Rexford Newcomb
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American architect
Rexford G. Newcomb (April 24, 1886 – March 16, 1968) was an American architectural historian.
Newcomb was born in Independence, Kansas, on April 24, 1886. After undergraduate study at the University of Kansas, he earned both a second bachelor's degree in architecture and a master's in architecture at the University of Illinois, and a master of arts at the University of Southern California.[1] He married Ruth Bergen on October 24, 1911 in Wichita, Kansas; they had three children.[2]
After stints teaching at the Long Beach Polytechnic High School and Long Beach Evening High School, University of Southern California and Texas A&M University,[1] Newcomb returned to the University of Illinois as a faculty member in 1918. He remained there until 1954. He served as dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts from 1932 to 1954.[3][4] He was also the second president of the Society of Architectural Historians.[5]
Newcomb died on March 16, 1968, at Princeton, Illinois.[6]
Recognition
Newcomb was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1940,[7] and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1928.[8] His book Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory was the 1950 winner of the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award.[9]
Newcomb's collected papers are held by the University of Illinois library system.[3]
Selected books
- Newcomb, Rexford (1916). The Franciscan Mission Architecture of Alta California. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co. Reprinted by Dover Publications in 1973, ISBN 0-486-21740-X.
- Newcomb, Rexford (1922). Outline of the History of Architecture. University of Illinois.. Republished as Outlines of the History of Architecture in four separate volumes by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1931–1939.[10]
- Newcomb, Rexford (1925). The Old Mission Churches and Historic Houses of California: Their History, Architecture, Lore. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[11]
- Newcomb, Rexford (1927). Hispanic Architecture: The Spanish House For America. Its Design, Furnishing and Garden. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[12]
- Newcomb, Rexford (1928). In the Lincoln Country: Journeys to the Lincoln Shrines of Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Other States. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.[13]
- Newcomb, Rexford (1928). Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States. Acanthus Press LLC. ISBN 0-926494-13-9.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Newcomb, Rexford; Foster, William A. (1932). Home Architecture: A Textbook for Schools and Colleges, a Manual for the Home Builder and Home Owner. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.[14]
- Newcomb, Rexford (1937). Spanish-Colonial Architecture in the United States. New York: JJ Augustin. ISBN 978-0-486-26263-5.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) Reprinted by Dover Publications in 1990. - Newcomb, Rexford (1947). Ceramic Whitewares: History, Technology and Applications. New York: Pitman.
- Newcomb, Rexford (1950). Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory: A Study of Early Architecture in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Part of Minnesota. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.[15]
- Newcomb, Rexford (1953). Architecture in Old Kentucky. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.[16]
References
- 1 2 The Illio. University of Illinois. 1932. p. 28. hdl:10111/UIUCOCA:illio193239univ.
- ↑ "Princeton – Mrs. Ruth Newcomb, 79". Dixon Evening Telegraph. August 21, 1968 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Rexford G. Newcomb Papers, 1902-65". University Library. University of Illinois. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ↑ "Rexford Newcomb". College of Fine & Applied Arts. University of Illinois. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ↑ Fazio, Michael (August 1991). "Interpreting Southern Antebellum Architecture in the 1990s". Journal of Architectural Education. 44 (4): 225–234. doi:10.2307/1425144. JSTOR 1425144.
- ↑ "Deaths" (PDF). The Archi. Alpha Rho Chi. Spring 1969. p. 20.
- ↑ "Rexford Newcomb". AIA Historical Directory of American Architects. ahd1032463. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ↑ "Historic Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ↑ "Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award Recipients". Publication Awards. Society of Architectural Historians. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ↑ Morgan, Keith N.; Cheek, Richard (1990). "History in the service of design: American architect-historians, 1870–1940". Studies in the History of Art. 35: 61–75. JSTOR 42620496. Review of Outlines of the History of Architecture:
- T. K. H. (April 1933). Landscape Architecture Magazine. 23 (3): 212. JSTOR 44662231.
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- T. K. H. (April 1933). Landscape Architecture Magazine. 23 (3): 212. JSTOR 44662231.
