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Guide to the Gregory B. Webb collection ARC.112

Gregory B. Webb collection

Call Number

ARC.112

Date

1898-1967, inclusive

Creator

Kirby, Henry P.
Hall, Isabel Hawxhurst
Webb, Clarine Matson
Webb, Gregory B. (Gregory Burkitt)

Extent

7.98 Linear Feet
in five manuscript boxes and nine flat boxes.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The architect Gregory Burkitt Webb (1878-1948) lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. and primarily designed mausoleums and abbeys in and around the New York City area. Webb was also a collector of political cartoons. This collection contains materials documenting Webb's architectural career as well as political cartoons he collected. Personal items of Webb's wife, Clarine Matson Webb, and Clarine's friend, the artist Isabel Hawxhurst Hall, are also included in the collection.

Biographical note

Gregory Burkitt Webb (1878-1948) was an architect who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He spent the early part of his career designing banks, theaters, and hotels in various South American cities, and later became an established designer of mausoleums and abbeys in and around the New York City area, including Cypress Hills Abbey and Memorial Abbey at Brooklyn's Cypress Hills Cemetery, Ferncliff Mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, N.Y., and Holy Cross Cloister at Brooklyn's Cemetery of the Holy Cross. Webb also designed public schools, apartment buildings, private homes, and civic club buildings. He kept his offices at 25 West 43rd Street in Manhattan, and lived at 72 Brooklyn Avenue in Brooklyn with his wife, Clarine Matson Webb. Outside of his professional accomplishments, Webb was also a collector of political cartoons.

Source:

  1. "Gregory B. Webb." New York Times, December 13, 1948. Accessed March 11, 2011. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E12FE3B5A157B93C1A81789D95F4C8485F9&scp=2&sq=%22gregory%20b.%20webb%22&st=cse

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into three series by type.

Scope and Contents

The Gregory B. Webb collection spans the period 1898 to 1967 and primarily consists of materials documenting Webb's architectural career and the various projects on which he worked. These items include blueprints, floor plans, stained glass window designs, and other technical drawings; photographs and engravings; correspondence; agreements; news clippings; brochures; programs; and advertisements. The collection also includes materials documenting the social and cultural activities of Webb's wife, Clarine Matson Webb; a diary of artist Isabel Hawxhurst Hall; and a substantial assortment of political cartoons portraying, and often criticizing, the Spanish-American War, President Theodore Roosevelt, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal politics.

Subjects

Organizations

Genres

People

Topics

Architecture -- New Jersey; Architects -- New York (State) -- New York; Architecture -- New York (State); School buildings -- New Jersey; Architecture -- New York (State) -- Queens County; Architecture -- New York (State) -- Kings County; Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York; Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- Queens County; Cemeteries -- New Jersey; Mausoleums -- New Jersey; Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- Kings County; Mausoleums -- New York (State) -- Kings County; Mausoleums -- New York (State) -- Queens County; Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Caricatures and cartoons; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1912 -- Caricatures and cartoons; Big business -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons; Hunting -- Caricatures and cartoons; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1904 -- Caricatures and cartoons; New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Caricatures and cartoons; Stained glass windows; Architecture -- New York (State) -- Long Island; Mausoleums -- New York (State); Cemeteries -- New York (State); World War, 1939-1945

Places

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

While many items at the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The researcher assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Gregory B. Webb collection, ARC.112, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Clarine Matson Webb, 1953, 1957, and 1959.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Some of the architectural plans in the collection are rolled and may be unavailable to researchers.

Where preservation photocopies of clippings are provided, they should be used in place of the originals.

Related Materials

Matson family papers (ARC.320)

Collection processed by

Nicholas Pavlik and Aaron Yarbrough

About this Guide

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-12-18 18:50:56 +0000.
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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Processing Information

Minimally processed to the series level. Revised to include box-level information by Dee Bowers in December 2024. At that time, some damaged architectural plans were repaired and some rolled oversize items were flattened. One damaged newspaper clipping was photocopied and the original discarded.

The collection combines the accessions 1977.068, 1977.277, 1985.006, 1991.043, and V1997.009.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society
Center for Brooklyn History
128 Pierrepont Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
https://bklynlibrary.org/cbh