Architecture and Design Projects
1954-1983
Physical Description: 5.2 Linear Feet 2 boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 1 small flat box
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This series contains architecture and design projects by Roland Coate, Jr. It comprises architectural drawings, project files,
slides, photographs, negatives and newspaper clippings, which document various architectural projects, all arranged by client
or project name. The unidentified section consists of photographs and architectural drawings which lack identifying information
such as client's name, location of buildings, and date.
box 2, folder 1
Aguadilla Project (unknown location), 1967
1967-01
Scope and Contents
Contains 13 slides.
Alexander, Jesse L. House, 969 Romero Canyon Road (Montecito, Calif.)
1973-1974
box 2, folder 6-1
Slides
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Contains 20 pages with 20 slides each.
box 2, folder 6-2
Clippings
undated
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains one newspaper clipping about Sotheby's selling the Alexander house to actor Steve Martin.
oversize-box 4, flatfile 11
Presentation Drawings
Scope and Contents
Contains 3 presentation boards with photographs of the house, sketches, floor plans and descriptive notes.
Auschwitz-Birkenau International Memorial (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland)
1958
box 2, folder 7, box 2, folder 8
Project Files
Language of Material: English, German, French.
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 folder with 4 pages of project descriptions and cost estimates, 1 folder with letters, papers and bookelts on the
Auschwitz Memorial Competition.
box 2, folder 9, oversize-box 4, flatfile 7
Architectural Drawings
Scope and Contents
Contains 7 rough sketches (Box 2), 4 photographs of models and several reproductions of sections and site plans.
Balboa Club, Sabalo Road (Mazatlán, Mexico)
1965-1975
box 2, folder 10-A, box 3, item 1, box 3, folder 2, oversize-box 4, flatfile 15
Photographs/Negatives
Scope and Contents
Contains 73 photographs, 3 prints (Box 2), 38 negatives, 1 roll of uncut negatives (Box 3) and 4 boards with photographs.
(Box 4)
box 2, folder 10-B
Slides
Scope and Contents
Contains 21 pages with 20 slides each and 1 page with 3 slides.
Project Files
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 11-A
Pamphlets and Newspaper Clippings
1965-1967
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains various flyers and pamphlets advertising the Balboa Club, including 1 report by Carlos Diniz Assoc. analyzing illustrations and their possible application in brochure form, 2 identical brochures showing a site plan and sketches,
1 pamphlet showing room plans and sketches of suites and studio bedrooms by architect Sergio Pruneda, 1 Mexicana Airlines pamphlet with timetables and fares, 1 pamphlet with highway routes by the Mexican Government Touism Department, 1 newspaper clipping of the Los Angeles Times travel section.
box 2, folder 11-B
Investment Lease Contract
1964-1965
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 11-C
Preliminary Drawings and Sketches
Scope and Contents
Contains 5 preliminary drawings of the Balboa Club and 1 sheet of paper from the Balboa Club with rough sketches titled "Hotel
San Diego".
oversize-box 4, flatfile 15
Presentation Drawings
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 boards with descriptive notes and photographs of the site, floor plans and sketches.
Cabo Bello (Baja California, Mexico)
1976-1979
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 12-14
Project Files
Scope and Contents
Contains a project presentation book and two prints of an architectural model, several site plans and information on location,
elevation and climate.
box 2, folder 15
Correspondence
1976-1979
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 3 letters.
box 2, folder 16
Financial Records
1976-1977
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 4 receipts.
box 2, folder 17
Writings
1976-1977
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains handwritten, typed and annotated versions of the script "Cabo Bello. A fantasy in words and drawings."
box 2, folder 18
Preliminary Sketches
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 8 preliminary sketches.
box 2, folder 19-20
Photographs/Negatives
Scope and Contents
Contains 25 photographs, 9 negatives, 6 prints of drawings, 5 photos of models.
California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.)
1969
Slides
1967-1969
Scope and Contents
Contains 29 slides titled "Caltech P.E. Building" and 7 slides titled "Caltech Flex Furnishing".
box 2, folder 23
Development of Flexibility Dormitory, Furnishing System
1969
Scope and Contents
Contains 7 slides titled "Caltech Flex Furnishing".
box 2, folder 22
Physical Education Facility (Project)
1967
Scope and Contents
Contains 29 slides titled "Caltech P.E. Building"
oversize-box 4, flatfile 16
Preliminary Sketches
1967
Scope and Contents
Contains one sketch of the Physical Education Facility.
box 2, folder 38
Handheld Sketchbook
1957
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains a handheld sketchbook with notes and unidentified drawings.
oversize-box 4
Sketchbooks
1960-1971
Physical Description: 1 itemsred leather-bound sketchbook8 x 10 in.
