Gregory Ain Papers, 1926-1972 0000104

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Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain papers, 1926-1972 0000104

Finding aid prepared by Alex Hauschild The finding aid for this collection was made possible by a Getty Foundation Archival Arrangement & Description Grant. 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] 2010

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 1 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Title: Gregory Ain papers Identifier/Call Number: 0000104 Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Language of Material: English Physical Description: 49.5 Linear feet(6 boxes, 13 flat file drawers, and 2 models) Date (bulk): Bulk, 1935-1971 Date (inclusive): 1926-1972 creator: Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988 -- Archives Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Custodial History note Gift of Gregory Ain, 1978. Preferred Citation note Gregory Ain papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Biographical/Historical note Gregory Ain (1908-1988) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of a Russian-born socialist. His family moved to Los Angeles in 1911 and for a year lived in the experimental farming collective, Llano del Rio, in the Antelope Valley. Ain attended UCLA and went on to study architecture at the University of Southern California. In 1927 Ain left without graduating, due to his frustrations with the school’s Beaux Arts teaching methods. He worked for Schindler intermittently in the early 1930s and Richard Neutra between 1930 and 1935. Ain began his independent architectural practice in 1935. In 1940, he received a Guggenheim Foundation grant to study low-cost pre-fabricated housing. Ain worked frequently with the modernist California landscape architect Garrett Eckbo and with architects Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day, especially on housing tracts, such as his Park Planned Homes and Avenel Homes. Ain taught at the University of Southern California and in the 1960s became the Dean of the School of Architecture at Pennsylvania State University. Gregory Ain died on January 9, 1988. Scope and Content note The Gregory Ain papers span 49.5 linear feet and date from 1926 to 1972. The collection primarily contains correspondence, clippings, writings, photographs and architectural sketches and drawings. The collection also includes landscape designs by Garrett Eckbo and the works Ain produced in collaboration with the architects Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day. Subjects and Indexing Terms Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988 -- Archives Day, Alfred Waite Eckbo, Garrett Johnson, Joseph Leupp, 1911-1987 Architect-designed furniture -- United States -- 20th century Architects -- California Architectural drawings Architectural photographs Architecture -- California -- 20th century Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th Century Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- Sources Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles Blueprints Correspondence Dwellings -- Design and construction -- Economic aspects -- United States Furniture design

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 2 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Los Angeles (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc. Modern movement (Architecture) -- California Negatives Photographic prints Prefabricated houses -- United States Sketches Specifications

Personal Papers Series I. 1949-1971 Physical Description: 0.02 Linear feet

Correspondence A. 1966 Physical Description: 0.0 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 1 Florence 1966

Financial B. 1970-1971 Physical Description: 0.0 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 2 Check Book 1970-1971 Physical Description: 0.0

Writing C. 1949 Physical Description: 0.0 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 3 "Redstring Ben Nana" 1949 Professional Papers Series II. 1940-1971 Physical Description: 0.1 Linear feet

Writings A. 1943-1970 Physical Description: 0.08 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 4 Bulletin for Southern California Chapter, A.I.A. 1948-1949 Box 1, Folder 5 "Designs for Postwar Living," California Arts and Architecture 1943 Box 1, Folder 6 "The Flexible House Faces Reality," Los Angeles Times Home Magazine 1951 Box 1, Folder 7 "Form Follows Function," Architectural Record 1965 Box 1, Folder 8 "In Search of Theory VI," Arts and Architecture 1966 Box 1, Folder 9 Journal of the American Institute of Architects 1949 Box 1, Folder 10 "Letter to the Editor," Arts and Architecture 1964 Box 1, Folder 11 "An Open Letter to the A.I.A.," A.I.A. Journal 1970 Box 1, Folder 12 "Small Scale Prefabrication," Proof Sheet N.D.

Awards B. 1940-1971 Physical Description: 0.02 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 13 A.I.A. Fellowship Nomination 1971 Box 1, Folder 14 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship 1940

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 3 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Professional Papers Series II.1940-1971 Research Notes C.N.D.

Research Notes C. N.D. Physical Description: 0.0 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 15 Miscellaneous N.D.

Reference Files D. 1944-1971 Physical Description: 0.0 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 16 Miscellaneous 1944; 1971 Office Records Series III. 1935-1979 Physical Description: 0.51 Linear feet

Correspondence A. N.D. Physical Description: 0.0 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 17 Unidentified N.D.

