Pomona College Architectural Plans, 1922-2006

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Summary

Abstract:
A collection of architectural plans for Pomona College and Claremont Colleges buildings, both on and off campus. Spanning from 1922 to 2006, the collection includes architectural drawings, blueprints, sketches, renderings, building plans, and other building documentation.
Extent:
11.5 Linear Feet (8 roll storage boxes, 1 telescoping box, 1 flat storage box, 1 map drawer)
Language:
Languages represented in collection: English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pomona College Architectural Plans (PC-0040). Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.

Background

Scope and content:

Pomona College Architectural Plans is an artificial collection of architectural drawings, blueprints, sketches, renderings, building plans, and other documentation of Pomona College and Claremont Colleges buildings and grounds, both on and off campus. Spanning from 1922 to 2006, the collection is comprised of items donated to the Archives primarily by faculty members and academic departments. While the collection primarily includes building materials for current or former buildings, the collection also features plans and sketches of proposed campus building which were never constructed. The collection features work by notable architects and architectural firms such as Ralph Cornell, Marston and Maybury, Allison and Rible, Criley and McDowell, Jamieson and Spearl, Wallace Neff, and Robert A.M. Stern. Pomona College Architectural Plans is current and is still accruing materials. New materials will be added as acquired.

Acquisition information:
Items acquired through various donations and transfers.
Processing information:

Collection is processed at the item level. Most materials were rolled with tying tape and placed in telescoping and roll storage archival boxes. Oversize and foldered items were stored in flat files. Oversize items stored in flat files were sleeved in mylar.

Arrangement:

The collection is organized into the following 10 series:

  • Series 1: Academic Buildings, 1923-2006 and undated
  • Series 2: Administration Buildings, 1937-1999 and undated
  • Series 3: Art and Performance Venues, 1957-2005 and undated
  • Series 4: Athletic Facilities, undated
  • Series 5: Dining Halls, 1980-1991
  • Series 6: Grounds, 1922-1994
  • Series 7: Off-Campus Buildings, 1946-1977
  • Series 8: Residence Halls, 1932-1992
  • Series 9: The Claremont Colleges, 1960-1982
  • Series 10: Miscellaneous Architectural Drawings and Plans, 1993 and undated

Items are organized into sub-series by building or project name within each series and arranged alphabetically. Items are arranged chronologically by date within each sub-series.

Accruals:

Additions to the collection are anticipated and this finding aid will be updated periodically. Please visit our ArchivesSpace page for a more frequently updated container list: https://claremont.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/9/resources/1151

Physical location:
Please consult repository.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to the Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pomona College Architectural Plans (PC-0040). Pomona College Archives, Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.

Location of this collection:
333 N. College Way
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 621-8138
archives@pomona.edu
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