Finding Aid for the Harwell Hamilton Harris drawings and model, 1937-1973 0000249
Finding aid prepared by Jillian O'Connor and Chris Marino
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
Title: Harwell Hamilton Harris drawings and model
Identifier/Call Number: 0000249
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Container: 549
Physical Description:
8.0 Linear feet
(3 flat file folders and 1 model)
Date (inclusive): 1937-1973
creator:
Harris, Harwell Hamilton, 1903-1990
Gift of Harwell Hamilton Harris, 1975. Entenza model gifted by the California Institute of the Arts, 1970.
Harwell Hamilton Harris was born on July 2, 1903. Harris studied at Pomona College and the Otis Art Institute and the Frank
Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles, California. After school, Harris worked as a draftsman for Richard Neutra from 1928 to
1932, before becoming the principle of his own firm in 1933, which was based in Los Angeles. In 1951, Harris relocated to
Austin, Texas, where he remained until 1962, when he relocated his firm again to Raleigh, North Carolina until 1975. Harwell
Hamilton Harris died on November 11, 1990.
The Harwell Hamilton Harris drawings and model span 8 linear feet and date from 1937 to 1973. The collection is composed of
three flat file folders, each contain drawings for different projects. Projects include: the Village Hall (Whispering Pines,
North Carolina), the C. H. Wyle residence (Ojai, California), and the John Entenza residence (Los Angeles, California). The
collection also includes a model of the Entenza house built for the Harwell Hamilton Harris exhibit at the Chouinard Art School
circa 1939.
Related Archival Materials note
ADC study collection, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Harris, Harwell Hamilton, 1903-1990
Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies
FlatFile 1
FlatFile 2
FlatFile 3
John Entenza house (Los Angeles, Calif.) drawings and model 1937-1939
Language of Material:
English
One flat file containing 13 architectural drawings in the form of reprographic copies documenting the foundation, elevations,
sections and details of the Entenza house. Folder also contains drawings of the model of the Entenza house built for an exhibition.
Drawings for model include roof plan, elevations, and details.