Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Reichardt, Walter L., (Walter Louis), 1908-1995
- Extent:
- 12.0 Linear feet (1 box of drawings, 2 flat file drawers, 1 box of rolls)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Walter L. Reichardt papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Walter L. Reichardt papers span 24 linear feet and date from circa 1930 to circa 1989. The collection contains more than 50 watercolor drawings done while Reichardt was a student at the University of Pennsylvania (1927-1930), and when he was at the American Academy in Rome (1931-1933). Other architectural drawings, and designs for wallpaper, date from circa 1935-circa 1989, during the period when Reichardt was working in the offices of other architects in Los Angeles, and on his own (1945-circa 1990). Some photographs and specifications related to architectural commissions are part of the archive, but drawings form the bulk of the collection.
- Biographical / historical:
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Walter L. Reichardt was born on June 4, 1908 in Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1930. From 1930 to 1933 Reichardt attended the American Academy in Rome, after winning the Rome Prize in 1930. His training in the beaux-art methods, which was the pedagogical emphasis in architecture schools in the United States when he was a student, is evident in his skillful student drawings and their subjects, more than 50 of which are part of his archive.
After returning to Los Angeles, Reichardt worked with architect Reginald D. Johnson from 1934 to 1936. In 1937, he worked as a designer for architect Gordon B. Kaufman and a year later in 1938, Reichardt worked for Roland E. Coate. From 1939 to 1941, Reichardt worked with Paul R. Hunter as Hunter and Reichardt, Architects. In 1943, he became a partner with Eugene Weston Jr. as Weston and Reichardt, Architects. In 1945, Reichardt formed his own firm and retired in the early 1990s. Walter L. Reichardt died on October 1, 1995. Throughout his career some of his more notable projects included the John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles, the Cabrillo Homes Housing Project for war workers in Long Beach, residences and schools in the southern California area, and military housing in San Diego, San Pedro, and Camp Pendleton.
- Physical location:
- Box 1/ADC - regular 3 Flat File Drawers/ADC - flat files 17 double oversize Rolls ** /ADC fixed shelving 1 Roll * /ADC range 9 4 Framed Drawings/ADC - oversize*** behind flatfile units Restoration Plan of the Vestibule Group at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, water color, 41.75x68.75 [Frame 1] A Zoological Garden, 1930 [Frame 2] A Restaurant in the Air, University of Penn. Class A III [Frame 3] A Municipal Employment Bureau, Class A V Project [Frame 4]
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers.
- Terms of access:
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On deposit from Thomas Reichardt.
- Preferred citation:
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Walter L. Reichardt papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-2724