Arthur T. Sutcliffe Papers, 1838-1962

Arthur T. Sutcliffe Papers, 1838-1962

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
8162741 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Sutcliffe, Arthur T. (Taylor)
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
12.5 linear feet
Language(s):
English .
Access:

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.

Description

Scope and Content

The collection documents the life and activities of architect Arthur T. Sutcliffe. The collection is made up of four series: Personal Papers, Project Records, George L. Sutcliffe Papers, and Family Papers.

Publication Date

1838-1962

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number--1995.019.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Revision Description

2010-11-12 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Architect Arthur T. Sutcliffe was born July 23, 1876 in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was the son of William Henry Sutcliffe and Ida M. Johnson and brother of George L. Sutcliffe.

After graduating in 1895 from Poughkeepsie's Eastman Business College, where he studied art and architecture with William Henry Cusack, Sutcliffe entered Drexel Institute's School of Architecture, receiving a degree in 1897.

After graduation, Sutcliffe was employed by Philadelphia architect Theophilus P. Chandler from 1897 to 1902. He left Philadelphia to work for architect Ernest Flagg in New York. He remained with Flagg for the entirety of his career, leaving only for a year and half in 1906-1907 to study at the EĢcole des Beaux Arts in Paris.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Diaries
Photographs
Postcards
watercolors (painting)
Name
Bourne, Frederick G, 1851-1919
Flagg, Ernest, 1857-1947
Sutcliffe, Arthur T. (Taylor)
Sutcliffe, George L
Place
Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)
Subject
Architects -- New York (State)
Phrenology

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

2 folders.


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

87 diaries.


Box 05 Folder 01

Ecole Des Beaux Art, 1906-1907

3 notebooks.


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

Primarily portraits.


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

France, Monaco


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

United States


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

Ink and pencil drawings.


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

Photographs.


Box 02 Folder 09

Poughkeepsie, New York [2 of 2], 1889-1931

Clippings.


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

19 blueprints.


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

1 blueprint.


Box 05 Folder 12

Corlies House (Merrick, NY), undated

4 photographs.


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

7 photographs.


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

3 negatives.


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

4 photographs.


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

1 oversize photograph.


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

37 blueprints.


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

3 photographs.

Clipping.


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

Primarily portraits.


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

Third Edition


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.