Finding Aid for the W. H. Weeks drawings 0000300

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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
1/22/2013
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California 93106-7130
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Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Title: W. H. Weeks drawings
Creator: Weeks, William Henry
Identifier/Call Number: 0000300
Identifier/Call Number: 223
Physical Description: 6 Linear Feet (2 flat file folders)
Date (inclusive): 1925-1926, 1930
Physical Location: 2 Flat File Folders/ADC - flat files misc.
Language of Material: English .

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred Citation

W. H. Weeks drawings of the Santa Barbara Junior High School (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical / Historical

William Henry Weeks was an early 20th-century architect who designed hundreds of buildings in California (primarily northern California) over the course of his career. Weeks began his career working with his father as a builder and designer. In 1894, Weeks opened his own practice in Watsonville, California and then opened a second branch in Salinas, California in 1897, and a third branch in San Francisco in 1905. Starting in 1924, William Henry Weeks joined in partnership with his son Harold Weeks to form Weeks and Weeks, Architects, which was based in the San Francisco bay area. Weeks and Weeks quickly developed a reputation as experts in secondary school architecture and designed over one hundred schools over the life of the firm. William Henry Weeks died in 1936.

Scope and Content note

The W. H. Weeks drawings of the Santa Barbara Junior High School span 3 linear feet and date from circa 1930. The collection is composed of two architectural drawings in the form of reprographic copies. Drawings include a plot plan and a planting plan by R. T. Stevens. The W.H. Weeks drawings of the Montecito Union School building on San Ysidro Road in Montecito span 3 linear feet and date from 1925-1926. The file contains 14 blueprints with annotations for site plan, floor plans, sections, elevations, interior elevations, details, and full size details of the school building.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Reprographic copies
Architectural drawings
Weeks, Harold
Stevens, Ralph T
Weeks, William Henry

drawer 365

Montecito Union School San Ysidro Rd. (Montecito, Calif.) 51313 1925-1926

drawer 365

Santa Barbara Junior High School (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 51314 circa 1930