Page 1 of 27 Guide to the Architecture Exhibition records 1939-1953 bulk 1939-1943 Fleet Library at RISD 2 College Street, RI 02903 Tel: 401-709-5922 Fax: 401-709-5932 email: risdarchives@risd.edu Published in 2013
Page 2 of 27 Collection overview Title: Architecture Exhibition records Date range: 1939-1953, bulk 1939-1943 Creator: Extent: Abstract: Language of materials: Repository: Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art. Office of Museum Education 10 linear feet The records document architecture exhibitions held at the Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, 1939-1943, and the use of exhibition materials by the Museum's Department of Education, 1940-1953. English Collection number: 23.4.4.1 Scope & content The records document architecture exhibitions held at the Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, 1939-1943, and the use of exhibition materials by the Museum's Department of Education, 1940-1953. The bulk of the records document the 1939 Rhode Island Architecture exhibition and its subsequent use as a loan exhibition by the Department of Education. Records include correspondence, photographs and exhibition photograph panels, printing blocks, and publications. Arrangement Organized into four series: I. Administrative files, 1939-1943, 1952 II. Photographs, 1939-1942 III. Exhibition photographs, 1939, 1953 IV. Halftone Copper Printing Blocks, 1939
Page 3 of 27 The Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art held the Rhode Island Architecture exhibition 1939 June 18-December 5. Architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr. developed the exhibition under Director Alexander Dorner with Museum Assistant Barbara Wriston. The exhibition surveyed three hundred years of Rhode Island buildings with much of the photographic material coming from Antoinette Dowling's 1937 work "The Early Homes of Rhode Island" and the Historic American Buildings Survey. Dowling, Norman M. Isham, and others provided assistance in gathering materials and photographs. The exhibition's photograph panels came under the purview of the Museum's Education Department, which loaned them to local and national educational and civic institutions. Additional visiting architecture exhibitions administered by Writson were held at the Museum, particularly during Education Director Lydia Powel's tenure, 1943-1944. The Rhode Island Historical Society acquired the panels sometime after 1953 and transferred them to the RISD Archives in 2011. Access & use Access to the collection: Use of materials: Preferred citation: Contact information: The use of certain documents and collections may be restricted. Please consult the Archives staff for further details. Permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from archival materials must be obtained in writing from the Archives. The researcher assumes full responsibility for use of material and for conformity to all applicable laws, including copyright. Architecture Exhibition records, 23.4.4.1, Rhode Island School of Design Archives Fleet Library at RISD 2 College Street, RI 02903 Tel: 401-709-5922 Fax: 401-709-5932 email: risdarchives@risd.edu
