Finding Aid for the Robert D. Farquhar architectural drawings, 1920-1940 LSC.1579
Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 2005.
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Title: Robert D. Farquhar architectural drawings
Creator:
Farquhar, Robert D., 1872-1967
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1579
Physical Description:
28 oversize folders
Physical Description:
2 oversize boxes
Date (inclusive): 1920-1940
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Robert D. Farquhar architectural drawings (Collection 1579). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Scope and Content
Collection consists of architectural drawings, blueprints, sketches, and plans of Robert D. Farquhar, and one photograph of
Bourgeois, Arthur Brown's collaborator for the San Francisco Hall. Includes drawings for Florence Brown residence in Bel Air
(Los Angeles), Mrs. Henry Weyse residence in Santa Monica, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quinn residence in Holmby Hills (Los Angeles),
and the Harvey Mudd and Richard Rogers residence in Beverly Hills.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architectural drawings (visual works).
Architects -- United States -- Archives.
Farquhar, Robert D., 1872-1967 -- Archives
folder 1
Florence Brown residence. Bel air - drawings.
folder 2
Ada McCormick's father's house. Idaho - drawings.
folder 3
Mr. and Mrs. James Whittlesey residence, La Jolla.
folder 4
Haynes - stairs details, rooms.
J. R. Haynes House, East elevation
J. R. Haynes House, First Floor Plan
J.R. Haynes House, Plan of Gardening
J. R. Haynes House, Second Floor Plan
J. R. Haynes House, South elevation
folder 5
Ellis [?] Jones residence, L.S. - sketches and floor plans.
General Physical Description note: (2 bundles)
folder 6
Mrs. Henry Weyse residence, Santa Monica - drawings.
folder 7
House in perspective - RDF.
folder 8
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quinn residence, Holmby Hills.
folder 9
W.L. Garland residence, little cocktail room drawings, blueprints.
folder 10
Francis Farquhar residence and book cases - sketches and plans.
folder 11
Titcomb - miscellaneous sketches.
folder 12
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stroud residence, Huntington Palisades, Santa Monica.
folder 13
Titcomb's drawings for California Club and sketches for living room.
General Physical Description note: (2 bundles)
folder 14
381 California Terrace, Pasadena. Roland Coates, architect, bought by RDF 1929, sold 1950.
folder 15
Quinn house, 1936, porch addition, west porch - prints. Quality sheet metal.
folder 16
Miss T.H. Graham residence, Sierra Madre - drawings.
folder 18
Colin Farquhar: Hunter's Creek - mill house. Colin's Mill house.
folder 19
Mrs. Quinn's collection - urns, vases, etc.
General note
"Not done, too costly for heirs, about $10,000 for cases. Gift to USC. USC room Mrs. Quinn's pottery."
folder 20
Danziger residence, Los Angeles - cloth blue prints.
folder 21
Pembery drawings from England for Quinn Room, Huntington Library - drawings and blue prints. 4 rolls.
folder 22
Harvey Mudd residence, Beverly Hills - drawings for mantel.
folder 24
Studio - Browning Building, Waco University.
folder 25
Mrs. Fudger.
Mrs. Richard B. Fudger House, Elevations
Mrs. Richard B. Fudger House, First Floor Plan
Mrs. Richard B. Fudger House, Plot [site] Plan with elevations
folder 27
Studio for Alice Lewisohn Crowley at "Crossroads", Ossining, New York.
folder 27
House for Mrs. Wesley C. Mitchell. Stamford, Connecticut.
folder 27
The Mill. Hunter's Creek, Walter P. Lewisohn.
folder 28
[Richard] I. Rogers residence, Beverly Hills.
folder 29
Quinn - new front iron porch.
General Physical Description note: (Oversize roll box)
folder 29
Tippet house, Del Mar - drawings. Tippet garden arbor.
General Physical Description note: (Oversize roll box)
folder 29
Marion Macneil Smith residence, Azusa - drawings.
General Physical Description note: (Oversize roll box)
folder 30
Photograph of Bourgeois, Arthur Brown's collaborator for the San Francisco Hall, etc.
General Physical Description note: (10 × 14")