Alice R. Carey Collection 2010.-20

Finding aid prepared by Emily Vigor.

Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Alice Ross Carey Bequest and individual donors.

University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives

April 2016

230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820

Berkeley, CA 94720-1820

designarchives@berkeley.edu

URL: https://ced.berkeley.edu/resources/environmental-design-archives

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 .

Access Statement

Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives Collections are stored offsite and advance notice is required for use.

Publication Rights

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the colleciton should be discussed with the Curator.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Title, Alice R. Carey Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Funding

Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Alice Ross Carey Bequest and individual donors.

Biographical Note

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.

System of Arrangement

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

Scope and Contents

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.

Custodial History

The records were donated by Alice R. Carey and transferred from the Carey & Company Offices.

Related Collections

Friends of Terra Cotta, Environmental Design Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architectural firms--California.

Women architects

Architectural preservation

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS SERIES I. 1982-1987, n.d.

Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet:Carton 1

Arrangement

Original order maintained.

Scope and Contents

The Professional Papers Series consists primarily of files documenting Carey's involvement with the Friends of Terra Cotta organization, primarily in regards to the selection of project awards. There is also one folder from her work with the SFAI Blue Ribbon Task Force.

Friends of Terra Cotta A.

Box 1, Folder 1-2

General Correspondence 1984-1985

Box 1, Folder 3

Meeting/Treasurer's Reports 1982

Box 1, Folder 4

Newsletter 1982

Box 1, Folder 5

Mailing Lists n.d.

Box 1, Folder 6-9

Awards Information 1985-1987, n.d.

Box 1, Folder 10

Stationary n.d.

Box 1, Folder 11-16a

Awards Submisisons 1983-1984

SFAI Blue Ribbon Task Force B.

Box 1, Folder 17

Blue Coin Subcommittee to define "neighborhood character" 1988

PROJECT RECORDS SERIES II. 1945-2005

Physical Description: 16 Linear Feet:Cartons 2-17

Arrangement

Original order maintained.

Scope and Contents

Project records are comprised of project files and project drawings. Project files include correspondence with clients, historical research on buildings to be restored, and construction notes. Drawings often include copies of the original architects' designs for their structure, along with notes and/or new drawings by Carey to outline her restoration plans.

444 Clementina San Francisco CA 1984

Tube 19.2, Tube 1

Drawings

50 Guy Place San Francisco CA 1986

Tube 19.2, Tube 1

Drawings

555 2nd Street 1990

Tube 19.2, Tube 1

Drawings

579 Market Street: Shellwork 1980

Tube 19.2, Tube 1

Drawings

Alemany Housing Project [see San Francisco, City and County of]

Arby's: 840 Market San Francisco CA 1987

Tube 19.2, Tube 2

Drawings

Atchison Village Richmond CA 2001

Box 1

Project Files

Atlas Building Oakland CA 1929

Tube 19.2, Tube 10

Drawings

Badlands National Monument Visitor Center [see United States National Park Service]

Berea College: Rodgers Fine Addition Berea KY

Tube 19.2, Tube 3

Drawings

Berkeley City Hall: old plans and renovation Berkeley CA 1945

Tube 19.2, Tube 4-6

Drawings

Bidwell Mansion Chico CA 1999

Tube 19.2, Tube 3

Drawings

Broadway Building, façade restoration Oakland CA 1995

Box 1, Box 2

Project Files

Tube 19.2, Tube 7-9

Drawings

Buildings in the vicinity of Oakland City Hall (BVOCH) / Pardu Building, HABS plans Oakland CA 1994

Buildings in the vicinity of Oakland City Hall (BVOCH)* Oakland CA n.d.

Tube 19.2, Tube 9-11

Drawings

Bush Street Synagogue Cultural Center San Francisco CA 1992-1993

Tube 19.2, Tube 12

Drawings

California Department of Park & Recreation / Jack London State Historic Park

Tube R 19.3, Tube 22

Drawings

California Department of Park & Recreation / Vallejo Adobe State Historic Park Petaluma CA 1996

Tube R 19.4, Tube 59

Drawings

California Department of Park & Recreation / Point Cabrillo Lighthouse State Historic Park: Feasibility Study Mendocino CA 2003

Box 5

Project Files

California Department of Park & Recreation / Point Cabrillo Lighthouse State Historic Park: Main House Mendocino CA 2004

Box 5, Box 6

Project Files

California Department of Park & Recreation / Point Cabrillo Lighthouse State Historic Park: Residential HSRs Mendocino CA 2003

Box 5

Project Files

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament [see Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento]

Centerville Presbyterian Church Fremont CA 1988

Tube 19.2, Tube 13

Drawings

College of Notre Dame, Ralston Hall Belmont CA n.d.

