Special Collections and Archives
Special Collections
The Thomas A. Bradley Rare Book Room
The Bradley Room houses more than 7,000 rare volumes featuring early sample and trade catalogs, illustrated natural histories and travel guides, first editions of design inventories and manuals, as well as major 18th and 19th century works on gardens, furniture, architecture, fountains, textiles, and pattern. Included also in the Bradley Room are rare collections of home management and etiquette manuals, 19th century European and American children’s books, turn-of-the-century French fashion illustrated books and periodicals, and fine bindings.
 World's Fair Collection. Over 1,000 volumes extending from the 1844 Beaux-Arts et Industrie Exposition in Paris to the present; rich in material from the London 1851 Crystal Palace Exposition and the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
 Pop-Up Book Collection. Approximately 1,200 titles include instructional and entertainment books with foldout, pop-up and revolving construction for both children and adults.
Kubler Collection. Contains 60,000 images collected from 19th century European and American books and periodicals.
Archives
 The Library maintains the archive collections of Thérèse Bonney and the E.F. Caldwell Lighting Company..
Thérèse Bonney Collection of 4,300 rare and unique black and white photographs of architecture and design in Paris, 1925-39. These photographs document:
Window display and design marketing:
Industrial design -lighting & furniture
Architecture and interior design:
Other applied arts- porcelain, textiles, costumes, and wallpaper .
The E.F. Caldwell Lighting Co. contains 13,000 drawings and more than 50,000 photographs contained in the Edward F. Caldwell Lighting Collection clearly document taste and style in the United States in the affluent 1890s. During this period, when European models defined what was beautiful or tasteful, Edward F. Caldwell and Victor F. von Lossberg founded Caldwell & Company, designers of custom lighting fixtures in New York. The company created lighting and decorative ironwork for many private homes and prominent buildings in New York City, including Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and the Waldorf-Astoria. With his friend Stanford White, who helped him establish his successful career, Caldwell catered to the most privileged people, creating lighting for the Andrew Carnegie mansion (now the home of the National Design Museum) and the 1902 Taft White House. The company became the foundry for Tiffany & Company. Visit our Digital Caldwell Lighting Website:
Digital Caldwell Lighting Website.
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