Archives of American Art
Arcangelo Cascieri papers
Cascieri, Arcangelo, 1902-1997
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4 Linear feet
circa 1902-1989
The Arcangelo Cascieri papers measure 4 linear feet and date from circa 1902-1989. They illustrate his career through correspondence, writings, project files, personal business records, printed and photographic material, and artwork.
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Biographical / Historical
Arcangelo Cascieri (1902-1997) was a sculptor who worked primarily in Boston.
Cascieri was born in Pescara province, Italy. In 1905 his father moved to Boston's North End and the rest of the family joined him in 1907. Eventually the family moved to East Boston where Cascieri began attending school and learning English. In his early teens he was taken out of school and began work in the shipping room of a shoe factory. During this time, he learned woodworking and carving. As his talent increased, he was offered an apprenticeship to Johannes Kirchmayer the chief sculptor at the W.F. Ross Studio in Cambridge. Kirchmayer also introduced Cascieri to the Boston Architectural Club in which he would be involved for the rest of his life.
In 1922, Cascieri began studying at the Boston Architectural Center (BAC) and finished the program in four years. After graduating he studied Fine Arts at Boston University until 1936. He was named head of the BAC in 1937 and was appointed Dean in 1943. Because faculty of the BAC worked on a volunteer basis, Cascieri supported himself, opening a studio with his brother-in-law Adio diBiccari. In 1952 they worked on projects such as the World War One Memorial at Belleau Wood in France and the World War Two Memorial at Margarten in the Netherlands. The most famous of their works in Boston is the Parkman Plaza fountain in Boston Common.
Cascieri died at the age of 94 on January 17, 1997.
Arrangement
This collection contains seven series.
- Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1935-1982 (.2 Linear feet: Box 1)
- Series 2: Writings, circa, circa 1960-1988 (.1 Linear feet: Box 1)
- Series 3: Project Files, circa 1931-1981 (2 Linear feet: Boxes 1-2, Rolled Documents 12 and 13)
- Series 4: Personal Business Records, circa 1902-1979 (.5 Linear feet: Box 2, OV 11)
- Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1930-1989 (.2 Linear feet: Box 2)
- Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1920-1950 (.1 Linear feet: Box 2)
- Series 7: Artwork, circa 1902-1981 (.9 Linear feet: OVs 4-10)
Scope and Contents
The Arcangelo Cascieri papers measure 4 linear feet and date from circa 1902-1989. Correspondence is with family, friends, and colleagues. Also included is a folder of letters about several of Cascieri's sculpture projects including various churches, cathedrals, and schools. Writings consists of multiple speeches by Cascieri for lectures and events and writings by others which include a term paper by Richard Doyle.
Project files contain correspondence, printed material, and designs for Cascieri's many commissions for church sculptures and other projects. Personal business records consist of materials related to the Boston Architectural Center, Cascieri's resume, and other professional organizations such as the Architectural League of New York.
Printed material contains various pamphlets and publications featuring architecture and projects of Cascieri's. Also included are news clippings and prints of drawings. Photographic material contains personal photographs of Cascieri and his family and friends. Also included are photographs of artwork and architecture. Artwork contains oversize folders of drawings from Cascieri's time as a student, preparatory sketches for his projects, and miscellaneous drawings.
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Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers were donated 1980-1982 by Arcangelo Cascieri.
Related Materials
The Archives also hold an oral history conducted 1972, November 21 to 1974, January 24 by Robert F. Brown.
Preferred Citation
Arcangelo Cascieri papers, circa 1902-1989, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Processing Information
This collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared, by Allessandra Liberati in 2023.
Church decoration and ornament
Artists' preparatory studies
Architecture
Drawings
Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Art teachers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Boston Architectural Center
Correspondence
Series 1
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.2 Linear feet
Box 1
circa 1935-1982
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is with family, friends, and colleagues. Also included is a folder of letters about several of Cascieri's sculpture projects including various churches, cathedrals, and schools.
