A guide to the Nancy and Roger Olmsted papers, 1847-2007
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A Guide to the Nancy and Roger Olmsted papers
HDC1665
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service
2013, National Park Service
Title: Nancy and Roger Olmsted papers
Date: 1847-2007
Date (bulk): 1975-2007
Collection No. (Catalog No.): HDC1665 (SAFR 23820)
Author ||Olmsted, Roger R:
Olmsted, Nancy
Olmsted, Roger R.
Physical Description:
25 linear ft.
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Nancy and Roger Olmsted papers (SAFR 23820, HDC 1665) consist of 571 files in 34 boxes separated into 3 series. This collection
has been processed to the file unit level and is open for use without restrictions.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
Access
This collection is open for use unless otherwise noted.
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[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC1665 (SAFR 23820), Nancy and Roger Olmsted papers, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-02218
This collection was kept in the possession of the originators until its donation by the co-executor of Nancy Olmsted's estate.
Historical or Biographical Note
The Nancy and Roger Olmsted papers mainly consist of the collected papers of the family historical research and writing business,
Resource Consultants, from 1975 until 2007. Their son, Roger W. Olmsted, contributed to the business from 1992 until 1999.
Nancy Leigh Olmsted, nee Neely (1927- ), graduated Summa Cum Laude from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in Sociology
in 1962. She then completed two years of post-graduate studies at Dominican College in San Rafael, California. While a student
at Dominican College she met and married Roger R. Olmsted, the first Curator of the San Francisco Maritime Museum. In 1975,
Nancy and Roger Olmsted established Resource Consultants as an historical research and writing business. Over the next 32
years, Resource Consultants operated as independent contractors producing historical reports, books, exhibits and research
articles for government and private organizations. Among their clients were the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Department
of the Interior, California's Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the planning office of the city of San Francisco, the
California Historical Society and the San Francisco Port Authority. Nancy Olmsted was also the editor, designer and a group
leader for the travel
company Marin Adventures, and editor of the California Explorer newsletter from 1986 through 1990.
Roger Robertson Olmsted (1927-1981) was the first curator of the San Francisco Maritime Museum and was instrumental in the
restoration of the lumber schooner C.A. THAYER and the steam schooner WAPAMA. He was also editor of American West Magazine,
editor of the Sierra Club Bulletin from 1973 to 1975, and director of publications for the California Historical Society.
He was the curator of the History Department at the Oakland Museum from 1969 to 1972, and was the co-author with Tom Watkins
of "Here Today," a study of San Francisco's many historic buildings and architecture. His Master's thesis on the history of
Scow Schooners in San Francisco Bay was edited and published posthumously by his wife in 1989.
Roger Walcott Olmsted (1962-1999) entered the University of California at Berkeley at age 16 in 1978. Graduating Phi Beta
Kappa in 1983 with a double major in History and Anthropology, he was awarded a Mellon Fellowship and attended the UC Berkeley
School of Law. Taking his father's place at Resource Consultants in 1992, he worked with Nancy Olmsted to produce historical
and archaeological studies of San Francisco and Oakland for Caltrans. They also worked together on a 1993 report for the Sonoma
State Archaeological Studies Center that mapped out potential hazardous sites in the Mission Bay district of San Francisco,
and a 1994 historical assessment of floating dry dock facilities in Sausalito, California for the Housing and Urban Development
office of Marin County.
Collection Scope and Content
The Nancy and Roger Olmsted papers (SAFR 23820, HDC 1665) consist of 571 files in 34 boxes separated into 3 series. This collection
has been processed to the file unit level and is open for use without restrictions.
The Nancy and Roger Olmsted papers (SAFR 23820, HDC 1665), is comprised mainly of the research materials, collected photographs,
draft manuscripts and finished projects of Research Consultants. Research Consultants was a research and historical writing
business started in 1975 by the husband and wife team of Roger R. Olmsted (1928-1981) and Nancy L. Olmsted (born 1927), while
working as independent contractors studying the historical and cultural impact of a sewer line rebuild for San Francisco's
Waste Water Program (later renamed the Clean Water Program). Nancy Olmsted continued Resource Consultants alone after her
husband's death in 1981, until their son Roger W. Olmsted joined her as a writing partner in 1992. After Roger W.'s death
in 1999, she again ran the business alone.
From its founding through 2007, Resource Consultants produced thirty-three reports, books or exhibits on the history of San
Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area. This collection documents the research and writing of those projects and also includes
correspondence, unfinished memoirs, poetry, historical essays and tour guide activities. The collection also includes more
than 1,800 individual photographs, pieces of artwork and maps organized by subject.
Collection Arrangement
A collection of 28 legal sized boxes, 7 rolls, 6 over sized boxes and 1 drawer, arranged in 3 series. Series 1 is the major
projects of Resource Consultants in chronological order. Series 2 consists of historical research, small projects, exhibitions,
tours, memoirs and poetry. Series 3 is a photographic collection arranged alphabetically by subject.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
History
Olmsted, Roger R., 1927-1981
Olmsted, Nancy Leigh
San Francisco (Calif.)
Manuscripts for publication
Maritime history
Author
Authorship
Box 01 - 20, Folders 001 - 421
Series 1.
Resource Consultants projects,
1819 - 2007
(bulk 1975 - 2007)
Extent:
421 folders
Language(s):
Collection is predominantly in English; materials in Spanish are indicated at the file level.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains collected research materials and correspondence with publishers, government agencies, private customers
and research libraries. The series also contains notes, photographic images, manuscript drafts, galley proofs, and finished
reports.
Comprises primarily files of research material, correspondence, notes, drafts and photographs arranged by subject within each
of the 33 projects undertaken by Resource Consultants from 1975 through 2007.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants was founded in 1975 by the husband and wife team of Nancy and Roger R. Olmsted and from its founding
until 2007, they produced 33 major projects to include exhibits, books, historical essays, government reports and lectures.
As Resource Consultants, Nancy and Roger R. Olmsted conducted historical research and wrote 11 different reports on the historical
and cultural impacts of development projects undertaken by the San Francisco Department of City Planning, the US Department
of the Interior, and the San Francisco Clean Water Program. After Roger's death in 1981, Nancy continued the work of Resource
Consultants, writing 5 historical research reports for the California Historical Society, the National Maritime Museum Association
and the California State Office of Historic Preservation. From 1992 until 1994, Resource Consultants consisted of Nancy Olmsted
and her son, Roger W. Olmsted and together they wrote 5 reports for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency and the California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans). After 1994, Nancy Olmsted again continued the work of Resource Consultants alone,
creating 12 writing and exhibit projects for the National Park Service, the San Francisco Arts Commission, Caltrans, and San
Francisco's Port Authority. She also wrote a 100 year historical survey of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building published
by Heyday Books of Berkeley, California, an unfinished manuscript on fire-fighting boats in San Francisco Bay for Arcadia
Books and an unpublished manuscript of an historical walking tour of San Francisco's waterfront.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into 34 subseries in chronological order. The contents of each subseries are arranged thematically
from least developed initial research through image files and drafts to the finished product.
Box 01, Folder 001
Subseries 1.01.
Resource Consultants publication list and resume,
1979
Extent:
1 EA
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
Publication listing of Resource Consultants from its founding in 1975 through 1995.
Biography/Organization History
Nancy Olmsted created a publication listing of Resource Consultants in 1979 as an addendum to her resume.
Arrangement
This sub series consists of 1 file.
Box 01, Folder 001
File Unit 001.
Resource Consultants publication listing and resume,
1979
Box 01 - 02, Folders 002 - 026
Subseries 1.02.
The Army Moves the Nation West,
1848-1976
(bulk 1975-1976)
Extent:
25 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
Research materials, photographs and lithographs
Research materials and photographs on the subjects of the settling of the American West, expansion of the railroads, the Gold
Rush, and mining activities. Includes copies of miner's letters from the 1850's and newspapers from the 1850's and 1860's.
Biography/Organization History
Publication for the bicentennial exhibit of the Corps of Engineers at the Bay Model in Sausalito, California.
The US Corps of Engineers in celebration of the US Army's bicentennial in 1975 opened the Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausalito,
California. The Bay Model is an exhibit and education center which makes possible the viewing of a working hydraulic model
of the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta System. In conjunction with the opening of the model and
visitor center, The US Army Corps of Engineers hired Resource Consultants to write a thirty-two page color booklet telling
the story of how the US Army assisted in the westward migration of settlers from the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803 through
the rebuilding of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 21 files from basic research topics and images to correspondence with libraries
and collections.
Box 01, File 002
File Unit 002.
Research Materials, Plumas County,
1961
Box 01, folder 003
File Unit 003.
Research Materials, Union Pacific Railroad,
undated
Box 01, folder 004
File Unit 004.
Research Materials, Mount Tamalpais chronology,
1975
Box 01, folder 005
File Unit 005.
Research Materials, Picture history of Southern California,
1965
Box 01, folder 006
File Unit 006.
Research Materials, Gold Rush ship voyages,
1890-1906
Box 01, folder 007
File Unit 007.
Research Materials, Gold Rush letters copied from Bancroft Library,
1850-1852, 1969
Box 01, folder 008
File Unit 008.
Research Materials, Story of gold discovery,
1850-1853
Box 01, folder 009
File Unit 009.
Research Materials with notes, Miner letters,
1850
Box 01, folder 010
File Unit 010.
Research Materials, The Miner's Ten Commandments,
1854
Box 01, folder 011
File Unit 011.
Research Materials, The Union Newspaper, copy,
1854
Box 01, folder 012
File Unit 012.
Research Materials, Gold Mining, some material from Bancroft Library, 1969,
1848-1856
Box 01, folder 013
File Unit 013.
Research Materials, three Western Railroader booklets,
1975-1976
Box 01, folder 014
File Unit 014.
Research Materials, Gold Rush information packet from the Society of California Pioneers,
undated
Box 01, folder 015
File Unit 015.
Image, Joaquin Murieta,
1975
Box 01, folder 016
File Unit 016.
Images, Chapters I - III Loose Artwork,
1850-1851
Box 01, folder 017
File Unit 017.
Images, Large format images and maps,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize item, see separation sheet
Box 01, folder 018
File Unit 018.
Images, Various formats,
undated
Box 01, folder 019
File Unit 019.
Images, Colored plates,
undated
Box 01, folder 020
File Unit 020.
Images, Negatives, Sacramento,
1878
Box 01, folder 021
File Unit 021.
Images, Gold Rush photos "To be located",
undated
Box 02, folder 022
File Unit 022.
Images, Exhibit, PAM Pictures,
1965
Box 02, folder 023
File Unit 023.
Images, Yosemite outings,
undated
Box 02, folder 024
File Unit 024.
Images, Music Sheet,
1959
Box 02, folder 025
File Unit 025.
Images with notes, Gold Rush Daguerreotype prints collection,
undated
Box 02, folder 026
File Unit 026.
Correspondence with Smithsonian and Yale Libraries,
1969
Box 02 - 03, Folders 027 - 040
Subseries 1.03.
San Francisco Waterfront: Report on Historical Cultural Resources,
1850-1977
(bulk 1977)
Extent:
14 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains research materials, maps, historical photographs, notes, and draft copies of the large report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants produced a 750 page report on the historical and cultural resources along the waterfront of San Francisco
from Channel Street to North Point for the Clean Water Program.
Under the guidelines for compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act furnished by the California State Water Resources
Control Board in their bulletin of February 10, 1976, the city of San Francisco was required to conduct a study of the potential
impact on historical and cultural resources within the area of the scheduled North Shore and Channel Outfalls Consolidation
Project of 1977. To accomplish this, the San Francisco Clean Water program contracted with Resource Consultants to produce
a 750 page historical survey of the area. The report used historical and archaeological research methodologies to identify
areas which may contain historical and cultural artifacts within the boundaries of the project.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged in 14 files from basic research topics, through images and maps, and notes to a draft copy of the
final report.
Box 02, folder 027
File Unit 027.
Project correspondence,
1978
Box 02, folder 028
File Unit 028.
Research Materials, Larry Shumsky thesis,
1923, 1933, 1966
Box 02, folder 029
File Unit 029.
Research Materials, Business Directory of San Francisco,
1880
Box 02, folder 030
File Unit 030.
Research Materials, Construction work at North Beach,
1893
Box 02, folder 031
File Unit 031.
Images, Various,
undated
Box 02, folder 032
File Unit 032.
Images, Presidio, Fort Mason, Alcatraz,
1885-1901
Box 02, folder 033
File Unit 033.
Images, Photocopies, Various,
1851-1854
Box 02, folder 034
File Unit 034.
Images, South of Market, Not Waterfront,
1856-1938
Box 02, folder 035
File Unit 035.
Images, San Francisco Waterfront, Location not certain,
1915
Box 02, folder 036
File Unit 036.
Images, Chinese pictures,
undated
Box 02, folder 037
File Unit 037.
