Finding Aid for the Albert Frey papers, circa 1924-1993 0000134
Related Archival Materials note
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Personal Papers I. 1903-1992
Biographical Information 1903-1983
Resume 1903-1983
Correspondence 1978
"Natural History" 1978
Travel 1930-1974
United States Map, Frey's Travel Route 1932-1934
Air Force Academy, Colorado photographs 1969
Amalfi-Paestum photographs n.d.
Arizona, Chelley-Oraibi photographs 1969
Arizona-New Mexico, Meteor Crater, Petrified Forest, Gallup photographs 1969
Arizona-Utah: Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks, Zion Canyon photographs 1969
Borrego Springs photographs 1973
Bremen to New York, Paris and New York photographs 1930-1933
California, Nevada, Arizona, F.L. Wright, Taliesin West photographs 1934-1941
Camogli-Tarquinia photographs 1962
Expo 67 photographs n.d.
Garda-Verona photographs 1962
German Pavilion photographs 1967
Gornergrat, Zermatt, Switzerland photographs 1973
Grand Canyon photographs 1967
Grand Canyon, Arizona/ High Sierras photographs 1941
Grand Canyon North Rim photographs 1969
Guggenheim Museum photographs 1962
Habitat photographs 1967
Hawaii photographs 1951
Honeymoon Trip: France, Switzerland, Italy photographs 1938
Hurricane- Arizona/Utah photographs 1969
La Jolla, Scottsdale photographs 1971
Lake Powell photographs 1967
Lake Tahoe, Owens Valley, Virginia City photographs 1971
Le Corbusier photographs 1962
Los Angeles to San Francisco photographs n.d.
Mesa Verde, Colorado photographs 1969
Monument Valley photographs 1967
New York photographs 1962
New York photographs 1930-1933
New York City photographs 1937-1939
New York and East Coast photographs 1932
Ostia-Capri photographs 1968
Palm Canyon Area- Andreas, Murray, etc. at House photographs 1971
Palm Springs photographs 1965
Palm Springs to New York and New York to Palm Springs photographs 1937-1939
Palm Springs and Environs, trip to Hoover Dam photographs 1934-1937
Palm Springs Environs photographs n.d.
Pueblos, New Mexico photographs 1969
Rainbow Bridge photographs 1967
Riviera photographs n.d.
Ronchamp, France photographs 1955
San Jacinto Tram to Hidden Lake photographs 1972
Schonreid, Zurich, etc. Switzerland photographs 1973
Sedona photographs 1967
Sirmione photographs 1962
Southern California Architecture: Los Angeles, Pomona, Fresno photographs 1965-1974
Southern California Architecture photographs 1965
Switzerland photographs 1962-1973
Switzerland, Milano Triennale, Paris, Le Corbusier and Anore Lurcat photographs 1933
Unidentified Travel photographs 1966
United States Pavilion photographs 1967
Venice photographs 1962
West Coast to New York Trip photographs 1932
West Coast: San Francisco to San Diego photographs 1932
Wyoming: Yellowstone Park, Jackson Hole photographs 1969
Yosemite photographs 1965
Photographs 1930-1932
Portraits of Frey and friends, colleagues 1930-circa 1960
Professional Papers II. 1932-1988
Correspondence 1934-1988
Benedict, Harry (Holden and Johnson Architects) 1986-1987
Benton, Tim 1976-1980
Boyd, F. Gillar 1987
City of Palm Springs, Historic Site Preservation Board 1984-1988
Clark, John P. (Williams, Clark and Williams Architects) 1986
Kihlstedt, Folke T. 1980
Kocher, Sandra (re: Le Corbusier) 1968-1980
Lanmon, Lorraine (re: William Lescaze) 1974
Le Corbusier 1934-1937
Lichtenstein, Susanne 1986
Long, Rebecca 1986
National Museum of American History 1983-1984
Pommer, Richard (re: Chrystie-Forsyth project) 1973-1974
Princeton University, John Vincent Boyer 1983
Schools, Miscellaneous 1951-1953
Schottli, Heinz 1986
Stiverson, Cynthia "Architecture and the Decorative Arts" 1988
Wilson, David 1975
Wilson, Richard Guy (re: "Machine Age America" exhibition) 1983-1984
Wodehouse, Lawrence 1984-1986
Wolfe, James (re: James D. Kornwolf) 1984
Writings 1939-1958
"Some Thoughts on Esthetic Research" AIA Journal 1958
"Albert Frey on Hawaii" Bulletin 1951
"In Search of Living Architecture" 1939
Script for Narration by A. Frey, Houses 1 and 2 1991
Associations and Committees 1944-1986
