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Environmental Design Library

UC Berkeley Buildings & Campus: A Selective Bibliography & Guide

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This is a guide to finding information about the UC Berkeley campus, including individual buildings, features, landscapes, artworks, and plans. Also included are selected books, websites, and journal articles about the buildings, architects, plans, and landscape of campus. Materials listed are in the Environmental Design Library collection, Main (Doe) stacks, Environmental Design Archives and the Bancroft Library. For additional information contact the reference staff at the Environmental Design Library. 
by Elizabeth Byrne, Susan Koskinen and Deborah Sommer. Updated April 2008.

Berkeley Campus History Architecture Landscape Outdoor Art, etc. Campus Planning & Design Designers & Planners Finding Books Finding Articles

Newspaper Articles Images Plans & Maps Archives & Special Collections Individual Buildings, Features & Sites Buildings in the 1981 Campus Space Plan Related Resources

Berkeley Campus History. University of California History Digital Archives.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/general_history/campuses/ucb/index.html

Berkeley 1900: daily life at the turn of the century / Richard Schwartz. [Berkeley, Calif.]: Richard Schwartz Books, 2000.
EnvDesign F869.B5 S37 2000 Reference and stacks

Berkeley, the first seventy-five years / Writers' program of the Work projects administration in northern California.
EnvDesign F869.B5.W8 Reference desk; Main Stack F869.B5.W8

Berkeley: the town and gown of it / George A. Pettitt. Berkeley, Calif., Howell-North Books [1973]
EnvDesign F869.B5.P43 Reference desk Moffitt F869.B5.P43 Bancroft F869.B5.3.P43

Berkeleyan. "Under Construction: Special Issue" Diane Ainsworth. Fall 2000. Reviews seismic projects and building renovations. Search The Berkeleyan for more articles.
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/extras/renew/2000/fall_under_con.html

Campus Planning History. UC Berkeley Facilities Services. A selection of full-text historic studies and reports.
http:www.cp.berkeley.edu/CP/PEP/History/planninghistory.html

The Centennial Record of the University of California, comp. and ed. by Verne A. Stadtman and the Centennial Publications Staff (Berkeley: University of California. [Berkeley, University of California Print. Dept., 1967]. Includes an inventory of campus buildings and landmarks, with date completed, size, building cost, financing, architect if known, and a brief history.
EnvDesign LD758 .B47 1965 Reference Desk.Updated by EnvDesign LD758 A28 1992 Reference Desk; EnvDesign LD758 A29 Ref Online: http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb4v19n9zb/

The Centennial Trail: a walking tour. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California, [1967].
EnvDesign LD761 .C46 1967 Reference

Designing the Campus of Tomorrow: the legacy of the Hearst Architectural Plan, Present and Future. Symposium given by the UC Center for Higher Education, 2000. Includes timelines and images.
http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/hearst/

History of the University of California Digital Archives Project
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/

John Galen Howard and the University of California: the design of a great public university campus / Sally B. Woodbridge. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
EnvDesign   NA737.H64.W66 2002 Moffitt NA737.H64.W66 2002

The New Century Plan. UCB, 2002.  Covers the core campus and environs. The web site includes the plan, plan images, guidelines and goals.
http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/ncp/index.html1999 draft  EnvDesign LD761.U55 19992002 final  EnvDesign LD761.U56 2002

Photographs of the campus, University of California, Berkeley. 1873-    ca. 300 items
Bancroft UARC PIC 2, UARC PIC 3, UARC PIC 3A, University Archives

A Self-guided tour of the Berkeley Campus / Kim Dovey. Berkeley: University of California. College of Environmental Design, 1987.
EnvDesign LD761.D68 1987 Reference Desk

The University of California at the Turn of the Century, 1899-1900, an online exhibit organized by the UC Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC History Digital Archives, 1999.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/online_exhibits/1899/index.html

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University of California, Berkeley: an architectural tour and photographs / by Harvey Helfand. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. Campus guide. Excellent photos.
EnvDesign LD761 .H456 2002 Reference desk & circ Moffitt LD761 .H456 2002

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. Check OskiCat for the latest information.
EnvDesign NA737 H6 B38 1995 Reference Desk

