Architecture -- 20th Century -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Bernard Maybeck Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1956--1
Scope and Contents
The Bernard Maybeck collection spans the years 1897-1956 (bulk 1902-1939). The collection contains records relating to all aspects of his life. The contents include personal papers, correspondence, office files, project files, drawings, and photographs. The records describe the unique vision of Maybeck’s designs, including his use of unusual materials and color schemes. The collection is useful for researching Bay Regional style, the use of industrial materials in architecture, the use of...
Dates:
1897 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1902 - 1939
Julia Morgan Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1959--2
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...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1893 - 1940; 1893 - 1980
Julia Morgan / Forney Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1983--2
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....
Dates:
1907 - 1931; Majority of material found within 1907 - 1917
Irving & Gertrude Morrow Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992--1
Scope and Contents
The Morrow collection primarily documents the professional activities and architectural projects of Gertrude Comfort Morrow and Irving F. Morrow, including projects created by the firms of Morrow & Garren and Morrow & Morrow. The collection is organized into five series. Series I, Personal Papers, consists of resumes, awards, student works and clippings relating to both Irving and Gertrude Morrow. Series II, Professional Papers, contains records related to Irving’s involvement and...
Dates:
1914 - 1958
Jacob (Jack) Robbins Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010--11
Scope and Contents
The Collection consists of three Series: Professional Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. Professional Papers contain primarily Robbinss work as the Director of City Planning and Community Development for the City of Fremont, from 1972-1976. Also included are records related to Robbins tenure as Commissioner and then Chairman of the Oakland City Planning Commission. The Project Records Series contains financial records, contracts, correspondence, notes, preliminary sketches, and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1955-2007
George T. Rockrise Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2001--06
Scope and Contents
The George T. Rockrise collection spans the dates 1935 - 1991 with the bulk of the records dating between 1950 and 1972. The collection contains some personal documents, such as letters sent to family during Rockrise’s years as a Fulbright Scholar in Italy, holiday cards and travel sketches, but is mostly comprised of professional papers, office records and project records. The documents in the professional papers series reveals Rockrise’s diverse interests, active involvement...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1935-1991
San Francisco Blueprints Collection
Collection
Identifier: 19xx
Scope and Contents
The San Francisco Blueprints Collection contains blueprints for buildings from the early part of the 20th century in San Francisco. For the most part, the blueprints are not complete sets of drawings, but consist of just a few sheets of drawings per project. Some projects may have floor plans, sections, elevations, structural plans, or mechanical plans, but the contents are not consistent. A few projects only contain one sheet of drawings. Many of the blueprints are in poor condition, with...
Dates:
1906 - 1961; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1929
Harry W. Shepherd Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1998--11
Scope and Contents
The Harry W. Shepherd collection principally documents Shepherd’s work as a horticulturist, instructor, and landscape architect. The collection is arranged in four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Papers, and Project Records. Personal records are minimal, but include Shepherd’s curriculum vitae. The bulk of the collection consists of professional papers such as writings, collected articles, plant photographs, and photographs of European gardens, collected during...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1923-1960
Terry Tong Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014--16
Scope and Contents
The Terry Tong Collection spans the dates circa 1943 to 1994 and contains materials that document his academic and architectural career. The Collection is organized into three series: Personal Papers comprised of biographical information and Tong’s architecture course work while at UCB; Professional Papers containing a clipping and firm portfolio; and the final series Project Records consisting of drawings, correspondence, photographs, reports, clippings and ephemera which document 39...
Dates:
circa 1943-1994
William Turnbull / MLTW Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2000--9
Scope and Contents
The records of the William Turnbull Jr./MLTW collection span the years 1952-1997. The collection is organized into eight series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Records, Office Records, Project Records, Major Projects, Artifacts, and Additional Donations. Within these series, original order has been maintained wherever evident. Where an original order was not evident, records have been arranged either chronologically or alphabetically as noted in the Series Description....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1959-1997