Auguste Louis Noël architectural plans, drawings and specifications
Scope and Contents note
Collection comprises architectural plans, drawings, specifications and photographs for residences and public buildings primarily in Rhode Island and New York by American architect Auguste Louis Noël. The projects, undertaken by the firm of Noël and Miller from roughly 1932 to 1965, include the Whitney Museum of American Art and several public buildings in Newport, Rhode Island and Long Island, New York.
Dates
- 1932-1965
Creator
- Noël, Auguste Louis, 1884-1964 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical/Historical note
Auguste Noël was born in New York City and trained in architecture at the Beaux Arts school, Paris. He served his apprenticeship in New York, and set up his own office in 1920. He was later senior partner, with G. Macculloch Miller, in the firm of Noël and Miller, with a branch office in Newport, R. I. The firm was especially well known for its designs of stately residences, most of them on the East Coast. It also designed the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Museum of Racing, Sara-toga, N.Y., and a number of public buildings at Newport, R. I. Plans for these are in the collection.
Extent
4.5 linear feet (20 containers) : 6 clam shell boxes and 17 flat file case drawers
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection comprises architectural plans, drawings, specifications and photographs for residences and public buildings primarily in Rhode Island and New York by American architect Auguste Louis Noël. The projects, undertaken by the firm of Noël and Miller from roughly 1932 to 1965, include the Whitney Museum of American Art and several public buildings in Newport, Rhode Island and Long Island, New York.
Arrangement note
Collection is organized into the following series: Series I. Project filesSeries II. Rolled blueprintsSeries III. Oversize piecesAddenda
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Architects -- New York (State) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Architectural drawings Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Architectural photographs Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Architectural records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Architecture Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Designs and plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Architecture, Domestic -- Rhode Island -- Designs and plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Noel and Miller (Firm)
- Public architecture -- New York (State) -- Designs and plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Public architecture -- Rhode Island -- Designs and plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Auguste Louis Noël Architectural Plans, Drawings and Specifications
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by processing staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
