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Architectural drawings, plans, surveys
Manuscripts
This series contains architectural drawings, plans, surveys, and notes; autograph manuscripts are in Jefferson's hand unless noted otherwise. Architectural drawings and plans are for Jefferson's properties including Monticello and Elk Hill, the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, the Virginia capitol and the city of Richmond, and the Hôtel de Langeac in Paris. Surveys are of lands in Virginia, primarily in Albemarle County and the Monticello area. Also present are Jefferson's working drawings of a polygraph machine and other devices. In addition, this series has some related notes, estimates and calculations, including architectural memoranda on the President's House (White House) in Washington, D.C.
mssJefferson
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Architectural Drawings
Visual Materials
Contains drawings donated by the families of Charles and Henry Greene, by the families of the clients and by the families of later owners. About 137 architectural drawings can be viewed online along with a smaller number of design drawings. A group of post-1966 landscape drawings(unprocessed) for the Gamble House by landscape architect Emmet Wemple was added to the Gamble House drawings in 2011. Large format items other than architectural drawings are housed in the last few folders of the subseries. These include photographs and certificates related to the AIA awards to the Greenes in 1948 and 1952; an oversize tinted photograph of the James Culbertson garden; and wallpaper and paint samples from the Lucy Wheeler house. See also an oversize tinted photograph of the Camp house and presentation drawings for Darling, Robinson, and Tichenor houses in Boxes 121 and 121a, Subseries D. below.
Subseries A.
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Architectural drawings
Manuscripts
Contains 50 sheets of blueprints for the Pasadena Playhouse by R. F. McCann & Co., Architects including site plan, exterior and interior photographs with design annotations, structural drawings, floor plans, elevations, and more, many with annotations.
mssPlayhouse
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Drawings for garden of Hôtel de Langeac, Paris
Manuscripts
Autograph manuscripts, pen and ink, ink and wash. Pen and ink drawing has measurements. (3 pages)
HM 9397
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Working drawings for polygraph machine and other devices
Manuscripts
Autograph manuscripts, pen and ink. Three diagrams. Polygraph drawing includes notes. The other two drawings are possibly for a leaf spring for a carriage and a double-locking mechanism for a casement door at Monticello. (3 pages)
HM 9395