Subseries 4.3 | A Finding Aid to the Esther McCoy papers, 1876-1990, bulk, 1938-1989 | Digitized Collection

Esther McCoy papers, 1876-1990, bulk, 1938-1989

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4.3: Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers, 1948-1989

This subseries documents McCoy's work for journals, magazines, and newspapers, including publications for which she was a contributing editor, such as

Arts and Architecture

Lotus

, and

Progressive Architecture

. Articles are primarily on the topic of architecture, but also include a few writings on design, art, crafts, and travel. Files generally contain drafts of articles and related notes, but may also include related correspondence and photographs, as well as a clipping of the published article. Also found are general correspondence files regarding her work as an editor for

Arts and Architecture

Progressive Architecture

, and

Lotus

McCoy also worked for nearly two decades as a free lance writer for the

L. A. Times

, primarily writing about architecture and travel for the

Home Magazine

supplement. Found here are numerous draft articles, including regular features on California architects, and writings about Italy and Mexico.

Of note are articles on young architects written for

Arts and Architecture

and

Zodiac

magazines, an article on

Brasilia

for the

L. A. Times

, and an article about the Charles Eames office for

Progressive Architecture

Titles of publications found in this subseries are arranged alphabetically, and individual articles are arranged chronologically by publication date. The exact publication date, when known, is given in parentheses.

This subseries has been scanned in its entirety.

