Finding Aid for the Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts Records
LSC.1388
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Title: Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts records
Creator:
Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1388
Physical Description:
25 Linear Feet
(25 boxes and 7 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1954-1997
Abstract: The Towers in the Watts area of Los
Angeles, nine major sculptures of structural steel covered with mortar, were built by Simon
Rodia. He called the towers "Nuestro Pueblo," and built them without the use of machine
equipment or scaffolding. In 1954, Rodia deeded his property to a neighbor, and after the
Los Angeles City Department of Building and Safety ordered the structure demolished, The
Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts collected signatures and money, and devised an
engineering test that proved the Towers' safety (1959). In 1975, the Committee gave the
Towers to the city, and in 1978 they were deeded to the state, which undertook restoration
work. In 1985, restoration responsibilities were given to the Los Angeles City Cultural
Affairs Department, and the Towers are now listed on the National Register of Historic
Places. The collection contains materials generated by the Committee for Simon Rodia's
Towers in Watts relating to the effort to save the Towers, a selected bibliography of
articles about the Towers, photographs and pictures, legal documents, audiotapes, films,
slides, videotape, transcripts of interviews with Simon Rodia and others, and material
regarding the Watts riots and the community response to the Towers.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
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Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts records (Collection
1388). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of William Cartwright, 1984.
- Gift of J. Bud Goldstone, 1992.
- Gift of Norma Ashley-David, 1992.
- Gift of Herbert Kahn, 1997.
- Gift of Jeanne Smith Morgan, 1997.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
The Towers built in the Watts area of Los Angeles, nine major sculptures of structural
steel covered with mortar, are the work of one person, Simon Rodia; born Sabato Rodia in
Rivatoli, Italy in 1879, his family immigrated to the U.S. in the 1890s and settled in
Pennsylvania, and Rodia found work in rock quarries and as a tile setter after moving to the
West Coast; purchased property in 1921 and by himself began building what he called Nuestro
Pueblo, without the use of machine equipment or scaffolding; in 1954 Rodia deeded his
property to a neighbor, and after the Los Angeles City Department of Building and Safety
ordered the structure demolished, The Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts collected
signatures and money, devising an engineering test that proved the Towers' safety in 1959;
in 1975 the Committee gave the Towers to the city, and in 1978 they were deeded to the
state, which undertook restoration work; in 1985 restoration responsibilities were given to
the Los Angeles City Cultural Affairs Department; the Towers are now listed on the National
Register of Historic Places, and are the location of cultural programs.
Scope and Content
Collection contains correspondence, plans and drawings, newspaper and magazine clippings,
pictures, and internal and other papers generated by the Committee relating to the effort to
save the Towers. Also contains selected bibliography of articles about the Towers,
photographs and pictures, and legal documents relating to the Watts property, among them a
copy of Simon Rodia's will, announcements of Building and Safety Commission hearings, copies
of grant deeds that were drawn up to continue financial support to the Towers, and an
insurance policy. Also contains audiotapes, films, slides, videotape, transcripts of
interviews with Simon Rodia and others, and material regarding the Watts riots and the
community response to the Towers.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Background (Box 1).
- Correspondence (Box 1).
- Minutes, proceedings, etc. (Box 2).
- Printed material (Box 2).
- Miscellaneous (Box 2).
- Ashley-David (Boxes 3-4).
- Goldstone (Boxes 5-6).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts--Archives.
Rodia, Simon, 1879-1965.
Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.).
box 1, folder 3
To the Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts, A - L.
Arrangement note
Arranged alphabetically by author in this series unless noted otherwise.
box 1, folder 6
To Councilman John Gibson.
box 1, folder 7
To Los Angeles Board of Building & Safety
Commissioners.
box 1, folder 8
To Jack Linkletter, host of CBS - TV "On the Go."
box 1, folder 9
To miscellaneous influential people.
Minutes, Proceedings, etc.
box 2, folder 1
Materials generated by the Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in
Watts.
Arrangement note
This material arranged chronologically.
box 2, folder 7
Miscellaneous.
General note
[Materials through this box brief-listed by -------, transcribed into database
5/98 by dl].
box 3, folder 3
Interview with Norma Ashley David.
General Physical Description note: 4 reels. Tape and copies.
Scope and Contents note
Some in Rodia's apartment. With child Jonathan David.
box 5, folder 2
Interview with Simon Rodia,
ca. 1960.
General Physical Description note: Cassette.
Scope and Contents note
In Martinez, California. Some in Rodia's apartment.
box 3, folder 2
Watts Towers, commissioned by Ashley David.
ca. 1963-1964.
General Physical Description note: 2 reels.
Scope and Contents note
Photographer Douglas Cox.
box 4, folder 1
Survey of Watts Towers, silent.
1960-1961.
General Physical Description note: 2 reels 16 mm. [Oversize
Box].
General note
Unclear whether 2 copies of same film.
box 3, folder 1
5 minute film,
1965.
General Physical Description note: 16 mm.
Scope and Contents note
From
Slattery's People, television show, Bing
Crosby productions.
Bud Goldstone
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box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone,
et
al.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: 2 cassettes, 3 reels.
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. I yrlsc_1388_005_001_001a
1961 October 17
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: Farrell Talk (1), Rodia Interview Berkeley, CA
(2)
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. I yrlsc_1388_005_001_001b
1961 October 17
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: Farrell Talk (1), Rodia Interview Berkeley, CA
(2)
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. II yrlsc_1388_005_001_002a
1961 October 17
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Scope and Contents
Content Note: interview takes place in Rodia's home in Martinez, CA
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. II yrlsc_1388_005_001_002b
1961 October 17
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Scope and Contents
Content Note: interview takes place in Rodia's home in Martinez, CA. Content
Note: this is the same recording at yrlsc_1388_005_005
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. III yrlsc_1388_005_001_003a
1963
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: Sam Rodia's Long Beach Neighbors (c. 1918) 1963
Interview. Mercedes and Manual Garcia Between 1113 and 1129 Euclid Ave.
Interview in Long Beach with Pete Scanlov's Inlaws. Content Note: this is the
same recording at yrlsc_1388_005_005
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. III yrlsc_1388_005_001_003b
1963
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: Sam Rodia's Long Beach Neighbors (c. 1918) 1963
Interview. Mercedes and Manual Garcia Between 1113 and 1129 Euclid Ave.
