Beelman (Claud) architectural drawings, circa 1923- circa 1960s

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Summary

Title:
Claud W. Beelman architectural drawings
Dates:
circa 1923- circa 1960s
Creators:
Beelman, Claud W., 1884-1963, Brandow & Johnston., Curlett & Beelman., and Curlett, Alexander E., 1880-1942
Extent:
42.0 Linear feet 157 tubes of rolled drawings (15 flat file drawers)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Claud W. Beelman architectural drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Claud Beelman collection contains original drawings of mostly commercial buildings constructed in the Los Angeles area between the early 1920s and the early 1960s. Some projects consist of preliminary sketches, working drawings, and presentation drawings; some projects also include structural or mechanical plans as well. The drawings are mainly original graphite on tracing paper or ink on linen. There are a few blueprints and diazotypes.

Biographical / historical:

Claud W. Beelman was born in Ohio in 1883 and attended architecture school at Harvard. After practicing on the east coast and in Ohio and Indiana, Beelman moved to Los Angeles in 1921. He formed a partnership with Aleck Curlett (Curlett & Beelman), which lasted until 1932. Beelman died in 1963.

During the building boom of the 1920s, Curlett & Beelman designed many of the commercial buildings in downtown Los Angeles in both the Beaux Arts and Italian Renaissance styles. After the firm dissolved, Beelman designed buildings in the Art Deco and Moderne styles throughout the 1930s, and moved into designing Modern buildings after World War II. Many of Beelman's buildings are on the Mational Register of Historic Places, as well as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments.

Custodial history:

Gift of Gregg Brandow, 2018.

Physical location:
Mosher flat files
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Julia Larson, Kinny Chen, Maiqi Zhang
Date Prepared:
12/21/2018
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-05-29T14:53-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Claud W. Beelman architectural drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
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