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I.N. Phelps Stokes papers

Title
I.N. Phelps Stokes papers, 1909-1944.
Author
Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944.
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Additional Authors
  • Gilliss, Walter, 1855-1925.
  • Hotchkiss, Thomas W.
  • Macarthy, Clinton H.
  • Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1867-1952.
  • Stevens, Henry Newton, 1855-1930.
  • Wieder, F. C. (Frederik Caspar), 1874-1943.
  • New York Public Library.
Description
16 linear feet (35 boxes).
Summary
Collection consists of correspondence and research notes, drafts and proofs, photographs, and other materials for the Iconography of Manhattan Island.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Negatives.
  • Photographic prints.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) was an American architect and housing reformer.
Call Number
MssCol 2892
OCLC
NYPG05-A10035
Author
Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944.
Title
I.N. Phelps Stokes papers, 1909-1944.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Biography
Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) was an American architect and housing reformer. John Mead Howells and Stokes worked as partners in the architectural firm Howells and Stokes. In addition to his architectural work, Stokes was an organizer of the Tenement House Committee of the Charity Organization Society, served on the New York State Tenement House Commission, helped write the New York tenement house law of 1901, and designed several model tenements. He had a renowned collection of prints of old New York and was responsible for The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909, a six-volume pictorial history published between 1915 and 1928. He served on the Board of Trustees of the New York Public Library from 1916 until 1938.
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Occupation
Architects.
Added Author
Gilliss, Walter, 1855-1925.
Hotchkiss, Thomas W.
Macarthy, Clinton H.
Paltsits, Victor Hugo, 1867-1952.
Stevens, Henry Newton, 1855-1930.
Wieder, F. C. (Frederik Caspar), 1874-1943.
New York Public Library.
Research Call Number
MssCol 2892
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