Ray and Garstang collection of bound tearsheets from architecture and art publications, circa 1897-circa 1935

Summary

Creators:

Garstang, Charles E. and Rea, Alfred W.

Extent:

16.0 Linear feet (16 record storage boxes)

Language:

Preferred citation:

Ray and Garstang collection of bound tearsheets from architecture and art publications, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Ray and Garstang collection of bound tearsheets from architecture and art publications span 16 linear feet and date from circa 1897 to circa 1935. The collection is composed of tearsheets from various art and architecture publications, such as, The Architectural Forum, The Brickbuilder, Architecture, The American Architect, The Art Journal, Pencil Points, among others, bound by subject. These bound volumes were from the personal library of the two architects. Approximately ten are volumes from the library of J. H. Francis Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley, California. It is unclear when these volumes were added to the collection. Subjects that are covered in these bound volumes include: bank architecture, murals, stained glass, commercial entrances, public buildings, college buildings, libraries, concert halls, architectural engineering, and churches, among others.

Biographical / historical:

This collection of bound tearsheets from architecture and art publications was created by architects Alfred W. Rea and Charles E. Garstang. Rea & Garstang was an architectural firm established in Joplin, Missouri in 1901. The firm later located to Los Angeles, California sometime in the 1920s.

Custodial history:

Gift of Richard Hickman Pitman, 1985.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:

Garstang & Rea.

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Ray and Garstang collection of bound tearsheets from architecture and art publications, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US

Contact:

(805) 893-2724

adc@museum.ucsb.edu

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