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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: A. Quincy Jones papers
Creator:
Jones, A. Quincy (Archie Quincy)
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1692
Physical Description:
33.5 Linear Feet
(67 boxes and 1800 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1942-1979
Abstract: Archibald Quincy Jones established a private architectural practice, partnering with Frederick E. Emmons, 1951-69; Jones served
as visiting professor and fifth year design critic (1950-78) and dean (1975-78) at the
School of Architecture and Fine Arts at USC; served as visiting design critic and
lecturer at a number of U.S. academic institutions; he initiated design for perforated
curved beam for steel construction, 1956; from 1953-72, he worked on special and
innovative projects including U.S. Gypsum, U.S. Steel Corporation, and the U.S. Department of Defense; he
lectured and participated in seminars and panels all over the world and was involved in
public committees concerned with architecture and planning; Jones was an active
participant in national and regional chapters of the American Institute of Architects
(AIA); he was the winner of numerous awards, including the National AIA's First Honor
Award in 1950; his credits include: Mutual Housing Association Development, Los Angeles (1950),
Biological Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara (1959), Faculty Center, USC (1960),
University Research Library, UCLA (1971), Annenberg School of Communications, USC (1976,
79); he died in Los Angeles, August 3, 1979. Collection consists of material related to Jones's career as an architect. Includes
architectural plans and drawings, presentation boards, company chronology files, building
specifications, travel sketches, doodles, ephemera, and publications by and about Jones.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elaine K. S. Jones.1993.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9919729233606533
[Identification of item], A. Quincy Jones papers (Collection 1692). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Archibald Quincy Jones was born in Kansas City, MO on Apr. 29.1913; BA Architecture, University of Washington, 1936; in 1945.he
established a private architectural practice that continued throughout his life; partner with Frederick E. Emmons, 1951-69;
Jones served as visiting professor and fifth year design critic (1950-78) and dean (1975-78) at the School of Architecture
and Fine Arts at USC; served as visiting design critic and lecturer at a number of U.S. academic institutions; he initiated
design for perforated curved beam for steel construction, 1956; from 1953-72, he worked on special and innovative projects
including U.S. Gypsum/U.S. Steel Corporation and the U.S. Department of Defense; he lectured and participated in seminars
and panels all over the world and was involved in public committees concerned with architecture and planning; Jones was an
active participant in national and regional chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); he was the winner of numerous
awards including the National AIA's First Honor Award in 1950; his credits include: Mutual Housing Association Development,
Los Angeles (1950), Biological Sciences Building - UC Santa Barbara (1959), Faculty Center - USC (1960), University Research
Library - UCLA (1971), Annenberg School of Communications - USC (1976, 79); he died in Los Angeles, August 3.1979.
Collection consists of material related to Jones's career as an architect. Includes architectural plans and drawings, presentation
boards, company chronology files, building specifications, travel sketches, doodles, ephemera, and publications by and about
Jones.
The container list is arranged in the following series:
- Architectural Drawings
- Architectural Scale Models
- arts & architecture (magazine)
- Awards
- Bound Reports
- Chronological Files
- Ephemera
- Job Files
- Job Slides
- Letters of Tribute
- Non-job drawings
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Presentation Boards
- Specifications
- Texts of talks
Please consult the List of Jobs to locate the Job name and Job numbers associated with each job. In most cases throughout
the series, jobs and associated materials are referred to by Job number alone. In order to correlate the Job number with the
Job name, it will be necessary to go back and forth between the List of Jobs and the Container List.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Presentation drawings (proposals).
Architectural drawings.
Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Presentation drawings.
Architecture -- Designs and plans.
Architects.-California.Southern -- Archival resources.
Jones, A. Quincy (Archie Quincy) -- Archives
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
A. Quincy Jones Papers (23 items) .
Job name: Congregational Church of Fullerton - Master Plan for Long Range Development and Site Plan.
Job name: UCSD - Mandeville Center Alterations to Visual Arts Deptartment, Ground Level, North Wing.
Job name: U S Navy Point Mugu 1, Marine Detachment Facility and Barracks, Fiscal Year 1959, Phase 1.
Job name: U S Navy Point Mugu 1, Marine Detachment Facility and Barracks, Fiscal Year 1959, Phase 2.
Job name: AIA National Convention Symposium, "The State of Architectural Design in This Area Today."