Visual Materials

Public building projects

Description: For each project, it is specified whether there are drawings, manuscripts, or photographs. Architectural drawings are either rolled and inside a box, or flat in an oversize folder. James E. Dolena was the architect for all projects unless specified otherwise.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1930s-1970s
Call number: Series 2
Creator: Dolena, James E (1888-1978)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of the James Dolena Estate, November 1978.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Residential projects

Visual Materials

For each project, it is specified whether there are drawings, manuscripts, or photographs. Architectural drawings are either rolled and inside a box, or flat in an oversize folder. James E. Dolena was the architect for all projects unless specified otherwise.

Series 1

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Commercial building projects

Visual Materials

Architectural drawings, plans, and renderings. All projects designed by Wesley Eager unless specified otherwise.

Series 2

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Residential projects

Visual Materials

Architectural drawings, plans, and renderings. All projects designed by Wesley Eager unless specified otherwise.

Series 1

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Miscellaneous drawings and photographs

Visual Materials

Miscellaneous drawings and photographs, mostly unidentified. One color photograph of James Dolena.

Series 4

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Microfilm of drawings and correspondence

Visual Materials

Reels 1 to 20 contain drawings for over 600 projects, approximately 1895 to 1951. Reels 21 to 26 contain over 10,000 pieces of business correspondence, related to jobs in the 1930s. The microfilm copies were made by the firm sometime after 1951, and do not represent a complete inventory of the firm's projects. All locations are in California unless otherwise noted.

Series 2

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Grocery Building

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This collection contains working plans, original drawings, renderings, correspondence, and photographs for approximately 150 projects designed by architect James E. Dolena in the mid-20th century. The majority are residential projects primarily in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills dating from 1926 into the 1970s. Many of Dolena's commercial and public projects are also represented. There are over 100 plans, drawings, and details for the landmark Los Angeles Farmers Market complex, dating from approximately 1934 to the 1960s. There are a few projects outside of California, and two projects are by architect Arthur R. Kelly. Photographers represented in the collection include Fred Dapprich and Maynard Parker.

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