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Scope and Contents The collected papers on Addison Mizner includes letters, manuscripts, rare books, and scrapbooks. A significant part of this collection are telegrams and letters towards the end of Mizner’s life in 1933. Many telegrams are from his brother Wilson, who lived in Los Angeles at the time, and other friends who were concerned about the state of Mizner’s failing health. There are also notes from clients Gurnee Munn, Amy Phipps, and Eva Stotesbury. Mizner wrote many detailed letters to...

Scope and Contents The Barbara Hoffstot collection preserves her efforts to create a historic preservation commission and community in Palm Beach, Florida, throughout the 1970s-1980s. It includes original and reproduction photographic material of her photographic survey of Palm Beach historic properties, as well as reports and personal correspondence. In addition, the collection includes the original records of National Register for Historic Places nomination forms for properties on Palm Beach created by...

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Architectural drawings by Belford Shoumate encompass his work primarily in Palm Beach and South Florida. Many projects are conceptual or renovations and additions to existing structures. Artwork by Shoumate includes pastel renderings of numerous projects, many of which are not identified. Photographic materials include documentation of Shoumate’s work, of note are the Wagner house in West Palm Beach and the MacNichol Manor apartments in Delray Beach.

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This collection contains financial records, correspondence, and ephemera from The Beach Club, which was operated by E.R. Bradley from 1898-1945.

Scope and Contents The Christina Orr-Cahall papers (1977-1993) contain the records documenting Orr-Cahall's academic and curatorial work on Addison Mizner. Materials include slides, negatives, and personal correspondence. The collection also contains communication with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, communication with Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach staff, and a copy of the Norton Museum's publication "Addison Mizner: Architect of Dreams and Realities." The main projects within...

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The Eugene Lawrence Collection contains architectural photographs, renderings, and newspaper clippings of and relating to properties designed and built by Eugene Lawrence and the Lawrence group between 1965-2013. Properties are both residential and commercial, and center in Palm Beach, Florida, although Lawrence did design buildings in other locations within the Palm Beach County, Florida region.

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Architectural drawings by Henry Harding encompass his work primarily in Palm Beach, the Maisonettes in Ocean Ridge, and the Village of Golf in Boynton Beach. Artwork by Harding consists of renderings filed in a scrapbook that were noted as, “pre-1955 Jobs Journal folio of pictures and plans for presentations”. Photographic material includes documentation of Harding projects throughout Palm Beach and Port Royal, Naples.

Scope and Contents The Hope Annan Papers contains correspondence, brochures, and ephemera related to the Garden Club of Palm Beach, Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, and Society of the Four Arts. This includes brochures and pamphlets for the annual Walking Tours conducted by the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, the annual House and Garden Day tours conducted by the Garden Club of Palm Beach, and tours and events for the Society of Four Arts Garden, which is maintained by the Garden Club of Palm...

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Architectural drawings by John Volk encompass his work in Palm Beach, South Florida, the Bahamas, and throughout the United States. Artwork by Volk or draftsmen include renderings of many of these projects. Photographic materials extensively document Volk’s career and include personal photographs of Volk as a young man, with his wife Jane Volk, and social events in Palm Beach. Printed material includes periodicals that feature the work of Volk.

Scope and Contents The Landmarks Planning, Inc. Building Survey Records contains multiple copies of the 1979 Historic Buildings Survey of Palm Beach, Florida conducted by Landmarks Planning, Inc. and submitted to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the Town of Palm Beach in 1981. These records include a summary of findings, with the methodology of the survey, and recommendations for designations for the National Register of Historic Places and in accordance with Palm Beach Ordinance 1-79, as well as...