Images, Waterfront panoramas,
1850-1872
Box 02, folder 038
File Unit 038.
San Francisco Waterfront: Report on Historical Cultural Resources, Draft copy with notes,
1977
Box 03, folder 039
File Unit 039.
Channel Outfalls Consolidation, Initial report,
1977 January
Box 03, folder 040
File Unit 040.
Channel Outfalls Consolidation, Revised report,
1977 June
Box 3, Folders 041 - 054
Subseries 1.04.
Yerba Buena Convention Center Report on Historical Cultural Resources, preliminary study of one block section,
1819-1977
(bulk 1977)
Extent:
14 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains notes, project outlines, research materials on the history of the site, images including photographs
and an unbound copy of the final report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants contracted with the city of San Francisco to write a report on the cultural and historical impact of
the proposed construction of the Yerba Buena Convention Center.
In preparation for the construction of the 87 acre Yerba Buena Convention Center in downtown San Francisco, and in order to
comply with both Federal and State historic preservation laws, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency contracted with Resource
Consultants in 1977 to produce a report on the historical and cultural resources of a smaller, one square block section of
the site. This report was later expanded in 1979 into a 300 page document with photographs and maps to include the entire
14 square blocks of the proposed convention center.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 14 files from project outlines and notes, through research topics, image files
and maps to an unbound copy of the final report.
Box 03, folder 041
File Unit 041.
Typed notes, labeled "Sam Brannan",
undated
Box 03, folder 042
File Unit 042.
Project notes with maps,
1977
Box 03, folder 043
File Unit 043.
Notebook, San Francisco Fire Department research for book, with Roger R. Olmsted notes,
undated
Box 03, folder 044
File Unit 044.
Research Materials, Union Hall in 1863,
undated
Box 03, folder 045
File Unit 045.
Research Materials, Jack Shickell, San Francisco Waterfront,
1968
Box 03, folder 046
File Unit 046.
Research Materials, London Times,
1819
Box 03, folder 047
File Unit 047.
Images, Various subjects,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize see separation sheet
Box 03, folder 048
File Unit 048.
Images, Parades, Celebrations, Funerals,
1977
Box 03, folder 049
File Unit 049.
Images, Negatives of street maps and slides,
undated
Box 03, folder 050
File Unit 050.
Images, Aerial views,
1977
Box 03, folder 051
File Unit 051.
Images, San Francisco business,
1880-1961
Box 03, folder 052
File Unit 052.
Images, Various subjects,
1892-1909
Box 03, folder 053
File Unit 053.
Images, San Francisco buildings and monuments,
1854-1961
Box 03, folder 054
File Unit 054.
Yerba Buena Convention Center Survey of Historical Cultural Resources, finished report, unbound copy,
1977 November 4
Box 3, Folders 055 - 058
Subseries 1.05.
Survey of the Northeastern Waterfront,
1909-1978
(bulk 1978)
Extent:
4 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials on the city of San Francisco light rail program, prominent residents of Rincon
Hill and contemporary photographs of the region.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants contracted with the City of San Francisco Planning Department to produce an historical and cultural survey
of the Northeast Waterfront area.
As part of the City of San Francisco's Planning Department comprehensive city-wide cultural and historical resource survey
program to manage and conduct historic and cultural resource surveys, Resource Consultants contracted with, and provided,
a preliminary survey of the Northeast Waterfront district of the city in 1978.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged in 4 files, two of research topics and two of image files.
Box 03, folder 055
File Unit 055.
Research Materials, Report on San Francisco Waterfront Light Rail Project and Alaska Railways,
1978
Box 03, folder 056
File Unit 056.
Research Materials, Shumate's list of prominent people in Rincon Hill,
undated
Box 03, folder 057
File Unit 057.
Images, The Wasp newspaper,
1909 January 9
Box 03, folder 058
File Unit 058.
Images, Northeast waterfront survey photographs,
1978
Box 03 - 04, Folders 059 - 068
Subseries 1.06.
Levi's Plaza: Report on Historical Cultural Resources,
1966-1980
(bulk 1978)
Extent:
10 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials, image files, drafts of the report, galley proofs, and an unbound copy of the
final appendix B report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants worked with an archaeologist in 1978, to write appendix B of the environmental impact report for the
construction company planning the development of Levi Plaza in San Francisco in 1978.
In 1978, the Levi Strauss company, headquartered in San Francisco, California, contracted with the development company BJW,
Associates, to create a public square surrounding their corporate building at Union and Sansome streets. As part of the development
plan, an environmental impact statement was written for the San Francisco Planning Office that included an historic and archaeological
resources impact report. This historic and archaeological resources report was produced in a separate appendix by Resource
Consultants as a subcontractor to the development company on June 23, 1978.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 10 files from research topics, through image files, to a draft copy and the finished
report.
Box 03, folder 059
File Unit 059.
Research Materials, Gold Rush ships, article clippings,
1966-1967
Box 03, folder 060
File Unit 060.
Research Materials, Whaling process, Whaler LYDIA,
1978, 1980
Box 04, folder 061
File Unit 061.
Images, Charts and maps,
1978-1979
Box 04, folder 062
File Unit 062.
Images, Whalers - new file,
undated
Box 04, folder 063
File Unit 063.
Images, Whalers and Whaling,
undated
Box 04, folder 064
File Unit 064.
Images, Spear Wharf, Pier 28,
undated
Box 04, folder 065
File Unit 065.
Images and captions,
undated
Box 04, folder 066
File Unit 066.
Levi's Plaza Report on Historical and Cultural Resources, Original text and photographs for Appendix B,
1978
Box 04, folder 067
File Unit 067.
Galley Proof with original images and maps, Appendix B,
1978
Box 04, folder 068
File Unit 068.
Levi's Plaza Environmental Impact Report with Appendix B,
1978 June 23
Box 04, Folders 069 - 073
Subseries 1.07.
Rincon de las Salinas y Potrero Viejo: The Vanished Corner,
1978-1979
(bulk 1979)
Extent:
5 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English, title of report in Spanish
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials, image files and a draft copy of the report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants produced a report on the possible historical and archaeological impact of the construction of the Southeast
Treatment Plant in San Francisco.
Resource Consultants contracted with the San Francisco Clean Water Management Program to write a 255 page report on the possible
historical and archaeological impacts of the proposed construction of the Southeast Treatment Plant in 1979. This report was
written in compliance with the State of California and US federal law, specifically the Historic Preservation Act of 1973.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 5 files from research on the site, through image files including maps of the area,
to a draft copy of the final report.
Box 04, folder 069
File Unit 069.
Research Materials, South of Market Journal,
1979
Box 04, folder 070
File Unit 070.
Images for report,
undated
Box 04, folder 071
File Unit 071.
Images and maps,
undated
Box 04, folder 072
File Unit 072.
Images, Ted White's family pictures,
undated
Box 04, folder 073
File Unit 073.
Rincon de las Salinas y Potrero Viejo, Draft copy with cover and original images,
1978-1979
Box 04 - 05, Folders 074 - 081
Subseries 1.08.
Yerba Buena Convention Center report on historical cultural resources for the full 14 acre section,
1851-1979
(bulk 1979)
Extent:
13 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains images, maps, galley proofs, typed manuscript drafts and an unbound final copy of the report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants wrote a 750 page report on the historical and cultural resources of the area enclosed in the planned
Yerba Buena Convention Center in San Francisco.
The Historical Cultural Resources Survey of the Yerba Buena Convention Center is an archival survey undertaken by Resource
Consultants under contract with the City of San Francisco Planning Department's Redevelopment Agency and in accordance with
a memorandum of agreement between the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the California State Historic Preservation
Office and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. It was an expansion of the earlier test study completed in 1977
of a smaller one block section of the site. This much larger study was for the entire 85 acre, 14 square block portion of
the city impacted by the construction of the Yerba Buena Convention Center in 1979.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 13 files from research materials, through image files and maps, through manuscript
drafts and galley proofs, to the final copy of the report.
Box 04, folder 074
File Unit 074.
Images, EB-3 original maps,
1979
Box 04, folder 075
File Unit 075.
Images, Street maps,
undated
Box 04, folder 076
File Unit 076.
Images, Skid Row, Salvation Army,
undated
Box 04, folder 077
File Unit 077.
Images, Oakland and San Francisco people, Street scenes,
1852-1932
Box 04, folder 078
File Unit 078.
Images, Chinatown,
undated
Box 04, folder 079
File Unit 079.
Images, Chinese photographs, new folder,
undated
Box 04, folder 080
File Unit 080.
Images, Various subjects,
1851-1917
Box 04, folder 081
File Unit 081.
Galley proof, Yerba Buena Center Historical and Cultural Resources Survey with original maps and photographs,
1979
Box 05, folder 082
File Unit 082.
Yerba Buena Center Historical and Cultural Resources Survey, a portion of the typed manuscript,
1978
Box 05, folder 083
File Unit 083.
Yerba Buena Center Historical and Cultural Resources Survey, original manuscript for block EB - 3,
1979
Box 05, folder 084
File Unit 084.
Yerba Buena Center Historical and Cultural Resources Survey, original manuscript Chapter I - VII,
1979
Box 05, folder 085
File Unit 085.
Yerba Buena Center Historical and Cultural Resources Survey, original manuscript Chapter VII - Bibliography,
1979
Box 05, folder 086
File Unit 086.
Yerba Buena Center Historical and Cultural Resources Survey, finished report, unbound,
1979
Box 5, Folder 087
Subseries 1.09.
Ocean Beach: Survey of Historic Maps and Photos,
1979
(bulk 1979)
Extent:
1 folder
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of a draft copy of the final report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants wrote a report on beach erosion and coastline changes for the city of San Francisco's Wastewater Management
Program.
Roger and Nancy Olmsted conducted a study and produced a 41 page report on the coastline changes along San Francisco's Ocean
Beach from 1852 through 1929. The study was conducted under contract with the San Francisco Wastewater Management Program
and was accomplished through a detailed comparison of US Coast Survey maps and photographs.
Arrangement
This subseries consists of 1 file.
Box 05, folder 087
File Unit 087.
Ocean Beach: A Survey of Historic Maps and Photographs, finished report, unbound,
1979
Box 5, Folders 088 - 096
Subseries 1.10.
The Buried Gold Rush Ship in Levi's Plaza,
1980-2002
(bulk 1980)
Extent:
9 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains notes, research materials on the whaling industry of the 1850's, architectural drawings, contemporary
photographs of the dig site, and a draft of the report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants wrote an exhibition plan for the Gold Rush era ship discovered in 1979 under Levi's Plaza at 1155 Battery
Street in San Francisco.
Roger and Nancy Olmsted were hired by the non-profit foundation, Friends of ALMA, to write an exhibit proposal in conjunction
with the architectural firm of Gordon Ashby Associates to display the buried Gold Rush ship discovered under Levi's Plaza
in 1979. The plan was to create an observation area with a glass floor in order to leave the ship, which was determined to
be either the PALMYRA or the WILLIAM GRAY, in situ. The Levi Strauss company financed archaeological excavations and commissioned
the plans for the exhibit, however the company abandoned the preservation plans and chose instead to leave the ship buried
beneath the plaza without the observation area.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 9 files from research notes, through drawings and photographs, to a draft copy
of the report and exhibition handouts.
Box 05, folder 088
File Unit 088.
Typed notes on Gold Rush era ships,
undated
Box 05, folder 089
File Unit 089.
Research Materials, Binder of notes and whaling information,
1980, 2000
Box 05, folder 090
File Unit 090.
Research Materials, Buried ship folder,
1980
Box 05, folder 091
File Unit 091.
Images, Levi's Plaza architectural drawings,
1980
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversized roll, see separation sheet
Box 05, folder 092
File Unit 092.
Images, Levi's Plaza photographs,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversized, see separation sheet
Box 05, folder 093
File Unit 093.
Images, Buried ship, new folder,
undated
Box 05, folder 094
File Unit 094.
Images, Levi Strauss Gold Rush ship, slide shows,
1999, 2002
Box 05, folder 095
File Unit 095.
Draft notes, Gold Rush ships, top of the hill,
1980
Box 05, folder 096
File Unit 096.
Lecture handouts, Buried ships and Telegraph Hill,
1980
Box 6, Folders 097 - 110
Subseries 1.11.
The King Street Ship Volume 2: Behind the Seawall,
1857-1981
(bulk 1981)
Extent:
14 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains research materials, correspondence with Capt. Fred Klebingat and other experts, architectural drawings,
invoices and bills, application paperwork for the National Register and the final report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants conducted an investigation into the identity of the Gold Rush ship discovered by the San Francisco Clean
Water Program in 1981.
