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III — Sources

The Archives

Quoin’s research begins with primary source material. The following institutions are among the repositories being consulted as the studio develops its initial body of work on American sporting architecture. We are grateful to their archivists for preserving and making accessible these records.

Osborn Engineering Records, Cleveland State University Special Collections

Primary architectural drawings and firm records for Osborn Engineering projects, 1892–1960.

Plates I, II, IV, VI, IX, XIlibrary.csuohio.edu/speccoll

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division

HABS/HAER documentation and period photography of American civic and sporting architecture.


Yale University Library, Manuscripts and Archives

University records and architectural documentation for Yale Bowl and athletic facilities.


University of Notre Dame Archives

University records, construction documents, and photography related to Notre Dame Stadium.


Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

University archives including records of Michigan Stadium construction and expansion.


Ohio State University Archives

University records and construction documentation for Ohio Stadium, 1921–1922.


Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection

Photographic archive of mid-twentieth-century Boston sporting and civic events.


Chicago History Museum

Institutional records and photographic collections documenting Chicago sporting venues.


University of Pittsburgh Archives

University and community records related to Forbes Field and Pittsburgh sporting history.


Pasadena Museum of History

Regional history collections documenting the Rose Bowl and Pasadena civic architecture.


University of Louisville Archives

Institutional records documenting Churchill Downs and Louisville sporting venues.


New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division

Architectural records, photographs, and ephemera related to New York sporting venues.


Sources current as of April 2026. Additional repositories will be added as research progresses. If you are an archivist with relevant holdings and we have not yet contacted you, we would welcome correspondence at archives@byquoin.com.

References to archives and collections are provided for research, source identification, and acknowledgment only; unless expressly stated, they do not imply endorsement, partnership, or affiliation.

Rights status varies by item. Quoin reviews copyright, attribution, and reproduction requirements on an item-by-item basis as the work develops.