The Life and Work of Harvey Ellis

Resources Used for the Topic Harvey Ellis

Books

10th Anniversary, City Hallmark: City of Rochester, New York. Rochester: The City, 1988.

The Architectural Designs of Harvey Ellis, by Eileen Manning, 1953.

The Architecture of Harvey Ellis in Rochester, New York, by Mary Elizabeth Lipscomb. 1969.

Raines Scrapbook, Vol 20, pp.55-61

Rochester City Directories: various years

Exhibition catalogs

Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Rochester Art Club. Rochester: Scrantom, Wetmore and Company. 1883

A Rediscovery--Harvey Ellis: Artist, Architect. A joint exhibition of Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester and Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York, Exhibited at Memorial Art Gallery, December 8, 1972-January 14, 1973. University of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery

Magazine articles

The Craftsman, Vol. IV, No. IV, July, 1903, p. 269-271

The Architectural Review, Vol. XV, No. 12, December, 1908, "Harvey Ellis: A Portrait Sketch" by Claude Bragdon.

References to Harvey Ellis in Rochester History

Ellis, Harvey
as architect, 28(2&3):11 (Apr & Jul 1966); 28(4):10-11 (Oct 1966)
Bragdon, Claude F. and, 29(4):6-7 (Oct 1967)
central business district commissions, 34(2):12-13 (Apr 1972)
local organizations and, 29(4):6-7 (Oct 1967)
municipal commission, 54(4):12 (Fall 1992)
art classes, 28(4):11 (Oct 1966)
Arts and Crafts Society and, 17(2):16 (Apr 1955)
as draftsman, 40(2):16 (Apr 1978)
travel abroad, 17(2):9 (Apr 1955)

Newspaper articles

Union & Advertiser, July 25, 1870, page 2 col.2

Union & Advertiser, December 24, 1881, page 6 col.2

Union & Advertiser, October 1, 1885, page 2 col. 3

Union & Advertiser, March 16 1895, page 19 col. 1

Rochester Herald, January 5, 1904, page 6 col. 1

Democrat & Chronicle, June 13, 1926, Sec. 3, p. 9

Democrat & Chronicle, May 30, 1926, Sec. 3, p. 9

Union & Advertiser, May 8, 1884, page 2 col. 4, "A Rochester Artist"

Web Sites

Archives:

Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester. D.252 Harvey Ellis papers.
Lists documents in the Ellis collection.
www.lib.rochester.edu/rbk/ELLIS.stm

Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota. Leroy S. Buffington Papers.
Description of Ellis collection in the Buffington collection
http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/html/mss.nwaa0014.html

Other web sites

• Lost Mansions.
  Description of some Ellis-designed houses in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area
  www.ktca.org/lostcity/mansions.html

• Nicholson Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Campus
  Wonderful color pictures of Ellis-designed buildings on the University campus
  www.tholt.com

• Built St. Louis: Wonderful Anachronisms
  Description and picture of the Compton tower
  www.builtstlouis.net/watertowers/watertowers2.html

• Louis Smith Tainter House
  Description and picture of this building
  www.uwstout.edu/tour/14.html

• Mabel Smith Tainter Memorial
  Description and picture of this building
  http://discover-net.net/~dchs/history/exmtm.html

• National Military Heritage Museum
  Description and picture of this building
  www.nationalmilitaryheritagemuseum.org

• City of Rochester City Hall Virtual Tour
  City Hall virtual tour

• Strong Museum
  Search in "Collections" for the art of Harvey Ellis
  www.strongmuseum.org