In 1981, the San Francisco Clean Water Program while repairing a sewer main near King Street in San Francisco, found the remains
of a buried Gold Rush ship and contracted with Resource Consultants to investigate its identity. Resource Consultants was
already working on a survey of the historical and cultural resources of this area for their Bayside San Francisco report (see
Subseries 1.12), and titled this investigation as a second volume to that much larger work. Despite the fact that this report
is labeled as Volume 2, it was created and published before Volume 1, due to its much smaller scale and size. The investigation
determined the ship to be the whaler LYDIA.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 14 files from research and project proposal, through maps and notes, photographs
of the site, correspondence with regional experts, invoices and bills, notes, and a copy of the final report.
Box 06, folder 097
File Unit 097.
Notes and correspondence with Capt. Klebingat,
1978-1980
Box 06, folder 098
File Unit 098.
Research Materials and project correspondence,
1978-1981
Box 06, folder 099
File Unit 099.
Research Materials, Ship at King Street,
1978-1980
Box 06, folder 100
File Unit 100.
Research Materials, Notes on King Street location,
1978
Box 06, folder 101
File Unit 101.
Research Materials, Maps of King Street site,
undated
Box 06, folder 102
File Unit 102.
Research Materials, Shipbuilding, Pacific Steam Whaling Company,
1980
Box 06, folder 103
File Unit 103.
Research Materials, Anchor found at King Street site,
1978-1980
Box 06, folder 104
File Unit 104.
Images, Drawings of King Street ship,
1978-1980
Box 06, folder 105
File Unit 105.
Images, Architectural drawings of King Street ship,
1980
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize rolls, see separation sheets
Box 06, folder 106
File Unit 106.
Images, King Street ship and dig site,
1887, 1980
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheet
Box 06, folder 107
File Unit 107.
Exhibit and display materials, Whaler LYDIA and King Street site,
1857-1960
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheet
Box 06, folder 108
File Unit 108.
Correspondence, Project invoices and bills,
1979-1980
Box 06, folder 109
File Unit 109.
King Street Ship Volume 2: Behind the Seawall, Final report with summary, notes and document list,
1978
Box 06, folder 110
File Unit 110.
Project outline, Notes and National Register application,
1980
Box 6, Folders 111 - 114
Subseries 1.12.
Bayside San Francisco,
1847-1939, 1981
(bulk 1981)
Extent:
4 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials on historical refuse dumps in San Francisco specifically Steamboat Point, and
photographic images of the Bayside Docks from the 1860s to the 1950s.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants was contracted by the San Francisco Clean Water program to write an historical and cultural resources
survey of the area of the Bayside Sewer facilities.
Developed from a preliminary study of various alternative routes in April 1980, this nearly 300 page report includes discussions
of prehistoric Native-American shell mounds, and possible National Register sites including historically important Chinese-American
settlements and the strong potential of disturbing sunken watercraft, including Gold Rush ships. Begun in 1979, the report
was nearly four years in the making and was not complete until April 1982. Volume 2, a much smaller side investigation of
the buried gold rush ship LYDIA was completed in 1981 (see Series 1, subseries 11).
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 4 folders from research materials to photographic images and maps.
Box 06, folder 111
File Unit 111.
Research Materials, Garbage / Refuse Bayside,
1847-1939
Box 06, folder 112
File Unit 112.
Research Materials and photographs, Pier 40 - 42, Pacific Mail Dock,
1867
Box 06, folder 113
File Unit 113.
Images, Tichenor's Way / Steamboat Point,
1864-1868
Box 06, folder 114
File Unit 114.
Images, Matson cruisers and American Presidents Line,
1957
Box 6, Folder 115
Subseries 1.13.
The California Gold Country,
1851-1857, 1981
(bulk 1981)
Extent:
1 folder
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains research material and photographs of commercial activities and landscapes in Northern California from
1851 to 1857.
Biography/Organization History
Nancy Olmsted wrote the text for an article submitted to the California Historical Society Journal in 1981 that was unpublished,
the article is listed as an item on the Resource Consultants publication list.
Working with photographer Stan Truman, Nancy Olmsted wrote an article on the history of the Gold Rush, and the Northern California
area known as the Gold Country.
Arrangement
This subseries consists of 1 file of research material and photographs.
Box 06, folder 115
File Unit 115.
Research Materials with images, Gold Rush San Francisco,
1851-1857
Boxes 6 - 7, Folders 116 - 122
Subseries 1.14.
Upriver Boats: When Red Bluff was the Head of Navigation,
1849-1985
(bulk 1985)
Extent:
7 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains project proposal correspondence, research materials, historical photographs and a draft copy of the
final booklet.
Biography/Organization History
In 1985 Nancy Olmsted co-authored with Edward Zelinsky, a 40 page booklet on the history of riverboat navigation in the upper
Sacramento River Valley.
Upriver Boats: When Red Bluff was the Head of Navigation, is an historical survey of riverboat navigation published by the
California Historical Society in 1985, and covers the subject from the 1840s to the 1930s with emphasis on the Gold Rush era.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 7 folders, from project proposal and correspondence between the co-authors, through
research materials and historic photographs, to a draft copy of the booklet.
Box 06, folder 116
File Unit 116.
Correspondence, Project proposal with budget,
1985
Box 06, folder 117
File Unit 117.
Research Materials, Shasta: The Queen City,
1973
Box 06, folder 118
File Unit 118.
Research Materials, The Californian, magazine,
1882
Box 07, folder 119
File Unit 119.
Research Materials, Up-River Boats and The Steamer Dover by Otis Oldfield,
1849
Box 07, folder 120
File Unit 120.
Images, Riverboat drawings,
undated
Box 07, folder 121
File Unit 121.
Images, Riverboats, River ports, Red Bluff, California,
1881-1932
Box 07, folder 122
File Unit 122.
Upriver Boats: When Red Bluff was the Head of Navigation, unbound draft copy with glossy cover,
1985
Box 7, Folders 123 - 140
Subseries 1.15.
Vanished Waters: The History of San Francisco's Mission Bay,
1850 - 1997
(bulk 1986)
Extent:
18 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains research materials, historical photographs, maps, publisher correspondence, galley proofs and a bound
preview copy of the final book.
Biography/Organization History
Nancy Olmsted wrote Vanished Waters in 1986 under contract to the Mission Creek Conservancy in order to publicize the beauty
and historical importance of the Mission Bay District of San Francisco.
The Mission Creek Conservatory is a public benefit corporation dedicated to preserving the tidal wetlands area around Mission
Creek in San Francisco, and promoting the development of the Mission Bay Project, a 300 acre shoreline park and wildlife habitat.
Vanished Waters is 136 page historical and ecological description of the area from the earliest European explorers to visit
the area in 1775 up to 1986.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged in 18 folders sequentially from research materials on the history of the area, through photographic
images and maps, to galley proofs and printer's preview copy of the final book.
Box 07, folder 123
File Unit 123.
Research Materials, Prior research South of Market area,
1981
Box 07, folder 124
File Unit 124.
Research Materials, San Francisco Business Directory for 1868,
1983
Box 07, folder 125
File Unit 125.
Research Materials, VANCOUVER voyage of 1790-1795,
undated
Box 07, folder 126
File Unit 126.
Research Materials, Alta California articles,
1850-1868
Box 07, folder 127
File Unit 127.
Research Materials,California Historical Quarterly journal articles,
undated
Box 07, folder 128
File Unit 128.
Research Materials, Various articles and clippings,
1853, 1881, 1874, 1929, 1964
Box 07, folder 129
File Unit 129.
Research Materials, Vanished Waters: San Francisco Bay,
1908
Box 07, folder 130
File Unit 130.
Research Materials, Maps and other research on Islais Creek,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheet
Box 07, folder 131
File Unit 131.
Research Materials, State relief agency,
1928
Box 07, folder 132
File Unit 132.
Images, Indian Shell mound, Univ. of California,
undated
Box 07, folder 133
File Unit 133.
Images, Maps,
1853, 1989
Box 07, folder 134
File Unit 134.
Images, Maps and photographs,
1858-1892
Box 07, folder 135
File Unit 135.
Images, Mission Bay and channel,
undated
Box 07, folder 136
File Unit 136.
Images, Mission Creek,
1864, 1926 and undated
Box 07, folder 137
File Unit 137.
Images, Various subjects,
1863-1966
Box 07, folder 138
File Unit 138.
Correspondence with Mission Creek Conservancy and others,
1997
Box 07, folder 139
File Unit 139.
Galley proof with images and diagrams,
Undated
Box 07, folder 140
File Unit 140.
Vanished Waters: The History of San Francisco's Mission Bay, bound preview copy,
1986
Boxes 7 - 8, Folders 141 - 148
Subseries 1.16.
Scow Schooners of San Francisco Bay,
1884 - 1989
(bulk 1989)
Extent:
8 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains Roger Olmsted's original thesis, photographs, publisher correspondence, and an unbound copy of the
final book.
Biography/Organization History
In 1989 Nancy Olmsted with a grant from the National Maritime Association of San Francisco, re-edited and submitted for publication
her late husband's thesis on the history of scow schooners in San Francisco Bay.
Roger R. Olmsted wrote his Master's Thesis on scow schooners of San Francisco in 1955 while attending the University of Nevada,
Reno. In 1989 his widow Nancy re-edited it, adding photographs and maps and had it published by the California History Center
in Cupertino, California.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 8 folders, from the original thesis, historic photographs and images, through publisher
correspondence, to an unbound copy of the final book.
Box 07, folder 141
File Unit 141.
Research Materials, Square-toed Packets of San Francisco Bay by Roger R. Olmsted, Thesis,
1972
Box 07, folder 142
File Unit 142.
Images, Scow Schooners from Roger R. Olmsted's thesis,
1884-1934
Box 07, folder 143
File Unit 143.
Images, Scow Schooners photographs from Roger R. Olmsted collection,
undated
Box 07, folder 144
File Unit 144.
Images, Scow Schooners,
undated
Box 08, folder 145
File Unit 145.
Images, Scow Schooners, new file,
undated
Box 08, folder 146
File Unit 146.
Images, Various subjects,
undated
Box 08, folder 147
File Unit 147.
Correspondence with Maritime Museum and California History Center,
1987, 1989
Box 08, folder 148
File Unit 148.
Scow Schooners of San Francisco Bay, unbound copy,
1989
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 8, Folders 149 - 153
Subseries 1.17.
A History of Paving Blocks along San Francisco's South Beach Waterfront,
1865 - 1992
(bulk 1992)
Extent:
5 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains research materials on historical paving methods, photographs of street paving from 1865 through 1921,
and a draft copy of the final report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants was commissioned to write the history of the basalt paving stones re-used by the San Francisco Redevelopment
Agency in the Rincon Point-South Beach redevelopment project of 1981 to 1992.
The Rincon Point - South Beach Redevelopment Plan, adopted by the city of San Francisco in 1981, provided for the redevelopment
of the deteriorated industrial South Beach area into a new residential neighborhood, and authorized the installation and construction
of public improvements to include new sidewalks and public areas. As part of this renovation, basalt paving blocks were salvaged
and re-purposed as tree-wells and widened sidewalks and plaza areas. Eleven years later in 1992, as the project was winding
down, the agency commissioned Resource Consultants to document the origin of the basalt paving stones in order to preserve
the record of their use over time.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 5 folders from research materials, through historic photographs and images to a
draft copy of the final report.
Box 08, folder 149
File Unit 149.
Research Materials, Paving block research,
1892-1914, 1985
Box 08, folder 150
File Unit 150.
Images, South of Market and Waterfront,
1914-1921
Box 08, folder 151
File Unit 151.
Images, South of Market, not Rincon Hill,
1865-1921
Box 08, folder 152
File Unit 152.
Images, Paving examples,
1880-1916
Box 08, folder 153
File Unit 153.
A History of Paving Blocks along San Francisco's South Beach Waterfront, Final report,
1991
Boxes 8 - 9, Folders 154 - 176
Subseries 1.18.
Tar Flat, Rincon Hill and the Shore of Mission Bay,
1852 - 1993
(bulk 1993)
Extent:
23 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of correspondence, research materials, historic images and photographs, galley proofs and unbound
copies of the final report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants contracted with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to write portions of the SF-480
Terminal Separation Rebuild Plan.
As a result of serious damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, the SF-480 freeway section in downtown San Francisco was
scheduled for rebuilding or possible demolition in 1992. As part of the planning process for this major construction project,
the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) contracted with Resource Consultants and others to write an archaeological
research design and treatment plan. Resource Consultants, now consisting of Nancy and Roger W. Olmsted, wrote surveys of potential
National Register sites and an overall historic survey of the 10 block section impacted by the project in downtown San Francisco.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 23 files from project proposals and correspondence, through research materials
and historic photographs, to galley proofs and the finished report.
Box 08, folder 154
File Unit 154.
Correspondence with Caltrans and others with a working outline of project,
1991-1993
Box 08, folder 155
File Unit 155.
Research Materials, Block 1 maps,
1913
Box 08, folder 156
File Unit 156.
Research Materials, Historic miscellaneous notes of San Francisco,
1870-1889 and undated
Box 08, folder 157
File Unit 157.
