Finding Aid for Hall of Architecture Archive

Finding Aid for Inventory to the Collections of Architecture, Sculpture, and Bronze Halls

Unit ID:

ha001

Date:

1895-1947 [bulk 1903-1907]

Description

The records contained herein represent the acquisition and collection of plaster casts by the Carnegie Museum to fill the new Architecture and Sculpture Halls, dedicated in 1907. The papers, photographs, lists, printed materials and other documents in this record group are the result of John W. Beatty, Director of Fine Arts, Carnegie Museum, 1896-1922. The majority of the correspondence is addressed to or from him. Many of the lists compiled and photographs received were also at his direction. Some other materials, such as the H. L. Warren catalog, did not originate with Mr. Beatty.

The dates of the collection stretch from 1895 to 1947, however, the bulk of the material dates from 1903 to 1907. Included among the correspondents are A. Rodin and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Biography and History

Gathering expert opinions, purchasing casts, and installing those casts in the Hall of Architecture was a massive undertaking—especially in the short span of roughly two years. The documentation of all this work fills nineteen boxes, which is a treasure trove of historic documents, catalogues, photographs, invoices, and correspondence related to the creation and 1907 opening of the Hall of Architecture. This material is gradually being converted into a digital archive. Explore the archive to learn how Andrew Carnegie’s vision to bring the world to Pittsburgh through architectural casts was realized.

