Box 1
Container
Contains 11 Results:
Architect - Contract, July 6, 1888
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Dates:
July 6, 1888
Correspondence, 1888-1892
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Dates:
1888-1892
Architect - Correspondence - References
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Architect - Specifications
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Architect - Summary Statement, 1893
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Dates:
1893
Contractors - Contracts, A-Z
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Contractors - Correspondence, 1891-1892
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Dates:
1891-1892
Contractors - Insurance Policies
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Contractors - Proposals
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Contractors - Statements, A-Z
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...
Contractors - Statements, Angus & Gindele (masons)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: NL Archives 13/00/02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
For more than a century the Cobb Building on Walton Street in Chicago has been the Newberry Library's only home. In March of 1888, the Newberry estate trustees engaged Henry Ives Cobb to design a permanent structure for the Library. Following protracted discussions about the site and conflicts between architect Cobb and librarian William Frederick Poole regarding building design, construction began October 6, 1890, at the Walton Street location. Various problems, including difficulties in...