Finding Aid for the Lucile Lloyd papers, circa 1929-circa 1941 0000152

Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino; revised by Ananya Madiraju
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
04/2018


Title: Lucile Lloyd papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000152
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 15.0 Linear feet (3 boxes and 3 flat file drawers)
Date (inclusive): circa 1929-circa 1941
Location note: Boxes 1-2/ADC - regular Box 3/ADC - oversize*
creator: Lloyd, Lucile, 1894-1941

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Custodial History note

Gift of Lawrence S. Nordhof, 1985.

Preferred Citation note

Lucile Lloyd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

Lucile Lloyd was an artist who worked in Southern California, primarily in Los Angeles and Pasadena. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on August 20, 1894. Lloyd apprenticed with her father, Harry K. Lloyd, at his stained-glass and textile design studio. She attended the Women’s Art School at Cooper Union in New York City where she studied with Frank Fairbanks, Eugene Savage, Robert K. Ryland, Frederick Deilman, and Joseph C. Chase. After graduating art school, Lloyd was the only women to work in the drafting room of architect Bertram G. Goodhue where she did architectural decorative work. In 1921, Lloyd opened her own studio in Pasadena, where she taught art classes and directed the Stickney Memorial School of Art. She received several commissions for private residences, as well as churches and public buildings between 1921 and 1937. During the 1930s, Lloyd worked for the Works Progress Administration as a muralist. Her more notable mural projects include the three murals that she did for the California State Building in Los Angeles, entitled California's Name; as well as murals at the Griffith Park Observatory, The Madonna of the Covered Wagon at South Pasadena Junior High School, and a mural at the Queen of Angels Church in Hollywood. During her career, Lucile Lloyd was a member of the California Art Club, Women Painters of the West, American Bookplate Society, and the California State Historical Association. Lucile Lloyd committed suicide in 1941, at the age of 46.

Scope and Content note

The Lucile Lloyd papers span 15 linear feet and date from circa 1929 to circa 1941. The collection is primarily composed of black-and-white photographs of Lloyd’s work as well as preliminary sketches, presentation boards, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, correspondence, textile swatches, and Lloyd’s typewritten essays and poetry.

Related Archival Materials note

Lucile Lloyd papers, Archives of American Art.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lloyd, Lucile, 1894-1941
Architecture -- California
Interior design
Mural painting and decoration--20th century
Photographic prints
Presentation drawings (proposals)
Scrapbooks
Sketches

 

Professional Papers I. 1915-1940

Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This series contains the majority of articles and clippings about Lucile Lloyd and her mural work. It also contains letters, reference materials, and some writings by Lloyd about her work.
 

Newspaper/Article Clippings A. 1921-1940

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This sub-series contains newspaper clippings and artcles pertaining to work done by Lucile Lloyd throughout the Los Angeles region.
Box 1, Folder 15

Architects Building Materials Exhibition (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1931

Box 1, Folder 16

Art Exhibitions 1933

Box 1, Folder 17

"Art News Begins Series of Personality Sketches" 1934

Box 1, Folder 18

Broadway Department Store (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1934

Box 1, Folder 41

California Art Club Bulletin Newsletter 1932

Box 1, Folder 19

California State Building "California's Name" Mural (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936

Box 1, Box 20

Civic Mural Art Show 1934

Box 1, Folder 21

Furnishings Committee and Advertisement 1929

Box 1, Folder 22

Goodhue, Bertram Obituary 1924

Box 1, Folder 23

Inglewood Park Cemetary Mausoleum 720 E. Florence Ave. (Inglewood, Calif.) 1940

Box 1, Folder 24

Ives and Warren Mortuary 100 North Hill Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.) 1929