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains notes and sketches of various projects, including the Dorland House, country houses, house near Ithaca, house for
a restricted site in California, a church design, Red Rock Hill.
oversize-box 4
Sketchbooks
1965-1966
Physical Description: 1 itemsRed leather-bound sketchbook10 x 14.5 in.
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains notes and sketches of various projects, including the Balboa Club, Miller House (Mazatlan, Mexico), and sketches
for a sculpture.
oversize-box 4
Sketchbooks
1961-1963
Physical Description: 1 itemsblack leather-bound sketchbook11 x 14 in.
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains notes and sketches of various projects, including Hillside homes, Governor's Mansion competition (1961), UCSD Lab
Building (1963), Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial.
oversize-box 4
Sketchbooks
1958-1960
Physical Description: 1 itemsRed leather-bound sketchbook8 x 10 inch
Language of Material: English.
oversize-box 4
Sketchbooks
1963-1973
Physical Description: 1 itemsRed, leather-bound sketchbook10 x 14.5 in.
Scope and Contents
Contains notes and sketches on various projects, including Loomis House and Booth Memorial Chapel.
oversize-box 4
Sketchbooks
undated
Physical Description: 1 itemsRed, leather-bound sketchbook17 x 14 in.
Scope and Contents
Contains notes and sketches on various projects, including College No. 4 Quadrangle, Booth Memorial Chapel (1964), Arp Residence
(1968)and Webb School Dormitory (1970).
box 2, folder 39
Killeen House Slides (Venice Beach, Calif.)
1974
Scope and Contents
Contains 23 slides.
Marsland, Edward H. House (Boynton Canyon, Sedona, Ariz.)
box 2, folder 42
Slides
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Contains 107 slides.
box 2, folder 43
Sketchbooks
1972-10
Language of Material: English.
oversize-box 4, flatfile 14
Presentation Drawings
Scope and Contents
Contains one board with descriptive notes and photographs of the site, sketches, floor plans and elevations.
Monterey Hills Development Project for Great Western Cities, Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
box 2, folder 44
Slides
1972-1980
Scope and Contents
Contains 67 slides.
box 2, folder 45
Project Slides
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains 61 slides showing project plans.
box 2, folder 46, oversize-box 4, flatfile 10
Mudd, Henry T. House Slides, 430 Club View Drive (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1969-1971
Scope and Contents
Contains 120 slides (Box 2) and a board with photographs, notes and a sketch (Box 4).
box 2, folder 50
Leland, Russ House (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 small notebook filled with project description, site information, site plans and elevations, floor plans, sections,
and one elevation plan for Griffith Observatory.
box 2, folder 51
University of California, San Diego, Plan Slides
Scope and Contents
Contains 7 slides with images of site plans and photographs.
box 2, folder 52
United California Bank, Via Valencia (Redondo Beach, Calif.)
1970
Scope and Contents
Contains 36 slides showing the interior and exterior of the building.
box 2, folder 54
Vera Inc. Wholesale Showrooms
1967
Scope and Contents
Contains 10 slides showing the interior of the showroom. Location unknown.
box 2, folder 55, oversize-box 4, flatfile 6
Ville Marie (Montreal, Canada)
1957
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains a small book by Webb and Knapp (Canada) Limited, presenting its
Master Plan for the development of the Central Station Property of the Canadian National Railway Company in Montreal (Box 2) and reproductions of sections and elevations.
box 2, folder 56, oversize-box 4, flatfile 9
Webb School of California, Dormitory and Faculty House, 1175 West Base Line Road (Claremont, Calif.)
1972-1973
Scope and Contents
Contains 49 slides showing the exterior of the building (Box 2) and 2 drawings of site plans (Box 4).
box 2, folder 57
Westridge School for Girls Long Range Planning, 324 Madeline Drive (Pasadena, Calif.)
1969-1972
Scope and Contents
Contains 22 slides showing floor plans, site plans and elevations.
box 2, folder 58
Twentieth Century Fox Studios (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Scope and Contents
Contains 46 slides picturing preliminary drawings, research notes, site plans, sections (orthographic projections), elevations,
photographs of models
Slides
Scope and Contents
Contains 46 slides picturing preliminary drawings, research notes, site plans, sections (orthographic projections), elevations,
photographs of models.
oversize-box 4, flatfile 12
Presentation Drawings
Scope and Contents
Contains two boards with sketches, sections, elevations, site plans and descriptive notes.
