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Finding Aid for the H. Roy Kelley papers, circa 1912-circa 1957 0000147
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Professional Papers I. 1914-1989

Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This series contains writings by H. Roy Kelley, awards given to him for his work, and multiple drafts of his autobiography, 50 Happy Years in Architecture.
Box 1, Folder 44, Box 3

Awards 1914-1915, circa 1929, 1931, 1937, 1973

Box 2, Folder 65

Biographical materials undated

Box 1, Folder 45

Domestic and other Architecture of H. Roy Kelley 1931

Box 1, Folder 46

Kelley, H. Roy "Co-Operation with Clients 1930

Box 1, Folder 47

Kelley, H. Roy "The Evils of Modern Art" 1929

Box 1, Folder 48, Box 4, Folder 116

Kelley, H. Roy "Half-Timber of English type" 1929

Box 2, Folder 66

Kelley, H. Roy interview 1989

Box 2, Folder 49-54

50 Happy Years in Architecture, 1908-1958, handwritten draft undated

Box 2, Folder 55-57

50 Happy Years in Architecture, 1908-1958, revised draft- typed undated

Box 2, Folder 58-60

50 Happy Years in Architecture, 1908-1958, final draft- short revised undated

Box 2, Folder 61-64

50 Happy Years in Architecture, 1908-1958, final draft- long undated

Box 3

Scrapbook, copies of pages circa 1913-1930

Scope and Contents note

Large format copies of articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and some student architectural drawings.
 

Articles and Clippings II. 1926-1952

Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This series contains newspaper and magazine articles pertaining to specific projects by H. Roy Kelley, the majority of which are for private residences, though some materials pertain to churches, commercial buildings, and architecture competitions.
Box 1, Folder 1

Bagshaw, William house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1945

Box 1, Folder 2

Barkelew, C.S. house (San Marino, Calif.) 1934

Box 1, Folder 3

Brem, Zeiler, Hammack & Maner Clinical Laboratories office (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1935

Box 1, Folder 4

Calvert house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936

Box 1, Folder 5

Chappellett, Cyril house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1934

creator: Yoch, Florence
Box 1, Folder 6

Coulter, Clarence house (Holmby Hills, Calif.) 1932

Box 1, Folder 7

Day, Clarence house (San Marino, Calif.) 1931

Box 1, Folder 8

Donnel, Franklin house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1932

Box 1, Folder 9-10

Douglas Aircraft Plant camouflage (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1942

Box 1, Folder 11

First Church of Christ Scientist (Fillmore, Calif.) 1930

Box 1, Folder 12

First Church of Christ Scientist (San Marino, Calif.) 1936

Box 1, Folder 13

Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial competition brochure (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1950-1951

Box 1, Folder 14

Gibbs, K.W. house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1931

Box 1, Folder 15

Heizman, Edwin house (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) 1932

Box 1, Folder 16

Holmes, E.E. house (Palos Verdes, Calif.) undated

Box 1, Folder 17

Houston, Gail & Marie house (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1935

Box 1, Folder 18

Irvine, James house (Altadena, Calif.) 1931

Box 1, Folder 19

Jaans, Harold house (Westwood Hills, Calif.) 1936

Box 1, Folder 20

Jim's Beauty Studio (Hollywood, Calif.) 1934

Box 1, Folder 21

Koebig, Walter house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1930

Box 1, Folder 22

Lake, F.W. house (Whittier, Calif.) 1931

Box 1, Folder 23

Leimert, Lucille house undated

Box 1, Folder 24

Los Angeles Times Model "House of Tomorrow" 1935

Box 1, Folder 25

McGowan, H.H. house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1935

Box 1, Folder 26

Mercury Gasoline filling station (Miami, Fla.) 1926

Box 1, Folder 27

National Better Homes Architectural Competition 1929

Box 1, Folder 28

Off, Charles house circa 1946

Box 1, Folder 29

Own Your Own Home architects competition 1927

Box 1, Folder 30

Patterson, Harold house (West Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936

Box 1, Folder 31

Pomeroy, J.L. house (Brentwood, Calif.) 1935

Box 1, Folder 32

Pulliam, Mrs. house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1937

Box 1, Folder 33

RAND Corporation offices (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1948

