Millard Sheets drawings of the Joseph Hunter house (Gualala, Calif.) 0000374

Finding aid prepared by Julia Larson
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
4/25/2019

Note

Drawings were Found In Collection (FIC), possibly part of the David Gebhard personal collection


Title: Millard Sheets drawings of the Joseph Hunter house (Gualala, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 0000374
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet One flat file folder
Date: 1964
Location note: Flat files / ADC; Miscellaneous collections 341-
creator: Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989

Custodial History note

Drawings were Found In Collection (FIC), possibly part of the David Gebhard personal collection

Biographical/Historical note

Millard Sheets was born in Pomona, Calif. in 1907 and studied art and painting at the Chouinard Art Institute, graduating in 1929. He was primarily an architectural designer, and partnered with architects to design buildings. Sheets was a well known watercolorist and taught art at the Otis Art Institute, Scripps College, and Chouinard Art Institute. During World War Two, Sheets was an artist correspondent in India and Burma for Time Magazine. In 1953 he founded Millard Sheets Design Inc., which brought together his architectural designs and licensed architects and engineers to design buildings, both commercial and residential throughout California. These buildings were designed with art- both sculptural pieces and murals- as integral parts of the architecture. Sheets died in 1989 in Gualala, Calif., at age 81.

Related Archival Materials note

Millard Sheets Papers, 1907-1990, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Conditions Governing Access note

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Scope and Contents note

This collection contains reprographic copies of drawings of the Joseph Hunter house in Gualala, Calif., from 1964. It consists of two copies of the complete set of plans (14 sheets each), including site plan, floor plan, sections, exterior elevations, interior elevations, roof plans, electrical plans, and details.

Preferred Citation note

Millard Sheets drawings of the Joseph Hunter house, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Conditions Governing Access note

Open for use by qualified researchers.