Jay D. Frierman papers, 1890-1998
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Title: Jay D. Frierman papers
Collection number: 1095
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
12.0 linear ft.
(24 boxes and 1 shoebox)
Date (inclusive): 1890-1998
Abstract: Jay D. Frierman (1923-1999) was a UCLA professor and Consulting Archaeologist who conducted archaeological excavations throughout
the Middle East and southern California, and supervised numerous archaeological projects at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State
Historic Park. Frierman was a specialist in ceramic glazes and historical archaeology in southern California and he published
several articles and books on his research. The collection consists of correspondence, archaeological surveys and reports,
research notes, and published articles.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Frierman, Jay D.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Beatrice B. Frierman, 29 November 2001.
Processing Note
The processing of this collection was generously supported by
Arcadia
funds.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Jay D. Frierman papers (Collection 1095). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography/History
Jay David Frierman was born May 17, 1923 in Los Angeles, California. He received a B.A. in Painting from the University of
California, Berkeley in 1948 and a M.A. in Art History from Mills College, Oakland, California in 1953. Mr. Frierman died
in Los Angeles on November 30, 1999. From 1954-1964 Mr. Frierman was an Associate Professor at East Los Angeles College where
he also served as the Director of the Vincent Price Art Gallery. In 1964 Mr. Frierman joined the UCLA faculty as a Lecturer
in History, and from 1966 until his retirement in 1980, he was a Lecturer in Near Eastern Archaeology. During the 1970-1971
academic year, Mr. Frierman joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Visiting Scholar in Ceramic
History and Technology. From 1971-1979 Mr. Frierman, in addition to his position as UCLA Lecturer, was the Curator of Near
Eastern Archaeology and Ethnography at the UCLA Museum of Cultural History, now known as the Fowler Museum. After his retirement
in 1980, Mr. Frierman worked as a Consulting Archaeologist throughout Southern California. From 1982-1991 Mr. Frierman was
a Consulting Archaeologist for the El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park where he conducted archaeological assessments
and excavations on numerous plots throughout the State Park including the Sepulveda House, the Pico House, and the Avila House.
Scope and Content
The Frierman collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, archaeological site surveys, excavation and
project reports, photographs, published articles, article reprints and offprints by Frierman and colleagues, field journals,
architectural plans and maps, and California maps and tourist ephemera. The collection's overall scope is approximately from
the 1890s-1998. The majority of the collection is approximately 1950-1998.
The majority of the collection consists of correspondence, published articles and research, and archaeological surveys and
excavation project reports primarily from El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park and other excavation projects in Southern
California.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence and Reprints, 1955-1990 (Boxes 1-7)
- Los Angeles Archaeology, 1890-1996 (Boxes 8-14)
- Research and Publication Files, 1950-1992 (Boxes 15-18)
- Archaeological and Excavation Site Projects, 1981-1998 (19-23; 25)
- Maps and California Tourist Ephemera, ca.1958-1990s (Boxes 23-24)
Related Material
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Frierman, Jay D.--Archives.
1. Correspondence and Reprints.
1955-1990.
Scope and Content Note
Contains professional and personal correspondence, as well as some reprints and offprints by Frierman's colleagues. Files
are arranged alphabetically by colleague's name.
Box 1, Folder 1
Adams, William Y.
1968.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and offprint by Adams
Box 1, Folder 2
Addyman, Peter V.
1973.
Scope and Content Note
Reprints
Box 1, Folder 3
Altman, Ralph C.
1960s.
Scope and Content Note
Reprints, photograph of Altman
Box 1, Folder 4
Anderson, Eugene.
1974-1984.
Box 1, Folder 5
Asaro, Frank.
1971-1981.
Scope and Content Note
Mostly reprints
Box 1, Folder 6
Ayalon, David.
1968-1973.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, postcard, Archaeology journal
Box 1, Folder 7
Balfet, Helene.
1962-1973.
Box 1, Folder 8
Berger, Rainer.
1976.
Scope and Content Note
Radiocarbon Conference program; Berger was conference organizer
Box 1, Folder 9
Berghe, L. Vanden (1 of 2).
1967-1979.
Scope and Content Note
Single correspondence, numerous published excerpts from Archaeology journal, Art Iranien Ancien jounral, file also includes
numerous print journals and articles
Box 1, Folder 10
Berghe, L. Vanden (2 of 2).
1960s-1970s.
Scope and Content Note
Various reprints
Box 2, Folder 1
Berti, Graziella (1 of 3).
1974-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Box 2, Folder 2
Berti, Graziella (2 of 3).
1930s-1970s.