Clippings B. 1935-1979 Physical Description: 0.47 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 18 Bibliography of G. Ain's Work and Writings 1935-1966 Box 1, Folder 19 Advance Development Co.: Mar Vista Housing, Venice, CA 1948-1979 Box 1, Folder 20 Avenel Homes: Los Angeles, CA 1948 Box 1, Folder 21 Ain, Gregory: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1941 Box 1, Folder 22 Becker, T.: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1938 Box 1, Folder 23 Beckman, A.D.: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1938 Box 1, Folder 24 Brownfield, Dr. Bernard: Medical Building, Los Angeles, CA 1938-1939 Box 1, Folder 25 Byler, Albert: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1937;1941 Box 1, Folder 26 Co-Operative Housing in the San Fernando Valley 1945-1946 Box 1, Folder 27 Daniel, Mrs. Urcel: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1939 Box 1, Folder 28 Dunsmuir Flats: Los Angeles, CA 1937 Box 1, Folder 29 Eaton, Marjorie: Residence, Palo Alto, CA 1939;1959 Box 1, Folder 30 Edwards, C.H.: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1936-1937 Box 1, Folder 31 Ernst, Anselem A.: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1937 Box 1, Folder 32 Hay, Margaret: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1938 Box 1, Folder 33 Hoffman, Richard: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1938-1939 Box 1, Folder 34 Hollywood Guilds and Unions: Office Building, Los Angeles, CA 1947 Box 1, Folder 35 Hurschler, J.L.: Residence, Pasadena, CA 1950-1952 Box 1, Folder 36 Kenny, Robert W.: Office Building, Los Angeles, CA 1946-1948 Box 1, Folder 37 Kulka, Dr. Anna: Apartment Building, Los Angeles, CA 1956 Box 1, Folder 38 Leshing, Michael: Apartment Building, Los Angeles, CA 1945 Box 1, Folder 39 McAll's Magazine House for Harold A. Butler 1947; 1949-1951 Box 1, Folder 40 Mesner, Leo: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1951, 1954 Box 1, Folder 41 Metz, Ronald: Residence, Hollywood, CA 1947-1948 Box 1, Folder 42 Miller, Dr. Hyman: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1947 Box 1, Museum of Modern Art and Woman's Home Companion: Exhibition House, New Folder 43-44 York 1950 Box 1, Folder 45 One Family Defense House 1939-1940 Box 1, Folder 46 One Hundred Fifty-Third Street School: School Building, Gardena, CA 1957 Box 1, Folder 47 Park Planned Homes: Altadena, CA 1946-1947 Box 1, Folder 48 Scharer, Robert: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1948;1953;1960 Box 1, Folder 49 Scharlin, A.: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1937;1939 Box 1, Folder 50 Tarter, Albert: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1946 Box 1, Folder 51 Tierman, Samuel: Residence, Los Angeles, CA 1939 Box 1, Folder 52 U.S. Plywood Company: Office Interiors Remodeling, Los Angeles, CA 1940

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 4 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Office Records Series III.1935-1979 Clippings B.1935-1979

Box 1, Folder 53 Vorkapich, Slavko: Garden House, Beverly Hills, CA 1938 Box 1, Folder 54 "What I Believe...," Los Angeles Times 1955 Box 1, Folder 55 Wilfong, John C.: Residence, Altadena, CA 1949

Daily Planners C. 1966 Physical Description: 0.04 Linear feet

Box 1, Folder 56 Daily Planner 1966 Project Records Series IV. creator: Ain, Gregory, 1908-1988

Files A. Note: see Project Index

Photographs B. Note: see Project Index

Drawings C. Note: see Project Index

Project Index Series V. 1935-1971

FlatFile 508/14-16, Advanced Development Company Mar Vista Houses 1946-1948 Box 2/82-85, Project summary Drawer 508/4 Address: Venice, CA, USA. Date: 1946-48. Built?: Yes. Photographer?: Julius Shulman; Don Mohr; Garnder-Rand; Marvin Rand; Lee Weber Collaborator?: Eckbo, Royston and Williams, Joseph Johnson, and Alfred Day. Drawings (drawer/folder): 508/14-16 Boards: none. Manuscript (box/folder): none. Photographs (box/folder): 2/82-85, 508/4 (drawer/folder). Model: none. Furniture: none.

