Gregory Ain Papers, 1926-1972 0000104
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5c6036jh No online items 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.