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Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection (PH-00073)

Abstract

The Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-1967) contains photographic prints and one photographic negative depicting buildings, people, and project locations associated with the Las Vegas, Nevada architect Harry Hayden Whiteley. There is also one album containing photographs of contemporary churches compiled by Whiteley between 1953 to 1958.

Finding Aid PDF

Date

1940 to 1967

Extent

0.74 Cubic Feet (1 oversized box, 1 shared box, 1 hanging folder, 1 flat file)
1.67 Linear Feet

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection (approximately 1940-1967) contains photographic prints and one photographic negative depicting buildings, people, and project locations associated with the Las Vegas, Nevada architect Harry Hayden Whiteley. There is also one album containing photographs of contemporary churches compiled by Whiteley between 1953 to 1958.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain as they were received.

Biographical / Historical Note

Architect Harry Hayden Whiteley, born in 1890 in Bakersfield, California, studied drafting and worked as the chief draftsman for Twentieth Century Fox in 1920. Whiteley graduated in 1924 from the University of Southern California with a degree in engineering. He designed residences in Beverly Hills, California before World War II, working among the architects Paul Revere Williams, Frank Taylor, and Adrian Wilson. He came to Henderson, Nevada in 1942 to work for McNeil Construction Company designing workers' housing for the Basic Magnesium Incorporated (BMI) plant. Whiteley moved to San Diego, California in 1943, where he worked until returning to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1951. Upon returning to Las Vegas, he designed public school buildings for three years before developing a business designing tract housing for new subdivisions. Whiteley designed a number of commercial buildings, public buildings, and recreational spaces, and also worked as the consulting architect for Adrian Wilson on the Las Vegas Convention Center. Whiteley died in 1970.

Source:

Office of Historical Resources and Cultural Heritage Commission. "Boulevard Heights H.H. Whiteley Mansion." Los Angeles Department of City Planning. September 3, 2015. Accessed January 10, 2020. https://planning.lacity.org/StaffRpt/CHC/09-03-15/9.%20Boulevard%20Heights%20H.H.%20Whiteley%20Mansion_FINAL.pdf

Related Collections

The following resource may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Harry Hayden Whiteley Architectural Records, 1931-1970. MS-00134. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Harry Hayden Whiteley Photograph Collection, approximately 1940-1967. PH-00073. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1967 by Harry Hayden Whiteley; accession numbers 67-103 and 1970-010.

Processing Note

In 2020, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.

Resource Type

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Collection Type

EAD ID

US::NVLN::PH00073

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