Santa Barbara Community Arts Association records, 1915-1955

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Summary

Creators:
Alllied Architects Association of Los Angeles., Craig, James Osborne, 1888-1922, Craig, Mary McLaughlin, 1889-1964, Edwards & Plunkett., Edwards, Plunkett & Howell., Johnson, Reginald D., 1882-1953, Lockard, E. Keith, 1892-1968, Muir, Edla, 1906-1970, Santa Barbara Community Arts Association., Smith, George Washington, 1876-1930, American Architect, Soule, Murphy and Hastings., Soule, Winsor, b. 1883, and Winslow, Carleton Monroe, 1876-1946
Extent:
31.22 Linear feet (5 half record storage boxes, 4 oversize boxes and 4 flat file drawers)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Santa Barbara Community Arts Association records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Santa Barbara Community Art Association records span 31.22 linear feet and date from 1915 to 1955. The collection is primarily related to the Association's Plans and Planting section and contains architectural drawings and reprographic copies that were entries for the various architectural competitions the Community Arts Association sponsored. The collection also includes black-and-white photographs and negatives that document Santa Barbara community events and activities in the 1930s, ephemera and letters regarding various competitions the Community Arts Association sponsored, the association’s budget for the year of 1924, newspaper clippings, sketches, specifications for the houses submitted to the small house competition of 1926, presentation boards, art supplies, photolithography blocks, VHS tapes, one DVCAM tape and original 35 mm film reels.

Biographical / historical:

The Santa Barbara Community Arts Association was a non-profit corporation, founded on April 24, 1922. The non-profit’s stated purpose was “to afford individuals the opportunity of self-expression, training and education in Music, Drama and the Allied Arts and to aid in the cultural improvement of the people and in the beautification of the City of Santa Barbara.” The Community Arts Association contained four branches: Drama, Music, Plans and Planting, and the Art School. In November of 1922, the Community Arts Association received a five year grant of $25,000 a year from the Carnegie Corporation. The grant was secured through the efforts of Dr. Pritchett who at the time was the President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a current resident of the city of Santa Barbara. The work of each branch was under the control of its own board, which in turn, was responsible to the general board on which each branch had representation. The Santa Barbara Community Arts Association dissolved in the mid to late 1930s.

Arrangement:

The following arrangement scheme for this collection was imposed during processing in the absence of a usable original order. The collection is arranged in four series by material format: Manuscript material, Photographs and negatives, Drawings, and Drawing and Printing supplies and Video. Each series is organized alphabetically within its subseries, except the Manuscript materials series, which is arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
Box 1-6/ADC - regular Box 7-8/ADC - oversize* Box 9/ADC - oversize** Box 10/ADC - regular
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Santa Barbara Community Arts Association records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
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