Open for use by qualified researchers.
Gift of Erika Weber, 1968 and 1971. Additional materials gifted by Mr. Paul Gray, 1980.
Karl Emanuel Martin (Kem) Weber papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University
of California, Santa Barbara.
The architect and designer Karl Emanuel Martin Weber was born in Berlin, Germany in 1889. In 1904, Weber entered the workshop
of the royal cabinet maker Eduard Schulz in Potsdam, where he learned the craft of furniture design and production. After
graduating in 1907, he went on to the Royal Academy of Applied Arts in Berlin where he studied under architect and designer
Bruno Paul. From 1911 to 1913, Weber worked in Paul’s private studio and in 1914 was recommended by him to help design the
German section of the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Weber traveled to San Francisco to oversee the construction
of the exhibit. He remained in the United States and established a practice as a designer and architect in 1919, first in
Santa Barbara, and later in Los Angeles. Until 1924 he was the Art Director for Barker Brothers, a large furniture store in
Los Angeles. His work was included in the International Exposition of Art in Industry at Macy’s department store in New York
City, and by 1930 he was one of America’s best known industrial designers. Weber is known for the "Airline" chair of 1934
and known for being the designer of the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Weber taught at the University of Southern
California and at The Art Center School, based at that time in Los Angeles. Weber died in 1963.
The Kem Weber papers span 54 linear feet and date from circa 1920 to circa 1959. The collection contains correspondence in
the form of telegrams and handwritten notes, Weber’s published articles, newspapers and magazine clippings regarding his work,
black-and-white photographs of his projects, negatives (including glass plate negatives), small design sketches, presentations
boards for buildings, interiors, furniture, and household objects; and architectural drawings and reprographic copies. Some
of his more notable projects are: the Walt Disney Studios, the Zachos Department Store (1939), the David Grey residence (1953),
Barker Brothers Department Store, the Bixby residence (1935-1937), Union Oil Stations, as well as many other projects.
Writings Series 1
1922-1954
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
Scope and Contents note
The Kem Weber writings consist of typed and handwritten notes to himself as well as drafts of lectures, articles, and his
autobiography. Writings span one linear foot (one box) of materials. Also included in this series is a home movie about Weber's
garden, undated, no sound.
Box 14, Folder 1
Autobiographical Notes & Writings
1935-1936, 1946, 1953, circa 1963
Box 14, Folder 6
Address to Pacific Art Association
1935
Box 14, Folder 7
The Application of Art to Industrial Life
undated
Box 14, Folder 8
"Art & Business"
Jan- Feb 1926
Box 14, Folder 9
Art Center School
undated
Scope and Contents note
Undated lecture notes
Box 14, Folder 10
"At the Base of All Design is Construction"
undated
Box 14, Folder 11
"Between Theoretical Training & Practical Application..."
undated
Box 14, Folder 12
"Bit By Biy" CA Arts & Architecture
June 1940
Box 14, Folder 13
"The Charm of Design" Exhibition Announcement
undated
Box 14, Folder 14
"Decorative Merchandising"
undated
Box 14, Folder 15
Radio talk on design
undated
Box 14, Folder 16
"Design is not a superimposition..."
undated
Box 14, Folder 17
"Development and growth of all home equiptment industries..."
undated
Box 14, Folder 18
Education: "Industrial Design"
undated
Box 14, Folder 19
"How Can The Artist Develop a Work of Art Out of a Necessity"
circa 1928
Box 14, Folder 21
"Industrial designing is the practical application..."
1927
Box 14, Folder 22
"Industry as pictured in the mind of the public..."
undated
Box 14, Folder 23
"The Influence of Color in Package Design"
ca. 1930
Box 14, Folder 25
Kem Weber von Eugene Meier Krieg
undated
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten and typed in German
Box 14, Folder 26
"Making Design Interesting"
undated
Box 14, Folder 27
"Modern Art for San Francisco"
1929
Box 14, Folder 28
"Modern Art Movement"
undated
Box 14, Folder 29
Modern Furnniture for Modern Women
undated
Box 14, Folder 30
"Modernism versus Classicism in Architecture" Los Angeles Times
19 April 1936
Box 14, Folder 31
"No Other Industry In The U.S. Has A Better Future Than The Furniture Industry" (Lectures)
undated
Box 14, Folder 32
"Not so many years ago..."
undated
Box 14, Folder 33
"Not the exotic, not the extraordinary..."
undated
Box 14, Folder 34
Notes in Art Moderne
1929
Box 14, Folder 35
Notes on Barker Brothers
undated
Box 14, Folder 39
"A Radio is not a Piece of Furniture"
May 20, 1930
Box 14, Folder 40
"Seven Centuries in Twenty Years"
1934
Box 14, Folder 41
"Shall we in the home furnishing business..."
1934
Box 14, Folder 65
Silver Tree Studio
undated
Box 14, Folder 43
"Some Observations of American Design"
undated
Box 14, Folder 45
"We Americans do not seem to find it difficult..."
undated
Box 14, Folder 47
"We Need an American Art says Kem Weber"
undated
Box 14, Folder 48
"What is all this Talk About Modern Furniture?"
undated
Box 14, Folder 49
"Why has not this vivid individual, the American woman, a living room..."
undated
Box 14, Folder 50
"Why Should the American Furniture Buyer, Manufacturer, and Designer Go To Europe?"
undated
Box 14, Folder 51
The Word "Modern" as applied to the Developement of Design for Daily Commodities
undated
Box 14b / Folder 1
Home movie of garden
circa 1940
Scope and Contents note
Home movie of garden, no sound, on 8mm film.
