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Finding Aid for the Mary McLaughlin Craig papers, 1921-1982, bulk circa 1924-1946
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Title: Mary McLaughlin Craig papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000122
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8.0 Linear feet
(2 half record storage boxes and 2 flat file drawers)
Date (inclusive): circa 1925-1946
creator:
Craig, Mary McLaughlin, 1889-1964
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Mary McLaughlin Craig papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Gift of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation, 1976. Additional material gifted by Bennet Skewes-Cox, 1981.
Mary McLaughlin Craig was born in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1889. In 1913, following the death of her father, Mary moved with
her mother to Pasadena, California. Six years later in 1917 Mary met James Osborne Craig and the two married in 1919. Mary
assisted her husband with his architectural projects, despite her lack of formal training. When her husband died suddenly
she assisted in the completion of his projects, including the Hoffman House, and continued her own practice, which consisted
primarily of residential designs in the Santa Barbara region. Her significant works include the houses of Plaza Rubio and
the Campbell Ranch House. Mary McLaughlin Craig died at the age of 74, in 1964.
The Mary McLaughlin Craig papers span 8 linear feet and date from circa 1925 to 1946. The collection includes correspondence,
specifications and reports, architectural drawings and reprographic copies, handwritten notes regarding the building process
of Craig’s many projects, and a series of photographs of a topographical map of Santa Barbara County. The majority of architectural
drawings and reprographic copies are of Mary Craig’s residential designs in the Santa Barbara area.
Related Archival Materials note
James Osborne Craig papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara Arts Commission records. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
The following arrangement scheme for this collection was imposed during processing in the absence of a usable original order.
The collection is organized into three series: personal papers, project records, and architectural drawings. Within project
records, files are arranged in two subseries: materials about the Slater house, and specifications. The architectural drawings
are arranged alphabetically by client last name or name of project.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Craig, James Osborne, 1888-1922
Craig, Mary McLaughlin, 1889-1964
Architectural drawings
Architecture -- California
Photographic prints
Reprographic copies
Specifications