Finding Aid for the Jody Greenwald research materials on Cliff May, circa 1930-circa 2009
0000138
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino, revised and completed by Julia Larson
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
Title: Jody Greenwald research materials on Cliff May
Identifier/Call Number: 0000138
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.0 Linear feet
(6 record storage boxes, 1 flat file)
Date (inclusive): circa 1950-circa 2009
Location note: Box 1-6/ADC - regular 1 Flat File Folder/ADC - flat files misc
creator:
Greenwald, Jody
creator:
May, Cliff, 1908-1989
Access
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Custodial History note
Gift of Jody Greenwald, 2004.
Preferred Citation note
Jody Greenwald research materials on Cliff May, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum. University
of California, Santa Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
Jody Greenwald, California interior designer, educator, lecturer and writer was born in Los Angeles, California on August
13, 1922. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for both her Bachelor’s degree in Design and Art History
as well as her Master’s degree in Art and Architectural History. In 1972, she founded and was the director of the Interior
and Environmental Design Program at UCLA Extension. During her career, Greenwald did extensive research on Cliff May for a
prospective book that never came to fruition. Jody Greenwald died at the age of 88, on June 5, 2010.
Scope and Content note
The Jody Greenwald research materials on Cliff May span 6 linear feet and date from circa 1950 to circa 2009. The collection
includes Cliff May’s correspondence organized by residential project, transcriptions of an interview Greenwald did with May
in 1984, her personal research notes, magazine and newspaper clippings regarding Cliff May’s work, black-and-white photographs
and slides of Cliff May’s residential designs, and VHS tape recordings of episode number 412 of the television show “If Walls
Could Talk” which featured a Cliff May San Diego hacienda. The flat file folder contains reprographic copies of floor plans
and elevations for Cliff Mays' own homes. Note that some of the materials in this collection, such as carbon copies of May's
correspondence, were given to Greenwald by Cliff May before he donated his papers to the repository.
Related Archival Materials note
Cliff May papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000
Greenwald, Jody
May, Cliff, 1908-1989
Architecture -- California -- 20th century
Photographic prints
Research Files I.
circa 1930s-circa 2009
Physical Description:
4.0 Linear feet
creator:
Greenwald, Jody
creator:
May, Cliff, 1908-1989
Scope and Contents note
Research files include materials gathered by Jody Greenwald to use for her book on Cliff May (never published). The files
include books on California houses; magazines, articles, and clippings on Cliff May and his work; videos from the TV show
"If these Walls Could Talk"; and writings by Jody Greenwald.
Articles and Clippings A.
Bulk, 1940-1965
circa 1935-2000
Scope and Contents note
Clippings from magazines and newspapers with articles about and or images of Cliff May designs. Some may have been sent to
Greenwald by May from his own files.
Box 4, Folder 1
Americana "Evolution of the Ranch House"
undated
Box 4, Folder 2
American Home articles
1935, undated
Box 4, Folder 3
Architectural Digest
undated
Box 4, Folder 4
Architectural Forum articles
undated
Box 4, Folder 5
Architectural Record article
1947
Box 4, FlatFile 6
Arts and Decoration "A Home in the Desert"
1940
Box 4, Folder 7
Beechcrafter "California Architect triples output with Beech Bonanza"
1954
Box 4, Folder 8
Better Homes and Gardens articles
1945-1963
Box 4, Folder 9
Boston Sunday Globe "The Open Plan"
1961
Box 4, Folder 11
Building Contractor
circa 1950
Box 4, Folder 12
Building Materials and Designs
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous magazine and newspaper clippings and advertisements featuring Cliff May materials and designs.
Box 4, Folder 14
California Arts and Architecture articles
1935-1939
Box 4, Folder 15
Chicago Fair Official Guidebook
1950
Box 4, Folder 17
Country Life: "Los Vientos"
1941
Box 4, Folder 18
Designers West: "The California Ranch House"
1980
Box 4, Folder 19
Eeva: "Greta peckin luona Kaliforniassa"
1961
Box 4, Folder 20
Evening Tribune: "Father of Ranch Home credits Hacienda"
1958
Box 4, Folder 21
Family Circle's Preview Plan of Cliff May Homes
1955
Box 4, Folder 22
Good Housekeeping Magazine articles
undated
Box 4, Folder 23
Hidden Valley Fiesta
1963
Box 4, Folder 24
House Beautiful
circa 1950-1957
Scope and Contents note
Includes photocopies of magazine articles on Cliff May, most with no date, some are only the magazine cover, with no accompanying
story.
