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Architecture

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GUSN-273439

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Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection
Papers and Treatises
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Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection
- Introduction and Written Reports
- Survey Files
- Miscellaneous Correspondence and Information by County
- Administrative Records
- New England Correspondence
- Papers and Treatises (current record)
- Garden Project
- Measured Notes
- Sketchbooks

Description

This subseries includes correspondence related to "Pencil Points," an architecture magazine, and three reports, presumably by students. This series also includes technical reports for the "Outline of the Development of Early American Architecture" which address specific building types and technologies. The reports are arranged by state in the following order: Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

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Descriptive Terms

reports
correspondence

Collection Code

AR023

Collection Name

Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

Reference Code

AR023.006

Record Details

Originator

Brown, Frank Chouteau, 1876-1947
Historic American Buildings Survey

Material Type

reports
correspondence

Description Level

Series

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