Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- O'Neil Ford & Associates, Ford, O'Neil, Abell, Thornton M. (Thornton Montaigne), Shulman, Julius, and Abell, Thornton M. (Thornton Montaigne)
- Extent:
- 65 Linear Feet (13 record storage boxes, 3 flat oversize* and double oversize** boxes, 16 flat file drawers, oversize flat file folders**, and 1 model)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection spans 95 linear feet and dates from 1928-1983. The Thornton Abell papers is composed primarily of correspondence, course and research notes, photographs, scrapbooks, sketches, drawings, reprographic copies, clippings, appointment books, awards, certificates, agreements, and a model of the Plateau Beaubourg Center.
- Biographical / historical:
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Thorton Abell was born in 1906. He attended the University of Michigan, University of California Berkeley, and finally the University of Southern California where he graduated in 1931 with his bachelors degree in architecture. Abell worked as a designer for Clare C. Hosmer from 1925-1926, as a designer for Joseph J. Kucera from 1926-1927, and as a designer and chief draftsman for Marsh, Smith, and Powell from 1930-1942. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Abell taught architecture and design at the Chouinard Art Institute and at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture. During this time Thorton Abell was also asked to participate in the Case Study House Program. Abell built Case Study House 7 which was completed in 1949. Thorton Abell died in 1984.
- Custodial history:
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Gift of Jared Abell, 1985.
- Physical location:
- Boxes 1-13/ ADC - regular Box 14/ADC - oversize* Box 15-16/ADC - oversize** 16 Flat File Drawers/ ADC - flat files Petunia Hall Residence/ADC - oversize board (19-C-1) Plateau Beaubourg Center Competition, Paris/ Mosher - model
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Architecture -- California
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century
Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- Sources
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California
Modern movement (Architecture) -- California
Architects -- California
Architectural photographs
Photographic prints
Sketches
Architectural drawings - Names:
- Abell, Thornton M. (Thornton Montaigne)
Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.)
Abell, Thornton M. (Thornton Montaigne)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers.
- Terms of access:
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In copyright, educational use permitted.
- Preferred citation:
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Thornton M. Abell papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-2724