Tube 19.2, Tube 13

Drawings

de Young Museum [see San Francisco, City and County of]

Death Valley [see United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service]

Department of Physical Plant [see University of California Berkeley]

Diamond Library and Mixed Use Housing Project San Francisco CA

Tube 19.2, Tube 13

Drawings

Dunsmuir House: restoration Oakland CA 1994

Tube 19.2, Tube 14

Drawings

Eccles Community Art Center: southwest turret repair Ogden UT 1996

Tube 19.2, Tube 15

Drawings

Emporium Building: Façade San Francisco CA 2001

Tube 19.2, Tube 16

Drawings

Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd n.d.

Box 2

Project Files

Exposition Auditorium [see Panama Pacific International Exposition]

Fire Station #37 [see San Francisco, City and County of]

First Unitarian Church: east wing and Wendte Hall Oakland CA 1995

Tube 19.2, Tube 15, flat-file-drawer R 21.1, Flat-File 2

Drawings

Flying Grodecks: Concept House

Tube 19.2, Tube 15

Drawings

Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage / Gran Orient Filipino Lodge San Francisco CA n.d.

Tube 19.2, Tube 16

Drawings

Ginzton residence Los Altos CA 2000

Box 2, Box 3

Project Files

Gran Orient Filipino Lodge [see Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage]

Grant, Adam Building 1991

Tube R 19.3, Tube 17

Drawings

Griffith Residence: 68 Twain Berkeley CA 1981

Tube R 19.3, Tube 17

Drawings

Hamlin School: Stanwood Hall San Francisco CA 2001

Tube R 19.3, Tube 18

Drawings

Hammond Men's Gymnasium [see University of California Berkeley]

Hertz Investment Group / Majestic Condominiums 2004

Box 3

Project Files

Humbolt Bank: 785 Market Street* San Francisco CA 1906-1907, 1981-1982

Tube R 19.3, Tube 19

Drawings

Huntersview Low Rent Housing Huntersview CA 1953

Tube R 19.3, Tube 20

Drawings

Interform: 960 Hamilton Court Menlo Park CA 1983

Tube R 19.3, Tube 17

Drawings

International House Berkeley CA 2001

Tube R 19.3, Tube 21

Drawings

Jack London Historic State Park [see California Department of Park & Recreation]

Jackling Estate: EIR Woodside CA 2001-2004

Box 3

Project Files

Japantown Courthouse [see San Jose City]

JMB Properties Company / Shell Building: exterior repairs San Francisco CA 1989-1991

Box 16

Project Files

Tube R 19.3, Tube 23

Drawings

Levinson: Ross Design Innovation Ross CA 1993-1994

Tube R 19.3, Tube 24

Drawings

Los Gatos, Town of, Parks, Forestry and Maintenance Services / J.W. Lyndon Carriage House Cupola, restoration and placement Los Gatos CA 1996

Tube 19.2, Tube 16

Drawings

Lowe Residence: 521 Melvine, Addition (Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lowe) Palo Alto CA 1983

Tube R 19.3, Tube 22

Drawings

Manzanar Watchtower Reconstruction [see United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service]

Marin Civic Center San Rafael CA

Tube R 19.3, Tube 25

Drawings

Mariners Residence San Francisco CA 1991

Tube R 19.3, Tube 26

Drawings

Martin Farm Subdivision: historical review Petaluma CA 2004

Box 3

Project Files

Milano Galleria San Francisco CA 1996-1998

flat-file-drawer R 21.1, Flat-File 3

Drawings

Monadnock Building: 681 Market Street; concept design, schematic design, and design development San Francisco CA 1983

Tube R 19.3, Tube 27

Drawings

Napa Mill Renovation: Hatt Building, 550 Main Street Napa CA 1986

Tube R 19.3, Tube 27

Drawings

Neiman Marcus Union Sqaure San Francisco CA 1981

Tube R 19.3, Tube 28

Drawings

Neimen Marcus [see Paris, city of]

Nevada Test Site: Port Gaston [see United States Department of Energy]