Box 4, Folder 25
House Beautiful "12 best houses of the last 12 years"
Sept. 1947
Box 4, Folder 26
House Beautiful "125 miles away from town but only 50 minutes away"
March 1948
Box 4, Folder 27
House Beautiful "A house can be modern and not look it"
Oct 1945
Box 4, Folder 28
House Beautiful "How good can a kitchen be in 1948?"
Sept. 1948
Box 4, Folder 29
House Beautiful "Pace-Setter House"
Feb. 1948
Box 4, Folder 30
House Beautiful "Station Wagon Way of Life"
June 1950
Box 4, Folder 31
House Beautiful "The 'perfect house' that wasn't good enough"
June 1951
Box 4, Folder 32
House Beautiful's Home Maintenance and Building Manual
1950-1951
Box 4, Folder 33
House and Garden Magazine articles
1941, 1957
Box 4, Folder 34
Landscape Architecture: "Tommy Church and his Gardens"
1981
Box 4, Folder 35
Lear, William House
1959-1961
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles in English and French about the Cliff May designed Lear house in Switzerland.
Box 4, Folder 36
Life: "A Round Table on Housing"
undated
Box 4, Folder 37
Los Angeles Examiner Clippings
1951
Box 4, Folder 38
Los Angeles Examiner Pictoral Living articles
1956-1958
Box 4, Folder 39
Los Angeles Times: "Designs here reflect influence of Spain"
1962
Box 4, Folder 40
Los Angeles Times Home Magazine articles
1958-1973
Box 4, Folder 41
Los Angeles Times - miscellaneous clippings
1945-1980
Box 4, Folder 42
Los Angeles Times West
1967
Box 4, Folder 43
May, Melany, clipping from
1985
Box 4, Folder 44
Miscellaneous Clippings
1948-1978
Box 4, Folder 45
National Real Estate and Building Journal
1945-1954
Box 4, Folder 46
Nob Hill Gazette: "Cliff May"
2000
Box 4, Folder 47
Pageant: "A Hole in Every Roof"
undated
Box 4, Folder 48
Paradise Cay Brochure
undated
Box 4, Folder 49
Parents Magazine articles
undated
Box 4, Folder 51
Popular Mechanics Magazine: "Plan for indoor-ourdoor Living"
1956
Box 4, Folder 50
Pictoral California: "Haciendas"
undated
Box 4, Folder 52
Ranch House Articles
undated
Box 4, Folder 53
Real Estate Listings and Advertisements
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes miscellaneous real estate advertisements for Cliff May homes.
Box 4, Folder 55
Saga - Tempo "Two Styles Merged"
1968
Box 4, Folder 56
"Simplicity and Genius" by Jody Greenwald
undated
Box 4, Folder 57
Southern Florist and Nurseryman: "Maynard Parker of Vermont"
1981
Box 4, Folder 58
Southland articles
1962-1964
Box 4, Folder 59
Southwest: "From the Rancho, a contemporary style"
undated
Box 4, Folder 60
"Sunset's Lane: He leads his readers by the hand"
1951
Box 4, Folder 61-62
Sunset Magazine
circa 1951
Scope and Contents note
Articles discussing the Cliff May-designed Sunset magazine headquarters.
Box 4, Folder 63
This Earth: "Hallmark Home"
1957
Box 4, Folder 64
Western Building Magazine articles
1941-1946
Books B.
circa 1970-circa 1990
Scope and Contents note
The sub-series Books are research materials Greenwald used in her study of the Cliff May family history, and the history of
architecture in California.
Box 3
Petaluma Adobe by Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
undated
Box 3
Old Mission San Juan Capistrano: History and Tour by Raymond C. Kammerer
1980
Box 3
Golden Era of the Missions: 1769-1834; paintings by Chesley Bonestell, text by Paul Johnson
1974
Box 3
Decoration of the California Missions by Norman Neuerburg
1989
Box 3
California Bungalow by Robert Winter
1980
Box 3
Architecture of the Monterey Peninsula
undated
General Physical Description note: Pages falling out; no title page.
