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 is made up of correspondence, photographs, ephemera, Potter's musical compositions, architectural sketches and some photographs of projects. The projects include residences as well as St. John's Cathedral in Jacksonville, Florida and The First Dutch Reform Church in Schenectady, NY.
1864-1965
This collection is arranged in two series: Series I: Personal Papers; Series II: Personal Papers
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.
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Edward Tuckerman Potter papers, 1864-1965, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Edward T. Potter Architectural Drawings, University of Florida Smathers Libraries, Special and Area Studies Collections.
Accession number--1973.010.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
This collection was processed by Maggie Long (Archives Intern) under the guidance of Shelley Hayreh, Archivist of Drawings & Archives, Avery Library, in December 2010.
2011-03-23 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Edward Tuckerman Potter was born on September 25, 1831 in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Bishop Alonzo Potter. Potter was a 1853 graduate of Union College in Schenectady. After his graduation, he studied architecture under Richard Upjohn and eventually worked for Upjohn from 1854 to 1856. After leaving Upjohn, Potter opened his own practice in Schenectady. An ecclesiastical specialist, Potter designed churches, particularly Episcopalian churches, in New York, New England, Florida, and other regions of the country.
Name |
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Potter, Edward Tuckerman, 1831-1904 |
Subject |
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans |
Church buildings -- Florida -- Jacksonville |
Church buildings -- New York (State) -- Schenectady |
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Correspondents include:
William Payne to Rev. Henshaw; E.T. Potter to "Lawrence"; Herbert Spencer to E.T. Potter; Phillips Brook to E.T. Potter; C.N.P. to Ned Letterhead; A.R. Parson to Mr. R. Wagner-Baireuth; E.T. Potter to Mrs. Colt; E.T. Potter to Mrs. Howard Nott Potter; Frances, E. Ward to E.T. Potter; Frances E. Ward to E.T. Potter; E.T. Potter to and from John Shendan Zelie; E.T. Potter to Mrs. C.L.F. Robinson and Mrs. Allyn Cox.
Box 01 Folder 02
Office papers of McDonald & Clinton.
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Tentative list of E.T. Potter's Subjects and Results of Study to Feb. 1, 1898. Additional misc. project notes 1897 and most notes undated.
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Misc. pertaining to E.T. Potter's musical compositions.
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Penciled copy of ETP's own penciled list in his book of musical works and architectural works.
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Notes made at various times 1860-1899. Dissertation by Potter dated May 13, 1903.
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"The Rev. Elipahlet Notts 3rd wife and the one who helped ETP was Miss Urania E. Sheldon married Aug 8, 1842", and 3 copies of an unsigned handwritten poem with sketch.
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Unaddressed postcards of Totnes, Old Gateway, Tatnes Guildhall, Totnes, East Gate. Also includes one handwritten note.
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One newspaper clipping of Mark Twain's home in Hartford, Connecticut dated Aug. 26, 1962.
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1 copy of the "Union College Symposium, Winter 1963; "Note: see page 9."
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A. J. Bloom letter to the editor of NY Daily Tribune regarding E.T.Potter, 1 letter to the editor dated 1889 by 'ART', 1 article undated by Dr. Harold A. Larrabee titled"A Jamesian Adventure Revealed".
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Also includes one receipt dated 1871.
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Organ designed by Potter
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Includes sketchbook, list of family portraits at the Cedars, one b/w photograph with inscription on back-"The Cedars-Newport, RI- as modelled by E.T. Potter".
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5 photographs: 2-west front, 1-east front, 1-west lawn, 1-east lawn-north.
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Schenectady-Union Star newspaper clipping on the church being destroyed by fire. Also includes 3 b/w photographs (dated Feb. 1948) of destroyed church.
Box 02 Folder 02
Handwritten note: "Ch. Built by Edward T. Potter at Hartford, Conn.- Church of the Good Shepherd, design c-1870? This is St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, Fla. S.B.L."
Box 02 Folder 03
Includes misc. studies, drafts, sketches. Also included, patent materials for portable rooms and other inventions.
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Box 03
Inscribed by Sarah Landau, 1974, "These are the capitals of the Banker's screen is the First Reformed Dutch Church, Schenectady, NY. (Potter, arch)"
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