Box 1, Folder 34

Sheppard, James house (San Marino, Calif.) 1932

Box 1, Folder 35

Simpson, William Construction Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1952

Box 1, Folder 36

Speculative House (Brentwood, Calif.?) 1939

Box 1, Folder 37

Toplitt, Harry house (Brentwood, Calif.) 1934

Box 1, Folder 38

Twenty-fifth Church of Christ Scientist (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936

Box 1, Folder 39

Unidentified houses circa 1933

Box 1, Folder 40

Western Airlines office (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1946

Box 1, Folder 42

Woman's World Magazine house designs circa 1930-1940

 

Photographs III. 1925-1954

Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This series contains photographic prints of many projects by H. Roy Kelley, most of the materials are photographs, though some are photos of renderings. Many of the photographs are notated on the back with name of client, year, and the location, possibly written by Kelley.
Box 4, Folder 67

Albertson, Fred house (San Fernando Valley, Calif.) circa 1948

Box 4, Folder 68

Ann Street School (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1954

Box 4, Folder 69

Baird, G.B. house (San Marino, Calif.) undated

Box 5, Folder 1, Box 4, Folder 70

Bagshaw, William house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1938

creator: Dapprich, Frederick R., 1880-1965
Box 4, Folder 71

Barkeley, Charles house (San Gabriel, Calif.) 1933

Box 5, Folder 2

Beard, George house (San Marino, Calif.) 1934

Box 5, Folder 3

Beck, Fred house (Brentwood, Calif.) 1932

Box 4, Folder 72

Belsey, George house circa 1931

Box 4, Folder 73

Better Homes Week model demonstration home (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1927

creator: Sexsmith, Harold O.

Scope and Contents note

Publicity photos of house with Mary Pickford;
Box 4, Folder 74

Blank, Richard house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936

Box 4, Folder 75

Blum's / J.F. Grass store Lake Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.) 1950

Box 5, Folder 4

Blythe & Co. office building (Pasadena, Calif.?) 1928

Box 4, Folder 76, Box 5, Folder 5

Booth, W.H. house (Westwood Hills, Calif.) 1936

Box 4, Folder 77

Boswell, W.W. house 1939

Box 4, Folder 78, Box 5, Folder 6

Braun, T.W. house (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1941

Box 4, Folder 79

Brem, Zeiler, Hammack & Maner Clinical Laboratories office (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1934

Box 4, Folder 80

Bruner, Brandon house (Pasadena, Calif.?) undated

Box 4, Folder 81

Bushnell, Mabel Cone house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1947

Box 4, Folder 82

Calvert house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936

Box 4, Folder 83, Box 5, Folder 7-8

Chappellett, Cyrl house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1930

Box 4, Folder 84

Chappellett, Cyrl house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1947

Box 4, Folder 154

Chase, Stillman house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1932

Box 5, Folder 9

Church, Bruce house (Salinas, Calif.) 1930

Box 4, Folder 85

Clifford, Brooks house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1939

Box 4, Folder 86

Coll, Frank house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1938

Box 4, Folder 87

Cooper, Thomas house 6142 Oakwood Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1939

Box 4, Folder 88

Dames, Trent house (San Marino, Calif.) 1946

Box 4, Folder 89

Daugherty, A.J. house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) 1940

Box 4, Folder 90

De Forest, J.M. house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) undated

Box 4, Folder 91

De Friest house (Pasadena, Calif.) undated

Box 4, Folder 92

De Henckel, Maximiliano house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1941

Box 4, Folder 93

Demonstration Home for Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1935

creator: Bissantz, Edgar, 1901-1998
Box 4, Folder 94-97, Box 5, Folder 10

Douglas Aircraft Camouflage (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1942

Box 4, Folder 98

Elmore, John house (San Clemente, Calif.) 1950

Box 4, Folder 99

Embassy Realty Associates store (Maywood, Calif.) 1946

Box 4, Folder 100

First Church of Christ Scientist (Downey, Calif.) 1945

Box 4, Folder 101

First Church of Christ Scientist (Fillmore, Calif.) 1929

Box 4, Folder 102

First Church of Christ Scientist (San Marino, Calif.) 1934

Box 4, Folder 103, Box 5, Folder 11

Flagg house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1937

Box 4, Folder 104

Gibbs, K.W. house (Pasadena, Calif.) undated

Box 4, Folder 105

Glen, Robert house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1937

Box 4, Folder 106

Guthrie, Stanley / Rancho Azusa (Duarte, Calif.) undated

Box 4, Folder 107

Harper, Joseph house (Laughlin Park, Calif.) 1936

Box 4, Folder 108

Harris, Irving house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1947

Box 5, Folder 12

Heitzman house (Palos Verdes, Calif.?) undated

Box 4, Folder 109

Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital student nurses quarters (Hollywood, Calif.) 1947