American Institute of Architects: Architectural Graphic Standards 1985
American Institute of Architects: Desert Chapter 1985-1986
American Institute of Architects: Fellowship 1957
American Institute of Architects: Inland California Chapter 1966-1969
American Institute of Architects: Membership and Foundation Contributions 1966-1979
"AIA New Fellows" American Institute of Architects Journal 1957
American Institute of Architects: Southern California Chapter 1944-1979
Palm Springs Historical Society 1986
Awards 1968
American Association of Nurserymen 1968
Research Notes n.d.
American Architecture n.d.
European and World Architecture n.d.
Reference Files 1932-1938
Shelter 1932
Solar Projection from 10 Foot Pole, Palm Springs 1935-1936
Terragni, Guiseppe, Villa Near Milan, italy 1938
United States Department of Agriculture, Farm House Plans 1934
Village Green Heritage Center Brochure n.d.
Financial Records 1933-1964
Certificates of Payment 1945-1964
Cost Estimates, Riverside County Building Program 1957
Footage and Job Costs 1933-1964
Public Relations 1941-1993
Adler, F. (re: Premiere Apartment Hotel) 1965
"Albert Frey, Architect" by Josepha Rosa n.d.
"Architecture California" 1986-1987
Office Employee Descriptions n.d.
Palm Springs City Hall 1957
"Palm Springs Life" 1979
San Gorgonio Pass Memorial Hospital 1947
Film, video and audio 1941-1993
Videos V. undated
Albert Frey House, Paseo el Mirador (1914-53; and Frey New House, Palisades Dr. (1964): 1 VHS and DVD use copies undated
Albert Frey I, 1 Hi 8 viedo cassstte August 22, 1992
Albert Frey I, Steady Cam, 1 Hi 8 video cassette circa 1992
Albert Frey II, Steady Cam, 1 Hi 8 video cassette circa 1992
Albert Frey Exhibition, Palm Springs Museum, Jean Farrar and Culver Nichols, 1 VHS January 3, 1993
Albert Frey Museum show and Tram Gas Station circa 1993
Copy of Interview with A. Frey, Doug Henry, 1 VHS undated
Alluminaire House, NYIT on Long Island, 1 Hi 8 video cassette undated
Books 1953-1957
Aluminum in Modern Architecture Volume I by John Peter 1956
Camini d'Oggi by Roberto Aloi 1957
Das Haus des Architekten/Architects' Homes/ La Maison de l'Architecte by Robert Winkler 1955
World's Contemporary Architecture Volume 4, edited by Yuichi Ino and Shinji Koike 1953
Clippings 1931-1987
Aluminaire Residence 1931-1987
"Architecture Old and New", Creative Art, April 1933
"Bel Vista", Architect and Engineer, April 1951
Clark House: [incomplete], The Architectural Forum, September 1942
"Hillside Living", Palm Springs Life, January 1967
"House in California", Domus, September 1946
"Make Mine Metal", Palm Springs Life, March 1979
Architecture and Design Projects IV. circa 1939-circa 1986
Alpha-Beta Food Market commercial building Beaumont Ave. and 14th St. (Beaumont, Calif.) 1962
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Alpha-Beta Food Market commercial building Foothill Blvd. and Mountain Ave. (Claremont, Calif.) 1962
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Alpha-Beta Food Market commercial building 81-731 Avenue 46, (Indio, Calif.) 1961
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Alpha-Beta Food Market commercial building Ramon Rd. and Sunrise Wy. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1960
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Alpha-Beta Food Market commercial building McFadden Ave. and Sullivan St. (Santa Ana, Calif.) 1962
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Aluminaire House 144 Round Swamp Rd. (Syosset, Long Island, NY) 1930-1931
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
American National Red Cross chapter building 8880 Magnolia Ave., (Riverside, Calif.) 1960
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Armstrong, Frank H. house remodeling 1150 Paseo El Mirador (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1964-1965
Architectural Drawings
Banning Public Library 21 W. Nicolet St. (Banning, Calif.) 1954-1955
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Banning Union High School additions (Banning, Calif.)
