Finding Aid for the Paul Revere Williams drawings, circa 1935-circa 1950 0000254
Finding aid prepared by 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: Paul Revere Williams collection
Identifier/Call Number: 0000254
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear feet
(1 flat box and 5 flat file folders)
Date (inclusive): 1932-circa 1950
creator:
Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980
Processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Gift of Mrs. Paul R. Williams; Duque house drawings and a gift of the Duque family in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Gaberial C. Duque.
Paul Revere Williams drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Paul Revere Williams was born February 18, 1894 in Los Angeles, California. Williams studied architecture at the University
of Southern California from 1916 to 1919. He went on to study at Howard University, where he earned his doctorate in architecture.
Williams became a certified architect in 1921. From 1921 to 1924, Williams worked as a draftsman in the office of Los Angeles
architect John C. Austin, before establishing his own office by the age of 28. Williams practiced largely in southern California
where he designed numerous homes, civic, and commercial buildings. Paul Revere Williams retired in 1973 and died in 1980.
This is an assorted collection of drawings from various sources. The Paul Revere Williams drawings span 6.5 linear feet and
date from 1932 to circa 1950. The collection is composed of both original architectural drawings and reprographic copies for
the following projects: St. Nicholas Model house, an unidentified single story residence, the Jay Paley residence, the Nellie
Hirsh residence, and a series of drawings which were later published in 1946 by Williams in a book for prospective home-builders
of floor plans and presentation drawings entitled
New Homes for Today. Added to this collection in 2018 is a set of blueprints for the Gabriel C. Duque house, Los Angeles, 1932.
Related Archival Materials note
Julius Shulman photography archive, 1936-1997, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2004.R.10.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980
Architecture -- California
Drawer Misc Coll, FlatFile Folder 4
Nellie Hirsh house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1932
Drawer Misc. Coll, FlatFile Folder 5
Gabriel Duque house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1932
Physical Description:
8.0 Items
6 drawings, 1 construction notes sheet, 1 wrapper
Six blueprints: interior elevations and details, exterior elevations, 1st and 2nd floor plans; 1 construction notes sheet,
and brown wrapper with small pencil doodle/sketch.
Drawings are a gift of the Duque family in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Gaberial C. Duque, 2018.
Drawer Misc Coll, FlatFile Folder 3
Jay Paley house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1935-1936
Language of Material:
English
One flat file folder containing two original drawings of the east and west elevations. The landscape was designed by Edward
Huntsman-Trout, who worked with Williams to design a pool and pool house for Paley, circa 1932. After this successful commission,
Paley asked Williams to design the house, 1935-1936. Jay Paley occupied the house, located at 1060 Brooklawn Dr, in Holmby
Hills, until his death, when it was sold to Barron Hilton.
Box 1
New Homes for Today circa 1935
Language of Material:
English
Five architectural drawings on boards, all undated, although each presentation drawing is a distinct residence. Two of the
five boards feature presentation drawings without a floor plan, these drawings were later included in Williams’ publication
New Homes for Today. The three remaining boards feature both a presentation drawing and a floor plan, these drawings are not included in the
published version of
New Homes for Today but could have been included in a preliminary draft.
Drawer Misc Coll, FlatFile Folder 2