PUBLIC "-//Library of Virginia//TEXT (US::Vi::vi01236::A Guide to the J. Russell Bailey, Records, 1935-1986)//EN" "vi01236.xml" A Guide to the J. Russell Bailey, Records, 1935-1986 Bailey, J. Russell, Records, 1935-1986 38513 Vincent T. Brooks Library of Virginia © 2006 By The Library of Virginia. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Vincent T. Brooks, 08 June 2006 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the J. Russell Bailey, Records, 1935-1986 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 38513 Vincent T. Brooks

Library of Virginia 2006 Vincent T. Brooks Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary The Library of Virginia J. Russell Bailey, Records, 1935-1986 38513 5.7 cu. ft. English J. Russell Bailey Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

J. Russell Bailey. Records, 1935-1986. Accession 38513. Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Barbara B. McBride, Northfield, IL, 9 October 2001.

Biographical Information

J. Russell Bailey (1905-1998) was born in Southampton, New York, on October 19, 1905. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan and at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. At Cranbrook, the young architect studied in the first class taught by architect Eliel Saarinen. Bailey's designs for the developement of Mantauk Point, Long Island, New York, from that time period were published in the Architectural Record in 1933. Needing to associate himself with a more established architect because of the on-going economic depression, Bailey joined the firm of Arthur H. Newman from 1933 until just prior to World War II. It was at that time that he joined the Architectural Section of the United States Coast Guard. There, he first ventured into library design with his work on the United States Coast Guard Library in New London, Connecticut.

After military service, Bailey was asked to join manufacturer and architect Angus Snead McDonald in a venture that included designing library buildings. McDonald was head of the well-known Snead and Company firm which manufactured multi-tiered bookshelves for libraries around the world. Modular designs for library buildings were coming into vogue and McDonald and his company had a great impact on their use. In 1946, Bailey resigned from Snead and Company to form his own practice in Orange, Virginia.

Under McDonald's supervision, Bailey had become proponent of modular design in library planning. Throughout his career, he consulted on or designed a significant number of university, college, private, and public library buildings utilizing this design theory. J. Russell Bailey's commissions include Yale University, University of Virginia, University of Maryland, Medical College of Virginia, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Beloit College, and University of Georgia, to mention a few. As his office became more prolific, Bailey took on a partner, Judson M. Gardner, and the firm became known as Bailey and Gardner, Architects. Eventually, the firm was renamed Bailey Gardner and Gillum Architects.

J. Russell Bailey died at his home in Orange, Virginia, on May 28, 1998, at the age of 92.

Scope and Content

This accession consists of the surviving office and project files of J. Russell Bailey, principal in the architectural firm of Bailey and Gardner and well-known library building designer. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, clippings, photographs, facsimiles, drawings, sketches, and renderings. Series have been designated for Office Records and Project Records. All project-specific materials are included in Series II: Project Records. All general materials, such as clippings not related to a specific project, are housed in Series I: Office Files. This arrangement was imposed by the records' creator(s) and maintained by the processing archivist.

Series I: Office Files, 1935-1986, contains mainly general correspondence, publicity materials, and writings and speeches by J. Russell Bailey. Biographical data on Bailey can also be found in this series.

Series II: Project Files, 1938-1981, consists of project-specific correspondence, publicity and construction photographs, publications, drawings, renderings, sketches, notes, and memoranda. The projects are arranged alphabetically by name. No differentiation has been made between the architect's consulting projects and those in which he was sole or collaborative designer.

Arrangement

Arranged by series number and alphabetically by folder title there under.

Contents List Office Files 1935-1986

Arrangement: Alphabetical by folder title.

Biographical Data, n.d., 1 1 Correspondence, General, 1946-1949, 1 2 Correspondence, General, 1950-1951, 1 3 Correspondence, General, 1952-1955, n.d., 1 4 Correspondence, General, 1985-1986, 1 5 Photographs, J. Russell Bailey, ca. 1960-1969, 1 6 Publicity Materials, 1947-1976, 1 7 Speeches and Writings, J. Russell Bailey, 1935-1962, 1 8 Speeches and Writings, J. Russell Bailey, 1963-1969, n.d., 1 9 Miscellaneous, n.d., 1 10 Project Files, 1938-1981

Arrangement: Alphabetical by folder title.

Alexandria Public Library, Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch (VA), ca. 1969, 2 1 Allegheny College (PA), 1976, 2 2 Alliance Chapel (PA), 1963, 2 3 Appalachian State University (NC), n.d., 2 4 Arlington Public Library, Central Branch (VA), 1961-1969, 2 5 Arlington Public Library, Central Branch (VA), ca. 1961, 8 1

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Arlington Public Library, Cherrydale Branch (VA), 1962, 2 6 Arlington Public Library, Glencarlyn Branch (VA), n.d., 2 7 Arlington Public Library, Shirlington Branch, 1962-1963, 2 8 Arlington Public Library, Westover Branch (VA), 1963, 2 9 Austin Seminary (TX), 1968, 2 10 Beloit College (WI), 1958-1963, 2 11 Berkeley Divinity School (CT), 1955, 2 12 Botetourt-Rockbridge Regional Library (VA), 1967, 2 13 Bridgewater College (VA), 1964, 2 14 Carter, Claiborne B. (VA), 1947, 8 2

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The Citadel, n.d., 2 15 Concordia College (IL), ca. 1960, 2 16 Converse College (SC), n.d., 8 3

