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Delos H. Smith Collection(1940s–1950s)

  • MS 1990.6

Preliminary Inventory

Box Format Contents
1 Photographs
  1. Religious Architecture (Churches)
    1. Maine and Massachusetts (two folders)
    2. New Hampshire and Vermont
    3. Connecticut and Rhode Island
    4. New York
    5. New Jersey and Delaware
2 Photographs (continued)
3 Photographs (continued)
  1. Secular architecture (one folder)
  2. Miscellaneous sites outside the U.S. (one folder)
  3. Miscellaneous unidentified sites (one folder)
Correspondence
  1. Church history inquiries
    1. New Hampshire and Maine
    2. Massachusetts (two folders)
    3. Connecticut and Rhode Island
    4. New Jersey and New York
    5. Pennsylvania
    6. Maryland and Delaware
    7. Virginia and West Virginia
    8. North and South Carolina
    9. Mississippi and Louisiana
4 Correspondence (continued)
  1. General correspondence
    1. Old Churches (mostly concerning publication of a book)
    2. Historical Data (histories of churches, houses, etc.)
    3. Letters and Articles (unlabeled but grouped by D.H. Smith)
    4. Maryland and Delaware Churches (materials concerning churches in Maryland and Delaware grouped by Smith)
Drawings
  1. Religious Structures (two folders)
  2. Secular Structures (one folder)
  3. Miscellaneous (drawings grouped and labeled by D.H. Smith)
    1. English Origins
    2. Scotland
5 Printed materials
  1. Religious
    1. New England
    2. New York
    3. Pennsylvania and Delaware
    4. Maryland and Virginia
    5. South Carolina
    6. Miscellaneous sites in U.S.
  2. Secular
    1. New England
6 Printed materials (continued)
  1. General (one folder)
Newspaper and magazine clippings
  1. New England
  2. New York and New Jersey
  3. Pennsylvania and Delaware
  4. Maryland and Virginia
  5. North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
  6. Miscellaneous sites in U.S.
  7. Miscellaneous sites outside U.S.
  8. Articles authored by D.H. Smith
Notebooks and maps with colonial churches marked (one folder)
Miscellaneous materials arranged and labeled by D.H. Smith
  1. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
  2. Massachusetts -1-
7 Miscellaneous materials arranged and labeled by D.H. Smith (continued)
  1. Massachusetts -2-
  2. Connecticut
  3. Rhode Island
  4. New York -1-
  5. New York -2-
  6. New Jersey and Delaware
  7. Pennsylvania -1-
8 Miscellaneous materials arranged and labeled by D.H. Smith (continued)
  1. Virginia (Northern Virginia, Prince William and Fairfax counties)
  2. Virginia -2-
  3. Virginia -2-
  4. The Carolinas
  5. South Carolina
  6. Ohio-Kentucky-Western Settlements
  7. Note: June 1963 This envelope contains measurements taken 1918–1930 which have not been drawn in ink.
  8. Miscellaneous houses
9 Miscellaneous materials arranged and labeled by D.H. Smith (continued)
  1. Review of church material 1963 Rev.
  2. Old Church—Inventory Material
  3. Mss. New and Old Churches Review 1963
  4. Colonial—Details
  5. This file grouped but unlabeled by D.H. Smith
  6. Old Church Book—1963 (D.H.S. Current 1963)
  7. Church—Synagogue
  8. English Origins for American Colonial
  9. Glasgow—History (See also large envelopes)
10 Washington, D.C. and surrounding area materials
  1. Washington, —Navy Yard
  2. Washington, —Early Architects
  3. Washington, —History—Printed Articles
  4. Washington, —History—Printed Articles
  5. Washington, —History—Printed Articles
  6. Washington, —Architectural Drawings, Pictures
  7. Washington, —Buildings—Churches & Public
  8. Washington, —Delos Smith Writings and Lists of Historic Bldgs.
  9. Washington, —History and Notes
  10. Washington, —History and Notes
  11. Washington, —Houses
  12. Washington, —Houses
  13. Washington, —Georgetown
  14. Washington, —General
  15. Fort Washington
  16. Maryland
  17. Virginia and Washington, D.C. Area
  18. General #1
  19. General #2
  20. Miscellaneous
11 Reference/Research Cards
12 Scrapbooks (Filed: 2X Oversize) Collections of maps, drawings, pictures and newspaper clippings which focus primarily on architecture along the eastern coast of the U.S.
13 Drawings (2X Oversize)
  1. New England
  2. New York, New Jersey and Delaware
  3. Maryland (two folders)
  4. Virginia and Washington, D.C.
  5. Georgia
  6. Miscellaneous and unidentified

