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Size | About 1300 items (4.0 linear feet) |
Abstract | Arthur Cleveland Nash, born in Geneva, N.Y., in 1871, was architect at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C, and later in Washington, D.C. He died in Baltimore in 1969. The collection includes materials relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash's career as an architect and to Nash and related family history. Architectural papers, 1938-1956, include correspondence and other materials relating chiefly to University of North Carolina building projects. Nash family papers, 1859-1970 and undated, include correspondence and other documents relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash and to the activities of Nash family members. Tucker and Nash family papers, 1818-1831, include correspondence and other materials of Tucker and Nash family members. Among these are letters of Captain Joshua Nash about his travels in Germany and Italy, including one from poet Gabriele Rossetti, and letters of Paul Nash, Arthur Cleveland Nash's brother, discussing his career as a United States Consul in Siam, Italy, Hungary, and England. Many of the Cleveland and Coxe (Cox) family papers, 1756-1932, relate to Arthur Cleveland Nash's maternal grandfather, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, 1865-1896, or to Arthur Cleveland Coxe's father, Samuel Hanson Cox, and his pastorate at the Presbyterian Church of New York, 1833-1854. Other genealogical materials, 1853-1971 and undated, relate to the Cleveland, Coxe (Cox), Nash, Screven, Arnold, Sewall, Gindrat, Forman, Hanson, Tucker, Kent, Pendarvis, and Bedon families. Photographs include some relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash's architectural projects at the University of North Carolina and others that relate to family members, including photographs of people and places in Chapel Hill, N.C. |
Creator | Nash, Arthur Cleveland, 1871-1969. |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English. |
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Arthur Cleveland Nash was born in Geneva, N.Y., in 1871. He attended Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Beaux Arts Institute in Paris. On 12 August 1914, he married Mary Screven Arnold. From 1922 until 1930, he served as architect of the University of North Carolina; he served as consulting architect until 1952. He subsequently moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked in architecture until his retirement in 1953. He died in Baltimore in 1969.
Arthur Cleveland Nash came from a prominent family, counting a number of accomplished men among his ancestors. Captain Joshua Nash II, merchant seaman and maritime agent for the Italian government in the 1840s, married Paulina Tucker, the daughter of Beza Tucker and Margaret Tucker, who married again and became Margaret Tucker Kent after Beza Tucker's death. Joshua and Paulina Tucker Nash's son, Francis Philip Nash, married Katherine Cleveland Coxe, daughter of Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Episcopal Bishop of Western New York. Francis Philip Nash and Katherine Cleveland Coxe had two sons: Paul Nash, who served in several United States consulates until his death in Budapest in 1913, and Arthur Cleveland Nash.
Back to TopThe Arthur Cleveland Nash papers consists of materials relating to his career as an architect, particularly his work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., and to Nash and related family history.
Architectural papers, 1938-1956, include correspondence, designs, tracings, photographs, and other materials relating chiefly to University of North Carolina building projects, including Gerrard Hall, Hill Hall, Wilson Library, and Kenan Stadium.
Nash family papers, 1859-1970 and undated, include correspondence and other documents relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash and to the activities of Nash family members. Tucker and Nash family papers, 1818-1831, include correspondence and other materials relating to Tucker and Nash family members., including letters of Captain Joshua Nash about to his travels in Germany and Italy. Among these are letters from various Italian acquaintances, including one from poet Gabriele Rossetti. There are also letters of Paul Nash, Arthur Cleveland Nash's brother, that discuss his career as a United States Consul in Siam, Italy, Hungary, and England. Many of the Cleveland and Coxe (Cox) family papers, 1756-1932, relate to Arthur Cleveland Nash's maternal grandfather, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, who served as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, 1865-1896, or to Arthur Cleveland Coxe's father, Samuel Hanson Cox, and his pastorate at the Presbyterian Church of New York, 1833-1854. Other genealogical materials, 1853-1971 and undated, relate to the Cleveland, Coxe (Cox), Nash, Screven, Arnold, Sewall, Gindrat, Forman, Hanson, Tucker, Kent, Pendarvis, and Bedon families. Photographs include some relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash's architectural projects at the University of North Carolina, and others that relate to members of the Nash, Coxe, Screven, Tucker, and Arnold families. Some photographs relate to Paul Nash's wedding to Baroness Margherita Maynori in 1905 and to his life as United States Consul in Venice, Italy. There are also pages from two albums, containing photographs of places and people in Chapel Hill, N.C., Washington, D.C., and Nantucket, Mass., mostly in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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Correspondence, designs, tracings, and photographs relating to building projects at the University of North Carolina , including Gerrard Hall, Hill Hall, Wilson Library, and Kenan Stadium. There are also some papers relating to Nash's appointment as university architect and to his retirement in 1953. Also included are medals he received during his studies at the Institute of Beaux Arts and a set of drafting tools (these items have been transferred to the North Carolina Collection Gallery).
Arrangement: by type and then chronological.