Box 3
Adobes in the Sun; Photographs by Morley Baer and text by Augusta Fink
1972
Box 3
Spanish Colonial or Adobe Architecture of California: 1800-1850 by Donald R. Hannaford and Revel Edwards
1990
Scope and Contents note
Preface to book by David Gebhard.
Jody Greenwald writings C.
circa 1985-circa 1998
Scope and Contents note
This sub-series contains materials gathered by Greenwald for research for her book on Cliff May. It also contains items pertaining
to the UCLA Extension program, the Cliff May house tours conducted by Greenwald, and articles written by Greenwald.
Box 2, Folder 83
Biographies of Guest Lecturers
undated
Box 2, Folder 84
Book Project Notes
undated
Scope and Contents note
Detailed notes on Cliff May projects, with house and client info, notes about house design, many San Diego houses.
Box 2, Folder 85
Cliff May - Creator of the Modern American Ranch House, 1908-1989
undated
Scope and Contents note
Rough draft of article on Cliff May (possibly obituary?)
Box 2, Folder 86
Cliff May - Foremost American Architect
undated
Scope and Contents note
Undated short article by Greenwald, includes copies of rough drafts
Cliff May House Tours
circa 1985-circa 1995
Box 2, Folder 89
Cliff May Study Tour Report by Elizabeth Harlow
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes color photographs of houses on tour, including tour participants and home owners
Box 2, Folder 90
Homeowner Correspondence
1990
Scope and Contents note
Letters to/from owners of Cliff May houses in LaJolla/San Diego area about house tour
Box 2, Folder 92
Itinerary: Cliff May architecture in San Diego
1990
Scope and Contents note
Items related to planning June 1990 study tour in San Diego, including correspondence with participating home owners, detailed
itinerary, maps, and handwritten notes.
Box 2, Folder 91
Itinerary: Camarillo, Santa Barbara, and Solvang house Tour
1993
Box 2, Folder 93
On Site Study tour of Cliff May Ranch Houses (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1988
Scope and Contents note
Includes list of houses on tour and map of house locations.
Box 2, Folder 94
Preliminary Trip Itinerary: Aguoura to Solvang
undated
Box 2, Folder 95
Two-day Study tour of Cliff May estates
1989
Scope and Contents note
Includes detailed trip itinerary, maps, and possible tour participant correspondence. Tour includes Camarillo, Santa Barbara,
Solvang, and Oxnard.
Box 2, Folder 88
Cliff May Ranch House
undated
Scope and Contents note
Article by Greenwald on May ranch houses.
Box 2, Folder 87
Cliff May Lecture Series
1991
Box 2, Folder 96
"Constiticion del Estado de California"
undated
Box 2, Folder 97
Declaration of Jody Greenwald
1986
Scope and Contents note
Legal deposition about Cliff May
Box 2, Folder 98
Estudillo Family Genealogy
1969
Scope and Contents note
Background material on Cliff May family history in California by San Diego Genealogy Society.
Box 2, Folder 99
Index
undated
Scope and Contents note
Possible preliminary book index.
Box 2, Folder 100-103
Interviews with Cliff May
1984-1987
Scope and Contents note
4 folders each with copy of same interviews.
Box 2, Folder 104
List of Clients
March 1985
Scope and Contents note
List of clients and owners of Cliff May houses and buildings, including addresses.
Box 2, Folder 105
Miscellaneous Notes
circa 1983
Scope and Contents note
Assorted notes for book, handwritten.
Box 2, Folder 106
Notes
circa 1984- circa 1990
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten notes on paper, envelopes about book project.
Box 2, Folder 107
Outline for Book
undated
Scope and Contents note
Two page rough outline for book chapters/overview
Box 2, Folder 108
Table of Contents / Magazine Articles
undated
Scope and Contents note
List of magazine articles on Cliff May, possibly for use writing Greenwald's book. Two copies.
Box 2, Folder 109
UCLA Extension
circa 1982
Magazines D.
Scope and Contents note
This sub-series contains magazines which feature articles about Cliff May houses. Some are just clippings of the individual
articles and some contain the full magazine.
Box 1, Folder 1
Architectural Digest, entire magazine
1960
General note
entire issue on Cliff May's residence.
