Herbert Schmidt collection
Scope and Contents
The Schmidt Collections is comprised entirely of project records. The project records include a few sketches, studies, and designs but are primarily working drawings.
Major Projects include numerous banks and apartment buildings. There are also plans for residences, fountains, memorials, and a few businesses. The collection also includes his entry drawings for the San Francisco City Hall Competition (1912) and a housing unit for the Palmito del Verde Plantation in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Dates
- 1912 - 1925
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
Herbert Schmidt (1889-1933) was born in San Francisco. His father Adolf Schmidt was treasurer of the S.F. German Bank and president of the California Bank Officer’s Association. He graduated from the Architecture Department at U.C. Berkeley and received his California state license to practice architecture in 1911.
According to his brother Henry, he was “handsome, talented, and very likeable." He passed away at the Bohemian Club while serving as its president.
Sources:
various
Extent
6 Linear Feet: (25 flat files)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Herbert Schmidt collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Waverly Lowell
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives Repository