Project, or "Job," files provide documentation of contracts for approximately 250 locations held by Burnham Studios throughout the United States and in Bellau, France, from the 1920s-1980s. Files typically include correspondence with clients, architects and builders, contracts, purchase orders, building plans, sketches, scattered photographs and some printed material. Found at the beginning of the series are some files relating to projects in general, including correspondence and job orders with metal window specialists, Chas. Haas Company; 2 sets of index cards listing project numbers and materials used; records of repair contracts; and a set of completed contracts for the firm Reynolds, Francis & Rohnstock from 1920s-1960s.
The series contains significant documentation for the following projects in particular: New York's Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Saint Mary's Cathedral in Peoria, Illinois, Saint Martin's Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Washington National Cathedral in Washington D. C.
See Appendix for a list of numbered contracts in Series 6.
Arrangement note:
Arrangement of this series reflects the studio's main system for organizing project files alphabetically by name of the town in which the job site was located. It can be assumed that all folder titles containing references to letters elsewhere in the collection (e.g. "Repairs, A-C, E,") also follow that system of arrangement. Beginning in the 1920s Burnham Studios began assigning numbers to contracts and several copies of a list of contracts by number were found in the collection. That list is provided below and allows for cross-referencing (albeit incomplete) of the projects arranged by location in this series with the design studies found in Series 10: Artwork and Sketchbooks. The list was transcribed from hand-written records which were incomplete and sometimes illegible.
Appendix: List of Numbered Contracts in Series 6:
1. Pitsburgh, E. Liberty Presbyterian Church, 3 figure windows
2. Pittsburgh, E. Liberty Presbyterian Church
3. Sample, Liturgical Arts Exhibition
4. New York, Cath. St. John Divine, Missionary sample
5. Chevy Chase, Shrine Most Blessed Sacrament
6. Boston, Old South, repair corridor windows
7. Boston, Old South, 30 clerestory windows
8. Sample, duplicate Liturgial Arts #3
9. Boston, Old South rose
10. Worcester, All Saints Church, chancel
11. Boston, N. E. Mutual
12. Fall River, St. Mark's Church
14. Albany, St. Andrew's
15. Worcester, All Saints Church (Thompson) duplicate (restored after fire)
16. Buffalo, Westminster Presbyterian
17. Transparencies, Dusky Dancer
18. Quincy, Mausoleum, Long & Saunders
19. Worcester, All Saints Church, aisle, St. Martin of Tours
20. Greenwood, Union Church
21. Illegible
22. New York, Cath. St. John Divine, Lawyers
23. Worcester, All Saints Church, Sample Mr. Robb
24. Waban, Union Church
25. New York, Cath. St. John Divine, Ecclesiastical
26. Worcester, All Saints Church aisle, St. Elizabeth of Hungary
27. New York, Cath. St. John Divine, clerestory (Lawyers Bay-St. Paul; Ecclesiastical Bay-Moses)
28. New York, Cath. St. John Divine, clerestory (St. Augustine, St. Aidan)
468. Norfolk, Va.-Our Lady of Victory Chape (3 narthex, 1 transom, 2 door panels. Utilize 4 discarded medallions and make into 2 sacistry win. and 2 choir win. re-install 3 win. now in place)
