Finding Aid for the Walter L. Reichardt papers, circa 1930-circa 1966 0000166
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino, John Oganian
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered
through the Council on Library and Information Resources “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
Title: Walter L. Reichardt papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000166
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
12.0 Linear feet
(1 box of drawings, 2 flat file drawers, 1 box of rolls)
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-circa 1966
Location note: 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]
creator:
Reichardt, Walter L., (Walter Louis), 1908-1995
Four drawings on original inventory not found during cataloging: drawings numbered .15, .18, .24 and .32, all student projects
and dated 1928, 1930, and undated per inventory. Perhaps kept by family.
On deposit from Thomas Reichardt.
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Walter L. Reichardt papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Reichardt, Walter L., (Walter Louis), 1908-1995
Architectural drawings
Photographic prints
Presentation drawings (proposals)
Reprographic copies
Specifications
Student projects, University of Pennsylvania and Europe 1927-1933
Series includes Reichardt's drawings for class assignments while a student at the University of Pennsylvania, 1927-1930, his
Rome Prize submission (1930) and drawings made while he studied in Europe, after winning the Rome Prize (1931-1933). Most
are watercolor drawings, some large.
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 2
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Drawer 172, FlatFile 2
Drawer 172, FlatFile 2
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Drawer 172, FlatFile 2
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Roll 1**
Roll 2**
Frame 4**
Roll 3**
Roll 4**
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Frame 2**
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 2
Drawer 172, FlatFile 2
Roll 5**
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Frame 3**
Roll 6**
Roll 7**
Drawer 172, FlatFile 1
Drawer 172, FlatFile 4-6
Roll 8**
Frame 1**
Roll 9**
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Drawer 172, FlatFile 3
Roll 10**
Roll 11**
Roll 12**
Roll 13**
Roll 17**
Roll 14**
Roll 15**
Roll 16**
Architectural and design projects Bulk, 1932-1969 circa 1926-circa 1989
Architectural commissions, and wall paper designs, by Reichardt, dated circa 1926-circa 1989, include designs for homes, war
workers' housing, civic and commercial buildings, and churches, for circa 18 projects. Materials include original and reproduction
architectural drawings, and some photographs and specifications.
Drawer 541, FlatFile 7-8
Drawer 541, FlatFile 9
Drawer 541, FlatFile 10
Drawer 541, FlatFile 11
Drawer 541, FlatFile 12
Drawer 541, FlatFile 13
Drawer 541, FlatFile 14
Drawer 541, FlatFile 15
Box 1, Folder 2
Specifications 1938
Drawer 541, FlatFile 16
Drawer 540, FlatFile 17
Drawer 540, FlatFile 18
Drawer 540, FlatFile 19
Drawer 540, FlatFile 20
Drawer 540, FlatFile 21
Drawer 540, FlatFile 17
Box 1, Folder 1
Specifications 1967
Drawer 540, FlatFile 22
Reichardt, Mr. & Mrs. Walter house 4210 Oakwood Avenue (La Canada, Calif.) 1953-1969
Box 1, Folder 3
Drawer 540, FlatFile 23
Drawer 540, FlatFile 24
Roll 18*