Finding Aid for the Maynard Lyndon papers, circa 1929-circa 1980 0000155

Finding aid prepared by Gabriella Lopez and Chris Marino
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
2011


Title: Maynard Lyndon papers
Identifier/Call Number: 0000155
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 70.0 Linear feet (30 boxes and 10 flat file drawers)
Date (inclusive): circa 1929-circa 1980
creator: Lyndon, Maynard, 1907-1999

Access

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Custodial History note

Gift of Donlyn and Maynard Hale Lyndon, 2000.

Preferred Citation note

Maynard Lyndon papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

Maynard Lyndon was born in Detroit Michigan on September 6, 1907. In 1928, he graduated from the University of Michigan, with his Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. Right out of school, Lyndon got a job working as a draftsman for Albert Kahn in Detroit. Two years later Lyndon left Kahn’s firm and begun to work for N. O. Gould as a designer, a job he held until 1933. From 1933-1935, Maynard Lyndon worked as a designing architect and site planner for the department of the interior in Washington, D.C. During this time, Lyndon designed museums and administration units. In 1935, Lyndon went into practice with the engineer Eberle Smith. The firm of Lyndon and Smith, is credited with designing the first modern school in the United States, in Northville, Michigan in 1936. During seven years of practice, Smith and Lyndon completed thirty schools and two public housing projects. In 1942, when Smith and Lyndon’s firm dissolved, Lyndon started an independent practice in Los Angeles. His projects consisted primarily of educational buildings and hospitals. In 1973, both Lyndon and his wife moved to Kusseberg, Germany. Over the course of his career however, his more notable projects include: the 28th Church of Christ, Scientist in Los Angeles, Bunche Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles, Northville Elementary School, and Vista Elementary School. Maynard Lyndon died at the age of 92 on November 15, 1999.

Scope and Content note

The Maynard Lyndon collection spans 70 linear feet and dates from circa 1929 to circa 1980. The collection consists of black-and-white photographs organized by project or subject, glass-plate negatives, correspondence, travel sketches, newspaper and magazine clippings, architectural drawings and reprographic copies, as well as presentation boards.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lyndon, Maynard, 1907-1999
Architectural drawings
Correspondence
Negatives
Photographic prints
Presentation drawings (proposals)
Reprographic copies
Sketches

 

