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Title: Smith and Williams records
Identifier/Call Number: 0000175
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
236.0 Linear feet
(105 boxes, 40 rolls, 25 flat file drawers, 1 presentation board, and 2 models)
Date (inclusive): circa 1936-circa 1987
Location note: Box 1-40/ADC - regular Box 41/ADC - oversize* Box 42-103/ADC - regular Tube 103-152/Mosher - rolls Box 153-154/ADC - oversize*
25 Flat File Drawers/ADC - flat files 1 presentation board (Calif. Expo and Fair)/Mosher - pres. board 2 Models Anaheim Professional
Center/Mosher - model Japanese Pavillion/Mosher - model
creator:
Smith and Williams.
creator:
Smith, Whitney Rowland, 1911-2002
creator:
Williams, Wayne, 1919-2007
Access
Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
Custodial History note
Gift of Whitney R. Smith, 1982 and 1996. Additional material gifted by Ms. Paula Williams, 2011.
Preferred Citation note
Smith & Williams records, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
The firm Smith & Williams was founded in 1949 by Whitney Rowland Smith (1911-2002) and Wayne Richard Williams (1919-2007).
Whitney Smith was born on January 16, 1911 in Pasadena. He attended the University of Southern California (USC) and graduated
in 1934 with his bachelor’s degree in architecture. After receiving his degree Smith went on to work as a designer for notable
architects in the Los Angeles area: Lawrence Test, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Kem Weber, and William L. Pereira. From 1941 to
1942, Whitney Smith taught at USC. One of Smith’s students was Wayne Williams (1919-2007), who started working for Smith in
the early 1940s. Wayne Williams was born in Los Angeles on October 17, 1919. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in architecture
from USC in 1947. By 1949, Whitney Smith and Wayne Williams officially became partners. Some of their most notable early projects
include Crestwood Hills (1950) and Griffith Park Girl’s Camp (1951). During the firm’s 24 years, Smith and Williams produced
numerous award-winning architectural projects, including private residences, educational buildings, religious buildings, community
buildings, recreational facilities, commercial buildings, and parks. The Smith & Williams’ partnership dissolved in 1973,
although both Whitney Smith and Wayne Williams continued to practice. Whitney Smith died in 2002 and Wayne Williams died in
2007.
Scope and Content note
The Smith & Williams records span 236 linear feet and date from circa 1936 to circa 1987. The documents that compose the collection
include architectural drawings and reprographic copies, specifications, photographs, presentation boards, models, both Smith
and William’s student work, press releases, magazine and newspapers clippings, office memoranda, building material samples,
and awards. The collection primarily contains the work of the firm Smith & Williams but also includes Whitney R. Smith’s work
prior to the Smith & Williams’s partnership.
Related Archival Materials note
David Gebhard papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Wayne Williams papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Esther McCoy research papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Models of Case Study Houses 5 and 12, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of
California, Santa Barbara.
Papers regarding the Daniel Siegel house designed by Smith and Williams, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design &
Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Smith and Williams.
Smith and Williams.
Smith, Whitney Rowland, 1911-2002
Williams, Wayne, 1919-2007
Architects -- California
Architectural drawings
Architectural firms -- California
Architectural photographs
Architecture -- California
Architecture -- California -- 20th century
Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California
Blueprints
Case Study House No. 12 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Case Study House No. 5 (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Correspondence
Modern movement (Architecture) -- California
Photographic prints
Specifications