Edwin H. Denby Papers, 1823-1942 (mostly 1900-1939)

C0625

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Denby, Edwin H. (1873 or 1874-1957)

Title:

Edwin H. Denby Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/3b591861h

Dates:

1823-1942 (mostly 1900-1939)

Size:

7 boxes, 5.13 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP - Remote Storage (scarcpxm): Boxes 1-7

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of drawings, correspondence, photographs, documents, a genealogy, financial papers, and printed matter of Edwin H. Denby.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of drawings, correspondence, photographs, documents, a genealogy, financial papers, and printed matter of Denby. The collection contains material for his unpublished books Meandering Way Round the Mediterranean,, Most of Europe and the Near East, and A Treatise on Lettering by Modules; architect's record books, order books, contracts, checkbooks, mortgage receipts, an accountant's report (1938), and ledgers (1906-1923); photographs of buildings designed by the architectural firm of Denby and Nute; architectural drawings for the Yonkers (N.Y.) Public Library and the Mt. Vernon (N.Y.) Public Library; blueprints, architectural renderings, a collection of drawings and rubbings of Romanesque capitals, moldings, and borders; and two notebooks describing Denby's mnemonic system based on a numerical device. There is also Denby family material including the journal (1863) of Denby's father, Edwin Robinson Denby, medical officer on the Wyoming in the Straits of Sunda, containing comments about the progress of the Civil War; a report by Dr. Denby about the sanitary conditions aboard the Lancaster (1875), with a scrapbook kept by his wife, Laura Hooper Denby, regarding Dr. Denby's death from yellow fever and the outbreak of the disease among the sailors; a traveler's diary (1870) by Mrs. Denby; and a penmanship style book (1823) by Emma Woodridge.

Arrangement

Unprocessed.

Collection Creator Biography:

Denby, Edwin H. (1873 or 1874-1957)

Edwin H. Denby was an architect and member of the architectural firm, Denby and Nute. Denby's father, Edwin Robinson Denby, was a physician who served as a medical officer on various ships during the American Civil War.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of Mrs. Edwin H. Denby.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: The contents list was compiled by Jerome Jackson in July 2010

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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