Personal Papers I 19XX-19XX

Language of Material: English
Box-folder 1/1

"A Quiet Evening At Home" 1988

Language of Material: English

Scope and Contents note

manuscript
Box-folder 1/2

Birthday cards 1986-1993

Box-folder 1/3

Candle carousel for christmas-Jo 1986

Scope and Contents note

Photographs of candle carousels
Box-folder 1/4

Cards 1981

Scope and Contents note

miscellaneous cards
Box-folder 1/5

Certificate Tau Sigma Delta 1913

Box 1, Folder 6-7

Christmas 1980-1985

Box-folder 1/8

Christmas card 1933-1985

Box-folder 1/9

Christmas ornaments 1980

Scope and Contents note

Photographs of Christmas ornaments
Box-folder 1/10

Clocks for family 1983

Box-folder 1/11

Comic strip with french subtitles by M. Lyndon

Box-folder 1/12

"Conductor Heads in Europe" 1987

Box-folder 1/13

Cowbell assembly for 50th golden anneversary-Bob and Thelma 1987

Box-folder 1/14

Cube museum Diary undated

Box-folder 1/15

Diary 1933-1938

Box-folder 1/16

Diary-europe 1933

Box-folder 1/17

Diary-Jo 1933

Box-folder 1/18

Don's 50th birthday comic strip Undated

Box-folder 1/19

Don's thoron negative and proof prints Undated

Box 1, Folder 20-22

Family 1979-1883

Box-folder 1/23

Family photographs: Don and family 1974-1987

Box-folder 1/24

Fasnacht: dad and Fr. gissi 1999

Box-folder 1/25

Garden furniture for Jenny's doll house 1980

Box-folder 1/26

German lessons Undated

Box-folder 1/27

"Joyce and her Sketch of..." 1986

Box-folder 1/28

"Joyce as Baby/Her Mother and Low River" Undated

Box-folder 1/29

Lyndon, Joyce E. 1959

Box-folder 1/30

Lyndon, Maynard portraits Undated

Box-folder 1/31

Lyndon's Rheinheim Christmas 1987

Box-folder 1/32

ML chronology to 1987 Undated

Box-folder 1/33

Notes for family history 1877-1996

Box 1, Folder 34-35

Personal 1960-1975

Box-folder 1/36

Personal documents

Box-folder 1/37

Photograph of brown chairs to sell

Box-folder 1/38

Photograph of Lionstreet by Joyce Earley Lyndon 1986

Box-folder 1/39

Pictures taken with an Exakta camera 1984

Box-folder 1/40

Pictures of Maynard Lyndon Undated

Box-folder 1/41

Riverbank Grill Picnic 1984

Box-folder 1/42

Tokens to represent friends Undated

Box-folder 1/43

Wedding 1993

 