Box 1, Folder 2
Architectural Digest "Power Residence"
1964
General note
Article on Power residence (Camarillo, Calif.), by Cliff May
Box 1, Folder 3
Architectural Digest
1970
Box 1, Folder 4
Architectural Digest "Visits: Zubin and Nancy Mehta"
May 1985
Box 1, Folder 5
Architectural Digest "Visits: Robert Wagner"
May 1987
General note
Article on Cliff May- designed house owned by actor Robert Wagner. Folder includes extra copy of article.
Box 1, Folder 6
Architectural Digest "Remembering Cliff May"
May 1991
Box 1, Folder 7
Architectural Record "Attractive setting helps tourist court set record"
July 1940
Scope and Contents note
Cliff May designed Rancheria motel in Montecito, Calif.
Box 1, Folder 8
Arts and Decoration "The California Hacienda"
Sept. 1936
Box 1, Folder 9
Book of Low Cost Houses by Architectural Forum
1940
Box 1, Folder 10
Building Ideas "The Ranch House- an American classic"
1976
Box 1, Folder 11
Californian "Hacienda House"
Feb. 1946
General note
Articles on Hacienda House, Cliff May, and May's relatives pp. 92-95.
Box 1, Folder 12
Coastlines: UCSB Alumni Association
2000
Box 1, Folder 13
Good Housekeeping "Building Forum"
Feb. 1947
Box 1, Folder 14
Home Furnishings Ideas by Better Homes and Gardens
1957
Box 1, Folder 15
House Beautiful "Meet a Family that really knows how to Live"
April 1946
Box 1, Folder 16
House Beautiful "Home the most wonderful place"
October 1951
Box 1, Folder 18
House Beautiful's Home Maintenance and Building Manual "Pace Setter House"
1949
Box 1, Folder 19
House & Garden "Hallmark House Number 1"
February 1957
Box 1, Folder 20
Los Angeles Home and Garden "Adventures in Space"
Dec. 1980
Box 1, Folder 21
Old House Journal "The Ranch House"
Oct 1998
Box 1, Folder 22
San Diego Magazine "Native Genius"
Dec. 1984
Box 1, Folder 24
Sunset "Western Home Awards"
Oct. 1973
Box 1, Folder 25
Sunset "Ranch House Rides Again"
1992
Photographs E.
Scope and Contents note
The sub-series Photographs contains photographs of houses designed by Cliff May, photos of May and Greenwald, and photos of
Cliff May's own house, Mandalay, from the 1980s.
Box 5, Folder 1
California Ranch House
undated
creator:
Parker, Maynard L, 1900-1976
Scope and Contents note
Black and white photographs of color renderings of four ranch houses for the Cliff May book California Ranch House. Clients
are: Max Naef, Oliver Johnston Jr., Frank Coe, and Frank Appleton.
Box 5, Folder 2-3
Crawford, George house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
undated
creator:
Parker, Maynard L, 1900-1976
Scope and Contents note
Includes black and white photographs of interior and exterior of house. Additional materials for this house located in the
Cliff May Archive #156.
Box 5, Folder 4
Jones, Robert house (Fresno, Calif.)
undated
Box 5, Folder 5
Low Cost Housing
undated
Scope and Contents note
15 negatives of low-cost housing floor plans. Negatives were cut from a larger sheet; words and images are not complete on
some images.
Box 5, Folder 6-10
Mandalay- Cliff May house #5 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
undated
creator:
Cleveland, Robert C
creator:
Skipsey, Eric
Scope and Contents note
Includes black and white and color photographs of the interior and exterior of the house, negatives taken by Ursula Fairchild,
and slides possibly taken by Jody Greenwald which also include slides of the Riviera Ranch and Robert Wagner properties.
Box 5, Folder 11
May, Cliff and Jody Greenwald
undated
Box 5, Folder 12
McMahon, George house (Fresno, Calif.)
undated
Drawer 549
Miscellaneous Drawings
1954-1969
creator:
May, Cliff, 1908-1989
Scope and Contents note
Contains floor plans and elevations for Cliff May's Mandalay and Sullivan Canyon houses, as well as a plan for his office,
and an unidentified restaurant.
