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William Gray Purcell Papers (N3), Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.
Donated by the estate in 1965.
The collection was processed by Sue Kendall, Mark Hammons, and Barbara Bezat. The finding aid was written by Mark Hammons and revised by Barbara Bezat.
An unpublished finding aid with more detailed description of the collection is available in the archives.
The collection is organized into nine series:
William Gray Purcell was born in Oak Park, Illinois in July, 1880. His parents, Charles A. and Anna Cora Purcell lived first with William Cunningham and Catherine Garns Gray, Anna's parents, in Oak Park. Although the Purcells eventually moved into their own home, except for brief periods the young boy remained with his grandparents over the next five years. In 1886, William Gray Purcell began living permanently with them at his own request.
In 1886 another family event occurred that was critical to his future development. For many summers, W. C. Gray, editor of The Interior, had taken fishing vacations on the peninsula of upper Michigan. In 1885, however, he was saddened to realize the extent to which the environment had been despoiled by destructive logging and mining practices. In 1886 Gray arranged the purchase of three square miles of land surrounding an island on a lake in northern Wisconsin, in co- ownership with the recently widowed Nettie Fowler McCormick, also of Chicago. Every following summer from 1887 until his death in 1901, Gray brought his family, friends, and associates to Island Lake Camp, as the isolated forest enclave came to be called.
During this time Purcell also became skilled as a photographer, his hobby made possible by the newly available commercial outfits which supplied camera, photographic plates, processing chemicals and printing papers in one package. Purcell received his first camera from W. C. Gray in 1888, a Kodak model given to The Interior office just before public release of the product.
When Purcell was fifteen, Frank Lloyd Wright built his Oak Park studio on the same block where Charles A. Purcell lived, not far from the Grays. In Chicago, where Purcell went frequently to visit his grandfather at The Interior offices, the work of Louis Sullivan continued to impress the young architect-to-be. His mind was already made up to pursue the study of the building arts in college and, following his graduation from Oak Park High School in 1899, he entered the School of Architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. During his third year of studies, Purcell entered the Andrew D. White Competition of 1902, sponsored and judged by the American ambassador to Germany. The design that he submitted was laughed at by others preparing their own entries, for the drawings featured no classical ornament and the plan was strictly organized according to the minimal requirements of the program. To the astonishment of his faculty and classmates, Purcell distinguished himself by winning first prize.
After graduation from Cornell in 1903 he returned to Oak Park, IL. Purcell considered applying to Frank Lloyd Wright, of whom his father did not approve, for a position in Wright's architectural practice. Instead, Purcell took a clerking position with Ezra E. Roberts, a stable and prosperous architect of whom Charles A. Purcell thought well. During a dinner party in Oak Park, Purcell met George Grant Elmslie, then the chief drafter for Louis Sullivan. The two men liked one another immediately, not least because of their shared interest in progressive architecture. When Purcell complained of his situation with Roberts, Elmslie offered to secure Purcell a position in the Sullivan office. Purcell spent five months, from August to December 1903, in the Sullivan office. However, there was not a great deal of work to be done in the office; Purcell drafted a lock plate and doorknob for one project and also delineated a landscaping plan for his employer's summer residence in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
For his next employment, Purcell ventured to the West Coast by way of an extended journey through the southwestern United States. He eventually arrived at Los Angeles and applied for work at the office of Myron Hunt, but there was no opening. On the recommendation of those with whom he interviewed, Purcell left southern California for San Francisco. Hired by John Galen Howard, Purcell became clerk of the works for the construction of California Hall, being built on the University of California campus at Berkeley. In 1905 Purcell moved farther up the coast to Seattle, Washington, where he worked for several months in the office of A. Warren Gould. Purcell's father, who was afraid of the effects of the region's weather on the health of his son, offered to send him on a year-long tour of Europe. Accepting the offer, Purcell contacted his former classmate, George Feick, Jr., and two men agreed to meet in New York.
In April,1906 Purcell and Feick were greeted upon their landing at Naples, Italy, by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. After visiting Florence and Venice, they traveled across Greece to Constantinople and by June had returned to western Europe. Purcell was keen to seek out the best contemporary design and, remembering a suggestion made by Elmslie he stopped in Holland to visit the architect H. P. Berlage. Berlage received him warmly and the two established a long-lasting friendship. Purcell was also successful in his efforts to reach Scandinavia, where he met progressive architects Ferdinand Boberg and M. Nyrop. These contacts added to his growing desire to commence his own work and shortly after returning to the United States, Purcell moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to open an office in partnership with George Feick, Jr.
[Purcell's collaboration with Feick and Elmslie are detailed in the following Historical Note.]
After the dissolution of the firm of Purcell and Elmslie, Purcell marketed standardized plans through a variety of service firm names. The Pacific States Engineering Corporation (PSEC) houses were a mainstay of Purcell's architectural practice during the 1920s. Purcell also became involved with the Architect's Small House Service Bureau (ASHSB,) and associated himself with other area architects in numerous residential designs in and around the Portland area. He also became increasingly active in professional, civic, and arts organizations. In 1925 Purcell met James Van Evera Bailey, a young architect who was an integral participant in both the design and construction process for four houses built during the Portland years. The largest and final major commission that Purcell received was the Third Church of Christ, Scientist, in Portland. Built in 1926, the building as completed realized only part of his design.Throughout the decade, Purcell had felt a progressive decline in his physical well being and, finally seeking medical attention in 1930, was diagnosed as having advanced tuberculosis. He closed his architectural practice and moved to a sanatorium in Banning, California, where he met his future wife, Cecily O'Brien. They married in late 1935, shortly after Purcell's divorce from Edna became final.
Purcell turned to writing and began an articulation of his views on art and architecture that continued prolifically until his death. Two projects were of special importance to him. From the late 1930s to the mid 1950s, he developed a series of unpublished essays called "The Parabiographies" that were commission-by-commission accounts of experiences during his architectural practice. These pages, together with many manuscripts discussing Sullivan and the "function and form" thesis, were sent for reading to George Elmslie who often added his own annotations. From 1940 to 1955, Purcell was principal contributing editor to an architectural journal, Northwest Architect, to which he contributed more than sixty articles.
Purcell maintained his relationships largely through correspondence. He remained in frequent touch with artist friends such as Richard Bock, Charles S. Chapman, Frederick D. Calhoun, and Clayton S. Price, and often communicated by sending a small audio recording known as a Soundscriber disk. For research related to his writing projects, he contacted former associates, clients, and old friends who often gladly replied to his questions. Along the same lines, Purcell wrote to architects or their relatives, such as Roger Berry, brother of Parker N. Berry, who had worked in the Sullivan office following the departure of Elmslie, and other architects from the progressive movement like Frances Barry Byrne and Marion Mahoney Griffin. In the early 1960s, Purcell was nominated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. James Van Evera Bailey was instrumental in bringing the award to his former teacher and associate, and Purcell reluctantly agreed to the honor in hopes of bringing to light once more the progressive work done by Purcell & Elmslie. Since Purcell was too weak to travel, the award was presented by a special committee that called at his home, Westwinds, in the summer of 1963. William Gray Purcell died in April, 1965.
Biographical information and historical notes adapted from the online
publication,
George Grant Elmslie was born in 1869 on a farm called Foot O' Hill near the town of Huntly in northeast Scotland. (Some writers give a birth year for Elmslie of 1871. While definitive documentation has yet to be published, Purcell related that Elmslie was actually born in 1869. However, he declared his birth year to be two years later than that when arriving in the United States to join his father at Chicago. Had Elmslie given his real date of birth, he would have been too old to enter as a dependent child.) Elmslie remained in school until he was sixteen when he and the rest of the family emigrated to America in 1884 to join his father, who had left a year earlier and found work at a meat packing plant in Chicago.
After taking courses for a year at a business school, Elmslie began the study of architecture. By 1887 he was at work in the office of Joseph Silsbee. Also in the Silsbee office at the time were Cecil Corwin, George H. Maher, and, most importantly, Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright soon left to work for the office of Adler & Sullivan, and in 1889 he asked Elmslie to join him there.
When business in the Sullivan firm waned after the turn of the century, Elmslie looked for a source of more regular income. He had been acquainted with William Gray Purcell since August of 1903 and the two had discussed the possiblity of joining forces in an architectural practice. Elmslie was reluctant to leave Chicago, since he would not abandon the ongoing work of clients. This and other personal reasons kept him from moving to Minneapolis until November, 1909.
[Elmslie's collaboration with Purcell and Feick are detailed in the following Historical Note.]
Elmslie returned to Chicago in 1912 after the death of his wife, Bonnie Hunter Elmslie, but continued practicing architecture from what then became the Chicago office of Purcell, Feick & Elmslie. After the Woodbury County Court House was completed in 1918, the business of the firm entered a decline. Purcell requested the dissolution of the Purcell & Elmslie partnership in 1921.
From the 1920s to the late 1930s, Elmslie obtained fewer than fifty commissions on his own. The practice that he established after the breakup of Purcell & Elmslie was known as George Grant Elmslie & Associates, representing an informal partnership with several draftsmen from the earlier partnership including Lawrence A. Fournier and Frederick A. Strauel. The largest related group of buildings that Elmslie designed during these years consisted of seven various structures, some built and others only projected, for a small college in Yankton, South Dakota. Elmslie also served as associate architect on several commercial and industrial structures with Herman V. von Holst, particularly a series of train stations and power company buildings. Among the last works recorded on his office accounting system were several schools built in Indiana from 1935 to 1938 in association with William S. Hutton. In 1947 Elmslie was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.
Elmslie maintained a voluminous correspondence with Purcell from the 1920s until his death. Beginning in the late 1940s Elmslie suffered from increasingly ill health. Due to arteriosclerosis his physical and mental capacities weakened gradually until he rarely had the strength to do even the smallest amount of work. He died at the age of eighty three on April 23, 1952.
Biographical information and historical notes adapted from the online
publication,
Early in 1907, Purcell and George Feick travelled by train from Chicago and after arriving in Minneapolis they took rooms in a boardinghouse, rented an office on the tenth floor of the New York Life Building, and mailed out engraved cards announcing the new architectural partnership of Purcell & Feick. For the next two and a half years, they worked to establish their credentials as earnest practitioners of the Sullivan derived "function and form," or organic, architecture. In December 1908 Purcell married Edna Summy, a Wellesley graduate whose father owned a music publishing business in Chicago.
Many early business relations sprang from contacts with friends of his father or grandfather. This growing network of small town businessmen, especially bankers, would eventually broaden opportunities for commissions in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakotas. From contacts in his home town of Sandusky, George Feick, Jr., brought business to the office from Ohio, particularly speculative houses and an office building done for his father, a construction contractor.
During the last months of 1909 Louis Sullivan could no longer pay George Elmslie because of declining business fortunes, and Elmslie was forced to find a more reliable situation. For some time Purcell and Elmslie had talked of working together, and the time was right. By 1910 Elmslie had left the Sullivan office and moved to Minneapolis as a full partner in Purcell, Feick & Elmslie.