Travel

Box-folder 2/1

Australia Undated

Box-folder 2/2

Austria 1981

Box-folder 2/3

Austria, Salzburg 1985

Box-folder 2/4

Belgium, Brussels Expo 1956-1958

Box 2, Folder 5-10

Denmark 1977-1986

Box 2, Folder 11-14

Denmark and Sweden 1982-1986

Box-folder 2/15

Denmark and Switzerland 1987

Box 2, Folder 16-17

England 1933-1981

Box-folder 2/18

England, London 1967

Box 2, Folder 19-20

Europe 1941-1985

Box-folder 2/21

European buildings 1933

Box 2, Folder 22-30

European negatives 1933-1990

Box-folder 2/31

European negatives-r series 1987-1997

Box-folder 2/32

European negatives-x series 1933-1988

Box 2-3, Folder 33-57

European photos 1933-1992

Box-folder 3/58

European postcards 1950-1983

Box 6, Folder 59A

European sketches

Box-folder 3/59B

European and scottish schools Undated

Box-folder 3/60

Fiji undated

Box 3, Folder 61-70

France 1933-1988

Box-folder 3/71

France, Bourges 1981

Box-folder 3/72

France, Brittany 1977

Box-folder 3/73

France, Burgundy 1977

Box-folder 3/74

France, Paris 1967

Box-folder 3/75

France, Ronchamp Undated

Box-folder 3/76

France, Strasbourg 1967

Box-folder 3/77

France and Stuttgart, Germany

Box 3, Folder 78-90

Germany 1933-1991

Box 3, Folder 91-92

Germany, Holland, and Switzerland 1986

Box 3, Folder 93-94

Germany and Switzerland 1979

Box-folder 3/95

Germany, Bad Mergetheim 1985-1986

Box 3, Folder 96-100

Germany, Baden 1977-1986

Box-folder 3/101

Germany, Baden fest Undated

Box-folder 4/102

German and Switzerland-bell towers 1975

Box-folder 4/103

Germany-chapels undated

Scope and Contents note

Photographs of chapels
Box-folder 4/104

Germany, Kaiserstuhl undated

Box-folder 4/105

Germany, Kinsigtal 1979

Box-folder 4/106

Germany, Kinzigtal 1979

Box-folder 4/107

Germany, Lienheim 1983

Box-folder 4/108

Germany, Mainau 1978

Box 4, Folder 109-119

Germany, Reinheim 1976-1992

Box-folder 4/120

Germany, Reinheim to Zurzach-bridge replacement 1976

Scope and Contents note

Diagram of bridge replacement
Box 4, Folder 121-122

Germany, Rhine 1983-1991

Box-folder 4/123

Germany, Rhine-Cologne and Worms 1980

Box-folder 4/124

Germany, Schlachtensee undated

Box-folder 4/125

Germany, Schwarzwarld 1977

Box 4, Folder 126-129

Germany, Stuttgart 1967-1984

Box-folder 4/130

Germany, Ulm and Rheinheim 1985

Box-folder 4/131

Germany, Munich 1984-1985

Box-folder 4/132

German, Rhine Promenade 1976-1991

Box-folder 4/133

Germany, Ulm 1985

Box 4, Folder 134-141

Germany, Waldshut-Tiengen 1977-1987

Box-folder 4/142

Germany, Wangen 1985

Box-folder 4/143

Guernsey 1984

Box 4, Folder 144-146

Holland 1933-1986

Box-folder 4/147

Italy 1933

Box-folder 1/148

Netherlands 1967

Box-folder 4/149

Netherlands, Hilversum 1986

Box 4, Folder 150-151

Netherlands, Utrecht 1933-1989

Box-folder 4/152

New Zealand undated

Box-folder 4/153

Scottland, Edinburgh 1977

Box 4, Folder 154-164

Sweden 1933-1987

Box-folder 4/165

Sweden, Lund and Kinda 1986

Box-folder 4/166

Sweden, Stockholm and Vaxholm 1986

Box 4, Folder 167-171

Switzerland 1979-1984

Box-folder 4/172

Switzerland, Andermatt 1979

Box-folder 4/173

Switzerland, Basel 1982-1987

Box-folder 4/174

Switzerland, Brissago 1984

Box 4, Folder 175-176

Switzerland, Eglisau 1980

Box-folder 4/177

Switzerland, Lenzburg 1986

Box-folder 4/178

Switzerland, Lugano 1977

Box-folder 4/179

Switzerland, Luzern 1985-1988

Box-folder 4/180

Switzerland, Oberhofen 1987

Box-folder 4/181

Switzerland, Rheinfelden and Basel

Box-folder 4/182

Switzerland, Richterswil 1985

Box-folder 4/183

Switzerland, Rigi

Box 4, Folder 184-186

Switzerland, Schaffhausen 1984

Box-folder 4/187

Switzerland, Sion 1985

Box-folder 4/188

Switzerland, Steinhausen and Wangen 1985

Box-folder 4/189

Switzerland, Thun 1984

Box-folder 4/190

Switzerland, Trees in Eglisau

Box 4-5, Folder 191-193

Switzerland, Trogen 1974-1980

Box 5, Folder 194-195

Switzerland, Vevey 1967-1977

Box-folder 5/196

Switzerland, Wil undated

Box 5, Folder 197-202

Switzerland, Zurich 1984-1986

Box 5, Folder 203-211

Switzerland, Zurzach 1978-1989

Box-folder 5/212

