Historic American Buildings Survey drawings, circa 1968-circa 1983

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Summary

Title:
Historic American Buildings Survey drawings
Dates:
circa 1968-circa 1983
Containers:
Drawer: 549
Extent:
5.0 Linear feet (1 record storage box and 1 flat file folder)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Historic American Building Survey drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Historic American Buildings Survey drawings span 5 linear feet and date from circa 1968 to circa 1983. The collection is composed of photographic reproductions and negatives of architectural drawings as well as architectural drawings in the form of reprographic copies, for the following buildings: American Trona Salt Storage Plant, Barnsdall Park, Freeman house, Dodge house, Horatio West Court Apartments, Los Angeles Public Library, Irwin house, Lovell (Health) house, Richfield Oil Building, Lovell Beach house, Schindler house, Sowden house, Bradbury building, El Cuartel, the Miranda house, a house owned by Mrs. A. L. M. Vhay, and the Yorba-Abadie house, all located in Los Angeles County or Santa Barbara, California.

Biographical / historical:

The Historic American Buildings Survey or HABS was founded in 1933 as a division of the United States National Park Service (NPS) and was the nation’s first federal preservation program aimed at documenting America’s architectural heritage. Historic buildings are documented according to the HABS guidelines which involve a combination of architectural drawings, photography, and written history.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Jillian O'Connor and Chris Marino
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-12-11T14:52-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Historic American Building Survey 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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