Articles and Clippings Series 2
1922-1954
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
Scope and Contents note
This series contains newspaper articles by and about Kem Weber and his designs, as well as typed and handwritten notes about
various projects to be published.
Box 14, Folder 77
Airline Chair
1935
Scope and Contents note
Letters, articles, and advertisements for Airline Chair
Box 14, Folder 2
Art Center School Program "Noted Designer Lectures at Los Angeles, CA
undated
Box 14, Folder 52
Barker Brothers- "Tempo" advertisements
1934
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clippings of advertisements from 1934 for the Barker Bros. Tempo furniture designs
Box 14, Folder 53
Bentlock Furniture Higgins Manufacturing Company
1931
Box 14, Folder 86
Bentwood furniture designs
undated
Box 14, Folder 79
Bismarck Hotel, (Chicago, IL)
1947
Box 14, Folder 54
Bixby, W.E. Residence (Kansas City, MO)
circa 1936-1937
Scope and Contents note
Undated article in unidentified magazine about Bixby house in Kansas City, MO
Box 14, Folder 87
Defense Housing Development sketches
circa 1940s
Box 14, Folder 55
Disney Studios (Burbank, CA)
1939, 1942
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper clipping and magazine article about the Disney Studios restaurant
Box 14, Folder 56
"The Ideal Studio" (Will Connell) in Camera Craft
1937
Box 14, Folder 64
Kerr Glass Manufaturing Company (Texas)
28 May 1936
Box 14, Folder 57
Kimbell Residence (also Duffy), Santa Barbara (
Los Angeles Times Home Magazine)
1951
Box 14, Folder 58
Lloyd Manufacturing Company (Menominee, MI)
1934
Box 14, Folder 81
Precision Built Homes, Otto M. Eitel (Chicago, IL)
1942
Box 14, Folder 59
Mueller Furniture Company (Grand Rapids, MI)
circa 1936
Box 14, Folder 82
Sommer & Kauffman Shoe Salon (San Francisco, CA)
1959
Box 14, Folder 85
System Housing for Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma, WA)
1942
Box 14, Folder 60, Box 14, Folder 62
Weber, Kem, articles by and about
circa 1930-circa 1959
Scope and Contents note
Newspaper and magazine clippings by and about Kem Weber; also includes some typed drafts of articles written by Weber. Some
items are dated, many from the early 1930s, along with later articles and miscellaneous writings from the late 1950s.
Box 14, Folder 83
Weber, Kem Office Stationary
circa 1958
Scope and Contents note
Stationary example and notes about planning a design school (Art Center?)
Box 14, Folder 84
Weber, Kem Studio (Santa Barbara, CA)
1948
Scope and Contents note
Letter to Architectural Forum magazine with specifics about the house and studio, folder also includes blueprints
Box 14, Folder 61
Weber, Kem Residence, (Santa Barbara, CA): Los Angeles Times Home Magazine
1956
Correspondence Series 3
1924-1968
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear feet
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
Scope and Contents note
This series contains letters to and from Kem Weber to various architects, designers, and companies with whom he worked. The
letters are mostly typed originals and carbon copies, on letterhead stationary.
Box 14, Folder 66
Barker Brothers, letters from
1926
Box 14, Folder 67
Daily News, letter to
1934
Box 14, Folder 68
Letters regarding Exhibition of Contemporary Creative Architecture of California (Seattle, WA)
1968
Box 14, Folder 69
Industrial Design Magazine, letter from
1963
Box 14, Folder 70
Heinersdorff, letter to
1924
Box 14, Folder 71
Farnum, Royal B. (Bruno, Paul), letters about
1950
Box 14, Folder 72
Gropius, Walter; letters from
1945
Box 14, Folder 73
Dodds, J.; letters to
1953
Box 14, Folder 74
Office of War Information, Los Angeles, CA (Overseas Bureau), letter from
1944
Box 14, Folder 75
Schindler, R.M.; letters to
1930
Box 14, Folder 76
Weber, Kem Exhibition (San Diego, CA)
1935
Box 14, Folder 3
White, W. T.; telegraph to
1928
Photographs and Negatives Series 4
1922-1954
Physical Description:
17.0 Linear feet
Boxes 1-13 contain photographs, Boxes 15-18 negatives and glass negatives
creator:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
Scope and Contents note
This series contains photographs, negatives, and glass negatives from Kem Weber design projects. The series is arranged by
client/project name. Large groups of images include those of Barker Brothers, Disney Studios, and Union Oil. Large drawings,
presentation boards, and large photographs can be found in the drawings, presentation boards, and sketches series.
Box 12, Folder 295
Aircraft Corporation, (Nashville, Tenn.): Wall Mural
1939
Box 1, Folder 1, Box 17 / 1 negative, Box 17 / 2 negatives
Airline Cabin
undated
Scope and Contents note
Photographs and negatives include interiors and light standards
Box 17/ 17 negatives, Box 1, Folder 2-9, Box 17 / 7 negatives
Box 1, Folder 10
Airline Waiting Room
1938
Box 1, Folder 11-12
Arlington Lodge Lake, (Arrowhead, Calif.)
