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E. Geoffrey Bangs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1980--2

Scope and Contents

The E. Geoffrey Bangs collection consists primarily of black and white photographs documenting numerous Bay Area residential and commercial buildings. The photographs include images of University of California, Berkeley buildings as well. Some of the photographs in the collection may be for Bangs’ a photo essay entitled “Portals West: A Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California.” The collection also contains a typescript of this book, which was published by the California Historical Society.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-1969 approximate

Access Statement

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.

Biographical Note

E. Geoffrey Bangs was a Bay Area architect and a graduate of University of California, Berkeley. He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1914 and continued on to obtain his master’s the following year. His early career was spent working in the office of John Galen Howard. Bangs designed many public buildings and large-scale public housing projects in Northern California. His projects included UC Berkeley’s Lewis Hall, the Contra Costa Hall of Records, and the courthouses for Shasta and Butte counties. He died in 1977.

Extent

5 Linear Feet: (1 folder, 2 flat boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The E. Geoffrey Bangs collection consists almost entirely of black and white photographs documenting numerous Bay Area residential and commercial buildings. The photographs also include images of UC Berkeley buildings. Some of the photographs in the collection may be for a photo essay entitled "Portals West: A Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California." The collection also contains a typescript of this book which was published by the California Historical Society.

Title
E. Geoffrey Bangs Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Amir Soltani
Date
September 1998
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