469. Pascoag, R.I., Calvary Church
470. Albany, N. Y., St. Andrew's
471. Leominster, Pilgrim Congregational
472. Norfolk, VA., Our Lady of Victory Chapel (revision of rose, 4 nave windows)
473. Attleboro, All Saints
474. Bookplate-Stokes
475. Springfield-Hope Congregational
476. Boston-Holy Cross Cathedral
477. Waban-Union Church
478. Worcester-All Saints
479. Colorado Springs, CO, Grace Ch.
480. Boston-Greek Cathedral (461, 589)
481. Boston-Catholic Boys' Club
482. Providence Museum (repair)
483. Plymouth-St. Peter's (repair)
484. Providence, R.I.-St. Martin's
485. New York City-Mrs. Smith's panels
486. Easthampton-St. Philip's Ch.
487. Samples of glass (movie-Mrs. Taylor)
488. New York-Calvary Church, 5 apse
489. Washington Cathedral-Physician's window
490. Worcester-Sacred Heart
491. St. Paul, Minn.-House of Hope Ch. 7 chapel
492. Boston-Boston Univ., Mt. Chcorua
493. Milton-Milton Academy
494. Newton-St. Paul's
495. Holyoke-Mother House (see 554)
496. Waban-Union Church
497. Plymouth-St. Peter's
498. Boston-Trinity Ch. repair
499. Transparency-Bambino
500. Greenwood-Catholic Church
501. Plymouth-St. Peter's Church
502. Greenwood-Union Church
503. Waban-Union Ch., clerestory
504. Albany, N.Y.-St. Peter's
505. Boston-St. Clement's Church
506. Bronxville, N.Y.-Christ Church
507. Charlton City-St. Joseph's Church
508. Transparency-Small Christ Child
509. Waterbury, Conn.-Bunker Hill Cong. Ch.
510. Winchester-Unitarian Church (3 chapel)
511. Boston (Shaw)
512. Boston (Swift)
513. Montgomery, AL-St. John's (repair)
514. New York-St. John the Divine (St. Col. Chap.)
515. Ipswich-Ascension Memorial Church
516. Washington, D.C.-Rock Creek Parish (Brent)
517. St. Paul, MN-House of Hope, 2 narthex
518. Dedham-Ch. of Good Shepherd, clerestory
519. Granite Falls, MN, St. Paul's Luth. (cross)
520. Jamaica Plain-Blessed Sacrament
521. Briston, R.I.-Christ Church
522. West Roxbury-Jewish Cemetery (inscription)
523. Lonsdale, R. I.-Our Christ Church
524. Newton Center-Our Lady's (repair)
525. Manchester, NH-Grace Ch., 2 lancets
526. Newton-Vachon, 4 lights
527. Winchester-Congregational Ch., Sir Galahad
528. Winchester-Unitarian, Red Cross windows cloister
529. Central Falls, R.I.
530. Worcester-All Saints, 2 Baptistry
531. Boston-Kennedy Residence
532. Newton-Our Lady's, 2 lights
533. Brookline-Temple Israel, repair
534. Boston-St. Anthony's Shrine
535. Boston-St. Anthony's Shrine, 14 Stations
536. Boston-St. Anthony's Shrine, 2 murals
537. Colorado Springs, Grace Ch., 2 narthex
538. Colorado Springs-Grace Ch., Ascension
539. Brookline-Temple Israel, inscriptions
540. Brookline-Temple Israel, repair
541. New York-Calvary, 6 quatrefoils
542. New York-Calvary, 4 single lancets
543. New York-Calvary, 3 lancets
544. Boston-St. Anthony Shrine, 10 doorlights
545. Melrose-Trinity Church, 2 aisle
546. Burlington, Vt.-Cath. Immac. Conception
547. Greenwood-Union Church
548A. Washington Cath.-Choir, Civilizations
548B. Washington Cath.-Choir, Jacob
549. Providence-St. Martin's, 3 aisle
550. Watertown-Methodist, repair
551. Dorchester-St. Mark's
552. North Saugus-Union Church
553. Worcester-All Saints, repair
554. Holyoke-Mother House, 2 confessional
555. Milton-Reed, repair doorlight
556. St. Augustine, Fla-Trinity Ch., Vaill Mem. window
782. Staten Island, NY, Chapel Daughters of St. Paul Convent
783. Melrose, 1st Congregational Church
784. Appleton, Wisconsin, Aid Association for Lutherans, A=Chapel, B=Ornamental Windows
785. Worcester-Chestnut Street Congregational Church
786. S. Weymouth, Church of Holy Nativity
787. East Falmouth, MA, Grace Chapel
788. East Greenwich, RI, St. Lukes
789. Westford, MA, Hoffmire Residence
790. Bengtz, T? 61 Clifton Park, Melrose (Finland)
791. West Hartford, St, John's clerestory
792. Bell
793. [Quincy]
794. Rot? Transparency
795. Temple Israel
796. Me? Cong.
797. [Masonic em?] (WHB)
798. Provincetown-Church of the Holy Virgin
799. Queen of Hearts
800. King of Hearts
801. Lantern
802?
