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Jody Greenwald Research Materials on Cliff May, Circa 1930-Circa 2009 0000138 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8gm869m No online items Finding Aid for the Jody Greenwald research materials on Cliff May, circa 1930-circa 2009 0000138 Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino, revised and completed by Julia Larson 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 California Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130 805-893-2724 [email protected] Finding Aid for the Jody 0000138 1 Greenwald research materials on Cliff May, circa 1930-circa 2009 ... Title: Jody Greenwald research materials on Cliff May Identifier/Call Number: 0000138 Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Language of Material: English Physical Description: 6.0 Linear feet(6 record storage boxes, 1 flat file) Date (inclusive): circa 1950-circa 2009 Location note: Box 1-6/ADC - regular 1 Flat File Folder/ADC - flat files misc creator: Greenwald, Jody creator: May, Cliff, 1908-1989 Access Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers. Custodial History note Gift of Jody Greenwald, 2004. Preferred Citation note Jody Greenwald research materials on Cliff May, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum. University of California, Santa Barbara. Biographical/Historical note Jody Greenwald, California interior designer, educator, lecturer and writer was born in Los Angeles, California on August 13, 1922. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for both her Bachelor’s degree in Design and Art History as well as her Master’s degree in Art and Architectural History. In 1972, she founded and was the director of the Interior and Environmental Design Program at UCLA Extension. During her career, Greenwald did extensive research on Cliff May for a prospective book that never came to fruition. Jody Greenwald died at the age of 88, on June 5, 2010. Scope and Content note The Jody Greenwald research materials on Cliff May span 6 linear feet and date from circa 1950 to circa 2009. The collection includes Cliff May’s correspondence organized by residential project, transcriptions of an interview Greenwald did with May in 1984, her personal research notes, magazine and newspaper clippings regarding Cliff May’s work, black-and-white photographs and slides of Cliff May’s residential designs, and VHS tape recordings of episode number 412 of the television show “If Walls Could Talk” which featured a Cliff May San Diego hacienda. The flat file folder contains reprographic copies of floor plans and elevations for Cliff Mays' own homes. Note that some of the materials in this collection, such as carbon copies of May's correspondence, were given to Greenwald by Cliff May before he donated his papers to the repository. Related Archival Materials note Cliff May papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Subjects and Indexing Terms Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000 Greenwald, Jody May, Cliff, 1908-1989 Architecture -- California -- 20th century Photographic prints Research Files I. circa 1930s-circa 2009 Physical Description: 4.0 Linear feet creator: Greenwald, Jody creator: May, Cliff, 1908-1989 Scope and Contents note Research files include materials gathered by Jody Greenwald to use for her book on Cliff May (never published). The files include books on California houses; magazines, articles, and clippings on Cliff May and his work; videos from the TV show "If these Walls Could Talk"; and writings by Jody Greenwald. Finding Aid for the Jody 0000138 2 Greenwald research materials on Cliff May, circa 1930-circa 2009 ... Research Files I.circa 1930s-circa 2009 Articles and Clippings A.Bulk, 1940-1965 circa 1935-2000 Articles and Clippings A. Bulk, 1940-1965 circa 1935-2000 Scope and Contents note Clippings from magazines and newspapers with articles about and or images of Cliff May designs. Some may have been sent to Greenwald by May from his own files. Box 4, Folder 1 Americana "Evolution of the Ranch House" undated Box 4, Folder 2 American Home articles 1935, undated Box 4, Folder 3 Architectural Digest undated Box 4, Folder 4 Architectural Forum articles undated Box 4, Folder 5 Architectural Record article 1947 Box 4, FlatFile 6 Arts and Decoration "A Home in the Desert" 1940 Box 4, Folder 7 Beechcrafter "California Architect triples output with Beech Bonanza" 1954 Box 4, Folder 8 Better Homes and Gardens articles 1945-1963 Box 4, Folder 9 Boston Sunday Globe "The Open Plan" 1961 Box 4, Folder 10 Builder of the Year 1963 Box 4, Folder 11 Building Contractor circa 1950 Box 4, Folder 12 Building Materials and Designs undated Scope and Contents note Includes miscellaneous magazine and newspaper clippings and advertisements featuring