Guide to the Jesse Alexander papers, circa 1970-circa 1990 0000200

Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino
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


Title: Jesse Alexander papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000200
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet (1 record storage box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1970-circa 1990
creator: Alexander, Jesse

Access

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred Citation note

Jesse Alexander papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

Jesse Alexander was born in Santa Barbara in the 1930s. He became involved in photography in the 1950s when he began photographing automobile races. Alexander is well known for his racing and nature photographs. He was a trustee of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and co-author of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Catalog for the “Paul Tuttle designer” exhibition in 1978.

Scope and Content note

The Jesse Alexander papers span 1 linear foot and date from circa 1970 to circa 1990. The collection is composed of Jesse Alexander’s photographs of Paul Tuttle and his furniture designs organized by project. The collection also contains portfolios of Tuttle’s designs for the decades 1970 and 1980, as well as a folder of material relating to the catalog for the Paul Tuttle exhibit at the University of California Santa Barbara Art Museum in 1986-87.

Related Archival Materials note

Paul Tuttle papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Alexander, Jesse
Tuttle, Paul, 1918-2002
Negatives
Photographic prints