Correspondence (1930s)
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circa 1935
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Correspondence (1940s)
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circa 1940-1949
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Correspondence (1950s)
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circa 1950-1959
1
3
Correspondence (1960s)
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circa 1961-1966
1
4
Correspondence (1960s)
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circa 1967
1
5
Correspondence (1960s)
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circa 1968-1969
1
6
Correspondence (1970s)
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circa 1970-1979
1
7
Correspondence (1980s)
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circa 1980-1982
1
8
Undated Correspondence
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circa 1935-1982
1
9
Project Correspondence
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circa 1962-1981
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10
Writings
Series 2
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.1 Linear feet
Box 1
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circa 1960-1988
Scope and Contents
Writings include various speeches by Cascieri for lectures and events and writings by others which include a term paper by Richard Doyle.
By Cascieri
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Speeches
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Boston Architectural Center
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circa 1961-1981
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11
Boston University
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circa 1965-1970
1
12
Collaborative Arts Committee
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circa 1970-1988
1
13
Dante Alighieri Society
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circa 1961-1970
1
14
Regional Board Meeting on Architectural Education
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circa 1960-1970
1
15
Miscellaneous Speech
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circa 1976
1
16
By Others
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"Arcangelo Cascieri: A Term Paper" by Richard Doyle
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circa 1970
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17
Miscellaneous Writings
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circa 1965
1
18
Project Files
Series 3
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2 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, Rolled Documents 12 and 13
circa 1931-1981
Scope and Contents
Project files contain correspondence, printed material, and designs for Cascieri's many commissions for church sculptures and other projects.
Cardinal Cushing General Hospital
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circa 1964-1968
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Chancery Office Building
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circa 1966-1967
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20
Essex County Club
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circa 1966
1
21
Federal Courthouse Project
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circa 1935-1950
13
Frances Loeb Dedication Plaque
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circa 1960
1
22
John F. Alter Memorial (1955-1960, 1962-1973)
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circa 1955-1973
1
23
King's Chapel World War Two Memorial (1966, 1976-1978)
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circa 1966-1978
1
24
Lexington Museum
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circa 1940
1
25
Lincoln Foundation Gardens
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circa 1972-1974
1
26
L. M. Davenport Memorial Fountain
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circa 1945
1
27
Marion Manor
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circa 1966
1
28
Maryknoll Seminary
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circa 1961-1962
1
29
Mather House Donors Plaque
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circa 1970
1
30
Mission of Nombre de Dios
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circa 1965-1966
1
31
Municipal Auditorium, Boston
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circa 1963
1
32
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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circa 1959-1965
1
33
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
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circa 1967-1978
1
34
Peabody District Courthouse
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circa 1969-1978
1
35
Plimoth Plantation
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circa 1964-1965
1
36
Saint Elizabeth Hospital (1969-1974, 1978)
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circa 1969-1978
1
37
Saint Peter's Rectory
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circa 1964-1965
1
38
Seminary for Belatid Vocations
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circa 1963-1964
1
39
Tillman Merritt Room
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circa 1945
1
40
Whitehouse Architects, Spokane, Washington
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circa 1960-1979
1
41
World War One Monument
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circa 1935-1950
14
Academies, Colleges, and Universities
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Belmont Parochial School
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circa 1940
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42
Bishop Cassidy High School
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circa 1962
1
43
Boston University
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circa 1970
1
44
College of the Holy Cross (1953-1954, 1962-1963)
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circa 1953-1963
1
45
Dartmouth College (1964, 1971-1974)
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circa 1964-1974
1
46
Emmanuel College
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circa 1962-1966
1
47
Harvard University (1964-1966, 1970-1971, 1980)
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circa 1964-1980
1
48
Merrimack College
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circa 1950
1
49
Middlebury College
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circa 1970
1
50
Milton Academy Library
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circa 1970
1
51
Newton College of the Sacred Heart (1962, 1964, 1966)
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circa 1962-1966
1
52
Notre dame Academy Chapel
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circa 1964-1965
1
53
Northeastern University (1966, 1968-1969)
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circa 1966-1969
1
54
Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy
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circa 1965-1966
1
55
Cathedrals
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Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1956, 1959-1963, 1966)
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circa 1956-1966
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56
Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist
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circa 1959-1969
1
57
Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist (1970, 1978-1979)
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circa 1970-1979
1
58
Cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul
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circa 1971-1972
1
59
Providence Cathedral
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circa 1970-1972
1
60
Churches
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Church of the Redeemer
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circa 1962-1964
1
61
Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1949, 1965, 1978)
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circa 1949-1978
1
62
Church Street Methodist Church
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circa 1973-1974
1
63
First Unitarian Church
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circa 1967
1
64
The First Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, Nebraska
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circa 1974-1981
1
65-66
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
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circa 1971
2
1
The Riverside Church (1931, 1947, 1967-1968)
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circa 1931-1968
2
2
Sacred Heart Church
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circa 1966-1968
2
3
Sacred Heart Church of East Lexington
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circa 1948
2
4
Saint James Church
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circa 1964
2
5
Saint Mary's Church
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circa 1967
2
6
Saint Mathias Church
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circa 1962-1963
2
7
Saint Pius X Church
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circa 1967-1968
2
8
Saint Stanislaus Church
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circa 1954
2
9
Saint Thomas Aquinas Church (1957, 1960, 1970)
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circa 1957-1970
2
10
Trinity Church
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circa 1977
2
11
University Presbyterian Church
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circa 1952
2
12
Tombstones
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Hooper Tombstone
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circa 1948
2
13
Johnson Tombstone
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circa 1958-1959
2
14
Tombstones for Joe Richardson (1962, 1967, 1970, 1975)
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circa 1962-1975
2
15
Miscellaneous Project Files
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circa 1953-1973
2
16
Personal Business Records
Series 4
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.5 Linear feet
Box 2, OV 11
circa 1902-1979
Scope and Contents
Personal business records consist of materials related to the Boston Architectural Center, Cascieri's resume, and other professional organizations such as the Architectural league of New York.
Resume
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circa 1970
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American Institute of Architects
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circa 1962-1969
2
18
Appointment to the Massachusetts Postsecondary Education Commission
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circa 1977
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19
Architectural League of New York
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circa 1966-1967
2
20
Boston Architectural Center
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Annual Reports of the Class Committee
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circa 1902-1916
2
21
Annual Reports of the Education Committee
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circa 1926-1961
2
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Annual Reports of the Education Committee
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circa 1961-1979
2
23
Meeting Minutes
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circa 1923-1929
2
24
Meeting Minutes
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circa 1930-1936
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25
Meeting Minutes
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circa 1937-1944
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Meeting Minutes
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circa 1945-1961
2
27
Miscellaneous Material
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circa 1964
2
28
"General Education Specifications for Elementary Schools of the Atlanta Public Schools, Atlanta Public Schools
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circa 1963
2
29
Research and Design Institute
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circa 1966-1967
2
30
Blueprints
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circa 1930-1960
11
Miscellaneous Business Materials
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circa 1965-1967
2
31
Printed Material
Series 5
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.2 Linear feet
Box 2
circa 1930-1989
Scope and Contents
Printed material contains various pamphlets and publications featuring architecture and projects of Cascieri's. Also included are news clippings and prints of drawings.
All Saints' Church (1973)
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circa 1973
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Ballo Beatrice (1977), Dante Alighieri Society of Massachusetts
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circa 1977
2
33
Stylus (1952), Boston College
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circa 1952
2
34
Testimony on Urban Affairs (1967), American Institute of Architects
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circa 1967
2
35
Architecture Publications
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circa 1952-1967
2
36
Clippings
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circa 1930-1989
2
37
Prints of Miscellaneous Drawings
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circa 1930-1951
2
38
Photographic Material
Series 6
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.1 Linear feet
Box 2
circa 1920-1950
Scope and Contents
Photographic material contains personal photographs of Cascieri and his family and friends. Also included are photographs of artwork and architecture.
Personal Photographs
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circa 1920-1942
2
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Photographs of Artwork
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circa 1930-1950
2
40
Artwork
Series 7
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.9 Linear feet
OVs 4-10
circa 1902-1981
Scope and Contents
Artwork contains oversize folders of drawings from Cascieri's time as a student, preparatory sketches for his projects, and miscellaneous drawings.
Drawings
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circa 1902-1980
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Drawings
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circa 1902-1980
7
Drawings
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circa 1902-1980
9
Drawings
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circa 1902-1980
12
Preparatory Sculpture Drawings
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circa 1931-1981
3
Preparatory Sculpture Drawings
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circa 1931-1981
5
Preparatory Sculpture Drawings
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circa 1931-1981
6
Preparatory Sculpture Drawings
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circa 1931-1981
8
Preparatory Sculpture Drawings
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circa 1931-1981
10