Neutra (Richard J.) blueprints and materials related to Auerbacher Lodge, 1954

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Richard J. Neutra blueprints and materials related to Auerbacher Lodge
Dates:
1954
Creators:
Neutra, Richard Joseph and Crawford, Antoinette G.
Extent:
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box, 1 oversize box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Richard J. Neutra Blueprints and Materials Related to Auerbacher Lodge (Collection 1695). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of Neutra's specifications, schedules, construction details, and blueprints for the Auerbacher home in Running Springs, California.

Biographical / historical:

Richard Josef Neutra was born in 1892 in Vienna; immigrated to the United States, 1923; Frank Lloyd Wright invited him to Taliesin during the fall of 1924; Neutra moved to Los Angeles, California, 1925; his most productive years were during 1930s and 1940s; he spent most of his last decade in partnership with his son, Dion; published several books, including Wie baut Amerika? (1927) and Survival through design (1954); died in 1970.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Antoinette G. Crawford, 1991.
Processing information:

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Crawford, Antoinette G.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Shira Peltzman, 2021.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2021-01-12 15:35:14 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Richard J. Neutra Blueprints and Materials Related to Auerbacher Lodge (Collection 1695). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988