Box 1, Folder 25

First Methodist Episcopal Church (Santa Ana, Calif.) 1929

Box 2, Folder 10

Hanson House Great Hall (Flintridge, Calif.) 1922

creator: Hewitt, Henry Harwood
Box 1, Folder 26

Leisure Crafters 1940

Box 1, Folder 27

"Los Angeles Mural Painter Stimulates Public Interest in Art" from Architect and Engineer July 1931

creator: Winslow, Carleton Monroe, 1876-1946
Box 1, Folder 28

"Large Homes Decorated by Woman Mural Artist" 1930

Box 1, Folder 29

Miscellaneous Clippings 1935

Box 1, Folder 30

"Miss Kearney Opens New Piano School" 1934

Box 1, Folder 31

"Mural Decorators Organize" 1933

Box 1, Folder 32

"Mural Rows Due to Artists' Failure to Understand Job" 1935

Box 1, Folder 33

National Air Race Poster Competition 1936

Bin 1, Folder 34

Pasadena Graduation 1938

Box 1, Folder 35

Potboilers Production of "The Little Clay Cart" 1926

Box 2, Folder 15

"Pius Enthroned as Pope" - Los Angeles Examiner March 13, 1939

Box 1, Folder 36

Raenford Reveille 1938

Box 1, Folder 37

Savage, Eugene exhibition of painitngs brochure 1933

Box 1, Folder 38

Stickney Memorial School Openings 1921-1922

Box 1, Folder 39

St. Mary of the Angeles Church (Los Feliz, Calif.) 1933-1934

Box 1, Folder 40

Stoneman Elementary School (San Marino, Calif.) 1930

creator: Marsh, Smith, and Powell.
Box 2, Folder 16

Stoneman Elementary School kindergarten room (San Marino, Calif.) 1931

Box 2, Folder 17

South Pasadena Junior High School (South Pasadena, Calif.) 1929

Box 1, Folder 42

"The Lee Side of LA" Columns 1931,1932,1940

Box 2, Folder 18

"These Competent Women" Saturday Night August 27, 1938

Box 1, Folder 43

Trinity Church (Claremont, Ohio) undated

Box 2, Folder 19

"When Artists Act Up", Los Angeles Times July 2, 1939

 

References B. 1918-1934

Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This sub-series contains reference materials related to Lucile Lloyd's work, such as biographical information and list of buildings. It also contains some articles and materials used by Lloyd in her work.
Box 1, Folder 1

Biographical Information 1930

Box 1, Folder 44

"A Brief History of Printing" Workbook undated

Box 1, Folder 45

"A Guide to Civilized Loafing" by H.A Overstreet undated

Box 1, Folder 46

"Applications As She Are Wrote" undated

Box 1, Folder 47

"A Prayer" by E. Burdette Backus 1932

Box 1, Folder 48

Broadway Department Store, Inc. 1934

Box 1, Folder 49

Journal undated

Box 1, Folder 50

"Just for Today" by Hugh Barret Dobbs 1927

Box 1, Folder 51

List of Buildings Decorated 1918-1934

Box 1, Folder 52

List of Speeches Delivered 1929-1933

Box 1, Folder 53

List of Loaned Materials 1933-1934

Box 1, Folder 54

Miscellaneous Notes undated

Box 1, Folder 55

"Noah An' Jonah An' Cap'n John Smith" undated

Box 1, Folder 56

Notes on Human Temperment undated

Box 3

Phil May's Sketchbook undated

Box 1, Folder 13

St. Mary of the Angels theater program (Los Feliz, Calif.) 1940

Box 1, Folder 57

"Survival of the Fittest" undated

Box 1, Folder 58

"The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran 1923

Box 1, Folder 59

"To make a Rose Jar" undated

 

Letters C. 1915-1940

Physical Description: 0.25 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This sub-series contains letters to and from Lucile Lloyd, including letters of recommendation from architectural firm Marsh, Smith and Powell, and Careleton Winslow.
Box 1, Folder 60

American Federation of Arts 1933

Box 1, Folder 61

Anderson, Henning E. 1937

Box 1, Folder 62

Banning, Mrs. Hancock 1937

Box 1, Folder 63

Broton, John undated

Box 1, Folder 64

California Department of Public Works 1931

Box 1, Folder 65

Dillon, Charles March 21, 1937

Box 1, Folder 66

First Methodist Episcopal Church 1929

Box 1, Folder 67

Hewitt, Harwood 1923

Box 1, Folder 68

Levin, R. August 7, 1924

Box 1, Folder 69

Los Angeles Examiner 1933, 1939

Box 1, Folder 70

Lundberg 1937

Box 1, Folder 71

Mannings, Inc. 1931

Box 1, Folder 72

Marsh, Smith and Powell 1928, 1940

Box 1, Folder 73

McCarthy, J.R. 1939

Box 1, Folder 74

New York Probation and Protective Association 1915

Box 1, Folder 75

Pergarro, S. December 29, 1933

Box 1, Folder 76

Saturday Night / Harry Howard September 12, 1938

Box 1, Folder 77

Smeraldi, John B. 1925

Box 1, Folder 78

Winslow, Carleton M. 1930

Bin 1, Folder 79

Souther Calif. Chapter of the AIA 1932

Box 1, Folder 80

Southern Pasadena 1928

 

