[MassHistPres] Architect Stephen C. Earle files

[Joseph Larson]

Betsy, Marcia, Mary, Bobyn, Susan:

Many thanks for your responses. UMass Amherst does not have original plans
of the Old Chapel. I am also advised that they are not in the State
Archives. I will try the American Antiquarian Museum in Worcester and the
Fine Arts Dept, Boston Public Library.

Joseph S. Larson, Ph.D. '56 G58
Corresponding Secretary
Preserve UMass
27 Arnold Road
Pelham, Massachusetts 01002-9757
413-256-8256




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From: Mary Bulso [mailto:marybulso at gmail.com] 
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Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] Architect Stephen C. Earle files

 The Worcester Historical Museum does not have the drawings. I have checked
with Robyn, her response is below.
Mary


Hi Mary,

I checked our indexes and we do not have any drawings of that building. A
sketch of the chapel appeared in a book we published about Stephen Earle,
but that image was credited to UMASS. Have you contacted someone over there?

Sorry that I could not be of more assistance to you.

Robyn Conroy

Librarian/Archivist

Worcester Historical Museum

30 Elm Street

Worcester, MA 01609

508.753.8278, ext. 105

Fax: 508.753.9070

www.worcesterhistory.org


On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:47 AM,  <SCeccacci at aol.com> wrote:
> Dr. Larson,
> I am unaware of any collection of plans from the office of Stephen 
> Earle, having tried myself in the past to find one.  Some individual 
> plans can be found in the collections of different libraries, but I 
> believe that the contents of Earle's office did not survive.
>
> It may or may not be of interest to you that Professor Curtis Dahl, 
> deceased, formerly of Wheaton College, did a lot of research on 
> Stephen Earle and produced a never-published manuscript on Earle and 
> his work, a copy of which I own.  I was in touch with him when he was 
> doing that research, back in the 1980s.  At that time no collection of 
> plans from Earle's office was known to exist.  Earle's grandson, 
> Albert Southwick, who lives in Worcester and who is himself a 
> historian, was not aware of any comprehensive collection of Earle's
drawings.
>
> The Massachusetts Office of Public Safety records at the Massachusetts 
> Archives might have some plans for the building you are interested in.  
> You might also check with the Worcester Historical Museum library 
> (Robyn Conroy,
> librarian) to see if they have acquired drawings of interest to you 
> since I last looked at their holdings.  The Worcester Historical 
> Museum did a show on the work of Stephen Earle back in the 1980s and 
> there is a catalogue for the show, but that is not what you are 
> looking for. Other possible locations to check for plans are the 
> Worcester Public Library (Joy Hennig, local history room librarian) 
> and the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester (Lauren Hewes, graphics
archivist).
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Susan McDaniel Ceccacci
> Architectural Historian
> home phone:  508-829-6640
> also
> Education Director
> Preservation Worcester
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/18/2013 9:02:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
> Ellen.Lipsey at cityofboston.gov writes:
>
> If you haven't checked MassCOPAR you can google them and get a link 
> via Open Source to listings of architects, drawings etc. that MassCOPAR
catalogued.
>
>
>
> From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
> [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Larson
>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:45 AM
> To: Mass Hist Preservation
> Cc: RICHARD NATHHORST; jlarson at tei.umass.edu; James Edward Mulcahy; 
> arnoldf at art.umass.edu; Elaine C. Barker
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Architect Stephen C. Earle files
>
>
>
> Preserve UMass is interested in learning where the files and plans of 
> architect Stephen C. Earle (1839-1913) of Worcester may have been
archived.
> He designed over 70 public buildings and residences in the Worcester 
> area and in other parts of Massachusetts. We are specifically 
> interested to learn if the original plans of the 1885 Old Chapel on 
> the UMass Amherst campus have survived. Any help or suggestions would be
most appreciated.
>
>
>
> Joseph S. Larson, Ph.D. '56 G58
>
> Corresponding Secretary
>
> Preserve UMass
>
> 27 Arnold Road
>
> Pelham, Massachusetts 01002-9757
>
> 413-256-8256
>
>
>
>
>
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