Charles Carsten Platt and Frederick Putnam Platt papers, [ca. 1937-1955].
Collection Number: 2852
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Charles Carsten Platt and Frederick Putnam Platt papers, [ca. 1937-1955].
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2852
Abstract:
Charles Carsten Platt (Cornell University Class of 1901) and his brother, Frederick
P. Platt, headed F.P. Platt & Brother, an architecture firm. The collection is mostly
a file of jobs done by the Platts. Also includes insurance records, paid bills, cancelled
checks, and blueprints and drawings.
Creator:
Platt, Charles C. (Charles Carsten), 1880-1967.
Quanitities:
12.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Collection is mostly a file of jobs done by the Platts. Also includes insurance records,
paid bills, cancelled checks, and blueprints and drawings.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Charles Carsten Platt and Frederick Putnam Platt Papers, #2852. Division of Rare and
Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Architect and city planner. Charles Carsten Platt (Cornell University Class of 1901)
and his brother, Frederick P. Platt, headed F.P. Platt & Brother, an architecture
firm which designed the Consolidated Edison Company, Horn and Hardart Automat restaurants,
and the New York Athletic Club (of which Charles Platt was a member). Other clients
included New York University and Pace College. Charles Platt was a member of the Architectural
League of New York and the State Association of Architects; a governor of the Real
Estate Board of New York; and a president of the Municipal Art Society in New York
City. He served on municipal improvement committees under New York mayors Fiorello
H. La Guardia, William ODwyer, and Robert F. Wagner, and was a leader in efforts to
eliminate slums.
Names:
Platt, Frederick Putnam, -1955.
F.P. Platt & Brother
Places:
New York (N.Y.) -- City planning.
Subjects:
City planners.
Architects.
Slums.
City planning.
Civic improvement.
Architecture -- New York (State)
CONTAINER LIST
|
Container
|
Description
|
Date
|
|
| Box 1 |
Job file,
|
1937-1944 | |
| Box 2 |
Job file,
|
1940-1945 | |
| Box 3 |
Job file,
|
1944-1947 | |
| Box 4 |
Job file,
|
1944-1951 | |
| Box 5 |
Job file,
|
1944-1953 | |
| Box 6 |
Job file,
|
1945-1949 | |
| Box 7 |
Job file,
|
1944-1948 | |
| Box 8 |
Job file,
|
1945-1951 | |
| Box 8 |
Job file,
|
1951-1953 | |
| Box 10 |
Job file,
|
1942-1943 | |
| Box 11 |
Job file,
|
1943-1945 | |
| Box 12 |
Insurance records, paid bills, cancelled checks,
|
1950-1955 | |