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David Knickerbacker Boyd papers
David Knickerbacker Boyd was a prominent Philadelphia architect credited with being one of the original advocates of the setback principle in architecture. He was active in many business, civic, and professional organizations on local, state and national levels. This small and random group of paper...
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| Collection: | David Knickerbacker Boyd Papers |
| Collection Number: | 2098 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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6.0 Linear feet 6 linear feet, 3 boxes, 200 items, 9 volumes |
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David Knickerbacker Boyd was a prominent Philadelphia architect credited with being one of the original advocates of the setback principle in architecture. He was active in many business, civic, and professional organizations on local, state and national levels.
This small and random group of papers includes correspondence, speeches, articles, clippings, and other material on his interests, particularly: Structural Services Bureau, 1920-1929; American Construction Council, 1922-1924, 1927, including correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt who was President of the Council; Independence Hall Association, 1942-1952, 1977; Boyd's report, prepared for the Russell Sage Foundation, on the Building and Construction Industry, 1937-1938. There are also scrapbooks related to the Structural Service Bureau, building codes, city planning, exhibitions, industrial relations, building congresses, and American Institute of Architects conventions; Report of the Parking Committee, 1952; personal copies of the Journal of American Institute of Architects, and some photographs of houses designed by Boyd. |