Architectural plans, University Archives: CU-402. [Berkeley: University of California, University Archives, 1988]. A partial guide to the University Archives' extensive collection of architectural plans, drawings, and blueprints of campus projects, from the 19th century through the 1960's. Excellent resource for students searching for building-specific plans. Check OskiCat for the latest information.
EnvDesign LD761 .B35 1988 Reference Desk

Atkinson Photographic Archive of campus buildings, 2003. Catalog includes designer, date, and link to image.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/catalog/berkeley.html

Berkeley landmarks: an illustrated guide to Berkeley, California's architectural heritage / Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny. .Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1994.
EnvDesign NA735. B38. C34 1994 Morrison NA735. B38. C34 1994 Bancroft NA735. B38. C34 1994

Campus Architecture, UCB Environmental Design Archives.  A good overview with links to finding aids of archival materials in their collection.
http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/campus.html

Campus historic resources survey. Campus Planning Study Group. Berkeley: University of California, 1978. Provides brief individual building descriptions and histories. Good quick source of campus building information for buildings prior to the 1970s.
EnvDesign LD761 .C3 Reference Desk; Reference; & circ

Historic Structures Reports and Related Documents for the Berkeley Campus, UCB Capital Projects, Physical and Environmental Planning. updated April 2007. 
http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/CP/PEP/History/planninghistory.html

John Galen Howard and the Berkeley campus: Beaux Arts architecture in the Athens of the West / Loren W. Partridge.. Berkeley, Calif: Berkeley Architectural Heritage
EnvDesign NA737. H6. P

National Register of Historic Places. California. [Rev. and enl. ed.] Teaneck, N.J.: Chadwyck-Healey, [1984] 287 microfiches. Includes copies of documents, photographs, and maps on file in the Office of the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C., for buildings registered through Dec. 1982. Provides photographs and detailed histories of several campus buildings. Look under Alameda County, Fiche CA4-CA12. 
EnvDesign Microfiche 10274 .  Also EnvDesign E159 U556 Reference for latest updates.Searchable database of listings at:  http://www.nr.nps.gov/

University of California at Berkeley buildings: planning, design, and construction / Harvey Helfand. Version 1.0. [Berkeley]: The University, [1992]. Updates the "Berkeley buildings and landmarks" list in The Centennial record of the University of California (see EnvDesign LD758 .A29 Reference). Includes structures developed 1968-1992, as well as facts (new or revised) regarding buildings in the original list. 
EnvDesign LD758. A29 1992 Reference Desk

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Blake Estate Collection.  Spans ca.1922-1998 and contains records documenting its history as the private residence of Anson S. and Anita Blake and later as a teaching resource owned and managed by the UCB, Department of Landscape Architecture, now the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning. Included are projects by professional architects and landscape architects, as well as design projects by landscape architecture students.
CED Archives ARCH 2002-6; call for appointment
Finding aid

Campanile Way design concept.  Garrett Eckbo & Associates. [California?]: Garrett Eckbo, 1976.
EnvDesign LD761.G345 1976 Noncirculating & Circ

Campus Trees and More Campus Trees.  Photos and identification of several unusual trees on campus.
http://landscape.ced.berkeley.edu/~treefund/campustrees/treecamp.htmhttp://landscape.ced.berkeley.edu/~treefund/morecampus/morecampus.htm

Central glade open space study / by Han-Ming Hsia. Thesis (Master of Landscape Architecture) University of California, Berkeley, [May 1988].
Main Stack   308t 1988 23 NRLF #: $C 71 948   (Limited Circ)

Design guidelines for the central glade / U.C. Berkeley Campus Planning Study Group.
[Berkeley, Calif.]: The Group, [1990]
EnvDesign LD758.U55 1990  Reference

Ecological study areas for teaching and research on the University of California campus, Berkeley : a report of the Landscape Architecture Advisory Subcommittee.   [Berkeley : Landscape Architecture Advisory Subcommittee], 1966.
UC Archives  308gb.E195 1966 Non-circulating

H. Leland and Adele W. Vaughan collection, 1931-1956.  Includes many of their UCB projects.
CED Archives ARCH 1999-18; call for appointmentFinding aid

Landscape, UC Berkeley, in The Berkeley Campus Space Plan. University of California, Berkeley. Buildings and Campus Development Committee. Berkeley: University of California, 1981
EnvDesign LD761.U4 1981  Reserve Vol 3, pt. 7

