Finding Aid for the Harold Whiteley design of an unidentified Beverly Hills, California store building, circa 1951 0000280

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: Harold Whiteley design of an unidentified Beverly Hills, California store building
Identifier/Call Number: 0000280
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Container: 545
Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)
Date (inclusive): circa 1951
creator: Prouty, J. D.
creator: Whiteley, Harold Hayden

Access

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred Citation note

Harold Whiteley design of an unidentified Beverly Hills, California store building, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

Harold Hayden Whiteley was born in Los Angeles, California on March 26, 1890. After studying architecture Whiteley became the chief draftsman at 20th Century Fox, worked for the architect Paul Williams, architect Adrian Jennings Wilson, and architect Frank M. Tyler. In 1951, Whiteley opened his own firm and was licensed to practice in both California and Nevada. Over the course of his career he carried out many projects in both states. Harold Hayden Whiteley died in 1970.

Scope and Content note

The Harold Whiteley design of an unidentified Beverly Hills store building spans 1.5 linear feet and dates from 1951. The collection is composed of one presentation drawing rendered by J. D. Prouty of a suggestion for the tile facing and roof of a tower for a store building.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Prouty, J. D.
Whiteley, Harold Hayden
Architectural drawings
Presentation drawings (proposals)