Box 226

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This small subseries contains the general records Kimball generated or collected while working as a practicing architect, including standard American Institute of Architects forms and manuals; blank time sheets; sample contracts; and color charts. It also includes product information, as well as guidelines for historic restoration projects.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries is comprised of correspondence, photographs, architectural drawings, specifications and other material pertaining to approximately twenty residential architectural projects completed or planned by Kimball primarily during the very early years of his career. Of particular note are the records regarding Dunewood, a cottage community near Traverse City, Michigan, where Kimball designed affordable cottages for professorial colleagues from the University of Illinois. The subseries...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries is comprised of correspondence, photographs, architectural drawings, specifications and other material pertaining to approximately twenty residential architectural projects completed or planned by Kimball primarily during the very early years of his career. Of particular note are the records regarding Dunewood, a cottage community near Traverse City, Michigan, where Kimball designed affordable cottages for professorial colleagues from the University of Illinois. The subseries...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This subseries is comprised of correspondence, photographs, architectural drawings, specifications and other material pertaining to approximately twenty residential architectural projects completed or planned by Kimball primarily during the very early years of his career. Of particular note are the records regarding Dunewood, a cottage community near Traverse City, Michigan, where Kimball designed affordable cottages for professorial colleagues from the University of Illinois. The subseries...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Kimball served as a juror in the competition for a design of a memorial on the St. Louis river front to mark the western expansion of the United States. The subseries includes official publications of the competition; jury reports; correspondence, primarily with George Howe, advisory architect, and William Wurster, chairman of the jury; photographs of Eero Saarinen's winning design for the St. Louis Arch; lists of competitors; and newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Kimball, along with his architectural partner, Erling H. Pedersen, undertook extensive alterations and an addition to Moors' End, a Colonial home on Nantucket owned by Edward F. Sanderson. In addition, Kimball assisted with the furnishing of the home in period antiques. The sub-subseries contains correspondence, contracts, specifications, and photographs, including several of the house and outbuildings under construction. There are also seven oversize photographs of this project which...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Kimball, along with his architectural partner, Erling H. Pedersen, undertook extensive alterations and an addition to Moors' End, a Colonial home on Nantucket owned by Edward F. Sanderson. In addition, Kimball assisted with the furnishing of the home in period antiques. The sub-subseries contains correspondence, contracts, specifications, and photographs, including several of the house and outbuildings under construction. There are also seven oversize photographs of this project which...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Stratford Hall, the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, was built between 1730 and 1738 in the Georgian style. In 1929, the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association was incorporated as a non-profit organization and purchased Stratford, with the intent of restoring the Great House and outbuildings to create a memorial for the General of the Conferderate Army. The Association retained Kimball as restoration architect, a commission he completed with the assistance of Erling H. Pedersen. The...