FlatFile 508/12 Aidlin, Joseph Office Interiors Cabinets 1953-1954 Project Summary Address: Los Angeles, CA, USA. Date: 1953-54. Built?: Yes. Photographer?: Collaborator?: . Drawings (drawer/folder): 508/12 Boards: none. Manuscript (box/folder): none. Photographs (box/folder): none. Model: none. Furniture: none.

Ain, Gregory Student Project, UC Southern Branch 1926 Project Summary Address: CA USA Dates: 1926 Built: Yes Photographer: Collaborator:

Ain, Gregory Apartment-Studio Ain, Gregory, Office for Architect Ain, Gregory House [originally designed for Ruth March Ain] Ain, Gregory, Miscellaneous Furniture Designs Ain, Gregory, Office Building Ain, Gregory, Logo Ain, Mrs. C., Furniture Aladdin Records, Office Building

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 5 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Project Index Series V.1935-1971 Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

Albert, Samuel House , “Outpost” All Gas Kitchen Kitchen Planning Board, Southern California Gas Company Asher, Dr. William M., House Remodeling Atkinson, Ralph B., House Avenel Homes Two Five-Family Dwellings Ayoob, Fred, Apartment Buildings Barrett, Dr. Eric, House Barrett, Dr. Wesley, House Remodeling Beach Apartment, Apartment Bear Grille and Liquor Shop, Commercial Building Becker, I., House Beckman, A.O., House Beckman, A.O., House Repairs to Eroded Bank Bela, Nicholas, Furniture Berg, Benjamin, House Berg, Benjamin, House Remodeling Berg, Benjamin, House Blumstein, Dr. A., House Bolles Family , Garden Bradner, A.R., House Remodeling Breakfast Club. Layout of Grounds Briehi, Dr. Walter, Medical Office Building Brown, Sydney, House Remodeling Brownfield, Dr. Bernard, Medical Building Brunswick and Saunders, Rental Apartment Development Burkett, R. C., House Garden Byler, Albert E., House Remodeling Caro, Jacobina , House Clay, Clifton, House Remodeling Clifford Street School, School Buildings Cohn, Morris, Extension Table Cohn, Morris, House Remodeling Cohn, Morris, Office Remodeling Cole, Alexander, House Community Homes, Incorporated, Houses Cooperative Housing in the San Fernando Valley, Houses Dahlstrom, Grant, House Daniel, Urcel (became Mrs. Martin Irons), House Darby, Mrs., House Day, Al, House Dickinson, Holley, House Domela, Jan, House Studio Dunsmuir Flats, Houses E. J. S. Corporation, Office Interior Remodeling Eaton, Marjorie, Adobe House Remodeling Edwards, Charles H., House Eisenstadt, House Elterman, David I., House Remodeling Ernst, Anselem A., House Ernst, Anselem A., Second House Evans and Zukin Construction Company, Apartment House Farm Workers Community, Housing Community Farmer, Bert, House Feldman, Dr. Fred, House Firestone, Dr. M., House Flea Market, Inc., unknown Frank, Dr. Martha, Nursery School Building Frumkes, Dr. George, Medical Office Interior

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 6 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Project Index Series V.1935-1971 Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

Gallas, Dr. Digby, House Gantvoort, W. F., House Gateway to Music, Commercial Building Exterior Remodeling General Electric Model House Getty, J. Paul Museum, Museum Building Remodeling Ginoza, Dr. William, House Glazer , Duplex Gold, Louis, House Goldberg, Dr. I., Class “D” Market Building Goldberg, Dr. I., House Goldman, Lawrence, House Goldman, Lawrence, House Gordon, Don, House Gray, Leslie, House Gross, H., Market Building Hacienda Village, Extension for Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Hain, Harold, Commercial Buildings Remodeling Hamilton Methodist Church, Church Building Hanschiegl, James, House Harris, Phil, City Refrigeration Company Hartford-Mandell, House Haun, Jim, House Hausner, Dr. Eric, House Remodeling Hay, Margaret, House Henderson, J. Ford, House Hirschfield’s Department Store, Commercial Building Hoffmann, Richard, House Hollywood Guilds and Unions, Council of; Office Building Homasote , Panel House Horne, Lena, House Remodeling Humm, Dr. Doncaster G., House Hunter, Drs., House Hural, Alexander, House, Apartment and Garages Hurschler, J. L., House Iron Bird Bath Julber, Ovady, Furniture (Bed) Kahan, Robert, House Remodeling Kahan, Robert, Office Interiors Kaufmann, Heinz, House Kaye, Dr. Leon, House Kenny and Cohn, Office Building

Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

Kenny, Robert W. (Roberts and Morris), Office Building

Kerby, Phil, House Remodeling

Kulka, Dr. Anna, Apartment Building

Lazarus, S. M., House Remodeling

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 7 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Project Index Series V.1935-1971 Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

Leeds, Mr. and Mrs. Charles T., Jr., Residence

Legere, Barbara, Kitchen Remodeling

Leshing, Michael, Apartment Building

Lewin, Howard, House

Lewis, Ruth, Office Building Remodeling

Lovell, House Remodeling

Low-Cost Community Housing Development, Houses

Lucile Homes, Incorporated, Houses

Ludwig, Ella, House

MacMillan, Dr. Robert, House

Margolin, I., Company, Lobby

Margolis, Ben, House

Matthews, W. Boyd, House

Mayers, Henry, Studio

McCall’s Magazine, House (for Harold A. Butler)

Mesner, Edward, House Remodeling

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 8 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Project Index Series V.1935-1971 Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

Mesner, Leo, House

Metz, Donald, House

Miller, Dr. Hyman, House

Misch, Louis S., House

Model Plywood House, House

Mosk, Bertha, Grave Stone

Moss, Wolf William, House

Museum of Modern Art and Woman’s Home Companion, Exhibition House

Neutra, Richard J., Pent House Apartment: Building

North-East of Capistrano School, New Plant Building (for Los Angeles City Board of Education)

Oliver, William T., House

One Family Defense House, House

One Hundred Fifty-Third Street School, School Buildings

Orans, Alice, House

Park Planned Homes, Houses

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 9 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Project Index Series V.1935-1971 Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

Parker, Robert H., House

Pecan Avenue Community Building

Plywood Panel System

Pottle, E. W., House

Ralphs, Walter W., Jr., House

Raymond and Raymond, Storage Display Cases (for Hilde Swarthe)

Rich Steel Company, Office Building

Rivlin, Fred, House

Roth, House

Rourke, George, House

Rush City Reformed, Air Terminal

Salkin, Leo and Tarter, Albert, Houses

Schairer, Robert, House

Scharlin, A., House Cabinetry

Schauer, Eric, House

Scheyer, Galka, House Remodeling

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 10 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Project Index Series V.1935-1971 Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

Schmidt, James, House

Shapiro, A., Garden House

Silvers, J. Jerry, House

Skolnik, S., House

Sloate, Nathan, House

Smith, Gene E., House

Sosin, Dr. Max, House

Stoltz, Herbert, House

Stutz, Messrs. M. and S., Commercial Building Exterior Remodeling

Suzette Dress Shop, unknown

Tarter, Albert, House

Tasem, Dr. Walter, House

Temple Street Corporation, Office Building

Tierman, Samuel, House

Tufeld, B. J., Commercial Building Exterior Remodeling

Tufeld, Richard, House Remodeling

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 11 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Project Index Series V.1935-1971 Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

Typical Panel for Unit Construction, unknown

Unidentified Photographs

Unidentified Projects

Unidentified Specifications

United Lodge of Theosophists, Meeting Hall

United Rubber Workers of America, Assembly Hall Office Building

United States Plywood Company, Office Interiors Remodeling

Victoria Section Dominguez Regional Park, Director’s Building

Von Breton, Count Hamilton, House

Vorkapich, Slavko, Garden House

Wahlberg, Agnar, House

Weiss, Jack, Araby Oasis Apartment Building

Westchester Municipal Building, unknown

Weston, Brett, Studio

Whiskers, Billie, House

Wilfong, John C., House

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 12 papers, 1926-1972 0000104 Project Index Series V.1935-1971 Kenny, Robert W., Office Building

William T. Thompson Company, House Remodeling

Winchell, Verne, House

Wolf, Goldie and Leo Mesner, Apartment Buildings

Yates, Peter, House Remodeling

Zachary, Irving and Associates, Fontana Project

Zanders, Charles and Leo Mesner, Apartment Houses Remodeling

Zeitlin, Jake, Commercial Building Remodeling

Ziskind, David, House Remodeling Garden Design

Finding Aid for the Gregory Ain 0000104 13 papers, 1926-1972 0000104