Cliff May materials and designs. Box 4, Folder 13 Byggekunst 1948 Box 4, Folder 14 California Arts and Architecture articles 1935-1939 Box 4, Folder 15 Chicago Fair Official Guidebook 1950 Box 4, Folder 16 Cliff May Homes undated Box 4, Folder 17 Country Life: "Los Vientos" 1941 Box 4, Folder 18 Designers West: "The California Ranch House" 1980 Box 4, Folder 19 Eeva: "Greta peckin luona Kaliforniassa" 1961 Box 4, Folder 20 Evening Tribune: "Father of Ranch Home credits Hacienda" 1958 Box 4, Folder 21 Family Circle's Preview Plan of Cliff May Homes 1955 Box 4, Folder 22 Good Housekeeping Magazine articles undated Box 4, Folder 23 Hidden Valley Fiesta 1963 Box 4, Folder 24 House Beautiful circa 1950-1957 Scope and Contents note Includes photocopies of magazine articles on Cliff May, most with no date, some are only the magazine cover, with no accompanying story. Box 4, Folder 25 House Beautiful "12 best houses of the last 12 years" Sept. 1947 Box 4, Folder 26 House Beautiful "125 miles away from town but only 50 minutes away" March 1948 Box 4, Folder 27 House Beautiful "A house can be modern and not look it" Oct 1945 Box 4, Folder 28 House Beautiful "How good can a kitchen be in 1948?" Sept. 1948 Box 4, Folder 29 House Beautiful "Pace-Setter House" Feb. 1948 Box 4, Folder 30 House Beautiful "Station Wagon Way of Life" June 1950 Box 4, Folder 31 House Beautiful "The 'perfect house' that wasn't good enough" June 1951 Box 4, Folder 32 House Beautiful's Home Maintenance and Building Manual 1950-1951 Box 4, Folder 33 House and Garden Magazine articles 1941, 1957 Box 4, Folder 34 Landscape Architecture: "Tommy Church and his Gardens" 1981 Box 4, Folder 35 Lear, William House 1959-1961 Scope and Contents note Includes articles in English and French about the Cliff May designed Lear house in Switzerland. Box 4, Folder 36 Life: "A Round Table on Housing" undated Finding Aid for the Jody 0000138 3 Greenwald research materials on Cliff May, circa 1930-circa 2009 ... Research Files I.circa 1930s-circa 2009 Articles and Clippings A.Bulk, 1940-1965 circa 1935-2000 Box 4, Folder 37 Los Angeles Examiner Clippings 1951 Box 4, Folder 38 Los Angeles Examiner Pictoral Living articles 1956-1958 Box 4, Folder 39 Los Angeles Times: "Designs here reflect influence of Spain" 1962 Box 4, Folder 40 Los Angeles Times Home Magazine articles 1958-1973 Box 4, Folder 41 Los Angeles Times - miscellaneous clippings 1945-1980 Box 4, Folder 42 Los Angeles Times West 1967 Box 4, Folder 43 May, Melany, clipping from 1985 Box 4, Folder 44 Miscellaneous Clippings 1948-1978 Box 4, Folder 45 National Real Estate and Building Journal 1945-1954 Box 4, Folder 46 Nob Hill Gazette: "Cliff May" 2000 Box 4, Folder 47 Pageant: "A Hole in Every Roof" undated Box 4, Folder 48 Paradise Cay Brochure undated Box 4, Folder 49 Parents Magazine articles undated Box 4, Folder 51 Popular Mechanics Magazine: "Plan for indoor-ourdoor Living" 1956 Box 4, Folder 50 Pictoral California: "Haciendas" undated Box 4, Folder 52 Ranch House Articles undated Box 4, Folder 53 Real Estate Listings and Advertisements undated Scope and Contents note Includes miscellaneous real estate advertisements for Cliff May homes. Box 4, Folder 54 Riviera Ranch 1940 Box 4, Folder 55 Saga - Tempo "Two Styles Merged" 1968 Box 4, Folder 56 "Simplicity and Genius" by Jody Greenwald undated Box 4, Folder 57 Southern Florist and Nurseryman: "Maynard Parker of Vermont" 1981 Box 4, Folder 58 Southland articles 1962-1964 Box 4, Folder 59 Southwest: "From the Rancho, a contemporary style" undated Box 4, Folder 60 "Sunset's Lane: He leads his readers by the hand" 1951 Box 4, Sunset Magazine circa 1951 Folder 61-62 Scope and Contents note Articles discussing the Cliff May-designed Sunset magazine headquarters. Box 4, Folder 63 This Earth: "Hallmark Home" 1957 Box 4, Folder 64 Western Building Magazine articles 1941-1946 Books B. circa 1970-circa 1990 Scope and Contents note The sub-series Books are research materials Greenwald used in her study of the Cliff May family history, and the history of architecture in California. Box 3 Petaluma Adobe by Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park undated Box 3 Old Mission San Juan Capistrano: History and Tour by Raymond C. Kammerer 1980 Box 3 Golden Era of the Missions: 1769-1834; paintings by Chesley Bonestell, text by Paul Johnson 1974 Box 3 Decoration of the California Missions by Norman Neuerburg 1989 Box 3 California Bungalow by Robert Winter 1980 Box 3 Architecture of the Monterey Peninsula undated General Physical Description note: Pages falling out; no title page. Box 3 Adobes in the Sun; Photographs by Morley Baer and text by Augusta Fink 1972 Box 3 Spanish Colonial or Adobe Architecture of California: 1800-1850 by Donald R.
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