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These records document the history, organization and management of the Stone firm.  While  a small number of records date from the 1940s and 1950s, the majority of documents pertain to the 1960s and early 1970s.  The Stone firm consisted of four companies: Edward Durell Stone & Associates,  Edward Durell Stone, Inc., Hicks Drafting Corporation, and Torch Realty.  These files contain business and financial materials pertaining to each company, while also documenting the relationship and inter-dependence of the companies within the firm.  Each of the subseries contain materials from all companies within the firm; these have been interfiled with the name of the company being maintained.   Files of the Edward Durell Stone Foundation, a charitable foundation which Stone established in 1963, are also included.

Business ledgers of the Stone firm include ledgers containing financial statistics for all companies within the firm, as well as ledgers which pertain to individual companies within the firm.  These ledgers have been microfilmed.  See Series 7 for a complete listing.

Subseries 1.  Administrative and Office Management
Subseries 2.  Awards & Competitions
Subseries 3.  Corporate Financial Records

Subseries 1.  Administrative and Office Management
 
Contains material pertaining to office administration and management of Edward Durell Stone & Associates, Edward Durell Stone, Inc., Hicks Drafting Corporation and Torch Realty Corporation.  Included are active job lists, correspondence, inter-office correspondence, job costs, man-hour records, personnel records, progress reports, prospects, research files, and specialist files. Also included are personal correspondence of Edward Durell Stone and his third wife, Violet Stone, for 1973.  Also included are financial records and legal documents dealing with the dissolution of Hicks Drafting Corporation.  Files are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
 

Box 54

  1. Active Job Lists 1965-1974
  2. Address Book
  3. Campus Planning
  4. Checkman, Louis (Photographer)
  5. Contributions 1973
  6. Design Tax Information
  7. Ertola, Rose Marie-Correspondence 1973
  8. Filing System
  9. Gammon, Roland-Correspondence 1962-1968
  10. German Architects Visit 1967
  11. Hicks Drafting Corporation 1960-1970
  12. Hill, John-Correspondence 1973
  13. Interiors Department 1964

Box 55

  1. Inter-Office Correspondence 1962-1974
  2. Letterhead
  3. Job Costs
  4. Manpower Review 1971
  5. Marble Building Information
  6. The "Mess"
  7. Office Space Searches 1966-1968
  8. Personnel 1968-1974
  9. Photographer-Photo Information
  10. Photographic Jobs
  11. Pollice, Carmine-Correspondence 1973
  12. Progress Reports 1963-1971
  13. Project Numbers
  14. Scarin, Joseph L.-Inter-Office Correspondence 1973
  15. Scarin, Joseph L.-Outside Correspondence 1973
  16. Specialists
  17. Smith, William Bailey-Speech: "Beauty in Architecture"
  18. Statistical Information Sheets 1967-1970
  19. Stenographer's Notebooks
  20. Stoller, Ezra (Photographer)
  21. Stone, Edward Durell-Correspondence 1973
  22. Stone, Violet-Correspondence 1973
  23. Time Sheets 1967-1969
  24. Torch Realty Corporation 1973
  25. Visitors, VIP, etc. 1967-1969

Subseries 2.  Awards & Competitions

These files contain materials pertaining to awards received by the Edward Durell Stone firm as well as competitions that the Stone firm entered.  Included are correspondence, memos, award brochures, competition information and entry forms and notifications. Files are arranged chronologically.
 

Box 56

  1. Awards 1964 1965 1968
  2. Competitions 1967 1968 1969 1970
  3. Competition-P.A. Awards Projects Not Yet Built 1967 1968
 4. Competition-A.I.A. Library 1968
 5. Competition-A.I.A. Honor Award 1968
 6. Competition-A.I.A. Honor Award 1969
 7. Competition-Combined Honor Awards Program 1969
 8. Competition-College & University Business 1969
 9. Competition-PCI Awards 1969
 10. Competition-American Institute of Steel Corp. AISC. 1969-1970
 11. Competition-Library Buildings 1970
 12. Competition-Community and Junior College 1971

Subseries 3.  Corporate Financial Records
 
These files contain the corporate financial records of  companies within the Stone organization for the years 1945 to 1973.  Included are accounts receivable and accounts payable statements, accounts receivable schedules, job cost reports, trial balance sheets, trust account statements, minutes of principals and partners meetings, salary reviews and personnel rosters, financial reviews, forecasts and statements from Arthur Andersen & Co., daily cash balances and net worth statements, profit sharing records, bank records, bank books, payroll records and daily cash balances, paid invoices and correspondence for Edward Durell Stone & Associates, Edward Durell Stone, Inc., Hicks Drafting Corporation, and Torch Realty.  Also included are records for the proposed sale of Edward D. Stone, Inc. and the consultancy of Edward Durell Stone in 1974, the files of Joseph L. Scarin, Controller and General Manager of the Stone firm, as well as the records of the Edward Durell Stone Foundation.  Also included are financial ledgers and balance sheets for all the companies within the Stone organization.  These include accounts payable ledgers, cash books, check  registries, daily cash balances, fees  journals, invoice journals, payroll books, project ledgers and purchase journals.  Some files are more complete than others.
 

