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Finding Aid for the Paul Revere Williams drawings, circa 1935-circa 1950
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Title: Paul Revere Williams drawings
Identifier/Call Number: 0000254
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear feet
(1 flat box and 4 flat file folders)
Date (inclusive): circa 1935-circa 1950
creator:
Williams, Paul Revere, 1894-1980
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Gift of Mrs. Paul R. Williams.
Paul Revere Williams drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Paul Revere Williams was born February 18, 1894 in Los Angeles, California. Williams studied architecture at the University
of Southern California from 1916 to 1919. He went on to study at Howard University, where he earned his doctorate in architecture.
Williams became a certified architect in 1921. From 1921 to 1924, Williams worked as a draftsman in the office of Los Angeles
architect John C. Austin, before establishing his own office by the age of 28. Williams practiced largely in southern California
where he designed numerous homes, civic, and commercial buildings. Paul Revere Williams retired in 1973 and died in 1980.
The Paul Revere Williams drawings span 3.5 linear feet and date from circa 1935 to circa 1950. The collection is composed
of both original architectural drawings and reprographic copies of the following projects: St. Nicholas Model house, an unidentified
single story residence, the Jay Paley residence, the Nellie Hirsh residence, and a series of drawings which were later published
in 1946 by Williams in a book for prospective home-builders of floor plans and presentation drawings entitled
New Homes for Today.
Related Archival Materials note
Julius Shulman photography archive, 1936-1997, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2004.R.10.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Williams, Paul Revere, 1894-1980
Architectural drawings
Presentation drawings (proposals)
Reprographic copies