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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: May 25, 2000 Description is in English Feb 18, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu01230::A Guide to the Albert Thompson Papers ca. 1906-1947)//EN" "viu01230.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Albert Thompson Papers ca. 1906-1947 A Collection in The Special Collections Department 11608

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2000 Sharon Defibaugh Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Albert Thompson Papers ca. 1906-1947 11608 English 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. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

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

 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.

 Scope and Content Information

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.

 Contents List Plan & Elevations: Armory of the Seventy-First Regiment, N.G.N.Y., Park Avenue, New York City, Clinton & Russell Archtects, printed in The American Architect & Building News, Volume 89, No. 1576 1906 Mar 10 1 2 sheets House No. 1 for the Matawok Land Company, including the First, Second, & Attic Floor Plans; the East, West, North, & South Elevations; and the Cellar Plan n.d. 1 8 sheets Residence of Martin Sperling, Jamaica Estates, Jamaica, Long Island, New York, including the East, West, North, & South Elevations; Pluming Section; First & Second Floor Plans; and the Cellar Plan 1922, n.d. 1 8 sheets Residence of Joseph Seil, Jr., Jamaica Estates, Jamaica, Long Island, New York, including [First] & Second Floor Plans; and the West, North, & South Elevations 1922 2 8 sheets Diploma from the University of the State of New York, awarded to Albert Thompson in Architecture 1926 Jun 4 2 Proposed Alteration to the Residence of Mrs. W. Roth Kamp, 228th Street, St. Albans 1947 2 1 sheet Photograph of [Queens Borough Hall ?] on Hunters Point Avenue, designed by Albert Thompson n.d. 2 Watercolor of Residence designed by Albert Thompson n.d. 2