Abstract The Mai K. Arbegast Collection documents Arbegast’s projects and professional activities through drawings, manuscripts, photographs, and slides. The collection is arranged in four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records and Project Records, and includes documentation of her work for the UC Davis Arboretum (1975-1977), Trefethen Vineyard (1976, 1990), California Palace of the Legion of Honor renovation (1991-1995), Shanel Estate (1992-1995), The Embarcadero Center (1992,...

Scope and Contents The Willa Cloys Carmack Collection spans the years 1916-1962 and includes personal, professional, and project records. This collection is organized into two series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers.Series I: Personal Papers contain correspondence, photographs, travel diaries, and handwritten notes about plant types. Much of the correspondence are postcards to Willa’s children during her travels and a few to friends. Photographs include a headshot from the 1916 Blue and Gold...

Content Description Beatrix Jones Farrand donated a large collection of material to U.C. Berkeley’s Landscape Department in a series of gifts beginning in 1955. The donation consisted of drawings and papers relating to Farrand’s practice as a landscape architect and material she collected for her Reef Point Library. The library contained a large number of books on landscape design, prints of gardens, and the project records of other landscape and garden designers such as English landscape architect Gertrude...

Scope and Contents The Mary Rutherfurd Jay collection documents Jay's career as a landscape architect, her lectures on gardens, and her involvement in the profession. Research notes and images on gardens around the world and architectural drawings form the bulk of the collection. There are also photographs of her commissions but no textual project files. The collection is arranged into four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Project Records, and Art and Artifacts. Jay's personal papers relate to her...

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Contains records related to the life and career of landscape architect Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) who practiced primarily in England. Documents Jekyll's collaborative relationships with architectcs, especially Edwin Lutyens, through project records. Records include correspondence, photographs, drawings, and albums.

Scope and Contents The Clare Cooper Marcus collection is primarily comprised of course materials and student work from her time teaching at the University of California, Berkeley from 1969 to 1994 and research notes from her field studies at St. Francis Square (San Francisco), Geneva Towers (San Francisco), Easter Hill, and Eichler Towers. This collection is organized into two series and documents her academic and research career from 1963 until the early 1990s. Series I: Professional Papers consists primarily...

Scope and Contents The Mogensen Collection is organized in four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. The Personal Papers are comprised of biographical material and correspondence. Professional Papers include Awards and licenses, and his involvement with the San Mateo Historical Sites Committee. The Office Records document administrative operations, public relations, and correspondence. Also included are clippings from newspapers and tear sheets from magazines in...

Scope and Contents The Patricia O'Brien Collection consists of five Series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. The series were arranged by the archivist due to a lack of original order. The Personal Papers consists mainly of a small amount of correspondence, some photographs, and O'Brien's student work on her Filoli thesis. The Professional Papers series includes drafts of her writings, lectures, conference presentations, as well as copies of...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents NoteThe Geraldine Knight Scott Collection documents Scott’s projects and professional activities through drawings, manuscripts and photographs. The collection is arranged in six series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Papers, Office Records, Project Records and Additional Donations. The Personal Papers include biographical information written by Scott, education records, travel journals from several journeys to Europe, photographs and writings...