Scope and Content Note
Contains various offprints
Box 2, Folder 3
Berti, Graziella (3 of 3).
1970-1977.
Scope and Content Note
Contains various offprints
Box 2, Folder 4
Biddle, Martin.
1969-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, published offprints, magazine article from Scientific American
Box 2, Folder 5
Blake, Hugo.
1970-1974.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, published offprints and reprints
Box 2, Folder 6
Blosser, Ruth.
1960-1965.
Scope and Content Note
Numerous personal and professional correspondence regarding Iranian pottery
Box 2, Folder 7
Bojani, Gian Carlo.
1977-1981.
Box 2, Folder 8
Braidwood, Robert J.
1971-1972.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, article reprint, slides
Box 2, Folder 9
Brill, Robert H.
1968, 1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, research notes, sherd photographs
Box 2, Folder 10
Buccellati, Giorgio.
1965-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Research notes, offprints, and newsletters regarding Syrian antiquities
Box 2, Folder 11
Bull, Robert J.
1973-1979.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, offprint
Box 2, Folder 12
California Committee for the Promotion of History.
1986.
Scope and Content Note
Newsletters and correspondence
Box 2, Folder 13
Charleston, R.J.
1976.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Box 3, Folder 2
Clement, Paul A.
1968-1972.
Scope and Content Note
Reprints and reports regarding Isthmia excavations; no correspondence
Box 3, Folder 3
Cranston, Alan.
1982-1984.
Box 3, Folder 4
de Cardi, Beatrice.
1973.
Box 3, Folder 5
Delougaz, Pinhas Pierre.
1960-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, offprints and reprints, UNESCO Courier journal
Box 3, Folder 6
Dothan, Moshe.
1974-1977.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, offprint, color booklet from University of Haifa regarding Akko excavation
Box 3, Folder 7
Fakher, Hossein J.
ca. 1968.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, offprints, Research Project on Handmade Carpet journal
Box 3, Folder 8
Fehervari, Geza.
1968-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, offprints, reprints
Box 3, Folder 9
Fesbach, Norma.
1972-1973.
Box 3, Folder 12
Gardner, Elizabeth.
ca. 1970.
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished reprint from Elizabeth Gardner
Box 3, Folder 13
Gilfillan, S. Colum.
1967-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, reprint
Box 3, Folder 14
Gordus, Adon A.
1969.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, offprinted article
Box 3, Folder 17
Hunterian Museum, The - Univ. of Glasgow.
ca. 1973.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, reprints from The Hunterian Museum
Box 3, Folder 18
Japaridze, V. V.
1965-1967.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, notes
Box 3, Folder 20
Jones, Elizabeth H.
1972.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, offprints
Box 3, Folder 22
Khanzadyan, Emma.
1968-1970.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Box 3, Folder 24
Kimura, John C. (1 of 2).
1962.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, letters, photographs
Box 4, Folder 1
Kimura, John C. (2 of 2).
1961-1962.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, numerous photographs
Box 4, Folder 2
Kingery, David.
1967-1974.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs
Box 4, Folder 3
Lang, David M.
1965-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper clippings
Box 4, Folder 4
Lapp, Paul W.
1967-1968.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, Lapp CV
Box 4, Folder 5
Larue, Gerald A.
1968.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, Expedition summary
Box 4, Folder 7
Lowie Museum (UC Berkeley).
1963, 1976.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and documents regarding the inter-campus use of Berkeley's Lowie Museum of Anthropology
Box 4, Folder 8
Matson, Frederick R.
1974-1975.
Box 4, Folder 9
Mazar, Benjamin.
1967, 1973.
Scope and Content Note
Reprinted article from the Israel Exploration Journal
Box 4, Folder 10
McBride, Joseph.
1972, 1974.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, magazine article
Box 4, Folder 11
Meyers, Eric M.
1972-1977.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, conference paper, copy of Biblical Archaeologist journal
Box 4, Folder 12
Morrison, Ellen E.
1964-1968.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, article from National Jeweler
Box 4, Folder 14
Muller-Lancet, Aviva.
1968-1971.
Box 4, Folder 15
Murphy, Franklin.
1966-1968.
Box 4, Folder 16
Museum Committee.
1970-1975.
Box 4, Folder 17
Parker, S. Thomas.
1975-1976.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, archaeological survey report
Box 5, Folder 1
Perlman, Isadore.
1967-1976.
Box 5, Folder 3
Renfrew, Colin (1 of 2).
1967-1968, 1974.
Scope and Content Note
Numerous correspondence, research notes, excavation summaries, NY Times article reprint
Box 5, Folder 4
Renfrew, Colin (2 of 2).
1966-1969.
