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Title: Elda Muir papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000160
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
31.0 Linear feet
(6 record storage boxes and 9 flat file drawers)
Date (inclusive): circa 1946-1971
creator:
Muir, Edla, 1906-1970
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Gift of Clyde Lambie, 1972.
Elda Muir papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Elda Muir, also known by her married name, Elda Muir Lambie, was born in California on January 1, 1906. At the age of 13,
Muir began to work in the architectural firm of John Byers as an office assistant until 1926, when she was promoted to draftswomen
and designer. In 1934, after receiving her architectural license, Byers and Muir formed a partnership, renaming the firm John
Byers and Edla Muir, Associated Architects. When the firm dissolved in 1942, Muir became the principle of her own firm in
West Los Angeles. Her firm Elda Muir, Architect continued from 1946 until 1971, the year she died, at the age of 65.
The Elda Muir papers span 31 linear feet and date from circa 1946 to 1971. The collection is primarily composed of architectural
drawings and reprographic copies of Muir’s southern California projects, most of which are residential. The collection also
includes handwritten notes, magazine clippings, telegraphs, specifications, black-and-white photographs, and negatives, all
organized by project.
Related Archival Materials note
John Byers papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Elliott Welsh papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Muir, Edla, 1906-1970
Architectural drawings
Negatives
Photographic prints
Reprographic copies
Specifications