MSS 102

Marr & Holman Architectural Firm

Tennessee School for the Deaf
Collection of Marr & Holman Architectural Firm, Tennessee School for the Deaf, 1922-1925

Gallaudet University Archives.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Gallaudet University Archives
Call No.: MSS 102
Creator:
Title: Collection of Marr & Holman Architectural Firm, Tennessee School for the Deaf

Quantity: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 document box)
Abstract:
Note: This document last updated 2006 January 4.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information: The Tennessee State Library and Archives donated these documents to the Gallaudet University Archives.  
Processed by: Ronald Rood Jr. 2000 July 21.
Processing Note:
Conditions on Use and Access: This collection is open to the public with no restrictions. Photocopies may be made for scholarly research.

Related Material in the Archives:

Films

·         Gallaudet alumni reunion [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 210-4

·         Thomas Scott Marr [motion picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Film 11-8, 53-8

Photographs

·         Thomas Scott Marr [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits

·         Photograph album of Thomas S. Marr [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Album AL 4

·         Photograph album of Uriel Cloran Jones [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Photograph Album AL 75

Small Manuscripts

·         Papers, Wesley Lauritsen, 1949-1961. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS

Vertical Files

·         Thomas Scott Marr.  Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical.

Historical Sketch

1866- Thomas Marr was born on October 20^th.

1869- became Deaf due to scarlet fever.

1884- completed his high school education

1889- graduated from Gallaudet College with Bachelor of Science degree

1892- took some architecture course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1897- finally owned an office with 10 dollars per month for rent.

1904- hired a kid named Joseph Holman, 13-year-old boy, as an errand boy.

1910- admitted to partnership with Joseph Holman

1923- hired Richard S. Reynolds as Civil engineer

1924- erected 8 different buildings on Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb campus.

1928- hired James L. Howard as structural engineer.

1936- Marr died on March 2 with cause of paralysis stroke, Holman took over the Firm

1952- Holman passed away, the firm was reorganized and Reynolds took over until his                                retirement in 1970.

             *Some examples what buildings the firm has drew and designed: Tennessee State Capitol annex, Tennessee Supreme Court, and $150,000 Baseball Stadium in Toledo.

 

Scope and Content

The Marr & Holman architectural firm collection contains one box of several of contracts, agreements, and letters between the firm and other companies for various reasons. The collection, which consists of approximately 2,400 papers, is dated from 1922-1925. The collection includes each typed letters, proof of purchase. Whole papers are photocopied. The original is at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. The information is available for public.

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