Items in the Rare Books Collection

  1. Books
    1. Bement, Alon. Figure Construction (New York: Bridgman Publishers, 1927).
    2. Caemmerer, H. Paul. A Manual On The Origin And Development of Washington. (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1939).
    3. Clifford, C.R. Color Value. (New York: Clifford & Lawton, 1907).
    4. *Coffin, Lewis A., Jr., and Arthur C. Holden. Brick Architecture of the Colonial Period in Maryland & Virginia (New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1919).
    5. Fischer, Martin. The Permanent Palette (Mountain Lake Park, Md.: National Publishing Society, 1930).
    6. Foot, Rev. George. An Address, Embracing the Early History of Delaware. Reprint. (Wilmington, DE: John M. Rogers, 1898).
    7. Gannett, Rev. Ezra S. A Memorial of the Federal-street Meeting-house (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee, and Co., 1860).
    8. Gibberd, Frederick. The Architecture of England from Norman Times to the Present Day (Cheam, Surrey, England: The Architectural Press, 1946).
    9. *Holme, Charles (ed.), Old Houses in Holland (New York: “The Studio” Ltd., 1913).
    10. *Jourdain, M. English Interiors in Smaller Houses: From the Restoration to the Regency, 1660–1830 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923)
    11. Lathrop, Elise. Old New England Churches (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., 1938).
    12. Montigny, A. Grandjean de and A. Famin. Architecture Toscane ou Palais, Maisons et autres Edifices de la Toscane (New York: The Pencil Points Press, Inc., 1923).
    13. Stimson, John Ward. The Gate Beautiful: Being Principles and Methods In Vital Art Education (Trenton, N.J.: Albert Brandt, 1903).
    14. Thomas, Walter G. and John T. Fallon. Northern Italian Details (New York: The American Architect, 1916).
    15. Yerbury, F.R., ed. Old Domestic Architecture of Holland (London: The Architectural Press, 1924).
    16. Exercises in Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Church, Congregational, Danvers, Massachusetts (Salem, Mass.: Newcomb & Gauss, 1922).
  2. Official Souvenir Programs of “The Lost Colony.” [?]: 1978–79.
  3. “The Monograph Series on Subjects Pertaining to Architecture & Allied Interests”
    1. Old Colonial Brick Houses of New England (Boston: Rogers and Manson Co., 1917). [two copies]
    2. Interiors of Old Houses in Salem and Vicinity (Boston: Rogers and Manson Co., 1916).
  4. McGill University Publications, Series XIII. (Art and Architecture) [Reprinted from The Journal, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada]
    Number Issue
    No. 2 The Buildings of McGill University, by Ramsay Traquair (Montreal, 1925).
    No. 13 The Church of Saint Famille, Island of Orleans, Que. by Ramsay Traquair and C.M. Barbeau (Montreal, 1926).
    No. 14 The Church of St. François de Sales, Island of Orleans, Que. by Ramsay Traquair and C.M. Barbeau (Montreal, 1926).
    No. 15 Liverpool Cathedral, by Philip J. Turner. Montreal, 1927.
    No. 16 The Development of Architecture in the Province of Quebec Since Confederation, by Philip J. Turner. Montreal, 1927.
    No. 17 Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, by Philip J. Turner. Montreal, 1927.
    No. 18 The Church of the Visitation, Sault-Au-Recollet, Quebec, by Traquair, Ramsay, and E.R. Adair. Montreal, 1927.
    No. 19 Old Churches and Church Carving in the Province of Quebec, by Ramsay Traquair. Montreal, 1928.
    No. 21 The Old English Inn, by Philip J. Turner, Montreal, 1928.
    No. 22 The Church of St. Pierre, Island of Orleans, Quebec, by Traquair, Ramsay, and Marius Barbeau. Montreal, 1929.
  5. Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians.
    Volume Issue and Date
    Vol. 3 No. 1–2. January–April, 1943 [“History of City Planning”].
    Vol. 4 Nos. 3–4. July–October, 1944 [“Special Issue on Medieval Architecture”].
  6. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. [Louisville, Ky.: The Franklin Printing Co.]
    Volume Issue and Date [printing changes noted below]
    Vol. IX
    1. Number 4, December, 1950
    Vol. X
    1. Number 1, March 1951
    2. Number 2, May 1951
    3. Number 3, October 1951
    4. Number 4, December 1951
    Vol. XI
    1. Number 1, March 1952
    2. Number 2, May 1952
    3. Number 3, October 1952
    4. Number 4, December 1952
    Vol. XII
    1. Number 1, March 1953 [Crawfordville, IN: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., The Lakeside Press]
    2. Number 2, May 1953
    3. Number 3, October 1953
    4. Number 4, December 1953
    Vol. XIII
    1. Number 1, March 1954
    2. Number 2, May 1954
    3. Number 3, October 1954 and *Additions to William Strickland, Architect and Engineer, 1788–1854, by Agnes Addison Gilchrist. Documentary Supplement of the JSAH, October 1954.
    4. Number 4, December 1954
    Vol. XIV
    1. Number 1, March 1955
    2. Number 2, May 1955
    3. Number 3, October 1955
    4. Number 4, December 1955
    Vol. XV
    1. Number 2, May 1956
    2. Number 3, October 1956
    3. Number 4, December 1956
    Vol. XVI
    1. Number 1, March 1957
    2. Number 2, May 1957
    3. Number 3, October 1957
    4. Number 4, December 1957
    Vol. XVII
    1. Number 1, March 1958
    2. Number 2, Summer 1958
    3. Number 3, Fall 1958
    4. Number 4, Winter 1958
    Vol. XVIII
    1. Number 1, March 1959 [Set in type by the Stinehour Press, Lunenburg, Vt., and printed by the Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, CT]
    2. Number 2, May 1959
    3. Number 3, October 1959
    4. Number 4, December 1959
    Vol. XIX
    1. Number 1, March 1960
    2. Number 2, May 1960 [two copies]
    3. Number 3, October 1960 [two copies]
    4. Number 4, December 1960
    Vol. XX
    1. Number 2, May 1961
  7. The Sussex County Magazine, May 1931. Vol. V, No. 5 [printed in Eastbourne (county borough), England].
  8. Old-Time New England: The Bulletin of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities [Boston: The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities]
    Volume Issue and Date
    Vol. XI
    1. No. 2, October, 1920 Serial No. 22
    Vol. XII
    1. No. 1, July, 1921 Serial No. 25
    2. No. 2, October, 1921 Serial No. 26
    3. [preceding three volumes in folder: “Printed Materials (secular) New England”]
    Vol. XIII
    1. No. 2, October, 1922 Serial No. 30
    2. No. 3, January, 1923 Serial No. 31
    3. No. 4, April, 1923 Serial No. 32
    Vol. XIV
    1. No. 1, July, 1923 Serial No. 33
  9. *Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia For Promoting Useful Knowledge. New Series—Volume 42, Part 3, 1952. [“Three Revolutionary Architects, Boullée, Ledoux, and Lequeu” by Emil Kaufmann.] The American Philosophical Society, Independence Square, Philadelphia, October 6, 1952."

* Denotes books and journals already contained within the Foundation Library collections.

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