1922
Scope and Contents note
Furniture for A. L. Richmond
Art Center School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1934-1935
Box 17 / 1 negative
Art Center School Brochure
Box 1, Folder 13-15, Box 17 / 5 negatives
Art Center School Project
1934-1935
Box 1, Folder 18
Promotional Display
1934-1935
Box 1, Folder 19-21
Baker Building ? (Interior)
undated
Scope and Contents note
Interior photographs of highly ornate building, possibly a piano store (?)
Box 1, Folder 22-23, Box 17 / 1 negative
Baker Furniture Company, (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
1936
Box 1, Folder 26-27
Barker Bros. Album - Furniture
1934
Box 1, Folder 24-25
Barker Bros. Studio, Metalwork - Lamps and Benches
Box 21, Folder 1-5, Box 3, Folder 57-62
Barker Bros. (Unidentified Material)
Scope and Contents note
Box 3 contains unidentified black and white sketches of furniture and interiors Box 21 contains colored drawings on boards;
unidentified interiors of stores and furniture
Box 15 / 1 negative, Box 15 / 2 glass negatives, Box 17 / 32 negatives
Negatives and glass negatives
General note
Each negative and glass negative has specific description written on sleeve.
Box 15 / 14 glass negatives, Box 1, Folder 28-29, Box 17 / 8 negatives, Box 2, Folder 37-52, Box 3, Folder 53-54, Box 2, Folder 30-36
Barker Bros. Modes & Manners Shop (Hollywood, Calif.)
1926
Box 3, Folder 55-56, Box 17 / 28 negatives
Barker Bros. Tempo Rooms
circa 1934
Box 3, Folder 63
Bedroom and Furniture (project)
1930
Box 17 / 2 negatives, Box 3, Folder 64
Bentlock Furniture, Higgins Manufacturing Co.
1930
Box 17 / 25 negatives, Box 3, Folder 65-67
Berkey and Gay Furniture Co., (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
1936
Box 3, Folder 69-74, Box 3, Folder 68, Box 4, Folder 75-79
Bismarck Hotel, (Chicago, Ill.)
1946-1947
Box 1, Folder 80-81, Box 17 / 5 negatives
Bissinger, J.W. Residence, (San Francisco, Calif.)
1929
Bixby, W.E. Residence, (Kansas City, MO)
1936-1937
Box 17 / 17 negatives
Negatives
Scope and Contents note
Negatives show interiors and furniture; 2 negatives are of the floor plan with schematic furniture arrangement, one negative
of the right side of the plan, the other of the left side of plan.
Box 28
Oversize photographs
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of interior of house, mounted on boards
Box 4, Folder 90
Boar's Head Restaurant
late 1940's
Box 4, Folder 91
Brilliant Glass Co., (Weston, WV)
1928
Box 4, Folder 92
Brooklyn Museum Exhibitions of Bentlock Furniture
1931
Scope and Contents note
For Higgins Manufacturing Company(?)
Box 17 / 6 negatives, Box 4, Folder 93
Cannell & Chaffin Inc., (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1936
Box 4, Folder 94-95
Carders Restaurant, (Chicago, Ill.)
1945
Scope and Contents note
Interior Remodeling and Furniture
Box 5, Folder 99-100
Clayburgh, H. Residence, (San Francisco, Calif.)
1929
Box 17 / 15 negatives, Box 5, Folder 101
Colburn Fur Store, (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1940
Scope and Contents note
Commercial Building Interiors and Furniture
Box 17 / 2 negatives, Box 5, Folder 102
Connell, Will Studio, (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1934, 1936
Box 5, Folder 103-104
Connor Hotel, (Laramie, WY)
1945
Box 5, Folder 109
DeWitt, J. Residence, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1946
Box 5, Folder 110-123, Box 46*, Box 44*, Box 45*, Box 17 / 24 negatives
Disney, Walt Studios, (Burbank, Calif.)
circa 1939
Scope and Contents note
Photographs (Box 5) and graphite and colored pencil renderings on boards (Boxes 44-46) of interiors, exteriors, and furniture
for Disney Studios.
Box 6, Folder 124
Disney, Walt Studios, (Burbank, Calif.): Walt Disney with people
1939
Scope and Contents note
Photos of Walt Disney with various unnamed people, as well as promotional photos
Box 6, Folder 125, Box 6, Folder 126
Dodd, Dr. J. Residence, (Palo Alto, Calif.)
1930
Scope and Contents note
Large photographs of interior and exterior of house in two folders
Box 6, Folder 127
Elkus, Chas. Residence (San Francisco, Calif.): Bedroom Furniture
circa 1929
Box 6, Folder 128
Farmers Market, Monument to Consumers and Producers
undated
creator:
Barnes, Carroll
Scope and Contents note
Carroll Barnes, Sculptor, Kem Weber, Designer
Box 6, Folder 129, Box 17 / 6 negatives
Federal Housing Exhibition, (Los Angeles, Calif.): Barker Bros. building
1935
Box 6, Folder 130, Box 17 / 9 negatives
Franklin, E. Residence (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1938
Box 6, Folder 131
Frederick & Nelson Dept. Store, (Seattle, Wash.)
1920's-1930s
Scope and Contents note
Display Room, Furniture, Flatware, and Tea Set
Box 6, Folder 132-136, Box 17 / 42 negatives, Box 15 / 8 glass negatives
Friedman, J.C. Residence, (Banning, Calif.)