Interview in Long Beach with Pete Scanlov's Inlaws
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. IV yrlsc_1388_005_001_004a
1961 October 17
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: Rodia's Long Beach neighbors
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. IV yrlsc_1388_005_001_004b
1961 October 17
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Transcribed from container: Rodia's Long Beach neighbors
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. V yrlsc_1388_005_001_005a
undated
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: Bud Goldstone, Seymore Rosen, Ed and Jody
Farrell. Interview of Sam Rodia in Martinez. Description of other works in M.
Content Note: this is the same recording at yrlsc_1388_005_001_002
box 5, folder 1
Interviews with Bob Goldstone et. al. V yrlsc_1388_005_001_005b
undated
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Scope and Contents
Transcribed from container: Bud Goldstone, Seymore Rosen, Ed and Jody
Farrell. Interview of Sam Rodia in Martinez. Description of other works in M.
Content Note: this is the same recording at yrlsc_1388_005_001_002
box 5, folder 3
Photo, 2 buttons, token,
n.d.
box 5, folder 6
Miscellaneous publications, manuscript, notes, newspaper
articles.
v.d.
box 6, folder 4
Photo of newspaper collage
re Watts
Towers,
ca. 1959/n.d.
box 5, folder 5
Typescript of interview with Simon Rodia and unidentified
manuscript,
n.d.
Video Record [VHS]
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box 6, folder 2
Spikes to the Sun, KCET.
1992 May.
General Physical Description note: 27 min.
box 6, folder 3
Watts Towers,
ca. 1960.
General Physical Description note: 17: 15 min.
box 5, folder 4
Watts Towers pamphlet,
n.d.
Chronological Files of Herbert Kahn
box 29, folder 1
1959.
Scope and Contents note
These files contain correspondence, plans (some separated and housed oversize),
brochures, clippings (removed and filed separately), photographs (removed and
filed separately), etc. Topics are listed generally by donor. This year: the
1959 stress test of the Towers, etc. Minutes of meetings, engineering reports,
hearing tests, etc.
box 29, folder 2
Towers structure. Notes by HK,
1959.
box 29, folder 3
1960.
Scope and Contents note
Draft of By-laws for the Committee, minutes, financial report, etc.
box 29, folder 4
1961.
Scope and Contents note
Financial report, Outline of Towers talk by Farrell / Goldstone, Site
development Scheme A by Larsen, Kahn, and Farrell, etc.
box 29, folder 5
1962.
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, Goldstone paper, bibliography, Art Center material, etc.
box 29, folder 6-7
1963.
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, Century Freeway material, Community Center Association, bibliography,
letters, architect's development response to freeway, etc.
box 30, folder 1
1964.
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, Planning development, bibliography, Supervisor John Anson Ford letter
to the Committee.
box 30, folder 2
1965.
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, Development for community activities at the Towers, etc.
box 30, folder 3
1966.
Scope and Contents note
Minutes, Meeting for Redevelopment plan, Vest pocket parks, Teen post, Jeanne
Morgan proposals, Leporte letter, Lucille Krasne letter, etc.
box 30, folder 4
1967.
Scope and Contents note
Proposed By-laws. Proposal to Mayor Yorty for the City to take over the towers,
Westways article, etc.
box 30, folder 5
1968.
Scope and Contents note
Minutes of meetings for development of community activities at the Towers.
box 30, folder 6
1971-1973.
Scope and Contents note
No folders listed or transferred for 1969 or 1970. Minutes, Proposal for the
Watts Towers Art Center, By-laws (1973), etc.
box 30, folder 7
1983-1984.
Scope and Contents note
No folders listed or transferred for years between 1973 and 1983.
Correspondence With Rees, Daniel Ward, Brad Byer, etc.
box 30, folder 8
Various items, notes, plans, photograph of rendering, etc.
HK's File Marked "Miscellaneous"
box 30, folder 9
Los Angeles City parks items, etc.
box 30, folder 10
Small photographs of renderings and models, etc.
Towers and Relationship to Neighborhood of Watts
box 30, folder 11
Various lists, plans, etc.
box 26, folder 1-4
Various plans, drawings, etc.
1959.
General note
These and other plans were folded and filed with chronological files. Now filed
[Oversize Box].
box 26, folder 5
Miscellaneous sketches, plans.
v.d.
General note
These and other plans were folded and filed with chronological files. Now filed
[Oversize Box].
Photographic Material Kept / Taken by Herbert Kahn
box 31, folder 13
Stress test, etc.
1959[?].
General Physical Description note: Small prints.
box 31, folder 14
n.d./ca. 1959[?].
General Physical Description note: Black and white negatives.
box 31, folder 15
Phoebe Goldstone photographs of Stress test.
1959.
General Physical Description note: Large black and white glossy prints.
Typed captions with most.
box 31, folder 16
Captions to Goldstone photographs,
ca. 1959.
General Physical Description note: Photocopied onto acid free
paper.
box 31, folder 17
Area around Towers,
1963 March.
General Physical Description note: (Black and white negatives)
box 31, folder 18
Area around Towers,
1963 March.
General Physical Description note: (Small black and white
prints)
Scope and Contents note
Some taped together to show look of street.
box 31, folder 19
Watts Center, study group of Children[?],
1960s[?].
General Physical Description note: (Black and white print) and (small
color prints)
box 31, folder 20
Towers and center,
1960s[?].
General Physical Description note: (Color slides)
Scope and Contents note
In 4 sleeves (one sleeve has only one slide). Contains views of Towers (by
Hamada?), model of center designed by Hamada, etc.
box 7, folder 1
Rodia Towers in Watts suffer savage restoration and neglect,
etc.
n.d.
Success And Far Distance In California
"
New Yorker Magazine Visits Simon
Rodia"
Manuscript Material By Jeanne Morgan
box 7, folder 2
1982[?].
Scope and Contents note
Also letters to editor,
Smithsonian Magazine.
Manuscript Material, etc.
box 7, folder 3
Various notes, drafts by JM.
ca. 1976.
box 7, folder 4
Various notes, drafts by JM.
ca. 1979.
box 7, folder 5
Notes, rough starts.
ca. 1978-1979[?].
Scope and Contents note
Also, some correspondence.
box 7, folder 7
Tiles. Notes and clippings,
n.d.
