American architects and their books, 1840-1915 / edited by Kenneth Hafertepe and James F. O'Gorman.

Title & Author:

American architects and their books, 1840-1915 / edited by Kenneth Hafertepe and James F. O'Gorman.

Publication:

Description:

xxvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Studies in print culture and the history of the book

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Architects and books, 1840-1915 / Kenneth Hafertepe and James F. O'Gorman -- Downing's readings and readings of Downing / Kenneth Hafertepe -- Oliver Smith, housewright and itinerant architect / Ted Cavanagh -- "Vast avenues to knowledge": Thomas Ustick Walter's books / Jhennifer A. Amundson -- Samuel Sloan, pattern books, and the question of professional identity / Elspeth Cowell -- "At the core of his career": Enoch A. Curtis and architectural books / Daniel D. Reiff -- Edward Townsend Mix: books and the professional architect in nineteenth-century Milwaukee / Chris Szczesny-Adams -- The architectural library of Henry A. Sims / Michael J. Lewis -- "Either in books or architecture": Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in the nineties / James F. O'Gorman -- John Calvin Stevens's architectural library / Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. -- Books and libraries in Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park days / Elaine Harrington -- Wright and Melville's chimney / James F. O'Gorman -- Exotic and aesthetic: the library of Charles Sumner Greene / Edward R. Bosley and Anne E. Mallek.

Resources:
Table of contents
Book review (H-Net)
Table of contents only

ISBN:

9781558496026 (cloth ; alk. paper)
1558496025 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architects Books and reading United States.
Architectural writing United States History 19th century.
Architectural writing United States History 20th century.
Architectes Livres et lecture États-Unis.
Architecture Art d'écrire États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture Art d'écrire États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architects Books and reading
Architectural writing
Architektur
Schrifttum
Architekt
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Hafertepe, Kenneth, 1955-
O'Gorman, James F.
Studies in print culture and the history of the book.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 254490
Call No.: BIB 184529
Status: Available

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