Landscape Heritage Plan, UCB. Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, Capital Projects/Facilities Services, 2004.  Extensive history of and plans for the campus landscape.
http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/lhp/index_flash.htmlEnvDesign LD761.L36 2004 Reference Desk; DVD on reserve

Landscape master plan, University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley Facilities Services, 2004.
EnvDesign LD761.L35 2004 Reference

Landscape master plan, University of California, Berkeley / Thomas Dolliver Church & Associates. [San Francisco, Calif.] : The Associates, [1961].
EnvDesign LD761. L35 1961  Rare, & LD761. L35 1961a Circulating

Landscape records for the University of California, Berkeley, 1959-1969 / Thomas Dolliver Church.
Bancroft CU-411 University ArchivesFinding aid

Lower Sproul Urban Design Study. SMWM, UCB. Nov. 2007.
http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/CP/PEP/History/PlanningStudies/LSP_Report_071127_short.pdf

Management plan for Strawberry and Claremont Canyons / prepared by Joe McBride; revised by Russell A. Beatty. 1979.
EnvDesign   LD761.M35 1979

Memorial Glade design guidelines / Central Glade Restoration Project Committee; assisted by Planning, Design and Construction. [Berkeley, Calif.]: The Committee, [1992]
EnvDesign LD765.C45.U55 1992  Reference UC Archives  308gb.M533 1992 Non-circulating

Notes on the Origin of the Eucalyptus Grove on Strawberry Creek on the Grounds of the University of California, Berkeley.  F.A. Jackson.  Berkeley, California.: [s.n.], 1954. Pamphlets on forestry in California ;vv. 25.
Bioscience   SD144.C2.P3 v.25, NRLF #: C 2 997 687

Observatory Hill study area: schematic design plans. Garrett Eckbo and Associates. San Francisco: Garrett Eckbo and Associates, [1977]
EnvDesign LD761.G347 1977

Piedmont Way History, Friends of Piedmont Way, 2007.
http://www.piedmontway.org/history.html

"Scattering of buildings softened by landscape: University of California's Berkeley campus." Architecture.v. 74 (Dec. '85) p. 72-81.
EnvDesign NA11. A6 bound periodical shelves

Strawberry Creek: a walking tour of campus natural history. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California, 2000.
EnvDesign LD765.S77 S75 2000

Strawberry Creek Collection. Studies, memoranda, articles, reports, field data, student term papers (undergraduate and graduate level for the departments of Forestry, Biology, Entomology, and Landscape Architecture, ), etc., on Strawberry Creek. Major topics include water pollution, water quality, aquatic ecology, hydrology, and history. Chiefly compiled by Prof. of Entomology and Parasitology, and Prof. Emeritus of Geology and Landscape Architecture, UCB.
WRCA MS 88/1Finding aid

A study of the central glade, University of California, Berkeley / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. San Francisco, Calif., The Company. 1989.
EnvDesign LD761 S785 Reference

Trees of Berkeley, Going out on a limb for Berkeley's venerable trees. Steve McConnell, NewsCenter,  26 January 2004.  With an illustrated slide show.  http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/01/26_trees.shtml

Trees of the Berkeley campus / [prepared by Robert A. Cockrell with the assistance of Frederick F. Warnke]. Rev. [Berkeley]: Division of Agricultural Sciences, University of California, 1976.
EnvDesign QK484. C2 M48 1976 reference & circ

Trees of the Berkeley campus, University of California / [Woodbridge Metcalf and Dale Carnegie]. [Berkeley] : University of California, Agricultural Extension Service, [1969]
Bioscience   SB435.M442 EnvDesgn   QK484.C2.M48 Noncirculating Main Stack  QK484.C2.M48

Trees of the Berkeley Campus. Woodbridge Metcalf.  University of California. Berkeley, California [s.n.], 1953.Pamphlets on dendrology; v. 18.
Bioscience   QK481.P3 v.18 NRLF #: C 2 997 793   (Building Use Only)

University of California, Berkeley: an architectural tour and photographs / by Harvey Helfand. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. Campus guide.
EnvDesign LD761 .H456 2002 Ref desk & circ Moffitt LD761 .H456 2002