Inventory

• Sub-fond 001:
  Correspondence
  • Series 001:
    Casters
    • Sub-series 001:
      France, 1904-1908
      • Box B001:
        • File F001:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 04/06/1905-04/27/1905 (1 digitized item)
        • File F002:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 05/04/1905-05/25/1905
        • File F003:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 06/02/1905-07/21/1905
        • File F004:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 08/01/1905-08/31/1905
        • File F005:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 09/01/1905-09/23/1905
        • File F006:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 10/02/1905-11/28/1905
        • File F007:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 12/02/1905-12/29/1905
        • File F008:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 01/12/1906-01/30/1906
        • File F009:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 02/01/1906-02/26/1906
        • File F010:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 03/15/1906-03/31/1906
        • File F011:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 04/04/1906-04/28/1906
        • File F012:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 05/02/1906-05/26/1906
        • File F013:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 06/01/1906-06/21/1906
        • File F014:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 07/06/1906-07/27/1906
        • File F015:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 08/01/1906-08/31/1906
        • File F016:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 09/07/1906-09/30/1906
        • File F017:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 10/02/1906-10/26/1906
        • File F018:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 11/02/1906-11/08/1906
        • File F019:
          Paul Navez, Agent, Paris, 01/10/1907-02/21/1908
        • File F020:
          Camille Enlart, Director, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 05/04/1905-12/02/1905
        • File F021:
          Camille Enlart, Director, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 01/18/1906-01/24/1907
        • File F022:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 09/14/1904-04/19/1905
        • File F023:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 05/04/1905-05/20/1905
        • File F024:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 09/12/1905-09/30/1905
        • File F025:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 10/02/1905-12/26/1905
        • File F026:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 01/08/1906-03/22/1906
        • File F027:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 04/04/1906-04/17/1906
        • File F028:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 05/01/1906-06/18/1906
        • File F029:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 07/03/1906-08/01/1906
        • File F030:
          E. Pouzadoux, Chef de Moulage, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 09/04/1906-10/05/1906
        • File F031:
          Jean Boucholtz, Cast Mounter, Museum for Compared Sculpture, Trocadero, Paris, 05/17/1906-07/02/1906
      • Box B002:
        • File F032:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 10/04/1904-04/22/1905
        • File F033:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 05/12/1905-05/31/1905
        • File F034:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 06/02/1905-08/26/1905
        • File F035:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 09/06/1905-09/28/1905
        • File F036:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 12/16/1905-12/21/1905
        • File F037:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 01/16/1906-01/24/1906
        • File F038:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 02/01/1906-02/24/1906
        • File F039:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 03/16/1906-04/12/1906
        • File F040:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 05/11/1906-06/30/1906
        • File F041:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 07/12/1906-09/22/1906
        • File F042:
          Henri de Sachy, E. Pettivoire, Chef de Moulage, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 10/01/1906-12/11/1906
        • File F043:
          Elie Sadaune, Chief Assistant, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 06/30/1906-09/25/1906
        • File F044:
          Eugen Arrondelle, Chef de Moulages, Louvre Museum, Paris, 08/03/1904-12/18/1905
        • File F045:
          Eugen Arrondelle, Chef de Moulages, Louvre Museum, Paris, 01/13/1906-04/04/1906
        • File F046:
          Eugen Arrondelle, Chef de Moulages, Louvre Museum, Paris, 05/10/1906-10/19/1906