Scope and Content Note
Print publications and reprints
Box 5, Folder 6
Sayre, Edward V.
1971-1978.
Box 5, Folder 7
Scanlon, George T.
1972-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, journal article reprint
Box 5, Folder 8
Schaefer-Simmern, Henry.
1951-1992.
Box 5, Folder 9
Schultze-Frentzel, Ulrich.
1972-1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, Keramos publication from 1974
Box 6, Folder 1
Smith, Cyril Stanley.
1967-1975.
Box 6, Folder 2
Society of Architectural Historians, Pacific Section, General Correspondence.
1955-1977.
Scope and Content Note
A variety of correspondence between SAH members regarding the society and various exhibitions
Box 6, Folder 3
Steinberg, Arthur.
1967-1974.
Box 6, Folder 4
Stenger, Alison.
1985-1986.
Scope and Content Note
File contains an envelope with ceramic artifacts; artifacts contained in box 25, file 1
Box 6, Folder 5
Todd, Ian A.
1973-1974.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence
Box 6, Folder 6
Wellcome Trust (F.N.L. Poytner and J.W. Barber-Lomax).
1968.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, background information on the Wellcome Collection
Box 6, Folder 7
Whitcomb, Donald.
1976.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, first volume of the Journal of Oman Studies
Box 6, Folder 9
Whitehouse, David (1 of 2).
1970-1978.
Box 6, Folder 10
Whitehouse, David (2 of 2).
1970-1978.
Box 7, Folder 1
Wilkinson, Charles.
1975.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, article from unknown journal
Box 7, Folder 2
Williamson, Andrew.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Map of Bahrayn identified as "location of sites with pottery submitted for analysis"
Box 7, Folder 4
Young, Charles E.
1974-1975.
Box 7, Folder 5
Correspondence, various, A-D.
ca. 1966-1987.
Scope and Content Note
Ahmonson - DuPont
Box 7, Folder 6
Correspondence, various, E-I.
ca. 1967-1994.
Scope and Content Note
Edmiston - Israel
Box 7, Folder 7
Correspondence, various, J-M.
ca. 1965-1996.
Scope and Content Note
Jenkins - Murphy
Box 7, Folder 8
Correspondence, various, N-S.
ca. 1968-1991.
Scope and Content Note
Negahban - Sullivan
Box 7, Folder 9
Correspondence, various, T-Z.
ca. 1970-1991.
Scope and Content Note
Trubner - Ziffren, other unknown
Box 25, Folder 1
Ceramic artifacts.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Part of materials from box 6, file 4; correspondence with Alison Stenger from 1985-1986
2. Los Angeles Archaeology.
1890-1996.
Scope and Content Note
Contains archaeological surveys, reports, and research based on Frierman's excavation work at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles
Historical Monument in downtown Los Angeles. Other materials include secondary reports on El Pueblo de Los Angeles and the
Chinese American Museum, Frierman's "Clark Library Paper" and his manuscripts on Southern California archaeology, and Frierman's
other Los Angeles-related research materials.
Box 8, Folder 1
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Arcadia Street Parking Areas.
ca. 1984.
Scope and Content Note
Research notes, photographs
Box 8, Folder 2
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Grant.
1988.
Box 8, Folder 3
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Hellman-Quon Building.
1986.
Box 8, Folder 4
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Los Angeles Street Conduit.
1985.
Box 8, Folder 5
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Parking Lot #2 perimeters.
1987.
Box 8, Folder 6
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Parking Lot #3.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Diagrams, photographs
Box 8, Folder 7
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Parking Structure.
1982.
Box 8, Folder 8
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Photographs and line drawings.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, negatives, and contact sheets
Box 8, Folder 9
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Pico House Kitchen.
1986.
Box 8, Folder 10
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Pico House and El Paseo Inn Excavation Reports.
1984-1987.
Box 8, Folder 11
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, 622-624 Sepulveda Block.
1983.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs
Box 8, Folder 12
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Sepulveda House.
1982.
Box 8, Folder 13
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Sepulveda House.
1982.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, negatives, and contact sheets
Box 8, Folder 14
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, various photographs.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
88 site photos of El Pueblo, Olvera Street, and various buildings
Box 9, Folder 1
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Archaeological Project Plans.
1979-1980.
Scope and Content Note
Prepared by Paul Chace and Associates
Box 9, Folder 2
Frierman, J., "A Look at Sonoratown".
1980.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 3
Frierman, J., "An Assessment of the Archaeological Potential of the Hellman-Quon Building".
1986.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 4
Frierman, J., "Archaeological Monitoring of the North Spring Street and the Macy Street Perimeters of Parking Lot Number 2".
