James Hicks Stone Papers

Collection

Identifier: MC 1398

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Scope and Content Note

These papers include materials pertaining to the studies of James Hicks Stone while he was a student at the University of Arkansas, as well as drawings executed by Stone while he was a practicing architect in Boston. Included are numerous sketches, drawings, problems, studies, and watercolors dating from his student days. Folder eleven contains a sketchbook with plans, elevations, interiors, and details of English and French medieval churches. Also included are two drawings on flimsy for dresser designs. The earlier, dating from February 26, 1917, while he was in the firm of Shepley & Law, and the later, dated October 19, 1918, while he was affiliated with the firm of Strickland & Law.

Dates

1899-1918

Creator

Stone, James Hicks (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

James Hicks Stone was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1889, the older brother of the internationally renowned architect Edward Durell Stone. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1906 and studied architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. He practiced architecture in Boston, working in the office of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, and later became the partner of Joseph D. Leland. He was involved with the Boston Architectural Club and acted as mentor to his younger brother while Ed was an architecture student in Boston in the 1920s. James died in Boston at the age of forty-two in 1928.

Extent

1.73 Linear Feet (1 Box)

Additional Description

Acquisition Information

Papers pertaining to James Hicks Stone's studies as an architecture student and his career as an architect were donated to Special Collections by Edward Durell Stone in 1976. The papers were discovered in a residence on Washington Street in Fayetteville, Arkansas, by Robert Troutt in 1976 and presented to Ed Stone during the ceremony in which he donated his papers to the University of Arkansas.