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Trade Magazines =============== Magazines with construction listings and other references that may be helpful in identifying architects and builders. ## The American Contractor [1910–1922, with some gaps](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012312852?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=%22american%20contractor%22&ft=ft#viewability), from the New York Public Library [1923–1926](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000521403?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=%22american%20contractor%22&ft=ft#viewability) from the University of Colorado Boulder [1928](https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Contractor/) [1927–1930](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000521403?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=%22american%20contractor%22&ft=ft#viewability) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ## The Builder “Devoted to Architecture.” A monthly magazine published in Pittsburgh. Many advertisements and pictures. ☛These files are hosted at Power Library, whose page-display system is inefficient; it may be easier to download the files in order to work with them. [148 issues from the Carnegie Library](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3Apcalo-build2) ## The Charette The magazine of the Pittsburgh Architectural Club. [The complete collection of *The Charette*](https://digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/search?search_api_fulltext=&title=&name=&cmu_date_ft=&cmu_subject=&sort_by=cmu_date_date&sort_order=ASC&items_per_page=10&search_advanced%5B0%5D=cmu_collection%3ACharette) is archived at Carnegie Mellon University. ## The Construction Record A journal published in Pittsburgh chronicling the construction industry here and in nearby parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Volumes begin in February and July. [1915–1916](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100642492?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=%22american%20contractor%22&ft=ft#viewability) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ☛The following files are hosted at Power Library, whose page-display system is inefficient; it may be easier to download the files in order to work with them. [1910–1911](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69431) [1911](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69432) [1911–1912](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69433) [1912](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69434) [1912–1913](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69435) [1913](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69436) [1913–1914](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69437) [1914](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69438) [1915](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69440) [1915–1916](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69441) [1916](https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/papd/islandora/object/papd%3A69442) ## Engineering News-Record Under various titles, this journal carried news of the building trade, including listings of projects in the Pittsburgh region. [Collection at the Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/pub_enr?page=3&sort=date) spanning the years 1874–1986. ## The Ohio Architect and Builder A Cleveland-based construction journal. Earlier issues had good coverage of Western Pennsylvania. Vol. 3 [1904 January–June](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082119201&seq=9) 6 (partial) [1905, November–December](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435071955157&seq=17) 7 (partial) [1906, February–June](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435071954879&seq=15) 8 (partial) [1906, September–December](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435071954960&seq=15) 9 [1907, January–June](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435071954770) 10 [1907, July–December](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082119219&seq=7). [Another copy](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435071954929). After 1907, the individual project listings cease, though Pittsburgh news is often watched with interest from a Cleveland point of view. 11 [1908, January–June](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082119227&seq=1) 12 [1908, July–December](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082119235). [Another copy](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013160919). 13 [1909, January–June](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082119243). [Another copy](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015055375300). 14 [1909, July–December](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082119250) Later issues may have stray items of Pittsburgh news; collections are at [The New York Public Library](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008699734?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=ohio%20architect&ft=ft#viewability) [Ohio State University](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101821151?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=ohio%20architect&ft=ft#viewability) [The University of Michigan](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000064613?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=ohio%20architect&ft=ft#viewability) ## Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builders’ Guide A weekly journal in annual bound volumes. It covers the whole state of Pennsylvania. “Philadelphia Real Estate Record and” gradually shrank on the nameplate until it disappeared entirely in 1917; later volumes are called *Builders’ Guide.* [1886](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v1_1886) [1887](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v2_1887) [1888](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v3_1888) [1889](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v4_1889) [1890](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v5_1890) [1891](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v6_1891) [1892](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v7_1892) [1893](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v8_1893) [1897](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v12_1897) [1898](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v13_1898) [1899](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v14_1899) [1901](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v16_1901) [1902](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v17_1902) [1903](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v18_1903) [1904](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v19_1904) [1905](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v20_1905) [1906](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v21_1906) [1907](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v22_1907) [1908](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v23_1908) [1909](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v24_1909) [1910](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v25_1910) [1911](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v26_1911) [1912](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v27_1912) [1913](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v28_1913) [1914](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v29_1914) [1915](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v30_1915) [1916](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v31_1916) [1917](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v32_1917) [1918](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v33_1918) [1919](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v34_1919) [1920](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v35_1920) [1922](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v37_1922) [1923](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v38_1923) [1924](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v39_1924) [1925](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v40_1925) [1926](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v41_1926) [1927](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v42_1927) [1929](https://archive.org/details/PhilaBuildersGuide_v44_1929) ----- Some Other Resources -------------------- USModernist has a huge [Architecture Magazine Library](https://usmodernist.org/library.htm), and Pittsburgh is frequently mentioned in many of the magazines.