Albert Thompson Papers ca. 1906-1947

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is without restrictions.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

The Albert Thompson Papers, ca. 1906-1947, Accession # 11608, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Abstract:
This collection chiefly consists of the architectural drawings of the New York City architect, Albert Thompson ([1871?]-1952), ca. 30 items, ca. 1906-1947, and undated. Also present is Thompson's Architecture Diploma, a photograph of a building, and watercolor of a residence designed by Thompson. Thompson was the architect for the Seventy-first Regiment Armory in New York City, the Jamaica New York Children's Courthouse, homes in the Jamaica Estates area, and the old Queens Borough Hall on Hunters Point Avenue, Long Island.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

The Albert Thompson Papers, ca. 1906-1947, Accession # 11608, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection chiefly consists of the architectural drawings of the New York City architect, Albert Thompson ([1871?]-1952), ca. 30 items, ca. 1906-1947, and undated. Also present is Thompson's Architecture Diploma, a photograph of a building, and watercolor of a residence designed by Thompson. Thompson was the architect for the Seventy-first Regiment Armory in New York City, the Jamaica New York Children's Courthouse, homes in the Jamaica Estates area, and the old Queens Borough Hall on Hunters Point Avenue, Long Island. He was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States when he was seventeen, married in 1900, and had three sons and one daughter, Mrs. William Uzzell (Tommie), presently of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
The papers were given to the University of Virginia Library by his grandchildren, Laura Logie, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Lawrence Uzzell, Director of the Keston Institute, Oxford, England, on April 1, 2000, through K. Edward Lay, Cary D. Langhorne Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia.