A Guide to the Singleton P. Moorehead Papers, 1923-1972 MS 1989.23

A Guide to the Singleton P. Moorehead Papers, 1923-1972

A Collection in
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Accession number MS 1989.23


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Repository
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Accession number
MS 1989.23
Title
Singleton P. Moorehead Papers, 1923-1972
Physical Characteristics
7 cubic ft.
Creator
Moorehead, Singleton P. (Singleton Peabody) (1900-1964)
Language
English
Abstract
This collection was gathered during the career of Colonial Williamsburg architect, Singleton P. Moorehead (1900-1964), starting from his days as a student at Harvard. It contains architectural drawings, notebooks, notes, sketches, and other illustrations in ten boxes.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred Citation

Singleton P. Moorehead Papers, 1923-1972, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation , Accession # MS 1989.23, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Biographical Information

Singleton P. Moorehead (1900-1964) was a prominent Architect involved in the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. He graduated from Harvard School of Architecture and was a member of the Boston firm Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn when they were involved in the early stages of the restoration project. He was hired directly and worked on the restoration in the town for 35 years, partnering with archeologists to conduct research on historical architecture all around Virginia. He authored multiple reports on the various historic buildings in Williamsburg. In 1944 he became the Head of Architecture and moved to a consulting position in 1948. In 1963 he retired citing poor heath and died a year later.

Scope and Content

This collection was gathered during the career of Colonial Williamsburg architect, Singleton P. Moorehead (1900-1964). Included are finished drawings, sketches, reproductions, artwork, postcards, correspondence, printed material and oversized architectural drawings. Much of the material relates to Williamsburg or Virginia buildings. The bulk of the collection is reference and research material from the reconstruction of Colonial Williamsburg. Also included are materials from when Singleton P. Moorehead (1900-1964) was a student at Harvard, and his time spent studying in Europe, including reproductions of European art and personal original art. There is one item in the collection from after Moorehead's death, a letter sent to a family member located in box six. The majority of the collection is not dated.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in ten boxes, the first five of which are oversized materials. Boxes 1 and 2 are research and reference drawings organized by location name. Box 3 contains his notebooks. Boxes 4 and 5 primarily contain materials from when Moorehead was a student. Box 6 contains correspondence and other miscellaneous reference material. Boxes 7-10 contain reference index cards.

Index Terms

    Persons:

  • Moorehead, Singleton P., 1900-1964.
  • Subjects:

  • Architects--Virginia.
  • Architecture, Colonial--Virginia--Williamsburg.
  • Architecture, Modern.
  • Architecture--Conservation and restoration--Virginia--Williamsburg.
  • Geographical Names:

  • Virginia--Buildings, structures, etc.
  • Williamsburg--Restoration.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Virginia--Buildings, structures, etc.
  • Williamsburg--Restoration.

Contents List

Box: 1
Box 1
70 Folders (426 items)

A collection of reference sketches and elevations signed by Singlton P. Moorehead of various historic buildings around Virginia created in his research of Colonial Virginian architecture. Some of the elevations include whole buildings or a layout of buildings, while others are of fine details. A large number of the items are Photostat black print copies from his sketchbook of architectural details. There is also a number of Cyanotype blueprints of the reference elevations, as well as regular copies of those elevations. Not all of the reference drawings are created by Moorehead, occasionally he notes that he copyed the image from a photograph or book, and some elevations are copied with consent from detailed drawings by W. M. Macomper. Contains field drawings, elavations of architectural details, and photo-reproductions of many elevations and sketches. As well as 9 loose photostats of decrotive interior details.

  • Folder 1
    Location: ABINGTON CHURCH GLOUCESTER Co.
    2 items

    Contains sketches with notes with photostat.

  • Folder 2
    Location: ABINGTON GLEBE, GLOUCESTER Co. VA
    4 items

    Contains elevations on tissue paper in graphite and a photostat.

  • Folder 3
    Location: ALEXANDRIA, VA
    4 items

    Contains photostats of sketches with notes from folder 1 of abington church.

  • Folder 4
    Location: BACON'S CASTLE, SURRY Co. VA
    2 items

    Contatins elevation of details on tissue paper in graphite with photostat of same.

  • Folder 5
    Location: PROPOSED BAGBY HOUSE JAMESTOWN, JAMES CITY COUNTY 1933
    5 items

    Contains elevations on tissue paper in graphite.

  • Folder 6
    Location: BELLE AIR CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains detail sketches with notes with photostat of same.

  • Folder 7
    Location: BELLE FARM, GLOUCESTER Co. VA
    12 items

    Contains wooden Door and railing studies with photograph and notes.

  • Folder 8
    Location: BOWMAN'S FOLLY, ACCOMACK Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains drawings on tissue paper with photostat black copies.

  • Folder 9
    Location: BROOKE'S BANK, ESSEX Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains blueprints of elevations and copy of same.

  • Folder 10
    Location: CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains photostats taken from the Sketchbook of architectural details from box 3.

  • Folder 11
    Location: CHEALSEA, KING WILLIAM Co.
    19 items

    Contains drawings of woodwork and window details with notes.

  • Folder 12
    Location: CHRIST CHURCH, LANCASTER Co. VA
    5 items

    Contains photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 13
    Location: CLAREMONT, SURRY Co. VA
    5 items

    Contains sketches and notes.

  • Folder 14
    Location: COLE HOUSE JAMES CITY Co. VA
    1 item

    Contains photostat of reference sketch.

  • Folder 15
    Location: CRISS CROSS, NEW KENT Co. VA
    7 items

    Contains elevations on tissue paper in graphite, notes, and photostat black copies.

  • Folder 16
    Location: CUSTIS HOUSE, LEE HALL, NEWPORT NEWS VA
    2 items

    Contains reference sketch with photostat of same.

  • Folder 17
    Location: CUSTOM HSE, YORKTOWN VA (also known as Ambler Store)
    2 items

    Contains reference sketch with photostat of same.

  • Folder 18
    Location: EASTOVER, SURRY Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains reference sketches and notes.

  • Folder 19
    Location: FERRIS HOUSE, GLOUCESTER Co. VA
    6 items

    Contains sketches and notes with drawings of molding and other woodwork details.

  • Folder 20
    Location: FERRY MANSION, Virginia Beach VA
    2 items

    Contains blueprint and photostat of estate layout.

  • Folder 21
    Location: FOSTER'S CASTLE, NEW KENT Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains reference drawings tissue.

  • Folder 22
    Location: FREDERICKSBURG, SPOTSYLVANIA Co.
    1 items

    Contains photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 23
    Location: GOOCHLAND COURTHSE, GOOCHLAND Co. VA 1929
    2 items

    Contains reference sketch and layout.

  • Folder 24
    Location: GREENWAY, CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    9 items

    Contains drawings of detailed woodwork on mantles, sketches with notes, and photostats of each.

  • Folder 25
    Location: HARMONY HALL, FREDERICK Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains reference sketch with photostat of same.

  • Folder 26
    Location: KIMBROUGH RESIDENCE, NORFOLK VA 1939
    8 items

    Contains reference sketches with notes and elevations on tracing paper in graphite.

  • Folder 27
    Location: KINGSMILL SLAVE QUARTER, JAMES CITY Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains reference sketches with notes.

  • Folder 28
    Location: KING WILLIAM COURTHOUSE, KING WILLIAM Co. VA 1929
    2 items

    Contains reference layout with sketches and a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 29
    Location: KITTEWAN, CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    11 items

    Contains drawings of fine woodwork details such as mantles, reference sketches with notes, and photostat of the drawings.

  • Folder 30
    Location: LIGHTFOOT LAW OFFICE, WILLIAMSBURG VA
    1 item

    Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 31
    Location: LITTLE ENGLAND, GLOUCESTER Co. VA
    20 items

    Contains drawings of fine woodwork details such as molding and mantles, sketches with notes, and photostat of the drawings.

  • Folder 32
    Location: LONDON BRIDGE, VIRGINIA BEACH VA
    9 items

    Contains drawings of fine woodwork such as moldings and mantles, sketches with notes, and blueprints and photostats of drawings.

  • Folder 33
    Location: LOWER BRANDON, PRINCE GEORGE Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains reference sketches with notes.

  • Folder 34
    Location: LOWER WEYANOKE, CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    14 items

    Contains reference sketches, drawing of wooden staircase, and blueprints and photostats of copies.

  • Folder 35
    Location: MANSFIELD, PETERSBURG VA
    1 item

    Contains sketch with notes of buildings.

  • Folder 36
    Location: MAPSICO CHURCH, CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains reference sketches with notes with photostat of same.

  • Folder 37
    Location: MERCHANT HOUSE, DUMFRIES, PRINCE WILLIAM Co. VA
    1 item

    Contains sketch with notes.

  • Folder 38
    Location: MOUNT AIRY STABLE, RICHMOND Co. VA
    4 items

    Contains reference sketches with photostats of same and from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 39
    Location: MOUNT PROSPECT, ESSEX Co. VA
    12 items

    Contains sketches with notes, drawings of molding and mantles, photostats and photocopies of the drawings.

  • Folder 40
    Location: MOUNT VERNON, FAIRFAX Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains sketches with notes and photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 41
    Location: POPLAR FOREST, BEDFORD Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains Reference sketches with notes and photostats.

  • Folder 42
    Location: POPLAR GROVE, MATTHEWS Co. VA
    16 items

    Contains sketches with notes, drawings of mantle and molding details, and photostats of drawings.

  • Folder 43
    Location: PORT ROYAL, CAROLINE Co. VA
    6 items

    Contains sketches with notes and photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 44
    Location: PROVIDENCE FORGE, NEW KENT Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains sketches with notes and photostats.

  • Folder 45
    Location: RICHARDSON HOUSE, CROKER, JAMES CITY Co. VA
    10 items

    Contains sketches with notes, drawings of staircase woodwork and mantles, and photostats of the drawings.

  • Folder 46
    Location: ROSEWELL, GLOUCESTER Co. VA
    1 item

    Contains sketch of floor plan with notes.

  • Folder 47
    Location: SHIRLEY CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains sketches with notes and photostats.

  • Folder 48
    Location: SMITH'S FORT PLANTATION, SURRY Co.
    2 items

    Contains drawings of molding (copied from W.M. Macomber with consent). and photostat of drawing.

  • Folder 49
    Location: SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY
    1 item

    Contains drawing of small exterior building.

  • Folder 50
    Location: STRATFORD, WESTMORELAND Co. VA
    1 items

    Contains notes.

  • Folder 51
    Location: SUFFOLK Co.
    2 items

    Contains sketches with notes of Dairy.

  • Folder 52
    Location: TABB HOUSE, YORK Co. VA
    1 items

    Contains photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 53
    Location: TOANO, JAMES CITY Co. VA
    1 item

    Contains sketch.

  • Folder 54
    Location: TODDSBURY, GLOUCESTER Co. VA
    21 items

    Contains drawings of interior paneling, molding, mantles and other fine details with blueprints and photostats of those drawings. As well as sketches with notes and photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 55
    Location: TOMAHUND, CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    4 items

    Contains sketches with notes and photostats.

  • Folder 56
    Location: TOWLE'S POINT, LANCASTER Co. VA
    1 item

    Contains photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 57
    Location: TUCKAHOE, GOOCHLAND Co. VA 1929
    3 items

    Contains copy of the layout of the estate with sketches and photostats.

  • Folder 58
    Location: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
    2 items

    Contains sketches with notes and a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 59
    Location: WALNUT VALLEY, SURRY Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains drawings on tracing paper of staircase and railings with a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 60
    Location: WARM SPRINGS, BATH Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains Sketches with notes and photostats.

  • Folder 61
    Location: WELL HOUSES, HANOVER Co. VA
    3 items

    Contains sketches with notes.

  • Folder 62
    Location: WEYANOTE, CHARLES CITY Co. VA
    27 items

    Contains drawings of woodwork details and sketches with notes. As well as photostats and blueprints of drawings.

  • Folder 63
    Location: WILTON-ON-THE-JAMES, RICHMOND VA
    63 items

    Contains drawing of detailed woodwork and sketches with notes. As well as blueprints and photostats of drawings.

  • Folder 64
    Location: WILTON-ON-THE-PIANKATAUK, MIDDLESEX Co. VA
    21 items

    Contains Drawings of decrotive details and sketches with notes.

  • Folder 65
    Location: WISHART HOUSE also known as LYNNHAVEN HOUSE, VIRGINIA BEACH
    2 items

    Contains photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 66
    Location: WOODLANDS, GOOCHLAND Co. VA
    4 items

    Contains drawings of interior woodwork details.

  • Folder 67
    Location: WYNNE, JAMES CITY Co. VA
    2 items

    Contains sketches with notes and a photostat.

  • Folder 68
    Location: YORKTOWN, YORK Co. VA
    1 item

    Cotains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

  • Folder 69
    Location: MISCELLANEUS DETAILS AND NOTES
    5 items

    Contains notes regarding research status for the reconstruction.

  • Folder 70
    Location: UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION
    3 items

    Contains sketches with notes and photostats.

Box: 2
Box 2
67 Folders (234 items)

Arranged into two parts, 55 folders in first part and 12 in second. Sketches, notes, and photostats dealing with architectural details around Williamsburg and outside of it respectively. A mix of reference and research material arranged by location. Most of the Photostat black prints are taken from S. Mooreheads Sketchbook of Architectural Details located in Box 3.

  • Folder 1
    Section: Historic buildings within Williamsburg
    55 folders

    Contains reference and research drawings and notes on 18th century buildings within Williamsburg, VA. Also contains some sketches on Native american villages and a sketchbook. Arranged alphebetically by location name.

    • Folder 1
      Location: ASCOUGH SHOP also known as MAYO HOUSE AND BOURBOBN HOUSE
      4 items

      Contains photostats and sketch of miscellaneus architectural details.

    • Folder 2
      Location: AYER'S GARAGE also known as PERSON'S GARAGE BIR23, BLDG 16B
      5 items

      Contains sketches and elevation of floorplan with notes.

    • Folder 3
      Location: BASSETT HALL, WMSBURG
      5 items

      Contains sketched elevations with notes and a photostat of hinge details.

    • Folder 4
      Location: BATH HOUSE, WILLIAMSBURG INN, WMSBURG VA
      1 item

      Contains notes.

    • Folder 5
      Location: BEECROFT E. BULL, BLOCK 15, BUILDING 32A , SHOP 10, WILLIAMSBURG VA
      2 items

      Contains sketches of floorplans.

    • Folder 6
      Location: BLAIR HOUSE, WMSBURG
      5 items

      Contains a painted mockup of various houses with floorplans, photostats, and notes.

    • Folder 7
      Location: BRICK HOUSE TAVERN, WMSBURG
      1 item

      Contains a reference sketch.

    • Folder 8
      Location: BRUSH-EVERARD HSE, WMSBURG VA
      10 items

      Contains drawings of architectural details with notes.

    • Folder 9
      Location: BRUTON PARISH CHURCH, WMSBURG VA
      5 items

      Contains photostats.

    • Folder 10
      Location: BRUTON PARISH HOUSE, WMSBURG
      2 items

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 11
      Location: CAPITOL, WMSBURG 1936
      4 items

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 12
      Location: CARTER'S GROVE, WMSBURG
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 13
      Location: CARTER-ROBERT HOUSE also known as SAUNDERS-DINWIDDIE WILL
      4 items

      Contains sketches and photostat of architectural details with notes.

    • Folder 14
      Location: CASEY HOUSE, WMSBURG
      2 items

      Contains photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 15
      Location: CASEY STORE, WMSBURG 1938
      5 items

      Contains references sketches and notes.

    • Folder 16
      Location: CHARLSTON/CHARLETON HOUSE, WILLIAMSBURG
      1 items

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 17
      Location: CHOWNING'S TAVERN, WMSBURG
      4 items

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 18
      Location: CLARK HOUSE, WMSBURG VA
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 18A
      Location: COKE GARRETT HOUSE, WILLIAMSBURG VA
      2 items

      Contains drawing of wooden gate and a photostat. Likely added to the collection at a later date.

    • Folder 19
      Location: COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY, WMSBURG VA 1936
      3 items

      Contains sketches of entrance and arches.

    • Folder 20
      Location: CRAFT HOUSE, WMSBURG 1937
      2 items

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 21
      Location: CRAIG POWELL PROPERTY, WMSBURG VA 1935
      1 item

      Contains a reference sketch.

    • Folder 22
      Location: DEANE, ELKANAH FORGE, WMSBURG VA 1944
      2 items

      Contains reference sketches with notes.

