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BOX OR VOL. 1-161 Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 1873-1915
The Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Building series covers the activities leading up to the completion of the building for the Library of Congress. The records detail the commission, site clearance, design, materials, construction, and general operations as documented through the activities of engineer and superintendent of the Library Building and Grounds, Bernard R. Green. Photographic prints of sculptural models and decorative architectural designs are interfiled with correspondence received from sculptors, painters, and other artists commissioned to contribute to the Thomas Jefferson Building. Also of note is a cyanotype documenting the cornerstone laying and construction site. Additional materials of interest include the description of design plans submitted by Smithmeyer & Pelz and artifacts such as a sample of electrical cord and samples of cloth for window awnings.
Material types include correspondence, memoranda, journals, account records, procurement records, employment records, operational records, reports, schedules, writings, drawings, blueprints, photographs, artifacts, and printed matter.
Arranged in ten groups: Commission for the Construction of the Congressional Library Building; Smithmeyer, John L., architect; Green, Bernard R., superintendent and engineer; design; site; employment; materials; procurement; general operations; and miscellaneous.
BOX OR VOL. 1-12 Commission for the Construction of the Congressional Library Building
VOL. 1 Journal, 1886-1888
BOX 2-9 Correspondence
BOX 2 1886
(12 folders)
BOX 3 1887
(8 folders)
BOX 4 1887
Includes samples of cloth for window awnings
(10 folders)
BOX 5 1887
(8 folders)
BOX 6 1887
(12 folders)
BOX 7 1888
(9 folders)
BOX 8 1888
(9 folders)
BOX 9 1888
(7 folders)
VOL. 10-12 Letterbooks
VOL. 10 1886-1887
VOL. 11 1887-1888
VOL. 12 1888
BOX OR VOL. 13-14 Smithmeyer, John L., architect
BOX 13 Correspondence, 1886-1904
(4 folders)
VOL. 14 Letterbook, 1886-1888
BOX OR VOL. 15-54 Green, Bernard R., superintendent and engineer
VOL. 15-18 Journals
VOL. 15 Operations, 1886, Oct.-1888, July
VOL. 16 Visitors, 1888, Oct.-1893 Sept.
VOL. 17 Operations, 1891, Mar.-1902, Aug.
VOL. 18 Visitors, 1893, Sept.-1897, May
BOX 19 Special correspondence
BOX 19 Casey, Edward Pearce, 1895-1897
BOX 19 Eliot, Charles William, 1895-1896
BOX 19 Pelz, Paul J., 1891-1892
BOX 19 Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1886-1897
BOX 19 Young, John Russell, 1897
BOX 19-54 General correspondence
BOX 19 1888, Apr.-Aug.
(8 folders)
BOX 20 1888, Sept.-1889, Apr.
(9 folders)
BOX 21 1889, Apr.-July
(9 folders)
BOX 22 1889, July-Aug.
(8 folders)
BOX 23 1889, Sept.-Dec.
(10 folders)
BOX 24 1889, Dec.-1890, Apr.
(11 folders)
BOX 25 1890, May-Sept.
Cornerstone laying, includes cyanotype
(11 folders)
BOX 26 1890, Sept.-1891, Mar.
(11 folders)
BOX 27 1891, Mar.-Apr.
(9 folders)
BOX 28 1891, Apr.-June
(9 folders)
BOX 29 1891, June-Sept.
(10 folders)
BOX 30 1891, Oct.-Dec.
(9 folders)
BOX 31 1892, Jan.-Mar.
(9 folders)
BOX 32 1892, Mar.-July
(10 folders)
BOX 33 1892, Aug.-Dec.
(10 folders)
BOX 34 1893, Jan.-May
(9 folders)
BOX 35 1893, June-Sept.
(11 folders)
BOX 36 1893, Sept.-Dec.
(13 folders)
BOX 37 1893, Dec.-1894, Feb.
(11 folders)
BOX 38 1894, Mar.-June
(12 folders)
BOX 39 1894, June-Aug.
(10 folders)
BOX 40 1894, Aug.-Oct.
(9 folders)
BOX 41 1894, Oct.-Dec.
(10 folders)
BOX 42 1894, Dec.-1895, Feb.
(9 folders)
BOX 43 1895, Feb.-Apr.
(8 folders)
BOX 44 1895, May-June
(9 folders)
BOX 45 1895, June-Aug.
(9 folders)
BOX 46 1895, Sept.-Oct.
(11 folders)
BOX 47 1895, Nov.-1896, Jan.
(8 folders)
BOX 48 1896, Feb.-Apr.
(9 folders)
BOX 49 1896, May-June
(7 folders)
BOX 50 1896, July-Oct.
(9 folders)
BOX 51 1896, Oct.-Dec.
(8 folders)
BOX 52 1896, Dec.-1897, Aug.
(10 folders)
BOX 53 1897, Sept.-Nov.
(14 folders)
BOX 54 1897, Nov.
(4 folders)
BOX 54 Removal of Library of Congress from U.S. Capitol
BOX 54 Appropriations, disbursements, vouchers, and payroll, 1897-1898
(4 folders)
BOX OR VOL. 54-68 Design
BOX 54 Design proposals, 1873
Includes entry by Smithmeyer & Pelz
VOL. 55 Index to drawings, 1890-1897
VOL. 56 Index to drawings, 1888-1896
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