George Elmslie brought important business contacts that resulted in a growing number of commissions from former Sullivan clients. George Feick followed leads for projects in his hometown and handled small buildings for friends and acquaintances. Purcell continued to develop productive friendships with men who lived in small towns throughout the Midwest, which created a network of sympathizers who kept the firm advised of potential jobs. During these years of success, personal events brought substantial changes to the lives of both Purcell and Elmslie. Profoundly affected by the death of his wife in 1912 , Elmslie left Minneapolis in March, 1913 and returned to Chicago where he opened a second Purcell, Feick & Elmslie office. George Feick did not completely share the intense dedication of Purcell and Elmslie to the new architecture, and in 1913 left Minneapolis to rejoin his father's business in Sandusky, Ohio.
The only expression of the organically based architecture in a major public building occurred in the Woodbury County Court House completed in Sioux City, Iowa in 1916 and designed in partnership with William L. Steele, an architect who had developed a strong friendship with George Elmslie while working in the Sullivan office.
With the World War bringing architectural commissions to a near-standstill, Purcell looked for employment through former business connections. In 1915 Purcell had met Charles O. Alexander, the president of the Alexander Brothers Leather Belting Company of Philadelphia. Purcell's desire to participate in the war effort led him, in 1916, to begin working for Alexander Brothers Corporation (later known as International Leather Belting Corporation) in the dual capacities of architect and advertising manager. From 1916 until his resignation in 1919, he created a systematized and coordinated series of campaigns to sell Alexander products using artwork and graphic designs commissioned from some of the finest artists of the progressive movement, such as Charles S. Chapman, Charles Livingston Bull, and John W. Norton. As well, the Purcell & Elmslie firm oversaw a complete remodeling of the executive offices of Alexander Brothers and designed two unbuilt projects for C. O. Alexander personally. The most important of the architectural designs for Alexander Brothers was a standardized factory plan that was intended to be built in three locations. Only two units, those in Chicago and New Haven, were constructed. Purcell resigned in 1919, but eventually was forced to sue to recover architectural fees due Purcell & Elmslie as well as his own salary.
Purcell left the East Coast in November, 1919 heading for Portland, Oregon. At first, Purcell did not intend to continue in architectural practice. His original purpose in coming west was to join his cousin, Charles H. Purcell, in a bridge building company called the Pacific States Engineering Corporation (PSEC). However, under the old firm name of Purcell & Elmslie, the W. G. Purcell residence was built in 1920, but beyond one bank and a few other, fruitless inquiries, the effort to generate new business was a failure. Citing poor economic circumstances, Purcell formally requested that the Purcell & firm be dissolved in 1921.
Biographical information and historical notes adapted from the online
publication,
Collection contains drawings, including plans, elevations and sections, for much of the firm's work, together with renderings, sketches, photographs and correspondence. Letters, photographs and books from Purcell's maternal grandfather (William Cunningham Gray, 1830-1901) form part of the collection. Also present in the papers are manuscripts, typescripts, and clippings.
The bulk of the correspondence dates from Purcell's retirement, although the papers include letters from Louis H. Sullivan (1856-1924) and others from the Chicago School of Architecture. Purcell remained involved in the architectural profession through contributions to journals and in correspondence with architects and architectural historians such as Talbot Hamlin, Lewis Mumford, Wayne Andrews and David Gebhard.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
The following section contains a list of the materials in the collection. A complete inventory of the collection is available in the archives.
The Architectural Records are the largest part of the Purcell Papers by volume and are also the most varied in media. For example, drawings are either original artworks, copies made through a variety of reproduction processes, or a combination of both treatments. Specialized records such as specifications also appear in the files.
Materials documenting specific designs are arranged in commission files, also sometimes called building files or job files. A building file can contain several types of drawings. Sketches show the early conceptual development of a design, often illustrating alternative solutions. Sketches in the Architectural Records are generally small, executed in pencil on thin translucent paper. Since these drawings are preliminary and experimental in nature, sketches are usually not drawn to proportion, or scale. Studies are a more definite expression of a design, though they may still present alternate schemes. Most studies, particularly those by George Grant Elmslie, have a specific scale and include suggested landscaping or similar details.
Some commission files contain specifications, written instructions to contractors that supplement the construction requirements found on technical drawings. These documents define in detail the quality and type of materials to be used, the necessary workmanship, legal or procedural obligations of the contractor, and other precise information needed to complete a building. More familiar documents also found in the building files include correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs. Many commission files reflect not only the design-making and construction process but also provide documentation on the subsequent life of the building, including publications such as newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and brochures.
JN 002-1/2
Wellesley, MA
Purcell and Feick
JN 218
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 139
Oak Park, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 010
Albert Lea, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 410
Albert Lea, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 342
Philadelphia, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
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Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
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n.l.
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Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
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Philadelphia, PA
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JN 357
Philadelphia, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 377
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 297
Philadelphia, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 383
Squam Lake, NH
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 401
Aurora, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 050
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 013
Atkinson, NE
Purcell and Feick
JN 081
Bismarck, ND
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 353
St. Cloud, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 354
St. Cloud, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 355
St. Cloud, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 352
St. Cloud, MN
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JN 227
Canberra, AUS
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 325
Canberra, AUS
Purcell and Elmslie
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JN 170
JN 301
Hinsdale, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 234
Riverside, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
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Riverside, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 267
Riverside, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
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Riverside, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 288
Riverside, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 142
Riverside, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 088
Riverside, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 283
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 106
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 248
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 017
Bismarck, ND
Purcell and Feick
JN 075
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 199
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 390
Drummond, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
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Wayzata, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 053
White Earth, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 155
JN 071
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 376
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 263
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 217
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 375
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 374
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 261
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 134
Wayzata, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 103
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 029
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Feick
JN 344
Philadelphia, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 343
Philadelphia, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 341
Philadelphia, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell and Feick
JN 016
Bismarck, ND
Purcell and Feick
JN 118
Chicago, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 072
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 163
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 290
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 082
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 109
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 145
Rochester, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 042
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 089
Madison, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 260
Madison, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 403
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 500
JN 500
Portland, OR
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 006
Red Wing, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 198
Red Wing, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 004
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 154
Owatonna, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 266
Lake Bluff, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 273
Lake Bluff, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 069
Bismarck, ND
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 335
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 335A
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 405
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 369
Charlotte, NC
Purcell and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 380
Charlotte, NC
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 061
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 128
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 225
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell and Feick
JN 180
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 193
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 024
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Feick
JN 287
[Eau Claire, WI]
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 107
Cedar Rapids, IA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 392
Drummond, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 329
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 240
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 317
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 351
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 108
Watertown, SD
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 105
Cedar Falls, IA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 331
Des Moines, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 084
Cedar Rapids, IA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 146
Chicago, IL ?
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 158
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 149
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 160
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 147
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 127
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 181
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 188
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 143
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 162
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 189
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 183
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 131
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 093
Woods Hole, MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 093A
Woods Hole MA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 129
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 500
JN 112
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 150
Rhinelander, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 057
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 117
Minneapolis, MN
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Minneapolis, MN
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Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
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Purcell and Elmslie
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Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
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Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
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Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
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Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
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Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
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Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
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Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
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Charles City, IA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 012
Omaha, NE
Purcell and Feick
JN 044
Harlan, IA
Purcell and Feick
JN 001
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 223
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
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n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 140
Chicago, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 065
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Feick
JN 170
Chicago, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 271
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 321
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 238
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 230
Kansas City, MO
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 242
San Fransisco, CA
Purcell and Elmslie; Walter H. Ratcliffe, assoc. archt.
JN 251
San Francisco, CA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 265
River Forest, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 074
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 027
Mankato, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 100
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 289
Owen, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 076
Grand Meadow, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 152
Grand Meadow, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 309
Hector, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 328
Kasson, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 032
Sandusky, OH
Purcell and Feick
JN 041
Sandusky, OH
Purcell and Feick
JN 221
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 220
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 168
Bismarck, ND
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 114
Graceville, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 124
Mankato, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 099
Rhinelander, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 008
Winona, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 399
Adams, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 233
Graceville, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 177
Janesville, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 231
Le Roy, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 239
Red Wing, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 407
Rhinelander, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 291
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 125
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 187
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 062
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 391
Drummond, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 090
n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 077
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 191
Hutchinson, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 003
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 060
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 165
Sandusky, OH
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
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Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 262
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 254
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 318
JN 022
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 284
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 195
Rapid City, SD
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 034
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 097
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 296
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 299
Helena, MT
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 314
Helena, MT
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 316
Helena, MT
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 315
Helena, MT
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 312
Helena, MT
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 122
Helena, MT
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 362
JN 302
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 138
Sandusky, OH
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 102
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 278
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
Jn 096
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 200
Red Wing, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 280
Red Wing, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 101
Lake City, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 318
Flossmorr, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 151
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 192
Sarasota, FL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 091
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 310
Siang Tang, Hunan, China
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 020
n.l.
Purcell and Feick
JN 366
New Haven, CT; Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 364
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 370
Phildelphia, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 340B
New Haven, CT
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 340C
Cleveland, OH
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 340A
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 340D
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 340
New York, NY
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 370B
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 156
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 126
Chicago, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 045
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 349
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 384
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 023
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 120
Bismarck, ND
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 285
Jump River, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 018A
Rochester, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 073
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 322
Mapleton, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 116
Rochester, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 400
Mudlava, IN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 025
n.l.
Purcell and Feick
JN 320
JN 009
Winona, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 011
Towner, ND
Purcell and Feick
JN 275
Le Roy, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 305
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 155
St. Paul, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 119
Merrill, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 059
n.l.
Purcell and Feick
JN 207
Litchfield, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 252
Berkeley, CA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 064
Hayward, WI
Purcell and Feick
JN 171
Hayward, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 324
Mitchell, SD
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 337
Mitchell, SD
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 308
Mitchell, SD
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 035
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 204
Madison, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 396
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 055
n.l.
Purcell and Feick
JN 125
JN 216
Island Lake, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 040
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 270
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 018
North Dakota
Purcell and Feick
JN 121
Rhinelander, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 014
Purcell and Feick
JN 346
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 132
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 397
Winona, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 043
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Feick
JN 178
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 095
Pittsburgh, PA
George Grant Elmslie
JN 232
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 395
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 326
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 258
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 307
MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 229
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 259
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 068
n.l.
Purcell and Feick
JN 104
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 319
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 327
Kasson, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 110
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 033
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 361
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 372
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 373
Owatonna, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 228
Madison, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 185
n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 175
Chicago, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 067
Menomonie, WI ?
Purcell and Feick
JN 320
Stanley, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 277
Anoka, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 246
Anoka, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 378
Drummond, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 394
Drummond, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 046
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Feick
JN 173
n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 389
Drummond, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 358
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 130
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 350
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 264
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 196
n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 237
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 269
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 306
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 336
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 365
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 159
Mason City, IA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 247
St. Paul, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 202
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 179
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 328
Kasson, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 332
Kasson, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 205
n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 362
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 087
Owatonna, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 141
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 036
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 347
Spooner, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 098
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 411
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 348
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 214
River Forest, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 409
River Forest, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 241
Forest Park, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 051
River Forest, IL
Purcell and Feick
JN 197
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 256
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 368
Rose Valley, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 026
Los Angeles, CA
Purcell and Feick
JN 279
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 367
Philadelphia, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 005A
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 382
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 005
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 381
Rose Valley, PA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 313
Rhinelander, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 028
Lake Minnetonka, MN?
