http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8zc8827 No online items John F. Outcault architectural drawings, 1957-1998 0000355 Finding aid prepared by ADC staff: Hanzhou Chen, Ananya Madiraju, Amy Li 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] 01/04/2017 John F. Outcault architectural 0000355 1 drawings, 1957-1998 0000355 Title: John Outcault architectural drawings Identifier/Call Number: 0000355 Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Language of Material: English Physical Description: 38.0 Linear feet(24 record storage boxes, loose rolls) Date (bulk): Bulk, 1960-1995 Date (inclusive): 1957-1998 Location note: ADC oversize shelves: loose rolls (unprocessed) Mosher: boxes 1-9, 10-24 creator: Outcault, John F., 1927-1998 Arrangement note Collection is arranged chronologically by client or project name in boxes; collection is arranged alphabetically in finding aid. Biographical/Historical note John Outcault was born in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents moved to Palm Springs in 1936. They owned and operated the Townhouse Hotel (now the Avalon). Outcault graduated from Palm Springs High School in 1945 and served in the U.S. Navy in 1946. Outcault attended the University of Southern California School of Architecture in 1946-1952, graduating with a B. of Architecture. While he was a student he apprenticed in the offices of Clark and Frey, in Palm Springs. Outcault worked in several different offices before opening his own practice. He worked for the State of California Division of Architecture, 1952-1953; for Alfred Easton Poor, Architect in New York City, 1953-1956; for Clark, Frey & Chambers in 1956.