*indicates restricted records for preservation treatment

Series I. Correspondence (1905-1909, 1922-24)

Box 1

Letters from Cass Gilbert to C.P. Doolittle concerning Finney Chapel, 1905-1909

Correspondence of C.P. Doolittle with various contractors concerning Finney Chapel, 1905-1908

Letters sent from Oberlin College to Cass Gilbert, 1922-24

Series II. Project Records (1903, 1907-1908, ca. 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1921, 1923, n.d.)

Box 2

Elevation view of proposed East Sector (Allen Memorial Art Building, auditorium and other structures, w/ slide), ca. 1914

Sketch of an unidentified door, n.d.

Sketch of plan for Oberlin College campus w/ photocopy, 1903

Sketches of proposed Bell Tower, 1916 (7 photos)

Sketch of a study for a street in Oberlin, 1915

Pamphlet of architect’s sketches for proposed Theological Quadrangle, 1921

Box 3

Project Records for Finney Chapel

General specifications, 1907

Specifications for general construction, 1907 (2 copies, 1 revised)

Specifications for heating and ventilating, 1907

Specifications for plumbing, 1907 (3 copies)

Specifications for heating, plumbing, and electrical, 1907

Organ, 1915

Financial, 1915

Box 4 Oversize

Theological Seminary, third floor plan drawing (reproduction), 1918

Administration Building, specifications for vault and doors, floor arch, structural iron and steelwork, 1914 & n.d.

Administration Building, specifications for plumbing and hardware, 1914 & n.d.

Art Building, specifications for mechanical equipment plant, 1915

Art Building, specifications for general construction, 1915

Finney Chapel

Section through clerestory wall showing supporting piers, (blueprint, folded, 15 5/8" x 11 ½”), August 3, 1907

Detail of approaches (blueprint, folded, 18" x 24 ¼”), May 29, 1908

Seating diagrams (2 blueprints, 1 photostat), n.d.

*Swell and choir box for organ, Ernest M. Skinner Co., Boston, Mass. (trace paper, folded), October 19, 1914

*Arrangement of platform for organ, Ernest M. Skinner Co., Boston, Mass. (trace paper, folded), October 20, 1914

South wall, vault

Presentation painting by Chesley Benestell, architect and illustrator, of proposed building with clock tower by Cass Gilbert, 45 1/2" x 35 1/2”, April 1923

Series III. Writings by Others (1904, 1968-82)

Box 2 (cont.)

Articles and other writings concerning Cass Gilbert, 1904, 1968-82

Series IV. Photographs (1907)

Box 2 (cont.)

Cass Gilbert, 1907

(See also Series II and Series V)

Series V. Exhibit Materials (n.d.)

All are photographic reproductions mounted in window mats.

Case I, Drawer 21

Folder 1

Portrait of Cass Gilbert, source unknown, n.d.

Study for Theological School, 1930

Study for Oberlin Tower, 1916

Folder 2

Sketch of Art Building, Auditorium, and Future Building, c. 1914

Sketch of Art Building, c. 1914

Color sketch proposal for interior decoration of Finney Chapel, 1907

Folder 3

Sketch of Art Building, c. 1914