Photographs and Negatives
Benoist, Louis A. house (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1951
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Boyd, Phillip house barbeque
Architectural Drawings
Brandstein Study house
Photographs and Negatives
Brennan, Frank M. house (Jackson Hole, Wyo.) 1966-1971
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Brennan, Frank M. house Smoke Tree Ranch (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1966
Photographs and Negatives
Cahuilla Elementary School 833 E. Mesquite Ave. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1945-1947; 1955
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Cathedral City Elementary School Van Fleet St. and Second St. (Cathedral City, Calif.) 1947; 1951; 1965
Photographs and Negatives
Cielo Vista School 650 Paseo Dorotea (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1955
Photographs and Negatives
Clark and Frey office building 879 N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1947
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
College of the Desert, Coachella Valley Junior College Communications System (Riverside, Calif.) 1963
Project Files
Concrete Parking Tower 1927
Photographs and Negatives
Cortissoz, A. house Sahara Rd. (Rancho Mirage, Calif.)
Architectural Drawings
Cravens, Malcolm house (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Architectural Drawings
Cree, Raymond house Hermosa Pl. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1945
Architectural Drawings
Cree, Raymond house 66-389 E. Highway III (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1952-1957
Architectural Drawings
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Darien Guild Hall Community Art Center (Darien, Conn.) 1930
Photographs and Negatives
Dellside Dairy 1939
Architectural Drawings
Desert Bank 68-435 E. Palm Canyon Dr. (Cathedral City, Calif.) 1948
Photographs and Negatives
Desert Hospital District, General Hospital Building 530 Tahquitz Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1951
Architectural Drawings
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Desert Hot Springs School
Photographs and Negatives
Desert Museum Tahquitz Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1957
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Dollard Office Building 687 N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1947
Photographs and Negatives
Embury, Phil and Sandra house (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Architectural Drawings
Essex Elementary School addition (Needles, Calif.) 1949
Photographs and Negatives
Factory of Steel and Glass 1927
Photographs and Negatives
Farwell house 2124 E. Balboa Blvd. (Balboa, Calif.) 1936
Photographs and Negatives
Fire House Station (Palm Springs, Calif.) circa 1950
Photographs and Negatives
Fire Station No. 1 277 Indian Ave. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1955
Photographs and Negatives
Fischer, J.O. house addition (originally James) 375 Vista Chino (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1965
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Frey (for Parents) Furniture (Zurich, SWZ) 1925
Photographs and Negatives
Frey (for Parents) garage addition (Zurich, SWZ) 1925
Photographs and Negatives
Frey, Albert house 1150 Paseo El Mirador (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1940-1941; 1953-1954
Architectural Drawings
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Frey, Albert house II, addition 686 Palisades Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1963-1964; 1970-1971
Architectural Drawings
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Frey, Albert Exhibition Poster (Vaud, Lausanne, SWZ) 1995
Drawings
Fulton, C.K. "Villa Hermosa" apartment complex 155 Hermosa Pl. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1946-1947
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Furniture Competition 1928
Photographs and Negatives
Gilmore, Donald S. house and guesthouse Smoke Tree Ranch (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1964
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Goldman, Alfred house 1150 Paseo El Mirador (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1972
Architectural Drawings
Gut-Frey house 41 Rebbergstrasse (Zurich, SWZ) 1933
Photographs and Negatives
Guthrie house 666 Mel Ave. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1935
Photographs and Negatives
Halberg house 723 E. Vereda Sur (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1936
Photographs and Negatives
Hatton, R. house and guest house Wonder Palms Rd. (Rancho Mirage, Calif.) 1945
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Hi-Desert Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center Joshua Lane (Yucca Valley, Calif.) 1965
Architectural Drawings
Hinton, Sam D. house (La Jolla, Calif.)