        • File F047:
          Miscellaneous Government Officials, 02/28/1905-04/14/1906
        • File F048:
          Roland Knoedler, Agent, 05/02/1905-04/20/1906
    • Sub-series 002:
      Italy, 1904-1906
      • Box B002:
        • File F049:
          Lorenzo Rinaldo, Officina di Modellazione e Formatura, Venice, 11/10/1904-03/15/1906
        • File F050:
          Lorenzo Rinaldo, Officina di Modellazione e Formatura, Venice, 04/04/1906-06/30/1906
        • File F051:
          Lorenzo Rinaldo, Officina di Modellazione e Formatura, Venice, 07/02/1906-12/15/1906
        • File F052:
          Ditta Michele Gherardi, Stefano Marsili, Rome, 08/04/1904-08/30/1905
        • File F053:
          Ditta Michele Gherardi, Stefano Marsili, Rome, 09/01/1905-04/04/1906
        • File F054:
          Ditta Michele Gherardi, Stefano Marsili, Rome, 06/07/1906-02/14/1907
        • File F055:
          Edoardo Pierotti, Modellatore, Milan, 12/27/1904-12/18/1905
        • File F056:
          Edoardo Pierotti, Modellatore, Milan, 01/03/1906-04/21/1906
        • File F057:
          Edoardo Pierotti, Modellatore, Milan, 05/09/1906-07/25/1906
        • File F058:
          Edoardo Pierotti, Modellatore, Milan, 09/05/1906-09/28/1906
        • File F059:
          Edoardo Pierotti, Modellatore, Milan, 10/02/1906-05/18/1907
        • File F060:
          Giuseppe Lelli, Formatore di Oggetti D'Arte in Gesso, Florence, 08/09/1904-04/25/1905
        • File F061:
          Giuseppe Lelli, Formatore di Oggetti D'Arte in Gesso, Florence, 05/13/1905-12/18/1905
        • File F062:
          Giuseppe Lelli, Formatore di Oggetti D'Arte in Gesso, Florence, 01/07/1906-04/18/1906
        • File F063:
          Giuseppe Lelli, Formatore di Oggetti D'Arte in Gesso, Florence, 05/26/1906-11/06/1906
        • File F064:
          Ettori Malpieri, Rome, 08/05/1904-08/18/1905
        • File F065:
          Giovanni Mercatali, Fonditori in Bronzo e Formatori in Gesso, Rome, 12/18/1905-12/18/1906
    • Sub-series 003:
      Germany, 1904-1908
      • Box B003:
        • File F066:
          General Administration of the Royal Museums, Berlin, 10/6/1904-04/25/1905
        • File F067:
          General Administration of the Royal Museums, Berlin, 05/09/1905-07/25/1905
        • File F068:
          General Administration of the Royal Museums, Berlin, 08/02/1905-12/28/1905
        • File F069:
          General Administration of the Royal Museums, Berlin, 01/25/1906-03/22/1906
        • File F070:
          General Administration of the Royal Museums, Berlin, 04/04/1906-06/27/1906
        • File F071:
          General Administration of the Royal Museums, Berlin, 07/05/1906-09/27/1906
        • File F072:
          General Administration of the Royal Museums, Berlin, 10/19/1906-04/10/1907
        • File F073:
          Helfried Kusthardt, Art Industry Works, Hildesheim, 09/18/1904-04/30/1905
        • File F074:
          Helfried Kusthardt, Art Industry Works, Hildesheim, 06/04/1905-12/18/1905
        • File F075:
          Helfried Kusthardt, Art Industry Works, Hildesheim, 01/02/1906-06/20/1906
        • File F076:
          Helfried Kusthardt, Art Industry Works, Hildesheim, 10/04/1906-10-18/1906
        • File F077:
          Helfried Kusthardt, Art Industry Works, Hildesheim, 07/08/1907-12/18/1908
        • File F078:
          Royal Collection of Sculpture, Albertinum, Dresden, 01/10/1905-12/16/1905
        • File F079:
          Royal Collection of Sculpture, Albertinum, Dresden, 01/20/1906-04/27/1906
        • File F080:
          George Geiler, Modellar, Royal Academy, Munich, 01/07/1905-11/22/1905
        • File F081:
          Wetsch's Kunst and Mobilientransport, Munich, 04/19/1905-09/27/1905
        • File F082:
          Wetsch's Kunst and Mobilientransport, Munich, 10/06/1905-12/28/1905
        • File F083:
          August Gerber, Classical Sculpture, Cologne, 01/01/1904-05/10/1905
        • File F084:
          August Gerber, Classical Sculpture, Cologne, 07/29/1905-12/27/1906
        • File F085:
          G. Eichler, Kunstanslalt, Berlin, 04/14/1905-06/07/1906
        • File F086:
          J. Rotermundt, Bildhauer, Nuremburg, 08/19/1904-10/19/1906
        • File F087:
          Joseph Kreittmayr, Moulder, Munich, 09/21/1904-04/08/1906
    • Sub-series 004:
      England, 1904-1909
      • Box B003:
        • File F088:
          D. Brucciani and Co., London, 08/09/1904-05/29/1905
        • File F089:
          D. Brucciani and Co., London, 06/14/1905-12/28/1905
        • File F090:
          D. Brucciani and Co., London, 01/05/1906-03/27/1906
        • File F091:
          D. Brucciani and Co., London, 04/04/1906-05/23/1906
        • File F092:
          D. Brucciani and Co., London, 06/09/1906-07/30/1906
        • File F093:
          D. Brucciani and Co., London, 08/02/1906-09/27/1906