Box 5, Folder 13
Pettersen, Charles
undated
Box 5, Folder 14
Rattan Stylists, Inc.
undated
creator:
Laszlo, Paul, 1900-1993
Scope and Contents note
Black and white photographs of rattan furniture, two images list Paul Laszlo as designer, three images do not have any identifying
markings.
Box 5, Folder 15-22
Slides- Miscellaneous
undated
Scope and Contents note
Slides include images of many Cliff May houses including: Mandalay, Riviera, Axline, Blow, Caughey, Estudillo House/ Santa
Margarita ranch, Flag is up Ranch, Zubin Mehta, Mondavi winery, Sunset magazine headquarters, Robert Wagner, Lawrence Welk.
Also includes photographs of Cliff May and Jody Greenwald on tours of his houses circa 1980s.
Box 5, Folder 23
Unidentified Photographs
undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes small color snapshots of exteriors of Cliff May houses (possibly on a house tour in San Diego), as well as hacienda-style
interior and exterior photographs.
Box 5, Folder 24
Unidentified Sketches
undated
Videos F.
Scope and Contents note
Videos feature Cliff May ranch houses on Home and Garden TV special on ranch houses, and an episode of "If These Walls Could
Talk", featuring a Cliff May house.
Box 6
"If These Walls Could Talk" Episode #412
circa 2000
Scope and Contents note
one VHS copy; dub of master. Donkey milk/first/creole
Box 6
HGTV: Ranch Houses, Wilson Home, R. Quinn Int; E Studillo house (San Diego, Calif.)
undated
Scope and Contents note
VHS, one copy
Box 6
HGTV: Ranch Houses, Wilson Home (San Diego, Calif.)
undated
Scope and Contents note
VHS, one copy
Box 6
HGTV: Ranch Homes, Sy Gomberg (Los Angeles, Calif.)
undated
Scope and Contents note
VHS, three copies
Box 6
HGTV: Ranch Homes, Monty Roberts (Solvang, Calif.)
undated
Scope and Contents note
VHS, three copies
Correspondence II.
circa 1930s-circa 2009
Physical Description:
2.0 Linear feet
creator:
Greenwald, Jody
creator:
May, Cliff, 1908-1989
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence includes letters between Cliff May and Jody Greenwald; copies of letters to and from Cliff May about specific
projects (such as the Pace-Setter house) with other people; correspondence with Elizabeth Gordon and other
House Beautiful staff about various projects; and materials dealing with Greenwald and the UCLA Extension program in which she taught and
headed the program on interior design. May gave Greenwald copies of letters from his files before he donated his archive to
the repository.
Cliff May Correspondence A.
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
Scope and Contents note
This sub-series contains letters to and from Cliff May, who then gave the letters (originals and/or copies) to Jody Greenwald
for research purposes. The bulk of the letters are inquires about the Pace-Setter house and correspondence with the
House Beautiful magazine staff, including editor Elizabeth Gordon.
Box 2, Folder 1
Applebaum, Norm, letter from
1982
Box 2, Folder 2
Carrick, Robert, letters to and from
1950-1951
Scope and Contents note
Cliff May letters and telegrams to and from-- managing editor of House Beautiful magazine. Also includes text and captions
for House Beautiful article on May.
Box 2, Folder 3
Freshwater, Philip, letter from
1966
Scope and Contents note
Includes copy of Sacramento Bee article where Philip Freshwater incorrectly identifies May as deceased, and apology letter.
Box 2, Folder 4
Fuller, Mrs. Boyd, letters from
1935
Box 2, Folder 5
Gebhard, David, letter from
1983
Box 2, Folder 6-8
Gordon, Elizabeth, letters to and from
1947-1951
Scope and Contents note
Letters and telegrams, some hand written, mimeographed copies of May's letters to Gordon (
House Beautiful magazine's editor).
Box 2, Folder 9
Gough, Marion, letters to and from
1951
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters and telegrams between May and the features editor of House Beautiful magazine.
Box 2, Folder 10
Gunzburg, M.L., letter from
1973
Box 2, Folder 11
Hacienda House, letters about
1935-1938
Scope and Contents note
Letters from people interested in the Cliff May Hacienda style houses in San Diego. Most handwritten, some typed.
Box 2, Folder 12
Hamar, Nathan, letter from
1982
Box 2, Folder 13
Harris, Robert S., letter from
1983
Box 2, Folder 14
Heard, Frances, letters to and from
1948-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters and telegrams to and from May and the home furnishings editor of House Beautiful magazine.