Architectural Drawings
Hollingsworth, W.I. house 187 San Marco Way (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1963
Project Files
House of Prefabricated Walls and Floors 1934
Photographs and Negatives
Housing for the Old Competition 1928
Photographs and Negatives
In Search of a Living Architecture Book Illustrations
Architectural Drawings
Inflatable Seating (New York, NY) 1931
Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
James, Leland house 375 Vista Chino (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1955
Project Files
Katherine Finchy Elementary School 777 E. Tachevah Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1948-1949
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Kellogg Studio 321 Vereda Sur (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1936
Photographs and Negatives
Kocher, Alfred Lawrence Canvas Weekend House Meadow Glen Rd. (Northport, Long Island, NY) 1934
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Kocher-Samson office and apartment 766 N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1934-1935
Architectural Drawings
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
La Siesta Court hotel/resort 247 W. Stevens Rd. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1936
Photographs and Negatives
Le Corbusier residence (Villa Savoye) (Poissy, FRA) 1929-1931
Photographs and Negatives
Loewy, Raymond house 600 W. Panorama Rd. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1946-1947
Architectural Drawings
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Lone Palm Glass Bungalows
Photographs and Negatives
Lyons, James A. house Smoke Tree Ranch (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1948
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Markham, F.S. house Smoke Tree Ranch (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1941
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Miller, Harold house Smoke Tree Ranch (Palm Springs, Calif.)
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Mirrored Pavillion (Calif.) 1986
Photographs and Negatives
Murray Peak-Dunn Road Desert Reserve 1971
Photographs and Negatives
Needles Elementary School
Photographs and Negatives
Nellie M. Coffman School multi-purpose and administration building 400 S. Cerritos (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1958
Architectural Drawings
Nelson, Mary house (Indio, Calif.) 1945
Photographs and Negatives
Newton, Harold R. house 698 W. Ramon Rd. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1967-1968
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Newton, Harold R. house Palisades Dr. (Palm Springs Palisades, Calif.) 1966
Architectural Drawings
Nichols, Culver Bel Vista Houses (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1945
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Nichols, Culver office buildings 891-899 N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs , Calif.) 1945
Architectural Drawings
Nichols, Culver store building (Palm Springs , Calif.) 1962-1963
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Nichols, Culver service station 2901 N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.); also called Tramway Service Station 1963-1965
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Nichols, Culver Tramway Shopping Center N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1962-1964
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Nichols, Culver store building 1200 N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1968-1969
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
North Shore Beach Estates Yacht Club 99-155 Sea View Dr. (Salton Sea, Calif.) 1958-1959
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
North Shore Beach Estates Bungalows (Salton Sea, Calif.) 1959
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
North Shore Beach Motel (Salton Sea, Calif.) 1959
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Paddock Pool Company office warehouse building 693 Ramon Rd. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1947
Photographs and Negatives
Palm Canyon Mall (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1964
Photographs and Negatives
Palm Canyon Ranch Development for John Green & Co. (Riverside, Calif.) 1963-1967
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Palm Springs Health Center (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1941
Photographs and Negatives
Palm Springs Racquet Club and Bungalows 2743 N. Indian Canyon Way (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1945-1946
Architectural Drawings
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Valley Station 1 Tramway Rd. (Palm Springs , Calif.) 1947-1962
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Palm Springs City Hall 3200 E. Tahquitz McCallum Way (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1952-1957
Architectural Drawings
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Palm Springs Central Business District (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1967
Project Files
Pelletier, Adrian house 73-297 Grapevine Rd. (Palm Desert, Calif.) 1951
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Perozzi, Vincent J. house 651 W. Via Escuela (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1983
Architectural Drawings
Premiere Apartments 261 S. Belardo Rd. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1965
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Ralph-Barbarin house (Stamford, Conn.) 1932
Photographs and Negatives
Recreational Building "Blue Lagoon" building 1940
Articles and Clippings
Photographs and Negatives
Roller Rink S. Sunrise Way (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1940
Photographs and Negatives
Russel, Douglas house 660 Palisades Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1982
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Ryan, Roy house Smoke Tree Ranch (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1976
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Saint Michael's By-the-Sea Episcopal Church 2775 Carlsbad Blvd. (Carlsbad, Calif.)
