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Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Jones, A. Quincy (Archie Quincy)
- Abstract:
- Archibald Quincy Jones established a private architectural practice, partnering with Frederick E. Emmons, 1951-69; Jones served as visiting professor and fifth year design critic (1950-78) and dean (1975-78) at the School of Architecture and Fine Arts at USC; served as visiting design critic and lecturer at a number of U.S. academic institutions; he initiated design for perforated curved beam for steel construction, 1956; from 1953-72, he worked on special and innovative projects including U.S. Gypsum, U.S. Steel Corporation, and the U.S. Department of Defense; he lectured and participated in seminars and panels all over the world and was involved in public committees concerned with architecture and planning; Jones was an active participant in national and regional chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); he was the winner of numerous awards, including the National AIA's First Honor Award in 1950; his credits include: Mutual Housing Association Development, Los Angeles (1950), Biological Sciences Building, UC Santa Barbara (1959), Faculty Center, USC (1960), University Research Library, UCLA (1971), Annenberg School of Communications, USC (1976, 79); he died in Los Angeles, August 3, 1979. Collection consists of material related to Jones's career as an architect. Includes architectural plans and drawings, presentation boards, company chronology files, building specifications, travel sketches, doodles, ephemera, and publications by and about Jones.
- Extent:
- 33.5 Linear Feet (67 boxes and 1800 oversize boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], A. Quincy Jones papers (Collection 1692). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of material related to Jones's career as an architect. Includes architectural plans and drawings, presentation boards, company chronology files, building specifications, travel sketches, doodles, ephemera, and publications by and about Jones.
- Biographical / historical:
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Archibald Quincy Jones was born in Kansas City, MO on Apr. 29.1913; BA Architecture, University of Washington, 1936; in 1945.he established a private architectural practice that continued throughout his life; partner with Frederick E. Emmons, 1951-69; Jones served as visiting professor and fifth year design critic (1950-78) and dean (1975-78) at the School of Architecture and Fine Arts at USC; served as visiting design critic and lecturer at a number of U.S. academic institutions; he initiated design for perforated curved beam for steel construction, 1956; from 1953-72, he worked on special and innovative projects including U.S. Gypsum/U.S. Steel Corporation and the U.S. Department of Defense; he lectured and participated in seminars and panels all over the world and was involved in public committees concerned with architecture and planning; Jones was an active participant in national and regional chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); he was the winner of numerous awards including the National AIA's First Honor Award in 1950; his credits include: Mutual Housing Association Development, Los Angeles (1950), Biological Sciences Building - UC Santa Barbara (1959), Faculty Center - USC (1960), University Research Library - UCLA (1971), Annenberg School of Communications - USC (1976, 79); he died in Los Angeles, August 3.1979.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Elaine K. S. Jones.1993.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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The container list is arranged in the following series:
- Architectural Drawings
- Architectural Scale Models
- arts & architecture (magazine)
- Awards
- Bound Reports
- Chronological Files
- Ephemera
- Job Files
- Job Slides
- Letters of Tribute
- Non-job drawings
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Presentation Boards
- Specifications
- Texts of talks
Please consult the List of Jobs to locate the Job name and Job numbers associated with each job. In most cases throughout the series, jobs and associated materials are referred to by Job number alone. In order to correlate the Job number with the Job name, it will be necessary to go back and forth between the List of Jobs and the Container List.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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:
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[Identification of item], A. Quincy Jones papers (Collection 1692). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988