Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Drayer architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress) |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1931-1973 |
| Bulk Dates | 1945-1973 |
| Call No. | Guide Record |
| Creator | Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect |
| Extent | 4,661 items (chiefly architectural drawings); various sizes, most in folders 89 x 123 cm. or smaller |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp021017 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/95858235 |
| Summary | Primarily architectural drawings by Donald H. Drayer for commercial and residential buildings and housing developments in Washington, D.C. and surrounding suburbs. The majority of the drawings were executed from 1945-1973. Among his commissions were single detached houses, some for prominent clients such as Lyndon Johnson and Albert Gore, Sr., and apartment houses and complexes such as Grosvenor Park in Rockville, Maryland, Prospect House in Arlington, Virginia, and the Colonnade in Washington, D.C. Materials document various phases of the design process, from preliminary sketches to working drawings to correspondence and specifications relating to building projects. The archive also includes engineering drawings and landscape architecture drawings as well as some architectural drawings by other creators, interior design drawings by Maria Drayer, and renderings by Saifook Chan. |
| Online Content | To see already digitized images from this collection, search our Online Catalog by call number for specific drawings or descriptive words. |