Gin Wong Associates records
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Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the administrative and business files of Gin Wong Associates architecture firm. Among the materials present in this collection are project plans, requests for proposals, blue prints and drawings, design manuals, architectural publications, and scale models of projects the firm completed.
Dates
- Creation: c.1960s-2014
Creator
- Gin Wong Associates (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Architecture & Fine Arts Library at afa@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Architecture & Fine Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Gin Wong was a Chinese American architect who contributed to post war architecture in Los Angeles. Wong was born in Guangzhou, China in 1922 and immigrated to Los Angeles as a young child. After serving as a radar bombardier for the U.S. Army in World War II, he attended USC’s School of Architecture, graduating in 1950. After graduation, he worked for the renowned firm of Pereira and Luckman, eventually becoming vice president of design. When William Pereira and Charles Luckman established their own firms, Wong helped found William L. Pereira & Associates in 1958, where he ultimately became a partner and the firm’s president. He then founded Gin Wong Associates in 1974. Wong served as a member of the USC Board of Trustees from 1983 until his death in 2017.
Extent
206.5 Linear Feet (126 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the administrative and business files of Gin Wong Associates architecture firm.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Gin Wong Associates -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Architects -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Architectural models
- Architectural photography -- Archival resources
- Architecture -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
- Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Presentation drawings
- Asian American architects -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
- Title
- Finding aid for the Gin Wong Associates records
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez & Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 November
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Helen Topping Architecture & Fine Arts Library Repository