Various Projects Slides/Negatives
box 2, folder 53
Slides
1972-1980
Scope and Contents
Contains 60 slides of various projects, including the Balboa Club, Cabo Bello, the Marsland House, the Mudd House as well
as various paintings and plans.
box 1, box 1-4
Slides
1975-1976
Scope and Contents
Slide storage box 1 contains approximately 450 slides titled "Studio, 1905 Lincoln, Padadena Office", "Mazatlan City + Lions
Club", "Casitas del Mar site & Balboa club", "Casitas del Mar drawings", "Alexander House exterior", "Alexander House interior",
"Mudd House", "Marsland House", "drawings & paintings", "acrylic paintings", "Venice".
Slide storage box 2 contains approximately 360 slides titled "Balboa Club", "UCSD, Balboa Club + BC drawings", "Early Hollywood
House", "Office 1975 Venice", "Casitas #1", "Alexander House", "indian dwellings", "Venice Motels", "Navajo land", "Marsland
House", "Mexico", "Colombia", "Camino Real".
Slide storage box 3 contains approximaetely 400 slides titled "Monterey Hills", "Westridge", "Photrographs around Venice +
LA", "Joshua Tree 1977", "Killeen House Venice Shoe Box", "Sunset Strip 1975", "Studio Lincoln 1976-1985", "Balboa Club and
Casitas", "Drawings", "Block City Beach 1976 - acrylic 54x66", "Sketches for Paintings 1976", "Cactus Painting 1976", "Cabo
Bello".
Slide storage box 4 contains approximately 400 slides titled "Show in the studio", "Paintings from show", "Baja scene #1",
"Exhibit photos", "Leland House Model 1977".
Processing Information
The 4 slide storage boxes were arranged and titled by the original creator.
box 2, folder 49
Negatives
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains 16 project negatives, including a study of a house for a family with three children (20 March 1960), the Diamond
Heights Red Rock Hill Development, a small concrete house (30 October 1960), concrete house - preliminary study (16 April
1960), a house near Ithaca New York (26 December 1960),
box 3, folder 1, oversize-box 4, flatfile 4
Courthouse Square Development Hotel (Denver, Colo.)
1957
Scope and Contents
Contains reproductions of sections of the bulding (FF 4) and of shelving units (Box 3).
oversize-box 4, flatfile 1
Transportation Building, 1700 Broadway (New York City, New York)
1957
Scope and Contents
Contains elevations and site plans.
oversize-box 4, flatfile 3
House Planned Around an Open Court (Unknown Location)
1960
Scope and Contents
Contains elevation sketches.
oversize-box 4, flatfile 5
Society Hill (Philadelphia, Penn.)
1958
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 photos as well as reproductions of sections and site plans.
oversize-box 4, flatfile 8
Ustinov House (Montreux, Switzerland)
1959
Scope and Contents
Contains a drawing of a preliminary floor plan.
oversize-box 4, flatfile 13
Alcoa Inc. Office Furniture
1973
Scope and Contents
Contains one board showing a sketch, photographs and notes on designing furniture in Marcel Breuer's office for Alcoa Inc., for Caltech with Bill Sanders and Roland Caote Jr.'s own office with Jack Brogan.
oversize-box 4, flatfile 17, box 1, folder 2, 5
Unidentified Drawings
Scope and Contents
Contains 7 unidentified items, including drawings, evlevations, volumetric studies, renderings and sketches.
box 1, folder 3-A, 3-B
Unidentified Project Notes
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 sheet of paper with notes on unidentified projects in California (folder 3-A), and 1 sheet of paper with notes
on land development (folder 3-B).
box 1, folder 4, 6
Unidentified Photographs and Slides
Scope and Contents
Contains approximately 60 photogarphs and 80 slides of unidentified buildings (folder 6) , office space (folder 4 B), models
(folder 4 C), 2 images of different hotel rooms, both with tile floors and white brick walls (folder 4 D) and 1 photo of the
May D&F store building (4 E).
Roland Coate Jr. collection on Roland E. Coate Sr.
1937-1965
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This collection was created by Roland Coate Jr. with regards to his father, Roland E. Coate Sr. It is comprised of drawings, photographs and correspondence relating to both his professional and personal life.
Professional Papers
1937-1958
box 2, folder 2
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Correspondence, (Pasadena, Calif.)
1958
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 letters adressed to Mrs. Roland E. Coate
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Coate, Roland E.
box 2, folder 3
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Induction Pamphlet
1937-10-12
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains a pamphlet for the October meeting of the AIA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Coate, Roland E.
box 2, folder 4
American Institute of Architects (AIA), Speech Manuscript (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1941
Language of Material: English.
box 2, folder 59
Booklets "List of Houses. Roland E. Coate, Architect"
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 bookelts listing residential work by Roland E. Coate Sr.
