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 diaries, correspondence, photographs, project records, Flagg's writings, and clippings.
1888-1972
This collection is arranged in four series: Personal Papers, Project Records, Writings, and Other 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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Ernest Flagg architectural records and papers, 1888-1972. Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Processed; Zoe Milgram 2011.
2011-03-11 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Ernest Flagg (February 6, 1857 – April 10, 1947) was born in Brooklyn, New York. He married Margaret E. Bonnell, with whom he had one daughter, Betsey Flagg. A student of l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Flagg's work refers to classical architecture.
After completing his studies, in 1891, Flagg and John Prentiss Benson started Flagg & Benson, (later Flagg, Benson & Brockway), and the firm designed St. Luke's Hospital, in New York.
In 1894, Ernest Flagg went into a partnership with Walter B. Chambers to form Flagg & Chambers. Together, the two designed the Corcoran Gallery of Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Singer Building, which was once the tallest building in New York. Flagg, a favorite of the Scribner family, designed the Scribner Building on Fifth Avenue, as well as residences for Charles Scribner, and his son, A.H. Scribner. Flagg is also known for designing buildings for the U.S. Naval Academy, and many residences in New York and Connecticut.
The Beaux-Arts study of classicism did not stop after college for Flagg. His Greek travel journals include studies on proportions and ratios in classic Greek architecture, and were the basis for Le Naos du Parthenon, published in 1928.
As a writer in the progressive era, Flagg wrote on New York tenement houses, taxation, city planning, and building regulations. He also wrote prolifically on design, architecture, and specifically on Greek classicism.
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includes diaries ranging from 1890-1937, genealogical studies, correspondence, family photographs, and records from l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Box 01 Folder 17
Box 01 Folder 16
Handwritten manuscript
Box 01 Folder 25
Includes clippings from McCall's magazine and Junior League Bulletin.
Box 01 Folder 20
Includes 2 Coats of Arms (Pomeroy Family)
Box 02 Folder 02
Box 02 Folder 05
44 letters
Box 01 Folder 29
5 newspaper articles
Box 01 Folder 30
Includes 1 black and white panoramic photograph, 63 photographs, 1 color picture postcards, 2 black and white picture postcards, 1 photographic exposure table
Box 01 Folder 04
Box 01 Folder 06
Box 01 Folder 07
Box 01 Folder 1
"Trip from Nimes to Brow"
Box 01 Folder 02
"Perugia, Assisi, Rome, Naples, Pompeii"
Box 01 Folder 03
"Siena, Genoa, Lucerne, Paris"
Box 01 Folder 08
Box 01 Folder 09
Box 01 Folder 10
Box 01 Folder 11
Box 01 Folder 12
Box 01 Folder 13
Box 01 Folder 14
Box 01 Folder 15
Box 01 Folder 05
"Trip to Europe"
Box 02 Folder 07
1 black and white photograph
Box 01 Folder 22
Includes 5 photographs
Box 01 Folder 23
17 photographs.
Box 01 Folder 24
Includes 18 photographs. Includes notes on back written in 1922-1923.
Box 01 Folder 19
Box 01 Folder 18
Box 01 Folder 27
1 framed photograph
Box 02 Folder 06
4 letters
Box 02 Folder 04
Box 01 Folder 26
1 framed photograph
Box 02 Folder 01
1 card in leather envelope
Box 01 Folder 21
3 letters, 2 copies of biography of Mr. Flagg, 1 Family Tree, 1 Coat of Arms and Historiography for the Flagg family (3 pages)
Box 02 Folder 09
Announcing plans for an office building in New York.
Box 01 Folder 3`
Includes 2 picture postcards (Shiphaven Church)
Box 02 Folder 03
4 Subject de Concours from Ecole des Beaux Arts
Box 02 Folder 08
Framed letter
Box 01 Folder 28
Photograph album
includes plans, drawings, photographs, and clippings regarding a particular project. The A.H. Scribner records are the most complete, and also contain contracts, billing records, and correspondence with contractors.
Box 02 Folder 10
Photographs : 22 items
Business Card (A. Peanroy) : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 11
List of Patents in Safe
Box 02 Folder 31
The American Architect and Building News(4 May 1907) : 14 p.
