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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 2113-2113.5

Whitney Warren papers

Overview

Correspondence and other papers of New York architect Whitney Warren.

Dates

  • Creation: 1914-1926

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Access formerly required permission of the donors until 1965 Jan. 1.

This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

8 linear feet (6 cartons)

Collection includes primarily correspondence with friends, colleagues, and family: Charlotte A. Tooker Warren (his wife), Charlotte Warren Greenough (his daughter), William Greenough (his son-in-law); Reginald Rives (his son-in-law); and Lloyd Warren (his brother). Also includes many photographs, and some compositions.

Biographical / Historical

Whitney Warren was a New York architect. He studied in Paris at the Atliers of the Ecole des Beaux Arts and returned to NYC in 1896 to found the firm Warren & Wetmore. Two of the firm's major works were the Grand Central Terminal and the Biltmore Hotel, both in New York City. Warren was also a co-founder of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and served as director for many years.

Arrangement

Arranged into the following series:

  1. I. bMS Am 2113: Letters from Whitney Warren to family (44M-342)
  2. II. bMS Am 2113.1: Letters from Charlotte A. Tooker Warren to Whitney Warren (44M-342A)
  3. III. bMS Am 2113.2: Letters from Charlotte Warren Greenough to Whitney Warren and Charlotte A. Tooker Warren (44M-342B)
  4. IV. bMS Am 2113.3: Letters from Lloyd Warren to Whitney Warren (44M-342C)
  5. V. bMS Am 2113.4: Correspondence with Whitney Warren and others (44M-342D)
  6. VI. bMS Am 2113.5: Photographs (44M-342E)

Physical Location

Harvard Depository

Immediate Source of Acquisition

44M-342 - 44M-342C. Gift of Mrs. William Greenough, Mrs. Reginald B. Rives, and Whitney Warren Jr.; received: 1945.

44M-342D-44M-342E. Gift of the children of Whitney Warren; received: 1945.

Title
Warren, Whitney, 1864-1943. Whitney Warren papers, 1914-1926: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00340

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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