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Architectural projects, Series I. 1956-2001, undated

Physical Description: 106.3 Linear Feet (20 boxes, 101 flatfile folders, 11 boxed rolls)

Scope and Contents

Documentation of Lyman's projects as an independent architect forms Series I. The forty-eight projects represented in the archive range from early work as Lyman started his own practice to projects begun shortly before his death. The archive is not comprehensive, however, as many projects listed in Lyman's resume are not found here, and with few exceptions all the correspondence, calculations, and press coverage related to the projects is absent. The projects preserved here show the character of Lyman's practice: primarily residential, with a very small number of commercial, civic and institutional projects. Also documented are Lyman's frequent collaborations in the early years of his practice, including work with Bernard Zimmerman, John G. Espinoza, David Ming-Li Lowe and Niels Stoermer.
Lyman's drawings are the core of the series. Over 1800 drawings, both originals and reprographic prints, represent the range of the architectural design process, including preliminary drawings and sketches, working drawings and renderings. Lyman's richly shaded Prismacolor renderings are especially noteworthy and the archive holds over 100 examples of them. For half the projects, photographs in the forms of prints and slides, including work by Marvin Rand, record sites, construction and the finished structure, as well as models and drawings. In addition to these photographs of Lyman's models, the archive contains models for the Lyman House and Hood House.
For each project, a project date and a location are provided in parentheses, when known. The project dates are taken primarily from Lyman's resume and project lists. The date following the parentheses represents the actual creation date of the materials in the archive, and as such may be earlier or later than the project date. Project locations are in California unless otherwise noted. For some Los Angeles area projects, a more precise neighborhood location is also given. For the architectural drawings, the term "standard" refers to drawings 36" x 48" or smaller, with larger drawings indicated as "oversize." For the photographs, the term "standard" refers to prints and negatives 8" x 10" or smaller, with larger items indicated as "oversize."

Arrangement

The projects are arranged in rough chronological order by project date with undated material at the end of the series.
flatfile 1**

Greitzer Duplex (?) (1957, Los Angeles [Hollywood Hills]), undated

flatfile 2**

Schindler House/King's Road Office furniture (1958, West Hollywood), 1958, undated

 

Novak House (1959), undated

Scope and Contents

Photographs of renderings only.
box 3, folder 1

Black-and-white print

box 12, folder 1

Color prints, negative

flatfile 3**-4**

Lewinson House (1959, Los Angeles [Crestwood Hills]), 1956, undated

Scope and Contents

One print lists John G. Espinosa as Associate.
 

Altshuler House (1959, Los Angeles [Sherman Oaks]), 1959-1989, undated

Scope and Contents

Bernard Zimmerman, Architect, with Lyman as Associate.
box 3, folder 2

Documentation

flatfile 9**

Drawings

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the model, construction and the finished structure, including photographs made by Marvin Rand.
 

Black-and-white prints

box 3, folder 3-7

Standard

box 8, folder 3

Oversize

 

Color prints, negatives

box 12, folder 2

Standard

box 8, folder 4

Oversize

 

Lyman Las Flores House (1960, Malibu), 1956-1997, undated

 

Drawings

flatfile 10**

Topographic and site plans

Scope and Contents

Includes landscaping plan by Donald M. Roberts.
flatfile 11**-14**

Preliminary and working drawings

flatfile 15**-16**

Working drawing sets

flatfile 17**-19**

Sketches on tissue

flatfile 20**

Renderings and detailed elevations

box 10*

Bound set of renderings and working drawings

flatfile 20A**

Mounted rendering

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the model, construction and the finished structure, including photographs made by Grant Studios/Grant Photography, Tetsuo Shibata, Rex MacDonald(?), Carol De Marinis, Paul and Annette La Porte and Marvin Rand.
 

Black-and-white prints

box 1-2

Standard

box 8, folder 1

Oversize

 

Color prints, Polaroids, transparencies and negatives

box 11

Standard

box 8, folder 2

Oversize

box 31**

Model

 

Finegold Ranch (1960, Fresno), 1959, undated

Scope and Contents

Multiple structures for a summer camp, including Hickman Tower.
 

Drawings

flatfile 5**-8**

Standard

box 20**

Oversize

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the site, construction and a finished structure.
box 3, folder 8

Black-and-white prints

box 12, folder 3

Color prints, negatives

 

Mankiewicz House (1960, Los Angeles), 1960-1961, undated

flatfile 21**-22**

Drawings

flatfile 23**-27**

Presentation boards

Scope and Contents

Varying schemes with original renderings, photographs of renderings and prints of drawings.
 

Photographs of drawings

box 3, folder 9

Black-and-white prints, photostats

box 12, folder 4

Color prints, Polaroids, negatives

flatfile 29**

Mindess House alterations and addition (1961), undated

 

Park Hill Estates (1961, Riverside), undated

Scope and Contents

With David Ming-Li Lowe; tract also called Park View Estates on the drawings.
 

