, Madeira, Gibraltar, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, India, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Java, Australia, Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Hawaii, California.
Box 04 Folder 06
World Trip, Souvenir Albums and Pamphlets, 1909-1910
From Osaka, Calcutta, Bombay, Canton, Ceylon and Hong Kong.
Series IV: Family Papers
includes materials belonging to various members of the Sutcliffe family. The Sutcliffe family papers include correspondence, news clippings, diaries recounting various world trips, photographs, genealogical research, collected ephemera and phrenology reports. Also of note in the collection is the 1838 third edition of O.S. and L.N Fowler's Phrenology Proved, Illustrated, and Applied..
Box 02 Folder 11
Eli Sutcliffe, Certificate of Naturalization, 1847
Box 02 Folder 12
Diary of William H. Sutcliffe kept on his trip to England, 1864
Includes both the original diary as well as a typewritten copy. Also included is a photograph of William H. Sutcliffe and his wife Ida M. Johnson Sutcliffe (parents of Arthur Taylor Sutcliffe).
Box 02 Folder 13
Papers of William Henry and Ida Johnson Sutcliffe, 1873-1939
Photographs, Announcement of Marriage, Obituaries, Deeds, Last Will and Testaments, and other papers.
Box 03 Folder 01
Sutcliffe Family cemetery deeds, 1841-1922
Box 03 Folder 02
Sutcliffe-Gunn-Lumb genealogical papers [1 of 3], undated
Box 03 Folder 03
Sutcliffe-Gunn-Lumb genealogical papers [2 of 3], undated
Box 03 Folder 04
Sutcliffe-Gunn-Lumb genealogical papers [3 of 3], undated
Box 03 Folder 05
Fowler & Wells Phrenology Reports of Arthur T. Sutcliffe and George L. Sutcliffe (brother), 1884
Box 03 Folder 06
Phrenology: Proved, Illustrated, and Applied by O.S. and L.N Fowler, 1838
Box 03 Folder 07
Notebooks of Arthur and George Sutcliffe, undated
There are three notebooks, one on Rhetoric and Composition and two on Botany. One of the Botany notebooks belonged to Arthur Sutcliffe and the other belonged to his brother George. Both contain detailed sketches of plants and trees drawn by both men.