Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1866, Jan. 15 | Born, Grafton, W.Va. |
| 1883 | Graduated, Notre Dame of Maryland Collegiate Division, Govanstown, Md. |
| 1883-1885 | Student, Julien Art Academy, Paris, France |
| 1885-1888 | Student, Art Students' League (predecessor of Corcoran School of Art), Washington, D.C. |
| 1889 | Received first camera as gift from George Eastman of Kodak Corp. |
| 1890 | Student, photographic laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1891-1913 | Active in photographing Washington society and government officials |
| 1900 | Awarded gold medal for work depicting American public school systems, Paris Exposition, Paris, France |
| 1909 | Received first architectural commission photographing the New Theater, New York, N.Y. |
| 1913-1917 | In partnership with Mattie Edwards Hewitt, New York, N.Y. |
| 1925 | Toured Europe and the Middle East, photographing gardens, castles, chateaux |
| 1930 | Donated negatives from first architectural survey to Library of Congress, helping form nucleus of Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture |
| 1933 | Awarded first of seven consecutive grants from Carnegie Corp. to photograph colonial architecture in nine Southern States |
| 1941 | Published The Early Architecture of North Carolina. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press |
| 1945 | Made honorary member of the American Institute of Architects |
| 1947 | Major exhibit at Library of Congress |
| 1952, May 16 | Died, New Orleans, La. |