Drawings for assignments in Architecture 7a by William Sumner Appleton, Jr., 1907.
Overview
William Sumner Appleton, Jr. became the first full-time, professional preservationist in the United States when he founded The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities in 1910. This collection consists of eight assignments submitted in the Harvard course Architecture 7a, "Theory of Pure Design, Harmony, Rhythm, and Balance." The course had a profound impact on Appleton's career as a preservationist.
Dates
- Creation: 1907.
Researcher Access
The collection is open for research use.
Extent
0.1 cubic feet8 items : drawings
Eight designs, exercises, and color charts in watercolor and pastel, with penciled notations and titles. Two of the drawings include comments by instructor Denman Waldo Ross. Most have grades penciled in the upper left-hand corner.
Historical note
William Sumner Appleton, Jr. (1874-1947) became the first full-time, professional preservationist in the United States when he founded The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPINEA) in 1910. He earned his Harvard AB in 1896 but took a Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences course, Architecture 7a "Theory of Pure Design, Harmony, Rhythm, and Balance," in 1906-1907, ten years after he had earned his undergraduate degree. The course had a profound impact on Appleton's career as a preservationist. SPINEA has since been renamed Historic New England.
Arrangement
The sheets are in order by assignment number.
Acquisition Information
Received from the estate of William Sumner Appleton, Jr.
Existence and Location of Copies
Four drawings have been digitized and are available online. Links to digital images accompany the individual descriptions of the drawing.
General note
This document last updated 2014 April 21.
Processing Information
This inventory was created in September 2013 by Kate Bowers.
Titles were chiefly transcribed from the drawings themselves. Titles devised by the archivist are in square brackets.
- Title
- Appleton, William Sumner, 1874-1947. Drawings for assignments in Architecture 7a by William Sumner Appleton, Jr. : an inventory
- Author
- Harvard University Archives
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hua27013
Repository Details
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