Description	Container
AIA Review , "The Dodge House,", 1965	20 10
AIA Review , "Is Mies Doing Anything Interesting?,", 1968	20 11
Angeles , "Homage to Reyner Banham" (September 1988), 1988	20 12
Architectural Digest , "City Map Guide No. 23: Los Angeles" (No. 7), 1974	20 13
Architectural Forum , "Dr. Salk Talks about His Institute" (December 1967), 1967	20 14-15
Architectural Forum , "A Health Center with Muscles" (March 1969), 1969	20 16
Architecture , Review: "R. M. Schindler by August Sarnitz,", 1989	20 17
Architecture and Urbanism , "Venturi, Rauch, and Scott Brown" (December 1981), 1981	20 18
Arts & Architecture
Correspondence, 1951-1966, 1982, 1985	20 19-20
"Architecture in Mexico" (August 1951), 1951	20 21
"The New University City of Mexico" (August 1952), 1952	20 22
"The Bradbury Building" (April 1953), circa 1953	20 23-24
"Notes on Greene and Greene" (July 1953), 1953	20 25
"Four Houses of the '20s by R. M. Schindler, Architect" (September 1953), 1953	20 26
"R. M. Schindler 1890-1953" (May 1954), 1954	20 27
"Weaving by Saul Borisov" (June 1954), 1954	20 28
"Pier Luigi Nervi - Concrete Sections from Two New Stadiums" (September 1956), 1956	20 29
"Concrete Shell Forms - Felix Candela" (May 1957), 1957	20 30
"Tribute to Sardinia" (November 1962), 1962	20 31
"William Morris, Designer, Craftsman, Victorian" (March 1963), 1960-1963	20 32-33
"Italian Designs" (May 1963), 1963	20 34
"Mosaics of Juan O'Gorman" (February 1964), 1964	20 35
"West Coast Architects II: William Wilson Wurster" (July 1964), 1964	20 36
"West Coast Architects III: Victor Gruen" (October 1964), 1964	20 37
"Pure Research,", 1964	20 38
"West Coast Architects V: John Lautner" (August 1965), 1965	20 39
"Young Architects: The Small Office" (February-March, 1966), circa 1962-1966	20 40-43
[Death of Susan Jonas,], circa 1960s	20 44
"Gregory Ain" (Winter 1981), 1979-1982	20 45
"The Greenhouse" (Spring 1982), circa 1982	20 46
"The Death of Juan O'Gorman" (Spring 1982), 1982	20 47
"Garrett Eckbo: The Early Years" (Fall 1982), 1982	20 48
"Retrospect: Bruce Goff" (Summer 1983), 1983	20 49
"John Entenza" (Winter 1984), 1984	20 50
Arts in Society , "Avant-Garde Architecture" (1962), 1962	20 51
California Magazine , "Geography as Destiny" (March 1986), 1986	20 52
California Magazine , "Ray Eames" (1988), 1988	20 53
Design Book Review , "On the Edge of the World by Richard Longstreth" (1983, December 23), 1983	20 54
Design Quarterly , "Charles and Ray Eames" (1975), circa 1973-1975	20 55
Domus , "Review: Bruce Goff in Architecture" (July 1971), 1970-1971	20 56
Domus , "Post-Mies: Architecture di Anthony J. Lumsden" (November 1975), circa 1975	20 57
Global Architecture , "Gunnar Birkerts" (Volume 31), circa 1973-1974	20 58-60
Harvard Architecture Review , "Post Modern: Pelli and Gehry" (Unpublished), 1977-1979	20 61-62
Historic Preservation , "Irving Gill, Architect" (April-June 1972), 1972	20 63
Hudson Review , "Luis Barragan,", 1989	20 64
Journal of Architectural Education , Review of Beyond Metabolism: The New Japanese Architecture by Michael Franklin Ross, 1979	20 65
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians , "Letters from Louis H. Sullivan to R. M. Schindler" (December 1961), 1961	21 1-2
L. A. Architect
"J. R. Davidson" (May 1977), 1977	21 3
"A Walk with Lutah Riggs" (July 1979), 1979	21 4
"Obituary: A. Quincy Jones: 1913-1979" (September 1979), 1979	21 5
"Gio Ponti: 1891-1979" (November 1979), 1979	21 6
"Konrad Wachsman: 1901-1980" (January 1981), 1981	21 7
"Ray Eames" (October 1988), 1988	21 8
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Article on Craig Ellwood, 1955	21 9
"Case Study House #17" (1956, April 8), 1956	21 10
"Candela Exhibition" (1957, April 28), 1957	21 11
"Los Angeles: A Private Proving Ground" (1980, February 6), 1980	21 12
Los Angeles Times
Home Magazine , "Mexico" Issue (1952, October 19), 1952	21 13
"Then and Now" (1952, December 14), 1952	21 14
"House With Sloping Walls,", 1952	21 15
"Who Starts a Style?" (1953, July 19), 1953	21 16
"Northwest Roundup,", 1953	21 17-20
Home Magazine , "Mexico" Issue (1954, January 24), 1954	21 21-22
"La Jolla's First Architect" (1954, March 28), 1954	21 23
"60 Years of Architectural Progress Hailed by AIA" (1954, August 29), 1954	21 24
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (J. R. Davidson, 1954, November 21), 1954	21 25
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (Gregory Ain, 1955, January 2), 1954	21 26
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (Thornton Abell, 1955, May 1), 1955	21 27
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (John Lautner, 1955, May 16), 1955	21 28
"Great Maya Builders of Yucatan" (September 1955), 1955	21 29
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (Irving Gill, 1955, November 6), 1955	21 30
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (George Russell, 1955, November 20), 1955	21 31
"Bolton Hall,", 1955-1980s	21 32
"The Subject of the Researches is Man" (1956, January 22), 1956	21 33
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons, 1956, February 19), 1956	21 34
"California Landscaping No. 1" (1956, February 26), 1956	21 35
