This is a very selective listing of a few key players. For more information, search OskiCat using author (person’s last name, first name), or Current Melvyl using author or subject (last name, first name). For journal articles, search Avery Index using su (last name, first name) or keyword (first name last name). The Bancroft Library, University Archives, and Environmental Design Archives house extensive archival collections on most of these individuals, and many others.
Brown, Arthur Jr. (1874-1957) -- University architect from 1938 - 1948.
Developed a new plan for the campus based on John Galen Howard's plan. Buildings on campus include Stern Hall, Mulford Hall, Cowell Hospital (demolished), Minor Hall, Sproul Hall, and others. After his term as Supervising Architect for the campus, his firm continued to do projects on campus.
Arthur Brown, Jr. papers, 1859-1990. Series 10. University of California, Berkeley, 1910-1954.
Bancroft BANC MSS 81/142 c, Series 10, Non-circulatingFinding aid
Arthur Brown, Jr.: progressive classicist / Jeffrey T. Tilman. New York: W.W. Norton, c2006.
Classical America series in art and architecture.
EnvDesign NA737.B695.T55 2006 Bancroft NA737.B695.T55 2006 Non-circulating
Classical California: the architecture of Albert Pissis and Arthur Brown, Jr. / Christopher H. Nelson. Thesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1986.
Envi Design NA737. P4662. N4 1994
Church, Thomas Dolliver (1902-1978) – Consulting Landscape Architect, 1960s-70s
Did various plans and reports for several areas of campus 1964-70, including landscape master plans in 1961 and 66.
Landscape records for the University of California, Berkeley, 1959-1969. Thomas Dolliver Church.
Finding aid: http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf3199n6zb&doc.view=entire_text&brand=oac UC Archives CU-411 Non-circulating
Thomas Church, landscape architect: designing a modern California landscape / edited by Marc Treib. San Francisco: William Stout, c2003.
EnvDesign SB470.C48.T46 2003
Thomas Church, landscape architect: oral history transcript / Suzanne B. Riess, Interviewer. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1978.
Bancroft BANC MSS 79/45c Non-circulating EnvDesign SB470.C45 .R5 v.1-2 Non-circulating
Thomas D. Church collection, 1933-1977. ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIRED FOR USE.
CED Archives ARCH 1997-1 Finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf938nb4jf
Thomas Dolliver Church / Pam-Anela Messenger. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1981.
EnvDesign NA200.A12 .A7 no.576 Index
Thomas Dolliver Church, landscape architect / guest edited by Marc Treib. Studies in the history of gardens & designed landscapes, v. 20, no. 2, 2000.
EnvDesign SB451 .J65 v.20, no.2 Periodical stacks
Howard, John Galen (1864-1931)-- University architect, 1902 - 1927.
Hired as campus architect. Founded the Department of Architecture. Many of the major architects in Northern California at this time trained under him. Buildings on campus include Hearst Mining Building, Greek Theatre, Doe Library, Durant Hall, Wellman Hall, North Gate Hall.
Architectural drawings of John Galen Howard: buildings for the University of California at Berkeley: collection Number CU-402. Berkeley: University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, 1995.
EnvDesign NA737.H6 B28 1995 Reference Desk
John Galen Howard and the Berkeley campus: Beaux-Arts architecture in the Athens of the West / Loren W. Partridge. Berkeley, Calif.: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1978. Berkeley architectural heritage publication series; no. 2.
EnvDesign NA737.H6.P3 Reference Desk and circ Doe Ref NA737.H6.P3 Art/Classics NA737.H6.P3 Room 308G Bancroft pF870.A8H65.P3
John Galen Howard and the Beaux-Arts Movement in the United States / Joan Elaine Draper. Thesis. Master of Architecture--Univ. of California, Berkeley. 1972.
EnvDesign NA25.5 .D7656 Reserve
John Galen Howard and the University of California: the design of a great public university campus / Sally B. Woodbridge. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2002.
EnvDesign NA737.H64.W66 2002 Moffitt NA737.H64.W66 2002
John Galen Howard papers, 1874-1954 (bulk 1888-1931) COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use. Selections of records for 8 projects: also available on microfilm BANC FILM 2554 and EnvDesign MICROFILM 78314 NA.
Finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2x0n99n1
Bancroft BANC MSS 67/35 c Non-circulating
Kelham, George (1871-1936) -- University architect, 1927 - 1938.