Papers/Essays D. 1928-1940

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This sub-series contains materials written by Lloyd discussing the meaning of specific murals. It also contains papers written by Frances B. Nordhoff.
Box 1, Folder 89

"A Very Private Utopia" by Stuart Chase 1928

Box 1, Folder 90

Broadway Department Store 1934

 

Frances B. Nordhoff Papers

Box 2, Folder 11

Swiss Family Dreyfus undated

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 2, Folder 12

Articles on cotton undated

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 81

"Does the Sun Make the Wind?" after 1941

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 82

Fabric swatches undated

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 83

"How a Plane Flies" undated

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 84

"Plymouth Weaving Stunts" November 1940

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 85

Illustrated list of stiches undated

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 2, Folder 13

Articles about Silk undated

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 86

"Textiles" circa 1940

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 87

"Travel By Water" 1940

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 88

"Wool" by Laura Oftedal 1940

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 2, Folder 14

Articles on Wool undated

Scope and Contents note

Nordhoff, Frances B. Papers
Box 1, Folder 91

"Don't Shoot - I'll Come Down" by J.W Riley undated

Box 1, Folder 92

South Pasadena Junior High School (South Pasadena, Calif) 1928

Box 1, Folder 93

St. Mary of the Angels Church (Los Feliz, Calif.) 1933

Box 1, Folder 94

Stoneman Elementary School (San Marino, Calif.) 1928

Box 3

"This Week Magazine" Materials 1939

 

Projects II. 1914-1940

Physical Description: 12.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

The Projects series contains the bulk of the materials in the collection. The drawings sub-series contains sketches, renderings, and paintings from many of Lucile Lloyds' projects. The scrapbooks feature clippings and sketches, and the photographs highlight some of her more well-known work.
 

Photographs A. 1922-1940

Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This sub-series contains photographs of projects completed by Lloyd.
Box 1, Folder 2

Architects Building Materials Exhibition Architects Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1934

creator: Padilla Studios.
Box 1, Folder 4

Broadway Department Store "Mickey Mouse Goes Fishing" Mural (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1934

creator: Dick Whittington Studio.
Box 1, Folder 5

Broadway Department Store rug department (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1934

creator: Dick Whittington Studio.
Box 1, Folder 7

California State Building "California's Name" Mural (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936-1937

creator: Faxon, Floyd
Box 1, Folder 8

Celotex Co. "Beowulf and the Dragon" Design - Architects Building Materials Exhibit (Los Anegles, Calif.) 1933

Box 1, Folder 9

East Whittier Elementary School (East Whittier, Calif.) 1932

Box 2, Folder 1

El Centro Elementary School auditorium ceiling (South Pasadena, Calif.) 1931

creator: Luckhaus Studio.
creator: Marsh, Smith, and Powell.
Box 2, Folder 2

First Baptist Church chapel (Pasadena, Calif.) 1930

creator: Luckhaus Studio.
creator: Winslow, Carleton Monroe, 1876-1946

Scope and Contents note

Architect: Frederick, Kennedy Jr. Assoc.
Box 1, Folder 10

First Methodist Episcoal Church Chapel ceiling (Santa Ana, Calif.) 1929

creator: Marsh, Smith, and Powell.
Box 2, Folder 3

Hanson, W.P. great hall (Flintridge Calif.) 1922

creator: Hewitt, Henry Harwood

Scope and Contents note

Architects: Harwood, Newitt
Box 2, Folder 8

Ives and Warren Mortuary slumber room (Pasadena, Calif.) 1929

creator: Kennedy, Frederick

Scope and Contents note

Architects: Frederick, Kennedy Jr.
Box 1, Folder 3

Lloyd, Lucile portraits "Artist At Work" undated

Box 2, Folder 5

Mannings Restaurant (Long Beach, Calif.) 1931

Box 2, Folder 6

Mannings Restaurant (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1933

creator: Faxon, Floyd
Box 1, Folder 12

Ojai Presbyterian Church (Ojai,Calif.) 1931

creator: Luckhaus Studio.
creator: Winslow, Carleton Monroe, 1876-1946

Scope and Contents note

Photograph of proposed mural decoration
Box 2, Folder 7

South Pasadena Junior High School auditorium (South Pasadena, Calif.) 1928

creator: Luckhaus Studio.
creator: Marsh, Smith, and Powell.

