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Thomas Alexander Tefft architectural drawings (MS.1U.T3)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Additional Information

Related material: Brown University has several works by or about Thomas Tefft that may be located using the Brown University Library Online Catalog (Josiah), including:
  • O'Neal, William Bainter. Architectural Drawing in Virginia, 1819-1969 (Charlottesville: School of Architecture, University of Virginia, 1969). (Call numbers: NA2700 .O5 1969; 1-U T235on)
  • Tefft, Thomas Alexander. Universal currency: a plan for obtaining a common currency in France, England, and America, based on the decimal system (London: Effingham Wilson, 1858). (Call number: 2X T23)
  • Thomas Alexander Tefft: American Architecture in Transition, 1845-1860 (Providence, RI: Department of Art, Brown University, 1988) (Call numbers: NA737.T4 T48x 1988 c.2; NA737.T4 T48x 1988 c.3; NA737.T4 T48x 1988; 1-SIZE 1-ZAR B81tho 1988)
The following organizations also have Tefft collections: Thomas Tefft Papers, Mss 24, Rhode Island Historical Society Rhode Island School of Design Museum Exhibitions featuring Tefft: "Unbuilt Providence", David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University (April 14 – May 31, 2004) "Thomas Alexander Tefft: American Architecture in Transition, 1845-1860," Blueprints Magazine, Summer 1988, National Building Museum (August 19 - October 16, 1988) Architectural history of The Old State House, Providence, RI, in which Tefft's contribution is cited: Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission
Location/Existence of copies: Digital facsimiles of items from this collection are available from within the online finding aid.
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