Director of Manual Arts, Throop Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA; Instructor, Chouinard School of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Head, Art Department, Los Angeles Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, CA; Instructor, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA; Founder, School of Decorative Design, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA; (Donaldson founded this school at this house in the 1920s.)

In addition to his metalwork business, Donaldson also was a long-time teacher of Arts and Crafts at various Los Angeles schools.

Founder, Decorative Arts Guild, Los Angeles, CA; Vice-President, Arts and Crafts Society of Southern California, 1925;

Born in Detroit, MI, Donaldson lived for most of his 90 years in Los Angeles, CA. He last resided in the 90029 zip code of Los Angeles.

Married.

SSN: 573-46-5162. Donaldson worked with Ernest A. Batchelder on custom-made metalwork fixtures in his dwelling in Pasadena, CA, in 1913. Batchelder designed the fixtures and Donaldson fabricated them. Both men had taught at Throop Polytechnic School, Pasadena. Donaldson, with his wife, founded the Decorative Arts Guild in Los Angeles.

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