Research Materials, Islais Creek reclamation of railroad,
1902-1903
Box 08, folder 158
File Unit 158.
Research Materials, Roger W. Olmsted's miscellaneous papers,
undated
Box 08, folder 159
File Unit 159.
Research Materials, Roney diary,
1857-1895
Box 08, folder 160
File Unit 160.
Research Materials, Statistics of the 10th Census of the United States,
1882
Box 08, folder 161
File Unit 161.
Research Materials, Street directories of San Francisco,
1864-1931
Box 08, folder 162
File Unit 162.
Research Materials, Vignettes of early San Francisco homes,
1935-1963
Box 08, folder 163
File Unit 163.
Images, Caltrans project, never produced,
undated
Box 08, folder 164
File Unit 164.
Images, Rincon Hill, South of Market,
1852-1929
Box 08, folder 165
File Unit 165.
Images, Rincon Hill before 1906,
1867-1906
Box 08, folder 166
File Unit 166.
Images, Rincon Hill post fire,
1906-1920
Box 08, folder 167
File Unit 167.
Images, Views from Rincon Hill,
1853-1906
Box 08, folder 168
File Unit 168.
Images, Project maps,
1857-1913, 1991
Box 08, folder 169
File Unit 169.
Images, Small maps, SF-480,
1852-1929, 1992
Box 08, folder 170
File Unit 170.
Images, San Francisco birds eye views,
1853-1878
Box 09, folder 171
File Unit 171.
Galley proof, with revised layout,
1992
Box 09, folder 172
File Unit 172.
Galley proof, with Caltrans captions of November 30,
1993
Box 09, folder 173
File Unit 173.
Tar Flat, Rincon Hill and the Shore of Mission Bay, Volume 1, draft copy with notes,
1992
Box 09, folder 174
File Unit 174.
Tar Flat, Rincon Hill and the Shore of Mission Bay, Volume 1, finished report, unbound,
1992
Box 09, folder 175
File Unit 175.
Tar Flat, Rincon Hill and the Shore of Mission Bay, Appendix B, draft copy,
undated
Box 09, folder 176
File Unit 176.
Tar Flat, Rincon Hill and the Shore of Mission Bay, Appendix B, finished report, unbound,
1993
Boxes 9 - 10, Folders 177 - 185
Subseries 1.19.
Tar Flat: 19th Century Solutions, 20th Century Problems,
1838 - 1993
(bulk 1993)
Extent:
9 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains project notes, correspondence with state officials, research materials, photographs and maps, galley
proofs and an unbound copy of the final report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants contracted with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to write a report on potential
health and safety hazards in the area of the 1992 SF-480 freeway rebuild project.
As a part of the SF-480 freeway rebuild process undertaken by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Resource
Consultants wrote a survey of potential hazardous material sites in the 10 block section of San Francisco impacted by the
project. The report includes a survey of historical industrial activity from the entrance of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay
Bridge to eleven blocks south of Market street from 1850 to 1948.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 9 folders from project notes, correspondence, research materials, image files
and maps to galley proofs and an unbound copy of the final report.
Box 09, folder 177
File Unit 177.
Correspondence with Caltrans, Building list and project overview,
1992
Box 09, folder 178
File Unit 178.
Research Materials and other correspondence,
1992
Box 09, folder 179
File Unit 179.
Research Materials, Gold Rush ships and landfill,
1992
Box 09, folder 180
File Unit 180.
Research Materials, Miscellaneous historical research, SF-480,
1838-1989, bulk 1969-1989
Box 09, folder 181
File Unit 181.
Research Materials, Miscellaneous waterfront research,
1991
Box 09, folder 182
File Unit 182.
Images, Project views,
1860's-1906
Box 09, folder 183
File Unit 183.
Tar Flat: 19th Century Solutions, 20th Century Problems, Terminal Separation Rebuild, unbound copy,
1992
Box 10, folder 184
File Unit 184.
Galley proof, Tar Flat: 19th Century Solutions, 20th Century Problems,
1993
Box 10, folder 185
File Unit 185.
Tar Flat: 19th Century Solutions, 20th Century Problems, unbound copy,
1993
Box 10, folders 186 - 190
Subseries 1.20.
West Oakland: A Place to Start From,
1880s - 1994
(bulk 1993)
Extent:
5 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of historical photographs and an unbound copy of volume 1 of the final report.
Biography/Organization History
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) contracted with Resource Consultants to write a report on the historical
context of the area impacted by the rebuilding of the I-880 freeway in Oakland, California.
As a result of damage sustained in the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, the I-880 Cypress Freeway from Oakland to Emeryville,
California was scheduled for reconstruction in 1993. In preparation for this project, Caltrans contracted with Resource Consultants
and others to write an historical and archaeological survey of the area in order to identify locations which might cause conflict
between historic preservation and project completion.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged by subject into 5 folders, 4 of photographs, and 1 of an unbound copy of the final report.
Box 10, folder 186
File Unit 186.
Images, Cypress Freeway report, slide show,
undated
Box 10, folder 187
File Unit 187.
Images, West Oakland photographs, most not in report,
1911-1940
Box 10, folder 188
File Unit 188.
Images, Oakland photographs,
1880's-1890's
Box 10, folder 189
File Unit 189.
Images, West Oakland photographs,
1919-1940
Box 10, folder 190
File Unit 190.
West Oakland: A Place to Start From, Historical Cultural Resource Survey, Volume 1, unbound copy,
1994
Box10, Folders 191 - 194
Subseries 1.21.
Tar Flat and the Transbay Terminal,
1993 - 1994
(bulk 1994)
Extent:
4 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of project proposal paperwork, photographic slides, galley proofs of the final report and an unbound
copy of the final product.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants contracted with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to write a hazardous material
assessment of the Tar Flat region of Mission Bay in San Francisco.
As a part of the continuing construction program on the repairs to the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge after the damage
of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, Caltrans again contracted with Resource Consultants to write an historical and cultural
resources survey of the area around the approaches to the bridge in the Tar Flat region of Mission Bay in San Francisco. This
65 page study examined the commercial uses of the area through history, in order to determine potential hazardous materials
sites.
Box 10, folder 191
File Unit 191.
Project proposal,
1993
Box 10, folder 192
File Unit 192.
Images, Slide show for transbay terminal construction project,
1993
Box 10, folder 193
File Unit 193.
Galley proof, Tar Flat and the Transbay Terminal Hazardous Material Assessment with photographs,
1993
Box 10, folder 194
File Unit 194.
Tar Flat and the Transbay Terminal Hazardous Material Assessment for CALTRANS, unbound copy,
1993
Box 10, Folders 195 - 197
Subseries 1.22.
The Drydocks of Richardson Bay,
1881 - 1994
(bulk 1994)
Extent:
3 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of photographs, both historic and contemporary, and a draft copy of the final report.
Biography/Organization History
Marin County, California contracted with Resource Consultants in 1994 to write an historical and cultural resources survey
of four wooden drydock structures on the bottom of Richardson Bay.
In 1994 the County of Marin with funding from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, proposed demolishing
four wooden drydock structures which since 1966 had rested on the bottom of Richardson Bay, offshore from the Sausalito waterfront.
Preparatory to this demolition, Resource Consultants conducted an historic overview and a National Register of Historic Places
significance evaluation as a part of the environmental review process. Their evaluation resulted in a 21 page report presented
to the demolition company, WESCO, to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and to the Planning Office
of Marin County, California.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 3 files from photos of the drydock area in the 1880's, through modern aerial
photos of the bay, to a draft copy of the 21 page report.
Box 10, folder 195
File Unit 195.
Images, Roger W. Olmsted photographs for dry dock study,
1881-1897
Box 10, folder 196
File Unit 196.
Images, Aerial views,
1960-1980
Box 10, folder 197
File Unit 197.
The Drydocks of Richardson Bay, draft copy,
1994
Boxes 10 - 13, Folders 198 - 258
Subseries 1.23.
At the End of Our Streets Are Spars,
1845 - 2004
(bulk 1994 - 1995)
Extent:
61 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials, transcriptions of oral interviews, unpublished manuscripts and notes from Karl
Kortum, photographs, architectural drawings, galley proofs, a draft manuscript, and correspondence.
Biography/Organization History
In 1995 Nancy Olmsted completed an historical cultural resources survey for the National Park Service and the San Francisco
Maritime National Historical Park. The survey was edited and re-issued in 2004.
The 230 plus page survey includes the historical and cultural significance of Black Point, Fort Mason, Aquatic Park Cove,
the J. Porter Shaw Library and its collections, the museum artifacts, the small boat collection, ten National Landmark vessels,
two National Landmark buildings and Victorian Park.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially and thematically into 61 files from general research on the Park, through detailed
research files on each building and vessel, through files of photographs of each of the buildings, areas of the park and historic
vessels, to galley proofs of each chapter, to a draft manuscript and finally post published correspondence and corrections
for the 2004 re-issue.
Box 10, folder 198
File Unit 198.
Research Materials, General research, file 1 of 3,
1990
Box 10, folder 199
File Unit 199.
Research Materials, General research, file 2 of 3,
1992-1993
Box 10, folder 200
File Unit 200.
Research Materials, General research, file 3 of 3,
1993
Box 11, folder 201
File Unit 201.
Research Material and notes,
1993
Box 11, folder 202
File Unit 202.
Research Materials, Steamboats by George Hilton,
1968
Box 11, folder 203
File Unit 203.
Research Materials, Pacific Steamship Lines,
1990
Box 11, folder 204
File Unit 204.
Research Materials, Victorian Park,
1959-1962
Box 11, folder 205
File Unit 205.
Research Materials, ALMA and scow schooner racing,
1891-1991
Box 11, folder 206
File Unit 206.
Research Materials, BALCLUTHA,
1955-2004
Box 11, folder 207
File Unit 207.
Research Materials, Alaska Packers and BALCLUTHA,
Undated
Box 11, folder 208
File Unit 208.
Research Materials, EUREKA,
1890-1994
Box 11, folder 209
File Unit 209.
Research Materials, HERCULES, file 1 of 2,
1980-1994
Box 11, folder 210
File Unit 210.
Research Materials, HERCULES, file 2 of 2,
1967-1994
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
File includes two 5 1/4" floppy disks
Box 11, folder 211
File Unit 211.
Research Materials, WAPAMA,
undated
Box 11, folder 212
File Unit 212.
Research Materials, Sealetter, National Park Service newsletter and JEREMIAH O'BRIEN,
1994-2003
Box 11, folder 213
File Unit 213.
Research Materials, Transcript of oral interview of Capt. Klebingat,
1967
Box 11, folder 214
File Unit 214.
Research Materials, Karl Kortum manuscript and notes,
1988
Box 11, folder 215
File Unit 215.
Research Materials, Roger R. Olmsted manuscript with images,
1991
Box 11, folder 216
File Unit 216.
Research Materials, Miscellaneous research and images,
1958
Box 11, folder 217
File Unit 217.
Images file 1 of 9, includes slides,
1845-1953
Box 11, folder 218
File Unit 218.
Images file 2 of 9,
1851-1938
Box 11, folder 219
File Unit 219.
Images file 3 of 9,
1904-1990
Box 11, folder 220
File Unit 220.
Images file 4 of 9,
1906-1911 and undated
Box 11, folder 221
File Unit 221.
Images file 5 of 9,
1907-1911
Box 11, folder 222
File Unit 222.
Images file 6 of 9,
1909-1955
Box 11, folder 223
File Unit 223.
Images file 7 of 9,
1923-1990
Box 11, folder 224
File Unit 224.
Images file 8 of 9,
1931 and undated
Box 11, folder 225
File Unit 225.
Images file 9 of 9 with notes,
1992-1996
Box 11, folder 226
File Unit 226.
Images file, unused photographs,
undated
Box 11, folder 227
File Unit 227.
Images, Artist drawings of Hyde Street Pier,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversized, see separation sheet
Box 12, folder 228
File Unit 228.
Images, Aquatic Park,
1994
Box 12, folder 229
File Unit 229.
Images, Aquatic Park and Black Point marina,
1938-1985
Box 12, folder 230
File Unit 230.
Images, Rowing, Small boats on San Francisco Bay,
undated
Box 12, folder 231
File Unit 231.
Images, Victorian Park,
1868-1960
Box 12, folder 232
File Unit 232.
Images, ALMA,
undated
Box 12, folder 233
File Unit 233.
Images, BALCLUTHA and C.A. THAYER,
1850-1993
Box 12, folder 234
File Unit 234.
Images, BALCLUTHA and Karl Kortum,
1912-1955
Box 12, folder 235
File Unit 235.
Images, Alaska Packers and STAR OF ALASKA,
1912-1930
Box 12, folder 236
File Unit 236.
Images, Alaska Packers,
undated
Box 12, folder 237
File Unit 237.
Images, C.A. THAYER,
1912-1965
Box 12, folder 238
File Unit 238.
