Julian F. Knox Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2009--09

Staff Only

Scope and Contents Note

The Personal Papers series is brief and includes reproductions of student drawings from classes at U.C. Berkeley, a photographic portrait of Knox, a postcard from photographer Joshua Freiwald, a personal sketchbook, and a selection of Knox’s line drawings, silkscreen prints, and watercolors.

The Project Records contain architectural drawings, primarily from Knox’s time as a solo practitioner with a small number of projects done in collaboration with architect Janis Sulzinger. The majority of the projects represented in the collection are residential, many of which relate to client Paul Vincent and his development companies.

Dates

Creation: 1954-2000
Creation: Majority of material found within 1983-2000

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

Julian Floyd Knox was born in Ponca, Oklahoma in 1930. He moved to Stockton, California where he attended Stockton High School and the College of the Pacific, earning an AA in 1950. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and upon his return enrolled at U.C. Berkeley. He graduated in 1957 with a BA in Architecture.

Knox worked as a draftsman for a number of architects and engineers from 1956-1962, including Clayton Kantz, Delp Johnson, John. A. Blume, John Bolles, Loubet & Glynn, August Waegmann, and Marquis & Stoller. In 1962, he became a partner at Kosevitz & Knox where he stayed until 1967. He was admitted to the AIA Northern California chapter in 1964.

Later he returned to work at Marquis & Stoller for several years, eventually opening a solo practice where he worked until his death in 2005.

Sources: “Knox, Julian F.” Member Files, Northern California Chapter, American Institute of Architects, 1964-1977.

Extent

3.25 Linear Feet: (1 half document box, 1 flat file drawer)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Julian Floyd Knox Collection is divided into two series: Personal Papers and Project Records. The Project Records make up the bulk of the collection and contain architectural drawings, primarily from Knox’s time as a solo practitioner with a small number of projects done in collaboration with architect Janis Sulzinger. The majority of the projects represented in the collection are residential, many of which relate to client Paul Vincent and his development companies.

System of Arrangement

The Julian F. Knox Collection is organized into two series: Personal Papers and Project Records. The collection arrived with no evident order, so within each series an order has been imposed by the archivist.