Purcell and Feick
JN 133
Rhinelander, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 268
Rhinelander, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 144
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 235
Riverside, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 379
Riverside, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 201
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 115
n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 245
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 113
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 304
Bismarck, ND
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 393
Drummond, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 052
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 298
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 402
Aurora, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 244
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 094
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 037
Shakopee, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 086
JN 153
Cedar Rapids, IA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 272
Glencoe, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 387
Glencoe, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 388
Glencoe, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 058
Oak Park, IL
Purcell and Feick
JN 017
Bismarck, ND
Purcell and Feick
JN 276
JN 194
Waukegan, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 224
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 323
Sauk Center, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 202
JN 086
Cedar Rapids, IA
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 320
JN 295
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 047
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Feick
JN 048
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell and Feick
JN 056
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 066
n.l.
Purcell and Feick
JN 039
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 079
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 294
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 176
Minneapolis, MN?
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 211
Chicago, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 038
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Feick
JN 406
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 382A
Chicago, IL ?
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 135
Chicago, IL
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 282
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 031
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 007
Sandusky, OH
Purcell and Feick
JN 292
Chicago, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 330
Riverside, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 250
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 137
Sandusky, OH
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 222B
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 222
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 049
Bismarck, ND
Purcell and Feick
JN 092
MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 157
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 030
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 385
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 386
Fergus Falls, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 398
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 019
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 085
Eau Claire, WI
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 111
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 190
Billings, MT
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 334
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 206
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 063
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 080
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 123
Austin, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 172
n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 255
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 281
n.l.
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 002
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 182
n.l.
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 078
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 169
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 209
Fargo, ND
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 249
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 345
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 184
Winona, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 161
Winthrop, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 054
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Feick
JN 148
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 186
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 174
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 208
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN 276
Sioux City, IA
Purcell and Elmslie; William Steele, assoc. archt.
JN 300
Sioux City, IA
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 236
Lyons, IL
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 243
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell and Elmslie
JN 164
Paris, France
Purcell, Feick and Elmslie
JN X33
[Minneapolis, MN?]
Purcell and Strauel
JN X08
n.l.
Purcell
JN X12
Seattle, WA
Purcell
JN X01
n.l.
Purcell
JN X07
n.l.
Purcell
JN X34
n.l.
Purcell
JN X05
Des Plaines, IL
Purcell
JN X32
Beaumont, CA
Purcell
JN X17
n.l.
Purcell
JN X16
n.l.
Purcell
JN X14
n.l.
Purcell
JN X18
n.l.
Purcell
JN X15
n.l.
Purcell
JN X30
n.l.
E. Kroner and Purcell
JN X31
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN X32
n.l.
Purcell
JN 668
[Portland, OR]
Purcell
JN 603
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 611
n.l.
Purcell
JN 659
Parkdale, OR
Purcell
JN 686
n.l.
Purcell
JN 694
n.l.
Purcell
JN 651
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 628
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 697
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 698
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 635
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 656
n.l.
Purcell
JN 606
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 617
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 614
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 615
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 608-608-A
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 609
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 613
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 605-B
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 662
n.l.
Purcell
JN 674
n.l.
Purcell
JN 642
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 665
n.l.
Purcell
JN 610
n.l.
Purcell
JN 664
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 655
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 622
n.l.
Purcell
JN 685
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 629
n.l.
Purcell
JN 657
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 630
n.l.
Purcell
JN 667
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 630A
Fleesing, NY
Purcell
JN 652
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 661
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 660
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 693-B
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 625
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 607
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 654
n.l.
Purcell
JN 601
Hood River, OR
Purcell
JN 641
Hinsdale, [OR]
Purcell
JN 666
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 666
Portland, OR
Purcell, Ralph C. Bonadurer
JN 618
[Portland, OR?]
Purcell
JN 619
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 688
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN 631
Portland, OR
Purcell
JN
n.l.
Purcell; ASHSB
JN
n.l.
Purcell; ASHSB
JN
n.l.
Purcell; ASHSB
JN
n.l.
Purcell; ASHSB
JN
Minneapolis, MN
Purcell; ASHSB
JN
n.l.
Purcell; ASHSB
JN
Pasadena, CA
Purcell; ASHSB
JN
Pasadena, CA
Purcell; ASHSB
JN
Altadena, CA
Purcell; ASHSB
GGE X07
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 259
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 287
Berwyn, IL
Elmslie
GGE X09
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 280
Riverside, IL
Elmslie
GGE 305
Aurora, IL
Elmslie
GGE 316
Aurora, IL
Elmslie w/ Purcell
GGE X03
Near Chicago, IL
Elmslie
GGE X05
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 275
Rhinelander, WI
Elmslie
GGE 311
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 257
Topeka, KS
Elmslie
GGE X06
Western Springs, IL
Elmslie
GGE X12
Woodstock, IL
Elmslie
GGE
[Chicago, IL?]
Elmslie
GGE X11
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 307
Yankton, SD
Elmslie
GGE X14
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 290
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X19
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X18
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X21
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X20
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 298
Yankton, SD
Elmslie
GGE 252-A
Rhinelander, WI
Elmslie
GGE 252-B
Rhinelander, WI
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X13
Hammond , IN
Elmslie and Wm. S. Hutton
GGE X02
Highland Park, IL
Elmslie
GGE 308
Yankton, SD
Elmslie
GGE 274
Chicago, IL
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 251
Minneapolis, MN
Elmslie; Purcell
GGE 265
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 299
Yankton, SD
Elmslie
GGE 303
Yankton, SD
Elmslie
GGE X01
n.l.
Elmslie and Alfonso Iannelli
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X04
Glen Ellyn, IL
Elmslie
GGE 255
Evanston, IL
Elmslie
GGE 270J
Chicago, IL
Elmslie
GGE 306
Lemont, IL
Elmslie
GGE 302
Yankton, SD
Elmslie
GGE X10
Cicero, IL
Elmslie
GGE 297
Glenview, IL
Elmslie
GGE 300
Baileys Harbor, WI
Elmslie and H. Von Holst
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X26
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X24
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X22
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X25
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X23
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 281
St. Charles, IL
Elmslie
GGE 262
Highland Park, IL
Elmslie
GGE 278
Hinsdale, IL
Elmslie
GGE 289
Aurora, IL
Elmslie
GGE 266
Aurora, IL
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X17
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
Pittsburgh, PA
Elmslie
GGE X16
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
Aurora, IL
Elmslie
GGE 268
Cold Spring, MN
Elmslie
GGE 284
Western Springs, IL
Elmslie
GGE 277
Aurora, IL
Elmslie
GGE X08
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE X27
n.l.
Elmslie
GGE 294
Yankton, SD
Elmslie
Walker Art Museum exhibition
The second largest portion of the Purcell Papers consists of the contents of the Correspondents files. Many of these files were originally created by Purcell as groups of letters, manuscripts, biographical information, photographs, publications, and other materials to document the work and lives of associates, friends, family, and other people. During the course of his life, Purcell developed and maintained personal and professional relationships with a wide variety of people, including many prominent architects, artists, historians, and authors. While some Correspondents files reflect only a single, brief exchange on a limited subject, others show a diversity of interests that continued to be shared over long periods of time. In some instances the documents found in the Correspondents files are the principal remaining or sole known records of the persons they represent.
Correspondence (1957-1958), including Dorothy O'Brien, and Cecily Purcell.
Diplomats. Correspondence (1938-1965).
Journalist. Correspondence (ca. 1950-1953), with references to:
Chilson Aldrich (husband). See also L:
Correspondence (1913-1959, n.d.), including George A. Chapman, with references to: AIA (national, Illinois, Minnesota, Oregon, and southern California chapters), Architect's Small House Service Bureau. Artwork by Hart-Kaiser Studio. See also B:A5d6.
Correspondence (1925-1947), including Ella Blackly Andrews (wife), with reference to: W. C. Gray. See also GFA:A8, 11-12.
Photographer, architectural historian, author. Correspondence
(1951-1964), including Tib Andrews (wife), with references to: Richard Bock,
Ernest Flagg, Herbert Fritz, Elbert Hubbard, Samuel Insull, the McCormick
family, Purcell & Elmslie, Rudolph Schindler, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd
Wright, and Anna M. Ziegler. Manuscripts. Photographs. Publications. See also
AR:E1. C:29, 112, 247, 297. L:
Letters to the editor. Correspondence (1940-1948), including James E. Fitch, with references to: Dankmar Adler, George Grant Elmslie, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and L. Morgan Yost. See also C:99, 215, 232, 238, 295.
Artist, author. Correspondence (1921, n.d.), including Constance
Armfield (wife), with reference to: Christian Science. See also L:
Cornell classmate. Correspondence (1903). Biographical manuscript. See also B:A2.
Letters to the editor. Correspondence (1925, 1946, 1959), with reference to: California bungalows.
Correspondence (1934-1938), with references to: Oak Park (Illinois), James W. Scoville, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Correspondents include: ABBOTT, Willis J., with reference to:
Client. Correspondence (1944), with reference to: Louis Sullivan. See also AR:LHS 3; B4d1.8-9. C:20, 98-99, 124.
Dean, Cleveland School of Art. Correspondence (1918-1919), with references to: Norman T. A. Munder, and AR:P&E 276.
Architect. Correspondence (1927-1964), including Janet Bailey (wife), Walter E. Church, David S. Gebhard, John Jager, Richard Neutra, Cecily Purcell, William H. Scheick, and Fred A. Strauel, with references to: Herman Brookman, James E. Fitch, Margaret Fritsch, Leroy L. Gaarder, Walter Burley Griffin, Ben Hazen, Walter Lorenz, Edna S. Purcell, Frank Lloyd Wright, L. Morgan Yost, AR:WGP 697-698, 706, 725, 743, X40-41. Architectural records (drawings, specifications, correspondence, photographs, and/or publications for: Arrowhead residence (1934); Speculative house (Palm Springs, CA, 1934. See also AR:WGP 732); Harry Blair beach residence (Neskowin Beach, OR, 1944); Bank (1945); Forest Hills Clubhouse (Lake Oswego, OR, 1953); Piney Woods School (1954); Bank (1959); and other. Publications, illustrating Bailey designs. Miscellaneous, including archival inventory lists and biographical records. See also AR:WGP 725, 729, 731A, 732, X40-41; E1; F3. AU:SS 1. B:A7e1. C:51, 118, 170, 314, 361. MSS:A32(LHB 10, 12); A34(NWA 27, 30, 43). P:MP 13. Appendix C4.
Architect. Correspondence (1951-1963), including Elizabeth Lorch Bailey (wife). Photograph. Publication. See also B:A7e1. C:27.
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1943-1952), with reference to: Society of Architectural Historians. Publications.
Student. Correspondence (1950), with references to: George Grant Elmslie, Louis Sullivan, and Walt Whitman.
Architect. Correspondence (1950-1960s), with references to: Erven Jourdan, and W. C. Gray. Manuscripts. See also AU:SS 2. MSS:A34(NWA 41).
Client. Correspondence (1907-1929), with references to: Henry B. Babson, H. P. Berlage, Cecil B. Chapman, Bonnie Hunter Elmslie, Albert Fleury, Merchants National Bank (Grinnell, IA), AR:LHS 16; P&E 76, 86-87, 99, 104-105, 124, 132, 136, 154, 175, 218, 231. Photograph. See also AR:LHS 4; P&E 87, 136, 217, 261, 263, 374-376; B4a8. C:99.
Dutch architect. Correspondence (1926, 1946-1947), including C. F. Proos and Berlage family, with references to: Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Publications illustrating Berlage designs. See also AR:B4d1.9. C:20, 74, 91, 112, 124. MSS:A2; A4; A34(NWA 11, 14).
Brother of architect Parker N. Berry. Correspondence
(1953-1960), including Grace W. Mueller, with references to: Parker N. Berry,
Editor of
Artist. Correspondence (1943), including Harry S. Lafond, with reference to: Reginald Birch. Biographical publications.
Cousin of William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (1962), with references to: Dowling and Purcell families, and North Bend, Nebraska.
Correspondence (1906), with references to: Island Lake (WI), and Gordon Young.
Architect.Correspondence (1956), with reference to: Louis Sullivan. Publication, with references to: Roger Bailey.
Architect. Correspondence (1925). See also AR:B4a2. C:124. MSS:A34(NWA 11, 47).
Artist. Correspondence (1913-1966), including Allen D. Albert, Wayne Andrews, Thor Bock (son), Douglas Donaldson, and Wallace S. Hayden. Drawings. Manuscripts, The Autobiography of Richard Bock, with references to: Marion Mahoney Griffin, Purcell & Elmslie, Frank Lloyd Wright, and AR:P&E 256. Photographs illustrating Bock designs. See also C:6, 89(DIXON, Maynard), 124, 284.
Architect. Correspondence (1953-1955), with reference to: AR:WGP 666. Photographs. See also AU:SS 3.
Architect. Correspondence (1962-1964).
Artist. Correspondence (1940). Publications. See also AR:P&E 276; B4a6, d4.2. C:124, 167. MSS:A34(NWA 14, 51).
Client. Correspondence (1938, 1957), with references to: Josephine Crane Bradley (wife), Charles R. Crane, George Grant Elmslie, Louis Sullivan, and AR:LHS 6. See also Appendix C2.
Author. Correspondence (1927-1951), including George Grant
Elmslie, with references to: George Grant Elmslie, and
Attorney. Correspondence (1931-1935), with references to: Catherine Gray, and Douglas Purcell. See also AR:B4a16. C:274, 314.
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1955-1962), with references to: Prairie architecture, and AR:P&E 8.
Architect. Correspondence (1934-1964), including John Jager, and Eileen Manning Michaels, with references to: Harvey Ellis, John Jager, Purcell & Elmslie, Clarence Shepard, George M. Siemens, Frank Lloyd Wright, and AR:P&E 276. Architectural drawings. Publications. See also MSS:A34(NWA 46).
Broadcaster. Correspondence (1947-1958).
Correspondence (1947), including Elizabeth, Princess of England (later Queen).
Architect. Correspondence (1917-1918), including Purcell & Elmslie, with reference to: AR:P&E 312.
Norwegian architect. Correspondence (1927-1946), including Bugge family. Photograph. Publications.
Artist. Correspondence (1914-1917), with reference to: Alexander Brothers [AR:P&E 333]. Biographical manuscripts. Photographs. Publications. Other. See also AR:P&E 256, 333; B4d1.7; B5d. C:54-55, 89. MSS:A34(NWA 42, 65).
Wife of author Robert J. Burdette. Correspondence (1937). Publications.
Aunt of William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (1906-1907). See also C:124, 271. GFA:A5-6.
Governor of North Dakota. Correspondence (1915, 1938), including P. E. Byrne, and Richard T. Montgomery. See also AR:P&E 276.
Correspondence (1943-1964), including Dorothy Hofmeester, John C. Replinger, Frederick A. Strauel, and George C. Winterowd, with references to: Etta Artnzen, Burnham Library Microfilm Project [P:MP 2,4], Edward and George Butler (Butler Brothers), George Grant Elmslie, Erven Jourdan ("Southern California Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright" [P:MP 1]), Purcell & Elmslie, Earl H. Reed, Louis Sullivan, "Louis Sullivan and the Architecture of Free Enterprise" [AR:A6], Frank Lloyd Wright, and AR:WGP 666. See also AU:SS 4. Appendix C3.
Architect. Correspondence (1953-1963), with references to: William Drummond, Marion Mahoney Griffin, Walter Burley Griffin, Arthur Heun, Albert McArthur, and Harry Robinson. Publications. See also Appendix C8.
Correspondents include: BADDER, H. G., with reference to: "Refrosting Frozen Music [B:B6]; BEESON, --, with reference to: Harvey Ellis; BETTS, William F., with reference to THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT; BLISS, Mrs. Gilbert A., with reference to: AR:P&E 284; BROOKS, J. Woolson; and BUSH, Ella P., with reference to: Douglas Donaldson.
Artist. Correspondence (1938-1956), with reference to: AR:P&E 310. Biographical manuscripts. Photographs. Publication. See also AR:B4b7. AW:B1b4. AU:SS 5.
Architect. Correspondence (1963).
Client. Correspondence (1940-1963), including James Van Evera Bailey, Dorothy O'Brien, and Frederick A. Strauel, with reference to: AR:WGP 776-776A. Manuscripts. See also AU:SS 6. C:314.
Architect. Correspondence (1958-1959).
Architect. Correspondence (1960), with reference to: AR:P&E 99. See also AU:MT 13.
Artist. Correspondence (1919-1964), including Ada Chapman (wife), with references to: Chilson Aldrich, Charles Livingston Bull, Maurice I. Flagg, Oregon Society of Artists, "The Barn" [AW:B1b6], and AR:P&E 335. Biographical manuscripts. Publications. Reproductions of Chapman designs. See also AR:B5d. AW:B1b6-8. C:170. MSS:A34(NWA 29, 33, 38). P:A5b; MP 14.
Architect, brother of Charles S. Chapman. Correspondence (1914, ca. 1940s), with references to: Charles Livingston Bull, and Harvey Ellis. Photograph, including John A. Walquist. See also C:4. Appendix C1.
Correspondence (1964), with references to: "This, Too, Could Be History" [MSS:A35].
Architect. Correspondence (1963), with reference to: AIA Fellowship. See also C:15.
Author, daughter of W. Y. Chute. Correspondence (1943-1964). Photographs. Publication, with reference to: W. Y. Chute.
Draftsman for Purcell & Elmslie. Biographical manuscript. See also AR:B4a5, d1.4, d1.6, e2.
Correspondence (1902-1903), with reference to: Oak Park (Illinois).
Art historian. Correspondence (1963-1964), with references to: Louis Christian Mullgardt, and Henry Ives Cobb. [__ items]
Artist. Correspondence (1939, n.d.), including Mamie Clark (wife).
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1962).
Publications. See also L:
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1952-1960), including Helen Clapsattle, Grace R. Mueller, and Henry G. Saylor, with references to: Frances Fisher Dyers, George Grant Elmslie, Louis Sullivan, John Szarkowski, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Manuscripts, with references to: Christian Schneider (sculptor), Louis Sullivan, Thomas Tallamdge, Frank Lloyd Wright, and others in the Sullivan office. Photographs. Publications. See also AU:SS 7. C:22, 86, 98, 225, 318.
Nephew of Cecily Purcell. Correspondence (1945-1946). See also C:318.
Architecture student. Correspondence (1956).
Correspondence (1901, 1947). Photograph.
Art historian. Correspondence (1949-1951), including George Grant Elmslie.
Correspondence (1938), with references to: Purcell family, and AR:P&E 310.
Correspondents include: CHALMERS, Ann; and CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS NATIONAL BANK, with references to: Charles A. Purcell and the American Malting Company.
Correspondence (1954-1961), including Alice M. Davis (wife). Photographs.
Minister. Correspondence (1949-1964), with reference to: Island Lake, Wisconsin. Photographs. See also AU:SS 8.
Correspondence (1942), with reference to:
Dutch architect. Correspondence (1946-1953), with reference to: H. P. Berlage. Publications, with reference to: Mies van der Rohe.
Architect, Cornell classmate. Correspondence (1942). See also B:A2a3.
Correspondence (1951-1960), including Paul des Jardins (son). See also MSS:A34(NWA 46).
Client. Correspondence (1926), with reference to: Hewitt & Brown. See also AR:P&E 330; B4a16. C:170, 292, 314.
Correspondence (1938). Photographs.
Interior designer. Correspondence (1924-ca. 1940s), including Maurice I. Flagg, John Jager, Harry Rubins, E. C. Sherbourne, Frederick A. Strauel, and Walter H. Wheeler, with references to: Architect's Small House Service Bureau, Arts and Crafts Society of Southern California, Norman Edwards, Handicraft Guild, Edwin H. Hewitt, Selma Jager, Ellis Lawrence, and the Oregon Society of Artists. Manuscripts, including notes from Donaldson lectures. Samples of Donaldson designs. Photographs. Publications, with references to: Pacific States Engineering Corporation. See also AR:B4c. AU:SS 9. C:29, 48(BUSH, Ella P.), 137, 271, 295, 314. MSS:A34(NWA 12, 31).
U. S. Congresswoman. Correspondence (1945).
U. S. Senator. Correspondence (1957).
Architect. Correspondence (1937, 1959).
Artist. Correspondence (1957), with reference to: Oregon Society of Artists. See also MSS:A34(NWA 38).
Dutch architect. Correspondence (1954). Publication. See also MSS:A34(NWA 61).
Correspondence (1945), with reference to: Grace Lee Nute.
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1960),
including Edith Elmslie, and Dorothy O'Brien: ref. Willard Connely, Richard
Nickel, Eliel Saarinen, and Louis Sullivan. Manuscripts:
Architect. Correspondence (1950-1951).
Architect. Correspondence (1962), including Dorothy O'Brien, with reference to: Louis Sullivan. Architectural records. See also AU:SS 11.
Correspondents include: DIXON, Maynard, with reference to: Richard Bock, Charles Livingston Bull, and Albert Fleury regarding artwork for AR:P&E 197; and DURHAM, --- , with reference to: Cornell University.
Architect. Correspondence (1943-1964). Photograph.
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1954-1964), including David S. Gebhard, and John Jager, with references to: Carl K. Bennett, H. P. Berlage, Hiram Corser, Lawrence Fournier, Jens Jensen, Louis Sullivan, Charles E. White, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Manuscripts. Publications. See also AR:E5. AU:SS 12. C:174.
Swedish architect. Correspondence (1952-1965), with reference to John A. Walquist, chromographs [AW:A7a], and "Wintergreen Civic Development Unit" [MSS:A34(NWA 59)]. Architectural records. Manuscripts, with references to: William Gray Purcell. Photographs. Publications. Other. See also AU:SS 13. B:A7e1. MSS:A34(NWA 52).
Swedish architect. Correspondence (1946).
Theatrical designer. Correspondence (1934-1935). Photographs illustrating Edwards designs. See also C:79. MSS:A14.
Architect, inventor. Correspondence (1955).
Inventor. Correspondence (1932), with reference to: Elbert Portable Fireplace. Publications.
Correspondence (1947-1963).
