The drawings are rolled and each roll is assigned a unique drawing number.
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This series includes 616 rolls of drawings documenting hundreds of Daniel Grantham's architectural projects. Series 1:: ARCHITECTUAL DRAWINGS, 1926-2001 SponsorshipEncoding funded by a 2012 Documenting Democracy grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. For further information contact the Division of Library and Archives. Although copyright was transferred by the donor, copyright in some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s). Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of copyright in items created by the donor. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Publication RightsĬopyright has been assigned to the Georgia Historical Society. See list of restricted drawings in Collection Inventory. Drawings detailing airports, banks, and jails are restricted. Grantham architectural drawings, MS 1718, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia. Material was acquired from son of creator. These materials were arranged into series 2 and retain their associated drawing number. The project records include letters, a clipping, notes, plans, specifications, illustrations, and photographs and were originally located with the rolled drawings. The collection is organized into two series: Series 1. Access to these drawings may be granted by GHS staff on a case-by-case basis. Drawings of airports, banks, and jails are restricted. These drawings were unfolded and processed with the collection as one of Grantham's projects. The Hunter Army Airfield Barracks Modernization drawings were originally folded in half and used as folders to contain other drawings. The collection also includes drawings of unidentified buildings. Additionally, there are several drawings for buildings located elsewhere in Georgia and 27 drawings for buildings throughout Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Pennsylvania. While most of the drawings feature new construction on southern and eastern boundaries of Savannah, Georgia, the collection also includes materials for additions and improvements on several prominent buildings in Savannah's Historic District. The majority of the building plans include a number of drafts, including perspective sketches, foundation, floor, and wall plans, and notes and details, and the client is typically identified. The materials range in creation date from 1926 to 2001, and are broadly inclusive, featuring construction on private residences, military installations, offices and stores, churches, and public buildings. Grantham or his firm, Helfrich, Grantham and Helfrich. This collection contains 616 rolls of architectural drawings and other project records created by Daniel L.
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Grantham was active in a number of local organizations, including the Civitan Club and the Oglethorpe Club, and served in a professional capacity as the president of the Georgia chapter of the American Institute of Architects. With Helfrich, Grantham and Helfrich, Grantham both produced design plans for several of the mid-20th century Modern homes on Savannah's southern suburban periphery and participated in the restoration of buildings in the city's Historic District and Ardsley Park neighborhoods. Army Air Corps as a Lieutenant during World War II. He graduated from Clemson University in 1941 with a degree in architecture and then served in the U.S. Grantham architectural drawingsĭaniel Lyndall Grantham (1918-1992) was a native of Georgia and a partner in the Savannah, Georgia, architecture firm of Helfrich, Grantham and Helfrich.