1987.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 5
Frierman, J., "Archaeological Testing at Parking Lots Numbers 1, 2, and 3".
1986.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 6
Frierman, J., "Excavation and Monitoring of the Pico-Garnier Block".
1984.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 7
Frierman, J., "Excavations at Parking Lot Number 3 and in El Paseo Inn".
1983.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 8
Frierman, J., "Excavating and Assessment…of the Pico House".
1984.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 9
Frierman, J., "Los Angeles: the future of its culture".
1966.
Scope and Content Note
Draft
Box 9, Folder 10
Frierman, J., "Monitoring an Excavation for a Telephone Conduit, Los Angeles Street".
1985.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 11
Frierman, J., "Monitoring an Excavation in the North Room, El Paseo Inn".
1987.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 12
Frierman, J., "Monitoring the Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Sepulveda Block".
1983.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 13
Frierman, J., "The Pico House Kitchen: Preliminary Excavations and Assessment of the Archaeological Potential".
1986.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan and report
Box 9, Folder 14
Frierman, J., "Project report to El Pueblo".
1983.
Box 10, Folder 1
Hathaway and Frierman, "Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, El Pueblo de Los Angeles".
1981.
Scope and Content Note
Text
Box 10, Folder 2
Hathaway and Frierman, "Historic Preservation Overlay Zone, El Pueblo de Los Angeles".
1981.
Scope and Content Note
Appendix
Box 10, Folder 3
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Excavation research and resource assessment.
ca. 1984.
Box 11, Folder 1
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Proposals.
1973-1990.
Scope and Content Note
Proposals, memos
Box 11, Folder 2
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Proposals.
1982-1992.
Scope and Content Note
Surveys, contracts, memos, and proposals
Box 11, Folder 3
The Governor's Office, "El Pueblo de Los Angeles, Resource Management Plan".
1978.
Box 11, Folder 4
El Pueblo de Los Angeles, various correspondence and research.
1976-1981.
Box 11, Folder 5
Fenenga, F., "The Archaeology of the Avila House on Olvera Street in Los Angeles".
1973.
Box 11, Folder 6
Poole, J., "History of the Buildings in El Pueblo de Los Angeles".
1980.
Scope and Content Note
Contains a newspaper clipping
Box 11, Folder 7
Singer, C., et al, "Preliminary Historic Archaeological Investigations at the Los Angeles Plaza Church".
1981.
Scope and Content Note
From the Northridge Archaeological Research Center
Box 11, Folder 8
Barclay, Paulette, "Archaeologist's Report Parking Lot No. 1".
1979.
Scope and Content Note
El Pueblo project plan submitted to the General Manager of El Pueblo Park
Box 11, Folder 9
Costello, Julia, "An Archaeological Assessment of Cultural Resources in Urban Los Angeles, California -- El Pueblo de Los
Angeles, la Placita de Dolores".
undated.
Scope and Content Note
El Pueblo project plan submitted to the City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works
Box 12, Folder 1
Chinese-American Museum at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Park.
1986-1988.
Scope and Content Note
Minutes of various Chinese American Museum Cttee Task Force meetings, recommendations
Box 12, Folder 2
Chinese-American Museum at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Park.
ca. 1987.
Scope and Content Note
More minutes of the Chinese American Museum Cttee
Box 12, Folder 3
Old Chinatown Archaeological Site Project.
1988.
Box 12, Folder 4
Index to Historical Maps of Greater Los Angeles.
1983.
Box 12, Folder 5
Frierman consulting notebooks.
1982-1986.
Box 12, Folder 6
Historical Resources Reference and Referral List.
1990-1996.
Box 12, Folder 7
Los Angeles Art and Culture.
1981-1983.
Box 12, Folder 8
Cottrell, "Cultural Resource Overview and Survey for the Los Angeles County Drainage Area Review Study".
1985.
Box 12, Folder 9
A Plan for City North.
1989.
Box 12, Folder 10
Los Angeles Downtown People Mover Project.
1978.
Box 13, Folder 1
Clark paper.
1985-1991.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regarding seminar Frierman gave to the Clark Library in April 86 which was eventually turned into the "Pastoral
Period in Los Angeles" publication in 1992
Box 13, Folder 2
Clark paper.
ca. 1980s - 1990s.
Scope and Content Note
Notes, research materials, newspaper and magazine clippings
Box 13, Folder 3
Clark paper.
ca. 1988 - 1989.
Scope and Content Note
Notes, paper drafts and manuscripts, photographs
Box 13, Folder 4
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VII, no. 7.
1936 January.
Box 13, Folder 5
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VII, no. 9.
