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...

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,...