A. Bertrand Harmer photograph collection, 1925

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Summary

Creators:
Harmer, Alexander Bertrand A.B. "Bert", 1896-1967
Abstract:
This collection contains black and white photographic prints of Spanish Colonial Architecture, taken by A. Bertrand Harmer in 1925, the year of the Santa Barbara earthquake.
Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet (1 document box)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], A. Bertrand Harmer Photograph collection, SBHC Mss 72. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains 156 black and white prints of Spanish Colonial Architecture, taken by A. Bertrand Harmer in 1925, the year of the Santa Barbara earthquake. Harmer was an architect who designed many of the Spanish-style buildings in Santa Barbara.

Biographical / historical:

Alexander Bertrand A.B "Bert" Harmer (1896-1967) was born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in an artistic family in Santa Barbara, California. He is known as a highly respected architect for his time and was a self-taught architectural designer whose contributions were integral to Montecito, California and surrounding areas. He specialized in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, focusing on single-story designs that blend with the California landscape, as well as later, larger projects. Notable works include the Montecito Inn, Montecito Fire Station, and Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], A. Bertrand Harmer Photograph collection, SBHC Mss 72. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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