Page 4 of 27 Administrative information About the collection Aquisition: Records were transfered from the Museum of Art and the Rhode Island Historical Society. About the finding aid Author: Finding aid prepared by Douglas Doe. Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Douglas Doe 2013 March 22 Descriptive rules: Additional information Related material: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) The Museum of Art Exhibition photograph collection holds twenty-four negatives taken by Nicholas Romano in 1939. There are fourteen 8x10 installation negatives and eighteen negatives (5x7 and 8x10) of labels. The Fleet Library at RISD holds lantern slides of Rhode Island buildings and maps prepared by architect and historian John Hutchins Cady during the 1930s, some of which were used for a lecture titled "The Architectural and Civic Development of," given under the sponsorship of the Community Art Project. See the Community Art Project records, 1932-1943. Search terms Names: Wriston, Barbara Powel, Lydia Bond, 1891-1978 Pei, I. M., 1917- Hitchcock, Henry Russell, 1903-1987 Downing, Antoinette Forrester, 1904-2001 Abbott, Bernice, 1898-1991 Cady, John Hutchins
Page 5 of 27 Devlon, Thomas H. LeBoeuf, Arthur W. Romano, Nicholas, 1887-1953 Covell, William King, 1904-1975 McCarthy, Joseph Weber, Harvey Watson, Norman S. Legere, Adelard T., 1905- Powel, Harford, 1887-1956 Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art. Subjects: Titles: Historic American Buildings Survey. Photoengraving-halftone process Ante Bellum Houses of the Mississippi Valley Exhibition of Early Ohio Valley Architecture Sketch of the Life of George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne
Page 6 of 27 Inventory Series I, Administrative files, 1939-1943, 1952 The administrative files, 1939-1943, 1952, include correspondence between Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr. and Museum Assistant Barbara Wriston regarding the 1939 Rhode Island Architecture exhibition, essays, loan correspondence between Wriston and colleges and universities, catalogues and correspondence for architecture exhibitions loaned to RISD, and publications including catalogues for "Ante Bellum Houses of the Mississippi Valley" and Exhibition of Early Ohio Valley Architecture, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio." The file for Architectural Designs - MIT, 1940-1941, includes four photographs of I. M. Pei's "Standardized Propaganda Unit." Material collected by Lydia Bond Powel, Education Director, 1943-1944, includes postcards and brochures with an architectural theme and a copy of "Sketch of the Life of George Berkeley - Bishop of Cloyne," annotated by members of her family. The collection contains a copy of "Colonial Williamsburg: The First Twenty-five Years," 1952. Container Description Date Box 1, Folder 1 Architectural Design MIT 1940-1941 Box 1, Folder 2 Architectural Postcards undated Box 1, Folder 3 Architecture Exhibition Essays 1939 Box 1, Folder 4 Architecture labels circa 1939 Box 1, Folder 5 Architecture of the United States Exhibition 1943 Box 1, Folder 6 Architecture: French Renaissance undated Box 1, Folder 7 Architecture: Photographs - Hathaway, Charles A. 1941 Box 1, Folder 8 Books on American Architecture circa 1940 Box 1, Folder 9 Catalogue Photograph Lists circa 1939
Page 7 of 27 Box 1, Folder 10 Colonial Williamsburg - The First Twenty-Five Years: A report by the President as of December 31, 1951 1952 Box 1, Folder 11 Box 1, Folder 12 Defense Housing 1940-1941 Hitchcock, Henry-Russell 1940-1942 Box 1, Folder 13 Model - Stephen Hopkins House undated Box 1, Folder 14 Box 1, Folder 15 Box 1, Folder 16 Box 1, Folder 17 Box 1, Folder 18 Architecture circa 1939 Rhode Island Architecture 1939-1942 Rhode Island Architecture 1940-1941 Rhode Island Architecture 1940-1942 Rhode Island Architecture 1943 Box 1, Folder 19 "The Beginnings of Architecture in Rhode Island" - Barbara Wriston undated Series II, Photographs, 1939-1942 A set of black and white photographs mounted on 8x11 paper with typed labels identifying each photograph. The photographs are duplicates of the exhibition photograph panels (series III). The photographs are arranged chronologically by century. Container Description Date Box 2, Folder 1 17th Century undated