        • File F094:
          D. Brucciani and Co., London, 10/01/1906-12/17/1906
        • File F095:
          D. Brucciani and Co., London, 01/10/1907-02/10/1909
        • File F096:
          Architectural Association, Royal Architectural Museum, London, 03/03/1905-10/30/1906
        • File F097:
          Nottingham Castle, Museum and Art Galleries, Nottingham; Cecil Smith, British Museum, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London, 04/04/1905-09/26/1906
    • Sub-series 005:
      Greece, 1904-1906
      • Box B003:
        • File F098:
          Baumann and Beckmann, Athens, 11/22/1904-12/15/1905
        • File F099:
          Baumann and Beckmann, Athens, 04/04/1906-08/21/1906
    • Sub-series 006:
      Denmark, 1904-1906
      • Box B003:
        • File F100:
          V. Steffensen, Royal Museum, Copenhagen, 08/12/1904-11/13/1906
    • Sub-series 007:
      Norway, 1905-1908
      • Box B003:
        • File F101:
          G. Gustafson, Royal Frederick University, Christiania, 12/16/1905-12/19/1908
    • Sub-series 008:
      Egypt, 1906
      • Box B003:
        • File F102:
          Emile Hunyod, Director, Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo, 01/12/1906-04/26/1906
    • Sub-series 009:
      United States, 1904-1906
      • Box B004:
        • File F103:
          P. P. Caproni and Brother, Plastic Reproductions of Antique and Modern Sculpture, Boston, 11/07/1904-06/30/1905
        • File F104:
          P. P. Caproni and Brother, Plastic Reproductions of Antique and Modern Sculpture, Boston, 07/03/1905-08/11/1906
        • File F105:
          D. F. Donovan and Co., Plain and Ornamental Plasters, Boston, 05/22/1905-06/30/1906
        • File F106:
          D. F. Donovan and Co., Plain and Ornamental Plasters, Boston, 07/02/1906-10/30/1907
        • File F107:
          W. M. R. French, Director, Art Institute of Chicago, 04/20/1905-12/01/1905
        • File F108:
          W. M. R. French, Director, Art Institute of Chicago, 01/04/1906-09/27/1907
        • File F109:
          N. H. Carpenter, Secretary, Art Institute of Chicago, 08/21/1905-04/11/1906
        • File F110:
          Theodore Lau, Reproductions of Sculpture, 08/07/1905-09/29/1906
        • File F111:
          Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 05/26/1905-02/23/1906
        • File F112:
          A. H. Davenport Co., Boston, 04/26/1905-12/19/1905
  • Series 002:
    H. W. Kent
    • Sub-series 001:
      H. W. Kent, 1904-1906
      • Box B004:
        • File F113:
          H. W. Kent, 01/04/1904-04/30/1904
        • File F114:
          H. W. Kent, 05/11/1904-07/24/1904
        • File F115:
          H. W. Kent, 08/10/1904-10/09/1904
        • File F116:
          H. W. Kent, 11/15/1904-12/31/1904
        • File F117:
          H. W. Kent, 01/04/1905-02/25/1905
        • File F118:
          H. W. Kent, 03/06/1905-03/29/1905
        • File F119:
          H. W. Kent, 04/03/1905-04/18/1905
        • File F120:
          H. W. Kent, 05/01/1905-05/27/1905
        • File F121:
          H. W. Kent, 06/03/1905-06/26/1905
        • File F122:
          H. W. Kent, 07/05/1905-08/24/1905
        • File F123:
          H. W. Kent, 09/12/1905-12/30/1905
        • File F124:
          H. W. Kent, 01/12/1906-02/10/1906
        • File F125:
          H. W. Kent, 03/21/1906-04/30/1906
        • File F126:
          H. W. Kent, 05/01/1906-11/01/1906
        • File F127:
          H. W. Kent, Miscellaneous, 03/03/1904-06/14/1905
  • Series 003:
    Architect Correspondence
    • Sub-series 001:
      Architect Opinions, 1905
      • Box B004:
        • File F128:
          Architect Opinions, 04/06/1905-05/31/1905 (26 digitized items)
    • Sub-series 002:
      Alden and Harlow, Pittsburgh, 1905-1906
      • Box B004:
        • File F129:
          Alden and Harlow, Pittsburgh, 09/12/1905-11/06/1906
  • Series 004:
    Financial Agent
    • Sub-series 001:
      R. A. Franks, Home Trust Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 1905-1907
      • Box B004:
        • File F130:
          R. A. Franks, Home Trust Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 05/03/1905-06/01/1905
        • File F131:
          R. A. Franks, Home Trust Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 09/06/1905-10/31/1905
        • File F132:
          R. A. Franks, Home Trust Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 11/01/1905-12/30/1905
        • File F133:
          R. A. Franks, Home Trust Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 01/25/1906-03/29/1906
        • File F134:
          R. A. Franks, Home Trust Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 04/03/1906-06/15/1906
        • File F135:
          R. A. Franks, Home Trust Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 07/11/1906-10/31/1906
        • File F136:
