Waycott (Ralph) collection of papers regarding the Appleton/Waycott house, 1950-2007

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Summary

Title:
Ralph Waycott collection of papers regarding the Appleton/Waycott house (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Dates:
1950-2007
Creators:
Waycott, Ralph
Extent:
3.5 Linear feet (1 box and 2 rolls)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Ralph Waycott collection of papers regarding the Appleton/Waycott house (Los Angeles, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Ralph Waycott collection of papers regarding the Appleton/Waycott house spans 3.5 linear feet and dates from 1950 to 2007. The collection is composed of papers, including correspondence, reports and legal documents, photographs, drawings (some copies from the Cliff May papers at the Architecture and Design Collection), maps, and reports, gathered by Ralph Waycott III, regarding the history of the Appleton/Waycott house and the 1925 Robert Gillis adobe hunting lodge that was part of the original fabric of the house. Cliff May expanded the original Gillis lodge for Francis Appleton in 1946-1948, making a 5-bedroom house. The Waycott family purchased the house in the 1950s.

After the death of the elder Waycotts, the neighbors in Sullivan Canyon tried to declare the house a Historic Cultural Monument. Waycott gathered these materials to contest the application.

Biographical / historical:

The Appleton/Waycott house is the product of three architects. The original adobe structure was built in 1925 for the Gillis family and included a living room, small dining room, kitchen, guest bathroom, bedroom, and bathroom. Between 1925 and 1941 an addition was made to the property, which was a separate structure of Spanish Colonial Revival design. After WWII, the Gillis family sold the house to the Appleton family. The Appleton family hired architect Cliff May to integrate the two structures on the property, in order to create a much larger home, which was built in the late 1940s. The Waycott family purchased the house from the Appletons.

Custodial history:

Gift of Ralph Waycott III, 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-02-01T11:21-0800

Access and use

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Ralph Waycott collection of papers regarding the Appleton/Waycott house (Los Angeles, Calif.), 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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