Box 2, Folder 15
Hoefer, Richard, letters to and from
1949-1958
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters and telegrams between May and the House Beautiful magazine publisher
Box 2, Folder 16
House Beautiful, letters to and from
1949-1955
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters and telegrams from May to many different House Beautiful magazine employees; most letters are typed, some
handwritten notes.
Box 2, Folder 17
Laine, Tom, telegram from
1975
Box 2, Folder 18
Lane, L.W., letter from
1973
Box 2, Folder 18a
Lane, Ruth, letter from
1969
Box 2, Folder 19
Lee, Ruth, letters to and from
1958-1960
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters to and from May to the housing consultant for the J. Walter Thompson Company.
Box 2, Folder 20
Lester, Jack, letter from
1983
Box 2, Folder 21
Lull, Ray, letter from
1951
Box 2, Folder 22
Mallory, Blaine, letter from
1983
Box 2, Folder 23
Marston, George, letters from
1938
Box 2, Folder 24
Mason, Joseph, letter from
1981
Box 2, Folder 25
May, Hillary, letter from
1977
Box 2, Folder 26
Mondavi, Robert
1979-1984
Box 2, Folder 27
Moon, Thomas, letter from
1977
Box 2, Folder 28
Nickel, George, letters from
1979-1981
Box 2, Folder 29
Norcross, Carl, letters to and from
1947-1985
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters to and from May, as well as letter from Thermador Electrical Manufacturing about Norcross kitchen problem.
Norcross was the husband of Elizabeth Gordon.
Box 2, Folder 30-32
Pace Setter Inquiries, letters to and from
1949-1961
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters from consumers to May about the Pace Setter house, featured in the House Beautiful magazine in 1948, and
May's response to the consumer. two folders
Box 2, Folder 33
Palmer, Lois Stanford, letter to
1963
Box 2, Folder 34
Richards, C. Merlyn, letter from
undated
Box 2, Folder 35
Schieder, Mrs. S.H., letters to and from
1963
Box 2, Folder 36
Scudder, Eric, letter to and from
1963
Box 2, Folder 38
Vause, Ruth, letters to and from
1951
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters between May and Vause, the secretary to the Editor, Elizabeth Gordon , of House Beautiful magazine
Box 2, Folder 39
Welk, Lawrence, letter from
1977
Scope and Contents note
Includes letter from Ernst Plesset about May building the Welk home.
Box 2, Folder 40
Zeidberg, David, letter from
1984
May-Greenwald Correspondence B.
circa 1980s
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear feet
Scope and Contents note
This sub-series contains correspondence sent to Jody Greenwald from Cliff May of letters sent to him by clients, as well as
correspondence with business partners. This sub-series also contains partial transcripts of an interview done by Lasky with
Cliff May.
Box 2, Folder 41
"A Plan for your comfort and pleasure"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Draft of writing by Cliff May, sent to Jody Greenwald in 1984
Box 2, Folder 42
"Canyon Dwellers"
1988
Scope and Contents note
Article on Cliff May and family living in Sullivan Canyon, and description of Cliff May's connection to early Californians.
Box 2, Folder 43
Century Woods
undated
Scope and Contents note
Report from Ring Bros.- Ray Watt Partnership about Cliff May's lawsuit. Sent to Jody Greenwald by May's assistant, Sue.
Box 2, Folder 44
Cliff May Designed and Built Houses
undated
Scope and Contents note
List of Cliff May houses, including list of original owner, address, date built, condition, and handwritten notes by May about
the houses. No originals, all photocopies
Box 2, Folder 45-47
Cliff May Miscellaneous Correspondence
circa 1980s
Scope and Contents note
Letters to Cliff May, which he bundled together and sent to Jody Greenwald to use in her book.
Box 2, Folder 48
Credit Ranch House
1982
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Greenwald with enclosed list of "credit to ranch house" listing of magazine articles about Cliff May
Box 2, Folder 49
Design requirements/specifications and cost breakdowns, letter from Whitney Museum of Art
Oct. 9, 1985
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Cliff May's secretary, Tracy Landers, to Jody Greenwald which included list of enclosures, one of which is missing
(letter from Charles Palm, director of Ronald Reagan Foundation).
