George Alexander Kern Papers, 1925-1940

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Summary

Creators:
Kern, George Alexander, 1880?-1957
Abstract:
George Alexander Kern (1880?-1957) was a Los Angeles based landscape architect and a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The collection consists of notes, clippings, blueprints, photographs, drawings, and memorabilia relating to George Alexander Kern's career as a landscape designer.
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.) 4 oversize boxes
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of notes, clippings, blueprints, photographs, drawings, and memorabilia relating to George Alexander Kern's career as a landscape designer. Also contains materials about the Haskell residence in Montecito, California.

Biographical / historical:

Kern was born in Russia of Scottish parents, probably in the 1880s; served as a captain in the army during World War I and took on a diplomatic mission to England in 1917; moved to the U.S. in the 1920s; MA in landscape design, UC Berkeley, 1927; married Marjorie Dobbins of Pasadena; worked for well-known landscape architects; member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA); he died in 1957.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Marjorie Dobbins Kern, bequest, 1975.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Binders containing notes and clippings on types of gardening (Boxes 1-2).
  2. Photographs of projects, certificate of election to ASLA, and one letter (Box 3).
  3. Blueprints of projects, MA diploma, art class drawings, clippings and articles (Box 4).
  4. Album containing memoranda and photographs (Box 5).
  5. Photographs and drawings of gardens (Box 6).
  6. Haskell residence--Montecito, CA, 1935 (Box 7).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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