New Mission Theater San Francisco CA 2001

Box 3

Project Files

Noe Valley Branch Library [see San Francisco, City and County of]

Northern Waterfront, unidentified project

O'Connor - Stratton Residence, 25 Miguel San Francisco? 1990-1991

Tube R 19.3, Tube 28

Drawings

Oakland City Hall [see Oakland, City of]

Oakland Educational Association: Office Building for Edward J. Arnold, E. 12th Street Oakland CA 1986

Tube R 19.3, Tube 27

Drawings

Oakland, City of / Oakland City Hall Oakland CA 1993 (c. 1914 copies of original drawings)

Box 5

Project Files

Tube R 19.3, Tube 29-31

Drawings

Oakland, City of / Paramount Theatre Oakland CA 1998

Tube 19.2, Tube 10

Drawings

Old Santa Clara Courthouse Santa Clara CA 1991-1993

Box 14, Box 15

Project Files

Pacific Bell Building, 85 2nd Street San Francisco CA 1990

Tube R 19.3, Tube 28

Drawings

Pacifica Townhouses 1978

Tube R 19.3, Tube 32

Drawings

Palace of Fine Arts: Lagoon and Park Restoration [see San Francisco Recreation and Park Department:] San Francisco CA 2005

Panama Pacific International Exposition Company / Exposition Auditorium San Francisco CA 1913

Tube R 19.3, Tube 33

Drawings

Paramount Theatre [see Oakland, City of]

Pardu Building [see Buildings in the vicinity of Oakland City Hall ]

Paris, City of / Neimen Marcus 1978

Tube 19.2, Tube 13

Drawings

Peninsula Beauty Supply, 1224 Burlingame Avenue Burlingame CA 1986

Tube R 19.3, Tube 32

Drawings

Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park [see California Department of Park & Recreation]

Phelan Building, 210 Post Street San Francisco CA

Tube R 19.3, Tube 32

Drawings

Pierce Reed Associates / Pierce Reed Properties: historic resources survey San Jose CA 2002

Box 3

Project Files

Pierce Reed Properties: Geneva Office Building, stabilization San Jose CA 2000-2002

Box 2

Project Files

Pogonip Clubhouse Santa Cruz CA 2003

Tube R 19.3, Tube 34

Drawings

Point Cabrillo Lighthouse State Historic Park: Feasibility Study [see California Department of Park & Recreation]

Point Cabrillo Lighthouse State Historic Park: Main House [see California Department of Park & Recreation]

Point Cabrillo Lighthouse State Historic Park: Residential HSRs [see California Department of Park & Recreation]

Prather Lane Park: Winkle Farm and Barn Santa Cruz CA 1990-1991

Box 5

Project Files

Tube R 19.3, Tube 25

Drawings

Redwood Shores Redwood City CA

Tube R 19.3, Tube 32

Drawings

Rin Ten Tin San Francisco CA

Tube R 19.3, Tube 32

Drawings

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento / Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament: remodeling Sacramento CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 21.1, Flat-File 4

Drawings

Rotunda Building Oakland CA 1996

Tube R 19.3, Tube 35-36

Drawings

Sacramento Historic Resources Survey Sacramento CA 2003

Box 5

Project Files

Sainte Claire Hotel: E. San Carlos Street San Jose CA 1987

Tube R 19.4, Tube 59

Drawings

San Francisco City Hall [see San Francisco, City and County of]

San Francisco Civic Auditorium [see San Francisco, City and County of]

San Francisco Main Library [see San Francisco, City and County of]

San Francisco Recreation and Park Department / Palace of Fine Arts: Lagoon and Park Restoration San Francisco CA 2005

flat-file-drawer R 21.1, Flat-File 6

Drawings

San Francisco War Memorial Opera House [see San Francisco, City and County of]

San Francisco, City and County of - Bureau of Arch. Dept. of Public Works / Spreckels Temple of Music, Golden Gate Park San Francisco CA 1991-1993

Tube R 19.3, Tube 37-38

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / Alemany Housing Project San Francisco CA 1952

Tube 19.2, Tube 2

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / de Young Museum San Francisco CA n.d.

