Drake, Gordon Records

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Drake, Gordon Records

2012-15

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Table of contents

SERIES I. PERSONAL PAPERS 1917-1956

Physical Description: .5 Cubic Feet: Box 1

Scope and Contents

Letters and notes written after the death of Gordon from various friends and family members to Maggie and Doug Baylis concerning the book California Houses of Gordon Drake and subsequent essays written about Drake.

A. Biographical Information

Box 1, Folder 1

Portrait

Box 1, Folder 1

Written Note Found on Drake at Time of Death

Box 1, Folder 1

Address Book

Box 1, Folder 2-3

Biographical Essays

B. Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence

SERIES II. OFFICE RECORDS 1946-1950

Physical Description: 1 Cubic Feet: Box 1, 2, 5

Arrangement

Arranged by office location.

Scope and Contents

Magazine articles and clippings related to various Drake designs and projects (cabins, fireplaces, arbors and screens, Scribner house, Vacation house, Mesa house, Basic House, second house, Presley house, Spillman house).

A. Correspondence

Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence 1947

B. Publicity Files

Box 1, Folder 2

Arbors & Screens

Box 1, Folder 3

Cabins 1950

Box 1, Folder 4

Design: Basic House 1946

Box 1, Folder 5

Gordon's Second House

Box 1, Folder 6

Fireplaces, Sunset Mag

Box 1, Folder 7

Mesa Residence 1948

Box 1, Folder 8

Misc. Magazines and Newspaper Mentionings

Box 1, Folder 9

Preseley House, David 1946

Box 1, Folder 10

Unit House (Scribner House) 1950

Box 1, Folder 11

Spillman Residence, George 1947

Box 1, Folder 12

Vacation House 1948

C. Specifications

Scope and Contents

Non-specific building details grouped and organized by various Drake office locations.

Box 2, Folder 13

Madac: Office Specifications

Box 2, Folder 14

Misc. Specifications

Box 5, Folder 15

Washington St (San Francisco): Office Specifications

Box 5, Folder 16

Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles); Office Specifications

Box 5, Folder 17

Carmel: Office Specifications

SERIES III. PROJECT RECORDS 1945-1956

Physical Description: 5 Cubic Feet: Boxes 2-5, Flat Files

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by project.

A. Files

Physical Description: **see Project Records**

B. Photographs

Physical Description: **see Project Records**

C. Drawings

Physical Description: **see Project Records**

Collection Contents

PERSONAL PAPERS

Biographical Information

Correspondence

OFFICE RECORDS

Correspondence

Publicity Files

Specifications

PROJECT RECORDS

Files

Photographs

Drawings