1936 March.
Box 13, Folder 6
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VII, no. 10.
1936 April.
Box 13, Folder 7
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VII, no. 11.
1936 May.
Box 13, Folder 8
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VII, no. 12.
1936 June.
Box 13, Folder 9
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 2.
1936 August.
Box 13, Folder 10
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 3.
1936 September.
Box 13, Folder 11
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 5.
1936 November.
Box 13, Folder 12
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 6.
1936 December.
Box 13, Folder 13
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 7.
1937 January.
Box 13, Folder 14
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 8.
1937 February.
Box 13, Folder 15
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 9.
1937 March.
Box 13, Folder 16
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 10.
1937 April.
Box 13, Folder 17
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. VIII, no. 11.
1937 May.
Box 13, Folder 18
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. IX, no. 3.
1937 September.
Box 13, Folder 19
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. IX, no. 4.
1937 October.
Box 13, Folder 20
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. IX, no. 5.
1937 November.
Box 13, Folder 21
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. IX, no. 6.
1937 December.
Box 13, Folder 22
Cactus and Succulent Journal, vol. IX, no. 7.
1938 January.
Box 14, Folder 2
Menus from Los Angeles area.
ca. 1890.
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of originals from the Huntington Library collections
Box 14, Folder 3
Terra magazine, vol. 19, no. 4.
1981.
Box 14, Folder 4
Chester Place (Los Angeles, CA).
1960s.
Scope and Content Note
Photograph
Box 14, Folder 5
Dodge House (Los Angeles, CA).
1960s.
Scope and Content Note
Includes newspaper clippings
Box 14, Folder 6
Los Angeles Public Library, central branch.
1966-1968.
Box 14, Folder 7
Notes on Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA.
undated.
Box 14, Folder 8
"The Desert Dwellers: an exhibit of Pima, Papago and Maricopa pottery and baskets".
ca. 1970.
Scope and Content Note
Photographs
Box 14, Folder 9
"Medieval Ceramics, 6th to 13th Centuries," UCLA Museum of Cultural History, Wight Art Galleries.
1975.
Scope and Content Note
Frierman exhibition
Box 14, Folder 10
Los Angeles Federal Center proposal.
1984.
Box 14, Folder 11
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), Pacific Section.
1954-1965.
Scope and Content Note
Newsletters, programs, meeting agendas
Box 14, Folder 12
State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation.
1989-1994.
Box 14, Folder 13
Watts Towers.
1965.
Scope and Content Note
Contains a "The New Yorker" article about the Watts Towers written by Calvin Trillin in 1965, and a copy of a letter Frierman
wrote to Trillin in response.
3. Research and Publication Files.
1950-1992.
Scope and Content Note
Contains original research, field notes, and data regarding Frierman's professional work. The series also contains Frierman's
published work as manifested in journals, offprints, reprints, and conference papers. Files are arranged alphabetically by
title.
Box 15, Folder 1
Ashkelon.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Research notes and chemical analyses charts
Box 15, Folder 2
Bibliography and Reference Notes.
undated.
Box 15, Folder 4
Chinese lecture.
ca. 1978.
Box 15, Folder 5
Conference on the Applications of Science to Medieval Archaeology.
1967.
Scope and Content Note
Conference program
Box 15, Folder 6
Conference on the Applications of the Physical Sciences to Medieval Ceramics.
1975.
Scope and Content Note
Conference program
Box 15, Folder 7
Egyptian style American architecture.
1950-1967.
Scope and Content Note
1950 letter from Robert Winter (w/ slide), Robert Farquhar obit clipping, note cards
Box 15, Folder 8
Frierman articles.
ca. 1960s.
Scope and Content Note
"La Dolce Vita" article, "Ramla Wares"
Box 15, Folder 9
Frierman, "The Balkan Graphite Ware".
1967-1968.
Box 15, Folder 10
Frierman, "Ceramic Archaeometry Objectivity in Ceramic Studies and Ceramic Education".
ca. 1980.
Scope and Content Note
Reprints and draft
Box 15, Folder 11
Frierman, "Chemical Composition Patterns of Ceramic Wares from Fustat, Egypt".
1974.
Scope and Content Note
Frierman, Asaro, and Michel
Box 15, Folder 12
Frierman, "Chinese Ceramics from Ashkalon and Caesarea".
1969.
Scope and Content Note
Reprints, notes, and secondary research
Box 15, Folder 13
Frierman, "Chinese Ceramics in the New Melones Project Area".
1983.
Scope and Content Note
Part of the New Melones Archaeological Project Report
Box 15, Folder 14
Frierman, "The Earthenware Glazes of Medieval Transcaucasia".
1967.
