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Frank Miles Day architectural records and personal papers, 1882-1927.
Architectural Archives, 215 898-8323 059
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Day, Frank Miles, 1861-1918.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Day, Frank Miles, 1861-1918.
- Day, Frank Miles.
- University of Pennsylvania. Department of Architecture--History--Sources.
- University of Pennsylvania.
- University of Pennsylvania. Graduate School of Fine Arts--History--Sources.
- American Institute of Architects--History--20th century--Sources.
- American Institute of Architects.
- American Academy in Rome--History--20th century--Sources.
- American Academy in Rome.
- International Congress of Architects--(7th : 1906 : London, England).
- International Congress of Architects.
- Architects--Archives.
- Architects.
- Architectural design--History--19th century--Sources.
- Architectural design.
- Architectural design--History--20th century--Sources.
- Architectural drawing--United States.
- Architectural drawing.
- Architecture--United States--History--19th century--Designs and plans.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--United States--History--20th century--Designs and plans.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc--History--Sources.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Genre:
- Architectural drawings -- American.
- Photographs.
- Travel sketches.
- Student drawings.
- Physical Description:
- 111 sheets : various media.
- 29 sheets.
- 106 drawings and 17 sketchbooks.
- 112 photoprints.
- 7 cubic feet.
- Other Title:
- Frank Miles Day collection.
- Place of Publication:
- 1882-1927.
- Biography/History:
- Frank Miles Day was born in Philadelphia and was educated primarily by his father. He studied architecture in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania's Towne School and in London at the South Kensington School of Art and the Royal Academy. He began independent practice in Philadelphia in 1887, and in 1892 he established a partnership (Frank Miles Day and Brother) with his elder brother, H. Kent Day (1851-1925), an accountant. Charles Zeller Klauder became a chief draftsman for Frank Miles Day and Brother in 1900; by 1911 Klauder was made a named partner, forming Day Brothers and Klauder. H. Kent Day retired in 1912, and the firm became Day and Klauder in 1913. Frank Miles Day was an active partner until his death in 1918. His estate was jointly administered by his wife, Anna Blanchard Blakiston Day; his brother-in-law, Kenneth M. Blakiston; and his brother, H. Kent Day. Klauder continued the firm after Day's death, using the name Day and Klauder until 1927.
- Summary:
- The bulk of this collection was given to the Architectural Archives by the Day family, and it is rich in personal and family materials. The collection comprises student drawings, travel sketches, project-related architectural drawings, correspondence, personal accounts, notes, lectures, books, photographs, memorabilia and materials related to his estate.
- Day's journals, sketchbooks and unbound sketches document his European travel. Most remarkable is his set of set of eighty-four elaborate sketches executed in 1885 and in 1893-1894. Day and his family preserved small amounts of material related to twenty-three architectural projects 1888-1915. Day's own house and garden are documented with photographs, notes, correspondence, garden diagrams, lists of plants, etc. The only architectural project represented by a large number of architectural drawings is the American Baptist Publication Society (Philadelphia, PA). The most remarkable project-related drawing is a large (79" x 67") presentation rendering of Horticultural Hall, delineated by Edgar V. Seeler.
- Day preserved substantial materials related to his activities in professional organizations: correspondence, reports, notes of meetings, speeches (including some typescript drafts of his speeches) as well as printed material. The collection contains substantial material related to the American Institute of Architects, the American Academy in Rome and the 7th International Congress of Architects, London, 1906. Filed with Day's professional activities are materials related to two architectural competitions for which Day served as juror. A letterpress book from the years 1913-1917 contains a mixture of professional correspondence and personal business matters arranged chronologically.
- In addition to the rendering by Edgar V. Seeler, the collection contains renderings by Arthur Byne, and Vernon Howe Bailey of Weightman Hall (University of Pennsylvania. Also found is Anna Day's subscription copy of The Holy Experiment (privately printed in 1922) by the artist Violet Oakley, who had been a close personal friend of Frank Miles Day.
- For other materials in the Architectural Archives related to Frank Miles Day's professional practice, see Day & Klauder. Architectural Records, 1895-1958; bulk 1908-1938. His wife's archives may be consulted at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Day, Anna Blanchard Blakiston. Papers, 1905-1961.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- Printed finding aid available at the Architectural Archives. For electronic finding aid see Web Link.
- This collection is indexed (with electronic access to selected images) in Philadelphia Architects and Buildings, a searchable database of architectural research materials. See Web Link.
- Cited as:
- Frank Miles Day Collection, The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania.
- Access Restriction:
- Collection available for research by appointment only.
- Online:
- Finding aid (PDF)
- Philadelphia Architects and Buildings
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