Finding Aid for the Stanley Reifel papers, circa 1967-circa 1970
0000167
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino; revisions by Maiqi Zhang
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.
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
9/17/2012
Title: Stanley Reifel papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000167
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
(1 record storage box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1967-circa 1970
Location note: Box 1/ADC - regular
creator:
Reifel, Stanley
Access
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Custodial History note
Gift of Stanley Reifel, 2001.
Preferred Citation note
Stanley Reifel papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
Stanley Reifel was a furniture and exhibition designer. For fourteen years Reifel was involved in private furniture design
and fabrication commissions throughout the state of California. From 1959 to 1966 he worked with Paul Tuttle, Kipp Stewart,
Stuart MacDougall, and Rex Goodie. In 1964, Reifel began work as the head of exhibition design at the University of California,
Santa Barbara’s Art Museum, overseeing the design and installation of exhibitions. In 1965, Reifel oversaw the design and
construction of the De Silva Gallery in Montecito, California. During the course of his career Reifel also wrote a book entitled
A Study for Exhibition Design which was published in 1970.
Scope and Content note
The Stanley Reifel papers span 1 linear foot and date from circa 1967 to circa 1970. The collection is primarily composed
of black-and-white photographs and negatives that document the exhibit spaces Reifel designed at the University of California,
Santa Barbara’s Art Museum as well as letters to and from Reifel regarding his book
A Study for Exhibition Design. The collection also includes nine cassette tapes that hold recorded interviews Reifel conducted with the following exhibition
designers: Gordon Anson, Gil Ravenel, Joe Shannon, Lemar, Bill Ryan, Don Werner, Benjamin Lawless, Lenore Miller, Roland Force,
T. Donnasan, Arthur Cortmanche, Mike Monroe, Stewart Silver, Arthur Cortmoncheshirsh, and Hermes K. Met.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Reifel, Stanley
Letters
Photographic prints
Sound recordings
Projects I.
1966-1970
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
creator:
Reifel, Stanley
Manuscript Files A.
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
Box 1, Folder 1
A Story For Exhibition Design
undated
Box 1, Folder 2
A Story For Exhibition Design - Correspondence
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
A Study For Exhibition Design - Draft Of Book
undated
Photographs and Negatives B.
1966-1970
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Box 1, Folder 26
Annual Faculty Exhibition
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
Annual Faculty Exhibition
1967
Box 1, Folder 5
Annual Faculty Exhibition
1968
Box 1, Folder 6
Annual Faculty Exhibition
undated
Box 1, Folder 7
Annual Faculty Exhibition
undated
Box 1, Folder 8
Annual Undergraduate Exhibition
1968
Box 1, Folder 9
Annual Undergraduate Exhibition
1969
Box 1, Folder 11
Architecture In California 1868-1968
1968
Box 1, Folder 12, 62
Architectural Projects Of RM Schindler (1887-1953)
1967
Box 1, Folder 57, 64
Charles F. A. Voysey
1970
Box 1, Folder 16
Drawings For Ornament By George Grant Elmsue (1902-1936)
1968
Box 1, Folder 23
Faculty Exhibition
undated
Box 1, Folder 35, 52
George Washinton Smith
undated
Box 1, Folder 19
Graduate Exhibition
undated
Box 1, Folder 20
Impressions Of Landscape (1450-1870)
1969
Box 1, Folder 59
Kem Weber - The Modern In Southern California (1920-1941)
1969
Box 1, Folder 54
Mark Tobey - The Collection Of Joyce And Arthur Dahl
1968
Box 1, Folder 22, 25
Master Prints / Fifteenth Through Twentieth Century
undated
Box 1, Folder 60
Max Weber (1881-1961)
undated
Box 1, Folder 63
One Hundred Years Of California Architecture
1968
Box 1, Folder 21
Paul Klee - The Collection Of James Gilvarry
undated
Box 1, Folder 30
Prehistoric Rock Art Of The Santa Barbara Region
undated
Box 1, Folder 10, 49
Precolumbian Collection Of Constance McCormick Fearing- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
undated
Box 1, Folder 50
Recent Photographs By Marvin Rand
undated
Box 1, Folder 32
Retrospective Exhibition Of William Dole
undated
Box 1, Folder 36, 53
Robert Thomas Sculpture
1966
Box 1, Folder 33
Sedgwick Collection
undated
Box 1, Folder 34, 51
Sixty Two Works Of Art From Santa Barbara
undated
Box 1, Folder 37-46, 55-56
Box 1, Folder 14, 27
William Merritt Chase
undated
Audio Tapes C.
Physical Description:
0.4 Linear feet
Box 1
Interview / Arthur Cortmanche, Mike Monroe
Box 1
Interview / Arthur Cortmonchehirsh, Hermes K. Met
Box 1
Interview / Roland Force, T.Donnasan, Lemar #2
Box 1
Interview / Benjamin Lawless, Joe Shannon Cotinued, Lenore Miller
Box 1
Interview / Joe Shannon, Lemar #3, Bill Ryan
Box 1
Interview / Stewart Silver
Box 1
Interview / Don Werner, Lemmar #1
