MSS 409 Ralph Kempton Papers

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Ralph Kempton Papers OHIO
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Provenance: The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y a c q u i r e d t h e Ralph Kempton
Papers as a g i f t of G i l b e r t Coddington, Columbus, Ohio, in May 1985
Cindy S. D i t z l e r p r o c e s s e d t h e c o l l e c t i o n in J u l y 1985.
P r o p e r t y r i g h t s : The Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y owns t h e p r o p e r t y
r i g h t s t o t h i s c o l l e c t i o n .
C o p y r i g h t s : G i l b e r t Coddington has d e d i c a t e d such c o p y r i g h t s a s he
p o s s e s s e s in t h i s c o l l e c t i o n t o t h e p u b l i c . C o n s i d e r a t i o n of a l l
o t h e r c o p y r i g h t s i s t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of t h e a u t h o r and p u b l i s h e r .
Access: This c o l l e c t i o n i s open under t h e r u l e s and r e g u l a t i o n s of
t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y .
C i t a t i o n : R e s e a r c h e r s a r e r e q u e s t e d t o c i t e c o l l e c t i o n name, c o l l e c -
t i o n number, and t h e Ohio H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y i n a l l f o o t n o t e and
b i b l i o g r a p h i c r e f e r e n c e s .
B i o g r a p h i c a l s k e t c h : See t h e i n v e n t o r y t o t h e Ralph Kempton Photo-graph
C o l l e c t i o n , P 381, f o r i n f o r m a t i o n .
Scope and c o n t e n t : The Ralph Kempton P a p e r s d a t e from 1909 t o 1973
and c o n s i s t of t h r e e - q u a r t e r s c u b i c f o o t of c o r r e s p o n d e n c e and o t h e r
m a t e r i a l r e l a t i n g t o Kempton's work w i t h t h e American I n s t i t u t e of
A r c h i t e c t s ( A . I . A . ) . The c o l l e c t i o n i s d i v i d e d i n t o two s e r i e s ,
c o r r e s p o n d e n c e and r e l a t e d m a t e r i a l .
S e r i e s I , c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , i s a r r a n g e d a l p h a b e t i c a l l y by s e n d e r and
i n c l u d e s communications between t h e a r c h i t e c t s , t h e A . I . A . , and
a r e a c h a p t e r s of t h e A. I. A. Of s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t a r e l e t t e r s
e n c o u r a g i n g t h e a r c h i t e c t s t o j o i n t h e French and I t a l i a n S e r v i c e s
d u r i n g World War I .
S e r i e s 11, r e l a t e d m a t e r i a l , c o n t a i n s committee r e p o r t s , documents,
c o n s t i t u t i o n , and s p e c i a l e d i t i o n s of t h e J o u r n a l of t h e A . I . A . ;
annual r e p o r t s , c o n s t i t u t i o n , r e ~ o r t s and m i n u t e s , t a x r e p o r t s , and
t r e a s u r e r ' s r e p o r t s from t h e Columbus C h a p t e r of t h e A . I . A . ; and
r e p o r t s and m i n u t e s from t h e Ohio S t a t e A s s o c i a t i o n of t h e A. I. A.
Incl uded a r e b i o g r a p h i e s of a r c h i t e c t s George M a r t i n , Joseph Y o s t ,
Frank P a c k a r d , Eugene Benham, and S. P . H a l l ; a h i s t o r y of t h e A l l i e d
A r c h i t e c t s A s s o c i a t i o n ; b r o c h u r e s f o r t h e Edwin Morris r e s i d e n c e and
F r a n k l i n County Courthouse Annex; and v a r i o u s a r c h i t e c t u r a l news-c
l i p p i n g s . L e g i s l a t i v e b i l l s concern t h e r e g i s t r a t i o n of a r c h i t e c t s ,
e n g i n e e r s , and s u r v e y o r s ; and p r o p o s a l s r e l a t e t o a F r a n k l i n County
memorial b u i l d i n g and c o n v e n t i o n and e x p o s i t i o n h a l l . The remainder
of t h e c o l l e c t i o n i s comprised of c o m p e t i t i o n s f o r a S c h i l l e r Park
house, s t a t e b u i l d i n g s in Sacramento ( C a l i f o r n i a ) , and a $ 6,000
r e s i d e n c e ; i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g a c o m p l a i n t f i l e d , a g a i n s t Frank
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