Finding Aid for the Jack Allen Charney drawings, circa 1948 - circa 1989 0000316
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino, revised Kathryn Lunger
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: Jack Allen Charney drawings
Identifier/Call Number: 0000316
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9.0 Linear feet
circa 55 rolls of drawings
Date (inclusive): 1948-circa 1965
creator:
Charney, Jack A
creator:
Jack Allen Charney, Associates.
creator:
March, Alfred
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Collection acquired by gift in 2012.
Jack Allen Charney drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara
Jack Allen Charney was born in New York on June 26, 1921. He was a licensed general contractor before opening his own architectural
firm in Los Angeles, California in the early 1950s. While practicing as a contractor, Charney attended the Art Center School
where he studied architecture under R. M. Schindler and Richard Neutra.
Over the course of his architectural career his more notable projects included: Sierra Towers (West Hollywood, California),
Diamond Heights Shopping Center (San Francisco, California), and Pacifica Hospital (Los Angeles, California). His practice
consisted primarily of apartment buildings, commercial buildings, and some single family houses. Charney died in Los Angeles
County in 1992.
The Jack Alen Charney drawings span 9 linear feet and date from circa 1948 to circa 1989, with the bulk dating from the 1950s
and 1960s, though many of the projects are undated. The collection, a partial representation of Charney's design work, consists
of architectural drawings for 52 projects, in the form of original drawings and some reprographic copies. The majority of
the architectural drawings are of apartment complexes in the southern California region (Los Angeles, San Diego, and Long
Beach) but the collection also includes architectural drawings of restaurants, commercial and office buildings, and single
family houses. Some plans in the collection list Alfred March and Jack A. Charney as architects. The collection is not complete;
many drawings, damaged by water and infestation, had to be discarded.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Charney, Jack A
Architects -- California
Architectural drawings
Architecture -- California
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