Finding Aid for the Robert D. Farquhar Architectural Drawings, 1920-1940
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Robert D. Farquhar Architectural Drawings,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1940
Collection number: 1579
Creator: Farquhar, Robert D., b. 1872
Extent:
2 oversize boxes
28 oversize folders
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert D. Farquhar Architectural Drawings (Collection 1579). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of architectural drawings, blueprints, sketches, and plans of Robert D. Farquhar, and one photograph of
Bourgeois, Arthur Brown's collaborator for the San Francisco Hall. Includes drawings for Florence Brown residence in Bel Air
(Los Angeles), Mrs. Henry Weyse residence in Santa Monica, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quinn residence in Holmby Hills (Los Angeles),
and the Harvey Mudd and Richard Rogers residence in Beverly Hills.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Farquhar, Robert D., b. 1872--Archives.
Architects--United States--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural drawings.
Container List
Folder 1
Florence Brown residence. Bel air - drawings.
Folder 2
Ada McCormick's father's house. Idaho - drawings.
Folder 3
Mr. and mrs. James Whittlesey residence, La Jolla.
Folder 4
Haynes - stairs details, rooms.
Folder 5
Ellis [?] Jones residence, L.S. - sketches and floor plans.
Physical Description: (2 bundles)
Folder 6
Mrs. Henry Weyse residence, Santa Monica - drawings.
Folder 7
House in perspective - RDF.
Folder 8
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Quinn residence, Holmby Hills.
Folder 9
W.L. Garland residence, little cocktail room drawings, blueprints.
Folder 10
Francis Farquhar residence and book cases - sketches and plans.
Folder 11
Titcomb - miscellaneous sketches.
Folder 12
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stroud residence, Huntington Palisades, Santa Monica.
Folder 13
Titcomb's drawings for California Club and sketches for living room.
Physical Description: (2 bundles)
Folder 14
381 California Terrace, Pasadena. Roland Coates, architect, bought by RDF 1929, sold 1950.
Folder 15
Quinn house, 1936, porch addition, west porch - prints. Quality sheet metal.
Folder 16
Miss T.H. Graham residence, Sierra Madre - drawings.
Folder 18
Colin Farquhar: Hunter's Creek - mill house. Colin's Mill house.
Folder 19
Mrs. Quinn's collection - urns, vases, etc.
Note
"Not done, too costly for heirs, about $10,000 for cases. Gift to USC. USC room Mrs. Quinn's pottery."
Folder 20
Danziger residence, Los Angeles - cloth blue prints.
Folder 21
Pembery drawings from England for Quinn Room, Huntington Library - drawings and blue prints. 4 rolls.
Folder 22
Harvey Mudd residence, Beverly Hills - drawings for mantel.
Folder 24
Studio - Browning Building, Waco University.
Folder 27
Studio for Alice Lewisohn Crowley at "Crossroads", Ossining, New York.
Folder 27
House for Mrs. Wesley C. Mitchell. Stamford, Connecticut.
Folder 27
The Mill. Hunter's Creek, Walter P. Lewisohn.
Folder 28
[Richard] I. Rogers residence, Beverly Hills.
Folder 29
Quinn - new front iron porch.
Physical Description: (Oversize roll box)
Folder 29
Tippet house, Del Mar - drawings. Tippet garden arbor.
Physical Description: (Oversize roll box)
Folder 29
Marion Macneil Smith residence, Azusa - drawings.
Physical Description: (Oversize roll box)
Folder 30
Photograph of Bourgeois, Arthur Brown's collaborator for the San Francisco Hall, etc.
Physical Description: (10 × 14")
