VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Making of Virginia Architecture Collection
Brownell, Charles E.
M 383
/repositories/5/resources/558
4 Linear Feet
1988-1994
English
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Making of Virginia Architecture Collection, Collection Number M 383 , Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives in December 2009 by Dr. Charles Brownell.
Biographical/Historical Information
The book, or catalogue, "The Making of Virginia Architecture", was published in 1992 and co-authored by Charles E. Brownell, Calder Loth, William M. S. Rasmussen, and Richard Guy Wilson. The genesis of the project occurred years earlier, when the authors concluded that Virginia's principal artistic achievement was architecture, and decided to write a catalogue that documented the range and variety of architecture in Virginia.
The book was a companion to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts exhibition entitled The Making of Virginia Architecture: Drawings and Models, 1719-1990, which ran November 10, 1992 to January 3, 1993. The original VMFA exhibition name was alternatively referred to as "Architectural Drawing in Virginia" and "Virginia's Architectural Drawing" (VAD), and the exhibition was postponed in 1988 and 1990; hence references in the collection to these different names, abbreviations, and dates.
For their publication, the authors were presented with the Architectural Exhibition Catalogue Award in 1993 by The Society of Architectural Historians "in recognition of its excellence, having been judged the outstanding catalogue of an architectural history exhibition published in 1992".
Scope and Content
Records were collected from 1988 to 1994 by Dr. Brownell in the course of researching and writing the book, and preparing for the exhibition. The bulk of the material consists of notes and correspondence related to chapter 6 of the book, "The Survey: A Selection of Virginia Architectural Drawings, Studies, Models 1719-1990". This chapter contains detailed histories and architectural plans of Virginia buildings and monuments. Folder names beginning with "catalogue entry" refer to entries in chapter 6, and correspond either to the buildings themselves or to their designers.
The collection includes drafts of Dr. Brownell's Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870", and his contribution to Chapter 4 (Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870"). There are chapter drafts by William M. S. Rasmussen and Richard Guy Wilson as well.
The collection contains correspondence among the authors and institutional curators regarding loan requests for the VMFA exhibition. Museum and repository sources used for both the book and exhibition are also included.
Arrangement
Materials in the collection are arranged according to their original order.
Brownell, Charles E.
Rasmussen, William M. S. (William Meade Stith), 1946-
Wilson, Richard Guy, 1940-
Loth, Calder, 1943-
Brownell, Charles E.
MVA catalogue award presented by The Society of Architectural Historians/repositories/5/archival_objects/5731019931United States Capitol and President's House 1792 competition drawings/repositories/5/archival_objects/573111988-19891Acknowledgements/repositories/5/archival_objects/573121990-19921General Bibliography/repositories/5/archival_objects/5731319921Catalogue entry data sheet/repositories/5/archival_objects/573141987-19881Vernacular architecture/repositories/5/archival_objects/573151987-19881Catalogue entry of Belle Farm (18th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573161990-19911Catalogue entry of Amelia County Courthouse (18th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/5731719911Catalogue entries of 18th century architectural drawings/repositories/5/archival_objects/573181988-19901Catalogue entry of Menokin (18th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573191990-1991, 1995-1996, 20011Catalogue entry of Mount Vernon (18th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573201989-19981Catalogue entry of Newmarket (18th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573211990-19921Catalogue entry of Skipwith (18th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/5732219921Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson, pre-Europe (old draft)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573231989-19901Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson, after Europe (old draft)/repositories/5/archival_objects/5732419901Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson (old draft)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573251989-19901Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson: 1/repositories/5/archival_objects/573261989-19911Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson: 2/repositories/5/archival_objects/573271989-1992 [folder 1 of 2]1Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson: 2/repositories/5/archival_objects/573281989-1992 [folder 2 of 2]1Catalogue entries of non-graphic artifacts/repositories/5/archival_objects/573291988, 19921Catalogue entry of Bremo Recess/repositories/5/archival_objects/573301988, 19911Sources (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/5733119881Catalogue entry of Sweet Briar House (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/5733219911Catalogue entry of Samuel Boates (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573331990-19911Catalogue entry of N. Le Brun (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573341989-19911Catalogue entry of E. G. Lind (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/5733519881Catalogue entry of Robert Cary Long, Jr., (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573361988, 19911Catalogue entry of Albert Lybrock (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573371988, 1990-19911Catalogue entry of John McComb/repositories/5/archival_objects/5733819911Catalogue entry of Charles Augustus Busby/repositories/5/archival_objects/573391988, 1990-19912Catalogue entry of John Buchanan Danforth (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573401990-19912Catalogue entry of Alexander Jackson Davis (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573411990-19912Catalogue entry of George Aloysius Frederick (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573421988, 1990-19912Catalogue entry of Maximilian Godefroy (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573431990-19912Drawings of John Haviland, request for inclusion in VMFA MVA exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/5734419912Catalogue entries of later 19th century architecture/repositories/5/archival_objects/573451988-19902Catalogue entry of Benjamin Henry Latrobe/repositories/5/archival_objects/573461990-19922Catalogue entry of John McComb, Jr./repositories/5/archival_objects/573471988, 1990-19912Catalogue entry of Robert Mills/repositories/5/archival_objects/573481988-1989-, 19912Catalogue entries of monuments: I/repositories/5/archival_objects/5734919882Catalogue entries of monuments: II/repositories/5/archival_objects/5735019882Catalogue entry of John Notman (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573511988, 1990-19912Catalogue entry of Alexander Parris/repositories/5/archival_objects/573521988-19912Catalogue