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Williams, J. Scott (John Scott), 1877-1975

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Edward D. Pierre collection

 Collection
Identifier: L611
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, pamphlets, clippings and other ephemera; architectural drawings and blueprints; photographs and photograph albums; scrapbooks and illustration boards from Edward D. Pierre and his architectural firms, Pierre and Wright and Edward D. Pierre and Associates, in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1925 to 1962. The materials cover a surfeit of topics such as Pierre's architectural projects and contests, including the Indiana State Library and Historical...
Dates: circa 1925-1962

J. Scott Williams collection

 Collection — Folder: S1425
Identifier: S1425
Scope and Contents These letters, all written by J. Scott Williams, are about the new Indiana State Library and Historical Building under construction. He wrote to Edward D. Pierre of Pierre and Wright, 909 Architects and Builders Building, Indianapolis, in 1932 (3 letters); to Willard Osler of the same company in 1933 (3 letters); to Edward D. Pierre in 1933 (2 letters), and to Miss Esther McNitt, Indiana State Library, in 1934 (1 letter). There is a 12-page typed document on onion-skin paper entitled "Glass,...
Dates: 1932-1934

J. Scott Williams collection

 Collection — Folder: S3171
Identifier: S3171
Scope and Contents This collection includes papers and correspondence from J. Scott Williams regarding his career as an artist in the creation and installation of murals and stained glass windows inside public and private buildings. Collection materials were created in New York and Indianapolis from 1959 to 1966. Correspondence includes instructions on cleaning the existing murals in the Indiana State Library and the potential project of a stained glass window depicting Abraham Lincoln. Additional papers include...
Dates: 1959-1966

J. Scott Williams drawings

 Collection
Identifier: L624
Scope and Contents This collection includes study drawings for the murals and stained glass windows within the Indiana State Library and Historical Building from J. Scott Williams in New York City, New York ranging from 1930 to 1932.
Dates: circa 1930-1934

J. Scott Williams oversize collection

 Collection — Folder: OBC070
Identifier: OBC070
Scope and Contents This collection contains the specifications for a new stained glass window at the Indiana State Library designed by Williams and a draft of a fund raising sign for the window, which was to be dedicated to Abraham Lincoln's adolescence in Indiana. The materials were created in Indiana and New York around 1964.
Dates: circa 1964