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Description: This series has also been assembled from various sources, including clients and later owners, and only partially reflects the actual records from the Greenes' architectural practice(s). Arranged alphabetically by the name of the original client are architectural drawings, renderings or presentation drawings, specifications, client and contractor correspondence, contracts, invoices, and a large group of photographs. Some photos are dated pre-1920, but most date from post-1945, after the rediscovery of the Greenes' work. Some of these photographs are copy prints from other collections. Included in this series is a small group of materials documenting the craftsmen who worked with the Greenes, especially Emil Lange. The William R. Current photographs of the works of Greene and Greene from the 1950s and the 1970s (donated in 2005) have been added at the end of the series and are arranged alphabetically by the name of the original client.
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Date: 1894-1996

Project records

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This series contains Neff's job lists, project files, architectural drawings and renderings, and a few photographs of buildings.

Series 3

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The Residential Projects series consist of 14,289 black-and-white photographs, color transparencies, black-and-white prints; and 8 presentation albums, 1938-1972 and undated, created by Maynard L. Parker, to document residential projects. Among the clients for whom Parker worked are Barker Bros., Better Homes and Gardens, C. W. Stockwell Co., Cannell & Chaffin, Good Housekeeping, House & Garden, O. M. Scott & Sons, Sunset, and W. & J. Sloane. Residential projects with no identifiable client documented, among others, the houses of many entertainers, movie directors, businessmen, writers and journalists, as well as model homes and housing developments such as La Veta Woods in Orange, CA; a Kaiser Community Homes development; Lakewood Plaza in Long Beach, CA; Marlow-Burns & Company developments; and Olivewood Housing Project in National City, CA. See the Client Index for a complete list of all Parker's clients represented in the archive.

Series III.

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Client Records

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Compiled from gifts from the families of Charles and Henry Greene, as well as from gifts from the families of the clients. Some of the materials could have been part of the job files of the architects' offices (specifications; correspondence with the client, contractors, and others; invoices for labor, materials, furniture pieces, etc.); others document the buildings (and furniture) from the files of the clients. The materials are organized alphabetically by client name. Boxes 74 and 75 represent the work of the firm, Greene and Greene. Box 75 contains records for jobs conducted independently by Charles and Henry after the dissolution of the firm. Box 75a contains the records of a James house library addition by Charles Greene, with the help of his brother Henry, 1938-1944, as well as correspondence of Mrs James about photography for House Beautiful in the 1950s. Personal materials from clients and later owners, such as family photographs and memorabilia, are located in Series IV. Related Research Materials. Clients' and Later Owners' Records.

Subseries B.

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Office Records

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This series has been assembled from various sources, since no coherent series of office records survives. Included here are scattered records of various types: letterheads, sample contracts, fee schedules, a letter copybook from 1902, a letter from Peter Hall from 1909, some trade advertisements and catalogues, and scattered ledgers kept by Henry Greene. Some of the records document collaborative work occurring after the dissolution of the firm Greene and Greene. Flat File Folder 39 contains Charles' diploma from the Manual Training School (1887), Charles' and Henry's architecture licenses (1901) and an AIA award certificate (1952). Also photographs of 1911 AIA meeting in San Francisco/Berkeley and of 1948 AIA award dinner in Los Angeles.

Series II.

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Photographs

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Arranged by the name of the original client, this series contains photographs of buildings and furniture drawn from various sources, including the families of the Greenes and of the clients, from later owners, and other donors. These photographs date from the time of construction through the present. Included are photographs by well-known photographers, such as Harold A. Parker, Maynard Parker, Marvin Rand, Julius Shulman, and Ezra Stoller, as well as early photos by Gamble son, Sidney, and a professional photographer hired by the Greenes, Leroy Hulbert (a tinted photograph by Hulbert of the Camp house is in Box 121 below). See also Flat File 40 for oversize tinted photograph by Harold A. Parker of the James Culbertson garden. There are also informal snapshots as well as copy prints from other collections, and a few photographs of the builders and craftsmen, (including Emil Lange, Box 122) who worked on some of the projects.

Subseries C.

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Office Records

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Records consist of correspondence, notes, printed ephemera, logs, date books, tear sheets, and financial records, 1930-1974, created and received by Maynard Parker, Charles Yerkes, and Annie Parker. The records describe the day-to-day business operations of Parker's photographic studio. Parker's correspondence (1930-1972) contains letters, notes, invoices, and brochures. While primarily business in nature, the correspondence also includes letters from family and friends. The majority of the correspondence dates from the early 1940s and the mid 1950s, with many chronological gaps, and consists of requests to Parker for photographs, duplicate prints, and permission to reproduce existing images. Of special note is the one folder of letters from House Beautiful editor Elizabeth Gordon to Parker, dated 1942-1944 (Box 203, folder 9). These consist of requests, instructions, and assignments. Also included are non-correspondence items such as tax information, stationery samples, clippings, personal printed ephemera, business cards, and photographs. This series also contains notes, business cards, clippings and letters that were originally found with the negatives. See individual project records for details. The logs and date books (1943-1967) provide additional background information on Parker's business. The photo and print logs list dates, client names, type of print, and amount paid. The date books contain notes, appointments, and phone logs, as well as client names and addresses. The artist's log contains information about some of Parker's photo shoots in 1967, including location, client name, mileage, and petty cash expenses. This series also contains tear sheets collected by Parker that document work done for House Beautiful, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Digital surrogates exist for some of this material. Parker's invoices (1937-1971) primarily describe charges and payments for duplicate prints of his work. Many have letters attached. Clients requesting prints include Adrian; Air Conditioning Company; Allied Engineers; Ambassador Hotel; American Home; Architectural Forum; Architectural Record; Arrowhead Springs Hotel; Barker Bros.; Better Homes and Gardens/Meredith Publishing Company; Beverly Hills Hotel; Fannie Brice; Bob Brown; Bullock's; John Byers; Cannell & Chaffin; Georgius Y. Cannon; Charles of the Ritz; Cheesewright and Mason; Thomas Dolliver Church; James E. Dolena; Dorothy Draper; Eichler Homes; French-Stamats; Alfred T. Gilman; Good Housekeeping; Pauline Graves; Harwell Hamilton Harris; Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; House and Garden; House Beautiful; Myron Hunt; I. Magnin department store; J. Walter Thompson Agency; Kaiser Community Homes; Paul László; Los Angeles Times; Mackie and Kamrath; Barbara Barondess MacLean; Cliff May; Museum of Modern Art; NBC; Wallace Neff; Neiman Marcus; O.M. Scott & Sons; Park La Brea residential community; Popular Home; Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings; Harriet Schellenberger; Rudolph Schindler; Southern California Gas Company; Robert Stanton; Sunset; Eugene Swarzwald; Walter Dorwin Teague; Jessica Treat; University of Arizona; Vermont Marble; W. & J. Sloane; Richard Whiteman Advertising; Paul R. Williams; and Young and Rubicam. Generally, the invoices were filed by Parker in the order in which they were paid, and are thus not strictly chronological. Some months and years are missing. Some folders also include non-business items (cards, notes, bills to Parker for non-photographic items). The ledgers and sales books (1938-1973) consist of ledgers with entries arranged by month and generally listing invoice numbers, client names, and billed amounts; information on petty cash for 1941 and 1968 (including receipts and other printed ephemera); an invoice log for 1971-1973 that contains invoice numbers and client names (and includes some invoices); bad debt ledgers; and income logs that detail receipts and deposits for both personal and business accounts. Some years are missing. Also included is Parker's address and note card file.

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