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The Class of 1954 Gate competition: University of California, Berkeley. [Berkeley, Calif.]: Regents of the University of California, Berkeley, 1996.
UC Archives  308gb.C599.c   Non-circulating

Outdoor Art at the University of California Berkeley, A Century of Art; a self-guided tour. Outdoor Art Subcommittee of UCB, 2001. 
EnvDesgn LD763.U56 2001 Ref Desk

Outdoor Art on Campus. Information and photographs of public art on campus, maintained by UCB FASDI (Facilities and Spatial Data Integration).  Requires logon and authentication with CalNet ID and passphrase.
http://fasdi.berkeley.edu/pubart/pubartview.cfm

University of California, Berkeley: an architectural tour and photographs / by Harvey Helfand. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. Campus guide (New York, N.Y.)
EnvDesign LD761.H456 2002 Ref Desk & circ Morrison Rm  LD761.H456 2002 Doe Refe  LD761.H456 2002    Non-circulating Art/Classics  LD761.H456 2002  308J - Reference Moffitt Refe  LD761.H456 2002   Non-circulating UC Archives  308g.H474.u  Reference

UCB, University Relations, Annual Programs Office, maintains a list of class gifts, which includes many benches, sundials, fountains, etc.  510-642-2136
http://urel.berkeley.edu/dev_and_campaign/annual.html

A walking tour of the Berkeley bears / tour conducted by Erica Nordmeier (photos), Susan
Snyder, and Mary Scott; map by Reineck & Reineck, San Francisco.  [Berkeley: Bancroft Library, 2002]
Art/Classics G4364.B5:2U5 2002.B3  Rare Non-circulating Art/Classics LD763.W35 2002  Room 308F-Office UC Archives  G4364.B5:2U5 2002.B3  Case XB  Non-circulating

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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) Church, Thomas Dolliver (1902-1978) Howard, John Galen (1864-1931) Kelham, George (1871-1936)

Maybeck, Bernard (1862-1957) Morgan, Julia (1872-1957) Wurster, William Wilson (1895-1973)

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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Use subject headings, author/organization, or keywords such as these in the library catalogs:

[name of building]--Berkeley, Calif. [last name, first name of designer/planner] Architects--California--Berkeley Berkeley, Calif.--Aerial photographs Berkeley, Calif.--Buildings Berkeley, Calif.--Description Berkeley, Calif.--History Campus planning--California College buildings--California Historic buildings--California--Berkeley

[name of building] Berkeley, Calif. Sather Tower--Berkeley, Calif Universities and colleges--Buildings University of California, Berkeley--[name of building] University of California, Berkeley--Buildings--Photographs University of California (1868-1952)--Designs and plans University of California, Berkeley--History--[name of building] Berkeley, Calif. University of California, Berkeley--Planning University of California, Berkeley--Aerial photographs

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Use indexes or periodical databases to find journal articles.  Articles are not included in the library catalogs.  Search subject and keywords such as those above.

Architect and Engineer. Index. Vol. 1-95, 1905-1928. Partial subject index of SF based publication. Includes listings by city and building, and name of architect. Journals have same call number and are shelved in bound periodicals.
Online: Architect & Engineer Index PDF (6MB) EnvDesign NA1 A64 Index

Architecture Periodical Indexes. In particular, use the online Avery Index, Art Index Retrospective and Readers Guide Retrospective, America: History & Life, and Periodicals Index Online.  Good sources for illustrations.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/indexes.html

Cal Monthly, California Alumni magazine. Searchable archives of articles, including many on campus buildings, designers, architects, planners.
http://alumni.berkeley.edu/California/main.asp

Chronicle of the University of California: a journal of university history.Berkeley, CA : Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley, [1998]
Online:  http://cshe.berkeley.edu/publications/chronicleofuc.htmEnvDesign LD758.C47  2(fall 1998)-6(spring 2004)Doe Refe     LD758.C47, 1(Spr 1998)-8(Fal 2006)--Bancroft     LD758.C47, Non-circulating, 1(spring 1998)-6(spring 2004)UC Archives  308h.C557  Reference, 1(spring 1998)-6(spring 2004)

Index to the Architect and Engineer, volume 1-95, 1905-1928.  Compiled by Gary A. Goss, California Historical Society, 1982. San Francisco.  Partial index by subject, location and designer to this San Francisco based architecture journal. Indexing for volumes from 1930 included in Art Index.
EnvDesign NA1.A64 Indexes

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Access World News UCB Only. Complete full-text content of local and regional news from over 300 US newspapers. Includes titles such as Berkeley Voice, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee. Coverage varies, but generally from 1980s or ‘90s to present.

