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Projects for William Andrews Clark, Jr. Series I. 1920-1930

Physical Description: 4 boxes

Scope and Contents note

This series includes materials relating to the architecture of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library and William Andrews Clark's Mausoleum. Also included is a scrapbook created around 1877. Included are photographs and pictorial negatives, ephemera, and correspondence.

Graphic materials 1-2

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 1924-1926

Scope and Contents note

Two boxes of photographs and negatives detail the construction, interior, and exterior of the Clark Library building. Also included are letters sent between Clark and Farquhar as well as photographic negatives from some of Farquhar's other building projects.

Graphic materials 3

William Andrews Clark Jr.'s Mausoleum 1920-1930

Scope and Contents Note

Included are prints and negatives of the mausoleum (located in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles) and its mosaics, materials relating to Clark's funeral, and Clark's obituary.

Graphic materials 4

Scrapbook circa 1877

Scope and Contents Note

This scrapbook inlcudes ephemera and photographs from a journey to Europe, possibly by Farquhar or by a member of the Clark family. Cities included are: Turin, Milan, Florence, Rome, Naples, Venice, Paris, Stratford-upon-Avon, Windsor, Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford, Liverpool, Glasgow, Warwick, London (including the Crystal Palace), Edinburgh, Stirling, Abbotsford, Melrose, Aberdeen, and Balmoral which are memorialized through photographs, postcards, and handwritten quotes. Some of the photographs appear to date from 1877.

Other Projects and Personal Papers Series II. 1900-1967

Physical Description: 3 boxes

Scope and Contents note

This series includes two scrapbooks with photographs from Farquhar's architectural projects and his travels in Italy with the Red Cross. Also included are photographic negatives and prints from the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition and Farquhar's personal papers, photographs, and printed ephemera.

Graphic materials 5

Panama-Pacific International Exposition 1915

Scope and Contents Note

Included are many photographs and negatives of the Festival Hall, designed by Farquhar. Also included are printed ephemera including newspaper clippings, Exposition Souvenier Booklet, Exposition Fact Pamphlet, and Women's Board Pamphlets.

Graphic materials 6-7

Scrapbooks

Scope and Contents Note

The scrapbook in Box 6 includes the following architectural projects:

California Club
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
William Andrwes Clark Mausoleum
Wiliam H. Tippett Residence
Marion Macneil Smith Residence
Harvey Mudd Residence
R.I. Rogers Residence
Stevens House
John Cravens Pool
William Garland Residence
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quinn Residence
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Workman Residence
Panama-Pacific International Exhibition
The Pentagon

Also included are photographs from Farquhar's time in Italy with the Red Cross 1918-1919, ephemera, and non-Farquhar buildings.

The scrapbook in Box 7 incldues the following architectural projects:

Mr. and Mrs. John Beach Residence
Alice McManus Clark Memorial Library
Beverly Hills High School
Mrs. Christian Herter Residence
Harry Gorham Residence
O.T. Higgins Residence
Johnson Bransford Residence
Dwight C. Lefferts Residence
Major General J.P. Story Residence
Fenyes Residence
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Workman Residence
Mrs. H.L.Macneil Residence
Hanson Moore Residence
Rob A. Rowan Residence
Dr. McReynolds Residence
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Dr. John R. Haynes Residence
Charles Eaton Residence
Ralph Burnham Residence
J.T. Lindley Residence
T.H.Graham Residence
Jim Page Library
E.R. Kellam Residence

Also included are Farquhar's personal photographs

Graphic materials 8

Personal Papers

Scope and Contents note

Family photographs, correspondence, and printed ephemera including newspaper clippings, postcards, and a calling card.

Collection Contents

Projects for William Andrews Clark, Jr.

William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

William Andrews Clark Jr.'s Mausoleum

Scrapbook

Other Projects and Personal Papers

Panama-Pacific International Exposition

Scrapbooks

Personal Papers

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