Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Robert Vincent Derrah papers
- Dates:
- circa 1922-circa 1946
- Creators:
- Derrah, Robert Vincent, 1895-1946
- Extent:
- 18.0 Linear feet (4 record storage boxes and 5 flat file drawers)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Robert Vincent Derrah papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Robert Vincent Derrah papers span 18 linear feet and date from circa 1922 to circa 1946. The collection is primarily composed of architectural drawings, reprographic copies, and presentation boards of commercial and residential buildings, including a house and a studio for the actor Charlie Chaplin, and many apartment buildings, in the Los Angeles area.
The collection also includes clippings, correspondence in the form of letters and telegraphs, architectural pamphlets, black-and-white photographs and negatives of Derrah’s Coca-Cola buildings, the Crossroads of the World commercial complex, residential buildings, and the 1941 Southern California Gas Company building in downtown Los Angeles.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert Vincent Derrah was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 14, 1895. Derrah was a graduate of both the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University with degrees in architecture. He came to Southern California in 1924 and established his firm Derrah and Associates in Beverly Hills. His most notable Los Angeles projects include: the Southern California Gas Company building # 1 in downtown Los Angeles, Crossroads of the World, Acme Brewery, and the streamline modern style Coca Cola Company Plant on Central Avenue. Derrah died in Los Angeles on October 9, 1946, at the age of 51.
- Custodial history:
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Jensen, 1992.
- Physical location:
- Boxes 1-3/ADC - regular Box 4/ADC - oversize** 5 Flat File Drawers/ADC - flat files
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- 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 Prepared:
- 08/15/2011
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2017-10-18T14:48-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
- Preferred citation:
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Robert Vincent Derrah papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-2724