The Daily Californian, 1874--  . Student-run newspaper for UC Berkeley's campus and the city of Berkeley. Current and back files in the Newspaper/Microform Room, 40 Doe Library.
News/Micro   NEWSFILM-1 SET 1, 1897: Oct 25—to present.Online 1995-  http://www.dailycal.org/Finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/cgi-bin/oac/berkeley/uarc/dailycal1874-1929 indexed in card file on microfilm NEWS/MICRO MICROFILM 20031 (3 reels). 1930-June 1991 indexed in card file located in NEWS/MICRO Room. July 1991-June 1994 indexed in printed index: AJ21.D29 NEWS and AJ21.D333 Doe Ref Periodical Indexes

The Berkeleyan, 1874 --. A newspaper for faculty and staff of UC Berkeley. (Title varies)
Online 1994 to present  http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/ News/Micro   NEWSFILM-1, 1874: Jan (v.1:1)-Dec; 1875-1887; 1888: Oct (v.25:1); 1893: Feb 3-1897: Feb 23; UC Archives  f308dn.rpm, 10:1(Oct 2, 1981)-13:14(Nov 30, 1984); v.13:15 (Jan 16, 1985)--
Index (1874-1929) MICROFILM 20031

San Francisco Chronicle, 1869--  .   
Online, 1985-- Access World News/NewsBank UC Only. Selected articles 1989-- LexisNexis academic.UC Only.News/Micro   NEWSFILM-1,1869: Aug 15-Dec 31; 1870-1905; 1906: Jan 1-Apr 19, 21-Dec 31; 1907—
INDEXES: Sept 1913-1949 News/Micro MICROFICHE 10904; 1950-Aug 22, 1980 News/Micro MICROFICHE 10503; selective index for 1970-1975 News/Micro AJ3.C16; 1976—News/Micro AJ21.S25.N4

For additional newspapers see News Databases

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For additional materials search Library catalogs under subject, author/organization or keywords: University of California Berkeley Pictorial Works. See also Image Sources for the Built Environment.

Aerial Photography Collection, includes some online images. Originals available at the Earth Sciences and Maps Library  Photographs of campus from as long ago as 1928.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu//EART/aerial.htmlhttp://sunsite.berkeley.edu:8085/AerialPhotos/campus/

Asset Lookup Page, UCB, FASDI Program.  Includes photos and brief information about buildings.  Requires logon with CalNet ID and passphrase.
http://fasdi.berkeley.edu/data/bldglookup/Report.cfm

Atkinson Photographic Archive of campus buildings, 2003.University of California History Digital Archive.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/ucb/index.htmlCatalog:  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/catalog/berkeley.html

Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Photo Gallery
Online: http://berkeleyheritage.com/photo_gallery.html

The COIS Photo CD-ROM, (Computer Operations and Information Systems) UC Berkeley Buildings, high quality digital photographs by Rob Johnson, November and December, 1995.
http://cois.berkeley.edu/photos/CampusPhotos/CampusPhotos.html

Days of Cal: A Virtual Tour Through UC Berkeley's History. A Project of the Bancroft Library
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CalHistory/

Dennis Galloway photographs of the University of California, Berkeley [graphic].ca. 1962-1996.
Finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4s201924UC Archives  UARC PIC 27A Non-circulating

Facilities Data, FDX Building Data Form, Space Management and Capital Programs. UCB.  Includes building photos, sq. ft., etc.
http://fdx.vcbf.berkeley.edu/guest/guestbld.cfm

John Galen Howard photograph albums of University of California architectural projects [graphic].ca. 1914-1922.  John Galen Howard papers.
UC Archives  UARC ALBUM 32 Non-circulating

Kite Aerial Photos of UCB Campus. Charles C. Benton.
http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/gallery/best2.html

