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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, from the New York Public Library

1923–1926 from the University of Colorado Boulder

1928

1927–1930 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Builder

“Devoted to Architecture.” A monthly magazine published in Pittsburgh. Many advertisements and pictures.

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148 issues from the Carnegie Library

The Charette

The magazine of the Pittsburgh Architectural Club. The complete collection of The Charette 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 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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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 spanning the years 1874–1986.

The Inland Architect

The Inland Architect and Builder, The Inland Architect and News Record.

Microfilm archive, 1883–1908.

Well-scanned volumes:

I–IV. February 1883 to January 1885. Early issues had fewer pages.

VII–VIII. February 1886 to January 1887.

IX–X. February 1887 to January 1888.

XI–XII. February 1888 to January 1889.

XII–XIV. February 1889 to January 1890.

XV–XVI. February 1890 to January 1891.

XVII. February to July 1891.

XVIII. August 1891 to January 1892.

XIX. February to July 1892.

XX. August 1892 to January 1893.

XXI. February to July 1893.

XXII. August 1893 to January 1894.

XXIII. February to July 1894.

XXIV. August 1894 to January 1895.

XXV. February to July 1895.

XXVII. February to July 1896.

The volumes that follow are scanned as individual numbers, of which several are missing.

XXVIII. 1896: August, September, October, November, December; 1897: January.

XXIX. 1897: February, March, April, May, June, July.

XXX. 1897: August, September, October, November, December; 1898: January (supplement).

XXXI. 1898: February, March, April, May, June, July.

XXXII. 1898: August, September, October, November, December; 1899: January.

Inland Architect.

Microfilm archive, 1957–1992.

The Ohio Architect and Builder

A Cleveland-based construction journal. Earlier issues had good coverage of Western Pennsylvania.

Vol. 3 1904 January–June6 (partial) 1905, November–December7 (partial) 1906, February–June8 (partial) 1906, September–December9 1907, January–June10 1907, July–December. Another copy.

After 1907, the individual project listings cease, though Pittsburgh news is often watched with interest from a Cleveland point of view.

11 1908, January–June12 1908, July–December. Another copy.13 1909, January–June. Another copy.14 1909, July–December

Later issues may have stray items of Pittsburgh news; collections are at

The New York Public LibraryOhio State UniversityThe University of Michigan

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.

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