Personal Papers
1950-1958
box 2, folder 5
All Saint's Church Pamphlets (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
1950-1955
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 8 church pamphlets
box 2, folder 24
Newspaper Clippings and Obituary on Roland E. Coate, Sr.
1958
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 3 newspaper clippings and 1 genealogica report, including Roland E. Coate, Sr.'s obituary
box 2, folder 29
Barrius, M.J. Correspondence
1944-01-12
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 letter.
box 2, folder 31
Dunn, Harry Correspondence
1948-05-27
Language of Material: English.
Related Materials
See Finding Aid for Roland Eli Coate, Sr. papers, 1925-1956 0000120, Dunn , Harry L. house alterations, 1360 Hillcrest Ave.
(Pasadena, Calif.) 1947-1949
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 Letter regarding payment for house alterations.
Newspaper Clippings
1950-1965
box 2, folder 47
Saint Phillips Church 125 S. Hill Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.)
1958-12-14
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains newspaper clippings titled "Church of the Week".
box 2, folder 48
Unidentified Newspaper Clippings
1965-10-21
1950-07-23
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 newspaper clippings, articles are titled "Mrs. Corinne Newell Final Rites Saturday", "State College Head Appointed",
and "The Birth of a College".
box 2, folder 25
Janeway, Harold House 571 Busch Place (Pasadena, Calif.)
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 newspaper clipping titled "Home of the Week".
box 2, folder 26
Lippiatt, H.C. and Taylor, F.M.P. House 121 Undine Way (Bel-Air, Los Angeles, Calif.)
1941-09-07
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 newspaper clipping from the Los Angeles Times Home Magazine
box 2, folder 27
Autry, Gene house, 3171 Brookdale Rd. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1953
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 newspaper clippings and 3 magazin clippings.
box 2, folder 28
Linda Vista (Pasadena, Calif.)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 newspaper clipping titled "Home of the Week".
oversize-box 4
Scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
Contains photographs, clippings, correspondence and other memorabilia.
box 1, folder 7
Unidentified Drawings
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 drawings of unidentified buildings by Arthur Millier.
box 2, folder 60
United Geophysical Company, Inc.
Scope and Contents
Contains a reproduction of a photo titled "proposed buildings for the united geophysical company, Inc.", Roland E. Coate A.I.A.
Architect.
box 2, folder 30
Buckley, Edward Correspondence
1983-11-23
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains Edward R. Buckley's business card and a copy of a newspaper clipping titled "Holiday Look-In Tour Features S.M. Homes"
box 2, folder 32-A
Cowlishaw, Frank and Ruth, Holiday Card
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains a Christmas Card with 3 photographs inside.
box 2, folder 32-B
Coate, Alexander Roland and Coate, Anthony Robinson
undated
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains a childhood drawing with notes and a christmas card from Roland Coate Jr.'s children, Anthony Robinson Coate and
Alexander Roland Coate, to their father.
box 2, flatfile 32-C
Business Cards
Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
box 2, folder 32-D
Postcards
1966
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 4 postcards (3 from Mazatlan, Mexico; 1 from Tuerkheim, Germany).
box 2, folder 32-E
Keiserman, Mark
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 invoices for work on office brochures and 1 police report.
box 2, folder 32-F
Unidentified Letters
1958
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 envelope, letter and newspaper clipping.
Professional Papers
1954-1980
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials pertaining to Roland Coate Jr.'s professional career, including reference files, images of
his office, and papers relating to his education such as an exam response and his thesis project at Cornell University.
box 2, folder 34
"Directions" Book
1978
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains a book on various projects of Roland Coate Jr.
box 2, folder 21
California Review 4, The Beauties of Tijuana
Copyright
Scope and Contents
Magazine
box 1, folder 1
Unidentified Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Contents
Contains 1 magazine and 1 newspaper clipping on landscapre gardening and industry.
box 2, folder 37
Final Examination, Residence Design
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains a Final Examination prompt and response for a class on Residence Design.
box 2, folder 40
Right Projector, SciArc Lecture
1972-1980
box 2, folder 41
Left Projector, SciArc Lecture
1977-1979
box 2, folder 33
Coate, Roland Jr. Office Slides
1973
Scope and Contents
Contains 6 slides showing the interior of Roland Coate Jr.'s office
oversize-box 4, flatfile 2
Thesis Project Drawings, Cornell University
1954
Scope and Contents
Contains drawings titled "Hotel Punta Banda in Baja California, Thesis Roland Coate, September 1954".