    • Folder 23
      Location: FINNIE, WILLIAMS HOUSE also known as SEMPLE HOUSE, WMSBURG VA
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 24
      Location: GALT HOUSE, WMSBURG 1944
      3 items

      Contains sketches with notes of fine details.

    • Folder 25
      Location: GOODWIN BLDG, WMSBURG 1936
      3 items

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 26
      Location: GOVERNOR'S PALACE, WMSBURG 1934-1939
      18 items

      Contains sketches with notes, report summeries with corrections, and photostats.

    • Folder 27
      Location: HUNTER SHOP also known as KINAMON SHOP, WMSBURG 1934
      2 items

      Contains sketches.

    • Folder 28
      Location: KIRBY HSE, WMSBURG
      1 item

      Contains a sketch of architectural details.

    • Folder 29
      Location: LUDWELL-PARADISE HOUSE, WMSBURG 1934-1937
      4 items

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 30
      Location: MAGAZINE, WMSBURG VA 1954
      2 items

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 31
      Location: MARKET SQUARE TAVERN, WMSBURG VA
      2 items

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 32
      Location: MOODY HOUSE, WMSBG VA
      1 items

      Contains a sketch.

    • Folder 33
      Location: NICHOLSON HOUSE, WMSBURG
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 34
      Location: ORRELL HSE, WSMBG VA 1936
      3 items

      Contains notes, a drawing of a fireplace mantle, and a photostat of the drawing.

    • Folder 35
      Location: PALMER HOUSE also known as VEST HOUSE 1934
      5 items

      Contains reference sketches.

    • Folder 36
      Location: PENNINSULA HARDWARE SHOP#3 BLOCK 15, WILLIAMSBURG VA 1938
      1 item

      Contains sketches with notes.

    • Folder 37
      Location: POWELL-HALLAM HOUSE, WMSBURG
      2 items

      Contains watercolor of houses from each side with floor plan and copy.

    • Folder 38
      Location: PRENTIS HOUSE, WMSBURG VA 1937
      3 items

      Contains photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 40
      Location: PUBLIC GAOL, WMSBURG 1937
      4 items

      Contains floorplans and other sketches.

    • Folder 41
      Location: RALEIGH TAVERN, WILLIAMSBURG VA
      1 item

      Contains notes.

    • Folder 42
      Location: RANDOLPH HOUSE, WMSBG VA
      12 items

      Contains drawings of interior woodwork details, notes, and photostats.

    • Folder 43
      Location: ROBERTS PROPERTY, WMSBURG VA
      1 item

      Contains a reference sketch.

    • Folder 44
      Location: TALIAFERRO-COLE HOUSE, WMSBURG
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 45
      Location: TAYLOE also known as COLEMAN OFFICE, WILLIAMSBURG VA
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 46
      Location: TRAVIS HOUSE, WMSBURG 1936-1937
      9 items

      Contains reference sketches with notes.

    • Folder 47
      Location: TUCKER HOUSE, WMSBG VA 1934
      4 items

      Contains drawings and sketches of molding styles with photostats.

    • Folder 48
      Location: VANGARRETT HOUSE also known as GRISSELL HAY TENEMENT, WILLIAMSBURG VA
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 49
      Location: WALLACE SHOPS BLK 15 BLDG 36A, WMSBURG 1942
      3 items

      Contains sketches with 2 by J. B. Reed.

    • Folder 50
      Location: WILLIAMSBURG INN, WMSBURG 1935-1945
      13 items

      Contains drawings and sketches of interior wookwork details.

    • Folder 51
      Location: WILLIAMSBURG LODGE, WILLIAMSBURG VA 1943
      1 item

      Contains reference notes.

    • Folder 52
      Location: WILLIAMSBURG THEATRE, WILLIAMSBURG VA 1936
      1 item

      Contains reference sketches with notes.

    • Folder 53
      Location: WYTHE HSE, WMSBG VA
      6 items

      Contains sketches and drawings of staircase details. As well as photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 54
      Location: MISC. WMSBG DETAILS 1936-1946
      18 items

      Contains sketches with notes, photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details, and a photograph of the town's layout circa 1786.

  • Folder 2
    Section: Historic buildings outside of Virginia
    12 folders

    Contains reference and research drawings and notes on colonial style architecture outside of Virginia. Arranged alphebetically by location name.

