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Manuscript

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 6a
Identifier: IV.

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Box 4, Flat Files, Tubes A. Files Contains a significant amount of correspondence with Julian Messick, the artist who created models of the project for Morgan. Includes sketches and notes which Morgan made of the scattered architectural elements (vaults, ribs, capitals, cornices, etc) of the Medieval Museum in Golden Gate Park after a fire in 1941 destroyed the crates in which they were stored.

B. Photographs Includes photographs of sculptures purchased for La Cuesta Encantada and an exterior. Also contains photographs of the architectural elements for the Medieval Museum, and photographs of drawings of Phoebe Hearst Memorial Gymnasium.

C. Drawings Comprised of drawings for the Phoebe Hearst Memorial Gymnasium at the University of California, Berkeley, La Cuesta Encantada (Hearst Castle) at San Simeon, the Wyntoon estate in Siskiyou County, and residences in Santa Monica and Sausalito.

Dates

  • Creation: 1936

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 40 Linear Feet: (4 boxes, 1 flat box, 10 flat file drawers, 26 tubes, and 1 model)

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