http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c87080rk No online items Finding Aid for the Edla Muir papers, circa 1917-1986 0000160 Finding aid prepared by Alexandra Adler 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 Edla Muir 0000160 1 papers, circa 1917-1986 0000160 Title: Edla Muir papers Identifier/Call Number: 0000160 Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Language of Material: English Physical Description: 43.79 Linear feet(7 half record storage boxes, 1 oversize storage box and 9 flat file drawers) Date (inclusive): circa 1917-1986 Location note: Boxes 1-7/ADC - regular Box 8*/ADC - oversize* Drawers 222-230/ADC creator: Muir, Edla, 1906-1970 Access Open for use by qualified researchers. Custodial History note Gift of Clyde Lambie, 1972. Preferred Citation note Edla Muir papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara. Biographical/Historical note Edla Muir, also known by her married name, Edla Muir Lambie, was born in San Francisco, California on January 23, 1906. At the age of 13, Muir worked summers and weekends in the architectural firm of John Byers. When she graduated from Inglewood High School in 1923, she worked as an office assistant for Byers until 1926, when she was promoted to draftswomen and designer.