Historic American Buildings Survey, Southern California District 3

1937


Descriptive Summary

Title: Historic American Buildings Survey, Southern California District 3
Dates: 1937
Collection Number: GC 1212
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 3 ov)
Repository: Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Diagrams and blue prints. Henry F. Withey supervised the Southern California project with the California State Historical Association likely having provided administrative support. (Withey's photographs are housed in P-35). Box 1 contains Surveys No. 37-1 through 37-37; 38-1 through 38-10. Box 2 contains Surveys No. 21 through 332. Box 3 contains Surveys No. 3-2 through 3-29. 1937 index in Box 1.
Language of Material: English

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Preferred Citation

Historic American Buildings Survey, Southern California District 3. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Biography/Administrative History

The Historic American Buildings Survey, or HABS, was initiated during the Great Depression to put unemployed architects to work and provide architectural, historical, and photographic documentation of historic structures and sites throughout the United States. (Source: http://californiahistoricalsociety.blogspot.com)

Scope and Content of Collection

Diagrams and blue prints. Henry F. Withey supervised the Southern California project with the California State Historical Association likely having provided administrative support. (Withey's photographs are housed in P-35). Box 1 contains Surveys No. 37-1 through 37-37; 38-1 through 38-10. Box 2 contains Surveys No. 21 through 332. Box 3 contains Surveys No. 3-2 through 3-29. 1937 index in Box 1.

Indexing Terms

Historic American Buildings Survey
United States. National Park Service. National Architectural and Engineering Records Division