Sister of George Grant Elmslie. Correspondence (1952-1960), including Willard Connely, David S. Gebhard, Talbot Hamlin, Herman V. von Holst, Emil Lorch, Henry G. Saylor, Frederick A. Strauel, Thomas Tallmadge, and L. Morgan Yost, with references to: Henry B. Babson, Mrs. Gilbert A. Bliss, Burnham Library Microfilm Project, Francis Buzzell, George Grant Elmslie, "Purcell & Elmslie, Architects" [AR:E], Purcell & Elmslie, William L. Steele Sr., Louis Sullivan, John A. Walquist, Frank Lloyd Wright, AR:LHS 9, 27, and GGE 278. Biographical materials, with reference to: George Grant Elmslie. See also AR:P&E 276; GGE 316; E1. C:86, 99, 247.
Architect, partner Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence
(1907-1952), including Edith Elmslie, George Feick Jr., William D. Gates,
Talbot Hamlin, John Jager, Hugh Morrison, Lewis Mumford, Howard Myers, Howard
O'Brien, Austin H. Parker, P. A. Starck, Frederick A. Strauel, Arthur
Woltersdorf, and Frank Lloyd Wright, with references to: Dankmar Adler,
Architect. Correspondence (1958-1962), with references to: Erven Jourdan, and "Back to the Woods" [MSS:A40]. Publications.
Correspondence (1959-1964), with references to: George Grant Elmslie, Richard Nickel, Louis Sullivan, and Thomas Tallmadge. Manuscripts. See also L: The Testament of Stone (1963).
Artist. Correspondence (1937-1942).
Director, University of Minnesota Press. Correspondence
(1958-1965), with references to: Oregon Society of Artists, John Szarkowski, "A
Discussion of Painting" [B:B11], and
Correspondents include: EDINBURGH PUBLIC LIBRARY, with reference to: George Grant Elmslie; EDMUNDS, Phillip, with reference to: Louis Sullivan, and AR:LHS 27; and ESCHRICH, Lewis, with reference to Island Lake, Wisconsin.
Author. Correspondence (1946-1949), with references to:
Architect. Correspondence (1962-1966), including Dorothy O'Brien, with references to: chromographs [AW:A7a], Herbert Fritz, and Taddeus Janowski. Publications, including samples of small press magazines.
Architect, partner Purcell & Feick, and Purcell, Feick & Elmslie. Correspondence (1903, 1911, n.d.), including Elizabeth Feick (wife), and Catherine Gray. Biographical manuscripts. Photographs. See also AR:P&E 67; B4. AW:A2. C:99, 117, 124. P:A4b.
Editor,
Architect. Correspondence (1932).
Correspondence (1936, 1953, 1966), including Dorothy O'Brien, with reference to: Robert C. Spencer.
Editor,
Architect. Correspondence (1926-1955), including Wayne Andrews,
with references to: H. P. Berlage, Flagg Modular System, and AR:WGP 688.
Manuscripts. Publications. See also AR:B4d1.1. AU:SS 14. C:6. L:
Director, Minnesota State Arts Commission and Architect's Small House Service Bureau. Correspondence (1914-1927), including Edwin H. Hewitt. Publication. See also AR:B4a8; C2b1. C:54, 79. MSS:A34(NWA 7). Appendix C1.
Artist. Correspondence (1913), with references to: "Chicago River" [AW:B1b3]. Photographs. See also AR:LHS 16. C: 20, 89.
Correspondence (1953-1957), with reference to: Island Lake, Wisconsin. See also AU:SS 15.
Correspondence (1951).
Architect, draftsman for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence (1922-1945), including John Jager, and Frederick A. Strauel, with references to: George Grant Elmslie, George Feick Jr., Walter Burley Griffin, Paul Haugen, the Parabiographies [AR:B4d], and Purcell & Elmslie. See also AR:P&E 340; B4b6, d1.6; F1. C:91, 99, 124, 314. MSS:A34(NWA 25).
Correspondence (1947), with references to: James Van Evera Bailey, and AR:LHS 6.
Correspondents include: FOSTER, John W., with reference to: AIA, Oregon chapter).
Architect, draftsman for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence (1939), with reference to: Purcell & Elmslie. Photographs. See also AR:B4b6. AU:MT 14. C:15, 314, 339. MSS:A34(NWA 12). Appendix B9.
Art historian. Correspondence (1960), with references to: George H. Maher, and Dmitri Tselos. See also AU:SS 16.
Client. Correspondence (1931), with reference to: Edna S. Purcell. See also AR:P&E 90; B4d1.1; WGP 706. C:314. MSS:A34(NWA 36).
President, American Terracotta and Ceramic Company. Correspondence (n.d.). See also AR:LHS 16; P&E 276. C:99.
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1951-1964).
Manuscripts, with references to: Alexander Brothers, American Terracotta and
Ceramic Co., Bebb & Mendel, Clinton Babcock, Henry B. Babson, H. P.
Berlage, Ferdinand Boberg, Richard Bock, Gutzon Borglum,
Artist. Correspondence (1951-1963), with references to: Oregon Society of Artists, and AR:WGP 666. Photograph. Publication. See also B:A7a1.
Correspondence (1937), with reference to: John Jager.
Educator. Correspondence (1906-1948), with reference to: National Music Camp. See also AR:P&E 246, 277; B4d1.2, d1.8-9, WGP X9. C:248. MSS:A34(NWA 5).
Correspondence (1958), including Virginia Godfrey (wife).
Correspondence (1961-1962).
Educator. Correspondence (1945-1964), including Cecily Purcell. Publications.
Correspondence (1954), with reference to: Frederick Baraga.
Architect. Correspondence (1952-1963), with references to: Robert C. Spencer. Publications. See also C:359.
Architect. Correspondence (1912-1951), including Marion Mahoney Griffin (wife), Roy A. Lippincott, and Mark L. Peisch, with references to: Australian Capitol Design (Canberra), and Frank Lloyd Wright. Manuscripts. Publications. See also AR:P&E 227; B4d1.2-3; E1. C:15, 47, 117, 262, 319. MSS:A5; A34(NWA 9). Appendix A9.
Correspondence (1945), with references to:
Correspondence (1961-1962).
Correspondents include: GARTZ, Catherine Crane, with reference to: Erven Jourdan; and GREENING, Elgar F., with reference to: AR:P&E 76. (See also AR:P&E 152; B4a9, d1.4).
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1941-1951),
with references to: Douglas Donaldson, George Grant Elmslie, Bernard Maybeck,
William Gray Purcell, Purcell & Elmslie, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd
Wright, AR:LHS 16; P&E 76, 132, 231, 308. Publications. See also C:98-99,
170. L:
Architect. Correspondence (1949-1958), including Jean Bangs Harris (wife), with reference to: Buford L. Pickens. Publications.
Actor. Correspondence (1919).
Artists, designers. Correspondence (1916, n.d.), including August Hart. See also C:4. MSS:A34(NWA 65).
Poet. Correspondence (1936-1947), including Wisteria Hartman (daughter), and Cecily Purcell. Photographs. Publications.
Editor,
Editor,
Draftsman for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence (1940-1964). Publications. See also AR:B4b6, d1.6, e2. AU:MT 15. C:117, 124.
Semanticist. Correspondence (1948). Publications.
Architect. Correspondence (1926-1963). See also C:29. Appendix C8.
Client. Correspondence (1931-1936), with reference to: AR:WGP 664. Manuscript. See also C:15, 271.
New Zealand architect. Correspondence (1942-1955), including Donald Zamjahn. Photographs. Publications.
Contractor for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence (1921-1964), with references to: Oscar Owre, and Fritz Carlson. See also AR:B4d3; WGP 715. C:124, 314.
Correspondence (1957).
Correspondence (1913-1924), including Edwin H. Hewitt, with reference to: AR:WGP 666. See also AR:B4d1.5, d1.8. C: 77, 170, 288, 314. MSS:A34(NWA 34). Appendix C1.
Correspondence (1933-1944). Photographs. See also C:364.
Author. Correspondence (1954), with references to: Alda and Erven Jourdan.
Correspondence (1947-1948).
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Correspondence (1942).
Correspondence (1951-1952). See also AU:SS 18.
Artist. Correspondence (1955-1956), with reference to: Chicago Art Institute. Publications.
Manuscript.
Correspondence (1947, 1949), with reference to: Winston Churchill.
Curator, Cleveland Museum of Art. Correspondence (1929-1951). See also B:B6.
Calligrapher. Correspondence (1947). Photographs. Publications.
Dean, Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Correspondence (1944-1950). Publications.
U. S. Senator. Correspondence (1958-1963).
Architect. Correspondence (1905). See also C:124. Appendix C8.
Correspondence (1963). Manuscripts. Publications.
Correspondents include: HARRIS, Harvey and HAYS, Walter, with reference to: the John Galen Howard office; HENDRIE, Clyde, with reference to Alexander Brothers; HERRICK, James B., with reference to: Anna C. Gray, Frank S. Gray, W. C. Gray, and Oak Park (Illinois); HILLIS, Newell Dwight, with reference to: Catherine Gray; and HUMES, Hardy, with reference to: Island Lake, Wisconsin.
Artist, sculptor. Correspondence (1916-1965), including George Grant Elmslie, and Dorothy O'Brien, with references to: Gutzon Borglum, Emil Zettler, Gray/Purcell Grave Monument [B:C], and AR:P&E 276. Photographs of Ianelli designs. Publications. See also AR:GGE X1; E1. C:124.
Director, AIA. Correspondence (n.d.).
Architect. Correspondence (1913-1959), including Rollin C. Chapin, W. T. Coulter, Talbot Hamlin, Edwin H. Hewitt (Hewitt & Brown), Selma Jager (wife), Ellis Lawrence, Henry G. Saylor, E. C. Sherbourne, Frederick A. Strauel, J. W. Vanderbilt, and Charles H. Whitaker, with references to: James Van Evera Bailey, Henry Deutsch, Catherine Gray, W. C. Gray (and residence #2), Robert T. Jones, Thomas Kane, the Parabiographies [AR:B4d], Charles A. Purcell, Edna S. Purcell, Richard F. Scholz, Slavic Easter Eggs [AW:B4b], Frederick A. Strauel, Louis Sullivan, Arthur Woltersdorf, James Wyatt, and AR:WGP X3-4. Manuscripts, with references to: Camp Fire Musings, and Purcell Papers. Biographical materials. Photographs. See also AR:P&E 276, 318, 357; E1. AU:SS 19. C:15, 37, 79, 91, 99, 117, 124, 126, 180, 230, 248, 254, 284, 314, 318, 323, 325. MSS:A34(NWA 33-34, 44, 46, 63, 68). P:GN; ST; MP 9, 10. 12. Appendix B5; C5.
Architect. Correspondence (1962-1965). Drawings. Biographical manuscripts. Publications. See also C:106.
Author. Correspondence (1939). See also L: Canoe Country (1938), and Snowshoe Country (1944).
Client. Correspondence (1929). See also AR:P&E 45, 349, 384.
Landscape architect. Correspondence (1944-1959), including Leonard K. Eaton, with reference to: AR:P&E 142A. Biographical manuscripts. See also C:91.
Minister. Correspondence (1953).
Architect, Technical Director of the Architects Small House Service Bureau. Correspondence (n.d.), with reference to: AIA. See also AR:C2b1. C:170, 314. Appendix C1.
Photographer. Correspondence (1929-1961), with references to: Harry S. Bastian, Erven Jourdan (son), and Oregon Society of Artists. Photographs. See also C:153. GFA:D2. MSS:A34(NWA 35). Appendix C4.
Photographer. Correspondence (1945-1950s), including James E. Fitch, and Douglas Haskell, with references to: "Southern California Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright" [P:MP 1]. Manuscripts related to various film projects. Photographs. Publications. See also AU:SS 20. C:19, 46, 100, 136 (GARTZ, Catherine), 153, 177, 359, 361. MSS:A34(NWA 30).
Correspondents include: JONES, Arthur, with reference to: Caroline Unander.
Minister. Correspondence (1955-1956), with reference to: John Jager.
Architect. Correspondence (1963), with reference to: AIA Fellowship [B:A7e].
Industrialist. Correspondence (1919-1924), with references to: Grover Cleveland, W. C. Gray, The Interior, and Everett Sisson. See also C:170. GFA:A5-6, 8, 12; B3c; D13a. MSS:A42. P:GN.
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1962-1964), with reference to: World's Columbian Exposition (1893).
Artist. Correspondence (1951-1961), with reference to: Oregon Society of Artists. Photographs. Publications.
Correspondence (1965), including Dorothy O'Brien, with reference to: Purcell Papers. Publication. See also C:251.
Artist. Correspondence (1951), with reference to: Oregon Society of Artists. See also B:A7a1.
Correspondence (1962). Manuscripts. Publication.
Architect. Correspondence (1925-1926). See also AR:B4d1.9. C:108, 292.
Correspondence (1960). Publication.
Correspondence (1935-1939). Photographs.
Architect. Correspondence (1947, 1957).
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1963). Publication.
Correspondents include: KOHLSAAT, Mabel G., with reference to: Oak Park (Illinois).
Correspondence (1955), with references to: Louis Sullivan, and AR:P&E 197).
Artist. Correspondence (1964, n.d.).
Architect, Dean of College of Architecture and Allied Arts (University of Oregon). Correspondence (1925-1945), including Jamieson Parker, and Walter Wilcox, with reference to: Charles H. Purcell. Manuscripts, with references to: Charles E. White, and Walter Wilcox. Photograph. Publications. See also C:79, 170, 265, 268. MSS:A34(NWA 65); B1a2. Appendix C8.
Correspondence (1909, 1918), with reference to: Charles O.
Alexander. See also AR:B4d1.2. L:
Author. Correspondence (1960-1963), with references to: World's Fairs and World's Columbian Exposition (1893). Publication.
Correspondence (1946-1949), with reference to: post World War II Greece.
Poet. Publications. See also L:
Correspondence (1953), with references to: Dorothy Hofmeester, Hugh Morrison, and Louis Sullivan. See also AU:SS 21.
Architect. Correspondence (1960). See also C:133.
Architect. Correspondence (1925-1957), including Frederick A. Strauel, with references to: James B. Angell, and Eliel Saarinen. See also AR:P&E 276. C:98.
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1961-1963), including John Ervin, and Dorothy O'Brien. Manuscripts, with reference to: Northwest Architect, William Gray Purcell, and Louis Sullivan. See also AU:SS 22.
Architect, Cornell classmate. Correspondence (1903, 1906).
Architect. Correspondence (1943).
Artist. Correspondence (1946-1952). Photograph.
Correspondence (1914, 1946), with references to: Minneapolis Architectural Club, and Minnesota State Arts Commission.
Correspondence (1947).
Correspondence (1934-1946).
Penologist. Correspondence (1953-1960).
Wife of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. Correspondence (1910-1940), including Cyrus Hall McCormick Jr., and F. A. Steuert. See also MSS:A42. Appendix C2.
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1958-1964), with references to: Eric Gill, and Bernard Maybeck. Publications.
Editor,
Architect. Correspondence (1953-1964), including Dorothy O'Brien, with reference to: AR:P&E 276. Drawings. Manuscripts. Publications. See also AU:SS 23.
Cornell classmate. Correspondence (1902-1903).
Correspondence (1951).
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1952-1956), with references to: Harvey Ellis, and Dmitri Tselos. Manuscripts, with references to: Paul Starrett, and Louis Sullivan. Photographs. See also AU:SS 24. C:37.
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1950), with references to: Charles H. Purcell, "Southern California Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright" [P:MP 1], and AR:WGP X41.
Professor of architecture, author. Correspondence (1958). Publications.
Architect, president of the southern California chapter, AIA. Correspondence (1954-1964). See also BA7e1. MSS:A41.
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1936-1945),
including George Grant Elmslie. Drawings. See also C:99, 201. L:
U. S. Senator. Correspondence (1951-1957).
Widow of Parker N. Berry. Correspondence (1954), with reference to: Willard Connely. See also C:22, 64.
Dutch architecture student. Correspondence (1953).
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1932-1963),
including George Grant Elmslie, and Douglas Haskell, with reference to: Louis
Sullivan. Manuscripts. Publications. See also C:99, 344. L:
Printer. Correspondence (1917-1945), with references to: Alexander Brothers, Claire Kembrey, and Purcell & Elmslie. Publications, including printing samples. See also B:B6. C:14.
Correspondence (1933, n.d.).
Jugoslavian architects. Correspondence (1958-1964), with reference to: John Jager. See also AU:SS 25.
Cornell classmate. Correspondence (1902-1902). See also GFA:A8. P:GN.
Editor,
Correspondents include: MALLOTT, Deane and MARTIN, Clarence, with reference to: Cornell University; MAZE, Adele and MILLARD, Maude, with reference to: Oak Park (Illinois).
Advertising manager. Correspondence (1919-1951), including Roy Childs Jones, with reference to: Alexander Brothers. See also MSS:A34(NWA 32).
Correspondence (1944-1948).
Correspondence (1944-1947).
Architect, artist. Correspondence (1945-1957). Photographs, including Nejavitz designs. See also MSS:A34(NWA 42).
Editorial staff,
U. S. Senator. Correspondence (1957).
Architect. Correspondence (1943-1964), including Dione Neutra (wife), with reference to: William L. Steele, Sr. See also B:A7e1. C:15.
Educator. Correspondence (1955).
Architectural historian, author. Correspondence (1943-1947).
Manuscripts. See also L:
Letters to the editor (1937-1946).
Architectural photographer. Correspondence (1955-1965), including Frederick A. Strauel, with references to: Louis Sullivan, and AR:LHS 26. Manuscripts, with references to: AR:LHS 6, and 27. Photographs (see also AR:LHS 1, 8, 10, 12-13, 15, 20, 22-23, 31-32. See also AU:SS 26. B:C1. C:86, 101, 314.
Architect. Correspondence (1954-1962). Drawings. Publications. See also C:255 (ONOGI, H.). MSS:A34(NWA 59).
Accountant to Charles A. Purcell. Correspondence (1947), with references to: W. C. Gray, Island Lake (Wisconsin), Charles A. Purcell, and Gordon Young.
Artist, muralist for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence
(1917-1962), including Wayne Andrews, Edith Elmslie, George Grant Elmslie,
Dorothy Hofmeester, Margaret Norton (wife), and Frederick A. Strauel, with
references to: Alexander Brothers, AR:P&E 250, and WGP 666. Drawings.
Biographical manuscripts. Photographs of Norton designs, including for AR:GGE
257. Publications, including
Historian, author. Correspondence (1942-1945), with references
to: Thaddeus P. Giddings, Island Lake (Wisconsin), John Jager, and
Architect. Correspondence (1906). Publication.
Correspondents include: NYLE, Margaret, with reference to: Oak Park (Illinois).
Sister of Cecily Purcell. Correspondence (1965-1967), including David S. Gebhard, Roger Kennedy, Mark L. Peisch, George E. Pettengil, John Szarkowski, and Dmitri Tselos, with reference to: Purcell Papers. See also C:1, 51, 86, 88, 106, 110, 142, 167, 185, 204, 216, 321. P:A7b.
Student. Correspondence (1962).
U. S. Congressman. Correspondence (1944-1945).
Dentist, educator. Correspondence (1928-1936), including John Jager. Biographical manuscripts. Photographs. Publications. See also MSS:A34(NWA 36).
Correspondents include: ONOGI, H., with reference to: Kenneth Nishimoto).
Artist. Correspondence (1937-1946), with references to: Island Lake (Wisconsin), and Anna Ziegler. Drawings. Photographs. Publications. See also AW:B1a4, b2; B2a. C:124. P:GN. Appendix C2.
Architect, draftswoman for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence (1935), including Frederick A. Strauel. Drawings. Biographical manuscripts. See also AR:P&E 396; B4b6, d1.3-5, d3, e2. C:314.
Architects. Correspondence (1937).
Correspondence (1941-1951).
Author. Correspondence (1963), with reference to: Louis
Sullivan. Photographs. Publication. See also L:
Journalist. Correspondence (1945-1955).
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1951-1963), with references to: Walter Burley Griffin, Marion Mahoney Griffin, Paul Starrett, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Photograph. See also AU:SS 29. C:133, 251.
. Librarian, AIA. Correspondence (1956-1960). See also AR:P&E 340. B:A7e1. C:251.
Correspondence (n.d.), with reference to: W. R. Lethaby. Manuscripts. Photographs.
Jugoslavian architect. Correspondence (1925-1940), including
Ellis Lawrence, and Walter Wilcox. Manuscripts. Publications. See also L:
Architect. Correspondence (1913), with references to: Lincoln Memorial design, and William Channing Whitney.
. Architect. Correspondence (1942-1947).
Artist. Correspondence (1935-1952), including Ellis Lawrence. Drawings and other artwork. Manuscripts, with reference to: oil study [AW:A5j]. Photographs of Price designs. Publications. See also AU:SS 30.
Mother of William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (1891-1902). See also B:A2a1. C:166(HERRICK, James B). GFA:A3-4; C1b; D4.
Second wife of William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (1931-1935). Architectural drawings. Manuscripts. Biographical materials. Photographs. See also AW:A6. C:1, 15, 130, 141, 314, 340. MSS:B4. P:A7b; FN; ST; MP 4-8.
Father of William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (1889-1930), including Ben Hazen, Clarence O'Hara, and Frederick A. Strauel, with references to: Hannah D. Burke, Cornell University, Douglas Donaldson, Island Lake (Wisconsin), Pacific States Engineering Corporation, Edna S. Purcell, Ralph G. Purcell, Clayton F. Summy, AR:P&E 368, WGP X5, WGP 701. Drawings, including sketches by George Grant Elmslie for the C. A. Purcell grave monument. Biographical manuscripts, with reference to: American Malting Co. Photographs. Publications. See also AR:P&E 51, 214, 241, 408; WGP 701. AW:A3. B:A2a1. C:70, 124, 170, 246, 314, 364. GFA:A7a; D13a, 13e. P:A1b, A3b; FN; GN.
Cousin of William Gray Purcell. Engineer. Partner, Pacific States Engineering Corporation. Correspondence (1923), including Harry Rubins. Photographs. Publications, with reference to: Oakland Bay Bridge. See also AR:WGP 654; B4d1.13. C:196, 220, 276, 314.
