Cramer (Ambrose C.) drawings of the Arthur Meeker residence, February 23, 1930

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Summary

Title:
Ambrose C. Cramer drawings of the Arthur Meeker residence (Montecito, Calif.)
Dates:
February 23, 1930
Creators:
Cramer, Ambrose C., 1891-1970
Containers:
Drawer: 551
Extent:
3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Ambrose C. Cramer drawings of the Arthur Meeker residence (Montecito, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Ambrose C. Cramer drawings of the Arthur Meeker residence consists of one flat file folder of six reprographic copies of architectural drawings, all dated February 26, 1930. Drawings include: plot plan, elevations (interior and exterior), detail elevations of court wall, façade details, schedules, and a basement plan.

Biographical / historical:

Ambrose C. Cramer was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 17, 1891. He received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Yale University in 1913. Following Yale, Cramer studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris for three and a half years. After school, Cramer worked as a junior partner at the firm of Dangler & Adler from 1920, until he opened a firm of his own in 1929, which was based in Maine. Cramer designed residences in the Santa Barbara region and died in 1970.

Custodial history:

Gift of the Environmental Design Archives, 2004.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Jillian O'Connor and Chris Marino
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-02-04T09:09-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Ambrose C. Cramer drawings of the Arthur Meeker residence (Montecito, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
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