Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1905-1921.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary (Firm)

Contributor:

Zantzinger, Clarence Clark, 1872-1954.

Borie, Charles Louis, 1870-1943.

Medary, Milton Bennett, 1874-1929.

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942.

Smith, Edgar F. (Edgar Fahs), 1854-1928.

Burroughs, Clyde H. (Clyde Huntley), 1882-1973.

Olmsted Brothers

Laird, Warren Powers, 1861-1948.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Detroit Institute of Arts.

Indianapolis Public Library.

Buildings.

Benjamin Franklin Parkway (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Indianapolis Public Library--Buildings.

Detroit Institute of Arts--Buildings.

Physical Description:

19 items (38 leaves)

Contained In:

Paul Philippe Cret Papers, 1865-1976. Folder 485.

Place of Publication:

1905-1921.

Summary:

Correspondence with C. C. Zantzinger and C. L. Borie concerns the firm's collaboration with Cret on the following projects: the Philadelphia Parkway, Work No. 38; the Schuylkill River Embankments, Work No. 76; the University of Pennsylvania Comprehensive Plan, Work No. 96; the Indianapolis Public Library, Work No. 34; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, Work No. 105. Correspondence also contains an original letter of Ralph Adams Cram to Clarence Zantzinger (sent on to Cret), and copies to Cret of correspondence from C. L. Borie (to Edgar Fahs Smith) and from M. B. Medary (to Clyde H. Burroughs). Also included is a letter from C. L. Borie addressed jointly to Olmsted Brothers, Warren P. Laird and Cret.

Notes:

Contains 18 items to Cret.