Showing Collections: 1 - 5 of 5
H. A. DeCosta, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1084
Abstract
Herbert A. DeCosta, Jr. (1923-2008) was a renowned African American architect and contractor based in Charleston, South Carolina. While he served as president of the H. A. DeCosta Company, the company worked on the construction and renovations of numerous churches, apartment complexes, schools, and residences, including some of the most architecturally significant houses in Charleston. The DeCosta Company also did much of the renovation and preservation work for Historic Charleston...
Dates:
1854-2009
Drayton papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0152
Abstract
Diaries, ledgers, correspondence, inventories, plats, sketches, architectural drawings of John Drayton, Charles Drayton I-III, James Glen, Charlotta Drayton, Mary Middleton Drayton and others, relating mainly to affairs at Drayton Hall and other family plantations. Collection also includes artwork, reflections on eighteenth century literature, deeds, newspaper clippings and photographs.
Dates:
1701-2004
Found in:
Special Collections
Middleton family artwork
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0001
Abstract
Collection consists of assorted architectural drawings, ink sketches, pencil drawings, and watercolors attributed to John Izard Middleton, Henry Middleton, and Thomas Walker as well as several sketches of additions to Middleton Place, the family seat located along the Ashley River near Charleston, South Carolina.
Dates:
1809-1867
Found in:
Special Collections
James Polzois papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0215
Abstract
The collection consists of the papers of James Polzois, an artist who lived in Charleston, South Carolina. The papers include photographs, prints, and original artworks of Charleston area architecture and church organs. There are also photographs, correspondence, and military records documenting Polzois’ life. The papers also include Polzois’ writings and research files, with a special focus on his research into Denmark Vesey.
Dates:
1864-2018; Majority of material found within 1952-2018
Found in:
Special Collections
Simons & Lapham architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: Mss 0011
Collection Overview
At least six unrelated projects are represented: (1) "Crystal Lake Country Club..., S. Lapham, Jr., designer. Akron, Ohio, March 1919." Plan and elevation (2 drawings). These two drawings are the only known examples of Lapham's work to survive from the period before his partnership with Simons. (2) Two inked plans (1 drawing) by Albert Simons for two floors of a house, 16 November 1923. (3) "Pedestals for Sculpture at Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina" by Albert Simons, August...
Dates:
1919-1952
Found in:
Special Collections
Filtered By
- Subject: architectural drawings (visual works) X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Repository
- Special Collections 4
- Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture 1
- Subject
- African American architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American business enterprises -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African American businesspeople -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century 1
- African Americans -- South Carolina -- Drayton Hall -- History 1
- Architects -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Architectural design -- Ohio -- Akron 1
- Architectural design -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Architecture -- Designs and plans 1
- Architecture -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Architecture -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 19th Century 1
- Ashley River Bridge (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Bridges -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Design and construction 1
- Businessmen -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- 20th century 1
- Charleston (S.C.) 1
- Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Slave Insurrection, 1822 1
- Charleston County (S.C.) -- History 1
- Charleston District (S.C.) -- History 1
- Civic leaders -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Contractors -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Drayton Hall (S.C.) -- History 1
- Gay artists -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Historic preservation -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Middleton Place (S.C.) 1
- Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- United States 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Organ (Musical instrument) -- South Carolina -- Charleston 1
- Plantation life -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History -- 18th Century 1
- Plantation life -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History -- 19th Century 1
- Plantation life -- South Carolina -- Drayton Hall -- History 1
- Plantations -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 1
- Rice -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 1
- Slavery -- South Carolina -- Charleston County -- History 1
- administrative records 1
- blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
- books 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- color photographs 1
- correspondence 1
- deeds 1
- diaries 1
- genealogical tables 1
- inventories 1
- journals (accounts) 1
- land grants 1
- ledgers (account books) 1
- legal documents 1
- letters (correspondence) 1
- manuscript maps 1
- maps (documents) 1
- notes (documents) 1
- photographs 1
- plats (maps) 1
- posters 1
- prints (visual works) 1
- sketchbooks 1
- sketches 1
- slides (photographs) 1
- stereoscopic photographs 1
- watercolors (paintings) 1
- works of art 1 + ∧ less
- Language
- Latin 1
- Portuguese 1
- Spanish; Castilian 1
- Names
- Caffey family 1
- Craft family 1
- Craft, Ellen 1
- Craft, William 1
- Crump family 1
- Curtis, Patricia 1
- DeCosta family 1
- DeCosta, Emily, 1923-2011 1
- DeCosta, Herbert A., Jr., 1923-2008 1
- DeCosta, Herbert A., Sr., 1894-1960 1
- Drayton family 1
- Drayton, Carolus 1
- Drayton, Charles Henry, 1847-1915 1
- Drayton, Charles, 1785-1844 1
- Drayton, Charles, 1814-1852 1
- Drayton, Charlotta D., 1884-1969 1
- Drayton, James Shoolbred, 1820-1867 1
- Drayton, John, 1831-1912 1
- Drayton, John, active 1777 1
- Drayton, Mary Middleton Shoolbred, 1794-1855 1
- Drayton, Thomas Henry Middleton, 1828-1867 1
- Drayton, William Henry, 1742-1779 1
- Glen, James, 1701-1777 1
- H. A. DeCosta Company 1
- HADCO Realty Company 1
- Higgins family 1
- Kinlaw family 1
- Lapham, Samuel, 1892-1972 1
- Manigault, Charlotte Drayton, 1781-1855 1
- Middleton family 1
- Middleton, Henry, 1851-1932 1
- Middleton, John Izard, 1785-1849 1
- Midway Company, Inc. 1
- Polzois, James, 1939-2018 1
- Robinson, Emmett Edward, 1914- 1
- Sauter family 1
- Simons & Lapham 1
- Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 1
- Spencer family 1
- St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.) 1
- Vesey, Denmark, approximately 1767-1822 1
- Walker, Thomas 1 + ∧ less
∨ more
∨ more