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Finding Aid for the Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles Records, 1921-1944
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Title: Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles Records,
Date (inclusive): 1921-1944
Collection number: 1257
Creator:
Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles
Extent:
25 boxes (12.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles, California was founded ca. 1921 to provide municipal, county, state, and
national governments with professional architects at a reasonable cost. AAALA did not accept or perform architectural services
for private individuals or firms. The collection consists of the Association's minutes, financial records, publications, clippings,
photographs, and contracts. Also includes minutes and financial records of the Architects Bureau Limited, Los Angeles.
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.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Architecture and Urban Planning Library.
[Identification of item], Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles Records (Collection 1257). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
The Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles, California was founded ca. 1921; its purpose was to “advance the art of
architecture and by professional cooperation and collaboration to secure for and provide municipal, county, state, and national
governments and organizations formed for civic betterment, or mutual or business advancement with the highest and best expression
of the profession of architecture at the least possible cost...”; AAALA did not accept or perform architectural services for
private individuals or firms.
Collection consists of minutes, financial records, publications, clippings, photographs, and contracts related to the Allied
Architects Association of Los Angeles (AAALA). Includes minute books (1921-36), scrapbooks of clippings about buildings, financial
statements, photographs of preliminary sketches for various jobs including the Los Angeles Hall of Justice building, bulletins
of the AAALA, and proceedings of the American Institute of Architects (1921-40). Also includes minutes and financial records
of the Architects Bureau Limited, Los Angeles.
Arranged in the following series:
- Minute books (Boxes 1-8).
- Financial records (Boxes 9-10).
- Projects (Boxes 11-20, 22).
- Records of Architects Bureau Ltd. (Boxes 21-22).
- Publications (Boxes 23-25).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Allied Architects Association of Los Angeles--Archives.
Architects Bureau, Ltd.--Archives.
Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Societies, etc.--Archival resources.
Organization files.
Clippings files.