Scope and Content Note
Reprint
Box 15, Folder 15
Frierman, "The Firing Temperature of a Karanova Sherd and Inferences about South-East European Chalcolithic Refractory Technology".
1974.
Scope and Content Note
Offprint
Box 15, Folder 16
Frierman, "Lime Burning as the Precursor of Fired Ceramics".
ca. 1970.
Scope and Content Note
Research notes, drafts, and preprint
Box 15, Folder 17
Frierman, "The Physical and Chemical Properties of some Crusader Ceramics".
1967.
Scope and Content Note
Reprint
Box 15, Folder 18
Frierman, "Physical and Chemical Properties of some Medieval Near Eastern Glazed Ceramics".
1970.
Scope and Content Note
Reprint
Box 16, Folder 1
Frierman, "The Provenance of Early Islamic Lustre Wares".
ca. 1978.
Scope and Content Note
Drafts and reprints of Frierman, Asaro, Michel article.
Box 16, Folder 2
Frierman, "Provenance Studies of Sgraffiato and Late Green Glazed Wares from Siraf, Iran".
1975.
Scope and Content Note
(Frierman, Asaro, and Michel) Copy of a conference presentation
Box 16, Folder 3
Frierman, "Provenience Studies of Tel Ashdod Pottery Employing Neutron Activation Analysis".
1969.
Scope and Content Note
Preprint of Frierman, Asaro, Perlman article
Box 16, Folder 4
Frierman, "Saljuq Faience and Timurid Earthenware from Tammisha: Some Preliminary Technological Notes".
1972.
Scope and Content Note
Frierman and Giauque
Box 16, Folder 5
Frierman, "Samanid Ceramics and Neutron Activation Analysis".
1977.
Scope and Content Note
(Frierman, Asaro, and Azarpay) Copy of a conference presentation
Box 16, Folder 6
Frierman, "The Splash Glazed Slip Wares of Early Islamic Susa".
1969.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and photographs
Box 16, Folder 7
Frierman, "T'ang and Sung Ceramics Exported to the West in the Light of Archaeological Discoveries".
1978.
Scope and Content Note
Reprint
Box 16, Folder 8
Frierman, "Tel El-Burj Excavations".
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Reprint
Box 16, Folder 9
Frierman, "X-ray Fluorescence Spectrography: Use in Field Archeology".
1969.
Scope and Content Note
Reprint of Frierman, Bowman, Perlman, York article from Science
Box 16, Folder 10
Frierman and Ortega, "The Products and Methods of the Ortega Adobe Pottery".
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Hand-written draft
Box 16, Folder 11
Glazes, Islamic.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Notes and research
Box 16, Folder 12
Glazes, Persian.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Notes
Box 16, Folder 13
Kiat V'Shayit (Caesarea).
1968-1970.
Box 16, Folder 14
Lorraine Art Schneider memorial.
ca. 1972-1974.
Box 16, Folder 15
Notification of Appointment to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1970.
Box 16, Folder 16
Photographic records.
1982-1983.
Box 16, Folder 17
Ramla Wares.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Research notes
Box 16, Folder 18
Society of Architectural Historians Newsletter.
1992.
Box 17, Folder 1
The Sixth International Congress of Iranian Art and Archaeology.
1972.
Scope and Content Note
Conference program
Box 17, Folder 2
Strap Loop Handled Vessels, Tel-el-Burj.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Chart print outs
Box 17, Folder 3
Transcaucasian Earthenware Glazes.
1960s-1990s.
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, drafts, and offprints
Box 17, Folder 4
Unpublished Frierman manuscripts.
1960.
Box 17, Folder 5
Various artifact analyses.
ca. late 1960s-1973.
Scope and Content Note
Charts and materials analyses from various sites
Box 17, Folder 6
Various notes and research.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Research notes on ceramic glazes and a document "The Western National Parks as a Romantic Choice of Landscapes"
Box 17, Folder 7
Index Card Bibliographic Notes (1 of 4).
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Envelopes 1-2
Box 17, Folder 8
Index Card Bibliographic Notes (2 of 4).
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Envelopes 3-4
Box 18, Folder 1
Index Card Bibliographic Notes (3 of 4).
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Envelopes 5-6
Box 18, Folder 2
Index Card Bibliographic Notes (4 of 4).
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Envelope 7
Box 18, Folder 3
Siraf - Chemical Analysis Data print out.
undated.
Box 18, Folder 4
Ramla Ware - Chemical Analysis Data print out.
undated.
Box 18, Folder 5
Ramla - Chemical Analysis Data print out.
undated.
Box 18, Folder 6
Iraq, Georgia, Israel - Chemical Analysis Data print out.
undated.
