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Finding Aid for the Ernest Coxhead drawings, circa 1895 0000231

Finding aid prepared by Jillian O'Connor and Chris Marino The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project. Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Arts Building Room 1434 University of Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130 805-893-2724 [email protected]

Finding Aid for the Ernest 0000231 1 Coxhead drawings, circa 1895 0000231 Title: Ernest Coxhead drawings Identifier/Call Number: 0000231 Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Language of Material: English Storage Unit: 552 Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet(3 flat file folders) Date (inclusive): circa 1895 Location note: 6 Flat File Folders/ADC - flat files misc. creator: Coxhead, Almeric, 1861-1928 creator: Coxhead, Ernest A., 1863-1933 Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Preferred Citation note Ernest Coxhead drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Biographical/Historical note Ernest Albert Coxhead was born in in 1863. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art and at the Architectural Association in , from 1883 to 1886. Between 1878 and 1883, Coxhead worked as an apprentice to George Wallis. During the year of 1883 he worked as a building supervisor for the architect Frederic Chancellor. In 1887, Coxhead and his brother Almeric joined forces in to form the firm Coxhead and Coxhead. Four years later, in 1890, Coxhead and Coxhead relocated to , where they remained until retirement. Ernest Coxhead died in 1933. Scope and Content note The Ernest Coxhead drawings consist of three flat file folders of original drawings of residences and a memorial, all dating circa 1895. Three additional flat file folders were added in July 2018 for the Pacific Grand Hotel, Home Telephone Building, and the Globe Grain & Milling warehouse; the items were Found in Collections (FIC). Related Archival Materials note Ernest Coxhead Collection, (1983-1), Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California Subjects and Indexing Terms Coxhead, Almeric, 1861-1928 Coxhead, Ernest A., 1863-1933 Architectural drawings

FlatFile 1 Unidentified San Francisco residence 1895 Language of Material: English Physical Description: (1 drawing) creator: Coxhead, Almeric, 1861-1928 creator: Coxhead, Ernest A., 1863-1933 Scope and Content note Elevation drawing done in pencil, labeled “Residence San Francisco Coxhead and Coxhead, architects 1895”.

FlatFile 2 Unidentified residences circa 1895 Language of Material: English Physical Description: (2 drawings) Scope and Content note Two drawings of different unidentified residences (one in pencil, one in ink), undated.

Finding Aid for the Ernest 0000231 2 Coxhead drawings, circa 1895 0000231 FlatFile 3 Unidentified memorial circa 1895 Language of Material: English Physical Description: (1 drawing) Scope and Content note Hand drawn sketch of unidentified memorial, done in color pencil, undated.

Drawer 552, Pacific Grand Hotel Ellis St. & Anna St. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1906 FlatFile 4 Drawer 552, Home Telephone Building (San Francisco, Calif.) undated FlatFile 5 Drawer 552, Globe Grain & Milling Co. warehouse Chesnut St. (San Francisco, Calif.) undated FlatFile 6

Finding Aid for the Ernest 0000231 3 Coxhead drawings, circa 1895 0000231