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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: Alice R. Carey Collection
Creator:
Carey, Alice Ross, 1949-2013
Identifier/Call Number: 2010.-20
Physical Description:
31 Linear Feet:
17 cartons, 64 tubes, 7 flat files
Date (inclusive): 1945-1962, 1982-2005
Date (bulk): 1982-2005
Abstract: The Alice Ross Carrey Collection spans the years 1945-1962, 1982-2005 and includes files created by Carey at her firm. The
collection is comprised of Professional Papers and Project Records created at her architectural practice. The records include
(correspondence, project files, promotional brochures, drawings, photographs, research notes, articles, etc.). Carey is well
known for her preservation work, which is well documented in this collection.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives Collections are stored offsite and advance notice
is required for use.
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the colleciton should be discussed with the
Curator.
[Identification of Item], Title, Alice R. Carey Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Alice Ross Carey Bequest and individual donors.
Alice Ross Carey (1949-2013) was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Toledo, Ohio. Carey worked as a carpenter and had
her own small construction firm before completing a master's degree in architecture from the College of Environmental Design
at the University of California, Berkeley in 1976.
Following graduation, Carey worked for the firms Esherick, Homsey Dodge & Davis (EHDD) and Whisler/Patri. While at EHDD, she
became interested in the Bay Region Style of architecture and its architects Joseph Esherick, William Wurster, Charles Moore
and William Turnbull. She established her own practice Carey & Co., in 1983 in San Francisco, one of the first woman-owned
architectural practices specializing in historic preservation in the United States. Six years later, she was named to San
Francisco's Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, her firm managed the preservation
of several San Francisco historically significant civic buildings, including City Hall and the War Memorial Opera House. Her
work on these projects earned Carey & Co. nearly three dozen state and national awards. During her career, Carey worked on
restoring countless buildings, including Jordan Hall at Stanford University, San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel, Oakland and Berkeley
City Halls, Sunol Water Temple, San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, and the Marin County Civic Center. She was a founding
member of the Friends of Terra Cotta and on the Boards of several organizations including the Association of Advocates for
Preservation, San Francisco Heritage, and the Environmental Design Archives at U.C. Berkeley.
Carey was a champion in the preservation community and advocated for the use of historic resources. Throughout her career,
Carey fought to preserve countless buildings, including the New Mission Theater, the Fairmont Hotel Tonga Room, and the Metropolitan
Club at 640 Sutter Street, all in San Francisco.
Sources:
King, John. "Alice Carey dies: architect, avid preservationist." SF Gate. 1 Aug. 2013. Accessed 3 Mar. 2015.
Carey's projects maintain their original order in the structured system she created and used at her firm. It is outlined below.
Carey – File Organization
A
.0 Background/Pre-project promotion
0.1 Proposal Development
0.2 Consultants
0.3 Proposal Drafts
.05 Status reports and schedules
.1 Correspondence
.2 Meeting notes and site notes
.4 Phone conversations
.5 FEMA/SHPO, Fee/Scope of Work Development
.6 Design/Build Teams Correspondence
C
.1 History/background/background from others
.2 Site information/notes/survey elevations/historical research
.3 Existing conditions/survey
.4 Historic Structures reports
.5 Photographs
.6 Code analysis
.7 Program
.8 Design comments/sketches
.9 Construction Documents Information
.11 Products
.12 Specifications
D
no # - project consultants
.1 Structural consultant
.3 Electrical consultant
.4 Chronology of construction
.5 Archival Information
.6 Construction Costs/Estimates
.7 Cost estimates/schedules
.8 Codes/regulatory agencies/Testing lab data
.9 Products
.10 Elevator/Specifications
.11 Construction drawings/sketches
.12 Design development/Other Consultants
.13 Furniture consult
E
.1 Bidders File
F
.1 Shop Drawings/logistics/transmittals
.2 Samples/materials and tests
.4 Construction Meetings/meeting notes
.5 Construction Field Reports
.6 Changes and correspondence/construction correspondence/RFI Log Responses
.7 Change orders/Sketch File
.9 Project close-out
.10 Drawings addenda
.11 Bulletins/Specification addenda
.13 Field reports
.14 Addenda
The Alice Ross Carey Collection spans the years 1982-2005 and is comprised of Professional Papers and Project Records created
at her architectural practice. The Professional Papers series consists of files documenting her work with Friends of Terra
Cotta and the American Institute of Architects San Francisco chapter's (SFAIA) Blue Ribbon Task Force. Project records include
correspondence, project files, drawings, and research notes on historical restoration projects. Some restoration projects
include copies of original project drawings. Carey is known for her preservation work, which is well documented in this collection
including such projects as the Sunol Water Temple, San Francisco City Hall, and the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House.
The records were donated by Alice R. Carey and transferred from the Carey & Company Offices.
Friends of Terra Cotta, Environmental Design Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architectural firms--California.
Women architects
Architectural preservation