Roy Flamm collection of California architectural photographs ca. 1917-ca. 1955?  PARTIALLY ARRANGED COLLECTION. PORTIONS UNAVAILABLE FOR USE: Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library. COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Finding aid photos  Maybeck buildings  http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf1199p0r5BANC PIC 1978.059

SPIRO: the database of the Architecture Visual Resources Library, UC Berkeley. Digital images. Although this only represents about 20% of the library's collection, this database contains many images of Berkeley buildings. Search by location: Berkeley, and the name of the building. “%” is the truncation symbol.
http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/query_forms/browse_spiro_form.html

Virtual Reality Panoramas of UC Berkeley Campus. Part of Geography Dept’s Geo-Images Project.  Requires QuickTime VR.
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/geoimages/QTVR/CampusQTVR.html

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Access Guide, UCB, FASDI Program. Includes building photos, footprints and maps showing accessible entrances, paths.  Requires logon with CalNet ID and passphrase.
http://fasdi.berkeley.edu/ADAview/accessguide.cfm

The Berkeley Campus Space Plan. University of California, Berkeley. Buildings and Campus Development Committee. Berkeley, 1981-1984. Includes description and evaluation of buildings; general condition; seismic safety; floor space(s); floor plans; accessibility. Vol. 1: I & R component of the long range development plan. Overall campus survey, including responses to precinct studies in volume 2. Vol. 2: Academic precincts. Vol. 3: Support activities.
EnvDesign LD761 .U4 1981 Reserve Index:  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/bspindex.html

Capital Projects, Planning, Design and Construction Services, UCB,  includes Current Projects. (Department of Facilities Management) 1963 University Ave., , phone: 510-642-2662 or 643-7724. Maintains a working collection of reduced drawings and plans for campus buildings. For access to the collection, present an official letter from a UCB faculty member stating purpose and need. There is a fee for photocopying. Call in advance for an appointment. NOTE: Contact this office only if the Environmental Design Library, Environmental Design Archives, University Archives or other library collections lack needed material.
http://www.cp.berkeley.edu/

FASDI, Facilities & Spatial Data Integration, Space Management and Capital Programs. UCB.  Involved with new building construction and major building upgrades. Maintains the most complete map of the campus as well as a list of buildings. Requires logon with CalNet ID and passphrase.
https://fasdi.berkeley.edu/resources/mapweb.cfm

Historic Maps of Campus, University Archives, Bancroft Library, University of California History Digital Archives.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/archives_exhibits/campus_planning/atkinson_archive/catalog/berkeley.html

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The Bancroft Library and University Archives, 510-642-6481. A noncirculating collection of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, plans, and other archival material. The Bancroft Library also houses the University Archives, and has information not available elsewhere regarding campus buildings. The University Archives contains a significant collection of architectural plans, drawings, and blueprints of UCB campus buildings. The University Archives also has an online tour of Berkeley's history, which contains many photographs of the campus and its buildings through time.  Holdings are included in OskiCat and Current Melvyl, and many finding aids in the Online Archive of California.

Berkeley Historical Society and the Berkeley History Center,  Veterans Memorial Building, 1931 Center Street, Berkeley, CA BHS, Box 1190, Berkeley CA 94701, (510) 848-0181.  Tours, exhibits, library.
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/histsoc/

Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association.  2318 Durant Ave., Berkeley CA, (510) 841-2242.  Has a small library.  Call for appointment. Tours, exhibits, publications.
BAHA Newsletter EnvDesign NA735 B37 B35, 1984--http://www.berkeleyheritage.com/

Environmental Design Archives, College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley, 510-642-5124, Appointment required. Fee for non-UC users. A research archive of more than 3,000,000 items, including drawings, blueprints, photographs, and personal and business records of many important Bay Area and campus architects and landscape architects.
http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/

Map Collection, Earth Sciences and Maps Library.  Has maps of the campus, many historical. Search the subject headings: University of California, Berkeley -- Maps or University of California, Berkeley -- Buildings -- Maps in Library catalogs.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/. A California Digital Library project provides access to materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and works of art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across California. The OAC includes a single, searchable database of "finding aids" to or images of primary sources and their digital facsimiles. Include letters, diaries, manuscripts, photographs and other pictorial items, maps, architectural and engineering records, artwork, oral histories artifacts and ephemera.
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/

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