Images and captions, C.A. THAYER,
1898 and undated
Box 12, folder 239
File Unit 239.
Images, EPPLETON HALL,
undated
Box 12, folder 240
File Unit 240.
Images, EUREKA,
1898-1994
Box 12, folder 241
File Unit 241.
Images, JEREMIAH O'BRIEN,
1981-1994
Box 12, folder 242
File Unit 242.
Images, WAPAMA,
1913-1983
Box 12, folder 243
File Unit 243.
Images, LEWIS ARK,
1904-1905
Box 12, folder 244
File Unit 244.
Images, San Francisco Maritime Museum,
1970, 1992
Box 12, folder 245
File Unit 245.
Images, Karl Kortum photographs,
1990
Box 12, folder 246
File Unit 246.
Images, Original photographs for Chapter One,
1937-1993
Box 12, folder 247
File Unit 247.
Galley proof, Haslett warehouse section,
undated
Box 12, folder 248
File Unit 248.
Galley proof, BALCLUTHA section,
undated
Box 12, folder 249
File Unit 249.
Galley proof, EUREKA section,
undated
Box 12, folder 250
File Unit 250.
Galley proof, C.A. THAYER section,
undated
Box 12, folder 251
File Unit 251.
Galley proof, WAPAMA section,
undated
Box 12, folder 252
File Unit 252.
Galley proof, J. Porter Shaw library and archives section,
undated
Box 12, folder 253
File Unit 253.
Galley proof, At the End of Our Streets Are Spars,
1994, 1998
Box 13, folder 254
File Unit 254.
Galley proof, At the End of Our Streets Are Spars, revised version part I,
1995
Box 13, folder 255
File Unit 255.
Galley proof and draft of manuscript, At the End of Our Streets Are Spars,
1994 September 6
Box 13, folder 256
File Unit 256.
Draft manuscript, At the End of Our Streets Are Spars, Part I,
1996
Box 13, folder 257
File Unit 257.
Draft manuscript, At the End of Our Streets Are Spars, Part III,
1996
Box 13, folder 258
File Unit 258.
Publisher correspondence and corrections for 2004 re-issue of At the End of Our Streets Are Spars,
2004
Box 13, Folders 259 - 265
Subseries 1.24.
Islais Creek Seawall Lot #344 and India Basin,
1915 - 1995
(bulk 1995)
Extent:
7 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials, photographs, galley proofs, a draft report and correspondence with the San
Francisco Energy Company and Pacific Gas & Electric.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants contracted with the San Francisco Energy Company in 1995 to write an historical and cultural resources
survey of the Islais Creek Seawall Lot #344 & India Basin in San Francisco.
In 1994, the San Francisco Energy Company proposed rebuilding the co-generation energy facility at Islais Creek Seawall Lot
#344. As part of the state and federal certification process, they were required to provide to the federal Environmental Protection
Agency and to the State of California's Office of Planning and Research both an archaeological and an historical survey of
the affected cultural resources. In order to comply with these regulations, the San Francisco Energy Company contracted with
Resource Consultants to write a 78 page historical cultural resources survey. The proposed construction project did not occur
as planned due to concerns over pollution and local community activism including protests. The original plant was demolished
and the site returned to federally protected tidal wetlands in 2008.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 7 files from basic research materials through photographs, galley proofs, and
a final draft to correspondence and billing paperwork.
Box 13, folder 259
File Unit 259.
Research Materials, Paleontological overview,
1991
Box 13, folder 260
File Unit 260.
Images, Southeast treatment plant and surrounding area,
1915-1944
Box 13, folder 261
File Unit 261.
Images, Building the seawall,
undated
Box 13, folder 262
File Unit 262.
Images, Map of Islais Creek area,
1979
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheet
Box 13, folder 263
File Unit 263.
Galley proof with photographs, Historical Cultural Resource Survey of Islais Creek Seawall Lot #344 and India Basin,
1920-1974, 1995
Box 13, folder 264
File Unit 264.
Draft manuscript, Historical Cultural Resource Survey of Islais Creek Seawall Lot #344 and India Basin,
1994-1995
Box 13, folder 265
File Unit 265.
Correspondence and notes with billing invoices,
1995
Box 13 Folders 266 - 274
Subseries 1.25.
Historic pylons at the southern end of the embarcadero walkway,
1854 - 1996
(bulk 1992 - 1996)
Extent:
9 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials on San Francisco's embarcadero and waterfront, photographs, and correspondence
with the San Francisco Public Arts Program including Michael Manwaring.
Biography/Organization History
From 1992 to 1996 Nancy Olmsted worked alongside artist Michael Manwaring to create 20 free standing three-sided pylons along
the southern end of San Francisco's embarcadero walkway
After the demolition of the Embarcadero Freeway in San Francisco in 1992, the San Francisco Arts Commission contracted with
Resource Consultants and artist Michael Manwaring to create twenty, 13 foot high posts along the embarcadero walkway. The
pylons are imprinted with photographs, stories, quotes, and drawings of historical and cultural significance to the San Francisco
waterfront.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 9 files, from research materials, through photographs to correspondence with the
San Francisco Public Arts Program.
Box 13, folder 266
File Unit 266.
Research Materials, San Francisco's embarcadero,
1993
Box 13, folder 267
File Unit 267.
Research Materials, San Francisco's waterfront,
1962-1993
Box 13, folder 268
File Unit 268.
Research Materials, Beale street wharf and Top of the Hill,
1992
Box 13, folder 269
File Unit 269.
Research Material and notes, A Sailor's Life is Dangerous,
1994
Box 13, folder 270
File Unit 270.
Research Materials, Shanghai Sailor, boarding houses,
1994-1996
Box 13, folder 271
File Unit 271.
Research Materials, The City Front by Capt. Fred Klebingat,
undated
Box 13, folder 272
File Unit 272.
Images and captions, Capt. Klebingat and The City Front,
1983
Box 13, folder 273
File Unit 273.
Images, Ships, square rig and clipper ships,
1854-1915
Box 13, folder 274
File Unit 274.
Correspondence with San Francisco Public Arts Program,
1994
Boxes 13 - 14, Folders 275 - 280
Subseries 1.26.
Buried Ships of San Francisco,
1855 - 1995
(bulk 1995)
Extent:
6 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials including a book entitled Bonanza Bay Gold Rush Square, photographs of the Levi's
Plaza excavation site and the NIANTIC excavation of 1978, and exhibit materials.
Biography/Organization History
Nancy Olmsted was commissioned by the Library Associates of the J. Porter Shaw Library at the San Francisco Maritime National
Historical Park to write a pictorial book on buried ships in San Francisco.
Olmsted gathered her research and photographs collected from 1970 to 1995 on the topic of ships buried in San Francisco's
waterfront in the 1880s. The manuscript was uncompleted, but did result in an exhibit displayed at the San Francisco Maritime
National Historical Park and a photographic slide show.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 6 files, from research materials through photographs and slides to exhibit layouts.
Box 13, folder 275
File Unit 275.
Research Materials, Bonanza Bay, Gold Rush square,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 13, folder 276
File Unit 276.
Research Materials, Ship research, Ray Aker file,
1992
Box 13, folder 277
File Unit 277.
Research Materials with images and captions, Project views,
1855-1860, 1995
Box 13, folder 278
File Unit 278.
Images, Levi's Plaza ship excavation and others,
1980
Box 13, folder 279
File Unit 279.
Images, Gold Rush ships photographs and slide show,
1983, 1995
Box 14, folder 280
File Unit 280.
Presentation material for exhibit on buried Gold Rush era ships,
1995
Box 14, Folders 281 - 283
Subseries 1.27.
Vanished Community: Skyway Section of Freeway,
1860 - 1997
(bulk 1996)
Extent:
3 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of project contract documents, area photographs both historic and contemporary, and a draft copy of
Resource Consultants portion of the final report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants contracted with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to provide an archaeological research
design and treatment plan for the SF-80 Bayshore Viaduct seismic retrofit project of 1996.
The SF-80 Bayshore seismic retrofit project was the repair and upgrade of the columns and footings supporting the elevated
structure of Interstate 80 on 10 city blocks in San Francisco, from Fourth Street between Harrison and Bryant to the junction
with SF-101 at Sixteenth Street, between San Bruno and Vermont. The archaeological research design and treatment plan was
a necessity in order to comply with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Resource Consultants was one of
a number of subcontractors who worked with archaeologists Jack McIlroy and Mary Praetzellis to produce the more than 350 page
final report to Caltrans.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 3 files from preliminary study and contract agreement paperwork, through photographic
files, to a draft copy of the Resource Consultants final report to the project archaeologists.
Box 14, folder 281
File Unit 281.
Preliminary Caltrans study and agreement for services with Resource Consultants,
1997
Box 14, folder 282
File Unit 282.
Images, South of Market, not waterfront or Rincon Hill,
undated
Box 14, folder 283
File Unit 283.
Images, Original photographs and layouts,
undated
Box 14, Folders 284 - 287
Subseries 1.28.
Bay Bridge: Historic Review of Approaches to the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge,
1934 - 1997
(bulk 1997)
Extent:
4 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials, photographs, a galley proof and a final draft of the report.
Biography/Organization History
Resource Consultants contracted with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to provide an archaeological research
design and treatment plan for the replacement of the west approach to the San Francisco - Bay Bridge.
As part of the seismic upgrade to the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, which was severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta
Earthquake, Caltrans contracted with the Anthropological Studies Center at the Sonoma State University Academic Foundation,
who subcontracted to Resource Consultants to write an historical cultural survey of the area around the west approach to the
bridge. Resource Consultants completed their portion of the report in 1997. The entire two volume, nearly 400 page report
was completed in 2000 and was dedicated to Roger W. Olmsted who died in 1999.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 4 folders, from research materials on the original construction of the bridge,
to photographs both historic and contemporary, to a galley proof and a final draft of the Resource Consultants report.
Box 14, folder 284
File Unit 284.
Research Materials, Building the Bay Bridge,
undated
Box 14, folder 285
File Unit 285.
Research Materials, San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge,
1934 and undated
Box 14, folder 286
File Unit 286.
Images, San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge and aerial views,
undated
Box 14, folder 287
File Unit 287.
Draft copy of the Introduction to San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge report on replacement of the west approach for Caltrans,
1997
Boxes 14 - 16, Folders 288 - 320
Subseries 1.29.
Historic pylons at the central embarcadero walkway,
1850 - 2003
(bulk 1997 - 2002)
Extent:
33 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of research materials including books and maps about San Francisco's embarcadero and waterfront, photographs
and artist sketches, and correspondence with the San Francisco Public Arts Program including Michael Manwaring.
Biography/Organization History
From 1997 to 2002 Nancy Olmsted worked alongside artist Michael Manwaring to create 12 free standing three-sided pylons along
the central portion of San Francisco's embarcadero walkway.
After the success of the 20 pylons created by Nancy Olmsted and Michael Manwaring along the southern embarcadero walkway in
1996 (see Subseries 1.25), the San Francisco Arts Program rehired the team to create 12 more pylons along the central portion
of the walkway. The pylons are imprinted with photographs, stories, quotes, and drawings of historical and cultural significance
to the San Francisco waterfront.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 33 folders, from project correspondence, through research materials, artist sketches,
maps, and photographic images to captions and text and a final report submitted to the San Francisco Arts Commission with
reviews and brochures.
Box 14, folder 288
File Unit 288.
Correspondence including project proposal and expenses budget,
1996-2000
Box 14, folder 289
File Unit 289.
Correspondence with San Francisco Arts Commission including letter of agreement,
2001-2003
Box 14, folder 290
File Unit 290.
Correspondence with Michael Manwaring and others,
2001-2003
Box 14, folder 291
File Unit 291.
Exhibit notes, captions, photograph orders and invoices,
2001
Box 14, folder 292
File Unit 292.
Research Materials, Getting Around exhibit,
1902-1906
Box 14, folder 293
File Unit 293.
Research Materials with Images, The Big Strike exhibit,
1901
Box 14, folder 294
File Unit 294.
Research Materials, The Barbary Coast exhibit,
1893-1933
Box 14, folder 295
File Unit 295.
Research Materials, Beale Street Wharf and the Seawall exhibit,
Undated
Box 14, folder 296
File Unit 296.
Research Materials, Whaling out of San Francisco exhibit,
Undated
Box 14, folder 297
File Unit 297.
Research Materials, Gordon Grant file,
2002
Box 14, folder 298
File Unit 298.
Research Materials with Images, Alaska Packers exhibit,
1918 and undated
Box 14, folder 299
File Unit 299.
Images with text, Vanished Peoples exhibit,
undated
Box 14, folder 300
File Unit 300.
Images, Twenty-three photographs and other images used for central embarcadero pylons,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 14, folder 301
File Unit 301.
Images and captions, Those Who Harvest the Sea exhibit,
1850-1964
Box 15, folder 302
File Unit 302.