Correspondence and other documents relating to Arthur Cleveland Nash and to Nash family members, including Nash's daughter, Katherine Nash Caldwell; his wife Mary Screven Arnold Nash; his father-in-law, Thomas Clay Arnold; and Harriet Wilmot Caldwell, Katherine Nash Caldwell's mother-in-law. These materials consist of letters about genealogy; receipts relating to retail transactions and tax payments involving Thomas Clay Arnold; certificates relating to the marriage and military service of Arthur Cleveland Nash; descriptions of paintings by Mary Screven Arnold Nash; and memorial writings on the deaths of Arthur Cleveland Nash and Edward Everett Caldwell. There are also a number of undated notebooks kept by Arthur Cleveland Nash; a book listing the members of the cavalry regiment in which Nash served; a book of writings relating to Fossenvue, a camp on Lake Seneca, N.Y., frequented by notables in late 19th century; and papers of Harriet Wilmot Caldwell, mostly letters to her about her approaching marriage to Wallace Everett Caldwell.
Arrangement: by type and then chronological.
Correspondence and other materials relating to members of the Tucker family and to their Nash family relatives. Included are letters from Beza Tucker; Margaret Tucker, his wife (afterwards known as Margaret Tucker Kent); and their children, George W. Tucker and Paulina Tucker Nash. These letters discuss family matters and day to day activities in early 19th-century New York.
There is also correspondence between Tucker family members and Captain Joshua Nash II, Paulina Tucker Nash's husband, relating to Captain Nash's travels in Germany and Italy, and letters, in Italian, written to Captain Nash from various Italian acquaintances, including one from poet Gabriele Rossetti.
Finally, the collection contains letters written from Captain Nash to his son, Francis Philip Nash, and some from Francis Philip Nash to his son, Paul Nash. The correspondence between Joshua Nash and Francis Philip Nash deals with various aspects of Francis Philip Nash's schooling and his academic career at Hobart College. The correspondence between Francis Philip Nash and Paul Nash discusses daily activities of various members of the Nash family and briefly mentions the progress of Paul Nash's career as a United States Consul in Siam, Italy, Hungary, and England. There are also some letters to Paul Nash's mother, Katherine Cleveland Nash (formerly Coxe), from various government officials, most prominently Elihu Root, discussing the death of Paul Nash from pneumonia in Budapest in 1913.
Arrangement: by type and then chronological.
Correspondence and other materials relating to members of the Cleveland and Coxe families, chiefly relating to the career of Arthur Cleveland Nash's maternal grandfather, Arthur Cleveland Coxe as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, 1865-1896. Letters discuss the Episcopal Church and Coxe and Cleveland genealogy. Included are letters addressed to Arthur Cleveland Coxe's father, Samuel Hanson Cox (Arthur Cleveland Coxe added the "e" to the family surname because he thought it more authentic).
Also included are printed copies of tracts by Arthur Cleveland Coxe and a collection his poetry; memorial writings on the deaths of Arthur Cleveland Coxe; a book containing a hand-written record of all marriages conducted by Samuel Hanson Cox between 1833 and 1854, a memorial for an nephew of Arthur Cleveland Coxe (also named Arthur Cleveland Coxe) who drowned in a boating mishap; a history of the First Presbyterian Church of New York, where Samuel Hanson Cox was pastor, 1835-1854; and Arthur Cleveland Coxe's bishop's cameo (transferred to the North Carolina Collection Gallery).
Arrangement: by family.
Genealogical materials compiled by Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Arthur Cleveland Nash, and Katherine Nash Caldwell. Included are genealogical charts and histories for a number of related families, among them the Cleveland, Coxe (Cox), Nash, Screven, Arnold, Sewall, Gindrat, Forman, Hanson, Tucker, Kent, Pendarvis, and Bedon families. There are also materials from Katherine Nash Caldwell's application to join the Colonial Dames of America, monographs tracing the genealogies of the Coxe and Nash families, and newspaper clippings containing information about various family members.
For additional correspondence about genealogy, see Series 2 and Series 4.
Family photographs and pictures of Arthur Cleveland Nash's architectural projects at the University of North Carolina. Images from the University of North Carolina include pictures of the Carolina Inn, Venable Hall, Bingham Hall, Memorial Hall, Kenan Stadium and Field House, Playmakers Theater, and Wilson Library.
There are also photographs and other images of members of the Nash, Coxe, Screven, Tucker, and Arnold families. Some photographs relate to Paul Nash's wedding to Baroness Margherita Maynori in 1905 and to his life as United States Consul in Venice, Italy. Also included are pages from albums compiled by Katherine Nash Caldwell and Edward Everett Caldwell. These contain photographs of people and places in Chapel Hill, N.C., Washington, D.C., and Nantucket, Mass.
Oversize Image Folder OP-PF-4061/1-3
OP-PF-4061/1OP-PF-4061/2OP-PF-4061/3 |
Oversize images #04061, Series: "7. Oversize " OP-PF-4061/1-3 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-4061/1 |
Oversize papers #04061, Series: "7. Oversize " OPF-4061/1 |
Separated items include four medals, a set of drafting tools, a money clip, and a bishop's cameo, all transferred to the North Carolina Collection Gallery. Other separated items include about 200 photographs (P-4061), seven oversized photographs (OP-P-4061), and a diploma (OP-4061).
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