Finding Aid for the H. Roy Kelley papers, circa 1912-circa 1957
0000147
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino and Julia Larson (revised 2018)
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
8/30/2012
Title: H. Roy Kelley papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000147
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.5 Linear feet
(7 record storage boxes and 6 flat file folders)
Date (inclusive): circa 1912-circa 1957
Location note: Boxes 1-7/ADC - regular 1 Flat File Drawer/ADC - regular 6 Flat File Folders/ADC - flat files regular
creator:
Kelley, H. Roy, (Harold Roy), 1892-1989
Access
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Custodial History note
Gift of Roy Kelley, 1975. Additional materials gifted by Mr. Martin E. Weil, 1999.
Preferred Citation note
H. Roy Kelley papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
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.
Scope and Content note
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.
Related Archival Materials note
H. Roy Kelley papers, #3864. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Kelley, H. Roy, (Harold Roy), 1892-1989
Architectural drawings
Negatives
Photographic prints
Presentation drawings (proposals)
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
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 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 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 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
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
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