Harold Reeve Sleeper papers, 1911-1960.
Collection Number: 2135

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Harold Reeve Sleeper papers, 1911-1960.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2135
Abstract:
Business and personal papers consisting mainly of correspondence, records, and files, including sketches and photographs dealing with architectural work and with professional associations and councils in which Sleeper was active, but also including personal correspondence, minutes, reports, and published material.
Creator:
Sleeper, Harold Reeve, 1893-1960.
Quanitities:
29.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Architect.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Business and personal papers consisting mainly of correspondence, records, and files, including sketches and photographs dealing with architectural work and with professional associations and councils in which Sleeper was active, but also including personal correspondence, minutes, reports, and published material dealing with the American Institute of Architects (national, New York, and other chapters), Architectural League of New York, Downtown - Lower Manhattan Association, Inc., New York State Association of Architects, New York Building Congress, National Institute for Architectural Education, New York City Mayor's panel of architects, and other groups; correspondence, data, and publications related to the Presbyterian Church, including the Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue parishes; lecture notes and other papers relevant to lectures given at New York School of Interior Decoration, Columbia University, and Princeton University; drawings, blueprints, photographs, and financial and business records for architectural work completed, including churches, banks, schools, other public buildings, and private homes; business, project files, ledgers and notebooks from the practice of Frederick L. Ackerman in which Sleeper was employed; research notes and/or published copies of books and articles by Sleeper or to which he contributed, including ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHIC STANDARDS (1932, 4th ed. 1951) a

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Harold Reeve Sleeper papers, #2135. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Sleeper, Harold Reeve. (Title of work: Architectural graphic standards..)
Sleeper, Harold Reeve. (Title of work: Building planning and design standards..)
Ackerman, Frederick Lee, 1878-1
American Institute of Planners
Architectural League of New York
Columbia University -- : Addresses, essays, lectures.
Downtown - Lower Manhattan Association, Inc
National Institute of Architectural Education
New York Building Congress
New York School of Interior Decoration -- : Addresses, essays, lectures.
New York State Association of Architects
Princeton University -- : Addresses, essays, lectures.
Places:
New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings.
Subjects:
Architects.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (General)
School architecture.
Church architecture.
Bank buildings.
Architecture.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Lectures.
Blueprints.
Architectural drawings.

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