Tuttle (Paul) papers, circa 1940-circa 2001

Summary

Title:

Paul Tuttle papers

Dates:

circa 1940-circa 2001

Creators:

Tuttle, Paul, 1918-2002

Extent:

4.3 Linear feet (1 record storage box, 1 flat file drawer, and 1 tube)

Language:

Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

Biographical / historical:

Paul Tuttle was born in 1918 in Springfield, Missouri. He was stationed in India during WWII as a cartographer, an experience that he said made him want to go into design and architecture. After the war, Tuttle enrolled in what is known now as the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, but quickly realized that school was not for him. Tuttle went on to work for his former professor, the designer Alvin Lustig. Tuttle participated in the Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin West Fellowship in Scottsdale Arizona during 1949. After Taliesin, Tuttle went on to work for architects Thornton Ladd and Welton Becket. In 1956, Tuttle moved to Santa Barbara where he began working intensely on his custom and manufactured furniture, as well as architectural and interior projects. His more notable work includes: the Arco chair, the Z chair, and the six residences he designed in Santa Barbara. Over the course of his career, Tuttle completed 200 pieces of custom furniture. His work was exhibited twice at the University of California, Santa Barbara Art Museum once in 1978 “Paul Tuttle, Designer” and then again in 2001 “Paul Tuttle Retrospective.” Paul Tuttle died in 2002 at the age of 84.

Custodial history:

Gift of Andy Neumann, 2002. Additional materials gifted by Loma Griffith, 2003.

Physical location:

Boxes 1-2/ADC - regular Box 3/ADC - oversize** (framed drawing of dropleaf dining table) 1 Flat File Drawer/Mosher - flat files 1 Tube/ ADC - oversize ** (tube shelf)

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Blueprints
Sketches

Names:

Tuttle, Paul, 1918-2002

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid prepared by Jillian O'Connor and Chris Marino

Sponsor:

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.

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-03-08T11:12-0800

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

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

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US

Contact:

(805) 893-2724

adc@museum.ucsb.edu

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