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 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

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Col. 209: Byrdcliffe (Art colony) records

 

SERIES X: MAPS, SURVEYS, PLANS & DRAWINGS (COMMERCIAL)

 

Note: accession numbers begin with 92x39, unless otherwise noted

 

 

Map Case C, Drawer 5: [another folder is in Map Case A, Drawer 10]

 

Folder 1:

 

.570-.575         Map, Arroyo Seco Tract, Montecito, Santa Barbara County, Calif.  Whitehead property, May 1948.

 

 

Folder 2:

 

.1250               Bellevue Furnace Co., drawing.

 

.1251               Bellevue Industrial Furnace Co., drawing.

 

Folder 3:

 

.1252               Map showing property purchased by Mary L. Webster from R.R.W., Byrdcliffe, Jan. 1919

                                   

.1253               Map of lands to be conveyed to Frances G. Hannan by R.R.W., Byrdcliffe, May 1926.

 

.1254               Map of lands to be conveyed to Frances G. Hannan by R.R.W., Byrdcliffe, May 1926.

 

.1255               Map showing property purchased by Mary L. Webster from R.R.W., Byrdcliffe, June 1910.

 

.1256               Map of lands to be conveyed to Gino Perera by R.R.W., Byrdcliffe, Aug. 1927.

 

.1257               Maps, R.R.W. to Sebastian Hinton, n.d.

 

.1258               Maps, Whitehead to Eve Watson Schutze and Wm. E. Schumacker, n.d.

 

.1259               Map, R.R.W. to Grace Fallow Norton, Grace F. Norton to R.R.W., R.R.W. to J. T. Shotwell, n.d.

 

.1260               Map, R.R.W. to Frances G. Hannan, Georgia E. Bennett, et al., n.d.

 

 

Folder 4:

 

.1261               sketch of floor plan at White Pines, indicating rooms with heat.

 

.1261a             envelope containing three floor plans detailing alterations at White Pines, n.d.

 

.1262               Byrdcliffe buildings: blueprint showing layout of rooms at Villetta, Chipmunk, Skylights, Bottega, library, Wakerobin, Fleur de Lys, Quartette, and Evening Star, n.d.  (all on one sheet)

 

.1262a             same as .1262

 

.1262b             envelope containing many copies of the layout of rooms at buildings at Byrdcliffe.

 

 

Folder 5:

 

.1194               Map of property to be conveyed to Arthur Cumola by Estate of R.R.W., Woodstock, 1957.

 

.1195               same as .1194.

 

.1196               Map of land to be conveyed to John Moreh by Estate of R.R.W., Byrdcliffe, 1954 (?).

 

.1197               Map of land to be conveyed to Bertha Thompson by Estate of R.R.W., Byrdcliffe, Nov. 1929.

 

.1198               Sketch of two parcels of land to be conveyed to Anita Stallforth & Gioja Webster by Estate of R.R.W., Byrdcliffe, 1954.

 

Folder 6:

 

.1199               Map of Montecito (on one side) and Santa Barbara (on the other side), California, 1952.

 

.1200a-b          Map of Santa Barbara and of Montecito, California, 1956.

 

.1201               Map of Santa Barbara, issued by the Santa Barbara Riding and Trails Association, n.d.

 

.1202               Map of Santa Barbara and of Montecito, California, 1947.

 

.1203               Map of survey of  “Neroli,” El Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California, March 1925. 

 

.1204               Map of Arroyo Seco Tract owned by R.R.W., Santa Barbara County, California, April 1919.

 

.1205-.1205a  Map of R.R.W. Property, Montecito, California.

 

.1206               Map of Arroyo Seco Tract, Montecito, Santa Barbara County, Calif., May 1948.

 

.1207               Map of Arroyo Seco Tract, owned by R.R.W., Santa Barbara County, Calif., January 1920.

                                   

.1208               Map of Piedra Colorado Tract owned by R.R.W., Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California, April 1915.