Manuscript / Publication Material[?]
box 7, folder 8
Leaflet work-ups.
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Photocopies, paste ups of previous leaflets, etc.
To The Team That Prevailed
box 7, folder 10
Press release, list of names, etc.
1980 August 20.
box 7, folder 11
Dan Ward, interviewer.
1984 February 18.
General Physical Description note: Cassettes.
False Restoration Of Rodia's Towers
A Study in Art
vs. Politics
box 7, folder 12
Panel paper.
1984 March 13.
box 7, folder 13
Various versions.
1979-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Also notes, research material.
box 7, folder 14
By JM. In:
Bay Area Lawyers for the Arts, the
Working Arts
.
1980 Winter.
Research, Manuscript Material
box 7, folder 15
By JM.
ca. 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Other notes and articles included.
box 7, folder 16
Basic statement. Notes, preservation problems of publicly owned
art.
1979.
box 7, folder 20
Letters of protest,
ca. 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Copies from letters to newspapers, etc.
box 7, folder 21
Notes, lists, calendars, etc.
1978.
box 8, folder 1
Morgan's battle logs,
1978 Summer-1979 December.
Scope and Contents note
[Small files consolidated into one]
box 8, folder 2
Progress reports,
1978 April-1979 February.
Scope and Contents note
[Small files consolidated into one]
box 8, folder 3
Appeals for support,
ca. 1979.
box 8, folder 4
Information,
1965 (before).
box 8, folder 5
In process. As given, notes, etc.
ca. 1978[?].
box 8, folder 6
Also press conferences,
1978.
box 8, folder 7
Lists, contacts.
1980s-1990[?].
box 8, folder 8
Various publications,
1960s forward.
box 8, folder 9
Various publications,
n.d.
box 8, folder 10
Various publications, , etc.
1939
box 8, folder 12
Various publications,
1965.
box 8, folder 13
Trillin, Calvin. "I know I want to do something.."
1965 May 29.
box 8, folder 14
Various publications,
1966.
box 8, folder 16
Craven, John. "Towers of Watts." In:
Connaissance des arts.
1966 April.
box 9, folder 1
Bryan, Robert S. "Sam Rodia and the children of Watts." In:
Westways.
1997 August.
box 9, folder 2
Various publications,
1968.
box 9, folder 3
Trillin, Calvin. "U.S. Journal: Watts." In:
The New Yorker.
1971 December 4.
box 9, folder 4
Various publications,
1974-1979.
Scope and Contents note
[Small files consolidated].
box 9, folder 5
Billiter, Bill. "Simon Rodia's incredible towers." In:
Art news.
1979 April.
box 9, folder 6
Various publications,
1980-1983.
Scope and Contents note
[Small files consolidated]
Manuscript and clipping, etc.
box 9, folder 7
Los Angeles Times, also letter from
JM.
1983 October.
box 9, folder 8
Los Angeles Times
editorial.
1984 September 4.
box 9, folder 9
JM letter to the
Times.
1984 September 24.
box 9, folder 10
Various publications,
1985.
box 9, folder 12
1976-1978/79.
Scope and Contents note
Includes article by John Outterbridge.
box 9, folder 14
1984.
Scope and Contents note
[Also oversize]
Case Files - Center for Law in the Public Interest
box 10, folder 1
Correspondence, etc.
1985.
box 10, folder 2
Further correspondence, etc.
1985.
Legal Files / Ralph Vaughn
box 10, folder 4
Hornsberger legal counsel.
1978.
box 10, folder 5
E.S. Feldman legal counsel.
1978.
box 10, folder 6
Miscellaneous. , etc.
1978
box 10, folder 7
Agreement and conveyances, city and committee. , etc.
1978
box 10, folder 8
Center for Law in the Public Interest.
1979.
box 10, folder 9
Operating agreement or development agreement between city and
state,
ca. 1976[?].
box 10, folder 10
Legal briefs,
late 1970s.
box 10, folder 11
Ralph Vaughn meetings, work crew, etc.
late 1970s.
Scope and Contents note
[Consolidated from 3 small files]
Welfare of Towers and Security
box 11, folder 1
Watts effect on Towers, Towers neighbors.
1978.
box 11, folder 3
Welfare of the Towers,
ca. 1978.
box 11, folder 4
Monitor the Towers logs.
ca. 1978.
box 11, folder 7
Ehrenkrzntz Group reports.
1983.
box 11, folder 8
The state's repair and conservation plans and
specifications.
1979.
box 11, folder 9
CSRTS standards file.
1978.
box 11, folder 12
Materials and methods, Vaughn period.
1978.
box 11, folder 13
Preservation expertise educational.
1979.
box 11, folder 14
Artisans for actual work.
1978.
box 11, folder 15
Conservation publications,
ca. 1978.
box 11, folder 16
Chartres preservation article,
ca. 1978.
box 11, folder 17
Cases of savage preservation,
ca. 1978[?].
box 11, folder 18
New Yorker cartoon on
restoration,
ca. 1978[?].
Flow Charts - Authorities
box 11, folder 19
Notes and copies,
ca. 1978[?].
box 12, folder 1
National Advisory Board on Historic Preservation
correspondence,
1978.
box 12, folder 2
Steade Craigo, State Department of Parks and Recreation.
1984.
box 12, folder 3
Senator S.I. Hayakawa.
1978-1979.
box 12, folder 4
Russell Cahill State Department of Parks and Recreation
correspondence.
1978.
box 12, folder 5
John Merritt State Office of Historic Preservation
correspondence.
1978.
box 12, folder 6
State Office of Historic Preservation correspondence.
1977-1978.
box 12, folder 7
Department of Parks and Recreation general correspondence.
1978.
box 12, folder 8
Senator Alan Sieroty correspondence.
1978.
box 12, folder 9
State Department of Parks and Recreation Hollier - Cottingham
negotiations.
1979.
box 12, folder 10
State Department of Parks and Recreation Earl Carlson
correspondence.
1978-1979.
box 12, folder 11
Vaughn documents, reports, contracts.
1978.
box 12, folder 12
Office of Legislative Analyst.
1979.
box 12, folder 13
City Hall meetings.
1978.
box 12, folder 14
Department of Public Works.
1978.
box 12, folder 15
Mayor Tom Bradley.
