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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Collection contains drawings only; no other project documentation found. 11 drawings, Gerard Colcord originals 1933 (copies), ca 56 x 87 cm.
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Historical Pantages Theater, Hollywood, California. Collection contains drawings only; no other project documentation found. 3 drawings, undated, 79 x 105 cm and smaller.
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Live Oak Drive East, Los Angeles. Collection contains drawings only; no other project documentation found. Two drawings, labeled survey of tracts of Lots 21 and 22, Samuel Becker drawing survey, 69 x 77 cm.
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See the Project Index for details about these drawings. In a few instances, the collection contains rolled drawings without any other project documentation; in these cases, drawings have been described below.
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Boxes 62 and 63 contain negatives removed from Boxes 47-60, and Box 135 contains negatives removed from the main body of project files (Boxes 1-46).
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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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