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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles records
Creator:
Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles
Creator:
Architects Bureau, Ltd.
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1257
Physical Description:
12.5 linear feet
(25 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1921-1944
Abstract: The Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles, California was founded ca. 1921 to provide municipal, county, state, and
national governments with professional architects at a reasonable cost. AAALA did not accept or perform architectural services
for private individuals or firms. The collection consists of the Association's minutes, financial records, publications, clippings,
photographs, and contracts. Also includes minutes and financial records of the Architects Bureau Limited, Los Angeles.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Existence and Location of Copies note for the link to the digitized
materials.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Architecture and Urban Planning Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942303123606533
[Identification of item], Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles Records (Collection 1257). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Anne Caiger, August 1980.
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The Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles, California was founded ca. 1921; its purpose was to "advance the art of
architecture and by professional cooperation and collaboration to secure for and provide municipal, county, state, and national
governments and organizations formed for civic betterment, or mutual or business advancement with the highest and best expression
of the profession of architecture at the least possible cost..."; AAALA did not accept or perform architectural services for
private individuals or firms.
Collection consists of minutes, financial records, publications, clippings, photographs, and contracts related to the Allied
Architects Association of Los Angeles (AAALA). Includes minute books (1921-36), scrapbooks of clippings about buildings, financial
statements, photographs of preliminary sketches for various jobs including the Los Angeles Hall of Justice building, bulletins
of the AAALA, and proceedings of the American Institute of Architects (1921-40). Also includes minutes and financial records
of the Architects Bureau Limited, Los Angeles.
Arranged in the following series:
- Minute books (Boxes 1-8).
- Financial records (Boxes 9-10).
- Projects (Boxes 11-20, 22).
- Records of Architects Bureau Ltd. (Boxes 21-22).
- Publications (Boxes 23-25).
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles Records (3 items).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clippings files.
Organization files.
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- Societies, etc. -- Archives.
Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles--Archives
Architects Bureau, Ltd.--Archives.