Developed a new plan for the campus based on Howard's plan. Buildings on campus include Bowles Hall, Cowell Hospital, Davis Hall, Harmon Gymnasium, Minor Hall, and Sproul Hall.
Development of a portion of the west campus, Univ. of California, Berkely [sic], Calif. / George W. Kelham, architect. Scale [1:240]. 1" = 20' (W 122015/N 37052) San Francisco: George W. Kelham, [1928]
UC Archives G4364.B5:2U5G45 1928.K4 Case XD Non-circulating
Obituary. American Architect and Architecture, v. 150, January, 1937, p. 14.
EnvDesign NA1.A6 v. 150, 1937 bound periodical stacks
"The University of California." George W. Kelham. The Architect v.14, no. 2 (August 1917): 81-120.
EnvDesign: NA1 .A62 v. 14, 1917, bound periodical stacks
Maybeck, Bernard (1862-1957) -- Founder of the Bay Region Style. Lecturer at Berkeley; pupils included Julia Morgan. With Morgan, designed many buildings on campus including the Men's Faculty Club and the Hearst Gymnasium.
Bernard Maybeck: artisan, architect, artist / Kenneth Cardwell. Santa Barbara : Peregrine Smith, 1977.
EnvDesign NA737. M435. C371 Reference & circ Moffitt NA737. M435. C37Bancroft F870. A8.M3 C3
Bernard Ralph Maybeck (1862-1957), the extraordinary California architect / James C. Starbuck. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1978.
EnvDesign NA200. A12. A7 no.8 Index
Bernard Maybeck: visionary architect / text by Sally B. Woodbridge; photography by Richard Barnes. New York :Abbeville Press, 1992.
EnvDesign NA737. M435 W66 1992 Reference & circ
Bernard Maybeck architectural records on microfilm, 1899-1954.
Bancroft BANC FILM 2586 Non-circulatingEnvDsgn MICROFILM 78410
Bernard Maybeck collection, 1897-1956 (bulk 1902-1939) ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIRED FOR USE. Selections of materials for 211 projects, personal, professional, and office records; and University of California projects, etc:
also available on microfilm with call numbers BANC FILM 2586 and EnvDsgn MICROFILM 78410.
Finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf0h4n986kCED Archives ARCH 1956-1
Morgan, Julia (1872-1957) -- First licensed woman architect in California. Designed several buildings on campus, most with Bernard Maybeck or John Galen Howard.
Interviews on the history of architecture of Berkeley, California, 1895-1941 [sound recording]
Bancroft BANC CD 096 Non-circulating
Julia Morgan, architect / Sara Holmes Boutelle. New York: Abbeville Press, rev. updated, 1995.
EnvDesign NA737.M68.B68 1995, Reference Desk & Circulating
Julia Morgan architectural drawings, 1907-1929. Selections of drawings for 84 projects: also available on
microfilm EnvDesign MICROFILM 78264 and BANC FILM 2546
Finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7t1nb2q1Bancroft BANC MSS 71/156
Julia Morgan architectural history project interviews: oral history transcript / recorded interview conducted 1974-1975 primarily by Suzanne B. Reiss for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1976: and related material, 1974-1976.
EnvDesign NA1997.U5 1976 Noncirculating Bancroft BANC MSS 77/32 c Noncirculating
Julia Morgan collection, 1893-1980 (bulk 1893-1940) ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIRED FOR USE. Selections of records for 47 projects: also available on microfilm with call numbers BANC FILM 2546 and EnvDesign MICROFILM 78264.
CED Archives ARCH 1959-2http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/profiles/morgan.htmFinding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf7b69n9k9
Julia Morgan Papers 1835-1958 (bulk 1896-1945), California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. Robert E. Kennedy Library, Special Collections.
MS 10Finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9s2030pj
Wurster, William Wilson (1895-1973) -- Dean of the School of Architecture/College of Environmental Design, 1950-1963 (CED founded 1959). Buildings include Stern Hall.
William W. Wurster/Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons collection, 1922-1974. ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIRED FOR USE.
Profile: http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/profiles/wurster.htmCED Archives ARCH 1976-2Finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8k40079x
Wurster, William Wilson. College of Environmental Design, University of California campus planning, and architectural practice: an interview. Berkeley: Regional Cultural History Project, University of California, 1964.
EnvDesign NA737.W968.A35 1964
Architectural versatility in the work of William Wilson Wurster: a selected bibliography. The Staff of the Bibliographic Research Library. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1984.
EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7 no.1159 Index
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