4. Archaeological and Excavation Site Projects.
1981-1998.
Scope and Content Note
Collection of location-specific Archaeological Survey Reports/Assessments of excavations Frierman conducted as an independent
consultant throughout the 1980s and 1990s. These various Survey Reports/Assessments are projects that Frierman performed throughout
California, primarily in Malibu, San Luis Obispo, the San Fernando Valley, as well as other locations in the greater Los Angeles
area. Other materials include some professional correspondence, maps and architectural plans, data, and field notes relating
to these location- specific excavations. Files are arranged chronologically, by year of archaeological survey.
Box 19, Folder 1
Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, CA CA-ORA-322.
1981.
Scope and Content Note
Includes field notes book and field assessment report
Box 19, Folder 2
CA-LAN-0007 and LAUPT - Data.
1981.
Box 19, Folder 4
Port of Los Angeles, West Channel/Cabrillo Beach Project.
1982.
Scope and Content Note
Includes field notes book, photographs, correspondence
Box 19, Folder 5
Ventura, CA-RIV-2778, The Aros-Serrano Adobe, Prado Dam, Ex-Mission San Fernando.
1982.
Scope and Content Note
Field book
Box 19, Folder 6
Bandini-Cota, Santa Barbara, CA-RIV-653H.
1983.
Scope and Content Note
Includes field book and work plans
Box 19, Folder 7
Pico-Garnier block.
1984.
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs, excavation diagrams, reports
Box 19, Folder 8
Chinese stores parking lot no. 1, MTA Building.
1985.
Box 19, Folder 9
Midway-Sunset cogeneration, Kern County.
1987.
Box 20, Folder 1
Metropolitan Transit Authority Subway Stations.
1987.
Scope and Content Note
Project plan
Box 20, Folder 2
East de la Guerra and Garden streets, Santa Barbara.
1987.
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs
Box 20, Folder 3
Indian Peak Road Crestridge, Crenshaw.
1988.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans
Box 20, Folder 5
Archaeological Monitoring at the R.M. Schindler House, West Hollywood.
1989.
Box 20, Folder 6
Harbor Animal Shelter, San Pedro, California.
1989.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans
Box 20, Folder 7
31217 Bailard Road, Malibu.
1989.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans and correspondence
Box 20, Folder 8
Angels Gate Park, San Pedro [Ft. MacArthur].
1989.
Box 20, Folder 9
Topanga.
1989.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans
Box 20, Folder 10
Latigo Canyon Road, Malibu.
1989.
Box 20, Folder 11
Riverdale Parcel, Griffith Park.
1989.
Box 20, Folder 12
Porter Ranch Branch Library, San Fernando Valley.
1989.
Box 20, Folder 14
"Lobo Cano," Lobo Canyon Road, Agoura.
1990.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans
Box 20, Folder 15
Banning Residence Museum, Wilmington.
1990.
Box 20, Folder 16
"SP Mont," CA-LAN-146, San Pedro.
1990.
Box 20, Folder 17
Winnikoff, Pacific Coast Highway.
1990.
Box 20, Folder 18
31455 The Old Road, Castaic.
1990.
Box 20, Folder 19
CA-SLO-1262H, Singer.
1990.
Box 20, Folder 20
"Army HD," Tujunga Village Site, Hansen Dam.
1990.
Scope and Content Note
File contains two rock-like artifacts; artifacts contained in box 25, file 2
Box 20, Folder 21
Spring Street excavation, between Macy and Freeway.
1989.
Box 21, Folder 1
Sierra Creek Road, Agoura Hills.
1991.
Box 21, Folder 2
"Malaga," Palos Verdes Estates.
1991.
Box 21, Folder 3
"1100 Kana," Malibu.
1991.
Box 21, Folder 4
Kanan Road, Agoura.
1991.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans
Box 21, Folder 5
Chatsworth.
1991.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans
Box 21, Folder 6
Karabian Coll., ex Hazarian Coll.
1991.
Box 21, Folder 7
"Big," 20521 Roca Chica Road, Malibu.
1992.
Box 21, Folder 8
"SLOdump," San Luis Obispo Water Improvement Project.
1992.
Box 21, Folder 9
"Lakehugh," The Oaks, Pine Canyon Road.
1992.
Box 21, Folder 10
San Simeon Ranch, San Luis Obispo, "Simeon 1,2,3".
1992.
Scope and Content Note
Architectural plans, data notes, correspondence
Box 21, Folder 11
Nicolas Beach, Senna Road tank sites.
1992.
Box 21, Folder 12
"Broad," Broadbeach Road, Malibu.