          R. A. Franks, Home Trust Co., Hoboken, New Jersey, 01/14/1907-06/01/1907
  • Series 005:
    Requests for Photographs, Prints and Books
    • Sub-series 001:
      A. Giraudon, Photographer, Paris, 1905 - 1907
    • Sub-series 002:
      Berthand Freres, Photographer, Paris, 1906
    • Sub-series 003:
      L. Goodrich Smith, Art Reproductions, New York, 1906
    • Sub-series 004:
      George Busse, Art Importer, New York, 1906
    • Sub-series 005:
      Stevens and Brown, London, 1906
    • Sub-series 006:
      G. E. Stechert and Co., Books and Periodicals, New York, 1906
    • Sub-series 007:
      Miscellaneous Requests, 1905 - 1906
  • Series 006:
    Trustees
    • Sub-series 001:
      William N. Frew, 1895 - 1907
    • Sub-series 002:
      John Caldwell and William McConway, 1905 - 1906
    • Sub-series 003:
      Andrew Carnegie, 1905 - 1907
  • Series 007:
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    • Sub-series 001:
      J. A. Paine, Department of Casts, 1905
    • Sub-series 002:
      F. Edwin Elwell, Department of Sculpture, 1905
    • Sub-series 003:
      Paul Bollo, Architect, 1905 - 1906
    • Sub-series 004:
      R. W. de Forest, Secretary, 1905 - 1906
  • Series 008:
    Shipping Firms
    • Sub-series 001:
      J. W. Hampton, Jr. and Company, New York, 1905 - 1907
    • Sub-series 002:
      Chas. D. Stone and Co., New York, 1906
    • Sub-series 003:
      J. D. Hewett and Co., London, 1905 - 1907
    • Sub-series 004:
      Davies, Turner and Co., New York, 1905 - 1906
    • Sub-series 005:
      Austin Baldwin and Co., New York, 1905 - 1906
    • Sub-series 006:
      Miscellaneous Shipping Firms, 1905 - 1908
    • Sub-series 007:
      Railroad Companies, 1906
    • Sub-series 008:
      Treasury Department, Washington, DC, 1905 - 1907
  • Series 009:
    Insurance Companies
    • Sub-series 001:
      H. L. Ringwalt and Co., Pittsburgh, 1905 - 1906
    • Sub-series 002:
      Edwards, George and Co., Pittsburgh, 1905 - 1906
  • Series 010:
    Contractors
    • Sub-series 001:
      L. Castelvecchi and Co., Plaster Casts and Bronzes, New York
    • Sub-series 002:
      J. W. Finn, Painter, New York, 1905 - 1907
    • Sub-series 003:
      A & S Wilson Co., Contractor, Pittsburgh, 1907
    • Sub-series 004:
      Wotherspoon Plaster Mills, Inc., New York, 1906
    • Sub-series 005:
      Liberty Lumber and Planing Mill Co., Pittsburgh, 1906 - 1907
    • Sub-series 006:
      Illinois Leather Co., Chicago, 1906 - 1907
    • Sub-series 007:
      Miscellaneous Contractors, Pittsburgh, and Newburg, New York, 1905 - 1907
  • Series 011:
    Contemporary Sculptors
    • Sub-series 001:
      Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1906 - 1907
    • Sub-series 002:
      Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Windsor, Vermont, 1905 - 1906
    • Sub-series 003:
      Lorado Taft, Chicago, 1905
    • Sub-series 004:
      Charles H. Niehaus, New York, 1905
    • Sub-series 005:
      H. A. MacNeil, College Point, New York, 1906 - 1908
    • Sub-series 006:
      Karl Bitter, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1905 - 1907
    • Sub-series 007:
      D. C. French, New York, 1908
    • Sub-series 008:
      George Gray Barnard, Moret-sur-Loing, France, 1906 - 1907
  • Series 012:
    Proposed Descriptive Statuary Notes
    • Sub-series 001:
      G. M. A. Richter, New York, 1906 - 1907
    • Sub-series 002:
      Henry S. Scribner, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, 1907
  • Series 013:
    William Krihbaum
  • Series 014:
    Miscellaneous Correspondents
  • Series 015:
    Non-Architecture Hall Related Correspondence
    • Sub-series 001:
      Allegheny County Courthouse Controversy, 1906 - 1907
    • Sub-series 002:
      Pittsburgh Architectural Club, 1905 - 1912
    • Sub-series 003:
      American Institute of Architects, Pittsburgh Chapter, 1906 - 1909
    • Sub-series 004:
      Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1905 - 1913
  • Series 016:
    Abstract File
  • Series 001:
    Architecture Hall Lists
  • Series 002:
    Research Notes, Architecture Hall
  • Series 003:
    Sculpture Hall Lists
  • Series 004:
    Sculpture Hall Research Notes
  • Series 005:
    Miscellaneous Lists and Notes of Architecture, Sculpture and Bronze Halls
• Sub-fond 003:
  Inter-Museum Correspondence
  • Series 001:
    John W. Beatty/C.S. Lapsley
  • Series 002:
    C.S. Lapsley/G. Sheers
  • Series 003:
    August Zeller/C.S. Lapsley
• Sub-fond 004:
  Invoices
• Sub-fond 005:
  Catalogs and Printed Material
  • Series 001:
    Catalogs
  • Series 002:
    Printed Materials
• Sub-fond 006:
  Photographs
• Sub-fond 007:
  H. L. Warren Catalog
• Sub-fond 008:
  Accession Cards
• Sub-fond 009:
  Hall of Bronzes
• Sub-fond 010:
  Translations
• Sub-fond 011:
  Duplicate File