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The Donald Olsen Collection spans the years 1941-1998 and includes files created by Olsen and his work with Vernon DeMars and Joseph Esherick. The collection is organized into five series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Records, Office Records, Project Records. These records contain correspondence, project files, drawings, photographs, slides, research notes, articles, and lectures.

Scope and Contents This collection documents the architectural work of the firms Peters & Clayberg and Peters, Clayberg, & Caufield, with the bulk of the collection regarding Peters, Clayberg, & Caufield. Organized into two series: Series I. Office Records and Series II. Project Records; this collection spans 7 cubic feet and dates from 1960 through 1989. The Peters, Clayberg & Caufield Collection is comprised of Office Records which take the form of both national and local AIA awards received...

Scope and Contents 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,...

Scope and Contents The SMWM collection consists of manuscript materials (project files, marketing materials, correspondence, meeting notes, final reports, notebooks, etc.), drawings, photographs (including slides and photographs), and born digital items created by the design firm SMWM. The collection is organized into six series: Personal Papers, Professional Records, Faculty Papers, Office Records, Architecture Project Records, and Planning and Urban Design Project Records. The materials are centered on the...

Scope and Contents The John Hudson Thomas collection span 28 linear feet and date from circa 1913 to circa 1940. The collection is composed primarily of architectural drawings and reprographic copies of residences and some commercial buildings in the San Francisco Bay area (Berkeley, Piedmont, Richmond, and Oakland). Specifications for the Anthony A. Gertrude residence, the Julia S. Hackney residence, the Ida Wickson residence, and the First National Bank; along with photographs and negatives of the Boise and...

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The Joseph Worcester collection consists of 14 bound volumes of scrapbooks containing purchased photographs, clippings from the Architectural Review, and other magazines. Some volumes contain photographs of Italian artwork, including one volume of Venice. Two of the volumes are architectural monographs of the Ames Memorial Buildings in North Easton, Massachusetts, and Trinity Church in Boston.