H. H. (Henry Hobson) Richardson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886
label: Names
content: Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott
label: Names
content: Coolidge, Charles Allerton, 1858-1936
label: Photographer
content: Disdéri, André-Adolphe-Eugène, 1819-1889
label: Names
content: Richardson, Chris
label: Names
content: Richardson, Julia G.
label: Names
content: Rutan, Charles H. (Charles Hercules), 1851-1914
label: Names
content: Shepley, George Foster, 1860-1903
label: Photographer
content: Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891
topic: label: Occupation
content: Architects -- Massachusetts -- Boston
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Material on reels 643 & 676 lent for microfilming by Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott, Richardson's business successors, 1972 and 1973. Material on reel 1184 donated by Miss Julia R. Shepley, Richardson's granddaughter, 1972.
creator: label: Creator
content: Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Architect; Boston, Massachusetts.
function: label: Function
content: Architectural firms -- Massachusetts -- Boston
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 180 Items ((on 3 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1857-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.richh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 643, 676, & 1184 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Reels 643 & 676: Originals returned to the lenders, Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson, and Abbott, Boston, Massachusets, after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, photographs, printed material, drawings, biographical material, record books, and business records.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 643: Correspondence; drawings; clippings; exhibition material; photographs; and biographical accounts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 676: Four record books, 1884-1894, kept by Richardson and his successors Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge, including 2 books listing architectural drawings sent; a receipt book; a ledger of statements, employee, client and other accounts.
label: Scope and Contents
content: REEL 1184: 64 letters, mostly family correspondence; 2 genealogical charts; photographs of Richardson and family, among them carte-de- visites by Andre Adolphe-Eugene Disderi, J. A. Whipple, and Levitsky, of Richardson, his wife, and brother Chris; a calling card; typewritten correspondence between Mrs. John Cole Hayden and her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Richardson; and lists.