Gin Wong Associates records, c.1960s-2014

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Summary

Title:
Gin Wong Associates records
Dates:
c.1960s-2014
Creators:
Gin Wong Associates
Abstract:
This collection consists of the administrative and business files of Gin Wong Associates architecture firm.
Extent:
206.5 Linear Feet 126 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Gin Wong Associates records, Collection no. 4003, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the administrative and business files of Gin Wong Associates architecture firm. Among the materials present in this collection are project plans, requests for proposals, blue prints and drawings, design manuals, architectural publications, and scale models of projects the firm completed.

Biographical / historical:

Gin Wong was a Chinese American architect who contributed to post war architecture in Los Angeles. Wong was born in Guangzhou, China in 1922 and immigrated to Los Angeles as a young child. After serving as a radar bombardier for the U.S. Army in World War II, he attended USC's School of Architecture, graduating in 1950. After graduation, he worked for the renowned firm of Pereira and Luckman, eventually becoming vice president of design. When William Pereira and Charles Luckman established their own firms, Wong helped found William L. Pereira & Associates in 1958, where he ultimately became a partner and the firm's president. He then founded Gin Wong Associates in 1974. Wong served as a member of the USC Board of Trustees from 1983 until his death in 2017.

Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed.

The USC Libraries Architecture & Fine Arts Library transferred custody of the Gin Wong Associates records to the USC Libraries Special Collections unit on April 15, 2024. The collection's box labels still list the Architecture & Fine Arts Library as the holding repository.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Marissa Chavez Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-02 11:57:11 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Gin Wong Associates records, Collection no. 4003, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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