1927-1929
Box 6, Folder 137-144, Box 17 / 3 negatives, Box 15 / 5 glass negatives
Friedman Silver Co. (New York, NY): Designs
1928
Box 6, Folder 145
Freuedeman, A.E. Residence, (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
1929
Box 6, Folder 146
Furniture Construction Photos
1939
Scope and Contents note
In Coluburn Furs box, in envelope from Will Connell to Jere (?) Johnson
Box 6, Folder 147
Gerlach, M. Residence, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1953
Box 6, Folder 148-149, Box 17 / 1 negative, Box 7, Folder 150-152
Gisler, E. Residence, (Glendale, Calif.)
1942-1943
Box 17 / 2 negatives
Grand Rapids Chair Co.
1929
Box 17 / 6 negatives, Box 7, Folder 153
Grand Rapids Furniture Co., (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
1936
Box 17 / 7 negatives, Box 7, Folder 154-155
Gray, David Residence, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1953-1954
Box 7, Folder 156-157
Haskell, Ruth Residence, (Newport Beach, Calif.)
1954
Box 7, Folder 158-159
Heidelberg Restaurant, (Chicago, Ill.)
undated
Box 7, Folder 160-161
Hillside House, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1951
Box 7, Folder 162, Box 17 / 1 negative
Hudson's Credit Jewelers, (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1934
Box 7, Folder 163
Jewelry Designs (Misc.)
undated
Box 7, Folder 164
Karpen & Bros. Furniture, (Chicago, Ill.)
1936
Box 7, Folder 165, Box 17 / 2 negatives
Kaufmann Department Store, (Philadelphia, Penn.): Project
1928
Box 17 / 3 negatives, Box 7, Folder 166
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Company, (Texas)
1936
Box 17 / 14 negatives, Box 7, Folder 167
Kerr Sports Shop, (Beverly Hills, Calif.)
1937
Box 17 / 1 negative, Box 7, Folder 168-172
Kimball, Mrs. D. Residence, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1948-1949
Box 15 / 1 glass negative
Lake Delaware Boys Club: Insignia
undated
Box 7, Folder 174
LANE Furniture Co., (Milwaukee, Wisc.)
undated
Box 7, Folder 175
La Salle Kock Dept. Store, Ready-to-Wear, (Toledo, Ohio)
undated
Box 17 / 2 negatives, Box 7, Folder 176
Lawson Clocks, (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1934
Box 17 / 22 negatives, Box 7, Folder 177
Lloyd Manufacturing Co., (Menominee, Mich.)
1934
Box 7, Folder 181, Box 18 / 12 negatives, Box 7, Folder 178-179, Box 15 / 1 glass negative, Box 7, Folder 180, Box 2, Folder 1-12
Macy's Department Store, (New York, NY): "The First International Exposition"
1928
Scope and Contents note
The First International Exposition of Arts & Trades-- folder 178-179 The First International Exposition of Arts & Culture--
folder 180 The First International Exposition of Art in Industry-- folder 181
Box 7, Folder 182
Masonite Composition (Chicago, Ill.): "A Century of Progress" Exhibit
1933
Box 7, Folder 183-186, Box 15 / 9 glass negatives, Box 18 / 14 negatives
Mayers Company, (Los Angeles, Calif.): Office Files
1928?
Box 18 / 6 negatives, Box 8, Folder 187-190
Mayfair Hotel, (Los Angeles, Calif.): Rainbow Isle Supper Room
1926-1927
Box 18 / 1 negative, Box 8, Folder 191
Medical Center, (Los Angeles, Calif.): project?
1937-1940?
Box 8, Folder 192-194, Box 18 / 40 negatives
Mueller Furniture Co., (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
1936
Box 8, Folder 195-196
Oasis Hotel, (Palm Springs, Calif.)
1921-1927
Box 8, Folder 197-199
Palace Theater, (Chicago, Ill.)
1945-1946
Box 8, Folder 200-201, Box 18 / 1 negative
Paramount Studios, (Los Angeles, Calif.): Set designs
1932-1934
Box 8, Folder 202
Parker, Maynard Residence
1930's
Box 8, Folder 203-206
Paul, Bruno, Kammergericht, (Berlin, Germany)
undated
Box 8, Folder 207
Peer, Ralph Residence, (Hollywood, Calif.)
1945-1947?
Box 8, Folder 208
Penny Market, (Los Angeles, Calif.)
circa 1946
Box 18 / 4 negatives, Box 8, Folder 209
Peters, George Residence, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1948
Box 9, Folder 210-211
Plains Hotel, (Cheyenne, WY)
1945
Box 9, Folder 212
Theoretical Designs for the Use of Plywood
undated
Box 9, Folder 213
Porter Blanchard Pewter Designs, (Burbank, Calif.)
1928-29
Box 15 / 2 glass negatives, Box 9, Folder 214-220
Pumphrey Residence, (Hollywood, Calif.)
1926?
Box 9, Folder 221
Richfield Oil Company Service Station
1935
Box 18 / 1 negative, Box 9, Folder 222
Rike-Kumler Department Store, (Dayton, Ohio): Furniture exhibition
1935-36
Box 9, Folder 223
Roadside Restaurant (project)
1935
Box 15 / 6 glass negatives, Box 9, Folder 224-227
Roos Shoe Salon, (San Francisco, Calif.)
1929-1930
Box 9, Folder 228, Box 40*, Folder 3
Rothwell, T.F. Residence, (Beaumont, Tex.)
