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Nicholas Olsberg Research Papers on Southern California, circa 1910-circa 1965 0000361
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Research for the "Moving Image" exhibition: architecture and urbanism of Southern California circa 1910-circa 2005

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Series contains transparencies of drawings and other materials found in California collections and archives, notes, and photocopied published material about architects and around topological themes that illuminate the growth of Southern California between 1910 to 1965. The research was gathered for a planned exhibition, "The Moving Image," which never was realized, though Olsberg generated a number of writings from his research. Olsberg gathered this material between 1999 and about 2006 from archives, libraries, personal collections across the state but especially from archives in Southern California.
Box 1-2

Architect files circa 1910-circa 1965

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Notes and copies from archival sources
Box 3-5

Topics circa 1910-circa 2006

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Notes and copies from archival sources, secondary materials
Box 6

Lists of slides and projects circa 1910-circa 2006

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Inventories and surveys of architects and projects, including some copies of drawings, documents and photographs
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Slides of drawings from various sources circa 1910-circa 2006

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Includes lists and inventories of drawings
Box 9

Photos of built landscape circa 1910-circa 2006

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Primarily from the Los Angeles Public Library and the California Historical Society
Box 10

Further readings on topics circa 1910-circa 2006

Box 11

John Lautner research circa 1940-circa 2010

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Some of the notes and other materials compiled for the John Lautner exhibition and catalog, "Between Heaven and Earth: the Architecture of John Lautner," 2010.
Box 12

Cliff May research circa 1920-circa 2012

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Series contains some of Olsberg's notes and research for the exhibition and catalog, "Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch House," which he initiated at UCSB's Art, Design & Architecture Museum, 2010-2012.
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Carlos Diniz inventories circa 2013-circa 2015

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Series contains inventories of the drawings and other materials in the Carlos Diniz Archive. Included is a May/June 2013 issue of Art, Ltd.
Olsberg was contracted by the family to inventory the archive, help the family sell some renderings, and place the bulk of the archive. The family donated the Carlos Diniz archive to UCSB's Architecture and Design Collection in 2016.