Box 5, Folder 13

Holman, John house (San Marino, Calif.?) 1937

Box 4, Folder 110, Box 5, Folder 14

Houston, Gail & Marie house (Westwood, Calif.) 1934-1935

Box 4, Folder 111

Huggins Shoe Store (Pasadena, Calif.) 1950

Box 4, Folder 112

Huntsman Lodge restaurant project undated

Box 4, Folder 113

Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1946

Box 5, Folder 15

Insurance Man's house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1938

Box 6, Folder 1

Jaans, Harold / Woman's Home Companion (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936

Box 6, Folder 2

Jameson house undated

Box 6, Folder 3

Jim's Beauty Studio (Hollywood, Calif.) 1925

Box 4, Folder 114

Kaime, Alvah house (San Marino, Calif.) 1936

Box 4, Folder 115, Box 6, Folder 4

Kelley, H. Roy portrait undated

Box 6, Folder 5

Koebig, Walter house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1929

Box 4, Folder 117

Lakeside Golf Club (Burbank, Calif.?) 1945

Box 6, Folder 6

Lincoln house circa 1932

Box 4, Folder 118

Lockwood, Robert house? undated

Box 4, Folder 119

Los Feliz Investment Co. apartments (Westwood, Calif.) 1938

Box 4, Folder 120

Los Feliz Mart store (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1933

Box 4, Folder 121

Louchheim, William house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1950

Box 6, Folder 7, Box 4, Folder 122

Maddock, Edward house (San Marino, Calif.) 1937

Box 6, Folder 8, Box 4, Folder 123

May, David house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) circa 1937

Box 4, Folder 124

Mayers & Barron convalescent home circa 1947

Box 6, Folder 9, Box 4, Folder 125

Miller, Dr. house (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) 1939

Box 4, Folder 126

Moffat house (Arcadia, Calif.) undated

Box 4, Folder 127

Nolman, John / Sleyster, Rock houses (Brentwood & San Marino, Calif.) undated

Box 4, Folder 128, Box 6, Folder 10-11

Off, Charles house (Westwood, Calif.) 1930, 1938

Box 4, Folder 129, Box 6, Folder 12

Patterson, Harold house (Holmby Hills, Calif.) 1931-1932

Box 4, Folder 130

Phillips, F.W. house undated

Box 4, Folder 131

Price, Guy store fronts (Beverly Hills, Calif.?) undated

Box 6, Folder 13-14, Box 4, Folder 132

Pringle, Robert house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1936

Box 4, Folder 133

Professional Building (Pasadena, Calif.) 1946

Box 4, Folder 134

Pulliam house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1937

Box 4, Folder 135

RAND Corporation building (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1948

Box 4, Folder 136

Raymond, Arthur house (Santa Monica, Calif.?) 1951

Box 4, Folder 137

Rothstein, Charles house (Westwood, Calif.) 1935

Box 4, Folder 138

Rutherford, E.C. house (Brawley, Calif.) 1948

Box 4, Folder 139

Schatzman, M.D. house (San Marino, Calif.) 1936

Box 4, Folder 140

Schoenfeld, Walter house (Newport Beach, Calif.) 1946

Box 7, Folder 1, Box 4, Folder 141

Searcy, Guy house (Michellinda, Calif.) 1934

Box 4, Folder 142

Sheppard house (San Marino, Calif.) 1930

Box 4, Folder 143, Box 7, Folder 2

Sherrill, F.G. house (San Marino, Calif.) 1935

Box 4, Folder 144

Silverwoods display cases circa 1950s

creator: Fish, Richard
Box 4, Folder 145

Simons Brick Co. "Hundred Year House" competition honorable mention undated

Box 4, Folder 146

Simpson, William Construction Co. offices (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1952

