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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

McKim, Mead, and White architectural drawings

251 items

The architectural drawings document building projects at the University of Virginia designed by Stanford White following the fire of 1895, including: the rebuilding of the Rotunda, the construction of the Academical Building (Cabell Hall), the Mechanical Laboratory (Cocke Hall), the Physical Laboratory (Rouss Hall), a Boiler House, the Refectory (Garrett Hall), the President's House (Carr's Hill) and a proposed dormitory that was never built. With these are copies of letters pertinent to the above drawings including a letter from E. A. Alderman to Stanford White on the design for the University of Virginia president's home and student dining hall, 1906 May 1; a reply dictated by Stanford White on the style of the proposed president's home, May 31; and a 1942 list of blueprints made from White's original drawings and sent to the University at the request of librarian Louise Savage. The drawing "Design for Terrace" is the work of the McDonald Brothers studio, circa 1895, the firm first hired to rebuild the Rotunda. The steel I-beams were undersized and the design was later corrected by Stanford White. The collection also contains a blueprint map of the University by Kaigiro Sugino, 1899, showing the gas, water, and sewer systems.

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McKim, Mead, and White architectural drawings 251 items

The architectural drawings document building projects at the University of Virginia designed by Stanford White following the fire of 1895, including: the rebuilding of the Rotunda, the construction of the Academical Building (Cabell Hall), the Mechanical Laboratory (Cocke Hall), the Physical Laboratory (Rouss Hall), a Boiler House, the Refectory (Garrett Hall), the President's House (Carr's Hill) and a proposed dormitory that was never built. With these are copies of letters pertinent to the above drawings including a letter from E. A. Alderman to Stanford White on the design for the University of Virginia president's home and student dining hall, 1906 May 1; a reply dictated by Stanford White on the style of the proposed president's home, May 31; and a 1942 list of blueprints made from White's original drawings and sent to the University at the request of librarian Louise Savage. The drawing "Design for Terrace" is the work of the McDonald Brothers studio, circa 1895, the firm first hired to rebuild the Rotunda. The steel I-beams were undersized and the design was later corrected by Stanford White. The collection also contains a blueprint map of the University by Kaigiro Sugino, 1899, showing the gas, water, and sewer systems.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Prospect van het eyland, en de rheede van St. Iago geteekend van Johann Christian Friderici

.5 Cubic Feet 1 Flat File Folder (Large)

This collection contains one watercolor view titled "Prospect van het eyland, en de rheede van St. Iago" [View of Porto Praia, Cape Verde]. The drawing, measuring 11.5 X 47.5 inches, is the largest recorded early modern panoramic view of Cape Verde. It was completed in 1783 by Johann Christian Friderici (1766-1804), a cartographer and lieutenant who worked for the Dutch East India Company in South Africa. It is the earliest known work by Friderici, completed a year before his permanent post in South Africa began. The scene is of the island's southern coast at its full length but at an angle that causes the harbor of Porto Praia in Santiago to be hidden from view. The port served as a transportation hub of enslaved African people to the Americas and as a place to restock ships with goods and livestock.

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Prospect van het eyland, en de rheede van St. Iago geteekend van Johann Christian Friderici .5 Cubic Feet 1 Flat File Folder (Large)

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This collection contains one watercolor view titled "Prospect van het eyland, en de rheede van St. Iago" [View of Porto Praia, Cape Verde]. The drawing, measuring 11.5 X 47.5 inches, is the largest recorded early modern panoramic view of Cape Verde. It was completed in 1783 by Johann Christian Friderici (1766-1804), a cartographer and lieutenant who worked for the Dutch East India Company in South Africa. It is the earliest known work by Friderici, completed a year before his permanent post in South Africa began. The scene is of the island's southern coast at its full length but at an angle that causes the harbor of Porto Praia in Santiago to be hidden from view. The port served as a transportation hub of enslaved African people to the Americas and as a place to restock ships with goods and livestock.

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