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UC Berkeley Buildings & Campus: A Selective Bibliography & Guide

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 (Gardner) stacks, Environmental Design Archives and the Bancroft Library. For additional information contact the reference staff at the Environmental Design Library.

Content reviewed April 2008. Compiled by Elizabeth Byrne, Susan Koskinen, and Deborah Sommer; updated by David Eifler. Conditions of Use


BERKELEY CAMPUS HISTORY

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ARCHITECTURE — See also INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS, FEATURES & SITES

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LANDSCAPE — See also INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS, FEATURES & SITES

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OUTDOOR ART, BENCHES, SUNDIALS, etc.

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DESIGNERS & PLANNERS

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 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.
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 1966.
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.
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.
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.
Morgan, Julia (1872-1957) -- First licensed woman architect in California. Designed several buildings on campus, most with Bernard Maybeck or John Galen Howard.
Wurster, William Wilson (1895-1973) -- Dean of the School of Architecture/College of Environmental Design, 1950-1963 (CED founded 1959). Buildings include Stern Hall.

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FINDING BOOKS

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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FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES / INDEXES & ABSTRACTS

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.

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

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IMAGES — See also ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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.

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PLANS & MAPS
http://fasdi.berkeley.edu/ADAview/accessguide.cfm

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ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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RELATED RESOURCES

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