1936
Box 9, Folder 229, Box 18 / 1 negative
Rueline Residence, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1941
Box 18 / 1 negative, Box 9, Folder 230-233
St. Charles Hotel, (New Orleans, LA)
1953
Box 9, Folder 234
Samstag & Hilder Bros., (New York City, NY): Handbag Designs
1928
Box 9, Folder 235
Santa Barbara Yacht Club
1948, 1950
Box 9, Folder 236, Box 10, Folder 237, Box 18 / 1 negative
Savery Hotel, (Des Moines, Iowa)
1957
Box 10, Folder 238
Silver Designs (Misc.)
undated
Box 18 / 3 negatives, Box 10, Folder 239
Smithsonian Gallery of Art Competition (Washington, DC)
1939
Sommer & Kaufmann Shoes Salon, (San Francisco, Calif.)
1936
Box 15 / 63 glass negatives, Box 18 / 7 negatives
Negatives and Glass Negatives
1936
Scope and Contents note
Sleeves for negatives have description of photograph (i.e. 4th floor, display racks, etc.)
Box 15 / 5 glass negatives, Box 18 / 1 negative
Sommer & Kaufmann Ext. - L.A. Paper Box Company - Standard Paper Box
1936
Box 1, Folder 81, Box 10, Folder 251-258, Box 18 / 1 negative
Systems Housing: Kem Weber System Precision Built Homes
1942-1943
Box 18 / 7 negatives
Swanson-Peterson (Pasadena, Calif.)
1939
Box 10, Folder 259
Terese Ann Shop, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1951
Box 10, Folder 260
Standard Paper Box Corporation Office Interiors
undated
Box 10, Folder 261
"The Stein" Restaurant/Bar (project)
late 1940's
Box 18 / 1 negative, Box 11, Folder 262
Ultra-Violet Products
1934
Box 11, Folder 263
Unidentified Arts & Crafts Furniture
undated
Box 11, Folder 264
Unidentified Sculpture
undated
Box 11, Folder 265, Box 12, Folder 291
Unidentified Photos and Related Material
July 21, 1939
Box 11, Folder 266
Unidentified Clay Model for Lamp
undated
Box 16 / 15 glass negatives, Box 18 / 8 negatives, Box 11, Folder 267, 275-278, Box 15 / 2 glass negatives, Box 17 / 1 negative
Unidentified Furniture
1920's-1940s
Scope and Contents note
Folders include unidentified copies of photographs from Barker Bros. Tempo Rooms, Rothwell Residence, Roos Shoe Shop, and
miscellaneous sketches
Box 18 / 7 negatives, Box 18 / 8 negatives
Unidentified Ship model
undated
Box 11, Folder 268-274, Box 16 / 5 glass negatives
Unidentified Spanish Colonial Revival House
undated
Box 18 / 8 negatives, Box 12, Folder 292-293, Box 18 / 4 negatives
Unidentified Villas
c. 1918-1921
Scope and Contents note
Contains sketches of different unidentified villas
Union Oil Company
circa 1940s
Box 11, Folder 279
Unionettes Presentation Brochure
undated
Box 11, Folder 280-282, Box 18 / 26 negatives
Photo Album, Miscellaneous projects
undated
Box 12, Folder 283-285
Service Station: Market Center Type
circa 1947
Box 12, Folder 286
Service Station: Modernization Program, Neighborhood Type
undated
Box 12, Folder 287
Service Station: Miscellaneous projects
1945-1946
Box 12, Folder 288
Service Station: 101 Coast Highway, Highway type
circa 1946-1947
Box 12, Folder 290
Service Station: Sepulveda Blvd
1945-1947
Box 12, Folder 289
Service Station: Redwood, Highway Type
undated
Box 12, Folder 290b
Service Station: Panama
1945-1947
Box 12, Folder 290c
Designs for Triton Oil containers
circa 1946-1947
Box 12, Folder 290
Service Station (Hynes, CA): proposed truck service station
1945-1947
Box 12, Folder 290e
Service Station Trucks
1945-1947
Box 12, Folder 294, Box 18 / 2 negatives
Vine Street School, (Hollywood, Calif.): Exterior Remodeling
1938-1939 (?)
Box 12, Folder 296-297
Weber, Kem, (Berlin, Germany): Early Projects
1912-1914
Box 18 / 3 negatives, Box 12, Folder 298
Weber, Kem Studio, (Hollywood, Calif.)
1927
Box 18 / 5 negatives, Box 12, Folder 299
Weber, Kem, (Lafayette Park Place, Calif.): Studio
1934
Weber, Kem Studio, (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1945-1947
Box 16 / 4 glass negatives, Box 18 / 3 negatives, Box 17 / 1 negative
Negatives and glass negatives
Box 17 / 1 negative, Box 1, Folder 1
Box 12, Folder 302, Box 18 / 3 negatives
Weber, Kem (Los Angeles, Calif.): photographs
circa 1930-1936
Box 18 / 10 negatives, Box 12, Folder 303-304
Wedemeyer Residence, (Altadena, Calif.)
1937
Box 12, Folder 305
West, J.M. (Houston, Tex.): Table
undated
Box 12, Folder 306-307
Wyoming Hotel (project)
undated
Box 18 / 39 negatives, Box 12, Folder 308-309, Box 16 / 1 glass negative, Box 13, Folder 310-314, Box 40*, Folder 4
Zacho's Department Store, (Los Angeles, Calif.): Commercial building and furniture
circa 1937, 1941-1942
Drawings, presentation boards, and sketches Series 5
1922-1954
Physical Description:
34.0 Linear feet
Flat files in map cases, presentation boards in oversize boxes, boxes of large photographs
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
creator:
Weber, Kem, 1889-1963
Scope and Contents note
This series contains large drawings, sketches, presentation boards, and large photographs, including those mounted on boards.
