Scope and Contents From the Collection: The San Francisco Blueprints Collection contains blueprints for buildings from the early part of the 20th century in San Francisco. For the most part, the blueprints are not complete sets of drawings, but consist of just a few sheets of drawings per project. Some projects may have floor plans, sections, elevations, structural plans, or mechanical plans, but the contents are not consistent. A few projects only contain one sheet of drawings. Many of the blueprints are in poor condition, with...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Fairs and Expositions collection consists of drawings, photographs, postcards and publications that document a variety of fairs and expositions nationwide. The collection is organized into four series: I. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, II. Golden Gate International Exposition, III. Non-Cailfornia Fairs / California Fairs and IV. Amusement Parks. The bulk of the material is from the two California World's fairs: the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915 and the Golden...

Scope & Contents note From the Collection: The Thomas D. Church collection documents more than eleven hundred of Church’s projects through textual records, drawings and photographs. The collection is arranged in six series: Personal Papers, Office Records, Project Records, Display Boards, Additional Donations, and Art & Artifacts. The Personal Papers include an album documenting Church’s trip to Europe is included in the collection and documents his meeting with Alvar Aalto and a drawing while he was a student. The office...