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Ralph Schacter Collection Edit

Summary

Identifier
A.2022.002
Finding Aid Author
Ashley Aberg
Finding Aid Date
May 25, 2022
Description Rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of Description
English
Finding Aid Note
Part of the Manuscript Collections, Greenwich Historical Society www.greenwichhistory.org Contact: Christopher Shields, Curator of Library and Archives 47 Strickland Road Cos Cob, CT 06807 United Stated cshields@greenwichhistory.org

Dates

  • 1960-1982, circa 2010 (Creation)

Extents

  • 2.5 Linear Feet (Whole)
    2 document boxes, 1 half-size storage container, 1 drop front box

Subjects

Notes

  • Biographical / Historical

    Ralph Schacter worked in Greenwich with his business partner Seymour “Sy” Schwartz for over 50 years. Ralph, a carpenter by trade, and Sy, an architect, eventually founded Fawn Construction Corp, and through it their work took off. They collaborated together on a number of projects, from family homes to business centers, and are perhaps best known for their work renovating and updating the Glenville Mill in 1981 into an office park.

  • Conditions Governing Access

    There are no restrictions governing access.

  • Scope and Contents

    This collection is primarily comprised of photographs and negatives or transparencies from Mr. Schacter taken over the course of several construction projects between 1960 and 1981. These photos may depict the full project from surveying through to the finished product. There is a small group of realia from the American Felt Company taken from the former Mill in Glenville before construction and refurbishment commenced.

  • Arrangement

    Arranged into 6 series: The Mill Putnam Office Park Putnam Green Weaver's Hill Havemeyer Ridge Fawn Construction Corp

  • Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Ralph Schacter Collection, Greenwich Historical Society

Instances

  • Type
    Graphic Materials
    Container 1 Type
    Box
    Container 1 Indicator
    Box 1
  • Type
    Graphic Materials
    Container 1 Type
    Box
    Container 1 Indicator
    Box 2
  • Type
    Realia
    Container 1 Type
    Box
    Container 1 Indicator
    Box 3
  • Type
    Graphic Materials
    Container 1 Type
    Box
    Container 1 Indicator
    Box 4

Components