Soderburg (Paul Lawrence) papers, 1962-1988

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Summary

Title:
Paul Lawrence Soderburg papers
Dates:
1962-1988
Creators:
Soderburg, Paul Lawrence, 1922-2017
Extent:
3.0 Linear feet (1/4 document box, 99 drawings in 11 flat file folders)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Paul Lawrence Soderburg papers. Architecture and Design Collection, Art Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains a portion of Paul Soderburg's architectural archive for works he designed while in Santa Barbara, dating from 1962 to 1988. Primarily comprising original architectural drawings, the collection also includes some photographs and a few clippings. The bulk of the collection regards houses he designed in the area, including for Katherine Tremaine, for whom Richard Neutra also designed a house in Santa Barbara. Also included are drawings and photographs for Sunflower Park, and an article about an unbuilt scheme for the freeway that runs through the city.

Biographical / historical:

Paul Lawrence Soderburg was born in Los Angeles, February 5 , 1922. He died in Trinidad, California on December 8, 2017. In 1959 Soderburg worked as Associate Architect with John deKoven Hill -- the architect, follower of Frank Lloyd Wright and editorial director of House Beautiful magazine -- on the House Beautiful 1960 Pace Setter House.

Later he worked with architect Dominic Wvladarczk who invited Soderburg to work with him in Santa Barbara in the late 1950s. Together they designed a number of apartment complexes in the city. When they parted, Soderburg opened his own office in Montecito in 1960 and began working on his first solo project, the Dellar house. Soderburg received his California architecture license in 1959. The bulk of his practice in the Santa Barbara area, 1961-2005, was the design of residences.

Paul Soderburg was a psychotherapist as well as an architect and was active on the clinical pyschology faculty of The Fielding Institute from 1973 to 1986, while continuing his architectural practice. His organic architectural forms reflect the influence of Wright and Soderburg's interest in the physio-psychological effects of space and enclosure.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Paul L. Soderburg.
Accruals:

ADD 1: received June 23, 2015 9 photographic prints, 1 printed ephemera, 4 newspaper clippings.

Physical location:
1 box (1/4 document box) / ADC regular 12 FF folders / ADC Misc.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Architecture -- California

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by ADC staff
Sponsor:
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.
Date Prepared:
2013
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-09-06T11:19-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Paul Lawrence Soderburg papers. Architecture and Design Collection, Art Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
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