My recollection of Miss Lilian Rice, reminiscence by Edward Spurr, 1991
Entry/Object ID
2025.010.022
Collection
Lilian J. Rice Papers
Archive Items Details
Title
Statement about the A. B. Harlan House in Rancho Santa Fe
Description
Typed personal reminiscence describing childhood interactions with architect Lilian J. Rice in Rancho Santa Fe during the 1930s. Edward Spurr recalls visiting Rice at her architectural office on Paseo Delicias as a young boy, where she allowed him to use a drafting table and drawing tools. He also recounts assisting an inspector beneath the Rancho Santa Fe grammar school building during an inspection around 1937 and being paid thirty cents per hour for the work. The narrative reflects Spurr’s memories of Rice’s appearance and demeanor and includes a later reflection written in 1991 about a photograph he once believed depicted Helen Badger but later concluded may have been a portrait of Rice.
