Arthur E. Jones Architectural Records

Collection

Identifier: MS 0535

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The Arthur E. Jones Architectural Records contain photographs, slides, renderings, and information about projects during his career with Lloyd and Morgan, Lloyd, Jones, and Brewer, and Jones and Fillpot. The firms' projects were primarily based in Houston. Series I includes information about the firms and administrative and project details. Series II contains images, further information, and awards for projects, and Series III are oversized material of several projects including drawings of the Astrodome. Photographers of items in the collection include Richard Payne, Bob Bailey, Balthazar Korab, and André Kertész.

Dates

Creation: 1936-1989

Creator

Jones, Arthur Evan (Person)

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish from the Arthur E. Jones Architectural Records, MS 535, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Note

Arthur E. Jones, a 1947 Rice University graduate, joined the Houston firm of Hermon F. Lloyd and William B. Morgan that year, and became partner in 1961. In 1974 the firm became Lloyd Jones and Associates, and by 1976 adding Benjamin E. Brewer, Jr. to become Lloyd, Jones and Brewer. By 1984 Brewer left the firm and Bob G. Fillpot joined. Hermon F. Lloyd died in 1989 and the last incarnation of the form was Jones and Fillpot. Jones' projects with the firms, which were primarily but not only in Houston, include the Astrodome, the Allen Centers, the Melrose building, and various buildings in Greenway Plaza, the University of Houston, and Rice University.

Extent

8 Linear Feet ( (16 boxes))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The Arthur Jones Architectural Records contain information and pictures of projects Jones was involved with in his career with Houston-based Lloyd and Morgan, Lloyd, Jones, and Brewer, and Jones and Fillpot.