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Title: H. Roy Kelley papers Identifier/Call Number: Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Language of Material: English Physical Description: 6.5 Linear feet(7 record storage boxes and 6 flat file folders) Date (inclusive): circa 1912-circa 1957 Location note: Boxes 1-7/ADC - regular 1 Flat File Drawer/ADC - regular 6 Flat File Folders/ADC - flat files regular creator: Kelley, H. Roy, (Harold Roy), 1892-1989 Access Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers. Custodial History note Gift of Roy Kelley, 1975. Additional materials gifted by Mr. Martin E. Weil, 1999. Preferred Citation note H. Roy Kelley papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Biographical/Historical note Harold Roy Kelley was born in New York on May 2, 1893. Prior to college, Kelley gained experience working in architectural firms and was able to skip his freshman courses upon entering Cornell University. Kelley graduated with a degree in architecture in 1915, at the age of 22. Upon graduation, Kelley got a job working under architect Paul Chalfin, then under architect Herbert L. Foltz, and finally under Herb Bass until he was drafted. Kelley served in WWI and was discharged in 1919. After the war, Kelley found employment with Harry Allen and L. Andrew Reinhard before he established his own independent practice in 1925 in San Marino, California. Kelley served on the architectural advisory committees for the Bel-Air Estates and the Palos Verdes Estates and in 1931 he was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Home Building by Herbert Hoover. He retired in 1957 and died at the age of 95, in 1988. Kelley, throughout his career designed many Monterey revival style homes in the Los Angeles area, the RAND headquarters in Santa Monica, as well as the Institute of Aeronautical Science in Los Angeles, and won several first prize awards from House Beautiful Magazine. Scope and Content note The H. Roy Kelley papers span 6.5 linear feet and date from circa 1912 to circa 1957. The collection consists of annotated drafts of Kelley s memoir entitled 50 Happy Years of Architecture, correspondence, interior and exterior black-and-white photographs and negatives of Kelley s residential and commercial designs, commemorative medals, and architectural drawings. Related Archival Materials note H. Roy Kelley papers, #3864. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Subjects and Indexing Terms Kelley, H. Roy, (Harold Roy), 1892-1989 Architectural drawings Negatives Photographic prints Presentation drawings (proposals) Professional Papers I. 1914-1989 Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet This series contains writings by H. Roy Kelley, awards given to him for his work, and multiple drafts of his autobiography, 50 Happy Years in Architecture. Box 1, Folder 44, Awards 1914-1915, circa 1929, 1931, 1937, 1973 Box 3 Folder 65 Biographical materials undated Box 1, Folder 45 Domestic and other Architecture of H. Roy Kelley 1931 2
Professional Papers I.1914-1989 Box 1, Folder 46 Kelley, H. Roy "Co-Operation with Clients 1930 Box 1, Folder 47 Kelley, H. Roy "The Evils of Modern Art" 1929 Box 1, Folder 48, Kelley, H. Roy "Half-Timber of English type" 1929 Box 4, Folder 116 Folder 66 Kelley, H. Roy interview 1989 50 Happy Years in Architecture, 1908-1958, handwritten draft undated Folder 49-54 50 Happy Years in Architecture, 1908-1958, revised draft- typed undated Folder 55-57 50 Happy Years in Architecture, 1908-1958, final draft- short revised undated Folder 58-60 50 Happy Years in Architecture, 1908-1958, final draft- long undated Folder 61-64 Box 3 Scrapbook, copies of pages circa 1913-1930 Large format copies of articles, newspaper clippings, photographs, and some student architectural drawings. Articles and Clippings II. 1926-1952 Physical Description: 1.0 Linear feet This series contains newspaper and magazine articles pertaining to specific projects by H. Roy Kelley, the majority of which are for private residences, though some materials pertain to churches, commercial buildings, and architecture competitions. Box 1, Folder 1 Bagshaw, William house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1945 Box 1, Folder 2 Barkelew, C.S. house (San Marino, Calif.) 1934 Box 1, Folder 3 Brem, Zeiler, Hammack & Maner Clinical Laboratories office (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1935 Box 1, Folder 4 Calvert house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936 Box 1, Folder 5 Chappellett, Cyril house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1934 creator: Yoch, Florence Box 1, Folder 6 Coulter, Clarence house (Holmby Hills, Calif.) 1932 Box 1, Folder 7 Day, Clarence house (San Marino, Calif.) 