Finding Aid for the Kistner, Wright & Wright drawings of the Betsy Ross School Extended Day Care Center addition (Bellflower, Calif.), 1963 0000308

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: Kistner, Wright & Wright drawings of the Betsy Ross School Extended Day Care Center addition (Bellflower, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 0000308
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Container: 547
Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)
Date: 1963
Location note: 1 Flat File Folder/ADC - flat files misc.
creator: Kistner, Wright & Wright.

Access

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred Citation note

Kistner, Wright & Wright drawings of the Betsy Ross School Extended Day Care Center addition (Bellflower, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

Kistner, Wright & Wright was an architectural firm located in San Diego, California. The partnership consisted of the following architects: Theodore C. Kistner, Henry Lyman Wright, and William Theodore Wright. The firm was founded in circa 1952 and dissolved in 1973, when Theodore C. Kistner died. The firm’s better known projects include: the Cerritos College Gymnasium building (Cerritos, California) and the Norwalk County building (Norwalk, California).

Scope and Content note

The Kistner, Wright & Wright drawings of the Betsy Ross School Extended Day Care Center addition spans 3 linear feet and dates from 1963. The collection is composed of 16 architectural drawings in the form of blueprints. Drawings include: a sheet index, plot and grading plan, floor plan, exterior elevations, sections and exterior details, interior elevations and details, door and window schedules, foundation plan and sections, roof framing plan, plumbing and heating plans, and electrical plans.

Related Archival Materials note

Custado Family Collection, MS 169, San Diego History Center Document Collection, San Diego, CA.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Kistner, Theodore C.
Kistner, Wright & Wright.
Wright, Henry Lyman
Wright, William Theodore
Architectural drawings
Blueprints