The Club Journal(9 Nov 1912) : 1 copy
Box 02 Folder 39
Architectural Drawings : 19 items
Box 02 Folder 39
Architectural Drawing : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 40
Photograph : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 53
Includes programs from Hugenot Day of Remembrance (6 Jun 1926) and the National Hugenot-Walloon Memorial Dedication Ceremony (18 May 1924), and an issue ofThe Baptist(3 Feb 1923)
Box 02 Folder 46
Includes 3 floor plans
Box 02 Folder 55
Magazine clipping : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 51
Architectural Drawings : 2 items
Box 02 Folder 17
Brochure : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 13
3 copies of article fromThe Architectural Record(Sept 1907)
Box 02 Folder 14
Photographs of Exterior : 41 items
Box 02 Folder 15
Photographs of Interior : 15 items
Box 02 Folder 16
Includes 1 pamphlet, 1 photograph
Drawer 244 Folder 06
Architectural Drawings : 17 items
Also includes drawings of a small bridge and other structures located in Staten Island,
Box 02 Folder 54
Includes clipping from NWEM.
Box 02 Folder 33
Advertisements : 7 items
Box 02 Folder 34
Newspaper Clippings : 4 items ; "Why the Model Fireproof Tenement Company," clipping from Cantilever Flat Slabs, and an article from Turner Construction.
Box 02 Folder 35
Correspondence : 3 letters, 1 set of letterhead
Box 02 Folder 36
Minutes from 2 meetings
Box 02 Folder 32
Photograph : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 38
Prospectus : 3 booklets
Box 02 Folder 37
Stockholder Information; includes "Brief Review of Model Fireproof Tenement Co.", Certificate of Incorporation, and Report to the President for the year 1956.
Box 02 Folder 12
Box 02 Folder 43
Photographs : 3 items
Box 02 Folder 42
Includes pencil sketch of floor plan, blueprint of plaque in the memory of William Brach Olmsted, photograph book containing 15 black and white photographs of Pomfret School campus.
Box 02 Folder 22
Agreements For Extra Work : 116 items
Box 02 Folder 25
Billing Records; includes 25 receipts, 18 statements and estimates of contracts, extras, and payments to contractors.
Box 02 Folder 23
28 Building Agreements with various contractors
Box 02 Folder 24
Includes 2 contracts for utility service and 1 permit.
Box 02 Folder 27
Correspondence from Flagg and Chambers : 13 letters
Box 02 Folder 28
Correspondence from Gagneau & Cie : 9 letters
Box 02 Folder 30
Correspondence from J.H. Jansen : 3 letters, 1 color postcard
Box 02 Folder 29
Correspondence from Roswag et Fils : 2 letters
Box 02 Folder 26
131 payment vouchers issued by the Office of Ernest Flagg
Box 02 Folder 21
Photographs : 2 items
Box 02 Folder 19
Includes 1 pencil sketch, printed pamphlet, floor plans, clipping from Owners and Builders Magazine September 1907, clipping from New York Tribune January 20, 1907, 1 copy of "The Rational Skyscraper" from The Architectural Record, March 1904.
Box 02 Folder 20
Photographs : 15 items
Drawer 224 Folder 01 to 04
Architectural Drawings : 105 items
Later additions done after 1920 were by other architects.
Roll A05.25
Architectural Drawings : 2 items
Roll A05.29
Architectural Drawing : 1 item; "detail for the U of an office"
Drawer 224 Folder 01 to 04
Architectural Drawings : 5 items
Roll A10.04
Photograph of sub-basement plan drawing : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 47
Includes 1 magazine clipping
Box 02 Folder 45
Photographs of pencil drawings : 2 items
Box 02 Folder 44
Includes clipping from Kohler of Kohler News May 1928, 5 black and white photographs.
Box 02 Folder 18
Includes 5 prints of a drawing signed Ernest Flagg, Arch., 1 floor plan, 1 drawing of exterior, clipping from Harper's Weekly, Jan. 1893.
Box 02 Folder 52
Photograph : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 41
Architectural Drawing : 1 item
Box 02 Folder 48
Includes article from Cooper & Brass Bulletin May 1954, 4 clippings from various publications, article from The American Architect and Building News, July 1908, copies of The American Architect and Building News July 1908 regular and international editions.
