Descriptive Summary
Biographical/Historical Note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Thomas S. Hines interviews regarding
Richard J.
Neutra
Date (inclusive): 1972-1980
Number: 2010.M.58
Creator/Collector:
Hines, Thomas S.
Physical Description:
1.7 Linear Feet
(44 audio cassettes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: A collection of sound recordings of
interviews conducted by architectural historian Thomas S. Hines between 1972 and 1980 in
preparation for his book and exhibition about
Richard J.
Neutra
, published in 1982.
Interviewees include Neutra's family, friends, business associates, clients, and Los Angeles
architects.
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Language: Collection material is in English
Biographical/Historical Note
Architectural historian Thomas S. Hines received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin
in 1971. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he has
taught cultural and architectural history in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design
and the History Department. He has published numerous articles and is the author of several
books, including Architecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970,
Richard
Neutra
and the Search for Modern Architecture, and Irving Gill and the Architecture of Reform: a
Study in Modernist Architectural Culture.
Administrative Information
Access
Audio visual materials have been reformatted. Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Thomas S. Hines interviews regarding
Richard J.
Neutra
, 1972-1980, Getty Research
Institute, Research Library, 2010.M.58.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2010m58
Acquisition Information
Gift of Thomas S. Hines in 2010.
Processing History
Initial processing by Vladimira Stefura. Further processing and cataloging by Annette Doss
in 2010. The arrangement was devised by Beth Guynn. The audiotapes were digitized by Chace
Audio in June 2010.
Digital Collection
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains 44 audio cassettes of interviews conducted by Thomas S. Hines from
1972 to 1980 in preparation for his book and exhibition on
Richard J.
Neutra
in 1982. Series
I contains interviews with Neutra's friends and family members, including Norman Cousins,
Dione Neutra, and Raymond J. Neutra. Series II is comprised of interviews with
Richard J.
Neutra's
business associates, clients, and Los Angeles architects. Interviewees include
Gregory Ain, Philip Lovell, and Raphael Soriano. In one recording with Harwell Hamilton
Harris, Shelly Kappe conducts the interview with Thomas Hines.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two series:
The files are arranged alphabetically by interviewee and then
chronologically.Series I. Family and friends, 1972-1980 ;
Series II. Business associates and
clients, 1973-1978.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Hines, Thomas S.
Ain, Gregory,
1908-1988
Neutra, Dione
Neutra,
Richard
Joseph, 1892-1970
Neutra, Dion
Neutra, Raymond, J.
Lovell, Philip
Cousins, Norman
Shulman, Julius
Soriano, Raphael,
1904-1988
Subjects - Topics
Architects -- United States -- Interviews
Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century
Architecture, Modern -- United States -- 20th century
Genres and Forms of Material
Oral histories (document genres)
Sound recordings -- United States -- 20th century
Audiocasettes -- United States -- 20th century
Interviews -- United States -- 20th century
Contributors
Shulman, Julius
Soriano, Raphael,
1904-1988
Cousins, Norman
Ain, Gregory,
1908-1988
Hines, Thomas S.
Neutra,
Dione
Davidson, Julius Ralph,
1889-
Neutra, Raymond, J.
Serulnic, Dorothy
Lovell, Philip
Neutra, Frida
Harris, Harwell
Hamilton, 1903-1990
Eisner, Simon
Fybel, Regula Niedermann
Davidson, Greta
Blanton, John
Neutra, Dion
Fischer, Benno
Marsh, Fordyce
Koschin, Agnes
Alexander, Robert