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Records of the Construction of the Cleveland Museum of Art
1916 Building
Box List

Box 1
  1. Report from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Commission in Europe
  2. Articles of Incorporation, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 26 June 1913
  3. Materials relating to the Exchange of Lands in Wade Park With the City of Cleveland
  4. Building Committee correspondence
  5. Building Committee minutes of meetings, 8 June 1905 - 6 November 1912
  6. Building Committee minutes of meetings, 24 April 1913 - 12 December 1914
  7. Building Committee minutes of meetings, 26 February 1916 - 4 November 1915
  8. Building Committee minutes of meetings, 16 November 1915 - 24 November 1916
  9. Building Committee minutes of meetings, 1 December 1916 - 18 December 1919
Box 2
  1. Agreements with architects, general contractors, and consultingengineers, 1907-1913
  2. French and Hubbard, correspondence, 1914 - September 1918
  3. French and Hubbard, correspondence, October 1918 - 1921
  4. V.E. Thebaud (Hubbell and Benes) correspondence, 1913-1916
  5. V.E. Thebaud, personal correspondence, 1914-1915
  6. V.E. Thebaud, calculations of materials, qualities, and costs
  7. V.E. Thebaud, construction journal, 1914
  8. V.E. Thebaud, memos to H.G. Gilman, n.d.
  9. Superintendent's office diary, 1916
  10. John W. McCabe, appointment as superintendent, 1922
  11. John W. McCabe, personal correspondence, 1919-1923
Box 3
  1. Shipping invoices from King Bridge, 1914-1915 (1)
  2. Shipping invoices from King Bridge, 1914-1915 (2) [not found as of 9 November 2001]
  3. Lists of equipment and furniture (1)
  4. Lists of equipment and furniture (2)
  5. Lists of equipment and furniture (3)
  6. Promotional material for equipment and furniture
  7. Crowell and Murray, cement inspections, 1913-1915
  8. Report on contract from W.S. Tyler, 5 November 1915
  9. Report of the lighting committee to the building committee, 1916
  10. Temperature readings, August - September 1917
  11. "Duties of Telephone Operator" [not found as of 9 November 2001]
  12. Titles of specifications
  13. Specifications, general conditions
  14. Specifications, carpenter work
  15. Specifications, plumbing
  16. Specifications, heating and ventilating apparatus
Box 4
  1. Specifications, heating and ventilating apparatus
  2. Specifications, electrical work and apparatus
  3. Specifications, painting and finishing
  4. Specifications, interior marble work revision no. 1
  5. Specifications, [emergency lighting apparatus and wiring]
  6. Specifications, [for hardware]
  7. Specifications, [for glass]
  8. Specifications, [for sheet metal work]
  9. Specifications, for vacuum cleaning plant
  10. Specifications, for landscape work
  11. Specifications, for elevators and apparatus
  12. Specifications, for completing garden court - Hubbell & Benes, Architects
  13. Specifications, for finishing north galleries
  14. Specifications, Report on Methods of Obtaining Auxiliary Heat to Charles W. Bingham
  15. Specifications, for gas boilers, steam piping, and apparatus - auxiliary heating
  16. Specifications, for electric wiring for service station
  17. Specifications, for erecting complete a steam power plant in the service building
  18. Specifications, [for service station plumbing]
  19. Specifications, changes in electrical wiring
  20. Specifications, for ornamental iron and bronze
  21. Specifications, for alterations to the heating and ventilating system March 11, 1947
  22. Letters on heating [not found as of 9 November 2001]
  23. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, 1913-1916, nos. 1-25
  24. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, nos. 26-50
  25. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, nos. 51-75
  26. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, nos. 76-100
Box 5
  1. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, 1913-1916, nos. 101-125
  2. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, 126-150
  3. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, 151-175
  4. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, nos. 176-200
  5. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, nos. 201-225
  6. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, nos. 226-250
  7. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, nos. 251-275
  8. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, nos. 276-296
  9. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, service station), nos. 1-21
  10. Applications for certificates of payment and certificates of payment, service station), nos. 22-42
  11. Cleveland Trust bank passbook, 1916-1918
  12. Cash book and ledger, 1914
  13. [Statements of Account - The Guardian Savings and Trust - July 9, 1917 - October 1, 1919] [not found as of 9 November 2001]
  14. [Statements of Account - Construction Account - The Guardian Savings and Trust - May 2, 1917 - July 25, 1918] [not found as of 9 November 2001]
  15. [Statements of Receipts and Disbursements - Building Account - The Guardian Savings and Trust - January 12, 1914 - March 24, 1917][not found as of 9 November 2001]
  16. [The National Commercial Bank - Cancelled Checks - April 22, 1915 - May 29, 1915] [not found as of 9 November 2001]
  17. [Journal of the CMA - January 2, 1914 - December 30, 1915]
    [not found as of 9 November 2001]
Box 6
  1. Garden, Conservatory, and Hall Furniture in Art Stone and Wood, the Fischer & Jirouch Company, Cleveland, n.d.
  2. Photographs of architectural details, unidentified vendor(s) (1)
  3. Photographs of architectural details, unidentified vendor(s) (2)
  4. Photographs of architectural details, unidentified vendor(s) (3)
  5. Photographs of architectural details, unidentified vendor(s) (4)
  6. Photographs of architectural details, unidentified vendor(s) (5)
  7. Photographs of architectural details, unidentified vendor(s) (6)
  8. Photographs of architectural details, unidentified vendor(s) (7)
  9. Photographs of architectural details, unidentified vendor(s) (8)
Oversize
  1. Hubbell & Benes Cash Receipts and Disbursements Journal (1 volume)
  2. The Work of William E. Foster, Architect (two copies)
  3. Drawing of exhibit space for Fischer; Jirouch (two drawings)
  4. Photographs (three century albums):
    • Cleveland Museum of Art photographs: 132 images including models of the building, exterior construction, interior construction, and the completed building and grounds, 1912-1919
    • Hubbell and Benes photographs: 170 images including models of the building, site preconstruction, exterior and interior construction, 1905-1915
M-3-1-5

