Trade Magazines
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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)