803?
804. Peace Dale
805. St. Pauls, Cambridge, Relief medallion
806. Tivoli, NY
807. Zodiac symbols
808. Transparency-child and lamb
809. Transparency-child and lamb
810. Transparency-Madonna and child
811. Transparency-[Penguin]
812. Peace symbol-3 made
813. Pisces-2 made
814. Worcester-Higgins estate
815. 4 door lights-Winthrop
816. WHB
817. Newfoundland
818. Small Taurus
819. Small Capricorn
820. Houston
821. Worcester-?
822. Small Gemini
823. Small Aries
824. Small Virgo
825. ?
826. Sylvester Cape Cod
827. [Cut one]
828. ?
829. Hamilton-Christ Church
830. 4 Door ?
831. Sample with Bro? ?
832. Reading
833. [Haywood Wakefield] Samples
834. Sample with B? Christian
835. Haywood Wakefield, colonial 9x20.5
836. Haywood Wakefield, colonial 9x20.5
837. Haywood Wakefield, colonial 10x24.5
838. 9x9 samples Haywood Wakefield
839. Marlboro-First Congr. Church
840. Beverly-Hospital Chapel
841. Belmont P? Park Congr.
842. Heywood-6x26.5
843. {Cab door lights (4)]
844. Cleveland Church of the Saviour
845. Sample Mirror-Heywood, Wakefield-6x31.5
846. C? Wakefield
847. Flowers transparency
848. T? Repair
849. Calami? (2 doors)
850. F? 4 windows (house)
851. Arlington ?
852. Rounds-Wilmington
854. Alley
856. Providence-St. Stephens
857. Q?-Salem Lutheran
858. N. ? ? church
858R. N. ? ? church repair
859R. St. Steohen's Providence (repair)
860. B?
861. Newport
862. Temple Israel B?
864. McRuff?
865. Lancaster, PA-Reformed Church
866. Mr. Reese?
867. England
868. Daughter of St. Pauls
870. 12 Christian Angels
871. Rubiyat
872. St. Paul's School Seal
873. Lamp-?
874. Old N. Church
875. Old N. Church Silhouette
876. ?-Silhouette
878. England
879. Rudeman
880. [Hamilton-St. Pauls]
881. [Beth Shalom Peabody]
882. [Samples] Heyward Clear 9" x 38"
883. [Samples] Heyward Clear 8" x 38"
884. [Samples] Heyward Clear 13" x 38"
885. Breckenridge House
886. Concord, NH 4 chapel
887. St. Georges School-Newport RI
888. [Naffei]
889-835. Blue and ? white
890-837. Blue and ? white
891-835. Window glass
892-835. Window gladd
893-835. ?, blue, window glass
894-837. ?, blue, window glass
895. ? repair
896. Woods Hole repair
897. Charlotte, Providence ?
898. Bu???
899. Still River, [MA]
900. Belmont Payson Park
901. Woods Hole Chancel repair
902. ?
903. Rogers-Portrait
904. ?
905. Choate seal for stars
907. ? 6 doors
908. ? [tulips]
910R. St. ? ? window
911. [Stella court Co.]
912. Repair, Winchester Congr.
913. Chattanooga 7 ?
914. Milton Academy, seal
915R. [Ewing Peabody]
916R. Everett repair
917. M?
918R. Dr. Hard?
919R. Pelegrine?
920R. Schwartz repair
924. ? St. Pauls
925. Wakefield Baptist
926R. T? repair
927. ? St.
928R. R? museum
929R. Wilmington
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Collection Citation:
Wilbur H. Burnham Studios records, circa 1901-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art