Page 8 of 27, Old Stone Mill, Newport circa 1665, Col. Amasa Gray House, Little Compton circa 1685, Gorton-Greene House, Warwick circa 1685, Eleazar Arnold House, Lincoln 1687, Joseph Reynolds House, Bristol 1698 Box 2, Folder 2 18th Century - Church Steps-Elder Ballou Meeting House undated, Church Steps, Vermont 1700s, St. Paul's Church, Wickford 1707, Jaheel Brenton House, Newport 1720, Trinity Church, Newport circa 1725, Carpenter Hickox House, Westerly circa 1730, Babcock House, Westerly circa 1734, Colony House, Newport 1739, Nicholas Wanton Hunter House, Newport, Elder Ballou Meeting House, Cumberland 1746 circa 1747 Box 2, Folder 3 18th Century - Redwood Library- Edward Dexter House undated, Redwood Library, Newport 1748, Casey Farm, Saunderstown circa 1750
Page 9 of 27, William Vernon House, Newport 1758, Court House, East Greenwich circa 1759, Amanda Greene House, Newport 1760, Temple Jeshuath Israel, Newport 1763, Bannister House, Middletown circa 1765, Joseph Russell House, 1772, Joseph Brown House, 1774, First Baptist Meeting House, 1775, John Brown House, 1786, Edward Dexter House, 1799 Box 2, Folder 4 19th Century - Houses-Amos Cooke House undated, House,? 1800s, Country School House, Pownal, VT 1800s, House stairs, unknown 1800s, William De Wolf House, Bristol 1808, Mill Village, Harris, Coventry circa 1809, Lippitt Mill, West Warwick 1809, Sullivan Dorr House, 1809, Lippitt Mill, West Warwick 1809, Mill Houses, Hope 1810
Page 10 of 27, Cathedral of St. John, 1810, Mill Village, Fiskeville circa 1812, Village Church, Fitzwilliam, NH 1817, Grant Tyler House, circa 1820, American House, 1830s?, Kingscote, Newport 1838, Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, Exeter 1838, Athenaeum Row, 1839, Amos Cooke House, Cumberland 1840 Box 2, Folder 5 19th Century - Edward King House- Rhode Island State House undated, Edward King House, Newport 1845, Thomas F. Hoppin House, 1853, Fairbourne, Newport 1853-1854, George R. Fearing House, Newport 1871-1872, Chateau Sur Mer, Newport 1872-1873, Watts Sherman House, Newport 1874-1876, Isaac Bell House, Newport 1882, Southside, Newport 1882, Casino, Newport 1884-1886, Casino - Interior Court, Newport 1884
Page 11 of 27, H. A. C. Taylor, Newport 1886, W. G. Low House, Bristol 1887, Ochre Court, Newport 1888, The Breakers, Newport 1892, Central Congregational Church, 1893, State House, 1895 Box 2, Folder 6 20th Century undated, Rosecliffe, Newport 1901-1902, Esmond Blanket Mill, Esmond 1925, RISD Museum of Art, 1926, Nicholas and Jane Monsarrat Houses, East, John Nicholas Brown House, Fishers Island NY, John Nicholas Brown House - Models, Fishers Island NY 1936 1937-1938 1937-1938, Norman Herreshoff House, Bristol 1938 Series III, Exhibition Photograph panels, 1939, 1953 The series contains 226 large format black and white photograph panels (30x40 and 24x30 inches) and seven wall label panels created for the Rhode Island Architecture exhibition, 1939. Each photograph is mounted on a panel with a grommet in each upper corner. The photographs are numbered and labeled for identification. The panels were rebound in 1953. There is a small collection of architectural photograph panels created for subsequent exhibitions and one wall label panel for an Egyptian architecture exhibition.