Box 57

 1. Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable as of Apr 30, 1964
 2. Job Costs Reports as of Apr 30, 1964
 3. Accounts Receivable as of Dec 31, 1966
 4. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1968  Edward D. Stone Proprietorship
 5. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1968  Edward D. Stone, Inc.
 6. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1968  Edward D. Stone & Assoc.
 7. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1969  Edward D. Stone Proprietorship
 8. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1969  Edward D. Stone, Inc.
 9. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1969  Edward D. Stone & Assoc.
 10. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1973  Edward D. Stone Proprietorship
 11. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1973  Edward D. Stone, Inc.
 12. Accounts Receivable Schedules  1973  Edward D. Stone & Assoc.
 13. Trial Balance Sheets  Nov 30, 1973  Edward D. Stone, Inc.
 14. Trust Account Statement  Mar 31, 1971  Edward D. Stone, Inc.
 15. Trust Account Statement  Mar 31, 1972  Edward D. Stone, Inc.
 16. Trust Account Statement  Mar 31, 1973  Edward D. Stone, Inc.
 17. Principals Meetings  1970
 18. Principals Meetings  1972
 19. Partners Meeting  Oct 26, 1972
 20. Salary Reviews  1969 1970
 21. Salary Reviews  1971 1972 1973
 22. Personnel Roster  1973
 23. Arthur Andersen & Co. Financial Review  1964
 24. Arthur Andersen & Co. Cash Forecast  1964
 25. Arthur Andersen & Co. Financial Review 1965
 26. Arthur Andersen & Co. Financial Statements  1968
 27. Arthur Andersen & Co. Corrected Financial Statements  1968
 28. Arthur Andersen & Co. Memorandum on Accounting Procedures
 29. Daily Cash Balances  Dec 1972
 30. Net Worth Statements  1968
 31. Profit Sharing Dissolution Statement  1974
 32. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Bank Book 1955-1958
 33. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Balance Sheets Oct 1956-Mar 1958
 34. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Payroll Worksheets 1957 1958
 
Box 58

 1. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Payroll Book  1957 1958
 2. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Bank Statement  1958
 3. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Daily Cash Balances  Mar 1972
 4. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Daily Cash Balances  Mar 1973
 5. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Checkbook
 6. Edward D. Stone, Inc. Arthur Andersen & Co. Memorandum
 7. Hicks Drafting Corp. Financial Correspondence  1965
 8. Frew Hall Travel, Inc.  1967
 9. General Motors Marble Selection-Trip to Italy  1967
 10. Horizon Press  1967
 11. Checkman, Louis (Photographer)  1967 1968
 12. Christmas Party  1968
 13. Contributions  1968
 14. Alexander & Jones, Inc.  1969
 15. Architectural Registration  1969
 16. Asnis, Ted  1969
 17. Bekaert, Piet  1969
 18. Capital Newspapers  1969
 19. Checkman, Louis  (Photographer)  1969
 20. Contributions  1969
 21. Inaugural Committee  1969
 22. Membership Fees  1969
 23. Seaman, Norman J.  1969
 24. Chrystya Olenska, Designer  1969
 
Box 59

 1. Edward D. Stone Check Requests 1969
 2. Edward D. Stone Special Account  1969
 3. Proposed Sale of California Corporation  1974
 4. Proposed Consultancy of Edward Durell Stone  1974
 5. Files and Correspondence of Joseph L. Scarin  1964-1974
 6. Corcoran, Nancy
 7. Edward D. Stone Foundation-Certificate of Incorporation 1963
 8. Edward D. Stone Foundation-Financial Records 1964-1971
 9. Edward D. Stone Foundation-Tax Records 1963-1972
 10. Edward D. Stone Foundation-Correspondence 1964-1973
 11. Edward D. Stone Foundation-Minutes of Meeting  March 1, 1968
 12. Edward D. Stone Foundation-Resignation of Maria Stone 1968
 13. Edward D. Stone Foundation-Dissolution 1971