    • Folder 1
      Location: BACHELOR'S HOUSE, MARYLAND
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 2
      Location: DELAWARE
      3 items

      Contains reference sketches and photostats.

    • Folder 3
      Location: ENGLAND 1941
      3 items

      Contains plate from Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn of staircase details. As well as some reference sketches.

    • Folder 4
      Location: FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT
      1 item

      Contains a reference sketches.

    • Folder 5
      Location: FRANCE
      3 items

      Contains drawings of interior details.

    • Folder 6
      Location: MCKAY HOUSE, MARYLAND
      2 items

      Contains sketches and a photostat.

    • Folder 7
      Location: MILLS POINT, CHARLES COUNTY, MARYLAND
      4 items

      Contains sketches and photostats from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 8
      Location: NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS 1937
      2 items

      Contains reference sketches with a photostat.

    • Folder 9
      Location: NEW CAANAN, CONNECTICUT
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 10
      Location: SELDEN HOUSE, ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS
      7 items

      Contains sketches of floorplans with notes.

    • Folder 11
      Location: WANTWATER, PRINCE GEORGE'S CO., MD
      3 items

      Contains sketches with notes and a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

    • Folder 12
      Location: VANDERVEER FARM, FLATBUSH, LONG ISLAND
      1 item

      Contains a photostat from the Sketchbook of architectural details.

Box : 3
Box 3
27 Notebooks

Contains Moorehead's notebook from his student trips to Europe through his professional career working on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. Most notebooks contain reference notes and sketches that pretain to his architectural career while working on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg, most undated. Includes the Sketchbook of architectural details which serves as the source to many photostats from boxes 1 and 2. While many of the notebooks are numbered, they do not appear to have been numbered by the creater and they are not arranged in numerical order. Not all notebooks are full and many have leaves removed. The notebooks are not arranged in any clear order, and stored flat in an oversized box.

  • Volume 1
    Sketchbook of architecural details
    152 pages (31 cm)

    A collection of reference drawings of milwork and other fine architectural details. The source of many of the photostats in boxes 1 and 2.

  • Volume 2
    Field notebook
    92 pages (26 cm)

    Sketchbook from research trips around Virginia. Has many pages torn out and perhaps relocated elsewhere in the collection.

  • Volume 3
    Notebook 24
    60 pages (29 cm)

    Research reference organized alphebetically.

  • Volume 4
    Notebook 5 1923
    34 pages

    Sketchbook from student trip to Europe, mostly empty.

  • Volume 5
    Notebook 7 1923
    137 pages (18 cm)

    Notes and sketches from student trip to Venice.

  • Volume 6
    Notebook 16
    144 pages (20 cm)

    Contains miscellaneous sketches, mostly empty.

  • Volume 7
    Notebook 14
    182 pages (22 cm)

    Reference books listed alphabetically by title. Binding separated from leaves.

  • Volume 8
    Notebook 8
    64 pages (20 cm)

    Sketches of church architectural details. Has multiple sketches inserted in volume.

  • Volume 9
    Notebook 11
    158 pages (16 cm)

    Sketches of architectural details such as mosaics and brick work. Not exclusively in the colonial style so it is likely the notebook is from before Moorehead started working on the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg.

  • Volume 10
    Notebook 9
    116 pages (19 cm)

    Contains in depth notes on architectural details. Likely from when Moorehead was a student at Harvard.

  • Volume 11
    S Moorehead Personal
    80 pages (26 cm)

    Notes on Colonial Buildings in Williamsburg listed alphabetically by name. Also contains list of 17th-18th century British Monarchs.

  • Volume 12
    Notebook 4 circa 1920s
    150 pages (20 cm)

    Notes and sketches from Italy and France, from Moorehead's trip there as a student. Many pages clipped or removed entirely.

  • Volume 13
    Notebook 1
    134 pages (30cm)

    Contains sketches of architectural details from various Colonial building in Williamsburg, such as the Galt and Bell houses. Features primarily millwork. The binding is in poor condition and many leaves are removed from the volume.

  • Volume 14
    Notebook 10 Circa 1920s
    82 pages (18 cm)

    Notes and sketches from student trip to Italy and France, particularly on column type.