Page 12 of 27 The RISD Archives maintains a database of all photograph panels. Container Description Date, 1-Old Stone Mill, Newport circa 1665, 2-Clement Weaver House, East Greenwich, 3-Clement Weaver House, East Greenwich circa 1675 circa 1675, 4-Eleazar Arnold House, Lincoln 1687, 5-Eleazar Arnold House, Lincoln 1687, 6-Joseph Reynolds House, Bristol 1698, 7-Joseph Reynolds House, Bristol 1698, 8-Carpenter Hickox House, Westerly circa 1730, 9-Elder Ballou Meeting House, Cumberland, 10-Elder Ballou Meeting House, Cumberland circa 1747 circa 1747, 11-Gilbert Stuart House, Kingston circa 1751, 11a-Gilbert Stuart House, Kingston circa 1752, 12-Windmill, Portsmouth 1812, 12a-Windmill, Portsmouth 1812, 13-St. Paul's Church, Wickford 1707, 14-St. Paul's Church, Wickford 1707
Page 13 of 27, 15-Roland Robinson House, Saunderstown circa 1710, 16-Jaheel Brenton House, Newport 1720, 17-Trinity Church, Newport circa 1725, 18-Trinity Church, Newport circa 1725, 19a-Colony House, Newport 1739, 20-Colony House, Newport 1739, 21-Nicholas Wanton Hunter House, Newport, 22-Nicholas Wanton Hunter House, Newport, 23-Nicholas Wanton Hunter House, Newport 1746 1746 1746, 24-Redwood Library, Newport 1748, 25-Redwood Library, Newport 1748, 26-Redwood Library, Newport 1748, 27-Sabbatarian Meeting House, Newport 1749, 28-William Vernon House, Newport 1758, 29-William Vernon House, Newport 1758, 30-Amanda Greene House, Newport 1760, 30a-Amanda Greene House, Newport 1760, 31-Brick Market, Newport 1761
Page 14 of 27, 32-Colony House, 1763, 33-Temple Jeshuath Israel, Newport 1763, 34-Temple Jeshuath Israel, Newport 1763, 35-Temple Jeshuath Israel, Newport 1763, 36-Temple Jeshuath Israel, Newport 1763, 37-College Edifice, Brown University,, 38-College Edifice, Brown University, 1770 1770, 39-Russell-Thorpe House, 1772, 40-Russell-Thorpe House, 1772, 41-Joseph Brown House, 1774, 42-Joseph Brown House, 1774, 43-Joseph Brown House (Missing),, 44-First Baptist Meeting House,, 45-First Baptist Meeting House,, 46-John Brown House (missing), 1774 1775 1775 1786, 47-John Brown House, 1786, 48-John Brown House, 1786
Page 15 of 27, 49-John Brown House, 1786, 49a-John Brown House, 1786, 50-John Brown House, 1786, 51-Nightingale House, 1792, 52-Edward Dexter House, 1799, 53-Edward Dexter House, 1799, 54-Court House, East Greenwich circa 1759, 55-Thomas Poynton House, 1806, 56-William De Wolf House, Bristol 1808, 57-Sullivan Dorr House, 1809, 58-Sullivan Dorr House, 1809, 59-St. John's Cathedral, 1810, 60-St. John's Cathedral, 1810, 60a-St. John's Cathedral, 1810, 61-St. John's Cathedral, 1810, 62-Linden Place, Bristol 1810, 63-Linden Place, Bristol 1810, 64-Linden Place, Bristol 1810, 65-Linden Place, Bristol 1810, 66-Edward Carrington House, 1812
Page 16 of 27, 67-Edward Carrington House,, 68-First Congregational Church,, 68a-First Congregational Church,, 69-First Congregational Church, 1812 1816 1816 1816, 70-Grant Tyler House, circa 1820, 71-Grant Tyler House, circa 1820, 72-Slater Mill, Pawtucket 1793, 73-Lippitt Mill, West Warwick 1809, 74-Bershire Mill, Hope 1810, 75-Old Belfrey Stone Mill, Smithfield 1813, 76-Old Belfrey Stone Mill, Smithfield 1813, 77-Old Belfrey Stone Mill, Smithfield 1813, 78-Hercules Powder Company, East Greenwich 1836, 79-Lipppit Woolen Mill, Woonsocket 1836, 80-White Rock Manufacturing Co. (2), Westerly, 81-Gov. Harris Manufacturing, West Warwick 1849 1851
