Abstract

An exhibit of design drawings created by current members was created at the time of the chapter’s 1982 centennial to support the events planned for the celebration. This collection consists of drawings collected for that exhibition and created between 1930 and 1976. Essentially there are 195 individual project files, containing more than 900 drawings presentation and design drawings.

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The Hermann C. Baumann collection consists entirely of architectural drawings primarily related to San Francisco apartment buildings designed from 1924-1937. Many of the projects were designed in conjunction with engineer Edward Jose under the firm name Baumann & Jose.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of one Series, Project Records, and includes sketches and early design plans for projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a few projects in New York City. The materials are mainly hand-drawn sketches, with some maps and street grids.

Scope and Contents The Office Records document administrative operations, public relations efforts, financial transactions, and correspondence. Clippings from newspapers and tear sheets from magazines in which Cohen’s projects were featured, and some photographs are included. The majority of the Projects Records series documents Cohen's projects spanning the years 1956-1978, and documents his work through drawings, photographs and slides, and administrative files. The majority of projects are...

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The collection spans the years 1933 to 2001, and includes DeMars' personal papers, records from his private practice and professional career, and materials generated by the firms DeMars & Reay, DeMars & Wells, and DeMars & Maletic.

Scope and Contents The collection, which encompasses the years 1920-1970, consists of records, drawings, and photographs relating to Michael Goodman’s architectural and teaching careers. The collection is organized into five series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. It contains records of projects completed throughout the Bay Area, including interior design, commercial design, and large and small alterations, as well as project studies, such as the...

Content Description

The Collection consists of two Series: Office Records and Project Records. The Office records contain project portfolios, files related to a proposed memorial on Alcatraz Island, scrapbooks of clippings, and correspondence. There is also material relating to the U.S. Army Corps of engineers. The Project files contain drawings and some documentation. There are photographs for a small number of projects.

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The Lewis P. Hobart collection consist of drawings from the Shredded Wheat Company building (Oakland 1915), the White Investment Company building (San Francisco 1907), the Kiersted residence (Hillsborough n.d.), the Grant residence (Burlingame, CA, 1913), and the Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (San Francisco 1913-1914). Hobart’s photographs of Grace Cathedral can be found in the Weihe, Frick & Kruse collection.

Scope and Contents The Julia Morgan Collection spans the years 1893-1980, (bulk 1893-1940). It is important as a record of the education and work of one of the earliest female architects in the nation and as a record of California design. The records document Morgan’s education at University of California Berkeley and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, as well as her professional life and her many architectural projects. The collection contains a limited amount of personal papers. Similarly there is little project...

Scope and Contents The Julia Morgan/Forney Collection spans the years 1907-1931 (bulk 1907-1917). It is an important record of the work of one of the earliest female architects in the nation, and of California residential and commercial design. The collection contains drawings of architectural projects arranged alphabetically by client or project name.The records represent work primarily from Julia Morgan’s early career, and include many projects with her partner from 1906-1910, Ira Wilson Hoover....