1976-1978.
box 12, folder 16
Municipal Arts Commission.
1978.
box 12, folder 17
Municipal Arts Department,
1978.
box 12, folder 18
City Attorney Bert Pines.
1978.
box 12, folder 19
City Controller Ira Reiner.
1978.
box 12, folder 20
Bureau of Public Buildings reports.
1978.
box 12, folder 21
Eugene Birnbaum, engineer.
1978.
box 12, folder 22
Environmental review.
1977.
box 12, folder 24
Funding history and detail.
1978-1979.
box 12, folder 25
City Administrative Officer (CAO).
1974.
box 12, folder 26
Vaughn - unlicensed contractor, work performance.
1978.
box 12, folder 27
City's Watts master plan and repair specifications,
n.d.
General note
[folder empty]
Consultants and Authorities
box 13, folder 1
CSRTW standards for conservation.
1978[?].
box 13, folder 2
N.J. Bud Goldstone reports.
1978.
box 13, folder 3
Mel Green and Associates conservation consultants.
1978.
box 13, folder 4
Crafts and Folk Arts Museum.
1978-1979.
box 13, folder 5
Firschein, Bill, board representative, preservation.
1979.
box 13, folder 6
Bernard Judge, AIA preservation chairman.
1978-1979.
box 13, folder 7
Myrna Saxe, consultants and authorities.
1978-1979[?].
box 13, folder 10
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
1978.
box 13, folder 10
Williams Waterproofing Company.
1978.
box 13, folder 11
Members, friends, helpers correspondence.
ca. 1978-1979.
box 13, folder 12
Possible help and support.
ca. 1978-1979.
box 13, folder 13
Addresses.
ca. 1978-1979.
box 13, folder 14
A.B. Arnold.
ca. 1978-1979.
box 13, folder 15
J.J. Beljon.
ca. 1978-1979.
box 13, folder 20
Nick King.
1964-1983.
Scope and Contents note
Rodia relative. Notes give "personal" details of SR.
box 13, folder 22
R. Buckminster Fuller [notes and copies of letters sent to
him].
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Letters from William Emboden, notes.
box 13, folder 23
William Emboden.
1978-1979.
box 13, folder 24
Bill Osmun, Bruce Williams, Eileen Sobeck, Franklin Heller, Peter Selz,
Norris Dabbs, Betty Freeman,
ca. 1978-1979.
General note
[Consolidated from small files]
box 13, folder 25
CSRTW Board membership mailings.
1982, 1984.
box 13, folder 26
Jeanne Morgan letters to Board of Directors, CSRTW.
1983.
box 13, folder 27
CSRTW archive data.
1983.
box 13, folder 28
Board assets, notes and reports,
ca. 1980.
box 13, folder 29
Membership mailings, including to B.J. Goldstone (marked not
delivered),
ca. 1978.
Scope and Contents note
Also Centennial mailing (fliers).
box 13, folder 31
Watts Towers Art Center.
1978.
box 13, folder 34
Towers tours.
1978.
Scope and Contents note
At least one tour given by Norris Dabbs.
box 13, folder 36
History of Committee, roster of those shown film by Jeanne
Morgan.
1959.
box 13, folder 37
Membership mailings, increase of membership.
ca. 1978.
box 14, folder 1
Correspondence board members.
1979.
box 14, folder 3
Conveyance of Towers to city.
1977.
box 14, folder 5
Letters, inner organization.
ca. 1978.
box 14, folder 6
By-laws,
v.d., including 1979.
box 14, folder 7
CSRTW letterhead and envelopes,
ca. 1978[?]
box 14, folder 8
Board meeting minutes,
1978 March-June.
Scope and Contents note
[Consolidated from small files]
box 14, folder 9
Board meeting minutes,
1978 July-December.
Scope and Contents note
[Consolidated from small files]
box 14, folder 10
Board meeting minutes,
1979 January-February.
Scope and Contents note
[Consolidated from small files]
box 14, folder 10
Executive Committee minutes,
1979 April 11.
box 14, folder 11
Annual membership meeting,
1979 April 22.
box 14, folder 12
Board meeting,
1979 May 2.
box 14, folder 13
Executive committee meeting,
1979 May 25.
box 14, folder 14
Board meeting minutes,
1979 June-August.
box 14, folder 15
Executive committee meeting,
1979 August 8.
box 14, folder 16
Board meeting minutes,
1979 September-December.
Scope and Contents note
[Consolidated from small files]
box 14, folder 17
Board finances,
1977-1978.
box 14, folder 18
Jeanne Morgan's notes and minutes (originals),
ca. 1978-1979.
Scope and Contents note
In spiral binder.
box 14, folder 20
Board meeting minutes,
1980 January 3.
Scope and Contents note
Meeting at CAFAM.
box 14, folder 21
Board meeting minutes,
1980 January 8.
box 14, folder 22
Board meeting minutes after Jeanne Morgan resignation,
1980.
box 14, folder 23-24
Board meeting mailing,
1981.
box 14, folder 25
Unfinished business,
1978.
Research and Final Material
box 15, folder 1
Notes, press kit, etc.
1960s[?].
box 15, folder 2
Clipping from
Los Angeles Free Press
(Towers edition),
1965 June 23.
General Physical Description note: (photocopy)
box 15, folder 3
Watts Tower Art Center leaflet, to accompany Jazz Festival.
1987.
Scope and Contents note
File labeled: "NOLA leaflet."
box 15, folder 4
Rodia contact, James Peck,
1950.
Scope and Contents note
Clipping from:
LA Weekly, 1985.
box 15, folder 5
Ray Wisniewski's and Bill Male's notes for a film,
1953.
box 15, folder 6
Morgan / Babitz visit. Babitz report,
1960.
box 15, folder 7
Morgan / Babitz visit. Morgan report,
1960.
box 15, folder 8
Kate Steinitz. A visit [with Rodia] in Martinez,
1961 June 2.
Scope and Contents note
Also clipping (photocopy) from
Artforum, 1963.
box 15, folder 9
Jody Farrell. An account of a visit to Simon Rodia,
1961 October.
box 15, folder 10
Bud Goldstone. Talking with Simon Rodia,
1961 October 17.
Scope and Contents note
[Transcript of a tape]
Note by Jeanne Morgan that tape garbled, impossible to transcribe.
box 15, folder 11
Bud Goldstone. University of California, Berkeley,
1961 October 17.
Scope and Contents note
Showing of the Bill Hale film. Transcribed 1983 by Jeanne Morgan.
box 15, folder 12
Rodia contact. Claudio Segre,
1962 January 25.
box 15, folder 13
Rodia contact. Jeanne Morgan,
1964 Summer.
box 15, folder 14
Rodia contact.
