Josef Van der Kar papers M2130
Malgorzata Schaeffer and Michelle Paquette
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2016
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
Note
A listing rather than a true finding aid.
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Josef Van der Kar papers
Creator:
Van der Kar, Josef
Source:
Head, Jeffrey
Source:
Braseth, Tim
Source:
Malani, Lloyd
Identifier/Call Number: M2130
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): c. 1930s-2010s
Language of Material: English.
Content Description
Materials include correspondence, photographs, articles, historic building reports, books, catalogs, and other printed material
related to Josef Van der Kar's life and work.
Biographical / Historical
Josef Van der Kar (1906-2002) was a second-generation modernist architect. For ten years he taught architecture at Pennsylvania
State, but prior to that he had lived in Los Angeles, and he returned to Los Angeles upon his retirement. Though most of his
work was in the Los Angeles area, Van der Kar's work can also be found in New York, San Francisco, Berkeley, Santa Barbara,
and more.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifted to Stanford University by Tim Braseth, Jeffrey Head and Lloyd Malani in memory of Joseph and Peter Van der Kar.
Processing Information
Minimally processed.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Josef Van der Kar papers (M2130), Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architects
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles
Van der Kar, Josef
Box 1, Folder 1
Articles about Josef Van der Kar
Box 1, Folder 2
Rootenberg House historic site information; schematic of a house - unidentified; Schindler House - Habitat Group Los Angeles;
nominations of six hisotoric structures - flyer
Box 1, Folder 2
Back to the future - photocopy of article about modernist houses from Los Angeles Times, September 11, 1997
Box 1, Folder 3
Marine gunner Joseph Van de Kar, orders to active duty, 1943
Box 1, Folder 3
Notice of death of Catherine Ven der Kar; Notice of death of Josef Van der Kar
Box 1, Folder 4
Booklet reprinted for Catherine and Van's 65th Anniversary, 25 August, 2000
Box 1, Folder 4
Booklet reprinted for Catherine and Van's 65th Anniversary, 25 August, 2000
Box 1, Folder 5
Black and white photographs of Catherine and Van Van der Kar
Box 1, Folder 5
Black and white photographs of Catherine and Van Van der Kar
Box 1, Folder 6
Black and white photographs of Van de Kar's home [in State College?]
Box 1, Folder 6
Black and white photographs of the Van de Kar's home [in State College?]
Box 1, Folder 7
Color photographs of the Van der Kar's home
Box 1, Folder 8
Potpourri by Josef Vand der Kar
Box 1, Folder 9
LAMA December 4, 2005; Arts & Culture: spirit of LA 2007 annual report
Box 1
Unrequited self-love by Josef Van der Kar, autographed. Book number 46 of 500 numbered copies, 1982
flat-box 2
Articles from newspapers and magazines; appraisal report of property on Old Chimney Rd. in Malibu, 2002
flat-box 2
Photographs: of the building of a house; of houses with a sign indicating it is a historic building; some miscellaneous photographs
