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Dorr School of Design and Dorr Institute, 1949-1965

 Sub-Series

Scope and Content

The subseries comprises the records of the Dorr School of Design (DSD) and the Dorr Institute (DI) educational enterprises. Legg provided "Design training the Dorr Way" offering art, architecture, interior design and landscape design classes in Los Angeles. The subseries contains financial records, correspondence, DSD brochures and flyers, DSD advertising clippings, Dorr Institute lessons on "Basic Design and Color" and two blueprints by students. The records of the Institute suggest that the school was designed to be correspondence school. Legg may have drawn his inspiration from a folder of correspondence school materials found in close proximity to the DSD and DI records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949-1965

Creator

Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 24 Linear Feet (6 record boxes, 6 archive cartons, 8 clamshell photograph binders, 2 flat boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Container Summary

[8 folders]

Repository Details

Part of the ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, University of Southern California Repository

Contact:
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Los Angeles California 90007 United States
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