David Knickerbacker Boyd papers

David Knickerbacker Boyd was a prominent Philadelphia architect credited with being one of the original advocates of the setback principle in architecture. He was active in many business, civic, and professional organizations on local, state and national levels. This small and random group of paper...

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Main Author: Boyd, David Knickerbacker b. 1872 (Creator)
Collection:David Knickerbacker Boyd Papers
Collection Number:2098
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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520 |a David Knickerbacker Boyd was a prominent Philadelphia architect credited with being one of the original advocates of the setback principle in architecture. He was active in many business, civic, and professional organizations on local, state and national levels. This small and random group of papers includes correspondence, speeches, articles, clippings, and other material on his interests, particularly: Structural Services Bureau, 1920-1929; American Construction Council, 1922-1924, 1927, including correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt who was President of the Council; Independence Hall Association, 1942-1952, 1977; Boyd's report, prepared for the Russell Sage Foundation, on the Building and Construction Industry, 1937-1938. There are also scrapbooks related to the Structural Service Bureau, building codes, city planning, exhibitions, industrial relations, building congresses, and American Institute of Architects conventions; Report of the Parking Committee, 1952; personal copies of the Journal of American Institute of Architects, and some photographs of houses designed by Boyd. 
541 1 |a Gift of Lysbeth Borie and Barbara Murdoch.; 1977 acquired 
650 7 |a Architecture--20th Century.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Building Trade--20th Century  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a City planning--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a World Fairs and Exhibitions  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b David Knickerbacker Boyd Papers  |l 2098