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Custodial History note
Preferred Citation note
Biographical/Historical note
Scope and Content note
Title: Howell, Arendt, Mosher & Grant records
Identifier/Call Number: 0000142
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
11.0 Linear feet
(5 record storage boxes, and 2 flat file drawers)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1946-1961
Date (inclusive): circa 1929-circa 1977
Location note: Boxes 1-5/Mosher - regular 2 Flat File Drawers/ADC - flat files
creator:
Howell, Arendt, Mosher & Grant.
Access
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Custodial History note
Gift of Ward and Marilyn Arendt, 1998. Additional material gifted by Penelope Tinker, 2004.
Preferred Citation note
Howell, Arendt, Mosher & Grant records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
The firm Howell, Arendt, Mosher & Grant was formed with architects Wallace W. Arendt, Glen Gaylord Mosher, Robert Grant, and
Henry W. Howell. Wallace W. Arendt received his Bachelor’s of Architecture degree in 1940 from the University of Southern
California. Both Glen Gaylord Mosher and Robert Grant graduated with degrees in Architecture from the University of Nebraska
in 1938. Henry W. Howell left the firm in 1959 and died three years later in 1962. The firm’s office was located in Santa
Barbara, California.
Scope and Content note
The Howell, Arendt, Mosher & Grant records span 11 linear feet and date from circa 1929 to circa 1977, though the bulk of
the records date from the 1940s and 1950s. The collection is primarily composed of the work of Howell, Arendt, Mosher & Grant
but also includes the work of Howell and Arendt as well as the work of Arendt, Mosher, & Grant, in the form of architectural
drawings, reprographic copies, and handwritten notes, all organized by project. The majority of the projects are in the Santa
Barbara area, with some buildings in Ojai and Ventura as well.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Arendt, Wallace W.
Grant, Robert Sumner
Howell, Henry W.
Mosher, Glen Gaylord
Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies