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Addison Hutton papers
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Addison Hutton (1834-1916) was born in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, PA, the son of Joel Wright and Anna Mains Hutton. He was briefly educated in Friends' schools. In 1850, he began apprenticeship as a carpenter with his father, later worked in a factory where he received lessons in architectural drawing from a fellow workman. From 1857-1861, he served as clerk and draftsman in the office of Samuel Sloan in Philadelphia, and by 1864, was a partner in the firm where he received architectural commissions, including the State Hospital in Middletown, CN, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, PA and the first building on Swarthmore College's campus in Swarthmore, PA, Parrish Hall. After 1868, Hutton independently received many architectural commissions, including Barclay Hall at Haverford College (1875), Taylor and Merion Halls at Bryn Mawr College (1878), George School in Newtown, PA (1855), Women's Medical College in Philadelphia (1874), Vail Memorial Library at Lincoln University (1897) and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (1902). Addison Hutton was a member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District (Society of Friends).
Papers consist of the correspondence of Addison Hutton, primarily outgoing from Hutton; diaries, personal and business; genealogical studies of the Hutton family; letterbook, 1905-09; list of contracts, 1898-1908; miscellaneous papers and documents; reminiscences of Addison Hutton and Finley Hutton, his brother. Also two framed photographs of John and Rachel Cresson, great-grandparents of Mary Hutton Biddle and Thomas and Sarah Garrett, great-grandparents of James Biddle, Mary Hutton's husband, and two framed samplers stitched by Elizabeth Cresson in 1819 and Rebecca Savery (Hutton) in 1836.
Esther Biddle Yarnall gift, 1973.
The processing history is unknown
Architectural drawings in HCT-004 (Haverford College Architectural Drawings and Plans); one sampler.
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- Diana Franzusoff Peterson
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51 items - To sister Mary, dated Salem, 6 mo. 14, 1856, [tells of getting job in carpentry business of Albert French] - To brother Finley, dated Philadelphia, 12 mo 4, 1857, [describing Sloan offices and a walking tour of parts of Philadelphia] - To sisters Anne, Rebecca and Susan, dated 8 mo. 2, 1857, [advising them to read and learn bookkeeping to improve their lives] - To mother Ann Mains, dated Philadelphia, 5 mo. 24, 1857, [describing nature of his work at Sloan's] - To parents, dated Philadelphia, 6 mo. 7, 1857, [telling of architecture as life's work and ending with ornamental sketch] - To Finley, dated Philadelphia, 11 mo. 2, 1858, [names publication City Architect, to which he has contributed, and attributes architectural inspiration to Robert Grimacy, who gave him architectural drawing lessons in Salem] - To Mary, dated Philadelphia, 2 mo. 2, 1858, [tells of working on production of Street Architecture] - To mother, dated Philadelphia, 5 mo. 30, 1858, [tells of asking, but not receiving raise from $5 to $9 per week] - To Finley Hutton, dated Philadelphia, 1 mo. 22, 1859, [attending lectures at Franklin Institute in chemistry, astronomy, and mechanics] - To Mary Hutton, dated Philadelphia, 4 mo. 18, 1859, [reporting intention to look for better paying job in the west; attended Arch & Orange St. Meetings — "all parties seem afraid of committing themselves on the great questions of society..."] - To Mary, dated St. Louis, 5 mo. 29, 1859, [reporting position at $3 per day, but would like to return to Philadelphia] - To Mary, dated Philadelphia, 8 mo. 14, 1859, [at Sloan's for $10 per week unless business picks up — then $12/week] - To Finley, dated La Grange, near Woodville, Miss., 6 mo. 25, 1860, [tells of staying with Colonel Ventress for whom he is drawing plans for an addition to La Grange] - To Mary, dated Longwood, near Natchez, 11 mo 25, 1860, [on dissolution of the Union] - To Finley, dated Philadelphia, 2 mo. 3, 1861, [attributes Civil War to the "overreaching ambition of traitors"; if Virginia doesn't secede, confidence will be restored] - To Mary, Philadelphia, 4 mo. 4, 1861, [notes surrender of Fort Sumpter] - To Finley, Philadelphia, May 8, 1861, [reports work scarcity and unemployment possibility]
60 items - To mother, Philadelphia, 9 mo. 11, 1862, [discusses schooling of brother and sister, speaks of the draft and possible invasion of Pennsylvania] - To Mary, Pottsville, 9 mo. 17, 1862, [asks if Finley has claimed exemption to the draft as permitted Friends by state constitution] - To Finley, Pottsville, 9 mo. 24, 1862, [advising Finley not to accept draft if it comes and says he himself won't go, though would rather go "than lose my life"] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 1 mo 6, 1863, [reports that Friends are providing clothing to Contrabands (Freedmen) in Mississippi as noted in The Friend (vol. 36)] - To mother, Philadelphia, 9 mo. 9, 1863, [tells of new office of his own on Chestnut St.] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 2 mo. 1, 1865, [tells of going into oil business] - To Mary, Philadelphia, 4 mo. 1, 1866, [re Mary's possible disownment by Quaker meeting for having married a non-Quaker and how she should react]
