Finding Aid for the ADC Oral History collection, circa 1979-circa 2005
0000222
Finding aid prepared by Jillian O'Connor and Chris Marino
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: ADC Oral History collection
Identifier/Call Number: 0000222
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear feet
(3 shoe boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1979-circa 2005
Location note: Boxes 1-3/ADC - regular
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Preferred Citation note
ADC Oral History collection, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
The Architecture and Design Collection has conducted oral history interviews since 1979 with people associated with its archives.
Scope and Content note
The ADC Oral History collection spans 1.5 linear feet and dates from circa 1979 to circa 2005. The collection is composed
of oral histories conducted by various individuals with the following architects, interior designers, and family members:
Sam Reisbord; Lutuh Maria Riggs; Edgar Bizzantz; Mark Schindler (R.M. Schindler’s son) and Schindler’s clients Hugh and Noel
Osheroff Oliver and A. Tischler; Cesar Pelli; Isabelle Greene; Robert Koch Wolf; Mrs. Alexandria; and Barnaby Davidson (J.R.
Davidson’s daughter-in-law).
Related Archival Materials note
Samuel Reisbord papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Lutah Maria Riggs papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
R. M. Schindler papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
John Elgin Woolf papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Julius Ralph Davidson papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bissantz, Edgar, 1901-1998
Davidson, Julius Ralph, 1889-1977
Greene, Isabelle
Pelli, Cesar
Reisbord, Samuel, 1904-1985
Riggs, Lutah Maria, 1896-1984
Schindler, Mark
Schindler, R. M., (Rudolph M. ), 1887-1953
Woolf, John Elgin, 1908-1980
Woolf, Robert Koch
Architecture -- California
Oral history
Box 1, Cassette 1-12, Disk 1-4
Sam Reisbord interview with Susan Martin
1979
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
(1 shoebox)
Wolf, Early Life
June 11, 1979
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 CD-ROM)
Architecture School, Wolf, Bessie, Politics
June 26, 1979
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 CD-ROM)
Portrait of the parents of the artist when young
circa 1979
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 CD-ROM)
Architecture in Russia Part I
circa 1979
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 CD-ROM)
Architecture in Russia Part II
circa 1979
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 CD-ROM)
Box 2, Cassette 1-6
Lutah Maria Riggs interviews
February 20, 1982-July 18, 1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
(1 shoebox)
Riggs L.M., Hideko Malis, Andy McMahon
February 20, 1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Lutah Riggs talking to Ted Grenzback
May 3, 1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Lutah Riggs with Andy Neumann, architect, and Isabel Greene, landscape architect
May 23, 1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Lutah Riggs, continued
May 23, 1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
No. I Lutah Riggs
July 18, 1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Lutah Riggs, Hideko Malis
July 18, 1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Box 3, Cassette 1-2, Disk 1-3
Edgar Bissantz interview
March 5, 1988
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
(1 cassette tape and 3 CD-ROMs)
Tape 1
March 5, 1988
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Tape 2
March 5, 1988
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Box 3, Cassette 3-7
Interview with Mark Schindler and R. M. Schindler' s clients
September 14, 1998-October 15, 1999
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
(5 cassette tapes)
Mark Schindler interview
September 14, 1998
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Mark Schindler interview
September 14, 1998-September 15, 1998
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
A. Tischler interview
February 11, 1999
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Hugh & Noel Osheroff Oliver interviews I
October 15, 1999
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Hugh & Noel Osheroff Oliver interviews II
October 15, 1999
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Box 3, Cassette 8
Cesar Pelli Interview
Februrary 4, 1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
(1 Cassette Tape)
Cesar Pelli interviewed by George M. Goodwin
February 4, 1993
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Box 3, Cassette 9
Conversation between Isabelle Greene and David Streatfield
April 26, 2005
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
(1 cassette tape)
Conversation between Isabelle Green and David Streatfield, University Art Museum
April 26, 2005
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Box 3, Cassette 10
Isabelle Greene dryscape installation, in the museum, UCSB
October 26, 2004
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
(1 cassette tape)
Isabelle Greene dryscape installation interview, Santa Barbara
October 26, 2004
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Box 3, Cassette 11-12
The Art of Luxury: Robert Koch Woolf
circa 2003
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
(2 cassette tapes)
The Art of Luxury: Conversation between Mark Bennett & Robert Woolf #1
circa 2003
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
The Art of Luxury: Conversation between Mark Bennett and Robert Koch Wolf
January 14, 2003
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Box 3, Cassette 13
Interview with Mrs. Stanley Blum
July 6, 1999
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
(1 cassette tape)
Interview with Mrs. Stanley Blum, Alexandria, VA
July 6, 1999
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
(1 cassette tape)
Box 3, Box 3, Cassette 14-15
Barnnaby Davidson regarding J. R. Davidson
2004
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear feet
RESTRICTED CONTENT
Tapes are restricted, only let researchers view the text of the edited transcript.
Interview with Barnaby Davidson I
October 11, 2004
Language of Material:
English
Interview with Barnaby Davidson II
October 11, 2004
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
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