Hartley Burr Alexander - Iconographer

Burr is believed to have coined the term iconographer to describe the work that he did developing iconographic schemes, decorative themes and inscriptions for a large number and variety of public buildings in the United States. These include:

• Alexander family burial plot marker, Lee Lawrie, sculptor, c.1924, Syracuse, NE
• California Institute of Technology
• Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, 1933
• Kansas City City Hall, Wight & Wight, architects, 1936, Kansas City, Missouri. In this commission each of the three sculptors involved, C. Paul Jennewein, Walker Hancock and Ulrik Ellerhusen were required to each pay Alexander $100 from their fee for his input
• Fidelity Mutual Insurance Building, Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, architects, Lee Lawrie, sculptor, 1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Goodhue Memorial Fountain

• Joslyn Art Museum, John and Alan McDonald, architects, 1931, Omaha Nebraska
• Justice Department Building, Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, architects, 1931-1934, Washington D.C.
• Los Angeles Public Library, Bertram G. Goodhue, architect, Lee Lawrie, sculptor, Los Angeles, California
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Home Office Building, Ottawa, Canada
• Myron Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• Nebraska State Capitol, Bertram G. Goodhue, architect, Lee Lawrie, sculptor, Lincoln Nebraska
• Oregon State Capitol, Salem, Oregon Leo Friedlander, sculptor
• Rockefeller Center, Lee Lawrie, Paul Manship, Rene Paul Chambellan et al., sculptors NYC
• Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial, Paul Cret architect, Einar Jónsson, Heinz Warneke, John Flannagan, Jacques Lipchitz et al., sculptors, 1932 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
• State Finance Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Title and Trust Building, Los Angeles, California
• University of Nebraska Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska