Fiske Kimball Bibliography:
Original Documents, including Photographs and Drawings, by and about Kimball


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MANUSCRIPTS:

Alderman, Edwin Anderson, "Papers, 1881-1950." See 1921, 1929, 1931/33, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.

American Philosphical Soceity, Philadelphia, 4 letters to and 3 letters from Kimball in various paper collections

Bennett, Wells Ira. "Papers 1916-1965." 3 feet, University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library, Michigan Historical Collection, College of Architecture and Design, University of Michigan. Correspondence of Fiske Kimball

Bernard, Mayo. "Papers, 1872-1978." Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball.

Bricker, Lauren Weiss. "The Contributions of Fiske Kimball and Talbot Hamlin to the Study of American Architecture," Ph.d. diss., University of California, Santa Barbara, forthcoming.

Campbell, Edmund. "Papers 1919-1930." ca. 20,000 items, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Canady, John. "Interviews, 1971, 17 August - 24 August." Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Recollections of Fiske Kimball.

Codman, Odgen. "Papers 1909-1939." 15 feet, Boston Athenaeum, Boston.

Letters between Codman and Kimball relating to Colonial Architecture. Finding aid in: National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States, microfiche 3.63.2

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Various minutes from the Architectural Advisory Committee (1928-1936), Research Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Course Catalogs. (1923-1924) Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives, New York City, New York.

Downs, Joseph. "Joseph Dwons Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera", 1930-1940, Winterthur Library, Winterthur, DE. Material relating to the Public Works of Art Project and W.P. A. projects in Pennsylvania

Duell, Prentice Van Walbeck. "Papers, 1894-1960." Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball.

Garvan, Francis Patrick. "Papers, ca. 1913-1956." Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball.

Greely, Rose. "Papers 1909-1961." Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Grigg, Milton. "Papers." Box 5, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball regarding Thomas Jefferson and Edgemont.

Harvard University, William Hayes Fogg Art Museum, Fine Arts Library, 5 ft., circa 520 folders plus 4 boxes of 3"x 5" cards. Collection of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, research material.

Hudnut, Joseph. Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Drawings for Fiske Kimball.

"Kean Family Papers, 1785-1950." 7 feet, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball.

Kimball, Marie Goebble. "Papers ca. 1920-1955." 7 feet, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. [Accession Number 5232]

Boxes 12, 13--Correspondence between Fiske Kimball and others concerning the Jefferson Memorial Competition

Box 14--Photographs of Fiske Kimball's design for the University of Virginia Amphitheater

Box 16--Correspondence between Fiske Kimball and others concerning Bremo, Fluvanna County, Virginia.

Box 17--Photographs and Drawing of the Jefferson Memorial Competition

Kimball, Sydney Fiske. "Papers, 1918-1952." 42 feet, Fogg Art Museum, Fine Arts Library, Harvard University, Cambridge. Correspondence, books, articles, research notes, printed materials, clippings, photographs.

Kreymborg-Barrett. "Papers," 5 May 1954, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia. Letters from Kimball.

Lee, R. E. and Sons, Inc. "Records 1936-1962." 9 feet, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Business Correspondence with Fiske Kimball and architectural drawings.

Lorch, Emil. "Papers 1891-1963." 18 feet, University of Michigan, Michigan Historical Collections, Ann Arbor. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball

Magazine of Albemarle County Historical Society , various entries pertaining to Kimball and his wife Marie Christina Goebel.

Mahood, Katherine Kilmer. "The 'modern' art museum: An Architectural Study of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York." M. A. Thesis, University of Virginia, 1986.

Mayo, Bernard. "Papers, 1902-1978." Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Moore, Charles. "Papers, 1889-1940." Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Morris Family Papers, 1684-1935, Series II, Hagley Museum and Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department, Greenville, DE. Architectural history of Cedar Grove by Fiske Kimball.

Noland Family Papers, 1814-1948 ca. 400 items. Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Pagon, Katherine Dunn. "Papers." 75 items, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Panofsky, Erwin. "Papers, 1921-1971." Unmicrofilmed correspondence 1925-1967, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

Philobiblon Club, Philadelphia. "Records 1893-1966." 23,000 items, Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collections. Correspondence of Fiske Kimball.

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Archives "Fiske Kimball Papers," extensive collection of personal, professional, and subject files as well as images. Guide to collection available.

Rosenbach Company. "Correspondence, 1903-1953." 186 boxes, Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, PA.

Seymour, George Dudley. "Papers, 1684-1944." Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut.

Stanard, Mary Mann Page. "Papers, ca. 1916-1923." 50 items, Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball.

Taylor, Thomas. "Williamsburg Restoration and its Reception by the American Public, 1926-1942." Ph.d diss., George Washington University, 1989.