56 items - To Mary, Philadelphia, 6 mo 2, 1867 - To Finley, Philadelphia, 11 mo. 6, 1868, [employed to superintend building of new skating rink at 23rd and Chestnut Sts.] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 12 mo. 27, 1868, [work on a house in Penna. and a church in Tenn.] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 1 mo. 10, 1869, [about progress in construction at Swarthmore] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 4 mo. 24, 1870, [subpoenaed as a witness in the case of Seabrook vs. Swarthmore College; engaged to work on extension of hospital at Middletown and plans for the Rush library] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 7 mo. 20, 1870, [spends time in Cape May at Friends Cottage and names other visitors] - To Finley, Philadelphia, 8 mo. 21, 1870, [staying with the Smedleys in Bryn Mawr while building a cottage for himself in Bryn Mawr]
90 items - To Dr. James E. Rhoads, n.p., 1 mo. 24, 1886, [questioning reasons for his dismissal as Bryn Mawr College architect]
31 items - To Mary H. Fritchman (sister), Germantown, 10 mo. 2, 1892, [mentions gift of new schoolhouse to Hicksite Philadelphia Friends by John M. George, to be located near Newtown, Bucks County] - To Finley, Germantown, 7 mo. 24, 1894, [reports John Biddle, made an elder by Select Quaker Meeting] - To Finley, Germantown, 10 mo. 7, 1894, [George Vaux and Isaac Sharpless will be overseers at the marriage of his daughter, Mary, to James Biddle] - To Finley, Germantown, 2 mo. 25, 1894, [refers to tariff issue and Cleveland's administration] - To Mary, Germantown, 3 mo. 22, 1896, [mentions several notable Quakers at meeting] - To Finley, Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1896, [expresses happiness to news of McKinley's election] - To Addison Hutton Biddle, Washington, D.C., 1 mo. 9, 1907, [attends Architects Convention at which Sir Aston Webb receives medal from A.I.A.]
44 items - To Finley, Wallingford, 4 mo. 9, 1910, [notes establishment of Quaker funeral procedure by Mary Baker Eddy] -To Finley, Wallingford, 5 mo., 28, 1910, [attends dedication of library given to the Institute for Colored Youth by "Scott's Andy"] - To Finley, Wallingford, 12 mo. 22, 1910, [lists books read]
57 items - Letter from J. W. (Joel W.) Hutton to James and Ann McGrew, dated Sewickley, 9 mo. 25th 1853, [gives his ideas on some of the meanings of Quakerism] - Letter from Joel W. Hutton to cousin, (James McGrew), dated Sewickley, 7 mo. 28th 1861, [tells of his meeting's conclusion not to contribute to war effort, but help families of soldiers in need] - Letter from Dr. Joseph Taylor to Addison Hutton, dated Burlington, N.J., 12 mo. 17, 1879, [re construction of Bryn Mawr College cottages] - Letter from Finley Hutton to Addison Hutton, dated Barnesville (Ohio), 9 mo 28, 1897, [re Separation of 1854 of Barnesville] - Letter from Finley Hutton to Mary Hutton Biddle, dated (n.p.) 7 mo. —, 1916, [speaks about Addison Hutton's character]
3 items [Two genealogical studies of the Hutton family prepared by Finley Hutton, ca. 1916, and Gilbert Cope, n.d., and a family tree]
6 items [partial autobiography of A.H.; partial biography of A.H. by Finley Hutton; and autobiographical recollections of Finley Hutton]
[Includes a lecture delivered by Addison Hutton to students of architecture in 1894; passport of A.H.; report of auditor on distribution of Addison Hutton's estate among the heirs; photographs of some of the buildings designed by A.H. and tracings for a painting of A.H. by Nan Yarnall]
Diaries. 1870-1915 and a diary segment, 1862-67. 43 items [Primarily personal entries, but also business entries, including accounts and copies of letters. Diary segment tells of attending lectures given by Anna Dickinson, Frederick Douglass, Charles Dickens]
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Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in
part 1 Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in
part 2 Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in. - map of Penna. railroad system in New Jersey
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in. - list of Penna. legislature
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Records architectural projects, contracts and bids, costs and expenses, notes on design and construction, some sketches and personal entries Various items pasted or laid in.
Copies of letters, personal and business, sent by Addison Hutton, with a directory of all recipients
Addison Hutton's contracts showing costs. One contract copy laid in