- ↑ Reviews of The Old Mission Churches and Historic Houses of California:
- The American Magazine of Art. 16 (12): 679. December 1925. JSTOR 23929089.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - P. W. B. (January 1926). The Catholic Historical Review. 11 (4): 730–735. JSTOR 25012259.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Coy, Owen C. (January 1926). "Architecture: Art and lore of the mission churches". The Grizzly Bear. Vol. 38, no. 225. pp. 8–9.
- Purdy, Helen Throop (December 1925). California Historical Society Quarterly. 4 (4): 394–396. doi:10.2307/25177786. JSTOR 25177786.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Robertson, James A. (August 1927). The Hispanic American Historical Review. 7 (3): 347–349. doi:10.2307/2505864. hdl:2027/mdp.39015013176519. JSTOR 2505864.
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- The American Magazine of Art. 16 (12): 679. December 1925. JSTOR 23929089.
- ↑ Reviews of Hispanic Architecture: The Spanish House For America:
- "Hispanic Architecture: The Spanish House For America. Its Design, Furnishing and Garden. By Rexford Newcomb (review)". New York Times. March 27, 1927. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- The American Magazine of Art. 18 (4): 224. April 1927. JSTOR 23930449.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Robertson, James A. (August 1927). The Hispanic American Historical Review. 7 (3): 349–350. doi:10.2307/2505865. JSTOR 2505865.
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- ↑ Reviews of In the Lincoln Country:
- R. N. R. B. (May 1929). The Geographical Journal. 73 (5): 480–481. doi:10.2307/1784661. JSTOR 1784661.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - E. W. J. (June 1929). Geography. 15 (2): 172. JSTOR 40557296.
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- R. N. R. B. (May 1929). The Geographical Journal. 73 (5): 480–481. doi:10.2307/1784661. JSTOR 1784661.
- ↑ Review of Home Architecture:
- Strong, William A. (January 1935). Landscape Architecture Magazine. 25 (2): 110–111. JSTOR 44658392.
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- Strong, William A. (January 1935). Landscape Architecture Magazine. 25 (2): 110–111. JSTOR 44658392.
- ↑ Reviews of Architecture of the Old Northwest Territory:
- Buley, R. Carlyle (September 1951). Indiana Magazine of History. 47 (3): 299–301. JSTOR 27787965.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Cater, Harold Dean (June 1951). "Review" (PDF). Minnesota History. 32 (2): 109–110. JSTOR 20175599.
- Drury, John (1950). The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 37 (3): 527. doi:10.2307/1893336. JSTOR 1893336.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Hamlin, Talbot (April 1951). The William and Mary Quarterly. 8 (2): 260–262. doi:10.2307/1916912. JSTOR 1916912.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Hamlin, Talbot (Winter 1951). College Art Journal. 10 (2): 209–210. doi:10.2307/772330. JSTOR 772330.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Jenkins, John W. (Spring 1952). The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 35 (3): 221–222. JSTOR 4632416.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Kocher, A. Lawrence (October 1951). Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 18 (4): 352–354. JSTOR 27769265.
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- Buley, R. Carlyle (September 1951). Indiana Magazine of History. 47 (3): 299–301. JSTOR 27787965.
- ↑ Reviews of Architecture in Old Kentucky:
- Clark, Thomas D. (February 1954). The Journal of Southern History. 20 (1): 114–115. doi:10.2307/2954593. JSTOR 2954593.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Creese, Walter L. (1953-05-01). Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 12 (2). University of California Press: 30–31. doi:10.2307/987547. JSTOR 987547.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Garvan, Anthony N. B. (January 1954). The William and Mary Quarterly. 11 (1): 143–144. doi:10.2307/1923167. JSTOR 1923167.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - B. E. H. (April 1953). The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 51 (175): 176–177. JSTOR 23373748.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Lancaster, Clay (Winter 1954). College Art Journal. 13 (2): 150–151. doi:10.1080/15436322.1954.11465856. JSTOR 773529. S2CID 164009723.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Richardson, A. E. (October 1953). Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 101 (4911): 868–869. JSTOR 41365589.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Zucker, Paul (December 1953). The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 12 (2): 268–269. doi:10.2307/426883. JSTOR 426883.
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- Clark, Thomas D. (February 1954). The Journal of Southern History. 20 (1): 114–115. doi:10.2307/2954593. JSTOR 2954593.
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