New Yorker visit,
Morgan report. Title: "Success and far distance in California: New Yorker visits
Simon Rodia."
1964 August 30.
box 15, folder 15
Rodia contact.
New Yorker visit,
original Morgan report.
1964 August 30.
box 15, folder 16
Rodia contact. Morgan article. Title: "Sam Rodia and City
Hall."
1964 September 20.
box 15, folder 17
Rodia contact. Morgan final visit,
1964 December 22.
box 15, folder 18
Rodia contact. Miscellaneous,
1980s.
box 15, folder 19
Nick King. Rodia portraits,
1960s.
box 15, folder 20
Rodia museum and museum contacts. Notes and working paper,
1979.
box 15, folder 21
Other works of Rodia,
n.d.
box 15, folder 22
"What influenced Rodia?"
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes and clippings.
box 15, folder 23
Others influenced by Rodia,
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes and clippings.
box 15, folder 24
Early Los Angeles,
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes and clippings.
box 15, folder 25
Jeanne Morgan's letters to the
Los Angeles
Times
. Towers revenue, etc.
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes and drafts.
box 16, folder 1
Virginia Sullivan. , etc.
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Includes recording. Virginia Calicura Sullivan, niece of Simon Rodia.
box 16, folder 2
Towers drawings. O. Bussard,
1959[?].
Scope and Contents note
Plot drawings.
box 16, folder 3
Towers welfare / adjacent property and developments,
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Notes, maps.
box 16, folder 4
Condition report, broken column,
1984 April.
box 16, folder 5
Curator. Letter to JS responding to her proposal.
1984 April.
box 16, folder 6
Rodia and art community / June Wayne,
1984.
box 16, folder 7
Los Angeles County Museum catalog,
1962.
General Physical Description note: [photocopy]
box 16, folder 8
Curatorial data,
1960s-1980s.
General Physical Description note: Letters and photocopies.
Scope and Contents note
Includes letter from Calvin Trillin, 1983.
box 16, folder 9
Things / searching for,
1980s.
box 16, folder 10
Relevant quotes to Rodia's projects, etc.,
1980s.
Scope and Contents note
Assembled by JM.
box 16, folder 11
Criteria for evaluation, "community culture."
1980s.
Scope and Contents note
Notes by JM on Rodia's motives, etc.
box 16, folder 12
"Socio."
1980s.
Scope and Contents note
Notes by JM.
box 16, folder 13
Various articles about the Towers.
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
Clippings and photocopies.
box 17, folder 1
Research sources. Notes,
1980s.
box 17, folder 2
Manual sculpture. Notes,
1980s.
box 17, folder 3
The grave of Sam Rodia. Notes, sketch.
1980s[?].
box 17, folder 3
Towers safety test. , etc.
1959
box 17, folder 3
Armature technology: Goldstone: Rodia joint, etc. Notes, etc.
(assembled).
1980s
box 17, folder 4
History of file (clipping).
1983.
box 17, folder 4
Editorial corrections LACMA catalog.
1960s[?].
box 17, folder 5
Columbia Encyclopedia
entries.
1970s[?].
box 17, folder 6
Kate Steinetz.
1960s[?].
Scope and Contents note
Notes, small photograph (by William Emboden?).
box 17, folder 7
Documents Sabatino Rodia. Notes, photocopies.
v.d.
box 17, folder 8
Facts and fact sheets. primarily.
1970s
Scope and Contents note
Brochures, handouts, etc.
box 17, folder 9
Aesthetic evaluations of Towers. Statements, tributes, etc.
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
William Emboden, June Wayne, etc.
box 17, folder 11
Personal contacts, potential oral histories.
v.d.
box 17, folder 12
The Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts.
Newsletters,
1960s.
box 17, folder 13
Fact sheets.
1960s, 1970s.
Scope and Contents note
Similar to previous file of fact sheets, contains some duplicates of that.
box 17, folder 14
Portland Cement research. Letter to official connected with company (no
reply),
1985.
Scope and Contents note
Cloth bag filed with objects, Box 26.
box 17, folder 15
Bibliography. Notes and copies, some of work by Kate
Steinetz.
v.d.
box 17, folder 16
Rodia chronology. Notes, typescripts.
1980s[?].
box 17, folder 17
Article about Towers.
1983.
box 17, folder 18
Night lighting plans and photograph.
1960s.
box 17, folder 19
Clippings, copies, etc.
1980s.
Scope and Contents note
Previously unfoldered.
box 17, folder 20
JM's notes, letters to
Times, etc. on
funding, grants, and siphoning of funds through the years, funds meant for
"restoration." (written).
1988
Scope and Contents note
Also material assembled from before this time.
Research / File Material - Related Work By Others
box 18, folder 1
Outsider and folk art. Clipping,
1984.
box 18, folder 2
Grotto in Hauterive (near Lyon).
v.d.
box 18, folder 4
Nek Chand's constructions in India. Clipping,
1984.
box 18, folder 5
Films available. Notes, catalog, etc.
1970s-1980s.
box 18, folder 6
Radio tape (reel to reel), VHS tape.
n.d.
box 18, folder 8
Bill Hale film. Notes, correspondence, etc. , etc.
1983
African Americans and Watts City in Relation to Towers
box 18, folder 9
John Outterbridge. Clippings,
1980s.
box 18, folder 10
Watts Art Center. Notes and clippings,
1980s.
box 18, folder 11
Early Watts, jazz. Notes and clippings,
1980s.
box 18, folder 12
Miscellaneous clippings,
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
An extensive file.
Committee on Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts
box 18, folder 13
Brochures, out of print items, etc.
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
An extensive file.
Research and Office Material
box 19, folder 1
Letters from UCLA, Special Collections, etc.
1987.
Scope and Contents note
Letters from James Hartzell, David Zeidberg, etc.
box 19, folder 2
Letters, memos, etc. Robert Rees, UCLA Extension,
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
An extensive file.
box 19, folder 3
Ann Luke, chair CSRTW.
