Charles H. Rutan papers
name: label: Creator
content: Rutan, Charles H. (Charles Hercules), 1851-1914
label: Names
content: Gambrill, Charles D. (Charles Dexter), 1832-1880
label: Names
content: Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987
label: Names
content: McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909
label: Names
content: Mead, William Rutherford, 1846-1928
label: Names
content: Norcross, C. W.
label: Names
content: Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886
label: Names
content: White, Stanford, 1853-1906
topic: label: Occupation
content: Architects -- Massachusetts -- Boston
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1973 by Charles Strickland, grandson of Rutan.
creator: label: Creator
content: Rutan, Charles H. (Charles Hercules), 1851-1914
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Architect; Boston, Mass. Started working as an architect with H.H. Richardson's firm, Gambril and Richardson, New York, in 1869. He moved with the firm to Boston, and upon Richardson's death in 1886 created the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, where he remained for the rest of his career.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 74 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1870-1973
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rutachar
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1260 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Many letters include typescripts.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 24 letters received, including 4 from Henry Hobson Richardson, 2 from Charles F. McKim, 1 each from Stanford White and William Rutherford Mead, others from C.W. Norcross and Charles D. Gambrill. 50 additional items include biographical information about Rutan, photographs and illustrations of architecture (many annotated by Henry-Russell Hitchcock), a list of buildings Rutan worked on, and miscellany.