Box 2, Folder 50
Final Costs- House on Talmadge drive
1984
Box 2, Folder 51
Financial Files- Cliff May
1931-1932
Box 2, Folder 52
Greenwald, Jody, letters to and from Cliff May
1984-1987
Box 2, Folder 54
Interview with Cliff May for
Designer's West magazine
1980
Scope and Contents note
Typed draft of article for Designer's West magazine, sent to Jody Greenwald in 1985. Includes letter from Carol King, editor
and rough transcript of interview.
Box 2, Folder 55
Interview: May-Laskey, tapes 2 and 3
circa 1982
Scope and Contents note
Contains typed transcript of Cliff May interview with Marlene Laskey for UCLA's Oral History Program; only contains portion
of tape 2 (pages 122-149).
Box 2, Folder 56
Interview: May-Laskey, tapes 4 and 5
1982
Scope and Contents note
Typed transcript of interview between Cliff May and Marlene Laskey for UCLA's Oral History Program. Only side two of tape
4 is in this folder, as well as tape 5.
Box 2, Folder 57
Keynote Address to the AIA and article on the inventor of the ranch house
July 31, 1986
Box 2, Folder 58
"La Jolla Hermosa: A Subdivision Triumph"
circa 1985
Box 2, Folder 59
Land Grant Proceedings
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typed reproductions from 1852, 1861, 1865, and 1870 dealing with the Magee family land holdings in San Diego county
Box 2, Folder 60
Luckman, General Anthony, letter to
1984
Box 2, Folder 61
May v. Morganelli-Heumann lawsuit
1985
Box 2, Folder 62
Miracle, O.U. Company Files
1933-1938
Scope and Contents note
Financial records of O.U. Miracle Company; handwritten, with some typed correspondence with May. Miracle was one of May's
first financial backers in San Diego.
Box 2, Folder 63
Pettersen, letter from
1982
Box 2, Folder 64
Ranch houses in Bronx, NY
Dec. 26, 1984
Box 2, Folder 65
Rancho Santa Margarita y los Flores
1988
Scope and Contents note
Article sent by Cliff May to Jody Greenwald; folder also includes separate correspondence to Greenwald with photocopies of
photographs of interior of house
Box 2, Folder 66
Sale of first house (Cliff May)
1988
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Cliff May with copy of receipt for purchase of real estate for house sale in 1932 to Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Leary;
also included in correspondence is letter from Sunset magazine about building a house for Shirley Temple Black.
Box 2, Folder 67
Speech by Frank Lloyd Wright
1985
Box 2, Folder 68-69
Western Ranch Houses book by Cliff May
1972-1974
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence with publishers about book, and chronological list of all published articles about May's ranch houses
from 1934 until 1975 including name of magazine, year, issue, and title of article or description of photo/story.
Box 2, Folder 70
Woldenberg, Susan, letter from
Dec. 14, 1984
Box 2, Folder 71
Unidentified Sketches
undated
Scope and Contents note
Copies of sketches (pencil on paper) of unidentified houses.
Jody Greenwald Correspondence C.
circa 1984-circa 2000
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
Scope and Contents note
This sub-series contains personal correspondence between Greenwald and others, including an invitation to a Cliff May celebration.
Box 2, Folder 72
Cliff May Celebration Letters
1988
Scope and Contents note
Letters to participants in Cliff May Celebration (80th birthday); also includes programs and guest list.
Box 2, Folder 73
Deane, Jeffrey letter from
1998
Box 2, Folder 74
Erickson, Anne letter from
1984
Box 2, Folder 75
Giesen, Tom: "If Walls Could Talk" TV show letters to/from
2000
Box 2, Folder 76
Lisi, David letter to
1986
Box 2, Folder 77
Phillips, Eleanore letter from
1985
Box 2, Folder 78
Richardson, Marjorie letter from
1986
Box 2, Folder 79
Shea, Dorothy letter from
1989
Scope and Contents note
Holiday card includes photograph
Box 2, Folder 80
Smeder, Marilee letter from
undated
Scope and Contents note
From Nob Hill Gazette, includes returned photo of Cliff May, used for publication
Box 2, Folder 81
"Time to Celebrate"
undated
Box 2, Folder 82
Waycott, Ralph letter from
1993