 

.1209               Map of Arroyo Seco Tract, owned by R.R.W., January 1920.

 

.1210               Map of R.R.W. Estate, Arroyo Seco Tract, Montecito, Santa Barbara County, 1947.

 

.1263               Map of Montecito, California, n.d.

 

 

Folder 7:

 

.1211               Topographic map, showing area around Kingston, New York, Oct. 1903.

 

.1212               “Arcady”:  map of part of the Estate of R.R.W., Woodstock, N.Y.  (Although labeled “Arcady,” this shows Byrdcliffe.) n.d., but ca.1923

                        [note: Jane wrote in a letter, bearing no date but written ca.1923, that they had planned to sell part of the Byrdcliffe property and had decided to call the section to be sold “Arkady.”  Undoubtedly, this plan is from that time period.]

 

 

Folder 8:

 

.1213               Plan, The Byrdcliffe Theater, 1956.

 

 

Folder 9:

 

.1214               Proposed building site for Dudley C. Summers, Woodstock, ca. Aug. 1967.

 

.1215               Map of land belonging to Miss Tompson, Nov. 1911.

 

.1216               Map showing survey of land belonging to Alfred Ponder, Woodstock, April 1963, 1971.

 

 

Folder 10:

 

.1217               Map of lands to be conveyed to Bruce & Jeane Dorfman by Peter Whitehead, Byrdcliffe, 1965.

 

.1218               Map showing land to be conveyed to Charles LaVergne by Peter Whitehead,  Byrdcliffe, 1962.

 

.1219               Map, lot to be conveyed To Richard J. & Selma D. DiMuccio by Peter Whitehead, Woodstock, 1967.

 

.1220               Map of  lands to be conveyed to Ronald J. & Freya DiWitto by Peter Whitehead, Byrdcliffe, 1965.

 

.1221               Map of property to be conveyed to Abraham and Mary Jane Van Steenburgh by Peter Whitehead, Woodstock, 1971.

 

.1222               Map of lands to be conveyed to Gluck Sandor by Peter Whitehead, Byrdcliffe, 1956.

 

.1223               Map showing survey of lands to be conveyed to Bittles Mills by Peter Whitehead, Woodstock, 1964.

 

.1224               Map showing survey of lot to be conveyed to John W. Ebbs by Peter Whitehead, Woodstock, 1961.

 

.1225               Map of property to be conveyed to Herbert Lyons, Jr. & Patricia C. Lyons by Peter Whitehead, Woodstock, 1957.

 

.1226               Sketch showing survey of land to be conveyed to Edwin C. Shults by Peter Whitehead, Byrdcliffe, 1959.

 

.1227-.1228     Map showing survey of lands to be conveyed to Leonard Leonard by Peter Whitehead, Woodstock, 1964.

 

.1229               Map of lands to be conveyed to Howard & Sylvia Day by Peter Whitehead, Woodstock, 1967.

 

.1230-.1234     Maps of  portions of land belonging to Peter Whitehead, Byrdcliffe, 1957, 1966-1968.

 

.1235               Proposed road to Larys, Byrdcliffe, n.d.

 

.1236               Acreage off Overlook Road.  Estimated 9-12 Acres.  Area to be conveyed to R. White, n.d..

 

 

Folder 11

 

11x13.19a-d    The Woodstock Guild’s Byrdcliffe Arts Colony Design Study, by Lester Walker, architect, October 1987

                        a and c are master plan, b and d are existing conditions

                        The plans show location and name of buildings at Byrdcliffe; the master plan copies include notes about work to be done (“restore porches,” “restore gardens,” rebuild house,” etc.)

 

 

Map Case A, Drawer 10:

 

Folder 1:

 

.1237a             Map of Byrdcliffe, Sept. 1910, showing location of buildings; property lines are highlighted in yellow.  Survey and drawing by A.S. Low and David Reichgott.

 

.1237b             same map as above, but property lines are not highlighted; some additional roads are penciled in