1931 Box 1, Folder 8 Donnel, Franklin house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1932 Box 1, Folder 9-10 Douglas Aircraft Plant camouflage (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1942 Box 1, Folder 11 First Church of Christ Scientist (Fillmore, Calif.) 1930 Box 1, Folder 12 First Church of Christ Scientist (San Marino, Calif.) 1936 Box 1, Folder 13 Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial competition brochure (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1950-1951 Box 1, Folder 14 Gibbs, K.W. house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1931 Box 1, Folder 15 Heizman, Edwin house (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) 1932 Box 1, Folder 16 Holmes, E.E. house (Palos Verdes, Calif.) undated Box 1, Folder 17 Houston, Gail & Marie house (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1935 Box 1, Folder 18 Irvine, James house (Altadena, Calif.) 1931 Box 1, Folder 19 Jaans, Harold house (Westwood Hills, Calif.) 1936 Box 1, Folder 20 Jim's Beauty Studio (Hollywood, Calif.) 1934 Box 1, Folder 21 Koebig, Walter house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1930 Box 1, Folder 22 Lake, F.W. house (Whittier, Calif.) 1931 Box 1, Folder 23 Leimert, Lucille house undated Box 1, Folder 24 Los Angeles Times Model "House of Tomorrow" 1935 Box 1, Folder 25 McGowan, H.H. house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1935 Box 1, Folder 26 Mercury Gasoline filling station (Miami, Fla.) 1926 Box 1, Folder 27 National Better Homes Architectural Competition 1929 Box 1, Folder 28 Off, Charles house circa 1946 Box 1, Folder 29 Own Your Own Home architects competition 1927 3
Articles and Clippings II.1926-1952 Box 1, Folder 30 Patterson, Harold house (West Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936 Box 1, Folder 31 Pomeroy, J.L. house (Brentwood, Calif.) 1935 Box 1, Folder 32 Pulliam, Mrs. house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1937 Box 1, Folder 33 RAND Corporation offices (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1948 Box 1, Folder 34 Sheppard, James house (San Marino, Calif.) 1932 Box 1, Folder 35 Simpson, William Construction Company (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1952 Box 1, Folder 36 Speculative House (Brentwood, Calif.?) 1939 Box 1, Folder 37 Toplitt, Harry house (Brentwood, Calif.) 1934 Box 1, Folder 38 Twenty-fifth Church of Christ Scientist (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936 Box 1, Folder 39 Unidentified houses circa 1933 Box 1, Folder 40 Western Airlines office (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1946 Box 1, Folder 42 Woman's World Magazine house designs circa 1930-1940 Photographs III. 1925-1954 Physical Description: 1.5 Linear feet This series contains photographic prints of many projects by H. Roy Kelley, most of the materials are photographs, though some are photos of renderings. Many of the photographs are notated on the back with name of client, year, and the location, possibly written by Kelley. Box 4, Folder 67 Albertson, Fred house (San Fernando Valley, Calif.) circa 1948 Box 4, Folder 68 Ann Street School (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1954 Box 4, Folder 69 Baird, G.B. house (San Marino, Calif.) undated Box 5, Folder 1, Box 4, Folder 70 Bagshaw, William house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1938 creator: Dapprich, Frederick R., 1880-1965 Box 4, Folder 71 Barkeley, Charles house (San Gabriel, Calif.) 1933 Box 5, Folder 2 Beard, George house (San Marino, Calif.) 1934 Box 5, Folder 3 Beck, Fred house (Brentwood, Calif.) 1932 Box 4, Folder 72 Belsey, George house circa 1931 Box 4, Folder 73 Better Homes Week model demonstration home (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1927 creator: Sexsmith, Harold O. Publicity photos of house with Mary Pickford; Box 4, Folder 74 Blank, Richard house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936 Box 4, Folder 75 Blum's / J.F. Grass store Lake Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.) 1950 Box 5, Folder 4 Blythe & Co. office building (Pasadena, Calif.?) 1928 Box 4, Folder 76, Booth, W.H. house (Westwood Hills, Calif.) 1936 Box 5, Folder 5 Box 4, Folder 77 Boswell, W.W. house 1939 Box 4, Folder 78, Braun, T.W. house (Palm Springs, Calif.) 1941 Box 5, Folder 6 Box 4, Folder 79 Brem, Zeiler, Hammack & Maner Clinical Laboratories office (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1934 Box 4, Folder 80 Bruner, Brandon house (Pasadena, Calif.?) undated Box 4, Folder 81 Bushnell, Mabel Cone house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1947 Box 4, Folder 82 Calvert house (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936 Box 4, Folder 83, Chappellett, Cyrl house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1930 Box 5, Folder 7-8 Box 4, Folder 84 Chappellett, Cyrl house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1947 Box 4, Folder 154 Chase, Stillman house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1932 Box 5, Folder 9 Church, Bruce house (Salinas, Calif.) 1930 Box 4, Folder 85 Clifford, Brooks house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1939 Box 4, Folder 86 Coll, Frank house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1938 Box 4, Folder 87 Cooper, Thomas house 6142 Oakwood Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1939 Box 4, Folder 88 Dames, Trent house (San Marino, Calif.) 1946 4