Page 17 of 27, 82a-Georgia Cotton Manufacturing Co., Smithfield, 82-Georgia Cotton Manufacturing Co., Smithfield, 82-Georgia Cotton Manufacturing Co., Smithfield 1853 1853 1853, 83-Block of Stores, Slatersville circa 1885, 84-End of Block of Stores, Slatersville 1855, 85-River Point Mill, Riverpoint 1861, 86-Hamlet Mill, Woonsocket 1862, 87-Crompton Mill, Crompton circa 1870, 88-Lippitt Mill, Woonsocket 1870, 89-Geering Mill, Woonsocket 1928, 90-American Screw Company, 1825-1860, 91-Woonsocket Falls Mill, Woonsocket 1800s, 92-Mill Houses, West Warwick 1809, 93-Mill Houses, Hope 1810, 94-Stone Mill Houses, Georgiaville 1813, 95-Stone Mill Houses, Fiskville circa 1825, 96-Mill Houses, Slatersville 1826, 97-Village Green, Slatersville 1825-1860
Page 18 of 27, 98-Mill Village, Fiskville 1800s, 99-Mill Houses (row houses), Newport circa 1840, 100-Mill Village (double houses), Westerly 1849, 101-Old Baptist Church, Smithfield 1856, 102-Nourse Mill Village, Woonsocket circa 1870, 103-Mill Village, Hope circa 1870, 104-Moses Brown School, circa 1816, 105-Bristol Hotel, 1824, 106-Market Square, 1844, 106a-Market Square, 1844, 107-Weybosset Street, 1800s, 108-Hay Building, circa 1857, 109-Lyceum Building, 1865, 110-Beneficent Congregational Church, 1809, 111-Tockwotten House, 1825, 112- Arcade, 1828, 113- Arcade, 1828, 114- Arcade (Missing), 1828
Page 19 of 27, 115-Manning Hall, Brown University,, 116-Manning Hall, Brown University, 1833 1833, 117-Ladies Seminary, Warren circa 1834, 118-Congregational Church, Slatersville circa 1835, 119-Kingscote, Newport 1838, 120-Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, Exeter 1838, 121-Athenaeum Row, 1839, 122-Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1840, 123-Amos Cooke House, Cumberland 1840, 124-Elmhyrst, Newport circa 1840, 125-Shepard House, 1840, 126a-Stone House, Woonsocket circa 1840, 127-Smithfield Seminary, North Scituate 1840, 128-Washington Buildings, 1843, 129-Edward King House, Newport 1845, 130-Union Depot, 1848, 131-Thomas F. Hoppin House, 1852
Page 20 of 27, 132-Tully Bowen House, 1852-1853, 133-Charles Russell House, Newport 1852-1853, 134-Fairbourne, Newport 1853-1854, 135-97 Angell Street, circa 1855, 136-Custom House, 1856, 137-Charles Fearing House, Newport 1853, 138-Alexander Van Renssalaer House, Middletown 1856-1857, 139-Central Baptist Church, 1857, 140-High Street Church, 1860, 141-St. Stephens Church, 1862, 142-Marshall Woods House, 1862, 143-French Roofed House, Hopkinton circa 1865, 144-Crooker House, circa 1865, 145-Butler Exchange, 1872, 146-Loring Andrews House, Newport 1871, 147-George R. Fearing House, Newport, 148-Thomas Robinson House, 1871-1872 1872, 149-Chateau Sur Mer, Newport 1872-1873
Page 21 of 27, 149a-Chateau Sur Mer, Newport 1872-1873, 149b-Chateau Sur Mer, Newport 1872-1873, 150-Chateau Sur Mer, Newport 1872-1873, 151-Watts Sherman House, Newport 1874-1876, 152-Watts Sherman House, Newport 1874-1876, 153-Watts Sherman House, Newport 1874-1876, 154-Watts Sherman House, Newport 1874-1876, 155-Kingscope (Bowery), Newport 1880, 156-W. C. Chapin House, 1881, 157-Isaac Bell House, Newport 1882, 158-Casino, Newport 1882, 159-Casino, Newport 1882, 160-Southside, Newport 1882, 161-Flower Shop, circa 1885, 162-Casino, Newport 1884-1886, 163-Fleur De Lys House, 1886, 164-H. A. C. Taylor, Newport 1886, 165-Roger Williams Church,, 166-Roger Williams Church, 1887 1887, 167-W. G. Low House, Bristol 1887
