Box 1
Container
Contains 34 Results:
Architectural News, 1890-1891
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
1890-1891
Preservation of the Fine Arts Palace, 1915
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: A.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
1915
Writings, 1904-1922
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
1904-1922
The Guild of Arts & Crafts of San Francisco, Action to Create a Board of Public Works, 1894
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
1894
Hobart Building Controversy, 1914-1915
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
1914-1915
News Clippings, 1899-1922
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
1899-1922
Building Report and Specification, n.d., 1922
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: C.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
n.d., 1922
Photographs, n.d.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: D.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
n.d.
Post-Mortem Materials, 1924-1937
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: E.
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina...
Dates:
1924-1937
Items from Polk Scrapbook, n.d.
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: B.
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Willis Polk collection documents Polk’s architectural career, his professional involvement and his interest in the civic improvement of San Francisco. Architectural drawings from 1890-1924 form the bulk of the collection, as well as additional manuscript records. The collection is arranged into four series: Professional Papers, Office Records, Art and Artifacts, and Additional Donations.Series I: Professional Papers spans the years of 1890-1937 and contains correspondence,...
Dates:
n.d.