First wife of William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (1927-1930), with references to: John S. Bradstreet & Co., and Harry Rubins. See also AR:P&E 197, 368; B4d1.2. AW:A4, A5e. C:15, 122, 170, 271, 314. GFA:D13c. P:A4b; ---(was FN)**.
Adopted sons of William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (ca. 1920s), including Fred W. Bronn, and Anna Ziegler. Manuscripts. Photographs. Publications. See also AW:A4, 5e. C:35, 314, 364. P:A4b, A5.
Brother of William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (1910). See also AR:B4a5. C:271. GFA:D13a.
Cousin of William Gray Purcell, brother of Charles H. Purcell. Correspondence (1943-1962), with reference to: Louis Woerner. Photographs. Publications.
Editor,
Correspondents include: PHYLACTOPOULOS, George S., with reference to: the Nazi occupation of Greece.
Engineer. Correspondence (1913). Publication
Correspondence (1955).
Artist. Correspondence (1953).
Correspondence (1902-1903), with reference to: Oak Park (Illinois). Photograph.
Secretary to William Gray Purcell. Correspondence (1954), with references to: Richard Bock, Mrs. Louis Eschrich, Island Lake (Wisconsin), John Jager, Oak Park (Illinois), Frederick A. Strauel, AR:LHS 2, 6, 9, 26-27; P&E 5, 56, 94, 130, 132, 154, 157, 167, 170, 197, 200, 218, 260, 265. See also AU:SS 32. MSS:A34(NWA 68).
Correspondence (1953).
Professor of Architecture, University of Oregon. Correspondence (1959).
Correspondence (1947-1951).
Artist, interior designer. Correspondence (1918-1955), including Florence Rubins (wife), with reference to: Hewitt & Brown. Biographical manuscript. Photographs, including Rubins designs. Publications. See also AR:B4d1.10. AW:B1b5. C:79, 124, 272-273, 314. MSS:A34(NWA 10).
Correspondence (1949-1951). Photographs.
Correspondents include: RATCLIFF, Walter H. Jr.; REED, Earl H.;
RISTINE, Harley R., with reference to:
Architect. Correspondence (1959). Publications. See also C:328 (TABERNACLE CHURCH OF CHRIST).
Architect. Correspondence (1926-1927), including Rollin C.
Chapin, with references to: Henry Deutsch, Thomas B. Kimball, and AR:P&E
330. Biographical manuscripts. Publications. See also C:86, 203, 314. L:
Correspondence (1946).
Correspondence (1943-1947), with references to: W. C. Gray,
and
. Editor,
Correspondence (1928, n.d.).
Architect. Correspondence (1950-1954), including Wayne Andrews, and Mark Schindler. Biographical manuscripts and architectural essysays. See also C:6.
Architect. Correspondence (1916-1917), including Edwin H. Hewitt.
Artist. Correspondence (1964), with reference to: Jackson Pollock (student).
. Owner, Mosaic Art Shops. Correspondence (1919, 1948). Photographs. See also C:124, 314. MSS:A34(NWA 28).
Photographer. Correspondence (1950-1952).
Architect. Correspondence (1945, 1951), with reference to: Harvey Ellis. See also C:37.
Minister. Manuscripts, with references to: George Grant Elmslie, and William Gray Purcell. See also C:99, 124.
Editor,
U. S. Senator. Correspondence (1964).
Architect. Biographical manuscripts. See also C:110, 132. MSS:A7.
Architect. Correspondence (1963). See also B:A7e1. Appendix C8.
Correspondence (1931).
Educator, feminist. Correspondence (1920-1928), including Paul
Starrett (son. See also L:
Politician. Correspondence (1956).
Politician. Correspondence (1956).
Architect. Correspondence (1957).
Correspondence (1949-1951).
Architect, chief draftsman for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence (1923-1965), including Frank Berquist, Catherine Gray, John Jager, Richard Nickel, H. M. Peterson, and Edward L. Sharretts, with references to: James Van Evera Bailey, Oscar L. Banville, Harry Blair, Fred W. Bronn, K. Paul Carson Sr. & Jr., Rollin C. Chapin, E. W. Decker, Henry Deutsch, Douglas Donaldson, George Grant Elmslie, Lawrence Fournier, Leroy L. Gaarder, H. C. Garvin, David S. Gebhard, Charles Hausler, Fred N. Hegg, Hewitt & Brown, John Jager (and residence), Robert T. Jones, Andreas R. Larson, Pacific States Engineering Corporation, Marion Alice Parker, H. M. Peterson, Cecily Purcell, Charles A. Purcell, Charles H. Purcell, Edna S. Purcell, James Purcell, Purcell & Elmslie, Edward A. Purdy, Harry Rubins, Eliel Saarinen, Clayton F. Summy, Yankton College (Yankton, SD), AR:P&E 132, 197; WGP 656, 660-662, 664, 685, 701, 706-710, 776-776A, X33; GGE 268. Biographical Manuscripts. Photographs. See also AR:B4d3; E1; F2. AU:SS 36. C:15, 46, 51, 79, 98-99, 117, 124, 170, 203, 244, 247, 257, 271, 284. GFA:A11. MSS:A32(LHB 10); A34(NWA 46).
Architectural historian, author. Manuscripts, with references
to: Strygowski writings. See also C:99. L:
Father of Edna Summy Purcell. Correspondence (1928). Manuscript. See also AR:P&E 38, 135, 211, 282, 382(A); WGP 641; GGE 278. C:271, 314.
Dutch architect. Correspondence (1953). Publication.
Photographer, author. Correspondence (1955-1964), with
references to: Frank Berquist, Willard Connely, Peter Cooper, George Grant
Elmslie, John Jager, Island Lake (Wisconsin), Sigfrid Olson, and P:GN.
Manuscripts, with reference to: Louis Sullivan. Photographs. Publications. See
also AU:SS 37. C:64, 103, 251. L:
Correspondents include: ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY, with
reference to: Cass Gilbert; SHATTUCK, H. E., with reference to:
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1961-1963).
Small press publisher. Correspondence (1907-1964), including
Dorothy O'Brien, with reference to:
Letters to the Editor (1938-1960).
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1952-1960).
Cornell classmate. Correspondence (1902-1903).
Art historian. Correspondence (ca. 1952-1963), with references to: John Jager, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Publications. See also AR:E1. C:121, 219, 251.
Architectural historian. Correspondence (1963).
Architecture student. Correspondence (1960-1963).
Correspondents include: TABERNACLE CHURCH OF CHRIST, with
reference to: Eero Saarinen; THOMAS, William B., with reference to: Nolan R.
Best, and
Correspondents include: UELAND, Elsa, with reference to: Alexander Brothers; and UPSON, Arthur, with reference to: Christian Science.
Architect. Correspondence (1914).
Correspondence (1928-1949).
Professor of architecture. Correspondence (1914).
Austrian engineer. Correspondence (1920). Biographical manuscript.
U. S. Congressman. Correspondence (1945).
Architect. President, AIA. Correspondence (1949-1950).
U. S. Vice-president. Correspondence (1943-1948).
Publisher. Correspondence (1952-1953).
Architect, draftsman for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence (1927-1963), with references to: Oscar H. Banville, George Grant Elmslie, Leroy L. Gaarder, Roy Childs Jones, Purcell & Elmslie, and AR:P&E 309. See also AR:E1. C:55, 92, 98. Appendix C8.
Musician. Correspondence (1944-1945, including Cecily Purcell.
Interior designer for Purcell & Elmslie. Correspondence (1939, 1950). Biographical manuscript. Photograph. Publication. See also AR:B4d1.5, d3. C:124. Appendix B8.
Architect. Correspondence (1951), with reference to: Farmer's and Merchants Union Bank (Louis Sullivan, architect).
Photographer. Correspondence (1956-1960s). Photographs. Publications. See also P:PR.
Editor,
Architect. Correspondence (1908, ca. 1920s), including Alice White (wife). Photographs. Publications. See also AR:B4d1.1-3. C:91, 196, 349, 359, 361. Appendix C8.
Photographer. Editor,
Publisher. Correspondence (1927).
Architect. Correspondence (1913, 1943), with references to: Lincoln Memorial design. See also C:266. Appendix C1; B3.
Architect. Correspondence (1913-1940), with references to: Lincoln Memorial design, and Charles E. White. See also C:196, 265. MSS:A34(NWA 65); B1a2. Appendix C8.
Politician. Correspondence (1944).
Cornell classmate. Correspondence (1906-1908).
Vice-president, University of Minnesota. Correspondence (1953-1959), with reference to: Purcell Papers.
Correspondence (1928).
Correspondence (1945-1965), including Eleanor Witte (wife). Drawings. Photographs. See also AU:SS 40.
Architect. Correspondence (1939-1940), including George Grant Elmslie, with reference to: World's Fairs. See also C:99, 170.
Educator. Correspondence (1934-1953), with references to: Catherine Gray, and Oak Park (Illinois). Publications. See also MSS:A34(NWA 57).
Correspondence (1938).
Correspondence (1962-1963). Publications.
Architect. Correspondence (1907-1950s), including Elmer Grey,
Herman V. von Holst, Joseph Henry Jackson, Isabel Roberts, and Lloyd Wright,
with references to: Erven Jourdan and "Southern California Houses of Frank
Lloyd Wright [P:MP 1], Charles E. White, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Manuscripts,
with reference to: Wright writings. Publications, including
Correspondents include: WHEELER, Russell J., with reference to: Louis Sullivan; and WILLIAMSON, ---, with reference to: W. C. Gray.
Architect. Correspondence (1947-1963), including James Van Evera Bailey, and James E. Fitch, with references to: George Grant Elmslie, Greene & Greene, Erven Jourdan, and "Southern California Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright [P:MP 1], Charles E. White, and AIA Fellowship [B:A7e]. Publication. See also C:7, 15, 98.
Cornell classmate. Correspondence (1929).
Art historian. Correspondence (1933). Manuscript.
Companion to Catherine Garns Gray. Correspondence (1924-1944), including Frank Berquist, Dorothy Gray, and Charles A. Purcell, with references to: Catherine Gray, W. C. Gray. Arthur Hill, and James Purcell. Autograph book. Publications. See also C:6, 256, 274. GFA:A5, A12; D2, D13b, 13e. P:A3b; GN. Appendix C2.
Correspondents include: YOUNGH, G. W., with reference to: Cornell University.
Artwork in the Purcell Papers is divided into two sections. Works by William Gray Purcell are arranged into nine groups corresponding to the chronological periods presented in the biographical narrative of this guidebook, undated works, and study materials [A]. Works by other artists are categorized as paintings, drawings, prints, and objects [B].
Among the most intimately revealing materials of the Purcell collection are the hundreds of hours of recorded media which provide an audio resource for researchers. Purcell recorded many of these documents over a twenty-year period of correspondence, dictation, interviews, and public addresses. Other recordings include various soundtracks related to projects developed by Purcell as historical documents, and later panel discussions and talks on the contribution of Purcell & Elmslie to organic architecture.
The Manuscripts portion of the Purcell Papers documents primarily writings by William Gray Purcell. Materials are grouped into two sections. Publications [A] consist of over one hundred contributions by Purcell to numerous periodicals from 1911 to 1965, and a posthumously published book, St. Croix Trails. Unpublished manuscripts [B] contain essays, biographical writings, diaries and journals, poetry, notes, research materials, and a few writings by other authors.
