Horace Simpson Collection
Scope and Contents
The Horace G. Simpson collection consists of photographs and drawings relating to Simpson’s education and to competition entries by the firm Wood & Simpson. Photographs include images of Simpson’s second place drawings for the 1908 Rotch Scholarship Competition and a group photograph that may be a class picture. Student work includes drawings from the 1907 and 1908 Rotch competitions, a study for a New York hotel, and a perspective drawing of a skyscraper. Drawings from the firm Wood & Simpson are primarily competition entries for public buildings such as the San Francisco Civic Center and the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. The collection also contains two volumes of full-size details illustrating building in Italy, Greece, France, and Venice.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1907-1917
Creator
- Simpson, Horace G. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.
Biographical / Historical
Horace G. Simpson practiced architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early twentieth century.
Extent
2 Linear Feet: (2 folders, 5 oversize folders, 2 albums, 1 framed drawing )
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Simpson, Horace G. (Person)
- Title
- Horace G. Simpson Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 1999
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives Repository