1987.
box 19, folder 4
Museum methods, popular culture. AASLH.
1986.
box 19, folder 5
Architecture for museums. Clipping,
1985.
box 19, folder 6
Rodia Museum of Popular Culture. Notes by JM, etc.
1985.
box 19, folder 7
Spinoffs / projects. Notes, etc.
1985.
box 19, folder 8
ABC - KCET. Notes by JM,
1985.
box 19, folder 9
Bud Goldstone. Notes from
1986.
box 19, folder 10
Towers. Miscellaneous correspondence,
1985.
Scope and Contents note
Postcards.
box 19, folder 11
Towers in process. Correspondence,
1984.
box 19, folder 12
Dave Johnstone,
Los Angeles Times.
Notes from his statement,
1985.
box 19, folder 13
Watts Festival "failure" [after action report by JM],
1985.
box 19, folder 14
Curatorial services. Notes by JM,
1985.
box 19, folder 15
Restoration confusion. Letters to
Times, etc.
1985.
box 19, folder 16
Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. Letter to them from
JM,
1985.
box 19, folder 17
John Outterbridge. Notes about by JM,
1985.
box 19, folder 18
Los Angeles art powers [public art]. Clippings about the Getty,
etc.
1985.
box 19, folder 19
Ed Goff, architect. Notes, clippings by and about, etc.
v.d., 1969.
box 19, folder 20
Video. Notes for, how to brochure, etc.
1985[?].
Office Materials - Art Organizations, etc.
box 20, folder 1
Leon Whiteson. Correspondence, notes, etc.
1985.
Scope and Contents note
Writer for
Los Angeles Herald.
box 20, folder 2
Correspondence with trust: Pittas, Wheaton, Bowman.
1986.
box 20, folder 3-4
USC international conference on the future of the Towers. Notes,
etc.
1985 June 13-15.
Scope and Contents note
Poster filed in Oversize Box 32, folder 7.
box 20, folder 5
USC international conference on the future of the Towers. JM's verbatim
notes,
1985 June 13-15.
box 20, folder 6
California Confederation of the Arts. Clipping,
1984.
box 20, folder 7
Saving and preserving Arts and cultural Environments. Letter, mailing,
notes.
1970s.
Copies of Publications [Duplicate of Special Collections]
box 20, folder 8
"City of Watts 1907-1926."
1985.
Copies of Publications [Removed for Cataloging]
Ward, Daniel Franklin, ed.
box 20, folder 8
Personal places: perspectives on informal art
environments
,
1984.
Scope and Contents note
Contains article by JM, "Rodia's Towers: Nuestro Pueblo, a gift to the
world."
box 20, folder 8
Incredible constructions
....
,
1984.
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed by author: "November 25, 1985, To Jeanne Morgan, without whom there
would have been no chapter 10, warmly, Mel."
box 20, folder 8
Authenticity in the cultural hybrid
...
[dissertation, Bowling Green State University].
1990.
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed: "For Jeanne, I dedicated this dissertation to you. It's not exactly
what we had in mind so long ago ... For you with love, Dan."
Copies of Publications / Related Material
Enclosures, Correspondence
box 20, folder 9
Notes by JM, letter from Mel Boring.
1984[?].
Scope and Contents note
Notes are for JM's publication in
Personal places,
ed. Daniel Franklin Ward.
box 30, folder 9
"Watts Towers and the giglio tradition." In:
Folklife annual [American Folklife Center at the Library of
Congress],
1985.
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed: "To ... Jeanne Morgan: I hope you enjoy this collection of work to
which you have contributed so much ... Enjoy. Dan."
Graphic and Photographic Materials
box 21, folder 1
Images of Towers [deterioration after 1975],
After 1975.
General Physical Description note: (Photocopies)
box 21, folder 2
Images of Rodia, Towers motifs, etc.
1960s.
box 21, folder 3
Towers full profile (more or less),
late 1970s[?].
box 21, folder 3
Beljon Homage to Rodia (sculpture), Long Beach.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 4
Interior / floor. Photographs by Bob Willoughby,
1985.
box 21, folder 5
Kids and bikes at front wall,
ca. 1984.
box 21, folder 6
Towers full profile with figure. Photographs by Harvey
Mudd,
1978.
box 21, folder 7
Neighborhood children in Towers. Photographs by Rose
Slivka,
ca. 1984.
Scope and Contents note
Also notes. Slivka worked for Craft Horizons[?].
box 21, folder 8
Photographs probably by Marvin Rand,
n.d.
box 21, folder 9
Photograph by Bruce Boehner,
n.d.
box 21, folder 10
Scaffolding,
1981.
General Physical Description note: (Photocopy? thermofax?)
box 21, folder 11
Pages from brochure[?],
n.d.
General note
(Mounted, not previously in folder)
box 21, folder 12
Miscellaneous Towers photographs from various sources,
n.d.
box 21, folder 13
List of photographers of Towers. Notes by JM,
1978-1980s[?].
box 21, folder 14
Dome structure. Photographs by JM to show cracking of
underside,
n.d.
box 21, folder 15
Large spires and overlaps. Photographs by JM,
n.d.
box 21, folder 15
Glass.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 16
"The new genitalia." Photographs by JM. Refers to City architect's
false restoration ....,
1979.
box 21, folder 17
Broken pieces. Photograph by JM,
1979.
box 21, folder 17
Smaller spires and overheads,
1979.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 18
Vaughn equipment. Photograph by JM,
1978.
box 21, folder 19
Center tower. Photographs by JM,
1979.
box 21, folder 20
East tower. Photographs by JM and Barret Miller,
1978.
Scope and Contents note
To show lost pieces of tile.
box 21, folder 20
Walls - tool panels.
General note
[Empty when transferred, but images elsewhere in records]
box 21, folder 20
California state repair.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 20
Heartshapes.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 21
Signs. Photographs by B. Miller,
1979.
box 21, folder 22
South wall sets. Notes,
n.d.
box 21, folder 23
Walls. Color photocopies of photographs elsewhere in
records[?],
n.d.
box 21, folder 23
Front entry.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 24
People. Photographs by Barret Miller,
1979.
box 21, folder 25
Mosaics, composites. Photograph by JM,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Color photocopy.
box 21, folder 26
Titles and signed areas. Photograph by JM,
1979.
