Finding Aid for Donaldson and Meier Architects records, 1890-1979
03546

Summary Information

Repository
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Title
Donaldson and Meier Architects records,
ID
03546
Date
1890-1979
Extent
12.0 linear ft.
General Physical Description note
(2 boxes, 34 volumes, 7 extra large manuscripts)
Language
English
Abstract
Collection contains specifications, plans and correspondence for several building projects, most notably the David Stott Building, Detroit.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.

Conditions Governing Access note

This collection is open for research use.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Donaldson andamp; Meier Architects -- Archives

Genre(s)

  • Correspondence -- aat
  • Specifications -- aat

Subject(s)

  • Architectural firms.
  • Architecture -- Michigan -- Detroit.
  • Office buildings -- Michigan -- Detroit.

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Other Finding Aids note

Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.

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Collection Inventory

BOX 1 

1:1 Community Fund Building (see also XLMS) 

1:2 Detroit College of Medicine 

1:3 Detroit Fire Department--Central Fire Alarm System (see also XLMS) 

1:4 Detroit Public Works-- Heating Plant, 1926; Folder 1 

1:5 Folder 2 

1:6 Folder 3 

1:7 St. Elizabeth Parish Buildings, 1933 

1:8 David Stott Building, 1928 (see also XLMS) 

1:9 Construction Photos, 1928, Folder 1 

1:10 Folder 2 

1:11 Folder 3 

1:12 Folder 4 

1:13 Folder 5 

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BOX 2 

2:1 David Stott Building--Contracts, 1927-1928 

2:2 Correspondence, 1925-1961 

2:3 General Data 

2:4 Job Reports, 1928-1929, Folder 1 

2:5 Folder 2 

2:6 Folder 3 

2:7 Specifications 

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XLMS: Drawings, Plans and Blueprints 

Folder 1: Community Fund Building 

Folder 2: Detroit Fire Department Central Fire Alarm System 

Folder 3: David Stott Building, Martin and Krausmann Co. 

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VOLUMES: 

Costs of Buildings, 1914-1938 

Detail Numbers, ?-1972 

Payroll, 1926-1948 

Journals: 

1890-1905 

1897-1904 

1905-1917 

1914-1917, Cost Book 

1915-1948 

1917-1956 

1918-1921, Cost Book 

1921-1923, Work in Progress 

1921-1926, Cost of Completed Jobs 

1924-1927, Cost of Work in Progress 

1928-1949, Work in Progress 

1954-1957, Work in Progress 

1957-1974 

1975-1979 

Improved Trial Balance Books: 

1894-1917 

1917-1921 

1922-1932 

1933-1947 

Receipts and Disbursements: 

1908-1916 

1917-1924 

1925-1930 

1931-1939 

Ledgers: 

Accounts: 

-- 1890-1899 

-- 1905-1917 

Contracts: 

-- 1893-1900 

-- 1899-1906 

-- 1904-1910 

-- 1910-1915 

-- 1914-1921 

-- 1921-1926 

-- 1927-1972 

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