The series is arranged by client or project name. Large collections include Barker Brothers, Disney Studios, and Union Oil
Company, among others. Corresponding photographs and negatives can be found in the Photographs and Negatives series.
Box 19, Folder 1
Airline Cabin Interior
ca. 1935
Scope and Contents note
Cabin interior for private plane: 4 drawings, graphite and colored pencil on paper, mounted on boards.
Drawer 89, FlatFile 1
Airline Chair Company, “Airline” Chair
1934-1935
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of chair; plan for chair, side view, dated September 6, 1946
Box 20, Folder 1
Ambassador Hotel, Coco bar, Coconut Grove Bar
1935
Scope and Contents note
8 boards: color drawings of interior; 1 interior floor plan, 1 exterior elevation.
Box 20, Folder 2
Arrowhead and Puritas Water Company, Exhibit for San Diego Exposition
1935
Scope and Contents note
Watercolor(?) on board
Box 26*
Art Center (Pasadena, Calif.): presentation drawings
1934-1935
Box 17 / 1 negative
Airstream automotive design
undated
Box 25*
Barker Brothers (Los Angeles, Calif): Album of show room designs
1933
Scope and Contents note
Merchandising Survey, floors 1-6: Detailed plans for all six floors of department store; also includes photographs of furniture
Box 22
Barker Brothers “Modes and Manners” Shop, Interiors and Furniture
1926; 1933; 1934
Scope and Contents note
Box 22 contains a large assortment of color drawings of tables, bedroom sets, desks, chairs, as well as room interiors.
Box 19, Folder 2-3
Barker Brothers Studio, “Tempo” Shop Showrooms and Furniture
1933-1939
Scope and Contents note
14 photos mounted on boards (folder 2); 11 photos mounted on boards (folder 3)
Box 25*, Folder 1
Barker Brothers Unidentified materials, Presentation Sketches
1921-1933
Scope and Contents note
Color renderings on boards
Box 35A*, Folder 1
Bekins Van and Storage Company, WareResidence Exterior Remodeling
1940
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on board (rusty staples in corner)
Box 35A, Folder 3, Box 24
Berkey and Gay Furniture Company, (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Furniture
1936
Scope and Contents note
Box 24 contains color presentations and furniture sketches Box 35A contains color presentations of furniture
Box 19, Folder 4, Box 35A*, Folder 2
Bismarck Hotel, (Chicago, Ill.): Hotel Building Remodeling and Furniture
1946-1947; 1954
Scope and Contents note
Two drawings- colored pencil on paper; one board- colored pencil on paper (box 19) Drawings- colored pencil on paper; photographs
on board of interiors (box 35A)
Bixby, W. E., House (Kansas City, MO): Residence and Furniture
1936-1937
Box 27B*
Presentation boards and photographs
Scope and Contents note
Color renderings on boards of interior of house; includes schematic floor plan for first and second floors as well as presentation
book- black and white photographs of interior.
Drawer 89, FlatFile 2
Drawings
Scope and Contents note
Copy drawings of plans/elevations by Edward Tanner
Box 23, Folder 2
Candy Display
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphite on tracing paper, and colored pencil on board
Box 23, Folder 4, Box 4, Folder 96
Castle Hotel, (Des Moines, Iowa): Hotel Building Interior
1951
Box 23, Folder 1, Box 4, Folder 97-98
Christian Science Reading Room, (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Religious Building
1951
Box 23, Folder 3
Connell, Will, Photographic Studio (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1934, 1936
creator:
Connell, Will, 1898-1961
Box 27A*
Connor Hotel, (Laramie, WY): Hotel Building Remodeling
1945
Scope and Contents note
Color rendering of interior on board
Box 23, Folder 5, Box 5, Folder 105-108
Dabney, S., (Santa Ynez Valley, Calif.): Ranch House
1952
Box 27A*
Disney, Walt Studios: promotional photographs of people
1939
Scope and Contents note
Photos of Disney studios, people (including Walt Disney), and buildings, mounted on boards
Conditions Governing Use note
Copyright Disney Studios; all rights reserved.
Disney, Walt Studios, (Burbank, Calif.)
1939-1995
Drawer 89, FlatFile 3
Drawings and Plans
1990-1995
Scope and Contents note
Floor and site plans prepared as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey, 1995
Drawer 89, FlatFile 4
Display Fixture
1949-1950
Scope and Contents note
Graphite on tracing paper
Box 27A*, Box 44*, Box 45*, Box 46*
Presentation boards: Studio buildings and furniture
circa 1939
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil renderings of building interiors and exteriors on boards.
Box 32*
Federal Housing, Exhibition and exposition building
1935
Box 29, Folder 1
Franklin, Elizabeth, Residence (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1938
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored renderings (interior and exterior) on boards
Box 32*
Friedman, J. D., House (Banning, Calif):
1927-1929
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencils on boards
Box 32*
Gardena Theater Building: exterior remodeling
undated
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on board
Box 31*, Box 29, Folder 2
Gisler, E., Residence (Glendale, Calif.)
1942-1943
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil interiors on boards
Drawer 89, FlatFile 5
Gray, David, Jr., House and Studio (Monticito, Calif.)