Drawings

box 9*

Set with tract map, sample plans and renderings

Scope and Contents

Spiral bound reduced-scale prints.
flatfile 30**-33**

Mounted renderings

flatfile 28**

Presentation board

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of construction and completed model homes.
box 3, folder 10

Black-and-white prints

 

Color prints, transparencies, negatives

box 12, folder 5

Standard

box 8, folder 5

Oversize

 

Jacobs House alterations (1962, Los Angeles [Cheviot Hills]), 1962, undated

Scope and Contents

With David Ming-Li Lowe.
flatfile 34**

Drawings

box 3, folder 11

Structural calculations

flatfile 35**

O'Neal House alterations and additions (1962), undated

 

Dougherty House (1962), undated

flatfile 35A**

Rendering

box 12, folder 8

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Color prints of rendering and black-and-white print of plan.
flatfile 38**

British Motor Car Garage (1962), undated

 

San Gabriel Valley Tribune Printing Plant (1963, West Covina), 1965, undated

Scope and Contents

Lyman's firm listed as Community Design Associates on drawings; in association with Dickenson & Cain, Cleveland.
flatfile 39**-40**

Drawings

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the model, construction and the finished structure, including photographs made by Marvin Rand and Fred Welch.
box 4, folder 1-3

Black-and-white prints

box 13, folder 2

Color prints, negatives

flatfile 85**

Unidentified residential project (circa 1963) undated

Scope and Contents

Lyman's firm listed as Community Design Associates on drawing.
 

Starr House (1964, Los Angeles [Mandeville Canyon]), 1960, 1963, undated

flatfile 36**-37**

Drawings

Scope and Contents

Includes 1960 plan for the lot by D. Wallace Benton and Donald Park. Also includes plan/rendering for different house/site; for same client(?)
box 12, folder 9

Photographs

 

Press-Courier Building, alterations and additions to printing plant (1964, Oxnard), 1964, undated

Scope and Contents

Stoermer-Lyman & Associates.
flatfile 41**

Drawings

 

Photographs

box 4, folder 4

Black-and-white print

box 12, folder 6

Color prints

box 4, folder 4

Clipping

 

Micheletti House (1964, Malibu), 1965, undated

Scope and Contents

Lyman's firm listed as Community Design Associates on drawings.
flatfile 42**-43**

Drawings

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of construction and the finished structure, including photographs made by Marvin Rand, Tom Russo and Carol De Marinis.
box 4, folder 5-7

Black-and-white prints

 

Color prints, transparencies, negatives

box 12, folder 7

Standard

box 8, folder 6

Oversize

 

Malibu Monorail (1964, Malibu), undated

flatfile 45**

Renderings

Scope and Contents

One rendering used as announcement for office move to the Las Flores House.
box 13, folder 1

Color photographs of renderings

 

Hood House (1965, Wisconsin) 1964-1970, undated

 

Drawings

box 21**

Topographic and siting plans

 

Preliminary drawings, elevations, details

flatfile 46**-48**

Standard

box 22**-24**

Oversize

 

Working drawings

flatfile 49**

Standard

box 25**-26**

Oversize

flatfile 50**

Decision making and completion charts

flatfile 51**

Tissue sketches

flatfile 52**

Renderings

box 27**

Furnishing plans

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the site, models, and a visit to the Lyman house by the Hoods in 1968, including photographs made by Tom Russo.
box 5, folder 1-10

Black-and-white prints

box 14-15

Color prints, Polaroids, slides, negatives

box 32**

Model: Scheme II

 

Ingham Pool (1967, Seattle, Washington), 1968, undated

 

Drawings

flatfile 44**

Standard

box 28**

Oversize

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of construction and the finished structure, including photographs made by Marvin Rand and Gene Harmon.
box 5, folder 11

Black-and-white prints

 

Color prints, slides, transparencies, negatives

box 16, folder 1

Standard

box 8, folder 7

Oversize

 

Thompson House (1968, Malibu), 1968, undated

box 5, folder 12

Specifications

flatfile 53**-55**

Drawings

box 16, folder 2

Photographs of drawings

flatfile 56**

Gerritsen House (1968, Malibu), 1968, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes scheme by David Ming-Li Lowe. Some drawings marked as "plaintiff's exhibit."
 

Maslon House remodel (1969, Cathedral City), 1969, undated

 

Drawings

flatfile 57**-58**

Standard

box 29**

Oversize

box 16, folder 3

Photographs

 

Jensen House (1970), 1970, undated

flatfile 59**

Drawings

box 16, folder 4

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white Polaroids of model and color prints of party at house.
 