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Covington-Alleghany Library (VA), 1961, 2 17 Danville Public Library (VA), n.d., 2 18 Davidson College (NC), 1974, 2 19 DePauw University (IN), 1957, 2 20 Eastern Mennonite College (VA), 1961-1971, 2 21 Elkhart Public Library (IN), n.d., 2 22 Emory University (GA), 1956-1961, 2 23 Emory and Henry College (VA), 1966, 2 24 Falls Church Library (VA), 1950-1955, 3 1 Falls Church Library (VA), 1956, 3 2 Falls Church Library (VA), 1957, 3 3 Falls Church Library (VA), 1958, n.d., 3 4 Fairfax Co. Public Library, Headquarters (VA), ca. 1962, 3 5 Fairfax Co. Public Library, Headquarters (VA), ca. 1962, 8 4

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Fairfax Co. Public Library, Richard Byrd Branch (VA), ca. 1965, 3 6 Fairfax Co. Public Library, Thomas Jefferson Branch (VA), 1962, 3 7 Fairfax Co. Public Library, Dolly Madison Branch (VA), 1966-1967, 3 8 Fairfax Co. Public Library, George Mason Branch (VA), ca. 1966, 3 9 Fairfax Co. Public Library, Sherwood Reference Center (VA), 1970-1971, 3 10 Fairfax Co. Public Library, Martha Washington Branch (VA), 1969-1970, 3 11 Fairfax Co. Public Library, Woodrow Wilson Branch (VA), 1967, 3 12 Goldsboro-Wayne Co. Public Library (NC), 1976, 4 1 Gordonsville Community Hospital (VA), 1948-1951, 4 2 Gordonsville Community Hospital (VA), 1952-1953, 4 3 Gordonsville Motor Court (VA), 1947-1948, 4 4 Institute of Textile Technology (VA), 1938-1949, 4 5 Institute of Textile Technology (VA), 1953-1954, 4 6 Institute of Textile Technology (VA), 1955, n.d., 4 7 Institute of Textile Technology (VA), 1947, 4-G-8 3

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Jefferson-Madison Public Library, Gordon Ave. Branch (VA), 1966, 4 8 Kentucky Flooring (VA), ca. 1946, 4 9 Kentucky Flooring (VA), 1946, 8 5

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Kenyon College (OH), n.d., 4 10 Louisa Baptist Church (VA), 1954, 4 11 Louisa High School (VA), 1958-1959, 4 12 Madison Co. Courthouse (VA), 1952, 4 13 Madison Co. Courthouse (VA), 1952, 4-G-8 3

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Marshall Terrace (VA), 1948-1952, 4 14 Mary Baldwin College (VA), n.d. 4 15 Mercer University (GA), 1965, 4 16 Mississippi State University (MS), 1971, 4 17 NAHB-Forum House Design Competition, n.d., 4-G-8 3

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Orange Baptist Church (VA), n.d., 8 6

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Orange Co. Historical Society (VA), 1975-1977, 4 18 Orange Co. Historical Society (VA), 1976, 8 7

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Orange Co. Nursing Home (VA), 1980-1981, 5 1 Orange Co. Nursing Home (VA), 1980-1981, 4-G-8 3 Orange Co. Public Library (VA), n.d., 5 2 Orange Presbyterian Church (VA), 1969-1972, 5 3 Parkersburg and Wood Cos. Public Libraries (WV), 1976, 5 4 Presbyterian Colleges (SC), n.d., 5 5 The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary (a.k.a. Virginia Theological Seminary)(VA), 1952-1954, 5 6 The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary (a.k.a. Virginia Theological Seminary)(VA), 1955, 5 7 The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary (a.k.a. Virginia Theological Seminary)(VA), Jan. 1956 - Jly. 1956, 5 8 The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary (a.k.a. Virginia Theological Seminary)(VA), Aug. 1956 - Jan. 1957, 5 9 The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary (a.k.a. Virginia Theological Seminary)(VA), n.d., 5 10 The Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary (a.k.a. Virginia Theological Seminary) (VA), 1955, 8 8

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Randolph-Macon College (VA), 1962-1963, 6 1 Randolph-Macon Women's College (VA), 1966, 6 2 Randolph-Macon Women's College (VA), 1967, 6 3 Richmond Public Library (VA), ca. 1965, 6 4 Roberts Wesleyan College (NY), 1962-1965, 6 5 Robeson Co. Public Library (NC), 1969, 6 6 South Boston Public Library (VA), 1980, 6 7 South Carolina State Library (SC), 1965, 6 8 Snead and Co. Houses, n.d., 8 9 Sweetbriar College (VA), 1964-1977, 6 9 Thomas Nelson Community College (VA), 1971-1973, 6 10 Union Theological Seminary (VA), 1966-1967, 6 11 Union Theological Seminary (VA), 1969, 8 10

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University of North Carolina (NC), n.d., 6 12 University of North Dakota (ND), 1961, 6 13 University of Richmond, Boatwright Library (VA), 1976-1977, 6 14 University of Richmond, Boatwright Library (VA), 1976-1977, 6 15 University of Richmond, Chapel (VA), 1977-1979, 7 1 University of Virginia, Alderman Library (VA), 1969-1973, 7 2 University of Virginia, Alderman Library (VA), 1976-1977, 4-G-8 3

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University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library (VA), 1976-1977 7 3 Unidentified Drawings, n.d., 4-G-8 3

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Unidentified Recreation Building, n.d., 8 11

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VA), 1949-1956, 7 4 Washington College (MD), 1967-1970, 7 5 Washington College (MD), 1967-1981, 7 6 Waynesboro Public Library (VA), 1969, 7 7 Wesleyan Campus (GA), 1958, 7 8 Westminster Theological Seminary (PA), 1963, 7 9 Woodberry Forest (VA), 1947-1951, 7 10