The Maurice Fatio Papers (1915-2015) contain photographs and records from the architectural firm Treanor & Fatio, of which Maurice Fatio was a partner. These records include detailed commission documents, including catalog records of drawings completed, project and owner names, commission/job numbers, addresses, and pen and ink renderings. Records also include b/w photographs taken of the properties at the time of their construction in the 1920s-1940s.

This collection also contains the research materials amassed by Alexandra Fatio Taylor, daughter of Maurice Fatio, in the cataloging and preservation of Fatio’s architectural drawings at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County, and the publication of her monograph on Fatio’s life and work Maurice Fatio: Architect. This includes copies of correspondence, personal papers, and commission records from Maurice Fatio and Eleanor Chase Fatio, a poet and author and Fatio’s wife, as well as correspondence written by family members about the Fatios. Also included are newspaper and magazine clippings containing information on Maurice Fatio’s architectural works and Palm Beach society. Correspondence between Alexandra Fatio Taylor on her research, as well as personal matters, is included in the collection as well.

A small portion of the collection contains bound volumes, including two copies of Maurice Fatio: Architect, Volumes 1 and 2 of Palm Beach Villas, one of which contains an inscription to Maurice Fatio, and three copies of Recent Florida work by Treanor & Fatio, Architects, New York, Palm Beach.

Overall, the materials within the Maurice Fatio Papers provide a look into the life and work of Fatio, as well as the writings of his wife, Eleanor Chase Fatio during their lifetimes, between 1915-1944, and daughter, Alexandra Fatio Taylor, in Palm Beach, New York, and Wisconsin.