1953-1954
Scope and Contents note
One photograph; detailed floor plans and elevations
Box 32*
Hartfield Hosiery Company, commercial building exterior
1936
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on board
Box 32*
Haskell, Ruth, Residence, (Newport Beach, Calif): aka Haskell beach house
1954
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on boards
Box 43*
Hat Displays, “Oh Deer” and “Soldiers Dream”
1944
Scope and Contents note
Full color sketches of tree shaped hat stands, with models
Box 39*, Drawer 89, FlatFile 6, Box 32*
Hillside House (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1951
Scope and Contents note
Colored renderings on boards
Box 32*
Hudson’s Credit Jewelers, (Los Angeles, Calif.): commercial building exterior
1934
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on board
Box 31*
International Electric Exhibition: exhibition building and light standards for exterior
1952
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on boards
Box 14, Folder 63
Jardine, John project (Los Angeles, Calif.): description of lot
24 Oct 1922
Box 18 / 1 negative, Box 30
Karpen, S. & Bros. (Chicago, Ill): Furniture
1936
Scope and Contents note
Box 30 contains colored pencil on boards-- renderings of furniture
Box 30
Kaufmann’s Department Store, (Philadelphia, Penn): Public Dining Room
1928
Scope and Contents note
Colored pencil on board
Box 31*
Kerr Glass Company, Exhibition Display Area, Golden Gate International Exposition
1939
Scope and Contents note
Color renderings on boards
Box 31*, Box 30
Kerr Sport Shop, (Beverly Hills, Calif.): Commercial Building and Furniture
1936-1937
Scope and Contents note
Box 31 contains photographs on boards of the interior of shop; box 30 holds spiral book with photographs and drawings.
Box 30
Lawson Clocks, (Los Angeles, Calif.): Designs for Clocks
1934
Scope and Contents note
Colored pencil on boards
Box 33*
Lloyd Manufacturing Company, (Menominee, Mich.): Tubular Steel Furniture
1934
Scope and Contents note
Some colored pencil on board sketches, some display photographs on board
Box 34*, Folder 1
Macy’s Department Store, Interiors for The First International Exposition of Arts and Trades
1928
Scope and Contents note
Watercolor(?) of bathroom; 3 views
Box 35B*, Folder 1
Mailbox designs, Proposals for mailbox designs
undated
Box 36*, Folder 1
Mandel Brothers Department Store (Chicago, Ill.): survey, Commercial Building Remodeling
1944
Scope and Contents note
Typed description of store remodeling/remerchandising, floor by floor, with plans and sketches
Box 36*, Folder 2
Mayers Company, (Los Angeles, Calif.): Office Interior and Furniture
1928-1929
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of furniture; office interior
Box 35B*, Folder 2
Medical Center Project (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1937-1940
Box 34*, Folder 3
Mueller Furniture Company, (Grand Rapids, Mich.): Furniture
1936
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on boards; also photographs from catalog
Box 37*, Folder 2
Palace Theater (Chicago, Ill.): building remodeling
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Color renderings on presentation boards
Box 35B*, Folder 3
Paramount Pictures, Set Designs
1932-1934
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified set designs; some dated circa 1932-33
Box 37*, Folder 1
Plains Hotel (Cheyenne, WY): Hotel Building Remodeling and Furniture
1945
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on boards
Box 34*, Folder 2
Plastic Designs for "Household Doo-Dad File"
1941, 1948
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on boards
Box 39*, Folder 1
Roos Brothers Shoe Shop, (San Francisco, Calif.): Commercial Building Interior and Furniture
1929-1930
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencils on paper
Box 38*, Folder 4
Rueline House (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1941
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on board
Box 38*, Folder 2
Samarkand Hotel, (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Main Dining Room
1925-1929
Scope and Contents note
Colored pencil sketch of interior detail
Drawer 89, FlatFile 7, Drawer 89, FlatFile 8
Santa Barbara Yacht Club, (Santa Barbara, Calif.): Club Building
1948, 1950
Scope and Contents note
Full color presentation boards
Box 38*, Folder 5
Savery Hotel, (Des Moines, IA): Hotel Building Interior Remodeling
1957
Scope and Contents note
Unidentified hotel renderings in Box 39* also possibly Savery Hotel.
Box 41*, Folder 3
Scandinavian Airlines System, Sales Office Interior
1954
Scope and Contents note
Rendering of interior of sales office; note on back lists location as Los Angeles sales office
Drawer 89, FlatFile 9
Smithsonian Gallery of Art, (Washington, DC): Museum Building Competition
1939
Scope and Contents note
Plans and elevations for building competition Graphite on board
Box 39*, Folder 2, Box 40*, Folder 2
Sommer and Kaufmann Shoe Store, (San Francisco, Calif.): Commercial Building, Remodeling
1929-1936
creator:
Williams, Albert R.
Scope and Contents note
Interior and exterior color renderings, box 39; Interior photographs, box 40
Box 41*, Folder 2
Standard Paper Box Corporation, Office Interiors and Furniture
1930
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of office interior
Box 38*, Folder 6
St. Charles Hotel, (New Orleans, LA)
1953
Scope and Contents note
Interior renderings of lobby/bar/cocktail lounges in color on boards
Box 41*, Folder 1, Drawer 89, FlatFile 10
System Housing, (Tacoma, Wash.): Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Pre-Fabricated Residences (Defense Housing)
1942-1943
Scope and Contents note
Color floorplan, elevation, and rendering for different house configurations; Graphite on tracing paper- floor plans and elevations
in flat file
Box 38*, Folder 7
Tel-O-Liner (Roll-A-Liner), Reading Device
1949, 1952
Drawer 89, FlatFile 11
Tovell, Allen, House (Capistrano Beach, Calif.)
