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Additional donations
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These materials were acquired from other sources after the main collection was received. In addition to the items below, 13 rolls of drawings were donated by Auburn University in 1997; they were integrated into the collection and are listed in Series 1: Drawings.
Series 3
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Wallace Neff Jr. papers
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These files were compiled by Wallace Neff Jr. as he did research on his father's houses and buildings for a book he published in 1986. Materials include photographs, Neff Jr.'s notes on past and present owners, correspondence from homeowners, newspaper and magazine articles, photocopies of floor plans and drawings, and miscellaneous printed material. Most files contain the street address and notes as to whether the building still exists, was torn down, or remodeled. Some photographs and clippings in these files were probably originally part of Neff's own files, and were moved while Neff Jr. was working on his book. These include photographs by Maynard Parker, Hiller Studios, and Padilla Studios, dating from the 1920s to 1940s. There are also snapshots taken by Neff Jr. on site visits and some images received from homeowners. Neff Jr. also occasionally hired professionals to photograph houses or copy older photographs, usually photographer Roland Lee, whose stamp is on some prints.
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Series II. Additional Donations
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This collection spans the years 1906 to 1947 and consists primarily of plans, photographs and drawings of Reginald D. Johnson's architectural projects in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California. The collection includes material that was acquired as two separate donations between 1988 and 1993: an album of photographs and drawings of the Baldwin Hills Village planned residential community in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles; an album of photographs of residential projects in Pasadena and Santa Barbara, and three drawings for buildings in San Marino, Pasadena, and Alhambra. An additional donation made in 2011 includes blueprints and photographs of "Penjerrick," the residence of Pierre E. Letchworth in Covina, California, built in 1915. Credited photographers represented in the collection include William M. Clarke, E. M. Pratt, the Padilla Company, and the Gill Engraving Company.
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Professional papers
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These are materials produced by Neff or compiled by him, related to his architecture career. They include correspondence, files on draftsmen, awards, magazines and booklets kept by Neff, and two articles written by Neff, with illustrations. There are also files related to Neff's 1964 book: "Architecture of Southern California; A Selection of Photographs, Plans, and Scale Details from the Work of Wallace Neff" (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1964).
Series 2
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Wallace Neff collection
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This collection contains the papers and architectural drawings of Los Angeles architect Wallace Neff, whose career spanned 56 years, from 1919 to 1975. The collection is divided into five series: Personal papers, Professional papers, Project records, Wallace Neff Jr. papers, and Additional donations. The materials include over 100 sets of drawings and plans, Neff's project files, writings and correspondence, job lists, daily journals, sketches and renderings, and photographs. The majority of Neff's work was residential architecture in Southern California, but the collection also contains materials on many types of institutional buildings and other structures Neff designed. Most projects are in California, with some material on projects in Florida, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. The Airform project files discuss building in Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, and other countries. Residences represented include those for Edward L. and Estelle Carrie Doheny, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, Amelita Galli-Curci, Fredric March, Frances Marion and Fred Thomson, Groucho Marx, and King Vidor. Other projects include the Edward L. Doheny Memorial Library; Manresa Jesuit Retreat House; Ojai Valley Country Club; Saint Elizabeth Church; and buildings for Loyola Marymount University and Pomona College. There are many records on Neff's Airform buildings: contracts, drawings, patents, licenses, correspondence, and photographs.The collection also includes the research files of Neff's son, Wallace Neff Jr. (1930-2013), related to his father's career and works. Neff Jr. compiled this material while working on his 1986 book "Wallace Neff, Architect of California's Golden Age" (text by Alson Clark). Neff Jr.'s files contain many photographs, notes and articles on Neff buildings, as well as Neff family history, and transcripts of talks he gave on his father. In addition, Neff Jr. commissioned contemporary renderings of his father's buildings, which were painted approximately 1991 to 2007 and are part of this collection.The Additional Donations series contains drawings received from other sources after the primary donation in 2006.
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Barlow, Dr. Walter Jarvis, Sierra Madre
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Clippings in file say this residential villa was modelled after Villa dei Collazzi in Florence, Italy. It later became a Catholic high school, Alverno Heights Academy. Includes postcards and color snapshots, 2005.
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