  • Volume 15
    Notebook 15 1948
    60 pages (21 cm)

    Reference sketches and notes on a brass canon from New Hampshire.

  • Volume 16
    Notebook 12
    122 pages (27 cm)

    Sketches of architectural details and floorplans from various Colonial buildings in Williamsburg. Has typed procedure on restoring a house glued to inside front board.

  • Volume 17
    Notebook 21
    144 pages (25 cm)

    Reference sketches and notes on various Colonial houses around Virginia with a list of reference books and photographs. Many leaves removed from volume.

  • Volume 18
    Notebook 20
    152 pages (25 cm)

    Sketches and notes on architectural details. Many leaves removed from volume.

  • Volume 19
    Notebook 23
    118 pages (15 cm)

    Notes on 18th century British Monarches and Govenors of Virginia. As well as a list of colonial buildings arranged alphabetically by location name

  • Volume 20
    Notebook 13 1929
    198 pages (17 cm)

    An account book in which Moorehead kept track of various projects he did in Williamsburg. Not comprehensive.

  • Volume 21
    : Notebook 6
    120 pages (15 cm)

    Sketches mounted into album. Labeled ARCH 4a and arranged by architectural feature type.

  • Volume 22
    Notebook 2 1923
    92 pages (23 cm)

    Notes and sketches on architecture, likely from when Moorehead was a student.

  • Volume 23
    Notebook 18
    94 pages (21 cm)

    Notes on 17th century theaters.

  • Volume 24
    Notebook 3 1923
    124 pages (20 cm)

    Labeled Venice 1923, contains sketches and notes on proportions. It is mostly blank.

  • Volume 25
    Notebook 17
    86 pages (20cm)

    Contains notes on Moorehead's work on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. It is mostly blank with multiple leaves removed.

  • Volume 26
    : Notebook 19
    100 pages (20 cm)

    List of Architectural details with reference location. Arranged alphabeticall by detail type.

  • Folder 27
    : SPMOOREHEAD portfolio
    37 cm

    Leather binding boards from a portfolio.

Box: 4
Box 4
18 Folders (312 items)

Contains a mixture of his work for Colonial Williamsburg and student work, as well as a number of reproductions of european art likely from his trip to europe as a grad student.

  • Folder 1
    20 items

    Contains photostats of Monogram ciphers, with envelope from the New York public library from which the research was procured.

  • Folder 2
    Circa 1950s
    31 items

    Contains information on, drawings, and some blueprint elevations of a proposed 17th theater.

  • Folder 3
    1952
    25 items

    Contains photostats of research done for the proposed 17th century theater.

  • Folder 4
    1953
    9 items

    Contains research and sketches done for an 18th century fair.

  • Folder 5
    14 items

    Contains reprodutions of various european art.

  • Folder 6
    38 items

    Contains reproductions of european art, notably several etchings by Rembrandt.

  • Folder 7
    14 items

    Contains depictions of greek vases on linen paper.

  • Folder 8
    1923-1927
    46 items

    Contains sketches of European architecture from Moorehead's student trip abroad and other school work.

  • Folder 9
    10 items

    Contains original watercolors by Moorehead.

  • Folder 10
    1926-1928
    6 items

    Contains some student work and other drawings.

  • Folder 11
    2 items

    Contains a reproduction and sketch from New Orleans, LA.

  • Folder 12
    1922-1925
    17 items

    Contains sketches of the American West.

  • Folder 13
    4 items

    Contains photographs and a photostat, including a portrait by Thomas L. Williams.

  • Folder 14
    5 items

    Contains miscelleous sketches.

  • Folder 15
    Circa 1927
    8 items

    Contains Christmas cards and designs created by Moorehead.

  • Folder 16
    8 items

    Contains sketches of heraldic designs from English abbys.

  • Folder 17
    11 items

    Contains elevations and blueprints. The locations are unclear.

  • Folder 18
    50 items

    Contains sketches and photostats of various architectural details. The related locations are unclear.

Box: 5
Box 5
282 items

Contains two portfolios of art reproductions from his trip to europe, the second is of monted clipped reference illustrations of interiors and crests. One published art book with 26 reproductions and a sample of a Mary Cassett Art book to be published in 1942. As well as 1 folder containing 3 copies of the Boston Evening Transcript real estate section from 1927 February 19 plus the first six pages of an additional copy. The Front page story is of a building project with the Harvard Building Trust and the firm Kilham, Hopkins, and Greeley which Moorehead worked for briefly.