Images and captions, US Revenue Cutter BEAR exhibit,
1884-1926, 2001
Box 15, folder 303
File Unit 303.
Images and captions, Expedition of the BEAR exhibit, includes large map,
1890-1953
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheet
Box 15, folder 304
File Unit 304.
Images and captions, San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge exhibit,
1933-1990
Box 15, folder 305
File Unit 305.
Images and captions, Embarcadero Freeway to Nowhere exhibit,
1956-1991
Box 15, folder 306
File Unit 306.
Images, Vanished Peoples exhibit,
1907-1924, 1995
Box 15, folder 307
File Unit 307.
Images and captions with correspondence, Herb Caen Way exhibit,
1978-1996
Box 15, folder 308
File Unit 308.
Images and captions, Fisherman's Wharf Old and New exhibit,
1876-1910
Box 15, folder 309
File Unit 309.
Images and captions, Vallejo Wharf and Broadway Wharf exhibit,
1865-1882
Box 15, folder 310
File Unit 310.
Images, Union Wharf and Old Fisherman's Wharf exhibit,
1867-1885
Box 15, folder 311
File Unit 311.
Images and captions, Getting Around exhibit,
1858 and undated
Box 15, folder 312
File Unit 312.
Images, Various pylons and podiums,
1852-1999
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Includes CD-ROM and slides
Box 15, folder 313
File Unit 313.
Three artist sketchbooks by Gordon Grant,
1931, 1932, 1959
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 15, folder 314
File Unit 314.
Images with captions, White Angel Jungle exhibit,
1931-1933
Box 15, folder 315
File Unit 315.
Images with captions, The Matson Line exhibit,
undated
Box 15, folder 316
File Unit 316.
Text and captions for various pylons and podiums,
undated
Box 15, folder 317
File Unit 317.
Exhibit presentation materials and brochures promoting exhibits,
undated
Box 15, folder 318
File Unit 318.
Binder contents for presentation to San Francisco Arts Commission, labeled "Nancy Olmsted version", unbound,
1996-1997
Box 16, folder 319
File Unit 319.
Binder contents for final presentation to San Francisco Arts Commission, unbound,
1997
Box 16, folder 320
File Unit 320.
New York Times travel section with article on San Francisco's embarcadero pylon and podium exhibits,
1997 November 9
Boxes 16 - 18, Folders 321 - 353
Subseries 1.30.
The Ferry Building: Witness to a Century of Change,
1855 - 2005
(bulk 1998)
Extent:
33 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of preliminary research on the Ferry Building, contract and editorial correspondence, invoices, receipts,
photographs, and galley proofs of final edit of the book.
Biography/Organization History
Nancy Olmsted wrote a centennial history book of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building in 1998.
In commemoration of the approaching centennial of the city's Ferry Building in 1998, the San Francisco Port Authority commissioned
Nancy Olmsted to write a pictorial history book of the building and its role in the city's history. The San Francisco Port
Authority also commissioned Heyday Books in Berkeley, California to handle production, printing and distribution of the book.
This three cornered deal had consequences for Olmsted who had serious disagreements with the publisher over royalties and
editorial control of the book.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially into 33 files from preliminary research on the Ferry Building, through contract paperwork
and royalty agreements, correspondence with the publisher and printer, photographs in chapter order, to galley proofs of the
preliminary and final edit.
Box 16, folder 321
File Unit 321.
Research Materials, preliminary research on the Ferry Building,
1979-1997
Box 16, folder 322
File Unit 322.
Correspondence with the Port of San Francisco, including contract for services and advertising agreement,
1995-1998
Box 16, folder 323
File Unit 323.
Correspondence with Heydey Books and Port of San Francisco,
1997-1999
Box 16, folder 324
File Unit 324.
Correspondence, Book reviews and advertising flyers,
1998-1999
Box 16, folder 325
File Unit 325.
Correspondence, Public relations firm,
1999
Box 16, folder 326
File Unit 326.
Correspondence, Invoices and receipts,
1997-1999
Box 16, folder 327
File Unit 327.
Correspondence, Publisher contract and royalties,
1999
Box 16, folder 328
File Unit 328.
Correspondence, Book promotion,
2002-2003
Box 16, folder 329
File Unit 329.
Images, Birdseye views and Muybridge photographs,
1878 and undated
Box 16, folder 330
File Unit 330.
Images, San Francisco Chronicle photographs and photographs to be identified,
1909-1991
Box 16, folder 331
File Unit 331.
Images, Ferry Building in Pier One exhibits,
1907-1915
Box 16, folder 332
File Unit 332.
Images, Ferry Building photographs, "some not used",
1985-1998
Box 16, folder 333
File Unit 333.
Images, Horse-drawn transportation,
1855-1913
Box 16, folder 334
File Unit 334.
Images, Line art,
1886-1894, 1991
Box 16, folder 335
File Unit 335.
Images, South of Ferry Building, Waterfront,
1864-1921
Box 16, folder 336
File Unit 336.
Images, Photographs not used in book,
1916-1935
Box 16, folder 337
File Unit 337.
Images, Various images of Ferry Building,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 17, folder 338
File Unit 338.
Images, Chapter 2,
1991-1998
Box 17, folder 339
File Unit 339.
Images, Chapter 4,
1996
Box 17, folder 340
File Unit 340.
Images, Chapter 5,
1997
Box 17, folder 341
File Unit 341.
Images, Chapter 6,
1998
Box 17, folder 342
File Unit 342.
Images, Photographic slides for Herb Caen Day,
2005
Box 17, folder 343
File Unit 343.
Images, File labeled "Most un-used for book",
1898-2004
Box 17, folder 344
File Unit 344.
Captions for images on four 3.5 inch diskettes,
1999
Box 17, folder 345
File Unit 345.
Galley proof, Chapter two and cover,
undated
Box 17, folder 346
File Unit 346.
Galley proof, Chapter five,
undated
Box 17, folder 347
File Unit 347.
Galley proof, Chapter six and rejected introduction,
undated
Box 17, folder 348
File Unit 348.
Galley proof, Chapter seven,
undated
Box 17, folder 349
File Unit 349.
Images, Used in book promotion activities and exhibits, includes three CD-ROMs of jpeg images,
undated
Box 18, folder 350
File Unit 350.
Images, Photographs used in National Park Service ferryboat booklet,
undated
Box 18, folder 351
File Unit 351.
Images, Photocopies of book pages for Port of San Francisco use, file 1 of 3,
1999
Box 18, folder 352
File Unit 352.
Images, Photocopies of book pages for Port of San Francisco use, file 2 of 3,
1999
Box 18, folder 353
File Unit 353.
Images, Photocopies of book pages for Port of San Francisco use, file 3 of 3,
1999
Boxes 18 - 19, Folders 354 - 367
Subseries 1.31.
Simple Pleasures: Commuting by Ferryboat,
1874 - 1999
(bulk 1999)
Extent:
14 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of the 1989 article and notes on ferryboats, photographs of ferryboats and ferryboat landings, galley
proofs for the publisher and electronic storage discs with captions and text.
Biography/Organization History
In 1999 Nancy Olmsted was commissioned by the National Maritime Museum Association to write a history of ferryboat commuting
on San Francisco Bay.
In 1989, ten years before this work, Olmsted had written an article entitled "Ferryboats - A San Francisco Tradition" for
the national Maritime Museum Association Sea Letter to celebrate the 100th birthday of the EUREKA. Her work on the Ferry Building
book and the additional ten years of research and photographic collection inspired her to upgrade that article into a full-fledged
book.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 14 files from research articles and notes, through photographic images and galley
proofs, to two 3.5" floppy disks and two zip disks with captions and text.
Box 18, folder 354
File Unit 354.
Research Materials, Research on ferryboats,
1985, 1989
Box 18, folder 355
File Unit 355.
Images, Maps and line-art drawings,
1930, 1967
Box 18, folder 356
File Unit 356.
Images, Ferryboats file 1 of 2,
1910-1937
Box 18, folder 357
File Unit 357.
Images, Ferryboats file 2 of 2,
1874-1953
Box 18, folder 358
File Unit 358.
Images, Ferryboats related to Oakland,
undated
Box 18, folder 359
File Unit 359.
Images, Ferryboat landings,
1890-1940
Box 18, folder 360
File Unit 360.
Images, Ferryboats, mostly EUREKA / UKIAH,
1899-1953
Box 18, folder 361
File Unit 361.
Images, Ferryboats in Simple Pleasures book,
1882-1927
Box 18, folder 362
File Unit 362.
Images, Ship captain and crew photographs,
undated
Box 18, folder 363
File Unit 363.
Images, Photographs of people on ferryboats,
1890-1940
Box 18, folder 364
File Unit 364.
Draft copy of Simple Pleasures Begin with Ferryboats,
1999
Box 18, folder 365
File Unit 365.
The National Maritime Museum Association, Sea Letter, Issue number 42, with Simple Pleasures: Commuting by Ferryboat article,
1990
Box 18, folder 366
File Unit 366.
Galley proof, Lay-out with images,
1999
Box 19, folder 367
File Unit 367.
Ferryboat book lay-outs on two 3.5" discs in MS Word and two Zip discs with CorelDraw files,
undated
Box 19, Folders 368 - 390
Subseries 1.32.
Fireboat PHOENIX,
1906 - 2006
(bulk 2003 - 2005)
Extent:
23 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of correspondence with Arcadia Publishing and others, research notes, photographs, an exhibit proposal
to the San Francisco Port Authority, and printer layouts.
Biography/Organization History
From 2003 to 2005 Nancy Olmsted researched and wrote a draft copy of a book on the San Francisco Fire Department's Fireboats,
specifically Fireboat PHOENIX that fought the fire of 1906.
In 2005 Olmsted contacted Arcadia Publishing to produce a book on the history of the San Francisco Fire Departments fireboat
program. Arcadia Publishing produces glossy booklets on local history. Nancy Olmsted and Arcadia Publishing engaged in a two
year negotiation on the project while Olmsted continued to write and collect photographs, however the two sides could not
agree on a publishing contract and the book remained unfinished.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially in 23 files, from correspondence through research, notes and photographs, to an exhibit
proposal and printer layouts.
Box 19, folder 368
File Unit 368.
Correspondence with Arcadia Publishing including proposed contract,
2005
Box 19, folder 369
File Unit 369.
Correspondence, general,
2002-2004
Box 19, folder 370
File Unit 370.
Correspondence, Fire chiefs Lamuth and Kennedy,
2003
Box 19, folder 371
File Unit 371.
Correspondence, National Archives and Record Administration,
2004
Box 19, folder 372
File Unit 372.
Research Materials, Pier fires,
2006
Box 19, folder 373
File Unit 373.
Research Materials, Fire stations and fire boats,
1913-1977
Box 19, folder 374
File Unit 374.
Research Materials, Fire chief McLaren,
1976
Box 19, folder 375
File Unit 375.
Research Materials, United States Navy firefighting,
2004
Box 19, folder 376
File Unit 376.
Images,
1906-1955
Box 19, folder 377
File Unit 377.
Images with text,
2002
Box 19, folder 378
File Unit 378.
Images with text, Fire boats,
Undated
Box 19, folder 379
File Unit 379.
Images, Fireboat images unidentified,
2003
Box 19, folder 380
File Unit 380.
Images, Fire boats, US Navy boats, and foreign boats,
undated
Box 19, folder 381
File Unit 381.
Images, Embarcadero photographs not in fireboat book,
undated
Box 19, folder 382
File Unit 382.
Images, Revision of firemen and PHOENIX,
undated
Box 19, folder 383
File Unit 383.
Images, San Francisco Fire Department,
undated
Box 19, folder 384
File Unit 384.
Images, Water display with PHOENIX,
undated
Box 19, folder 385
File Unit 385.
Images and text from Pier One pylon, not used,
1997
Box 19, folder 386
File Unit 386.
Images and text used for 2003 exhibit,
2003
Box 19, folder 387
File Unit 387.
Images and text used for 2006 exhibit,
2006
Box 19, folder 388
File Unit 388.
Proposal for exhibit on Pier 48 for centennial of 1906 San Francisco fire and earthquake,
2006
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 19, folder 389
File Unit 389.
Galley proof, Fireboat PHOENIX draft with notes,
2002-2005
Box 19, folder 390
File Unit 390.
Galley proof, Fireboat PHOENIX, revised draft,
2006
Box 20, Folders 391 - 411
Subseries 1.33.
Along the Waterfront: Historic Walking Tour,
1852 - 2005
(bulk 1996 - 2005)
Extent:
21 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains correspondence, research materials and notes, manuscript rough drafts, maps and photographs, printer
layouts, and partial draft copies.
Biography/Organization History
From 1996 to 2005 Nancy Olmsted intermittently worked on a book entitled, "Along the Waterfront: When San Francisco Was A
Sailor's Town." The manuscript is approximately 75 percent complete, but was not finished.
