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This collection contains the personal and professional papers of architect Martin Eli Weil (1940-2009), relating to Weil's work as a restoration architect and consultant in Los Angeles and Southern California. The collection contains correspondence; project and business records; reports; contracts; notes and research files; appointment books; drawings, including approximately 2920 rolled drawings; approximately 5000 photographs, chiefly snapshots depicting work in progress; material samples, including approximately 2000 fragments of wood or other surfaces containing paint samples; and 46 media files documenting the career of Martin Eli Weil; the materials date from 1964 until 2009. Files document 428 individual projects, including Frank Lloyd Wright structures such as Barnsdall Park and Hollyhock House; the restoration of the El Capitan Theater; and jobs undertaken as a consultant for the cities of San Gabriel, La Verne, Porterville, and Monrovia, California. The collection also includes papers reflecting Weil's service as Restoration Services Director for the Restoration Services Division of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in Canada from 1971-1978; his work as an instructor in historic preservation at the University of Southern California from 1981-2009; his writing, chiefly as an architecture columnist for the Larchmont Chronicle; his involvement with the Harvard Heights community in Los Angeles, where he lived; and his Master's thesis project.
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Projects include: Collins Residences; Colorado Street Bridge; Cook/Moran Residence; Corona Naval Station - Naval Weapons Center; Culbertson House; Curtis/Adler Residence; Darling House; Dominguez Adobe (Dominguez Ranch Adobe); Downey Historical Arch; The Ebell Club of Los Angeles; Edmondson/Sutton Residence; El Cadiz Apartments; and El Capitan/Paramount Theater Jobs 9439, 9550, 9672, and 9789.
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Projects include El Capitan/Paramount Theater and Disney Store, El Capitan Building.
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Projects include El Capitan/Paramount Theater Jobs 9439, 9550, 9672, and 9789; El Capitan Building (CIMCO); and Disney Store, El Capitan Building
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Projects include El Capitan/Paramount Theater and Disney Store, El Capitan Building; El Encanto; Farrell Residence; Gamble House; Glendale Public Service Building; and Glendale Railroad Station.
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Projects include El Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park; El Pueblo International Plaza; Emerson School; Engine House #18; Ennis House; Ennis-Brown House; Family Pleasures; Farrell Residence; Fasman Residence; Feiner Residence; Fenton Residence; Fine Arts Building; Fisher Residence; Flinton Residence; Forthmann Carriage House (Frost/Childs Residence); Fox Studios; and Freed Residence.
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