Abstract The Anshen & Allen Collection spans the years 1917-2007 (bulk 1940-1994) and includes projects files documenting the first 50 years of the firm’s history and the activities of the two founding architects. The Collection is organized into four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. Well-documented projects include the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, AZ (1956), the Dinosaur National Monument Visitor Center (1956), the Ernest Moore House in...

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The Edward G. & John S. Bolles Records are arranged into two series: Office records and project records. The bulk of the collection consists of project drawings and photographs.

Scope and Contents The Kaneji Domoto Collection spans the years 1928-2002 and includes personal, professional, and project records. This collection is organized into five series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Frank Lloyd Wright (Taliesin) Papers, Project Records (Architecture), and Project Records (Landscape Architecture). Series I: Personal Papers contain biographical information, family papers, correspondence, and photographs. Biographical information includes Domoto’s resume and oral histories...

Scope and Contents Most of the records were created by or collected by the San Francisco office of the Friends of Terra Cotta. The records of the organization are organized into sub-series including administration, correspondence, the FOTC Newsletter, chapters, awards, programs and events; and workshops and seminars. The research files are arranged in four subseries: [1] Terra Cotta organizations such as the American Terra Cotta program (1972-1975), Architectural Terra Cotta Institute (1956-1957),...

Abstract The Hooker Collection consists primarily of 23 photograph albums recording Hooker’s travels in Europe and her home state of California. Other documentation includes a folder of publisher’s proof prints from her book Farmhouses and Small Provincial Buildings in Southern Italy, an index of her travel photos, an album of portraits, three albums of negatives (some of travel), and a scrapbook. The bulk of the collection documents the architecture, people, and landscape of the places Hooker and...

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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.

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The Student Work collection is an artificial collection composed of materials from the College of Environmental Design Department of Architecture students. The boxes contain bound volumes of student work—photographs of presentation boards pasted/mounted onto thick paper pages. The images were reduced in size so the type and some images are very hard to view or read in some cases.

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The collection spans the years 1959 to 2012 and consists of five series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Papers, Project Records, and Posters. His student work and his extensive career as an author, lecturer, and book, exhibit, and graphic designer make up the majority of the collection.

Abstract The records of William and Catherine Wurster span the years 1914 to 1979. The majority of the collection contains Personal Papers of the couple, particularly their photos and slides from various trips abroad, starting with William’s 1922 trip to Europe and ending with the couple’s world tours in 1957 and 1959. Accompanying these photographs are written descriptions of the trips, including William’s travel journals and their joint notes and publications regarding their experiences. The...