Kelley (H. Roy) papers, circa 1912-circa 1957

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Summary

Title:
H. Roy Kelley papers
Dates:
circa 1912-circa 1957
Creators:
Kelley, H. Roy, (Harold Roy), 1892-1989
Extent:
6.5 Linear feet (7 record storage boxes and 6 flat file folders)
Language:
Preferred citation:

H. Roy Kelley papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The H. Roy Kelley papers span 6.5 linear feet and date from circa 1912 to circa 1957. The collection consists of annotated drafts of Kelley’s memoir entitled 50 Happy Years of Architecture, correspondence, interior and exterior black-and-white photographs and negatives of Kelley’s residential and commercial designs, commemorative medals, and architectural drawings.

Biographical / historical:

Harold Roy Kelley was born in New York on May 2, 1893. Prior to college, Kelley gained experience working in architectural firms and was able to skip his freshman courses upon entering Cornell University. Kelley graduated with a degree in architecture in 1915, at the age of 22. Upon graduation, Kelley got a job working under architect Paul Chalfin, then under architect Herbert L. Foltz, and finally under Herb Bass until he was drafted. Kelley served in WWI and was discharged in 1919. After the war, Kelley found employment with Harry Allen and L. Andrew Reinhard before he established his own independent practice in 1925 in San Marino, California. Kelley served on the architectural advisory committees for the Bel-Air Estates and the Palos Verdes Estates and in 1931 he was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Home Building by Herbert Hoover. He retired in 1957 and died at the age of 95, in 1988. Kelley, throughout his career designed many Monterey revival style homes in the Los Angeles area, the RAND headquarters in Santa Monica, as well as the Institute of Aeronautical Science in Los Angeles, and won several first prize awards from House Beautiful Magazine.

Custodial history:

Gift of Roy Kelley, 1975. Additional materials gifted by Mr. Martin E. Weil, 1999.

Physical location:
Boxes 1-7/ADC - regular 1 Flat File Drawer/ADC - regular 6 Flat File Folders/ADC - flat files regular
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino and Julia Larson (revised 2018)
Sponsor:
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.
Date Prepared:
8/30/2012
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-07-03T09:27-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

H. Roy Kelley papers, 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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