Box 02 Folder 49
Architectural Drawings : 5 items
Box 02 Folder 50
Photographs : 14 items
includes both published and unpublished works. The collection also includes Flagg's Greek Documents and studies, drafts, manuscripts, and corresponding materials relating to Le Naos du Parthenon.
Box 03 Folder 13
6 copies of a speech read at a luncheon in honor of Mr. Flagg by the American Institue of Architects.
Box 03 Folder 10
4 Clipping from the New York Herald Tribune
Box 04 Folder 03
From The Architectural Record
Box 03 Folder 01
From The Architectural Record, July-September, 1894
Box 03 Folder 06
1 copy from El Problema De La Vivienda En Lod Estados Unidos, 1924
Box 04 Folder 08
Box 03 Folder 09
2 copies from Safety Fall Pictoral Note Book, Vol. XIII, No. 4
Box 03 Folder 02
From Scribner's Magazine, July, 1894. Includes draft.
Box 04 Folder 17
Inlcudes chapter of manuscript, 2 prints
Box 03 Folder 03
1 copy. The Architectural Record, Vol. XI, No. 44, April 1902
Box 03 Folder 12
1 copy
Box 03 Folder 25
1 binder
Box 03 Folder 11
3 copies from Architecture, September, 1930
Box 03 Folder 08
2 copies
Box 05 Folder 10
7 letters
Box 03 Folder 27
1 scrapbook
Box 04 Folder 05
Includes index, documents 1-19
Box 04 Folder 06
Includes documents 20-30
Box 04 Folder 07
Includes documents 31-46
Box 05 Folder 07
Manuscript
Box 05 Folder 08
I hardcover book, with inscription by the author, 1 letter
Box 05 Folder 02
Manuscript
Box 03 Folder 21
11 letters
Box 03 Folder 26
1 binder. Contains 7 photographs of letters written by ancestors.
Box 03 Folder 17
12 essays
Box 03 Folder 15
15 essays
Box 03 Folder 18
6 essays
Box 03 Folder 16
13 essays
Box 03 Folder 19
13 essays
Box 03 Folder 20
6 essays
Box 03 Folder 07
Paper read at the French Academy, copy of the Journal of the Royal Institue of British Architects, December, 1924.
Box 04 Folder 19
Manuscript
Box 05 Folder 03
Includes 17 drawings
Box 04 Folder 18
Includes 1 typewritten manuscript, 1 handwritten manuscript
Box 03 Folder 24
Manuscript
Box 03 Folder 04
3 copies
Box 03 Folder 22
18 letters, 7 reviews of Small Houses in fabric covered folio
Box 04 Folder 20
Includes 32 drawings, 2 prints
Box 04 Folder 14
1 binder. Includes La Cella du Temple de Theseus. Rapports et Donnees.
Box 04 Folder 04
2 articles
Box 04 Folder 02
5 pages
Box 03 Folder 23
3 pamphlets
Box 03 Folder 14
2 copies of the Journal of the American Institute of Architects, January 1946
Box 04 Folder 09
Includes 2 typewritten manuscripts, 1 handwritten manuscript, 1 letter.
Box 04 Folder 10
9 drawings
Box 03 Folder 05
1 copy of First Report (March 1912), 1 copy of Second Report (December 1912)
Box 05 Folder 05
Manuscript in English and French.
Box 05 Folder 09
14 letters
Box 05 Folder 11
Box 05 Folder 06
Manuscript
Box 05 Folder 04
Manuscript
Box 05 Folder 01
Manuscript
Box 04 Folder 23
Includes manuscript, handwritten copy with revisions
Box 04 Folder 21
32 drawings, 1 plate
Box 04 Folder 22
Translations of 4 articles
Box 04 Folder 16
5 drawings
Box 04 Folder 15
Includes 1 handwritten manuscript, 2 typewritten manuscript
Box 04 Folder 13
Box 04 Folder 01
Includes 1 manuscript chapter, 3 copies of article by J. Formige from L'Architecture, Vol, XLV, No. 12.
Box 04 Folder 12
Includes 13 essays on various entases, 5 drawings
Box 04 Folder 11
Includes drawings, ratios, and memoranda for 26 various temples.
includes various clippings.
Box 05 Folder 12
1 copy
Box 05 Folder 14
1 page
Box 05 Folder 13
1 black and white photograph