Beginning August 6th, Avery’s 200-level reading rooms will be intermittently closed for renovations. Readers are welcome to use the 300-level main reading room, but patron access to the 200-level reading rooms will not be permitted during closure dates. CLOSURE DATES August 6-7: ALL 200-level reading rooms closed August 17 – 30: ALL 200-level reading rooms […]
G. P. Schafer Architect office visits Avery
On June 24th , Avery Library welcomed the office of G. P. Schafer Architect for a viewing of materials from special collections.The evening focused on American domestic architecture, emphasizing the neoclassical and vernacular influences of interest to Mr. Schafer’s firm. Avery Classics presented a selection of books that a traced a narrative from the […]
Sylvan Cemetery Honored by Victorian Society
Sylvan Cemetery: Architecture, Art & Landscape at Woodlawn received “The ‘Victorian Society New York’ 2014 Exhibition and Catalogue Award” at ceremonies held at the New York School of Interior Design on June 3, 2015. Charles D. Warren and Carole Ann Fabian accepted the award on behalf of the project team. In brief remarks, Ms. Fabian […]
Avery Drawings & Archives in Maxxi Food Exhibition
FOOD dal cucchiaio al mondo = FOOD to Space MAXXI – Museo Nazionale dell Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy May 29-November 8, 2015 An exhibition that tells us about how food crosses, changes and influences the body, houses, streets, cities, and the landscape of the entire world. Over 50 works by different artists and […]
Fine Arts Databases from Proquest at Avery Library
Proquest Research Databases (for Columbia University affiliates, or visitors to the library) contain periodical indexes useful to Art Historians. The search entry titled The ARTS includes cross-searching of 24 databases. You can view and change the databases searched by clicking on the “24 databases” tab at top. 1. ARTBibliographies Modern (ABM): This database is the only […]
Fine Arts Databases from Ebsco at Avery Library
EBSCOHost Research Databases (for Columbia University affiliates, or visitors to the library) contain periodical indexes useful to Art Historians. To access this conglomerated resource, get into CLIO, type “ebscohost research databases” and click on the first URL found under the CATALOG section. Once in, click on the words “CHOOSE DATABASES,” deselect all (unless you are […]
Avery Library remembers Henry Ogden Avery, Jan. 31,1852- Apr. 30, 1890
Henry Ogden Avery was born January 31, 1852 in Brooklyn. After studying at the Cooper Union (1870-1871), then in the office of Russell Stugis, he went to France in 1872 to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He returned to New York and worked in the office of Richard Morris Hunt where he assisted […]
Avery in “Saving Place” exhibit at MCNY
Saving Place: Fifty Years of New York City Landmarks Museum of the City of New York, New York April 21-September 13, 2015 Many believe New York’s pioneering Landmarks Law, enacted in April 1965, was the key factor in the rebirth of New York in the final quarter of the 20th century. It ensured that huge […]
NYC City Council Proclamation and Avery’s Early Efforts
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Landmarks Law, the granting of regulatory power to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and the tireless work of the preservation community, the Speaker of the City Council issued a proclamation at the April 16th City Council Stated Meeting acknowledging this historic anniversary. Avery Library was invited to attend […]
Avery Drawings in MoMA Latin America in Construction exhibition
A never-before exhibited scrapbook documenting Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1931 trip to Rio will be on display in the Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art from March 29-July 19, 2015. The scrapbook, part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives, and 2 drawings of the Sports Palace in Mexico […]