The Purcell Papers contain an extensive collection of photographic images. Over two thousand glass and celluloid negatives, as well as numerous Lumiere autochromes, lantern slides, microfilms, motion pictures, slide transparencies and stereographs, illustrate the course of the professional and personal interests of Purcell and his Grandfather, William Cunningham Gray.
Pictorial documentation in the Purcell Papers is divided into nine sections according to photographic medium. Photographic prints are arranged into seven groups corresponding to the chronological periods presented in the biographical narrative of this guidebook [A]. Separate unprinted film negatives are similarly organized [FN(1-8)]. Other photographic media include a collection of glass negatives [C(GN 1-650)], lantern slides [D(LS 1-98], Lumiere-process autochromes [E(LA 1- 38)], slide transparencies [F(ST 1-250)], motion pictures [G(MP 1-14)], microfilms [H(MF 1-5)], and stereographs [I(SG 1-256)]. For convenience, citations for all photographs except prints drop the outline prefix (e.g. P:GN, P:MF 1, P:MF 2).
Over two thousand photographic prints dating from the early 1880s to 1965 document every period in Purcell's life. Early photographs record his childhood experiences in Oak Park, Illinois, and at the family summer camp at Island Lake, Wisconsin. His growing abilities as a photographer are demonstrated by self-portraits done while attending Cornell University. Several albums of 8 by 10 inch prints and smaller cartes de visite obtained commercially by Purcell while in Europe during 1906 provide images of many historic buildings and artifacts subsequently destroyed by war or removed to other locations, including a monumental Italian fountain now on the Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota. Similar photographs document another European trip during the summer of 1928, with special emphasis on art antiquities and architecture.
Numerous group photographs show family, friends, and associates, and for some individuals illustrate their appearance over many years. Some were taken by professional portraitists, such as Arnold Bicknell of Oak Park, Dana Hull of Chicago, and Alda Jourdan of Portland, Oregon. Since Purcell and his family were active amateur photographers, formally-posed pictures were complemented by more casual records of family activities, especially travels. For example, a number of pictures taken in 1911 provide views of the colonial settlement at Williamsburg, Virginia, before restoration. Other images record Mazama Club outings and similar group activities in the outdoors.
Various prints of the same picture made at different times may be found together. Early contact prints from the 1880s and 1890s were usually made on aristo-platinum paper. Carefully washed free of processing chemicals when printed, these images retain a brilliant clarity absent from later copies. Albumen prints, another early form, are distinguished by a characteristic warm brown tone, a result of the gold toning chemical with which the print was fixed. Some early prints are hand-tinted. Prints dating after the 1920s were done with more familiar silver-based materials. Prints often have significant annotations made by Purcell or others, and different copies may sometimes bear conflicting dates. Technical information about equipment, exposure, or printing technique may also be appended. Some photographs are mounted with a short biographical commentary. Other materials associated with prints include manuscripts, halftones indicating previous publication, and negatives.
A separate group of film negatives has the same general content and organization as the photographic prints. Most of these photographs date between 1910 and the 1950s. While a few may be available as prints, many are unique and have no other presence in the Photographs. Because of their age and previous storage conditions some of the film negatives are extremely fragile or damaged.
Many photographs that date from the 1890s to the 1920s were taken using the factory pre-coated and pre-sensitized dry-plate glass negatives that became commercially available after the early 1880s. Most of these exposures were made by W. C. Gray, Charles A. Purcell, William Gray Purcell, and Lawton S. Parker with standardized, uniformly thick four by five, five by seven, and eight by ten inch plates that could be conveniently transported and stored. However, a few small and irregular glass plates in the collection were probably done as experiments with the older, cumbersome wet-collodion method that required the plate to be exposed while the light-sensitive emulsion was still damp.
Glass negatives that were taken by W. C. Gray often appeared in his weekly newspaper, The Interior, and in various editions of his books. Gray frequently photographed the forest surrounding his retreat at Island Lake, Wisconsin, and other scenic locales to accompany his naturalist writings called "Musings." Articles written to expose the child-labor abuse and racial discrimination Gray witnessed in the South during 1898 were also illustrated with his own photographs. Many glass negatives remain from his travels through the Pacific Northwest and voyage further north with the Third Alaskan Reindeer Expedition of 1899, subjects including Silver Bow Canyon, Snoqualmie Falls, Unalaska Island, the port of Juneau, the Russian Orthodox church at Soldovia, and several glaciers.
Numerous glass negatives were made by other family members and friends, both for pleasure and specific purposes. One set of photographs taken by Lawton S. Parker served as the basis of his 1891 portrait of W. C. Gray (see AW:B1a4). During almost two decades of visits to the woods of northern Wisconsin, Charles A. Purcell and William Gray Purcell took photographs of life at Island Lake Camp that show the evolution of the camp buildings, the different people in attendance over the years, and the variety of activities that occupied their time. The Purcell and Gray residences in Oak Park were also often subjects of their cameras, and as were travels to Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Alaska. Later, William Gray Purcell used glass negatives to photograph P&E and other buildings, especially the Catherine Gray residence [AR:P&E 5] and the Josephine Crane Bradley residence #1 [AR:LHS 6].
In deference to a pre-existing inventory system, the glass negatives are numbered 1 to 650, although some plates are missing from the sequence. Other materials associated with the glass negatives include notes and manuscripts, annotations from storage envelopes, and old inventory lists. An incomplete sequence of original aristo-platinum and albumen contact prints, together with modern copies, are identified by negative number.
Lantern slides are image-positive transparencies intended for viewing by projection. A uniform 3-1/4 by 4 inches in size, the photograph is sandwiched between plates of clear, thin glass whose edges are sealed with paper tape. The nearly one hundred lantern slides in the Purcell collection are housed in the original lidded wooden boxes constructed with grooved walls to keep the slides separate. Subjects include buildings by Louis Sullivan and Purcell & Elmslie, examples of European and Oriental architecture, and copies of photographs taken by W. C. Gray during the Third Alaskan Reindeer Expedition of 1899.
The Lumiere autochrome process for color photography was introduced in 1907 and remained commercially successful until the 1930s. Differing from earlier color methods by exposing a single plate sensitized to red, green, and blue light rather than using multiple plates with separate lens filters, the Lumiere autochrome technique produced an image-positive color transparency. These transparencies could be projected or seen in hand-held viewers called Diascopes, a small collapsible case that reflected a light source through the autochrome onto a mirror.
The 38 Lumiere autochromes in the Photographs were taken between 1914 and 1923, probably by William Gray Purcell. These images present unique color views of now demolished or radically altered buildings, such as the Henry B. Babson residence and grounds (see AR:LHS 3) and the Catherine Gray residence (see AR:P&E 5). Other autochromes show the forest at Island Lake, Wisconsin, and record family trips to Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks between 1915 and 1923. While most of the Lumiere autochromes have remained stable and retained their original color tones, a few images have faded or the plates cracked.
A later successor of the lantern slide and the Lumiere autochrome is the slide transparency, a 35 mm image-positive film that, though possibly mounted between glass plates, is usually pressed into a small cardboard or plastic frame for projection. The numerous slide transparencies in the Photographs date from the early 1940s and were made for a wide variety of purposes. Many of these slides accumulated as Purcell researched the condition of buildings he had designed and corresponded with architectural historians and students. Purcell also used slides for addresses on art and photography presented by audio recording, and collected views of the grounds of his "Westwinds" estate. The slide transparencies are largely of buildings by Purcell & Elmslie as they appeared after the 1950s.
A small group of color motion pictures date from the 1940s and 1950s. The 22 minute "Southern California Houses of Frank Lloyd Wright" [MP 1], produced in 1946 with a soundtrack by award-winning composer Ernest Gold, was believed by Purcell to be the first motion picture intended purely as architectural history. A written introduction by Purcell that discussed the nature of organic design was followed by cinematographic views of several Wright-designed residences. The film was made commerically available and screened on southern California public television. Two other motion pictures are of an architectural nature. Made during the 1940s by client K. Paul Carson, Jr., "Frozen Music" [MP 2] shows a woman calling at various Purcell & Elmslie-designed houses in the Minneapolis area during the fall season. Of special significance is the inclusion of the now demolished Edward W. Decker residence at Lake Minnetonka (see AR:P&E 167). Another brief film, "Prospect Houses" [MP 3], shows the experimental slip-form construction process of two speculative houses built by Purcell and James Van Evera Bailey in South Pasadena, California (see AR:WGP X41). The other motion pictures [MP 4-14] are more casual home movies. Usually short, these films illustrate the work or travels of friends and life at the "Westwinds" estate. Some are captioned with amusing titles.
The five microfilms in the Photographs date from the 1950s. Two were acquired by Purcell as documentation of building designs whose historical record he felt required preservation. Two other microfilms documenting designs by Purcell & Elmslie and by both architects in their post-partnership practices were made during the Burnham Library Microfilm Project of 1952 [MF 2, 4]. Most of the original drawings that appear in the microfilms are present in the Architectural Records.
The Photographs also contain a collection of mostly undated stereographs. Stereographs were first produced shortly after the Civil War and remained popular until the early 1900s. Two nearly identical photographic images were mounted side-by-side horizontally on a three by seven inch cardboard rectangle, and the result viewed through an adjustable hand-held device, sometimes called a stereopticon, where the images appear to the eye as a single, three-dimensional view. The several hundred stereographs in the Photographs cover a diverse range of subjects, particularly geographical and architectural scenes from 19th century America, Europe, India and China, Victorian curiosities, and theatrical stagings. Purcell purchased this collection from an estate sale, however, and the stereograph images are not directly related to the general historical content of the Purcell Papers.
The wide variety of documentation collectively termed the Biographia is arranged into three groups. Biographical materials regarding William Gray Purcell are divided according to seven historical periods from 1880 to 1965. These miscellaneous biographical documents follow his passage from childhood schooling to his election to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects shortly before his death. [B:A]. Records of speeches and addresses given by Purcell from 1914 to 1958 are arranged chronologically, followed by undated records. These contain texts, notes, and related materials. [B:B]. The third group of the Biographia contains materials detailing the original design and subsequent changes to the family grave monument in River Forest, Illinois [B:C].
Many of the books that Purcell regarded as significant to his thought remain with his papers, including autographed first editions to which he was a research contributor and rare architectural treatises that he collected throughout his life. A substantial number of nineteenth century volumes on world history and literature survive from the library of his grandfather, author and editor W. C. Gray. Catalogs, pamphlets, periodicals, yearbooks, and reference works provide a sampling of materials on art, architecture, and other subjects over more than a century of publishing.
Records in the Gray Family Archives are arranged into five groups. Correspondence documents over seventy-five years of personal and professional experiences [A]. Manuscripts consist of publications, unpublished essays, diaries and journals, records of speeches and addresses, and poetry by William Cunningham Gray, Catherine Garns Gray, and others [B]. Biographical materials contain genealogical information, legal documents, financial records, and memorabilia of the Grays and the families with which they intermarried [C]. Photographs include portraits, views of Gray residences and other properties, landscapes, and documentation of travels [D]. Other records detail the history of the Gray archives [E].