  • Folder volume: 1
    Portfolio: Circa 1927
    78 items

    Contains reproductions of European art, likely gathered during a student trip to Europe.

  • Folder 2
    : 1927
    5 items

    Contains 3 and a half copies of the Boston Evening Transcript dated 1927 February 19. The front page story is of a building project at Harvard.

  • Volume 3
    Art Book: Circa 1940
    1 item

    Sample Art book of Mary Cassatt's work by Adelyn D. Breeskin, set to publish in 1942

  • Volume 4
    Scrapbook:
    66 pages (197 items)

    Contains mounted and loose illustrations of French buildings, interiors, and crests.

  • Volume 5
    Art book: George Duplussis OEUVRE de A. MANTEGNA 1878
    68 pages (59 cm)

    A collection of reproductions with introduction. The binding is in poor condition.

Box : 6
Box 6
14 folders (694 items)

A mixture of reference material; photographs and negatives (Black and White 35mm), index cards, articles, catalogs, and coorespondance. All material seems to relate to Moorehead's work at Colonial Williamsburg.

  • Folder 1
    1924
    1 item

    Contains the series "Furniture of historic types" by Arthur DeBles, from International Studio magazine.

  • Folder 2
    1923-1972
    61 items

    Contains bulletins, magazine ariticles and coorespondance.

  • Folder 3
    Circa 1940s
    54 items

    Contains black and white photographs of buildings and farm scenes.

  • Folder 4
    74 images

    Contains photographic negatives on 35mm film.

  • Folder 5
    1923-1924
    10 items

    Contains correspondence, a guidebook, and the article "A Painting and a contract" by Guy Eglington clipped from orginal source.

  • Folder 6
    1941-1961
    14 items

    Correspondence regarding Mooreheads membership to the American Insitute of Architects.

  • Folder 7
    1953-1954
    12 items

    Contains handwritten notes on Fairs, lists of reference material, and a basic architectural report.

  • Folder 8
    Circa 1940-1960
    4 items

    Contains book catalogs, and lists of reference material in the form of a descriptive bibliography.

  • Folder 9
    115 images

    Contains a series of photographic prints on card stock of architectural details from Mexico and Rome.

  • Folder 10
    1947
    2 items

    Correspondence from the office of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and an article referencing a restoration project in New York, Sunnyside, that Moorehead consulted on.

  • Folder 11
    313 items

    Contains a series of index cards carrying history, descriptions, citationsm, and other reference material.

  • Folder 12
    16 items

    Contains lists of books of interest, correspondance, and magazines. As well as an example photo book of the work by Perry, Shaw, and Hepburn.

  • Folder 13
    1955
    1 item

    May issue of "Art in America" that contains an article by Moorehead on architectural restoration.

  • Folder 14
    Circa 1952
    17 items

    Contains reference bibliographies and a copy of "Glassmaking at Jamestown" by J.C. Harrington.

Box: 7
Box 7
two wooden index card boxes (1268 items)

The cards are a mix of handwritten and typed reference notes set up in alphabetically order as quick reference for a variety of subjects relating to the restoration of historic Williamsburg. They include citations, quotations, drawings, and some direct information about the titled subject.

Box: 8
Box 8
one cardboard index card box (989 items)

The cards are a mix of handwritten and typed reference notes set up in alphabetically order as quick reference for a variety of subjects relating to the restoration of historic Williamsburg. They include citations, quotations, drawings, photographs, and some direct information about the titled subject.

Box: 9
Box 9
two woden index card boxes (1018 items)

The cards are a mix of handwritten and typed reference notes set up in alphabetically order as quick reference for a variety of subjects relating to Williamsburg during the 18th century. They include citations, quotations, drawings, photographs, and some direct information about the titled subject.

Box: 10
Box 10
two wooden index card boxes (1175 items)

The cards are a mix of handwritten and typed reference notes set up in alphabetically order as quick reference for a variety of subjects relating to the restoration of historic Williamsburg. They include citations, quotations, drawings, photographs, and some direct information about the titled subject.