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Sculptors: Correspondence, Contracts, and Costs, n.d.,1936-1938

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: II.

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Contains a variety of materials concerning particular committees and general fair topics. Includes correspondence and documents regarding the early planning for GGIE (including colored pencil plans), designs for the Redwood Empire Counties Exhibit in collaboration with Maybeck, reference materials and reports of lectures discussing other fairs, correspondence and contractual agreements with sculptors, and correspondence related to planning for a stadium facility at GGIE.

Also included are reports regarding rules and regulations, correspondence of the Architectural Commission and other GGIE committees, and reports and correspondence created by the San Francisco Recreation Commission. There are also blue prints of the Temple of Music and the Monolith Figures and Sculptural Models at East Towers and Lagoon and a photograph of the Pacific House.

The financial records include GGIE ledger books from 1936-41, the 1939 Bay Exposition Expense Account and the Redwood Empire Expense Account. In addition, there is correspondence regarding Merchant’s financial claim against the San Francisco Bay Exposition.

Dates

  • Creation: n.d.,1936-1938

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research

Extent

From the Collection: 5 Linear Feet: (Approx 6 drawings; 1 box, 7 oversize folders, 6 tubes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives Repository

Contact:
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley CA 94720-1820 USA