creator: Shulman, Julius, 1910-2009
Box 4, Folder 147

Sleyster, Rock house (Brentwood, Calif.) 1936

Box 4, Folder 148

Smith, Dana house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1946

Box 4, Folder 149

Smith, Julia house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) 1950

Box 4, Folder 150

Smith, Walker house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1947

Box 4, Folder 151

Smitter, Wessel house (Flintridge, Calif.) 1934

Box 4, Folder 152

Speculative house (Westwood, Calif.) 1934

Box 6, Folder 15, Box 4, Folder 153

Steff, Lloyd house (Quiera, Del.?) undated

Box 4, Folder 155, Box 7, Folder 3

Stone, Harry house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) 1941

creator: Parker, Maynard L, 1900-1976
Box 4, Folder 156

Straitiss, Dorsey house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1946

Box 4, Folder 157, Box 7, Folder 4

Surber, A.C. house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) 1937

Box 4, Folder 158

Taylor, William store S. Lake Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.) 1950

Box 4, Folder 159

Thorkildsen, Orin house (Newport Beach, Calif.) undated

Box 4, Folder 160

Tileston house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1949

Box 4, Folder 161

Toll, Charles house (San Fernando Valley, Calif.) 1939

Box 4, Folder 162

Toplitt, Harry Lloyd house (Brentwood Heights, Calif.) 1934

Box 4, Folder 163

Tracy, John clinic 1945-1946

Box 4, Folder 165, Box 7, Folder 5-7

Unidentified houses circa 1939 - circa 1941

Box 7, Folder 8

Utopians store/lending library (Hollywood, Calif.) 1925

Box 4, Folder 166

Valley View Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1946

Box 4, Folder 164

Tuchscherer, Frank house (San Marino, Calif.) undated

Box 4, Folder 167

Warner, Douglas medical clinic (South Pasadena, Calif.) 1936

creator: Parker, Maynard L, 1900-1976
Box 4, Folder 168, Box 7, Folder 9

Warner, Douglas house (San Gabriel, Calif.) circa 1939

Box 4, Folder 169

Weatherly, June house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1946-1947

Box 4, Folder 170

Westchester School (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1938

Box 7, Folder 10

Western Air Lines ticket office Vine St. (Hollywood, Calif.) 1945

creator: Parker, Maynard L, 1900-1976
Box 4, Folder 171, Box 7, Folder 11

Western Air Lines ticket office (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1945-1946

Scope and Contents note

Also contains renderings of San Diego and San Francisco offices
Box 4, Folder 172

Woman's World magazine house designs undated

 

Projects IV. 1929-1952

Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet

Scope and Contents note

This series contains primarily renderings on board, and only two projects have sets of architectural drawings. All of the projects are in the Los Angeles, Calif. area.
 

Coughlin, A.S. house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1936

Box 1, Folder 43

Project Files 1936

Drawer 101, FlatFile 1

Architectural Drawings

Scope and Contents note

2 blueprint drawings of landscape plan, and two floor plans on board.
Drawer 101, FlatFile 2

Chappellett, Cyril house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1929

Scope and Contents note

One copy of perspective drawing on board
Drawer 101, FlatFile 3

Kelley, H. Roy apartments 315 Pleasant St. (Pasadena, Calif.) circa 1952

Scope and Contents note

One presentation board perspective drawing of apartment complex
Drawer 101, FlatFile 4

Kelley, H. Roy house 1330 Oak Grove Ave. (San Marino, Calif.) 1947, 1950-1951

Scope and Contents note

5 drawings of plans, sections, and details for house and addition
Drawer 101, FlatFile 5

Phillips, F.W. house Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1931

Scope and Contents note

One full color perspective drawing
Drawer 101, FlatFile 6

Straitiff, Dorsey (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1940

Scope and Contents note

One perspective drawing on board
Drawer 101, FlatFile 7

Unidentified 1931, 1937

Scope and Contents note

2 unidentified perspective drawings on board; one lists "Italian villa" Palos Verdes Estates on verso.
Drawer 101, FlatFile 8

Warner, Douglas medical building (South Pasadena, Calif.) 1941

Scope and Contents note

One drawing of elevations, in color
Drawer 101, FlatFile 9

Woman's World magazine competition entry, scheme F 1929

Scope and Contents note

One copy of presentation drawing on board