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
San Gorgonio Pass Memorial Hospital 660 N. Highland Springs Ave. (Banning, Calif.) 1947-1951
Photographs and Negatives
San Jacinto Hotel 726 N. Indian Ave. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1935
Photographs and Negatives
Schiff, Sidney house and racquet club addition 2743 N. Indian Canyon Way (La Quinta, Calif.) 1968
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Seeburg Building 1087-91 N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1946
Photographs and Negatives
Shell Oil Service Station 861 N. Palm Canyon Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) Also called Nichols Service Station, Enco Station, and, later, Tramway Service Station 1963-1965
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
Sillano, Frank house Desert Hot Springs (Highlands, Calif.) 1963
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Steinmeyer, Hugo A. house 318 Pablo Dr. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1963
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Swiss Pavillion, New York Worlds Fair Pavillion (New York, NY) 1939
Project Files
Thompson, Edwin apartment/hotel (as built) Belardo Rd. and Baristo Rd. (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1957
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Thornton, Henry C. house Smoke Tree Ranch (Palm Springs , Calif.) 1964
Project Files
Tobin, Phillip house (Port Angeles, Wash.) 1949
Architectural Drawings
Project Files
Unidentified "Blocks" Project (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1966-1967
Architectural Drawings
Unidentified Sidewalk Plans and Patterns (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1966-1967
Drawings
Unidentified Travel Sketches (Venice, ITL) 1925
Drawings
Unidentified Two-Children Family House (Zurich, SWZ) 1928
Architectural Drawings
Unidentified School
Photographs and Negatives
United States Post Office and Federal Services building 1st and Murphy St. (Blythe, Calif.)
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Project Files
University of California, Riverside Social Science and Humanities Building (Riverside, Calif.) 1950
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Vista Colorado Elementary School Washington St. and Bailey St. (Needles, Calif.) 1949
Photographs and Negatives
Wells, Cady house 1948
Architectural Drawings
Wells, Cheney house Smoke Tree Ranch (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1941
Architectural Drawings
Photographs and Negatives
Wooley-Kramer house 856 Paseo El Mirador (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1945
Photographs and Negatives
Building Material Samples, Frey House 2 D. n.d.
Acoustic Ceiling n.d.
Black Out Curtains n.d.
Exterior Wall Siding n.d.
Extruded Anodized Aluminum Frames n.d.
Chip of Exterior (Non-Slip) Concrete n.d.
Glass Fiber Plastic n.d.
Concrete n.d.
Philippine Mahogany for Door Jambs and Cabinets n.d.
Philippine Mahogany Plywood for Wall Paneling n.d.
Privacy Curtains n.d.
Self-Tapping Stainless Steel Screw and Neoprene Washer n.d.
Sun Burned "1000s of Years" Grey Granite n.d.
Washable Unbleached Cotton Fabric n.d.
Albert Frey House, Paseo el Mirador (1914-53; and Frey New House, Palisades Dr. (1964): VHS and DVD use copy undated