"It has been stated that architecture is a gentleman’s profession, and I presume that a gentleman is one who is able to subsist without visible means of support. Certainly during the depression, this statement was true. Since I have no invisible supporting mechanism, I solved the problem of developing a good healthy, time-consuming, interest-absorbing hobby. I now find to my pleasure that my hobby can not only feed itself, but me as well."

Roger Hayward, 1941

Roger Hayward Papers, 1899-2007

Portrait of Roger Hayward, ca. 1960s.
Pastel drawing of Xenon Hydrate by Roger Hayward.  Published in The Architecture of Molecules, 1964.
Roger Hayward working on a model of the moon commissioned by the Griffith Planetarium, 1934.
Mask of Tragedy drawing by Roger Hayward, ca. 1921.
Watercolor painting of the Hagia Sophia, 1926.
Weaving loom designed and built by Roger Hayward for use by his wife Betty, ca. 1930s.

Information and Credits

Roger Hayward (1899-1979) was a talented artist, architect and inventor who collaborated extensively with Linus Pauling as illustrator of many of Pauling's books and journal publications. Hayward is also remembered as an expert on the subject of optics who played an important role in the development of the Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. His papers contain a large volume of correspondence, dozens of manuscripts and a number of sketchbooks that document both his artistic skill and his scientific acumen.

FEATURED

The Jigsaw Puzzle and the Inventive Mind
by Roger Hayward. 1969. 5 pages.

Timeline for Roger Hayward.

Biographical Note.

Content Description

Quantity

15 linear feet, 33 boxes

Arrangement

The Hayward Papers have been organized into five series which are further arranged either alphabetically or chronologically, as appropriate.

Related Papers

Roger Hayward's long collaboration with Linus Pauling is documented in several locations within the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers. Of particular note are the Hayward correspondence file, folder 152.9, and the wide array of materials related to Pauling and Hayward's book The Architecture of Molecules, located in Manuscripts and Typescripts of Books boxes 9.001 to 9.003.

Additional Reference Guides

A preliminary inventory of the Hayward Papers, created by Dr. James R. Kramer, provides further details concerning the subject matter of certain Individual Correspondence folders. This internal document is available upon request.

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