Johnson (Joseph L.) drawings of the Zetterberg house, circa 1952

Summary

Title:

Joseph L. Johnson drawings of the Zetterberg house (Claremont, Calif.)

Dates:

circa 1952

Creators:

Johnson, Joseph Leupp, 1911-1987

Containers:

Drawer: 548

Extent:

3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)

Language:

Preferred citation:

Joseph L. Johnson drawings of the Zetterberg house (Claremont, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Joseph L. Johnson drawing of the Zetterberg house spans 3 linear feet and dates from circa 1952. The collection consists of one reprographic copy of a plot plan that is undated.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Leupp Johnson was born on May 23, 1911 in Pasadena, California. Son of the architect Reginald D. Johnson, Joseph Johnson attended Harvard University for undergraduate and graduate study in the field of architecture. Out of graduate school in 1939, Johnson got a job as a draftsman for the architect William W. Wurster from 1939 to 1942. From 1946 to 1949 Johnson collaborated with architects Gregory Ain and Alfred W. Day until he was made a partner in 1949. The three architects worked together as Ain, Johnson & Day until the firm dissolved in 1951. Johnson went on to open his own firm which he operated until he joined forces with Samuel E. Lunden in 1960, to form Samuel E. Lunden, FAIA, Joseph L. Johnson, AIA, Architects, Planners. Joseph L. Johnson died on June 20, 1987.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies

Names:

Johnson, Joseph Leupp, 1911-1987

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 2012-12-20T11:41-0800

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Joseph L. Johnson drawings of the Zetterberg house (Claremont, Calif.), 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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