Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Morgan, Walls & Clements.
- Extent:
- 3.0 Linear feet (2 flat file folders)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Morgan, Walls & Clements drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Morgan, Walls & Clements drawings span 3 linear feet and date from 1925 to 1929. The collection is composed of two folders which contain drawings for the following commercial projects: store building for Robert D. Campbell and Blanche I. Campbell (Los Angeles, Calif.) and the shoppe building for Mullen & Bluett (Pasadena, Calif.).
- Biographical / historical:
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The firm Morgan, Walls & Clements was based in Los Angeles. Composed of Octavius Weller Morgan, Sr., Octavius Weller Morgan Jr., John A. Walls and Stiles O. Clements, the firm was founded in 1925 and dissolved in 1937 when Stiles O. Clements left. The firm is best known for theaters and commercial projects around MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, California. Their more notable projects include: the El Capitan Theater, Richfield Tower, the Haas building, and the Music Box Theater.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers.
- Preferred citation:
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Morgan, Walls & Clements drawings, 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