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Wood architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)
- Title: Wood architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)
- Other Title:
Wood collection
Waddy B. Wood architectural drawing archive
Waddy B. Wood archive - Creator(s): Wood, Waddy B. (Waddy Butler), 1869-1944, architect
- Related Names:
Lowry, Bates, 1923- , donor
Lowry, Isabel , donor
Wood, Donn & Deming , architect
Smithsonian Institution , donor - Date Created/Published: 1852-1965, bulk 1894-1937.
- Medium:
whole collection 644 items.
644 chiefly architectural drawings; various sizes, in folders 89 x 123 cm. or smaller. - Summary: Primarily architectural drawings by Waddy B. Wood for residential buildings, commercial buildings, and government buildings in Washington, D.C., and surrounding suburbs. The majority of the drawings were executed from 1894-1937. Among his work represented in the archive are houses in the Kalorama and Dupont Circle areas; hotels and office buildings; and government buildings such as the Interior Department and proposed alterations to the State, War & Navy Building. Materials document mainly the preliminary phases of the design process, including sketches and renderings, as well as correspondence and notes relating to building projects. The archive also includes landscape architecture drawings and architectural drawings by other creators, including Wood, Donn & Deming.
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
Publication may be restricted. For information see "Architecture, Design, and Engineering (ADE) Drawings."(https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.103.ade)
- Access Advisory: Architectural drawings; Served by appointment only. For more information, see:(https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.info.apptonly)
- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
- Notes:
- Arrangement: Organized into 91 groups (UNITs or LOTs) usually based on building; Arrangement: Arranged sequentially in an arbitrarily assigned UNIT or LOT number order.
- Each UNIT or LOT is cataloged in a separate record related to the collection through a link to "Waddy B. Wood Archive (Library of Congress)."
- Collection title devised by Library staff.
- Specific media or processes represented include graphite, ink, charcoal, stat, photomechanical print, blueprint, colored pencil, diazo print, photographic print, wash, and watercolor.
- Waddy B. Wood played an important role in Washington, D.C., architecture during the last decade of the 19th century and the first four decades of the 20th century. Most of his architectural drawings have been lost, although the majority of his extant drawings are represented in the Wood Architectural Drawing Archive (Library of Congress), consisting of scattered designs spanning most of his career. Wood received his training as an architect by working as a draftsman while studying architectural books at the Library of Congress. He began practicing as an architect in 1892. In 1902 Wood went into partnership with Edmund Donn, Jr. and William I. Deming. Wood remained with Wood, Donn & Deming for 10 years, when he opened his own office. He practiced independently until his retirement in 1940. Wood played a leadership role in the architectural profession, serving as president of the Washington Architectural Club and as president of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the American Institute of Architects. His drawing technique was so highly skilled that his renderings were published and exhibited. The archive contains small numbers of Wood's work spanning most of his career.
- Finding aid available online http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp021027
- A preliminary paper finding aid is available in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room, filed by UNIT number.
- Forms part of the Waddy B. Wood papers, 1885-1941 (bulk 1913-1935).
- Transfer; Smithsonian Institution; 1980; (DLC/PP-1980:302).
- Gift; Bates and Isabel Lowry; 1986, (DLC/PP-1987:029).
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- Collections:
- Part of: Wood, Waddy B. (Waddy Butler), Waddy B Wood papers, 1885-1941
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- Rights Advisory: Publication may be restricted. For information see "Architecture, Design, and Engineering (ADE) Drawings." https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.103.ade
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Medium:
whole collection 644 items.
644 chiefly architectural drawings; various sizes, in folders 89 x 123 cm. or smaller.
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- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Medium:
whole collection 644 items.
644 chiefly architectural drawings; various sizes, in folders 89 x 123 cm. or smaller. - Access Advisory: Architectural drawings; Served by appointment only. For more information, see: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.info.apptonly
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