Scope and Contents note

Architects: Marsh, Smith and Powell
Box 2, Folder 9

St. Mary of the Angels Church (Hollywood, Calif.) 1932-1933

creator: Faxon, Floyd
creator: Winslow, Carleton Monroe, 1876-1946

Scope and Contents note

Architect: Carleton Monroe Winslow
Box 2, Folder 4

Stoneman Elementary School kindergarten room (San Marino, Calif.) 1930

creator: Luckhaus Studio.
creator: Marsh, Smith, and Powell.

Scope and Contents note

Architects: Marsh, Smith and Powell
Box 3

Unidentified man on horse undated

Box 1, Folder 14

Unidentified portrait of "Marion" 1940

Box 3

Unidenitified stained glass window undated

 

Scrapbooks and sketchbooks B. undated

Physical Description: 2.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This sub-series contains scrapbooks made by Lloyd of various projects and includes newspaper clippings, event openings, and copies of photographs of murals.
Box 3

California's Name Mural History Scrapbook 1937

Box 3

Californian News: Spiral Sketchbook circa 1934

Box 3

Church of St. Mary of the Angels Scrapbook undated

 

Drawings C. 1914-1936

Physical Description: 9.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This sub-series contains sketches, drawings, and paintings from Lloyd's early school days up through her professional career. Some items are grouped together, such as charcoal studies, others are single items, based on subject.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 1

Airplane Prints - Francis Nordhoff undated

Scope and Contents note

Paper prints of early 20th century aircrafts.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 3

Architectural Ornament undated

Scope and Contents note

Pencil study with Chinese white design after Morris-Poppy.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 2

Architectural Ornaments undated

Scope and Contents note

Painted blue, red, and yellow ornamental design on paper.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 1

Architectural Sketches undated

Scope and Contents note

Three architectural drawings with pen on board.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 2

Associated Interior Decorators undated

Scope and Contents note

Four insignias with finished designs using watercolor and pencil on board.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 4

Beam and Rafter Design undated

Scope and Contents note

Floral pattern painted on cardboard.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 21

Black and White Finger Paintings undated

Scope and Contents note

Two black and white finger paintings.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 14

"Brea,Water and Cavenga" Murals undated

Scope and Contents note

Preliminary watercolor sketch of architecture, on board.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 5

California Black Association - Walker and Eisen undated

Scope and Contents note

Proposed decoration for a theater side wall - watercolor painting of buidling entryways on paper board.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 6

California State Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936

Scope and Contents note

Written work schedules on thick cut paper.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 3

California Institute of Technology astrophysics laboratory (Pasadena, Calif.) undated

Scope and Contents note

Watercolor painting of Astrophysics Laboratory on board.
Box 1, Folder 6

"California's Name" Mural circa 1935

Scope and Contents note

First rough draft drawing
Drawer 216, FlatFile 4

Charcoal Studies - Male and Female Heads undated

Scope and Contents note

Six charcoal studies of unidentifiable male and female heads.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 5

Characoal Studies from Artists Student League 1914-1917

Scope and Contents note

Eleven charcoal studies of miscellaneous objects.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 7

Color Wheel undated

Scope and Contents note

Color chart gradient with specific studies of black, green and yellow.
Drawer 214, FlatFile 1

"Columbine and Pierrot" undated

Scope and Contents note

Painted red, blue, and yellow wallpaper depicting two circus performers.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 6

Decorative Borders undated

Scope and Contents note

Single strip of a decorative border.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 8

Father Neptune and the Mermaid undated

Scope and Contents note

Pencil sketches of merman/maid.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 12

Figure Studies undated

Scope and Contents note

Pencil sketches of figural representations.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 7

First Baptist Church Chapel (Pasadena, Calif.) 1930

Scope and Contents note

Watercolor sketch and layout of the Fiurst Baptist Church Chapel.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 8