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (Richard Neutra, 1956, March 18), 1956	21 36
"California Landscaping No. 2" (1956, May 13), 1956	21 37
"Salute to AIA, Well Earned" (1956, May 13), 1956	21 38
"What I Believe? A Statement of Architectural Principles" (Milton Sessions, 1956, November 18), 1956	21 39
"Roots of California Contemporary Architecture,", circa 1956	21 40
"California Landscaping No. 9" (1957, April 21), 1957	21 41
"Italy Boasts Finest Greek Marble" (1958, February 2), 1958	21 42
"Where to Look for Arts and Crafts on Travels Abroad" (1958, April 2), 1958	21 43
"In Sardinia Design is Ruled by Spontaneity" (1958, October 14), 1957-1958	21 44-46
"The War and Ensenada" (1958, November 16), 1958	21 47
Various Articles on Italian Crafts, circa 1958	21 48
"Those Crazy Domes" (1959, February 22), circa 1959	21 49
"Room for 2 Million in the Hills" (1959, March 18), circa 1958-1959	21 50
"Italy's Marble" (1959, November 1), 1959	21 51-52
"Brasilia" (1959, November 22), Correspondence, 1959-1960	21 53
"Brasilia" (1959, November 22), Notes and Research Material, 1959-1960	21 54
"Brasilia" (1959, November 22), Photographs, circa 1959	21 55-56
"The Time Kendall Tried to Build a Modern House" (1960, March 20), 1960	21 57
"Chess in Cuernavaca" (1960, July 31), 1960	21 58
"Wanted: Architect (preferably a dead one)" (1960, August 21), 1960	21 59
"Israeli Craft: A Fusion of Many Cultures" (1960, October 9 and 1961, June 4), 1960-1961	21 60-62
"Flying off the Handle at International Airport" (1962, October 14), 1962	21 63
"Santa Monica's Inspiration Point - It's at End of the Line" (1962, October 28), 1962	21 64
"Megastructures for Megalopoli" (1967, January 15), 1966-1967	21 65
"Richard Neutra" (1968, February 11), 1967-1968	21 66
"Architecture in California: 1868-1968,", 1968	21 67
Various Articles, circa 1957-1977	21 68
Lotus
Correspondence, 1963-1983 (Includes general correspondence with editor, Bruno Alfieri)	21 69-71
"Buildings in the United States, 1966-1967" (1967-1968, v. 4), 1966-1968	21 72-74
"R. M. Schindler" (1968, v. 5), 1968	21 75
Documents used for Lotus 5 , circa 1968	21 76
"17 Miles Between Mesa and Apache Junction" (1974, v. 8), 1974	21 77
Mademoiselle's Living
"Two Grangers in Three Acts,", 1948-1949	21 78
"Kirk House on Finn Hill, Seattle,", 1949	21 79
"Gregory Ain's Mar Vista Project for Veterans,", 1950	21 80
"Kumler House, Phoenix, Arizona,", 1950-1951	21 81
New West , "Palms" (1976, June 7), 1976	22 1
New York Times , Article on Japanese Design, 1959	22 2
The Pacific Spectator , "West Coast Architecture: A Romantic Movement Ends,", 1952	22 3
Perspecta , "Case Study Houses" (1976, v. 15), circa 1976	22 4-5
Progressive Architecture
Correspondence, 1964, 1969-1974	22 6-10
Correspondence, 1975-1989	22 11-15
Financial Records, 1969-1976	22 16
General Notes, 1966-circa 1970s	22 17
"Owens Valley Study,", circa 1970	22 18
"Central City" (March 1970), 1970	22 19
"Who's Hurting Here" (July 1971), 1971	22 20
"Designing for a Dry Climate" (1971, n. 8), 1971	22 21
"Toward the G Intensity Silhouette,", circa 1971	22 22-23
"Performing Arts Building, UC Santa Cruz,", 1971-1972	22 24
"St. Paul's Cathedral" (January 1972), 1970-1972	22 25
"Gamble House" (November 1972), 1971-1972	22 26
Article on Charles Moore and Christopher Alexander, 1972	22 27
"Hearst Castle" (January 1973), 1972-1973	22 28
"Scottsdale" (March 1973), 1972-1973	22 29
"Interior Design: The Charles Eames Office, An Affection for Objects" (August 1973), circa 1973	22 30-34
"High Tech Images" (February 1974), 1974	22 35
"Report from Guanajuato" (September 1974), 1974	22 36
"Before the Silvers" (1976, n. 10), 1976	22 37
"Pacific Design Center" (October 1976), 1976	22 38
"Annenberg Building" (March 1977), 1976-1977	22 39
"Everyman's Casa" (July 1978), 1977-1978	22 40
"Something to Wrap the Herring In" (February 1986), 1986	22 41
"Frank Gehry" (October 1986), 1986	22 42
"Second Guessing Schindler" (1989, n. 4), 1989	22 43
Various Articles, 1969	22 44
Various Articles, 1970	22 45-46
Various Articles, 1971	22 47
Various Articles, 1972	22 48-49
Various Articles, 1973-1974	22 50
Various Articles, 1975	22 51
Various Articles, 1976	22 52
Various Articles, 1977	22 53
Various Articles, 1978-1979	22 54
Various Articles, 1980-1981	22 55
Various Articles, 1982-1983	22 56
Various Articles, undated	22 57
Review (Society of Architectural Historians), "Charles Greene's Presence" (Spring 1982), 1981	22 58
Sunset Magazine , Various Articles, 1952, 1955	22 59
UCLA Alumni Magazine, "The New North Campus, 1966-1967,", circa 1967	22 60
Ville Giardini , Various Articles, circa 1977-1983	22 61
Western Architect and Engineer , "Wilshire Boulevard" (September 1961), circa 1961	23 1-4
Zodiac , "Neutra in California" (1961, v. 8), 1961	23 5
Zodiac , "Young Architects in the United States" (1961, v. 8), 1960-1961	23 6-8
Zodiac , "Young Architects in the United States: 1963" (1964, v. 13)
Correspondence, 1962-1964	23 9-10
Drafts, circa 1963, 1964	23 11
Notes and Research Material, 1960-1963	23 12-14

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