General Physical Description note: Photograph and color
photocopy.
box 21, folder 26
Miscellaneous.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 26
The APEX area.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 26
Impressions.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 26
Special tiles.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 26
Cast forms.
General note
[Folder empty when transferred]
box 21, folder 27
Defective. Snapshots of Getty meeting,
n.d.
General note
[folder title unclear]
box 21, folder 28
Rodia and influences [photograph inside San Francisco apartment
building with random ceramic tile],
n.d.
box 21, folder 29
West tower,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: (Photocopies)
box 21, folder 30
Towers, labeled "Find these locations." Photographs,
n.d.
box 21, folder 31
Damage and deterioration. Photographs, notes.
1979[?].
box 21, folder 32
Fireplace and no. gate area. Photograph by JM,
1979.
box 21, folder 33
Front wall by Sharon Ackerman.
1978.
General Physical Description note: Mounted color photograph.
box 21, folder 34
Design possibilities. Photocopies of motifs, etc.
n.d.
box 21, folder 35
Postcards / publish. Notes, photocopies.
n.d.
General note
Folder contains no postcards.
box 21, folder 36
Reproduction originals. Graphic mockups, images mounted on boards,
etc.
n.d.
box 21, folder 37
Graphics Bravo Rodia front wall. Photocopies etc.
n.d.
General note
[Box Probably not Full When Plastic Removed, etc].
box 22, folder 1
Title and signatures with notes by JM,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Mounted small color prints.
Scope and Contents note
For dates it is probably possible to cross check with the original slides
sleeved and stored separately. Some mounted photographs have negative
number.
box 22, folder 2
Primarily distance shots with notes by JM,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Mounted small color prints.
Scope and Contents note
See previous note on dates, etc. for these photographs and succeeding
photographs in this series.
box 22, folder 3
Arches with green bottles, some with notes by JM.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Mounted small color prints.
box 22, folder 4
Silhouette of towers against pink sky with notes by JM,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Mounted small color print.
Miscellaneous Views and Details of Towers Motifs,
n.d.
box 22, folder 5
Mounted small color prints, with notes by JM.
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
An extensive file.
box 22, folder 6
Unmounted small color prints.
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Some are duplicates of other prints or color photocopies in this series.
box 22, folder 7
Unmounted small color photographs.
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Removed from sleeved album, marked multiple prints.
box 22, folder 8
Unmounted larger color prints.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: (approximately 5 × 7)
box 22, folder 9
Mounted (on individual thick boards).
n.d.
box 22, folder 11
Exterior walls by JM,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Color photocopies of
prints.
box 22, folder 12
Slide no.115,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Black and white
photocopies.
Scope and Contents note
Shows "interlocking" geometries of SR.
box 22, folder 13
Various views and motifs,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Large color photocopies.
box 22, folder 14
Two views of towers, one with person viewing by JM.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Approximately 8 × 10 color prints of
photographs.
Scope and Contents note
Noted by JM: appeared in
Art News 1979 April.
box 22, folder 15
Towers with pine branches, ... with museum or crafts
building,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Approximately 8 × 10 black and white
prints.
box 22, folder 16
Supports between towers with "heart" motif, by Sharon
Ackerman.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Color photocopy of
photograph.
box 22, folder 17
Rodia portraits. Black and white photocopies, one with notes by JM.
v.d. Rodia in Point Arena, California: image by Nick King,
ca. 1964-1965.
Scope and Contents note
Other image Rodia in Towers in coveralls and hat, holding pipe.
box 22, folder 18
Various views of the Towers, by Monique Noyou(?) Gehman.
1978.
General Physical Description note: Mounted small color prints.
box 22, folder 19
Various views of the Towers, by Monique Noyou(?) Gehman.
1978.
General Physical Description note: Black and white photocopies of
prints.
box 22, folder 20
View up through a Tower, by Michel d'Ambrine.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Black and white photograph [BOX NOT
FULL].
box 23, folder 1
Examples of ceramics and shells and the same imbedded in cement
(fragments)[?].
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Not labeled by JM [Oversize Box, shoebox].
box 23, folder 2
Faucet, used to make impressions in cement[?].
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Unknown if used by Rodia or similar to what he used.
box 23, folder 3
Buttons with image of Rodia, another with image of Towers.
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Some are in plastic bags with title, "An artist's gift to the world," and
quotes about the Towers and Rodia from John Craven and Sir Kenneth Clark.
box 23, folder 4
Buttons with image of Towers,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
One just image of Towers, one with text Imagine all this at Lytton Center of
the Visual Arts, another with Save the Watts Towers (
Los
Angeles Herald
).
Memorial Collage to Rodia
box 23, folder 5
On box lid with colored drawing, image of the Towers, and quote from
Hermann Hesse.
1965[?].
Scope and Contents note
Note on underside of this "Rodia died: July 16, 1965."
box 24, folder 1
Articles in
Art and Architecture,
Artforum, etc.
ca. 1951-1984.
General Physical Description note: [Oversize Box not full]
Graphic and Photographic Material
box 25, folder 1
Images of the Towers and Towers motifs. Photographs by JM,
1978 and n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Mounted color images, primarily of images previous box of photographic
images.
box 25, folder 2
Towers images assembled as mockup for a photographic postcard
book.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Color photocopies.
Photographic Material By Jeanne Morgan
box 27, folder 1-2
Prints,
1978 November 11.
box 27, folder 3
Negatives,
1978 September 18.
Scope and Contents note
"False restoration."
box 27, folder 4
Prints,
1978 September 18.
Scope and Contents note
"False restoration."
box 27, folder 5
Negatives,
1978 July 11.
Scope and Contents note
Vaughn meeting at Towers.
box 27, folder 6
Prints,
1978 July 11.
Scope and Contents note
Vaughn meeting at Towers.
box 27, folder 7
Miscellaneous mounted color prints,
1978[?].
Scope and Contents note
Note from JM: color pints separated from slides and negatives. File master
copies - do not remove.
box 27, folder 8
Negatives,
1978 March 3.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 9
Prints,
1978 March 3.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 10
Contact prints,
1978 March 3.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 11
Negatives,
1978 April 3.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 12
Prints,
1978 April 3.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 13
Negatives,
1978 May 15.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 14
Contact prints,
1978 May 15.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 15
Negatives,
1978 July 11.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 16
Contact prints,
1978 July 11.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 17
Negatives,
1978 October 28.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 18
Contact prints,
1978 October 28.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 19
Negatives,
1979 January.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 20
Contact prints,
1979 January.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 21
Negatives,
1979 March 14.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 22
Contact prints,
1979 March 14.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 23
Negatives,
1979 May 22.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 24
Contact prints,
1979 May 22.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 25
Contact prints,
1979 October 10.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
Scope and Contents note
No negatives with prints.
box 27, folder 26
Negatives,
1984 February 25.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 27
Contact prints,
1984 February 25.
General Physical Description note: (black and white)
box 27, folder 28
Color prints,
v.d.
Scope and Contents note
Assembled for 32 Postcards book.
box 28, folder 7
Negatives,
1979 July 15.
Scope and Contents note
Rodia grave and family.
box 28, folder 8
Prints,
1979 July 15[?].
Scope and Contents note
Rodia grave and family.
box 28, folder 9
Rodia Towers. Negatives,
1978 July 2.
box 28, folder 10
Rodia Towers. Prints,
1978 July 2.
box 28, folder 11
Wall. Negatives,
1979 June 28.
box 28, folder 12
Wall. Prints,
1979 June 28.
box 28, folder 15
Nuestro Pueblo [signed by Rodia]. Negatives,
1978 June 18.
box 28, folder 16
Nuestro Pueblo [signed by Rodia]. Prints,
1978 June 18.
box 28, folder 17
Towers at time closed for false restoration. Negatives,
1978 March 2.
box 28, folder 18
Towers at time closed for false restoration. Prints,
1978 March 2.
box 27, folder 29
By D.J. Robinson. Negative (color).
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Assembled for 32 Postcards book.
box 27, folder 30
By Fred Usher, Marvin Rand.
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
photocopies.
box 28, folder 1
By Dorothy Westwick. Negatives,
1980 August 2.
box 28, folder 2
By Dorothy Westwick. Prints,
1980 August 2.
Scope and Contents note
Show scaffolding.
Simon Rodia's Techniques, etc.
box 26, folder 6
Sample cement sack (cloth).
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Purchased by Jeanne Morgan. Faded logo of Riverside Cement Company.
Cf. letter, Box 17, folder 14.
General note
[this box Oversize Box, other items not from JM]
Photographic Material - Slides by Jeanne Morgan,
ca.1978
box 31, folder 1
Miscellaneous.
Scope and Contents note
In 2 sleeves. Removed from notebooks and resleeved. JM's captions photocopied
and kept with folders of slides. Further information in ledger filed this
box.
box 31, folder 2
Minarets and geometries, Inside towers, Heart shapes, Front
wall.
Scope and Contents note
In 4 sleeves:
101-119: Minarets and geometries.
120-139: Inside towers.
140-159: Heart shapes.
160-199: Front wall.
box 31, folder 3
South wall exterior, Heart bridge and palette, Tool panels.
Scope and Contents note
In 3 sleeves:
200-239: South wall[?].
240-259: Heart bridge and palette.
260-279: Tool panels.
box 31, folder 4
Tool panels (continued from previous folder), Tool impressions and
composites, Nuestro pueblo and stained glass, north wall castings.
Scope and Contents note
In 4 sleeves:
260-279: Tool panels.
280-299: Tool impressions and composites.
300-339: Tools and composites.
340-359: Nuestro pueblo and stained glass.
box 31, folder 5
Nuestro pueblo, North wall castings, Apex area.
Scope and Contents note
In 2 sleeves:
340-359: Nuestro pueblo (continued from previous folder).
360-379: North wall castings.
380-389: Apex area.
box 31, folder 6
Dome and NW corner, North wall interior, Grave of Simon
Rodia.
Scope and Contents note
In 2 sleeves:
400-419: Dome and NW corner.
420-439: North wall interior.
440-459: Grave of SR (continued next folder).
box 31, folder 7
Grave of S.R. (continued), Entry plus genitalia plus mirrors,
People,
ca. 1978.
Scope and Contents note
In 2 sleeves:
440-459: Grave of S.R. (continued from previous folder).
460-479: Entry plus genitalia plus mirrors.
480-499: People.
box 31, folder 8
People, Full profile Towers, Sunset and moonlight Towers.
ca. 1978.
Scope and Contents note
In 2 sleeves:
480-499: People (continued).
500-519: Full profile Towers.
520-539: Sunset and moonlight Towers.
box 31, folder 9
Sunset and moonlight Towers, Miscellaneous, False
restoration.
ca.1978.
Scope and Contents note
In 4 sleeves:
520-539: Sunset and moonlight Towers (continued from previous folder).
540-559: Miscellaneous.
560-632: False restoration.
box 31, folder 10
False restoration, California State repair, Deterioration,
Signs.
ca. 1978.
Scope and Contents note
In 2 sleeves:
620-632: Cal False restoration (continued from previous folder).
633-649: State repair.
660-679: Deterioration.
680-699: Signs.
box 31, folder 11
Signs, Tiles and composites, Festival.
ca. 1978, 1985.
Scope and Contents note
In 3 sleeves:
680-699: Signs (continued from previous folder).
700-719: Tiles and composites.
720-758: [Festival 1985].
box 31, folder 12
Prints by Jeanne Morgan: ledger of dates, titles, etc.
ca. 1978[?].
Scope and Contents note
Also contains publication material, loan dates, etc.
[Rest of box is photographic material from Herbert Kahn]
box 32, folder 1-3
Various negatives, paste-ups, etc.
n.d.
General Physical Description note: [FLAT BOX].
box 32, folder 5
Various photocopies, assembled to provide "real" picture of entire
wall, etc.
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Seemingly made from JM's photographs. Are taped together.
box 32, folder 6
"Builder of Watts Towers dies at an unknown age," by JM. In:
The Senior citizen,
1965.
General Physical Description note: (photocopy)
Office Materials - Art Organizations, etc.
box 32, folder 7
Poster for USC international conference on the future of the
Towers,
1985.
box 33, folder 1
Assembled and mounted photographs,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Mounted on cardboard [FLAT
BOX].
Scope and Contents note
Mounted to show geometry as one looks up through the Towers. Photographer not
given.