"Indian Fakir" undated

Scope and Contents note

Presumed charcoal portrait of Max Factors.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 9

Mannings Coffee Stores (Long Beach, Calif.) 1931

Scope and Contents note

Completed diamond-shaped monogram.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 9

Map of California undated

Scope and Contents note

Iconographic sketch of map of California.
Box 1, Folder 11

Max Factor "Hints on the Art of Make-Up" brochures 1929-1930

Drawer 216, FlatFile 10

Miscellaneous Sketches - Dragon, Birds, and Floral undated

Scope and Contents note

Four drawings of miscellaneous sktches of dragons, birds, and floral patterns.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 10

Miscellaneous Sketches (Los Angeles, Calif.) undated

Scope and Contents note

Miscellanous sketches including draft for State Capitol Building.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 11

Henry, Mrs. Philip W. house great hall ceiling (Scarborough, NY) pre 1921

Scope and Contents note

Pencil and watercolor sketch of the Great Hall ceiling on board.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 22

"Nymph and Satyr/Pan" undated

Scope and Contents note

Two triangular color studies of a nymph and satyr.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 11

Pacific Colony State Hospital (Spadra, Calif.) 1931

Scope and Contents note

Cartoon for stencil pattern "A" for ceiling of hospital.
Drawer 214, FlatFile 2

Portfolio- Fish undated

Scope and Contents note

Black and earthen brown painting of fish with patterns on double-sided foldable board.
Drawer 214, FlatFile 3

Portfolio- Floral undated

Scope and Contents note

Red and deep yellow floral pattern on double sided cardboard with red cloth tied to the sides.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 15

Prints of Various Artworks undated

Scope and Contents note

Paper prints of various artists and artworks.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 13

"Russian Armor Co." undated

Scope and Contents note

Pencil sketch on tracing paper.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 16

Schoolwork Sketches undated

Scope and Contents note

Charcoal and graphite sketches of still lifes, figures, and profiles.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 25

Sketch of House and Grounds undated

Scope and Contents note

Unfinished watercolor sketchof house and grounds on board.
Drawer 214, FlatFile 4

Sketches of South America and California undated

Scope and Contents note

Nine sketches and drawings of South American and Californian maps with iconic representations.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 12

South Pasadena High School - Proposed Decoration of Auditorium (South Pasadena, Calif.) 1931

Scope and Contents note

Watercolor and pencil sketch of proposed decoration in auditorium.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 17

Stained Glass Windows: "Crucifixtion with Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist" and "Virgin Mary with Lamb" undated

Scope and Contents note

Painted finalized drafts of stained glass windows with Christian biblical imagery.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 13

"Stations of the Cross" undated

Scope and Contents note

Pencil tracings of paper on board.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 18

St. Mary of the Angels 4510 Finley Ave. (Hollywood, Calif.) 1933

Scope and Contents note

Painted textual sign and graphite sketch of altar.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 14

Stencil undated

Scope and Contents note

A stencil round with initials.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 15

Stoneman School (San Marino, Calif.) 1930

Scope and Contents note

Watercolor proposed sketch of frieze in the kindergarten (with animals and young boy), on board.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 19

Studies of a Male Head undated

Scope and Contents note

Four red chalk sketches of the busts and heads of various unidentifiable men.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 16

The Elements: "Four Lunettes" undated

Scope and Contents note

Four watercolor sketches of lunettes depicting the four seasons.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 26

Various Works: "Brea", "Cahuenga", "De Anza", "Viscaino", "Micheltorena", "Citrus", and "Smith". 1861, 1847,1774,1602, 1844, 1841, 1826

Scope and Contents note

Various hand painted and drawn preliminary mural sketches on board.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 20

Torchees Design (Glendale, Calif.) undated

Scope and Contents note

Sketch of interior furniture and lamp.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 24

Viking Ship undated

Scope and Contents note

Pencil sketch of viking ship design on tracing paper.
Drawer 215, FlatFile 23

Virgil Junior High School (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1932

Scope and Contents note

Ceiling plans of school's exercise room.
Drawer 216, FlatFile 17

Weathervane (Pasadena, Calif.) undated

Scope and Contents note

Outlined sketch of man fighting a bull. Margaret Barber