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1. Frances Benjamin Johnston papers, 1855-1956

   19,000 items. 50 containers plus 1 oversize. 21.2 linear feet. 37 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Photographer and illustrator. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial papers, family papers, clippings, scrapbooks, and printed matter documenting Johnston's career as a photographer of national figures and events, her photography of gardens and estates, compilation of a photographic record of Southern colonial architecture, participation in international exhibitions, travels and personal life, and the emerging role of women in the profession of photography.

2. Waterman architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)

   1,132 items (chiefly architectural drawings); various sizes, most in folders 89 x 123 cm. or smaller. 16 v. and 5 prints; 30 x 28 cm. or smaller. -- Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Primarily architectural drawings by Thomas Tileston Waterman for and of historic buildings, residential buildings, religious buildings, and education buildings in Virginia; other locations include Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts. Among his work represented in the archive are reconstructions of buildings in Williamsburg, Virginia and other locations; single detached houses; chapels and churches; and measured drawings of historic buildings, some of which were used to illustrate his books. Materials document the preliminary and working phases of the design process, as well as correspondence, notes, and specifications relating to building projects. The archive also includes landscape architecture drawings and architectural drawings by other creators, including Perry, Shaw & Hepburn (where Waterman was employed for a portion of his career).

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