Publications, 1974-1988

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  Publications, 1990-2002

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  Titles from the 1990s include American Bungalow, Angeles, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Architecture, Classic Home, Historic Preservation, Journal of the Taliesin Fellows, and Old House Journal. Titles from the 2000s include Architectural Record (May 2000) and Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly (Volume 13, Numbers 2 and 3, Spring and Summer 2002); the issue of Architectural Record contains many Post-it notes, which have been left in place, and the issues of Frank Lloyd Wright Quarterly contain the feature, "Conserving Wright's Architecture," Parts 1 and 2, the latter with an image of Hollyhock House on its cover.

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  Publications, 1975-1996

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  Contains chiefly oversize publications, including Domus, Global Architecture and L'Arca. Also includes a hardcover reprint of Volumes 65 and 66 of El Croquis, devoted to Jean Novel (1996); three copies of the booklet, The El Capitan Theatre: Hollywood's Classic Movie Palace (1991); a few issues of Los Angeles Times Magazine, New York Times Magazine, L.A. Life, and L.A. Style; and a duplicate issue of Architectural Digest (see Box 131).

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  Awards

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  Contains a 1997 City of Los Angeles Historic Preservation Award of Excellence for Weil's work on the El Capitan Theater and Office Building and a plaque by the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada celebrating "Forty Years of Gratitude to Our Founder, Martin Eli Weil." The provenance of the plaque is unknown; presumably, it was presented to Weil in or before 2009.

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  Glendale Public Service Building

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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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  Ledbetter - Lyman/Malle

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  Projects include: Ledbetter Residence; Lincoln Heights Library; Elizabeth Millbank Anderson House/Long Beach Museum of Art; Nine Residences - World Trade Center Site: Long Beach Heritage Foundation; Mrs. Loo; Looff Carousel Roof; Los Angeles County Crematory, Job 9545; Los Angeles Stock Exchange; and Lyman/Malle Residence.

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  Harvard Heights Neighborhood

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  Contains files reflecting Weil's work to support the creation of a Historic Protection Overlay Zone (HPOZ) for Harvard Heights, including historic documentation and notes on individual streets. Also includes maps, notes from a tour of homes given by Weil in 1988 (Folder 33), and some correspondence, including letters of thanks to Weil from the Getty Conservation Institute (Folder 37) and the Santa Monica Heritage Square Museum Society (Folder 38).

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