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Writings by William Gray Purcell
The Parabiographies manuscripts (circa 1930s-1950s)

Volume for 1909: "Work of the Third Year"

Note that entries may contain comments, observations, and anecdotes ranging far beyond the specific elements of an architectural commission.  Then again, the entry might also be little more than a curt dismissal in passing.

• Commission List 39: George Stricker residence, alterations (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 40: Mrs. Terrence W. McCosker residence (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 41: Office Building for George Feick, Sr. (Sandusky, Ohio 1908)
• Commission List 42: Warehouse for Sears E. Brace, Jr. & Company (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 43: Methodist Church, consultation (Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1909)
• Commission List 44: H. P. Dowling, consultation (Harlan, Iowa 1909)
• Commission List 45: James Edwin Jensen, consultation (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 46: Steps for John S. Owen (Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1909)
• Commission List 47: J. D. R. Steven cottage (Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1909)
• Commission List 48: J. D. R. Steven residence (Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1909)
• Commission List 49: E. M. Thompson residence (Bismarck, North Dakota 1909)
• Commission List 50: A. W. Armitage residence, alterations (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 51: Charles A. Purcell residence #1 (River Forest, Illinois 1909)
• Commission List 52: Commercial Building for Carlyle Scott, project (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 53: Theodore H. Beaulieu residence (White Earth, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 54: George W. Wishard residence, alterations (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 55: Mrs. P. C. Maxson, alterations (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 56: Stewart Memorial Church (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 57: Fitting Rooms for the Dayton Company, project (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 58: Mrs. George H. Simpson, consultation (Oak Park, Illinois 1909)
• Commission List 59: Lindsay Brothers Warehouse, alterations project (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 60: Henry G. Goosman residence (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 61: M. M. Chase, consultation (Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 62: H. P. Gallagher residence (Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 63: E. C. Warner residence, project (Minneapolis, Minnesota 1909)
• Commission List 64: C. W. Lockwood residence, alterations (Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1909)
• Commission List 65: City Hall, project (Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1909)
• Commission List 66: Homer M. Stocking, consultation (1909) [no entry]
• Commission List 67: Olaf Noer, consultation (1909)
• Commission List 68: Robert G. Morrison, consultation (1909)

The storage locator citation for the drafts of this volume in the Purcell collection finding aid is AR:B4d1.3.