Temple Univeristy , Urban Archives, Philadelphia. Morgue of the newspaper The Evening Bulletin containing approximately 16 photo portraits and several hundred news articles regarding the PMA and Kimball.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Papers, S2, shelf 1-4, 6, S3 shelf 3, 6, S4 shelf 1, 2, Kimball correspondence.

University of Virginia Oral History Program, University of Virginia. Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia.

Virginia Quarterly Review, Editorial Correspondence, 1924-1954. See 292-292a. Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Wolf, Gertrude. "Papers 1910-1942." 470 items, American Jewish Society Collections, New York University, New York. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball.

Zigrosser, Carl. "Papers, 1891-1971." Folders 329, 883, Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Correspondence with Fiske Kimball concerning Philadelphia Museum of Art.


VISUAL SOURCES:
COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG FOUNDATION, AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES

Various photographs of Kimball with members of the Architectural Advisory Committee

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART

Photograph of Public Works of Art Project directors and staff, photographs of Artists, Collection I, photograph by Lewis P. Woltz, 1934.

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Various drawings of Memorial Gymnasium (26 items), Rugby Faculty Apartments (University Apartments), and McIntire Amphitheater

FINE ARTS LIBRARY, SLIDE COLLECTION:

Portrait, c. 1949: A-20-ki-0-3

Shack Mountain (6 images total)

Exterior General View (B+W): A-20-ki-1-5

West Elevation (drawing): A-20-ki-1-6

Plan, First Scheme (drawing): A-20-ki-1-1

Plan, Second Scheme (drawing): A-20-ki-1-3

Medical Group, UVA (5 images total)

Medical School, Elevation (drawing): A-20-ki-2-4

Site Plan: A-20-ki-2-1

Bird's Eye View (drawing): A-20-ki-2-2

Memorial Gym (13 images total)

Proposed Rendering, East Facade: A-20-ki-3-1

Elevation Detail, East Facade: A-20-ki-3-5

Elevation Detail, North Facade: A-20-ki-3-3

Scottwood Subdivision, Ann Arbor, MI (23 images total)

Block 2 , Street View: A-20-ki-4-2

Block 2, James N. Petri House: A-20-ki-4-3

Block 2, Site Plan, sketch: A-20-ki-4-1

University Apartments

Exterior: General View: A-20-ki-6-1

McIntire Amphitheater (3 images total)

General View: A-20-ki-7-1

Miscellaneous

Sketches of Stratford Hall furniture: A-20-ki-5-1

Memorial Gym: Facilities Management, Acc #RG-31/1/2:28.891

Folder 1: Detailed Elevations and Plans

East Elevation: A-05

West Elevation: A-07

Partial Elevation, East Front: A-08

Folder 2: Plans for Rough Excavation, Framing Plans for Various Floors

Folder 3: Engineering Plans

McIntire Amphitheaster, reproduction from vellum, signed by Kimball dated 1920, one plan and one construction detail.

ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, ALDERMAN LIBRARY

Shack Mountain and Stratford Hall: Fiske Kimball Collection, Acc # 5232 (Group K) and 5232-b (Groups A and B)

Group A: Working Elevations and Plans on Trace, Photostat Copies of Drawings

South Elevation (hand-sketch): no. 7

Group B: Various Plans, Sections, Elevations

South Wall Elevation

Group D: Shack Mountain blueprints

Group E, F, G,H: Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Group I: Sweet Brier Institute (Sweet Briar College), Mount Vernon Kitchen Garden, Farmington (Jefferson County, Kentucky), Seat of John Penn, Jr. (The Solitude), Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, The Orangerie, Wye House, Talbot County, Maryland

Group J: Monticello, Interior Elevations, Stratford Hall

Group K, Folder III--Stratford Hall drawings for restoration

Group L: Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

6844--Stratford Hall blueprints for restoration

6846-P, Folder 11: Blue-print, Basement Floor Plan, Unidentified Architect [Ann Arbor?]

6846-P, Folder 3: First Floor Plan, Memorial Gym

RG 31/1/2:37.891--Drawing of McIntire Wing, University of Virginia Library

Marie Goedel Kimball Control Folder--sketches of furniture at/for Stratford Hall

Nichols papers--Folder 5537a--portrait of Kimball by Nichols dated 2 January 1959

UVA PRINTS, VERTICAL FILES, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, ALDERMAN LIBRARY

Memorial Gym: Good photographs of construction and early post-construction views, menu from "Buddy's" with Memorial Gym

Amphitheater: Good early photographs

Nichols, Frederick. "Papers." Special Collections, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. [Accession Number 5537-a]. Posthumous sketch of Fiske Kimball by Nichols

Portrait, Architectural Forum 71(November 1939): 10.


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