Irving & Casson-A.H. Davenport Co. records
name: label: Creator
content: Irving & Casson-A.H. Davenport Co
label: Names
content: Doten-Dunton Desk Co.
label: Names
content: Irving & Casson (Firm)
label: Names
content: National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C.)
label: Names
content: McGrath, Frank P.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Furniture designers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Furniture designers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Furniture design
label: Topic
content: Desks
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Materials on reels 150-151 donated by the Misner Corp. doing business as Irving & Casson. Materials on reels 1260-1264 lent for microfilming 1977 by Douglas Clarke. Unmicrofilmed material donated 1978 by Frank P. McGrath.
creator: label: Creator
content: Irving & Casson-A.H. Davenport Co
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Furniture designers; Boston, Mass., and New York, N.Y. Originally Irving & Casson. Eventually merged with A.H. Davenport Co. of New York City. Doten-Dunton Desk Co. is a related firm, using the same address as Irving & Casson.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Linear Feet ((partially microfilmed on 7 reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1875-1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.irvicass
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 150-151 and 1260-1264 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 1260-1264: Originals returned to lender, Douglas Clarke, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Company records for Irving & Casson, Irving & Casson-A.H. Davenport Co., and Doten-Dunton Desk Co., including photographs, correspondence, sales records, sketches, and printed material.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 150-151: Renderings (many in color), photographs, line drawings of furniture designed by Irving & Casson of Boston, ca. 1910-1960. Most of the designs are from the 1920s and 1930s.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REELS 1260-1264: Business correspondence and memoranda; financial records; subject files about furniture design projects for the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., Eastern S.S. Lines, Inc., and others; clippings and printed material; sketches and blueprints of furniture designs; and photographs of furniture. Included are files and records of the Doten-Dunton Desk Co.
label: Scope and Contents
content: UNMICROFILMED: Sales records of Frank P. McGrath, Sr., chief salesman of Irving & Casson-A.H. Davenport Co. Included are records of sales to restaurants, shipping lines, hotels, colleges, and private residences; correspondence; watercolor and pencil designs; blueprints; photographs of works; fabric samples; invoices; order forms; packing lists; estimates; receiving slips; employee health and disability records; furniture catalogs; announcements; invitations; and calling cards.