A Guide to the Making of Virginia Architecture Collection, 1988-1994 M 383 A Collection in
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library M 383
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.
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".
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.
MVA catalogue award presented by The Society of Architectural Historians
1993
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:2
United States Capitol and President's House 1792 competition drawings
1988-1989
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:3
Acknowledgements
1990-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:4
General Bibliography
1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:5
Catalogue entry data sheet
1987-1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:6
Vernacular architecture
1987-1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:7
Catalogue entry of Belle Farm (18th century architecture)
1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:8
Catalogue entry of Amelia County Courthouse (18th century architecture)
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:9
Catalogue entries of 18th century architectural drawings
1988-1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:10
Catalogue entry of Menokin (18th century architecture)
1990-1991, 1995-1996, 2001
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:11
Catalogue entry of Mount Vernon (18th century architecture)
1989-1998
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:12
Catalogue entry of Newmarket (18th century architecture)
1990-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:13
Catalogue entry of Skipwith (18th century architecture)
1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:14
Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson, pre-Europe (old draft)
1989-1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:15
Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson, after Europe (old draft)
1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:16
Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson (old draft)
1989-1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:17
Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson: 1
1989-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:18
Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson: 2
1989-1992 [folder 1 of 2]
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:19
Catalogue entry of Thomas Jefferson: 2
1989-1992 [folder 2 of 2]
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:20
Catalogue entries of non-graphic artifacts
1988, 1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:21
Catalogue entry of Bremo Recess
1988, 1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:22
Sources (19th century architecture)
1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:23
Catalogue entry of Sweet Briar House (19th century architecture)
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:24
Catalogue entry of Samuel Boates (19th century architecture)
1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:25
Catalogue entry of N. Le Brun (19th century architecture)
1989-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:26
Catalogue entry of E. G. Lind (19th century architecture)
1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:27
Catalogue entry of Robert Cary Long, Jr., (19th century architecture)
1988, 1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:28
Catalogue entry of Albert Lybrock (19th century architecture)
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 1:29
Catalogue entry of John McComb
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:1
Catalogue entry of Charles Augustus Busby
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:2
Catalogue entry of John Buchanan Danforth (19th century architecture)
1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:3
Catalogue entry of Alexander Jackson Davis (19th century architecture)
1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:4
Catalogue entry of George Aloysius Frederick (19th century architecture)
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:5
Catalogue entry of Maximilian Godefroy (19th century architecture)
1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:6
Drawings of John Haviland, request for inclusion in VMFA MVA exhibition
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:7
Catalogue entries of later 19th century architecture
1988-1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:8
Catalogue entry of Benjamin Henry Latrobe
1990-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:9
Catalogue entry of John McComb, Jr.
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:10
Catalogue entry of Robert Mills
1988-1989-, 1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:11
Catalogue entries of monuments: I
1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:12
Catalogue entries of monuments: II
1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:13
Catalogue entry of John Notman (19th century architecture)
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:14
Catalogue entry of Alexander Parris
1988-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:15
Catalogue entry of Calvin Pollard (19th century architecture)
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:16
Catalogue entries of revivals
1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:17
Catalogue entry of Alfred L. Rives (19th century architecture)
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:18
Catalogue entry of P. Slaughter
1989
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:19
Catalogue entry of Norris G. Starkweather (19th century architecture)
1988, 1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:20
Catalogue entry of Thomas S. Stewart (19th century architecture)
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:21
Catalogue entry of Thomas Alexander Tefft (19th century architecture)
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:22
Catalogue entry of John Rochester Thomas (19th century architecture)
1988-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:23
Catalogue entry of Thomas Ustick Walter (19th century architecture)
1988, 1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:24
Catalogue entry of Ammi B. Young (19th century architecture)
1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:25
Catalogue 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]
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:26
Letter from Richard Guy Wilson to William Rasmussen (MVA co-authors)
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:27
Correspondence
1988-1989
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 2:28
Correspondence
1990-1994
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:1
Brownell discoveries of materials and documentation
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:2
Proposal for exhibition compact disc presentation
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:3
Catalogue illustrations to Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870"
by Charles E. Brownell
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:4
Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: "Draft
to recycle"
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:5
Chapter 1, "Drafting the Plans: Pride and Practicality in Virginia's Colonial Architecture, 1715-1770" by William M. S. Rasmussen:
correspondence
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:6
Chapter 4, Part 3, "Drawings, Models, and the Making of Architecture in Virginia Since 1870" by Richard Guy Wilson: Draft
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:7
Catalogue labels
1990-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:8
Correspondence: Exhibition loan requests for drawings
1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:9
Lists of drawings for exhibition
1988-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:10
Format guidelines for catalogue entries
1989-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:11
Fellowship and grants sources
1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:12
Glossary drafts
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:13
The "eleventh hour"
1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:14
Inquiry into architectural drawings at the Winterthur Museum for MVA exhibition
1989-1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:15
Inquiry into photographs of architectural drawings at the Valentine Richmond History Center
1989
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:16
Requests for photographs of architectural drawings from the New York Historical Society for MVA exhibition
1989-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:17
Loan requests for / inquiries about drawings and photographs at New York repositories for MVA exhibition
1988-1989
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:18
Inquiry into architectural drawings and photographs at New Haven, Connecticut repositories
1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:19
Loan and permission requests from the Maryland Historical Society for MVA exhibition
1989-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:20
Loan requests for drawings and photographs from the Massachusetts Historical Society for MVA exhibition
1989-1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:21
Catalogue illustrations
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:22
Catalogue illustrations: color plates
1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:23
Exhibition expenditures, statements, and contracts
1988-1991, 1993
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:24
Board of advisors / Honorary Committee
1988, 1990
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:25
MVA exhibition gallery handout
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:26
Catalogue illustrations to Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: spares
undated
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:27
Catalogue illustrations to Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:28
Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft 1 and documents
1990-1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:29
Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft 1
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:30
Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft 3
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:31
Chapter 4, Part 2, "Architectural Drawings and Design, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: "Obsolete"
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:32
Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:33
Chapter 2, "Laying the Groundwork: The Classical Tradition and Virginia Architecture, 1770-1870" by Charles E. Brownell: Draft
4
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:34
Exhibition letter of inquiry
1988
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:35
Essay, "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
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:36
Chapter 4 figure captions
1991-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:37
Chapter 4, Part 1, "Architectural Drawings and Design in the Virginia Colony", Draft
1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:38
Chapter 1 figure captions
1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:39
Chapter 2 figure captions
1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:40
Chapter 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"]
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:41
Chapter 6 survey numbers 1 through 13, Draft
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:42
Chapter 6 survey numbers 14 through 27
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:43
Chapter 6 survey numbers 28 through 50
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:44
Chapter 6 survey numbers 51 through 55
1991
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:45
Exhibition planning meetings
1986-1992
Mixed Materials Box-folder: 3:46
National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts exhibition grant requests
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