Architectural historian and documentary filmmaker, Wheaton Holden taught architectural history at Northeastern University for 39 years. He graduated from Brown in 1948 and got his doctorate from Boston University in 1969. He wrote his dissertation on the work of Robert Swain Peabody. Holden was a specialist on the life and work of Robert Swain Peabody and Julius Adolph Schweinfurth.
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Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Wheaton Holden papers, Ms. 2010.033, Brown University Library.
This collection contains mostly materials relating to Holden’s research on architect Robert Swain Peabody and his Boston-based firm Peabody and Stearns. Included are Peabody's films, diaries, reminiscences, writings, and processed copies of his correspondence. Also included are files on Peabody and Stearns building projects, with drawings, plans, photographs, and clippings. The collection also includes two videos created by Holden: The Peabody Touch and Providence Remembered, as well as numerous other video and audio recordings.
The collection is arranged into six series.
Gift: of Rev. Leila Burt Holden, 07/22/94, A94-125.
The films in Box 17 were rehoused into archival films cans and assigned Reel Numbers. There is no longer a Box 17 in this collection.
Originals of some of the correspondence in Series 2 are located in the Library and Archives at Historic New England.
A. Appleton, P. P. Furber, H. H. Richarson [sic], Henry Van Brunt
Arranged alphabetically by name of locality.