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...

Content Description From the Collection: The records of the Robert Royston collection span the years 1941-1990, with the bulk of records spanning 1946-1971. The collection is organized into nine series: Professional Papers, Faculty Records, Office Records, Project Records, and five Major Projects: Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart), California State University: Stanislaus College, San Joaquin Delta Junior College, University Of California, San Francisco, University of Utah. Within these series original order has been maintained wherever...

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Documents the Heath's personal lives and the progression of Heath Ceramics. The collection consists of nine series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, Project Records, N.S. Gustin, Ione Factory, Tahlequah Factory, Art and Artifacts, and Additional Donations. Included in these series are correspondence, art work, photographs, slides, drawings, production records, and samples of tile and stoneware.

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Documentation for HABS and HALS reports include: measured drawings, historic data, and photographs. Not every project in this collection has a complete set of documentation.

This is a growing collection, as materials are added periodically due to legal reporting obligations.

Scope and Contents The Records of the National Peace Garden span the years 1985-2002. The Records are organized into five series: Board Records, Public Relations, Design Competition, Catalano Design & Collaboration, and Royston Design & Collaboration. Within these series, subseries have been organized according to category and chronology. The Records contain information on the operations of the Board of the National Peace Garden, as well as fundraising and marketing measures, correspondence...

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The Tito Patri Collection spans the years 1955-2015. The collection is organized into four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. The collection includes a published sketchbook of his travel drawings, regional studies and reports, and documents Patri’s career designing landscapes for residences, businesses, and cities.

Abstract Contains records related to the life and career of landscape architect Robert N. Royston. The vast majority of this collection documents the projects of Royston's various firms, with a much smaller representation of Royston's work outside the firm in the professional or academic context. Of particular interest is Royston's participation in the landscape design for various sub-divisions and individual houses built by Eichler Homes and T. Jack Foster and Sons (Foster City). In addition, the...