Page 22 of 27, 168-Town Hall, Barrington 1888, 169-Ochre Court, Newport 1888, 169b-Ochre Court, Newport 1888, 170-Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul,, 170a-Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, 1889 1889, 171-The Breakers, Newport 1892, 171a-Rosecliffe, Newport 1901-1902, 172-James Whitehall, Jamestown circa 1905, 173-State House, 1895, 173-State House, 1895, 174-Annmary Brown Memorial,, 175-Brown and Sharpe Plant,, 176-Nelson Aldrich House, Warwick Neck, 177-Summerfield Company (Missing),, 178- Base Works,, 179-Metcalf Chemistry Laboratory, Brown, 1905 1905 1910 1913 1918 1923
Page 23 of 27, 180-Esmond Blanket Mill, Esmond 1925, 181-Industrial Trust Company, 1928, 182-Gloria Dei Church, 1928, 183-Gloria Dei Church (Missing),, 184-RI Hospital Trust Company,, 185-St. Georges' School Chapel, Newport, 186-Oliver Hazard Perry Junior High,, 187-James Whitehall House, Saunderstown, 188-Alexander Knox House, Saunderstown, 189-Grandstands, Narragansett Park, Pawtucket, 190-Nicholas and Jane Monsarrat Houses, East, 190a-Nicholas and Jane Monsarrat Houses, East, 191-John Nicholas Brown House, Fishers Island, NY, 192-John Nicholas Brown House, Fishers Island, NY 1928 1916 1928 1930 1934 1935 1935 1936 1936 1937-1938 1937-1938
Page 24 of 27, 193-John Nicholas Brown House, Fishers Island, NY, 194-John Nicholas Brown House, Fishers Island, NY, 195-John Nicholas Brown House, Fishers Island, NY, 196-John Nicholas Brown House, Fishers Island, NY 1937-1938 1937-1938 1937-1938 1937-1938, 197-Houses at Glendale, Glendale 1937-1938, 198-Houses at Glendale, Glendale 1937-1938, 199-House at Glendale, Glendale 1937-1938, 200-Norman Herreshoff House, Bristol 1938, 201-Norman Herreshoff House, Bristol 1938, 202-American Brass Company,, 203-Armand Filling Station, West Warwick 1933 1938, 204-Mary Ellis House, East Greenwich 1939, 205-Beach House, Matunuck 1939, 206-Roger Williams Monument,, 207-Artificial Flower Company, 1939 1939, 208-Mount Hope Bridge, Bristol 1939
Page 25 of 27, -Mill Village, Harris, Coventry circa 1851, -Mill Village (White Rock), Westerly 1849, Institution for Savings, 1960, Modern house by water 1939, Three houses, [Geddes and Kelly] circa 1930s, Radeke Memorial Garden, 1933, New England Church 1800s?, House of Seven Gables, Salem, MA 1668, Oak Hill, Peabody, MA circa 1800, Court House, 1930, Cape Cod Cottage, Chatham, MA circa 1810, Monticello, Virginia 1770, Henry C. Bowen House, Woodstock, CT 1846, Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, VA 1722, John Ward House, Salem, MA 1684, Bath Houses 1939, Daily News Building, NY 1929-1930, Beach House (same as 65 above) 1939, Miller's House, Millbach, PA 1700s, Fulton Street, NY circa 1820
Page 26 of 27, Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia 1761 1761 1761 1761 1761 1761, River, 1867, Roosevelt House, NY 1848-1919, Wall labels 1939, undated Series IV, Halftone Copper Printing Blocks, 1939 The collection contains fifty of eighty-one halftone copper printing blocks created by Thomas H. Devlin to print the exhibition catalogue photographs for "Rhode Island Architecture" published by the Rhode Island Museum Press in 1939. Most of the blocks are 11.75 x 9 inches (30 x 22 cm.). Devlin taught Textile Printing at RISD, 1933-1943, and worked as a photo engraver. There are three small blocks of unknown purpose. The block numbers correspond to the catalogue's numbered photographs. Container Description Date Box 3, Blocks 10-23 1939 Box 4, Blocks 26-28; 30-37; 48-50 1939
Page 27 of 27 Box 5, Blocks 54-59; 61-63; 65-68 1939 Box 6, Blocks 3; 45; 70-75; Thomas F. Hoppin House; and unknowns 1939