The book was planned to be an historic walking tour of San Francisco's waterfront from Fort Mason all the way to Hunter's
Point and was laid out in thirteen chapters.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged sequentially and thematically into 21 folders, from correspondence through research topics in geographical
order, through photographs in geographical order, to printer layouts and draft copies of manuscript portions.
Box 20, folder 391
File Unit 391.
Correspondence, Fort Mason officer's club,
2002
Box 20, folder 392
File Unit 392.
Correspondence, Karl Kortum and San Francisco Maritime Museum,
2004
Box 20, folder 393
File Unit 393.
Correspondence, Arcadia publishing company,
2005
Box 20, folder 394
File Unit 394.
Research Materials, Fort Mason, Chappell and Thompson,
1977-2002
Box 20, folder 395
File Unit 395.
Research Materials, Telegraph Hill and Lombard street,
1925-1929
Box 20, folder 396
File Unit 396.
Research Materials, Historic walking map,
1994
Box 20, folder 397
File Unit 397.
Notebook, Port of San Francisco salutes and Pier One,
2001-2002
Box 20, folder 398
File Unit 398.
Notebook, Along the Waterfront and When San Francisco was a Sailor's Town,
2002
Box 20, folder 399
File Unit 399.
Rough draft with notes for Stroll San Francisco,
2005
Box 20, folder 400
File Unit 400.
Large annotated map for historic walking tour,
1997
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 20, folder 401
File Unit 401.
Images, Lighthouse photographs, mostly Marin County, California,
1945-1990
Box 20, folder 402
File Unit 402.
Images, San Francisco waterfront and Rincon Hill,
1852-1986
Box 20, folder 403
File Unit 403.
Images, Wharves, Howard, Main, Beale, Mission,
1900-1914
Box 20, folder 404
File Unit 404.
Images with text, Telegraph Hill, no waterfront photographs,
1852-1925
Box 20, folder 405
File Unit 405.
Images, Folsom Pier 22,
1898 and undated
Box 20, folder 406
File Unit 406.
Images, Embarcadero street scenes,
undated
Box 20, folder 407
File Unit 407.
Manuscript layouts, includes title page for three guidebooks,
undated
Box 20, folder 408
File Unit 408.
Galley proof, "Along the Waterfront: Black Point to Hyde Street Pier",
undated
Box 20, folder 409
File Unit 409.
Galley proof, "Welcome to San Francisco",
1996-1997
Box 20, folder 410
File Unit 410.
Draft copy with original images, "When San Francisco was a Sailor's Town",
undated
Box 20, folder 411
File Unit 411.
Draft copy of "Along the Waterfront". File includes book concept and planning notes,
2002
Box 20, Folders 412 - 421
Subseries 1.34.
Historic pylons for the Third Street Light Rail project.,
1869 - 2007
(bulk 2005 - 2007)
Extent:
10 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries consists of correspondence, project proposals, photographs, and exhibit layouts.
Biography/Organization History
In 2007 Nancy Olmsted working with artist Michael Manwaring and the San Francisco Arts Commission unsuccessfully proposed
to design 8 pylon exhibits for the Third Street Light Rail Muni extension.
The Muni / Metro Third Street Light Rail project expanded the muni metro system from Fourth and King Streets to the Caltrain
Bayshore Station in San Francisco and was completed in 2007. The San Francisco Arts Commission solicited bids for platform
exhibits and Nancy Olmsted , working with local artist Michael Manwaring, presented 8 proposals for historic pylons based
on the similar exhibits she and Manwaring had completed for the embarcadero walkway. The San Francisco Arts Commission however,
decided to display art works instead of historical displays and rejected Olmsted's proposals.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged in 10 folders, 2 of proposal paperwork and photographs and 8 exhibit layouts in numerical order.
Box 20, folder 412
File Unit 412.
Correspondence with San Francisco Arts Commission, including proposal and letter of agreement,
2005-2007
Box 20, folder 413
File Unit 413.
Images,
1869 and undated
Box 20, folder 414
File Unit 414.
Exhibit Layout #1,
undated
Box 20, folder 415
File Unit 415.
Exhibit Layout #2,
undated
Box 20, folder 416
File Unit 416.
Exhibit Layout #3,
undated
Box 20, folder 417
File Unit 417.
Exhibit Layout #4,
undated
Box 20, folder 418
File Unit 418.
Exhibit Layout #6,
undated
Box 20, folder 419
File Unit 419.
Exhibit Layout #7,
undated
Box 20, folder 420
File Unit 420.
Exhibit Layout #8,
undated
Box 20, folder 421
File Unit 421.
Exhibit Layout #9,
undated
Boxes 21 - 26, Folders 01 - 89
Series 2.
Historical research, small projects, exhibitions, tours, personal writings,
1860 - 2005
(bulk 1964 - 2005)
Extent:
89 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This series contains research documents, transcripts of oral history interviews, books, magazines, journals, essays, correspondence,
exhibits and tour programs, lecture materials, memoirs and poetry.
Biography/Organization History
The Olmsted family as historians and prolific writers, collected research articles, books, magazines and journal articles
and also created exhibits and small articles unrelated to their work under the title of Resource Consultants.
The Olmsted collection of research materials stretches back to 1964 and includes books, magazine articles, journals, and documents.
Their professional writings include small historical essays, notes, and historical investigations unrelated to their work
as Resource Consultants. Nancy Olmsted's work as editor of the local travel journal Marin Discoveries and her volunteer work
as a lecturer for the elderhostel program in Marin County, California also produced writings and documents The Olmsted personal
writings also include collected memoirs, poetry and a book on the architectural heritage of San Francisco.
Arrangement
This series is arranged in 4 subseries. Subseries 1 contains historical research on various topics. Subseries 2 contains small
projects, uncompleted writing ideas and proposals. Subseries 3 is composed of exhibitions, lectures, tours and historic walks.
Subseries 4 contains personal writings, memoirs and poetry.
Boxes 21 - 23, Folders 01 - 35
Subseries 2.1.
Historical research files,
1860 - 2004
(bulk 1964 - 2004)
Extent:
35 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains typed oral transcripts, research articles, newsletters, journals, diaries, books, magazines and official
government publications.
Biography/Organization History
As historians and writers on the topic of the culture and history of the San Francisco Bay Area, Nancy and Roger Olmsted collected
various research articles, books, diaries, essays, newsletters and journals.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically into 35 folders.
Box 21, folder 01
File Unit 01.
Typed transcripts of the Helen Hosmer radio show, January to July,
1964
Box 21, folder 02
File Unit 02.
Typed transcripts of the Helen Hosmer radio show, August to January,
1964-1965
Box 21, folder 03
File Unit 03.
Typed transcripts and photocopy of the 1849 journal of the barque SAN FRANCISCO, File 1 of 2,
undated
Box 21, folder 04
File Unit 04.
Typed transcripts and photocopy of the 1849 journal of the barque SAN FRANCISCO, File 2 of 2,
undated
Box 21, folder 05
File Unit 05.
Essay draft and images from the Wilhelm Hester photograph collection by Roger R. Olmsted,
1965
Box 21, folder 06
File Unit 06.
Research Materials, United States Monitor, CAMANCHE,
1977
Box 21, folder 07
File Unit 07.
Correspondence with Capt. Fred Klebingat,
1979
Box 21, folder 08
File Unit 08.
Research, notes and draft essay, "Boat Building Bayside",
1980
Box 21, folder 09
File Unit 09.
Miscellaneous collection of quotations,
undated
Box 21, folder 10
File Unit 10.
Collection of document copies, "Jackdaw #6 - Spanish Armada",
undated
Box 21, folder 11
File Unit 11.
Collection of document copies, "Jackdaw #17 - Peterloo",
undated
Box 21, folder 12
File Unit 12.
Collection of document copies, "Jackdaw #22 - Sepoy Mutiny",
undated
Box 21, folder 13
File Unit 13.
Collection of document copies, "Jackdaw #35 - Trade Unions",
1966
Box 21, folder 14
File Unit 14.
Research and notes on Mendocino Museum presentation of the "Wreck of the FROLIC",
1992
Box 21, folder 15
File Unit 15.
Research and notes on Bancroft Library exhibition "Gold Rush",
1998
Box 21, folder 16
File Unit 16.
Miscellaneous news clippings,
2004
Box 21, folder 17
File Unit 17.
Facsimile of two pages of a diary labeled "Roney",
undated
Box 21, folder 18
File Unit 18.
Research Materials, Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco,
undated
Box 21, folder 19
File Unit 19.
File of miscellaneous newspaper clippings, advertisements and articles,
1910
Box 21, folder 20
File Unit 20.
Research Materials with images, The Marine Exchange,
1979 and undated
Box 21, folder 21
File Unit 21.
Article, Plants used by the Indians of Mendocino County, copied from the US Dept. of Agriculture, US National Herbarium, Volume
VII, No. 3,
1902
Box 22, folder 22
File Unit 22.
Book, Four Years on the Pacific Coast, by D.B. Bates, 9th Ed., Boston,
1860
Box 22, folder 23
File Unit 23.
Book, The March of the Portola, by Z. Eldridge, published by the California Promotion Committee, San Francisco,
1909
Box 22, folder 24
File Unit 24.
Hardbound magazine, California's Magazine, Volume 1, Number 1,
1915 July
Box 22, folder 25
File Unit 25.
Book, Recollections of a Tule Sailor, by Capt. Leale published by George Fields, San Francisco,
1939
Box 22, folder 26
File Unit 26.
Book, Golden Gate, by Felix Riesenberg, Jr. published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York and London,
1940
Box 23, folder 27
File Unit 27.
Book, The San Francisco Bay Area: A Metropolis in Perspective, by Mel Scott published by UC Press, Berkeley, California,
1959
Box 23, folder 28
File Unit 28.
Magazine, San Francisco, Volume 6, Number 10,
1964 July
Box 23, folder 29
File Unit 29.
Magazine, The American West, Volume 3, Number 2,
1966 March-May
Box 23, folder 30
File Unit 30.
Fourteen Journals of the California Historical Society,
1970-1981
Box 23, folder 31
File Unit 31.
Thirty-Eight newsletters, California Explorer,
1978-1983
Box 23, folder 32
File Unit 32.
Book, Excerpts from Brotherhood of the Sea: A History of the Sailor's Union of the Pacific, 1885 - 1985, by Stephen Schwartz,
San Francisco,
1985
Box 23, folder 33
File Unit 33.
Historic structure report, Point Reyes National Seashore,
1986
Box 23, folder 34
File Unit 34.
The Argonaut, journal of the San Francisco Historical Society,
1997 March-May
Box 23, folder 35
File Unit 35.
Book, Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast of North America, by John S. Hittell published by A.L. Bancroft, San Francisco,
1885
Boxes 23 - 24, Folders 36 - 56
Subseries 2.2.
Small projects, ideas and proposals,
1978 - 2005
Extent:
21 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains small historical essays, book and project proposals and correspondence with journalist Herb Caen and
the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park staff.
Biography/Organization History
As historians and writers concerned with the culture and history of the San Francisco Bay Area from 1978 to 2005, the Olmsted's
wrote a number of project proposals, essays on small topics and correspondence with various people in the San Francisco Bay
Area.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically into 21 folders
Box 23, folder 36
File Unit 36.
Typed essay, The Oriental Warehouse,
undated
Box 23, folder 37
File Unit 37.
Project proposal for Sailors, ships and sea towns,
undated
Box 23, folder 38
File Unit 38.
Book proposal for Ships that Live,
undated
Box 23, folder 39
File Unit 39.
Essay, Shipbuilding in San Francisco,
undated
Box 23, folder 40
File Unit 40.
Book and exhibit idea lists,
1978-1982
Box 23, folder 41
File Unit 41.
Project proposal with research and images, China Camp, Marin,
1981
Box 23, folder 42
File Unit 42.
Project proposal with notes and drafts, Ashbury Harpending,
1981
Box 23, folder 43
File Unit 43.
Research material and notes, Ashbury Harpending and the Great Diamond Hoax,
1981
Box 24, folder 44
File Unit 44.
Research material and correspondence, Prison ships at San Quentin, California,
1981-1983
Box 24, folder 45
File Unit 45.
Various essays, notes and draft copies of essays,
1983
Box 24, folder 46
File Unit 46.
Research material and notes, First Book of San Francisco,
1983
Box 24, folder 47
File Unit 47.
Research material and notes, Courthouse and Post Office,
1993-1995
Box 24, folder 48
File Unit 48.
Project proposal for oral interview of Harold Sommer,
1997
Box 24, folder 49
File Unit 49.
Project proposal to University of California San Francisco magazine for Mission Bay study,
1998
Box 24, folder 50
File Unit 50.
Research materials and correspondence for National Park Service, Haslett warehouse exhibit,
2002
Box 24, folder 51
File Unit 51.
Historical investigation of gin distillery in San Francisco,
2002
Box 24, folder 52
File Unit 52.
