Carjola (Chester J.) drawings, circa 1930-circa 1960

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Summary

Title:
Chester J. Carjola drawings
Dates:
circa 1930-circa 1960
Creators:
Carjola, Chester J., 1901-1985
Extent:
25.0 Linear feet (10 flat file folders and 1 box)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Chester J. Carjola papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Chester J. Carjola drawings span 6 linear feet and date from circa 1930 to circa 1960. The collection consists of architectural drawings and reprographic copies for the following Santa Barbara based projects: the Converse residence, the Cottage Hospital connecting passage, the Golden West estates, the Emily W. De Ware residence addition, the A. H. Woodhill residence, Wilson Elementary School, and the Sterling Morton residence. The collection also contains three presentation boards for the following projects: the Mrs. W.P. Hamilton residence, the Converse residence, and an unidentified residence dated 1930. A donation in 2015 added blueprints for the Mrs. Alfred B. Clark house, Montecito.

Biographical / historical:

Chester Carjola was born in 1901 in Menehga, Minnesota. In 1928, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Minnesota. A year later in 1929, Carjola and his wife moved to Santa Barbara, California. It was in Santa Barbara that Carjola decided to set up his own architectural practice, which he operated for thirty years, from 1932 until 1962 (the year he retired). Chester Carjola died in October of 1985. Over the course of his career his more notable projects include: the Museum of Natural History Auditorium (Santa Barbara), the Tuberculosis Hospital (Santa Barbara), and the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.

Physical location:
Box 1/ADC - oversize** 10 Flat File Folders/ADC
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino and Julia Larson
Sponsor:
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
Date Prepared:
11/8/2012
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2020-02-14T14:36-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Chester J. Carjola papers, 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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