Photographs III.1925-1954 Box 4, Folder 89 Daugherty, A.J. house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) 1940 Box 4, Folder 90 De Forest, J.M. house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) undated Box 4, Folder 91 De Friest house (Pasadena, Calif.) undated Box 4, Folder 92 De Henckel, Maximiliano house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1941 Box 4, Folder 93 Demonstration Home for Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1935 creator: Bissantz, Edgar, 1901-1998 Box 4, Douglas Aircraft Camouflage (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1942 Folder 94-97, Box 5, Folder 10 Box 4, Folder 98 Elmore, John house (San Clemente, Calif.) 1950 Box 4, Folder 99 Embassy Realty Associates store (Maywood, Calif.) 1946 Box 4, Folder 100 First Church of Christ Scientist (Downey, Calif.) 1945 Box 4, Folder 101 First Church of Christ Scientist (Fillmore, Calif.) 1929 Box 4, Folder 102 First Church of Christ Scientist (San Marino, Calif.) 1934 Box 4, Folder 103, Flagg house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1937 Box 5, Folder 11 Box 4, Folder 104 Gibbs, K.W. house (Pasadena, Calif.) undated Box 4, Folder 105 Glen, Robert house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1937 Box 4, Folder 106 Guthrie, Stanley / Rancho Azusa (Duarte, Calif.) undated Box 4, Folder 107 Harper, Joseph house (Laughlin Park, Calif.) 1936 Box 4, Folder 108 Harris, Irving house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1947 Box 5, Folder 12 Heitzman house (Palos Verdes, Calif.?) undated Box 4, Folder 109 Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital student nurses quarters (Hollywood, Calif.) 1947 Box 5, Folder 13 Holman, John house (San Marino, Calif.?) 1937 Box 4, Folder 110, Houston, Gail & Marie house (Westwood, Calif.) 1934-1935 Box 5, Folder 14 Box 4, Folder 111 Huggins Shoe Store (Pasadena, Calif.) 1950 Box 4, Folder 112 Huntsman Lodge restaurant project undated Box 4, Folder 113 Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1946 Box 5, Folder 15 Insurance Man's house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1938 Box 6, Folder 1 Jaans, Harold / Woman's Home Companion (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1936 Box 6, Folder 2 Jameson house undated Box 6, Folder 3 Jim's Beauty Studio (Hollywood, Calif.) 1925 Box 4, Folder 114 Kaime, Alvah house (San Marino, Calif.) 1936 Box 4, Folder 115, Kelley, H. Roy portrait undated Box 6, Folder 4 Box 6, Folder 5 Koebig, Walter house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1929 Box 4, Folder 117 Lakeside Golf Club (Burbank, Calif.?) 1945 Box 6, Folder 6 Lincoln house circa 1932 Box 4, Folder 118 Lockwood, Robert house? undated Box 4, Folder 119 Los Feliz Investment Co. apartments (Westwood, Calif.) 1938 Box 4, Folder 120 Los Feliz Mart store (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1933 Box 4, Folder 121 Louchheim, William house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1950 Box 6, Folder 7, Maddock, Edward house (San Marino, Calif.) 1937 Box 4, Folder 122 Box 6, Folder 8, May, David house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) circa 1937 Box 4, Folder 123 Box 4, Folder 124 Mayers & Barron convalescent home circa 1947 Box 6, Folder 9, Miller, Dr. house (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) 1939 Box 4, Folder 125 Box 4, Folder 126 Moffat house (Arcadia, Calif.) undated Box 4, Folder 127 Nolman, John / Sleyster, Rock houses (Brentwood & San Marino, Calif.) undated Box 4, Folder 128, Off, Charles house (Westwood, Calif.) 1930, 1938 Box 6, Folder 10-11 Box 4, Folder 129, Patterson, Harold house (Holmby Hills, Calif.) 1931-1932 Box 6, Folder 12 5