1947
Scope and Contents note
Colored pencil on paper
Box 38*, Folder 1
Ultra-Violet Products, Incorporated, Lamp
1934
Scope and Contents note
Graphite and colored pencil on board (rendering of desk lamp)
Box 42*, Folder 1-2, Box 42*, Folder 2
Unidentified, Interiors, Chairs, and Furniture
1933, 1935, 1941, 1942
Scope and Contents note
Oversize Box 42 contains unidentified sketches and presentation boards of chairs, other furniture, and building interiors
in two large folders. Folder 1: living room furniture, bedroom furniture (1942), dining room furniture, and 15 chair designs.
Folder 2: sketches and renderings of chairs, living room sets and hallways (1935); living room interiors (1941); dining room
interior (1933), bedroom, living room and other interiors; sketches of chairs and 1 photograph of a lamp.
Box 43*
Unidentified, Household Objects
circa 1948
Scope and Contents note
Graphite on tracing paper sketches of pitcher, vase, and bowl
Box 43*
Unidentified, Residental and Restaurant Interiors
circa 1933
Scope and Contents note
Oversize Box 43 contains sketches and full color presentation boards of unidentified residence exteriors and interiors, as
well as undentified restaurant/bar interiors.
Box 43*
Unidentified, Residence (Hillside House?)
undated
Scope and Contents note
11 undated renderings (some graphite sketches on boards, some full color on boards) of interior and exterior of possibly the
same house (Hillside House??)
Drawer 89, FlatFile 12
Unidentified Building Designs
undated
Scope and Contents note
Miscellaneous sketches of residences, or possibly a hotel, resort, or movie set?
Union Oil Company, Unionettes
1945-1947
Box 48*
Unionette for various locations
circa 1945
Scope and Contents note
Undated presentation board for service station in Panama; "Unionette for a valley highway"; "Unionette with a small general
store"
Box 48*
Unionette, basic small station
circa 1945
Scope and Contents note
Two full color renderings, one deluxe, one basic
Box 48*
Unionette for a Desert Highway
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Unionette with cafe presentation board
Box 48*
Unionette for a Coast Highway
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Unionette with Cafe presentation board
Union Oil Company, Service Stations
Box 49B*
Market Center type
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Full color presentation boards: Two seperate interior renderings Paste-up presentation board
Box 49B*
Marketing Station Office Building
1945
Scope and Contents note
Marketing station presentation board "Basic unit A, small office"
Box 49B*
Marine Service Station
1945-1946
Scope and Contents note
Four renderings: Project #2, marine supplies (full color) and one colored pencil sketch (Balboa, CA) Two unidentified stations,
one full color, one graphite sketch
Box 49A*
Redwood Service Station
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Full color presentation board; Small size rendering; Paste-up presentation board;
Box 49B*
Service Station for Small Airport
1945-1947
Box 49A*
Service Station and Motor Lodge (Bridgeport, CA)
1946, 1948
Scope and Contents note
Two small color presentation drawings, graphite and colored pencils on boards
Box 49A*
Truck Service Station Remodeling (San Diego, CA)
1946
Scope and Contents note
Full color rendering on presentation board
Box 49A*
Truck Service Station (Hynes, CA)
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Three renderings of Hynes station (Project #4, Project #4 revised, and proposed plan)
Box 49A*
Container, Products Display, and Vehicle Color Schemes
1946-1947
Scope and Contents note
Four boards with truck color schemes; one board with cashbox design; one board can display (1946); One presentation board
with photographs of oil cans
Box 48*
Reception Room? Interior
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Full color presentaion board of unnamed interior room
Box 47*
Service Station Modernization Program
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Three full color renderings on boards: Station Type 106A (study #2); Station Type 106A (Study #1); Minute Man Service
Box 47*
Service Stations Projects
circa 1945
Scope and Contents note
Undated presentation boards named: Projects #18 & #33; Typical Two canopy station; Minute man Service; Project #6; Minimun
station design #3C; Minimun station design #1A; Unnamed rendering of corner station
Box 47*
Service Stations, Washington state
1946
Scope and Contents note
Project #10, Seattle; Project #24, Yakima; Project #34, Cheney; Project #12, Spokane
Box 47*
Service Stations, California
1945-1947
Scope and Contents note
Project #25, Barstow (two renderings, one small, one large) Project #38, Los Angeles
Box 39*, Folder 3
Vine Street School, School Building Remodeling
1938-1939
Scope and Contents note
Rendering of exterior, on board
Drawer 89, FlatFile 13
Vultee Aircraft Corporation, (Nashville, Tenn.): Mural
1939
Scope and Contents note
Full color presentation board
Box 38*, Folder 3
Wakefield House (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1955
Scope and Contents note
Exterior renderings on boards
Box 40*, Folder 1
Weber, Kem, Studio-Residence (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
1945
Scope and Contents note
Photographs of exterior of house
Box 39*, Folder 4
Wyoming Hotel, Dining Room and Bar
undated
Scope and Contents note
Color renderings on boards
Drawer 89, FlatFile 14
Zacho’s Department Store, (Los Angeles, Calif.): Commercial Building, Furniture, and Building Remodeling
1937-1939; 1941-1942; 1953
Scope and Contents note
Color presentation board; photographs on presentation boards