1993.
Box 21, Folder 13
"Latigo," Latigo Canyon Road, Malibu.
1993.
Box 21, Folder 14
"Cliffside," Cliffside Drive, Malibu.
1993.
Box 22, Folder 1
"Pena Pacific Coast Highway," Malibu.
1993.
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs and negatives
Box 22, Folder 2
"Carbon," 22031 Carbon Mesa Road, Malibu.
1993.
Box 22, Folder 3
"Carbon 2," 22540 Carbon Mesa Road, Malibu.
1993.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans
Box 22, Folder 4
21458 Rambla Vista Drive, Malibu.
1993.
Box 22, Folder 5
"Padilla," 13608 Little Tujunga Road, San Fernando.
1993.
Scope and Content Note
Includes architectural plans and correspondence
Box 22, Folder 6
"Sweetwat," 3415 Sweetwater Mesa Road, Malibu.
1993.
Box 22, Folder 7
Malibu Archaeology.
1961, 1988-1989, 1994-1995.
Scope and Content Note
Numerous site reports and impact assessments for Sweetwater Mesa Rd. property in Malibu
Box 22, Folder 8
"Placerita," 16742 Placerita Canyon Road.
1994.
Box 22, Folder 9
"B of A" sewer, Jones/Simpson building, Los Angeles.
1994.
Box 22, Folder 10
SLO Waterworks, San Miguel Mission, CA-SLO-5135H.
1994.
Box 22, Folder 11
Unocal -- Santa Maria pump station, Robert Gibson.
1995.
Box 22, Folder 12
The Old Winery, Iglesia Metodista and Biscailuz building.
1995.
Box 22, Folder 13
"VOA," 2807-2809 Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica.
1995.
Box 22, Folder 14
3516 Sweetwater Mesa Road, Malibu -- CA-LAN-2676, Winnikoff.
1995.
Box 23, Folder 1
Avila Beach, San Ardo -- CA-SLO-1383H, Gibson.
1996.
Box 23, Folder 2
Oceano -- SLO-[B-1]H-H-1.
1996.
Box 23, Folder 3
"Brier," 2301 Brier Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
1996.
Box 23, Folder 4
Santa Margarita -- CA-SLO-1762.
1997.
Box 23, Folder 5
8 Mile -- CA-SLO-1674H.
1997.
Box 23, Folder 6
Manderscheid House, San Luis Obispo.
1998.
Box 23, Folder 7
Bibliography, California Historical Archaeology: Hispanic.
ca. 1992.
Box 23, Folder 8
Excavations, Puertocitos, B.C.N.
undated.
Box 25, Folder 2
Rock-like artifacts.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Part of materials from box 20, file 20
5. Maps and California Tourist Ephemera.
1958-1990s.
Scope and Content Note
Contains a collection of maps and ephemeral materials from various California cities and counties. Materials include road
maps, tourism maps and pamphlets, menus, visitors' guides, and information on local lodging, transportation, sites, and events.
This series also contains two files of similar materials from Arizona/Nevada and Baja California, Mexico. Files are arranged
alphabetically by geographical location.
Box 23, Folder 9
Arizona (1958-1959), Nevada (1989-1990).
1958, 1959, 1989, 1990.
Box 23, Folder 10
Baja California, Mexico.
1960s, 1970s.
Box 23, Folder 11
Fresno (City and County).
1967, 1969.
Box 23, Folder 12
Los Angeles maps [City, County, and Metro area] (1 of 3).
ca. 1940-1990.
Box 23, Folder 13
Los Angeles maps [City, County, and Metro area] (2 of 3).
ca. 1940-1990.
Box 23, Folder 14
Los Angeles maps [City, County, and Metro area] (3 of 3).
ca. 1940-1990.
Scope and Content Note
Includes a Metsker's County Map
Box 23, Folder 15
Northwest California.
1980s, 1990s.
Box 24, Folder 1
Orange County, California.
ca. 1984.
Box 24, Folder 2
Pasadena, California.
ca. 1987.
Box 24, Folder 3
Riverside County.
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Includes a Metsker's County Map
Box 24, Folder 4
San Bernardino County.
undated.
Box 24, Folder 6
San Francisco.
ca. 1970s-1990s.
Box 24, Folder 7
San Joaquin Valley, Kern and Tulare counties.
ca. 1990s.
Box 24, Folder 8
San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara counties.
ca. 1990s.
Box 24, Folder 9
Santa Barbara/Ventura counties.
ca. 1990s.
Box 24, Folder 10
Sierras, Tahoe, Death Valley.
undated.
Box 24, Folder 11
Wine Country (Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino).
ca. 1980s.