Historical investigation of Pier 50 for Rudd Winery,
2002
Box 24, folder 53
File Unit 53.
Historical investigation of Edge Hill winery and distillery restoration,
2002
Box 24, folder 54
File Unit 54.
Correspondence with Herb Caen about the Cliff House in San Francisco,
2002
Box 24, folder 55
File Unit 55.
Correspondence with San Francisco Chronicle editor, San Francisco Giants ballpark name,
2004
Box 24, folder 56
File Unit 56.
Correspondence with San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, BALCLUTHA exhibit,
2005
Boxes 24 - 25, Folders 57 - 74
Subseries 2.3.
Exhibitions, lectures and tour guide activities,
1982 - 1999
Extent:
18 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains tour guide brochures, attendance lists, registration information, lectures and lecture notes.
Biography/Organization History
Nancy Olmsted was editor of the Marin Discoveries newsletter from 1982 until 1989 and was involved in the volunteer elderhostel
program from 1996 until 1999.
Marin Discoveries was a newsletter promoting tourism and nature activities in Marin County and in San Francisco and the elderhostel
program is a not-for-profit organization that assists senior citizens with travel and educational programs including historical
exhibitions and lectures.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically into 18 folders.
Box 24, folder 57
File Unit 57.
Marin Adventures,
1982
Box 24, folder 58
File Unit 58.
Easy Paces, Special Places,
1983-1985
Box 24, folder 59
File Unit 59.
Research, notes and correspondence, job search and California Explorer editor,
1984
Box 24, folder 60
File Unit 60.
California Explorer newsletter,
1984 February
Box 24, folder 61
File Unit 61.
Marin Discoveries, Asilomar Conference information,
1985
Box 24, folder 62
File Unit 62.
Marin Discoveries, Easy Paces program, notes, attendance, maps and brochures,
1986
Box 24, folder 63
File Unit 63.
Marin Discoveries, Easy Paces program, notes, attendance, maps and brochures,
1987
Box 25, folder 64
File Unit 64.
Marin Discoveries, Easy Paces program, notes, attendance, maps and brochures,
1986-1987
Box 25, folder 65
File Unit 65.
Marin Discoveries, handouts for Bay-day and Dolphin Charters,
1987
Box 25, folder 66
File Unit 66.
Marin Discoveries, artist in studio presentation,
1988
Box 25, folder 67
File Unit 67.
Marin Discoveries, Asian Art Museum trip,
undated
Box 25, folder 68
File Unit 68.
Marin Discoveries, handouts for Bay-day,
1989
Box 25, folder 69
File Unit 69.
Elderhostel program, Fort Mason tour,
1996-1997
Box 25, folder 70
File Unit 70.
Elderhostel program, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park tour,
1997
Box 25, folder 71
File Unit 71.
Elderhostel program, lectures at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park,
1998
Box 25, folder 72
File Unit 72.
Elderhostel program, slide show, Gold Rush,
1998
Box 25, folder 73
File Unit 73.
Elderhostel program, San Francisco Civic Center and City Hall,
1999
Box 25, folder 74
File Unit 74.
Elderhostel program, sea quotes and lecture materials,
undated
Boxes 25 - 26, Folders 75 - 89
Subseries 2.4.
Personal writings, essays, memoirs, and poetry,
1961 - 2005
Extent:
15 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains essays, articles, memoir chapters, and a book.
Biography/Organization History
Nancy Olmsted wrote continually from 1961 until 2005, and Roger R. Olmsted from 1975 until his death in 1981.
Nancy Olmsted's collected writings go back to her days in college when in 1961 as Nancy Leigh Neely she wrote an essay on
the integration of the YMCA in Dallas, Texas. Her personal writings continued through her memoirs written in a vignette format
from 1985 to 2005 and also include poetry written in 2000. Roger R. Olmsted's writings include his book on the architectural
heritage of San Francisco in 1975 and his work as editor of the Sierra Club newsletter in the 1970's.
Arrangement
This subseries is arranged chronologically into 15 folders.
Box 25, folder 75
File Unit 75.
Article, YMCA of San Francisco and Lee - Moo Sung of South Korea, by Nancy L. Neely,
1961
Box 25, folder 76
File Unit 76.
Various essays, notes and musings including book jacket covers,
1976 and undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheet
Box 25, folder 77
File Unit 77.
Graded essay, The Problems of Group Centered Leadership, by Nancy L. Neely,
undated
Box 25, folder 78
File Unit 78.
Article, RV / II, by Steve Johnson and an untitled book of cartoons by Steve Johnson, Roger R. Olmsted, editor,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 25, folder 79
File Unit 79.
Resumes, cover letters and writing samples for Nancy L. Olmsted includes three 5.25 inch floppy disks,
1982-1986
Box 25, folder 80
File Unit 80.
Poetry by Nancy L. Olmsted,
2000 and undated
Box 25, folder 81
File Unit 81.
Memoir chapter, A Long Way from Home, by Nancy L. Olmsted,
undated
Box 25, folder 82
File Unit 82.
Collection of essays, Nancy Olmsted Recalls, by Nancy L. Olmsted,
2002
Box 25, folder 83
File Unit 83.
Notes and draft copies of essays for Nancy Olmsted Recalls,
undated
Box 26, folder 84
File Unit 84.
Notes and typed drafts of memoir chapter, Child of the Depression,
undated
Box 26, folder 85
File Unit 85.
Six typed chapters of Nancy Olmsted Recalls,
undated
Box 26, folder 86
File Unit 86.
Four printed essays from Nancy Olmsted recollects,
1985 and undated
Box 26, folder 87
File Unit 87.
Untitled manuscript by Nereida de la Torre for Nancy Olmsted review and edit,
2005
Box 26, folder 88
File Unit 88.
Essay, Chrysopolis, no author cited,
undated
Box 26, folder 89
File Unit 89.
Book, Here Today: San Francisco's Architectural Heritage, by T.H. Watkins and Roger R. Olmsted, Chronicle Books, San Francisco,
8th printing,
1975
Boxes 26 - 28, Folders 01 - 62
Series 3.
Image files,
1801 - 2004
Extent:
62 folders
Language(s):
Materials entirely in English
Scope and Content Note
This series contains photographs, color slides, negatives, photocopies of images, lithographs and maps.
Biography/Organization History
Approximately 2,000 images were collected by Nancy and Roger Olmsted in their personal collection and organized into a classification
scheme by subject.
These images, mostly black and white photographs, but also including color slides, negatives, maps, lithographs and photocopies
of images, are in 62 labeled files.
Arrangement
This series is arranged in 62 labeled folders alphabetically by subject. Folder subjects were labeled by Nancy Olmsted in
her own classification scheme.
Box 26, folder 01
File Unit 01.
Aerial views,
1851-1868
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheets
Box 26, folder 02
File Unit 02.
Airplanes and Balloons,
1870's-1945
Box 26, folder 03
File Unit 03.
Art-cards and postcards,
undated
Box 26, folder 04
File Unit 04.
Art, cartoons and lithographs,
undated
Box 26, folder 05
File Unit 05.
Art, Steve Johnson, Sierra club drawings,
1976
Box 26, folder 06
File Unit 06.
Art, Etchings of San Francisco through the Years, a book by Alec Stern, self published,
1965
Box 26, folder 07
File Unit 07.
Art, pencil drawings and lithographs of sailing ships,
undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheet
Box 26, folder 08
File Unit 08.
Art, woodcuts,
1801-1949
Box 26, folder 09
File Unit 09.
Boats and Ships, file labeled "To be identified",
undated
Box 26, folder 10
File Unit 10.
Book of photographs, Taber, A Photographic Legacy, by Wayne Bonnett published by Windgate Press, Sausalito, California,
2004
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 26, folder 11
File Unit 11.
Cable cars and trolleys,
1905-1914, undated
Box 26, folder 12
File Unit 12.
Cable cars, street cars, horse cars,
1875-1936
Box 26, folder 13
File Unit 13.
California, folk art in west,
undated
Box 26, folder 14
File Unit 14.
California, Los Angeles,
1900, 1960-1962
Box 26, folder 15
File Unit 15.
California, Marin county,
1854-1931
Box 26, folder 16
File Unit 16.
California, Politicians,
1850's-1940's and undated
Box 26, folder 17
File Unit 17.
California scenes, not San Francisco or Los Angeles, includes photograph by Ansel Adams,
1884-1968
Box 27, folder 18
File Unit 18.
Collections, John Hamamura,
1978 and undated
Box 27, folder 19
File Unit 19.
Collections, Eadward Muybridge,
1866-1877
Box 27, folder 20
File Unit 20.
Hospitals and schools,
1850's-1928
Box 27, folder 21
File Unit 21.
Maps and charts,
1850-1912
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize roll, see separation sheets
Box 27, folder 22
File Unit 22.
Marina Green, site of Pan-Pacific Exposition,
1864-1910
Box 27, folder 23
File Unit 23.
Marine disasters,
1896-1916
Box 27, folder 24
File Unit 24.
Master Mariner's Regatta and other regattas,
1884-1926
Box 27, folder 25
File Unit 25.
Modern photographs, mostly San Francisco,
undated
Box 27, folder 26
File Unit 26.
Negatives, unidentified,
undated
Box 27, folder 27
File Unit 27.
Ocean liners,
undated
Box 27, folder 28
File Unit 28.
Pacific Northwest and Mendocino coast,
1912-1939 and undated
Box 27, folder 29
File Unit 29.
Pacific Northwest, Logging,
1869 and undated
Box 27, folder 30
File Unit 30.
Parades,
1886-1934
Box 27, folder 31
File Unit 31.
Parks and amusement places,
1864-1985
Box 27, folder 32
File Unit 32.
Portraits, individual and group,
1811-1889
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 27, folder 33
File Unit 33.
Portraits, individual, mostly formal,
1857-1922 and undated
Box 27, folder 34
File Unit 34.
Sailing ships and schooners, includes book, The Great Age of Sail, by Edita Lausanne, Time-Life books, New York,
1967 and undated
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
oversize book, see separation sheet
Box 27, folder 35
File Unit 35.
San Diego, Coronado Hotel and beach,
1887-1909
Box 27, folder 36
File Unit 36.
San Diego, early pictures,
1849-1887
Box 27, folder 37
File Unit 37.
San Diego, Imperial Valley,
1867-1960
Box 27, folder 38
File Unit 38.
San Francisco Bay, small boats,
1885-1947 and undated
Box 27, folder 39
File Unit 39.
San Francisco business,
1861-1925
Box 28, folder 40
File Unit 40.
San Francisco city views,
1860-1960
Box 28, folder 41
File Unit 41.
San Francisco, street scenes, modern,
1879
Box 28, folder 42
File Unit 42.
San Francisco, earthquakes, includes George Lawrence's 1906 photo on linen backing and book, Denial of Disaster, by Gladys
Hansen, Cameron and Co., San Francisco,
1861, 1868, 1906, 1989
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheets
Box 28, folder 43
File Unit 43.
San Francisco, north of Ferry Building,
1867 and undated
Box 28, folder 44
File Unit 44.
San Francisco, Telegraph Hill,
1850-1914
Box 28, folder 45
File Unit 45.
Shipboard life,
1900-1929
Box 28, folder 46
File Unit 46.
Shipbuilding, repair and launching,
1865-1937
Box 28, folder 47
File Unit 47.
Steam schooners and steamships,
1915 and undated
Box 28, folder 48
File Unit 48.
Waterfront panoramas,
1850-1854, 1963
Box 28, folder 49
File Unit 49.
Waterfront strikes,
1904-1950
Box 28, folder 50
File Unit 50.
Waterfront, loading and unloading,
1890's-1922
Box 28, folder 51
File Unit 51.
Waterfront, location unknown,
circa 1906
Box 28, folder 52
File Unit 52.
Waterfront, North Beach,
1858-1948 and undated
Box 28, folder 53
File Unit 53.
Waterfront, not San Francisco or unidentified,
undated
Box 28, folder 54
File Unit 54.
Waterfront, people scenes,
1880-1959
Box 28, folder 55
File Unit 55.
Waterfront, scenic views,
1853-1925
Extent:
1 folder.
Scope and Content Note
Oversize, see separation sheet
Box 28, folder 56
File Unit 56.
Western United States, adobe house building,
1940
Box 28, folder 57
File Unit 57.
Western United States, explorers, survey parties and pioneers,
1849-1889
Box 28, folder 58
File Unit 58.
Western United States, Gold Rush mining towns and miners,
1850-1940
Box 28, folder 59
File Unit 59.
Western United States, Gold Rush, unidentified photographs,
undated
Box 28, folder 60
File Unit 60.
Western United States, railroads, A.J. Russell photographs,
1868-1869
Box 28, folder 61
File Unit 61.
Western United States, railroads, not A.J. Russel photographs,
1883-1888
Box 28, folder 62
File Unit 62.
Yachts and yachting,
1883-1977