United States, Bainbridge Island and Winslow 1981

Box-folder 5/213

United States, Denver undated

Box-folder 5/214

United States, New York 1933

Box 5, Folder 215-216

United States, Washington 1981

Box-folder 5/217

Uzbekistan, Bukhara and Samarkand undated

Box 5, Folder 218-219

Unidentified 1985

Scope and Contents note

Photorgraph of unidentified travel experience
Box-folder 5/220

Unidentified European Photos 1989

Scope and Contents note

Photographs of wood piles
Box-folder 5/221

Unidentified Travel 1982-1983

Scope and Contents note

Photographs of miscellaneous travels
Box-folder 5/222

Postcard: Austria

Box-folder 5/223

Postcard: Belgium

Box-folder 5/224

Postcard: Denmark

Box-folder 5/225

Postcards: European buildings

Box-folder 5/226

Postcards: European housing

Box 5, Folder 227-229

Postcards: France 1950

Box 5, Folder 230-232

Postcards: Germany 1950

Box-folder 5/233

Postcards: Greece 1964

Box-folder 5/234

Postcards: Ireland undated

Box-folder 5/235

Postcards: Italy 1950

Box-folder 5/236

Postcards: Mexico

Box 5, Folder 237-238

Postcards: Netherlands 1950

Box-folder 5/239

Postcards: Norway 1937

Box-folder 5/240

Postcards: Portugal undated

Box-folder 5/241

Postcards: Scottland 1963

Box-folder 5/242

Postcards: Sweden 1950

Box-folder 5/243

Postcards: Switzerland 1962

Box-folder 5/244

Postcards: United Kingdom 1933-1982

Box-folder 5/245

Postcards: Unidentified

Box-folder 5/246

Postcards: United States 1964-1966

Box-folder 6/1

Sketches: Europe 1975-1990

Box-folder 6/2

Sketches: European buildings 1982

Box-folder 6/3

Sketches: France 1933

Box-folder 6/4

Sketches: France, Paris 1933

Box 6, Folder 5-6

Sketches: Germany, Rheinheim 1982-1991

Box-folder 6/7

Sketches: Guernsey 1984

Box-folder 6/8

Sketches: Switzerland, Baden 1982-1983

Box-folder 6/9

Sketches: Switzerland, Kaiserstuhl Chapel 1988

Box 6, Folder 10-11

Sketches: Switzerland, Luzern 1986

Box-folder 6/12

Sketch: Switzerland, Rudlingen 1977-1988

Box 6, Folder 13-15

Sketch: Switzerland, Thun 1980-1987

Box 6, Folder 16-17

Sketches: Switzerland, Zurich 1980-1985

Box-folder 6/18

Sketches: United States, New Orleans undated

Box 6, Folder 19-20

Sketches: Various 1975-1994

Scope and Contents note

A variety of travel sketches
 

Professional Papers III 19XX-19XX

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet
 

Office Records IV 19XX-19XX

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet
Box-folder 6/21

Biographical Data on Maynard Lyndon 1947-1965

Box-folder 6/22

Biographical Notes 1933-1991

Box-folder 6/23

28th Church of Christ, Scientist 1956-1967

Box-folder 6/24

28th Church of Christ, Scientist 1961-1992

Box-folder 6/25

"A Few Notes on the Design of School Buildings in Southern California" 1965

Box-folder 6/26

Alamitos School-Cost 1953

Box-folder 6/27

The American Institute of Architects 1959

Box-folder 6/28

AIA- Correspondence 1959-1992

Box-folder 6/29

AIA-Correspondence 1982-1994

Box-folder 6/30

The American Institute of Architects Filing System For Architectural Plates and Articles 1946

Box-folder 6/31

AIA-insurance trust 1960-1972

Box-folder 6/32

The American Association of School Administrators 1961

Box-folder 6/33

Apperson street school-cost 1948-1957

Box-folder 6/34

Apple Valley School-cost 1949-1950

Box-folder 6/35

Architecture 102 work by Murray A. Milne 1963-1964

Box-folder 6/36

Architectural design notes undated

Box-folder 6/37

Architectural practice 1938-1993

Box-folder 6/38

Architectural qualifications questionaire 1956-1967

Box-folder 6/39

Architectural registration 1972-1997

Box-folder 6/40

Articles and library talk 1964

Box-folder 6/41

Awards 1966-1975

Box-folder 6/42

Awards and competitions 1937-1958

Box-folder 6/43

Award for Desert Sun School dormitories

Box-folder 6/44

Awards-Orange Julius and University of California, Los Angeles social science building 1966-1968

Box-folder 6/45

Beaumont Elementary School, The American School Board Journal 1964

Box-folder 6/46

Business cards

Box-folder 6/47

California Council, The American Institute of Architects-compensation information 1967

