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Title: Joseph Knowles Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1920s-1930s
Collection Number: SC 717
Collector:
Knowles, Joseph
Extent:
.05 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language:
English.
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Joseph Knowles Collection. SC 717. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gift of Joseph Knowles, n.d.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains correspondence, lists, and samples, mostly from the Western Builder's Supply Co. of San Francisco,
ca. 1920s-1930s, and two letters (TLS) to George Washington Smith, Santa Barbara architect, re architectural and design catalogs
and brochures being sent, 1922 and 1928. Related trade catalogs, also collected by Knowles, have been cataloged separately.