Photographs III.1925-1954 Box 4, Folder 130 Phillips, F.W. house undated Box 4, Folder 131 Price, Guy store fronts (Beverly Hills, Calif.?) undated Box 6, Pringle, Robert house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1936 Folder 13-14, Box 4, Folder 132 Box 4, Folder 133 Professional Building (Pasadena, Calif.) 1946 Box 4, Folder 134 Pulliam house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1937 Box 4, Folder 135 RAND Corporation building (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1948 Box 4, Folder 136 Raymond, Arthur house (Santa Monica, Calif.?) 1951 Box 4, Folder 137 Rothstein, Charles house (Westwood, Calif.) 1935 Box 4, Folder 138 Rutherford, E.C. house (Brawley, Calif.) 1948 Box 4, Folder 139 Schatzman, M.D. house (San Marino, Calif.) 1936 Box 4, Folder 140 Schoenfeld, Walter house (Newport Beach, Calif.) 1946 Box 7, Folder 1, Searcy, Guy house (Michellinda, Calif.) 1934 Box 4, Folder 141 Box 4, Folder 142 Sheppard house (San Marino, Calif.) 1930 Box 4, Folder 143, Sherrill, F.G. house (San Marino, Calif.) 1935 Box 7, Folder 2 Box 4, Folder 144 Silverwoods display cases circa 1950s creator: Fish, Richard Box 4, Folder 145 Simons Brick Co. "Hundred Year House" competition honorable mention undated Box 4, Folder 146 Simpson, William Construction Co. offices (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1952 creator: Shulman, Julius, 1910-2009 Box 4, Folder 147 Sleyster, Rock house (Brentwood, Calif.) 1936 Box 4, Folder 148 Smith, Dana house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1946 Box 4, Folder 149 Smith, Julia house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) 1950 Box 4, Folder 150 Smith, Walker house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1947 Box 4, Folder 151 Smitter, Wessel house (Flintridge, Calif.) 1934 Box 4, Folder 152 Speculative house (Westwood, Calif.) 1934 Box 6, Folder 15, Steff, Lloyd house (Quiera, Del.?) undated Box 4, Folder 153 Box 4, Folder 155, Box 7, Folder 3 Stone, Harry house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) 1941 creator: Parker, Maynard L, 1900-1976 Box 4, Folder 156 Straitiss, Dorsey house (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1946 Box 4, Folder 157, Surber, A.C. house (Rancho Santa Anita, Calif.) 1937 Box 7, Folder 4 Box 4, Folder 158 Taylor, William store S. Lake Ave. (Pasadena, Calif.) 1950 Box 4, Folder 159 Thorkildsen, Orin house (Newport Beach, Calif.) undated Box 4, Folder 160 Tileston house (Pasadena, Calif.) 1949 Box 4, Folder 161 Toll, Charles house (San Fernando Valley, Calif.) 1939 Box 4, Folder 162 Toplitt, Harry Lloyd house (Brentwood Heights, Calif.) 1934 Box 4, Folder 163 Tracy, John clinic 1945-1946 Box 4, Folder 165, Unidentified houses circa 1939 - circa 1941 Box 7, Folder 5-7 Box 7, Folder 8 Utopians store/lending library (Hollywood, Calif.) 1925 Box 4, Folder 166 Valley View Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1946 Box 4, Folder 164 Tuchscherer, Frank house (San Marino, Calif.) undated Box 4, Folder 167 Warner, Douglas medical clinic (South Pasadena, Calif.) 1936 creator: Parker, Maynard L, 1900-1976 Box 4, Folder 168, Warner, Douglas house (San Gabriel, Calif.) circa 1939 Box 7, Folder 9 Box 4, Folder 169 Weatherly, June house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1946-1947 Box 4, Folder 170 Westchester School (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1938 6
Photographs III.1925-1954 Box 7, Folder 10 Western Air Lines ticket office Vine St. (Hollywood, Calif.) 1945 creator: Parker, Maynard L, 1900-1976 Box 4, Folder 171, Box 7, Folder 11 Western Air Lines ticket office (Los Angeles, Calif.) circa 1945-1946 Also contains renderings of San Diego and San Francisco offices Box 4, Folder 172 Woman's World magazine house designs undated Projects IV. 1929-1952 Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet This series contains primarily renderings on board, and only two projects have sets of architectural drawings. All of the projects are in the Los Angeles, Calif. area. Coughlin, A.S. house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1936 Box 1, Folder 43 Project Files 1936 Architectural Drawings FlatFile 1 2 blueprint drawings of landscape plan, and two floor plans on board. FlatFile 2 Chappellett, Cyril house (Bel Air, Calif.) 1929 One copy of perspective drawing on board FlatFile 3 Kelley, H. Roy apartments 315 Pleasant St. (Pasadena, Calif.) circa 1952 One presentation board perspective drawing of apartment complex FlatFile 4 Kelley, H. Roy house 1330 Oak Grove Ave. (San Marino, Calif.) 1947, 1950-1951 5 drawings of plans, sections, and details for house and addition FlatFile 5 Phillips, F.W. house Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1931 One full color perspective drawing FlatFile 6 Straitiff, Dorsey (Beverly Hills, Calif.) 1940 One perspective drawing on board FlatFile 7 Unidentified 1931, 1937 2 unidentified perspective drawings on board; one lists "Italian villa" Palos Verdes Estates on verso. FlatFile 8 Warner, Douglas medical building (South Pasadena, Calif.) 1941 One drawing of elevations, in color FlatFile 9 Woman's World magazine competition entry, scheme F 1929 One copy of presentation drawing on board 7