Box-folder 6/48

California State College, Los Angeles

Box-folder 6/49

Churches and Monasteries in Switzerland 1987

Box 6, Folder 50-52

Contemporary Backgrounds 1941-1994

Box-folder 6/53

Contemporary Backgrounds-communications with Don 1991-1994

Box-folder 6/54

Contemporary Backgrounds-correspondence 1991-1994

Box-folder 6/55

Contemporary Backgrounds-design notes 1992

Box-folder 6/56

Contemporary Backgrounds-drawings 1984-1988

Box-folder 6/57

Contemporary Backgrounds' Exhibition 1993

Box-folder 8/1

Contemporary Backgrounds-original drawings used in exhibition 1936-1969

Box-folder 8/2

Contemporary Backgrounds-publicity 1933-1993

Box-folder 8/3

Contemporary Backgrounds-publicity 1993

Box-folder 8/4

Contemporary Backgrounds-review undated

Box-folder 8/5

Contemporary Backgrounds-stationary undated

Box-folder 8/6

Contemporary Backgrounds-text 1993

Box-folder 8/7

Copyright Registration 1984-1987

Box-folder 8/8

Correspondence-Architectural Forum 1948-1968

Box-folder 8/9

Correspondence-Architectural Record 1947-1965

Box-folder 8/10

Correspondence-California correspondence 1982-1984

Box-folder 8/11

Correspondence-library journals 1958-1968

Box-folder 8/12

Correspondence-Lonberg-Holm; Dessauge 1966-1990

Box-folder 8/13

Correspondence-Neutra 1943-1945

Box-folder 8/14

Correspondence-Progressive Architecture 1946-1967

Box-folder 8/15

Corresondence-UCLA social sciences building 1995

Box-folder 8/16

Correspondence-Valley Oaks Union School District 1969

Box-folder 8/17

Correspondence- Who's Who in America publication 1962-1992

Box-folder 8/18

Crombie Taylor Residence, Beverly Shores, Indiana undated

Box 8, Folder 19-20

Crosses 1991

Box-folder 8/21

Desert Sun School dormitories 1967

Box-folder 8/22

Design training for the building industry-publication 1942

Box-folder 8/23

Details, patterns and modern buildings 1959-1963

Box-folder 8/24

Doors undated

Box-folder 8/25

Douglas artifact company incorporated, engineering break-in test 1942-1943

Box-folder 8/26

Drafting room information 1941-1944

Box-folder 8/27

Employee's manual 1960

Box-folder 8/28

Eskimo and North American Indians: primitive construction 1981

Box-folder 8/29

"Factors of Recent Housing Plans" Horace W. Hartman undated

Box-folder 8/30

Glass 1981

Box-folder 8/31

Grape poles 1981

Box-folder 8/32

Historic American buildings survey undated

Box-folder 8/33

Hobby shop marin corps base- statement of requirement 1958

Box-folder 8/34

Housing for elderly person's competition 1975

Box-folder 8/35

Jefferson national expansion memorial competition 1947-1951

Box-folder 8/36

Kussaberg-studies for plaza 1992

Box-folder 8/37

Library journals 1966-1967

Box-folder 8/38

Light 1976-1988

Box-folder 8/39

Light experiences undated

Box-folder 8/40

List of furnishings 1973

Box-folder 8/41

List of readings 1989

Box 8, Folder 42-44

Lonberg-Holm, Knud 1934-1948

Box-folder 8/45

Location Analysis 1978-1982

Box-folder 8/46

Lyndon design counselors stationary undated

Box-folder 8/47

Maynard Lyndon to Don Lyndon 1938-1992

Box-folder 8/48

Maypoles and painting housefront 1985-1986

Box-folder 8/49

Michigan housing and planning-correspondence 1937-1938

Box-folder 8/50

Modern photography 1986

Box-folder 8/51

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards 1969-1974

Box-folder 8/52

Notes 1989-1992

Box-folder 8/53

Notes for the Big Book 1983

Box-folder 8/54

Observations 1979-1993

Box-folder 8/55

Office Bills 1971

Box 9, Folder 1-17

Office correspondence 1936-1968

Box-folder 9/18

Office correspondence-jobs 1946-1949

Box-folder 9/19

Office papers 1963-1971

Box-folder 9/20

Old furniture list for Don Lyndon undated

Box-folder 9/21

Palisades park field house 1935

Box-folder 9/22

"Photo Handbook" undated

Box-folder 9/23

Point Dume School, Santa Monica 1958-1968

Box-folder 9/24

Preliminary Report and Study for a Cooperative Suburban Housing Project undated

Box-folder 9/25

Prizes 1966-167

Box-folder 9/26

Research notes 1968-1981

Box-folder 9/27

Resume 1949-1953

Box-folder 9/29

Rheinheim 1978-1998

Box-folder 9/30

Riverside physics building 1963-1966

Box-folder 9/31

San Pedro Community Hospital 1959

Box-folder 9/32

Santa Fe Ticket Office, Architectural Record 1947

Box-folder 9/33

Speeches undated

Box-folder 9/34

Spencer, Vernon building undated

Box-folder 9/35

"Stairs, Staircases, Stairwells" by Maynard Lyndon 1963

Box-folder 9/36

Stationary 1986

Box 9/37

Subscription record undated

Box-folder 9/38

Textures undated

Box-folder 9/39

To Promote Product Design-publication undated

Box 9, Folder 40-42

UCLA Social Sciences Building 1960-1969

Box-folder 9/43

University of Michigan alumni-60th reunion 1988

Box-folder 9/44

USC Teaching Material 1946-1947

Box-folder 9/45

"The Vital Signs" student case study competition 1988

Box-folder 9/46

Westwood beautification award 1972

Box 9, Folder 47-48

Wood piles undated

Box-folder 9/49

Work Schedule undated

 

Publicity

 

28th Church of Christ, Scientist-Pacific Architect and Builder

 

28th Church of Christ, Scientist-Progressive Architecture

 

28th Church of Christ, Scientist-"Serene Arena"

 

"A Memorial to Thomas A. Edison"-The Bulletin of the Beaux-Arts

 

Appearson Street School-Architectural Record

 

"Bathrooms for the Future"-Parents' Magazine

 

"Beaumont Elementary School, Vista, CA"-The American School Board Journal

 

Beecher High School-Progressive Architecture

 

Beecher High School and Northville School-The Architectural Record

 

Beecher High School and Northville Grade School-Architectural Forum

 

Cal State College Administration Tower-P/A News Report

 

"The Changing Landscape by Joyce Earley Lyndon"-Arts and Architecture

 

"Clock Towers"-AIA Journal

 

"Community Theatre"-Architectural Record

 

"Das Ortszentrum von Rheinheim" -Kleiner Fuhrer durch die Ortschaft: Rheinheim

 

Designing Information by Longberg-Holm and Sutnar

 

"Detroit Automobile Workers Project Cooperative Housing Development"-Architectural Record

 

Editorials by Lyndon, Maynard

 

Farmington Auditorium and Northville Kindergarten-Architectural Forum

 

"A Field House for a Park"-Architectural Record

 

Harvey Knox Shop-Progressive Architecture

 

"House on a Coastal Plain", Arts and Architecture

 

Kawneer Store Front Competition, Third Prize

 

"Lion Street" by Lyndon, Joyce E.

 

Magazine Reprints

 

Maynard Lyndon FAIA RIBA-Michigan Alumns

 

Meiners Oak School-Architectural Record

 

"Mesker Steel Windows Advertisement"-The Architectural Forum

 

Modern Brazil 1942

 

Northville School and Beecher High School-The Architectural Record 1937

 

Northville and Beecher Schools-The Architectural Forum 1937

 

Northville Kindergarten-Progressive Architecture undated

 

Northville Kindergarten And Farmington Auditorium-Architectural Forum 1940

 

Ocean Park redevelopment-Arts and Architecture 1961

 

Packaged bathroom-The Architectural Forum

 

"Reading American"-The Planner

 

Real estate ad for Edward Niles Home-Westside Real Estate Guide

 

Santa Fe Railroad Ticket Office-Architectural Record

 

Santa Fe Ticket Office-Aspiration

 

Saugus Union School-Architectural Record

 

"Swiss Collage Cities"-Places: A Quarterly Journal of Environmental Design

 

UCLA Social Science Building-Arts and Architecture

 

UCLA Social Sciences Building-Nuestra Arquitectura

 

"'Village Hi House' Youths Own Community Center"

 

Vista Elementary School-Architectural Record

 

Vista School, Apperson St. School, and Santa Fe Ticket Office-Southern Claifornia Architecture

 

Vista Unified School-Architectural Record

 

Projects VI 19XX-19XX

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet
 

Firm Publications A 19XX-19XX

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet
 

Photos

 

Film Reels

 

Drawings