Architectural Drawings (two folders):

  1. Drawing of a table
  2. "Plans of Elevation" Service Station for CMA February 15, 1917 - blueprint
  3. Arrangement of Curtains in Main Hall of Bldg.
  4. Service Corridor - drawing
  5. [Storage] - drawing
  6. Steel Cases in Registrar's Office June 11, 1915 - drawing
  7. Superintendent's Main office and Private Office May 30, 1915 - drawing
  8. Shelving, metal cases and framed grills - Metal Cases - tracing
  9. "Proposed Drinking Fountain" - tracing
  10. Untitled - [Storage area - possibly check room] - tracing
  11. Plan of Check Room August 24, 1915 - blueprint
  12. Garden Court - North Elevation June 3, 1914 - tracing
  13. Garden Court Plan June 3, 1914 - tracing
  14. Garden Court June 3, 1914 - tracing
  15. Revision of Pantry - January 22, 1915 - blueprint
  16. Plan Over Skylight of Rotunda (Nat. Lamp Works of General Electric) April 13, 1916 -blueprint
  17. "Blue Print of Proposed Screens over Evans Wing Boston by A & A" - blueprint
  18. "Service Station," February 9, 1917 - blueprint
  19. "Plan for Kitchen," June 13, 1915 - tracing
  20. Plan of Kitchen June 17, 1915 - tracing
  21. Plan for Kitchen - tracing
  22. [Cases] - tracing
  23. "Sketch for Fountain for Garden Court" - tracing
  24. Setting for the Library Bi-Centennial in the Univ. Of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia
  25. Museum. April 13, 1915 - blueprint
  26. Drinking Fountain - undated - blueprint
  27. "Schemes No. 1, 2 and 3 for Garden Court," December 9, 1914 - blueprint
  28. Partition N.W. Corner Gallery 9 - drawing
  29. Partition S.W. Corner Gallery 9 - drawing
  30. Detail A - A (Full Scale) - drawing
  31. Periodical Cases July 13, 1917 redrawn April 26, 1923 - blueprint
  32. Table - Drawing
  33. Chair - Drawing
  34. "Alterations to Service Station" Longitudinal Section B - B & Transverse Section - blueprint
  35. Proposed Service Station - Tracing
  36. Aluminum frame exhibit cases
  37. One quarter inch scale detail of hanging space in gallery 6
  38. Elevation of picture gallery, 21 October 1914
  39. Comparative elevations of picture galleries, The Cleveland Museum of Art, the Albright Knox Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum, 1 October 1914
  40. Sketch plans for the Cleveland Museum of Art, solutions 8, 8B, 8C, 8E, 13A, 14
  41. First floor plan, 1910
  42. South elevation plan, 1910
  43. Supplemental heating plant
  44. Outline tracing of Holden gallery
  45. Tracing of Gothic room
  46. Two sketches of plants in garden court
  47. Detail of Perry monument in Gordan Park, 1913
  48. Ground floor plan, 1912
  49. Ground story plan, n.d.
  50. First floor plan, 1912
  51. North and south elevations, 1912
  52. Transverse sections, 1913
  53. Elevation of various views, 1913
  54. Marquise, metal work, stair #11, etc., 1913
  55. Cross section elevations, 1914
  56. Miscellaneous details of bronze registers and grilles, 1916
  57. unidentified drawing of pediment details
  58. plan of a refrigerating machine, n.d.

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