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Phillip Fein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1964--1

Scope and Contents

The Fein collection consists primarily of black and white photographs and negatives, but includes some color transparencies. Images depict interior and exterior views as well as landscapes. Architects and landscape architects represented in the collection include Thomas Church, Douglas Baylis, Frederick Langhorst, and William Wurster.

This collection is only partially processed, please contact repository for details.

Dates

  • Creation: 1945 - 1968

Creator

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

Philip Emil Fein was born in New York, NY in 1912, and moved to San Francisco some time in the late 1930s. Fein was an architectural photographer working primarily during the 1950s and 60s in California. He photographed both residential and commercial buildings, and landscapes. Based on the records, it appears that he was exclusively contracted by firms to document architectural sites. Fein died in 1994.

Extent

16 Linear Feet: (3 boxes, 4 card file boxes, 12 document boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Contains primarily black and white photographs and negatives of architectural interior and exterior views, as well as landscapes.

Title
Phillip Fein Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Amir Soltani and Nash Hurley
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

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