entry of Calvin Pollard (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573531988, 1990-19912Catalogue entries of revivals/repositories/5/archival_objects/5735419882Catalogue entry of Alfred L. Rives (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573551988, 1990-19912Catalogue entry of P. Slaughter/repositories/5/archival_objects/5735619892Catalogue entry of Norris G. Starkweather (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573571988, 19912Catalogue entry of Thomas S. Stewart (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573581988, 1990-19912Catalogue entry of Thomas Alexander Tefft (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573591988, 1990-19912Catalogue entry of John Rochester Thomas (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573601988-19912Catalogue entry of Thomas Ustick Walter (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/573611988, 1990-19912Catalogue entry of Ammi B. Young (19th century architecture)/repositories/5/archival_objects/5736219902Catalogue entries by Calder Loth and William Rasmussen (MVA co-authors), [Includes entries of Richard King, Edmund George Lind, John Neilson, Samuel McDowell Reid, William T. Murdoch & William Richards]/repositories/5/archival_objects/5736319912Letter from Richard Guy Wilson to William Rasmussen (MVA co-authors)/repositories/5/archival_objects/5736419912Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/573651988-19892Correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/573661990-19942Brownell discoveries of materials and documentation/repositories/5/archival_objects/5736719913Proposal for exhibition compact disc presentation/repositories/5/archival_objects/5736819913Catalogue illustrations to Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell/repositories/5/archival_objects/573691991-19923Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: "Draft to recycle"/repositories/5/archival_objects/5737019913Chapter 1, "Drafting the Plans: Pride and Practicality in Virginia's Colonial Architecture, 1715-1770" by William M. S. Rasmussen: correspondence/repositories/5/archival_objects/5737119913Chapter 4, Part 3, "Drawings, Models, and the Making of Architecture in Virginia Since 1870" by Richard Guy Wilson: Draft/repositories/5/archival_objects/573721991-19923Catalogue labels/repositories/5/archival_objects/573731990-19923Correspondence: Exhibition loan requests for drawings/repositories/5/archival_objects/5737419903Lists of drawings for exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/573751988-19913Format guidelines for catalogue entries/repositories/5/archival_objects/573761989-19913Fellowship and grants sources/repositories/5/archival_objects/5737719883Glossary drafts/repositories/5/archival_objects/573781991-19923The "eleventh hour"/repositories/5/archival_objects/573791990-19913Inquiry into architectural drawings at the Winterthur Museum for MVA exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/573801989-19903Inquiry into photographs of architectural drawings at the Valentine Richmond History Center/repositories/5/archival_objects/5738119893Requests for photographs of architectural drawings from the New York Historical Society for MVA exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/573821989-19913Loan requests for / inquiries about drawings and photographs at New York repositories for MVA exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/573831988-19893Inquiry into architectural drawings and photographs at New Haven, Connecticut repositories/repositories/5/archival_objects/5738419883Loan and permission requests from the Maryland Historical Society for MVA exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/573851989-19913Loan requests for drawings and photographs from the Massachusetts Historical Society for MVA exhibition/repositories/5/archival_objects/573861989-19903Catalogue illustrations/repositories/5/archival_objects/573871991-19923Catalogue illustrations: color plates/repositories/5/archival_objects/573881990-19913Exhibition expenditures, statements, and contracts/repositories/5/archival_objects/573891988-1991, 19933Board of advisors / Honorary Committee/repositories/5/archival_objects/573901988, 19903MVA exhibition gallery handout/repositories/5/archival_objects/573911991-19923Catalogue illustrations to Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: spares/repositories/5/archival_objects/57392undated3Catalogue illustrations to Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell/repositories/5/archival_objects/573931991-19923Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft 1 and documents/repositories/5/archival_objects/573941990-19913Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft 1/repositories/5/archival_objects/5739519913Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft 3/repositories/5/archival_objects/5739619913Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: "Obsolete"/repositories/5/archival_objects/5739719913Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft/repositories/5/archival_objects/5739819913Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft 4/repositories/5/archival_objects/5739919913Exhibition letter of inquiry/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740019883Essay, "The Classical Tradition and Virginia, 1715-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: excerpt from MVA catalogue, Chapter 2, for use in his UVA course, "Early American Architecture", Fall 1991/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740119913Chapter 4 figure captions/repositories/5/archival_objects/574021991-19923Chapter 4, Part 1, "Architectural Drawings and Design in the Virginia Colony", Draft/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740319923Chapter 1 figure captions/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740419923Chapter 2 figure captions/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740519923Chapter 1, "Setting the Plan: Pride and Practicality in Virginia's Colonial Architecture, 1719-1770" by William M.S. Rasmussen: Draft [note: title later changed to "Drafting the Plans"]/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740619913Chapter 6 survey numbers 1 through 13, Draft/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740719913Chapter 6 survey numbers 14 through 27/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740819913Chapter 6 survey numbers 28 through 50/repositories/5/archival_objects/5740919913Chapter 6 survey numbers 51 through 55/repositories/5/archival_objects/5741019913Exhibition planning meetings/repositories/5/archival_objects/574111986-19923National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts exhibition grant requests/repositories/5/archival_objects/574121990-19913Exhibition prospectus/repositories/5/archival_objects/574131988-1989, 19913Exhibition publicity/repositories/5/archival_objects/5741419923Exhibition query submission to periodicals/repositories/5/archival_objects/574151988-19893Repository sources/repositories/5/archival_objects/5741619893Repository sources, "Checked"/repositories/5/archival_objects/5741719883Repository sources, "To check"/repositories/5/archival_objects/574181988-19893Orders for exhibition prints/repositories/5/archival_objects/5741919883