A Catalogue of The Architectural Drawing Collection, The
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Compiled by
David Gebhard, David Bricker and Lauren Weiss Bricker. Two volumes. Santa
Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1983. 873 Pages.
The University Art Museum of the University of California
branch at Santa Barbara has published a catalog to its impressive architectural
drawing collection. This collection includes drawings, sketches, plans,
photographs, published materials. The bulk of it comes from California
(especially the coast from Sea Ranch to Santa Barbara, through the entire Los
Angeles area, to San Diego), although there are a few items from such far away
places as England, Canada and Nevada. This guide is organized alphabetically by
architect's name, with the dates and a brief descriptive paragraph about some
of the major architects. The catalog then lists, building by building, the
location, date, and type of material for that particular building. Since there
is no subject index, one must know the architect in order to use this catalog.
This catalog is important to San Diego researchers, as the
collection at Santa Barbara contains significant San Diego material. The San
Diego items range from individual items-a house in Rancho Santa Fe, a service
station remodeling, some state buildings (including San Diego State Teacher's
College)-to major collections such as those of Irving Gill and Louis Gill. The
two Gill collections are sizable-together they take thirty six pages to list-and
they alone would indicate that the Santa Barbara collection of architectural
drawings is a must stop for San Diego historians.