Lyman Speculative House (1971, Malibu), 1971, undated

 

Drawings

flatfile 66**

Standard

box 30**

Oversize

box 16, folder 5

Photographs of model

 

Ingham Houseboat (1971, Seattle, Washington), 1971-1972, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes schemes by Gerry J. Copeland.
box 5, folder 13

Documentation

Scope and Contents

Includes decision making charts and small sketches and drawings.
flatfile 60**-65**

Drawings

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the model and drawings.
box 5, folder 14

Black-and-white prints

box 16, folder 6

Color prints

flatfile 67**

Abbot House (1972), 1972

flatfile 70**

Seattle Museum of Art, Entrance Ramp (1972, Seattle, Washington), 1972

 

Howard Veterinary Laboratory (1972, Brawley, California), 1972-1973, undated

flatfile 68**-68A**

Drawings

Scope and Contents

Includes drawings signed Stevenson/Sanders for a residential addition for James Howard.
 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the model, site, construction and the finished structure, including photographs made by Marvin Rand.
box 6, folder 1-4

Black-and-white prints

 

Color prints, Polaroids, negatives

box 17, folder 1

Standard

box 8, folder 8

Oversize

box 18, folder 1

Slides

flatfile 69**

Pratt House alterations and additions (1973), 1973, undated

 

Blau House (1974, Malibu), 1974, 1977, undated

Physical Description: 43 drawing(s)
flatfile 71**

Drawings

box 6, folder 5

Photographs of site

flatfile 72**

Lyman House extension (1975, Malibu), 1959, 1975, 1977, undated

flatfile 74**

Guthman House alterations and additions (1975, Los Angeles [Pacific Palisades]), 1975

 

Cooper Trellis (1975), 1975, undated

flatfile 73**

Drawings

 

Photographs

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the site, construction and the finished structure. Also includes photographs of a model of an outdoor fireplace(?).
box 6, folder 6

Black-and-white prints

box 16, folder 7

Color prints and negatives

flatfile 75**-76**

Gourrich House addition (1976, Beverly Hills), 1976-1977, undated

flatfile 77**

Weber House (1977), 1977

flatfile 78**

Jensen House remodel (1977), 1977, undated

flatfile 79**-80**

Aronson House (1977, Malibu), 1977, undated

 

Hooker House (1977, Malibu), 1960, 1977-1978, undated

flatfile 81**-83**

Drawings

box 18, folder 2

Slides

 

Deerhill House (1981, Topanga), 1981, undated

flatfile 84**

Drawings

box 16, folder 8

Photographs and transparency of rendering

flatfile 90**

Sebeka Library (Sebeka, Minnesota), 1993-1998

flatfile 91**

Katherine S. Lyman Studio (Taos, New Mexico), 1996-2001

flatfile 86**-89**

Ingham Institute of Environmental Design (1998-2000, Sebeka, Minnesota), 1969, 1988, 1998-2000, undated

flatfile 94**

Ingham Trellis (Seattle, Washington), undated

flatfile 92**

Billings House , undated

flatfile 93**

Wood House , undated

 

Fantasy and unidentified projects, undated

flatfile 95**-96**

Drawings

box 18, folder 3

Photographs

box 19, folder 1

Mixed negative rolls, undated

 

Miscellaneous professional and personal papers, Series II. circa 1923-1975, undated

Physical Description: 4.2 Linear Feet (1 box, 8 flatfile folders)

Scope and Contents

Series II comprises miscellaneous personal and professional material. Various materials, including Lyman's resume and project lists; examples of his student work from Yale, including material relating to his senior thesis, a rough-hewn wood and stone dairy barn; and reproductions of Lyman's early work as a draftsman for the firms of Copeland, Grant, Chervenak in Seattle and Neutra and Alexander, form the bulk of the series. Also included are a small number of family-related papers.

Arrangement

The series is arranged by type of material.
box 7, folder 1

Resume and project lists, circa 1970-1975

 

Student work, 1950-1953

Scope and Contents

Includes class assignments and materials related to Lyman's thesis project.
flatfile 99**-102**

Drawings

box 7, folder 2

Photographs and photostats of drawings, models and site

 

Early work for other firms, 1954-1957

flatfile 97**

Work for Copeland, Grant, Chervenak, Seattle, 1954-1955

Scope and Contents

Portfolio of prints of working drawings, most signed by Lyman, for three apartment buildings, includes title page with photographs.
box 7, folder 3

Work for Neutra and Alexander, Los Angeles, 1955-1957

Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of St. John's College campus, with photographs made by Joseph W. Molitor and Julius Shulman, and photographs of renderings for unidentified projects.
 

Materials related to Lyman's work with the Los Angeles chapter of the AIA, 1982, undated

box 7, folder 4

Papers, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes letterhead envelope and photograph of Kamnitzer and Cotton(?) project model.
box 8, folder 9

"Concepts," 1982

Scope and Contents

Article published in LA Architect.
flatfile 104**

360° perspective charts, undated

flatfile 103**

Charts of ratios of national birthrates to per capita incomes after 1970, after 1992

box 7, folder 5

Portraits of Lyman, 1971, undated

Scope and Contents

Photographs by Cory Buckner and Wayne Wilcox.
 

Family documents, circa 1923-1933, undated

flatfile 98**

Prints of architectural drawing by Frederic P. Lyman II, circa 1923-1933

box 19, folder 2

Family photographs, undated

Scope and Contents

Includes negatives of house of Agnes Partridge, Lyman's maternal grandmother; negatives of young Lyman with friends at Yale (?).