Tube R 19.3, Tube 39-40

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / Noe Valley Branch Library San Francisco CA 2005

Box 4

Project Files

Tube R 19.4, Tube 41-42

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / San Francisco City Hall San Francisco CA 1992-1994

Tube R 19.4, Tube 43-44, flat-file-drawer R 21.1, Flat-File 7

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / San Francisco City Hall Improvements San Francisco CA 1997-1998

Box 10, Box 11

Project Files

San Francisco, City and County of / San Francisco City Hall, South Gallery San Francisco CA 1999-2000

Box 11

Project Files

San Francisco, City and County of / San Francisco Civic Auditorium San Francisco CA 1993-1994

Tube R 19.3, Tube 25

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / San Francisco ESP-1L Fire Station #37 San Francisco CA 1992

Box 6

Project Files

San Francisco, City and County of / San Francisco ESP-2 Veteran's Building San Francisco CA 1993-1995

Box 11

Project Files

San Francisco, City and County of / San Francisco ESP-2: City Hall San Francisco CA 1995

Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10

Project Files

San Francisco, City and County of / San Francisco Main Library San Francisco CA 1992-1995

Tube R 19.4, Tube 45

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / Sunol Water Temple, phase 1 Building restoration Sunol CA 1997-1999

Box 16, Box 17

Project Files

Tube R 19.4, Tube 46, flat-file-drawer R 21.1, Flat-File 1

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / War Memorial Opera House San Francisco CA 1995-1998

Box 12, Box 13, Box 14

Project Files

Tube R 19.4, Tube 47-50

Drawings

San Francisco, City and County of / War Memorial Opera House, fire damage assessment San Francisco CA 1996-1997

Box 14

Project Files

San Jose, City of / Japantown Courthouse San Jose CA 2004

Box 15, Box 16

Project Files

San Mateo Courthouse San Mateo CA 1935, 1992

Tube R 19.4, Tube 51

Drawings

Shell Building [see JMB Properties Company]

Spreckels Temple of Music [see San Francisco, City and County of]

St. Francis Catholic Church Sacramento CA 1991-1993

Tube R 19.4, Tube 52, flat-file-drawer R 21.1, Flat-File 5

Drawings

St. Francis Lutheran Church: interior alterations San Francisco CA 1991

Tube R 19.4, Tube 53

Drawings

Stanford University: Building 250 Stanford CA 1998

Tube R 19.4, Tube 54

Drawings

Stanford University: Building 360 Stanford CA 1999

Tube R 19.4, Tube 55

Drawings

Stanford University: Building I-120 Stanford CA 1987

Tube R 19.4, Tube 56

Drawings

Stanford University: Jordan Hall Stanford CA 1967, 2003

Tube R 19.4, Tube 57-58

Drawings

Stanford University: Old Firehouse Stanford CA 1988

Box 16

Project Files

Tube R 19.4, Tube 56

Drawings

Stanford University: West Gate Stanford CA 1999

Tube R 19.4, Tube 56

Drawings

Stoudemire Bird House: 25 Uranus Terrace San Francisco CA 1983

Tube R 19.4, Tube 59

Drawings

Sunol Water Temple [see San Francisco, City and County of]

The Grove 1984

Tube R 19.3, Tube 17

Drawings

Unidentified Projects (Housing)

Tube R 19.4, Tube 60

Drawings

United States Depart of Energy / Nevada Test Site: Port Gaston Port Gaston NV 2005

Box 3

Project Files

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service / Badlands National Monument Visitor Center: Cedar Pass Interior SD 1958-1962

Tube R 19.4, Tube 59

Drawings

United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service / Manzanar Watchtower Reconstruction Independence CA 2000-2004

Box 3

Project Files

United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service / Death Valley CA / NV

Tube R 19.4, Tube 61

Drawings

United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service / Fort Point San Francisco CA 1997-1998

Tube R 19.4, Tube 62

Drawings

United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service / Wawona Hotel Yosemite CA

Tube R 19.4, Tube 63

Drawings

University of California Berkeley / Department of Physical Plant Berkeley CA

Tube R 19.4, Tube 64

Drawings

University of California Berkeley / Hammond Men's Gymnasium Berkeley CA

Tube R 19.4, Tube 64

Drawings

University of California Berkeley / Walter A. Haas Jr. Pavillion Berkeley CA

Tube R 19.4, Tube 64

Drawings

Veterans Memorial Building [see San Francisco. City and County of]

Walter A. Haas Jr. Pavillion [see University of California Berkeley]

Wawona Hotel [see United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service]