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Drayer architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)
- Title: Drayer architectural drawing archive (Library of Congress)
- Other Title:
Donald H. Drayer archive
Donald H. Drayer architectural drawing archive
Drayer collection - Creator(s): Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
- Related Names:
Drayer, Maria Ramona, 1920- , designer
Drayer, Maria Ramona, 1920- , donor
Chan, Saifook , renderer - Date Created/Published: 1931-1973, bulk 1945-1973.
- Medium:
whole collection 4,661 items.
4,661 chiefly architectural drawings ; various sizes, most in folders 89 x 123 cm. or smaller. - Summary: Primarily architectural drawings by Donald H. Drayer for commercial and residential buildings and housing developments in Washington, D.C. and surrounding suburbs. The majority of the drawings were executed from 1945-1973. Among his commissions were single detached houses, some for prominent clients such as Lyndon Johnson and Albert Gore, Sr., and apartment houses and complexes such as Grosvenor Park in Rockville, Maryland, Prospect House in Arlington, Virginia, and the Colonnade in Washington, D.C. Materials document various phases of the design process, from preliminary sketches to working drawings to correspondence and specifications relating to building projects. The archive also includes engineering drawings and landscape architecture drawings as well as some architectural drawings by other creators, interior design drawings by Maria Drayer, and renderings by Saifook Chan.
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Rights Advisory:
No known restrictions on publication. For information see: "Drayer Architectural Drawing Archive Rights and Restrictions Information,"(https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.757.dray)
- 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 494 groups (called UNITs), which are usually based on separate building projects. Arrangement: Arranged numerically according to the staff-assigned UNIT number.
- Collection title devised by Library staff.
- Specific media or processes represented include graphite, ink, diazo print, felt pen, charcoal, stat, photomechanical print, blueprint, photographic print, and watercolor.
- A substantial portion of the architects' commissions, but not all, are represented in the collection. Donald H. Drayer's card files, organized by client name, briefly describing most projects, and providing some addresses, are stored in P&P Supplementary Archive.
- Each UNIT is cataloged in a separate record. Search for the heading "Donald H. Drayer Archive (Library of Congress)" to see catalog records for the entire archive.
- Gift; Maria Drayer; 1986.
- From the 1950's to his death in 1973, Donald H. Drayer was one of the more productive architects in the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area, notably in the area of large scale apartment and residential developments and commercial buildings. Drayer received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the Washington University School of Architecture in 1931. In 1934, Drayer became an associate architect with the United States Public Buildings Administration. He worked for four years with the private builder and architect William Waverly Taylor, Jr. starting from 1937. He first attempted to form his own business in 1941, but left one year later to serve in the navy till 1947. Upon return, he worked at the Chevy Chase Land Company for two years, followed by the firm Associate Architects and Engineers as office manager till 1954 when he resumed his private practice. He continued to work as an architect until shortly before his death in 1973. Drayer's rendering style was distinctive, characterized by dramatic foliage and skies. A significant quantity of Drayer's functional contemporary designs were actually built.
- Finding aid available online https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/eadpnp.pp021017
- A preliminary paper finding aid is available in the Prints & Photographs Reading Room, filed by UNIT number.
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- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. For information see: "Drayer Architectural Drawing Archive Rights and Restrictions Information," https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.757.dray
- Reproduction Number: ---
- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Medium:
whole collection 4,661 items.
4,661 chiefly architectural drawings ; various sizes, most in folders 89 x 123 cm. or smaller.
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- Call Number: Guide Record [P&P]
- Medium:
whole collection 4,661 items.
4,661 chiefly architectural drawings ; various sizes, most 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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