Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Biography/Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection
Dates: 1949-1994
Collection Number: AVRL 2003-1
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 7287 35mm slides, 300 35mm negatives, 184 photographic prints in 8 document boxes.
Repository:
UC Berkeley. College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center
Berkeley, California 94720-1820
Abstract: A collection of 35mm slides and other photographs produced by architect and professor Kenneth H. Cardwell in 1949-1994 during
research and teaching in California.
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Preferred Citation
Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection. UC Berkeley. College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center
Acquisition Information
The Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection was donated to the Department of Architecture and the Architecture Visual Resources
Library in 2003 by Kenneth Cardwell.
Biography/Administrative History
Kenneth Cardwell received a B.A. degree in architecture in 1947 from UC Berkeley, and became an assistant professor there
in 1953. Cardwell was a scholar of Maybeck and historic preservation. He taught and practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area
for his entire career. He was an AIA fellow and president of the Berkeley Historical Society. Cardwell donated his slide collection
to the Architectural Visual Resources Library in 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection spans the years of 1949 to 1994, approximately, and depicts buildings and towns
in California, with an emphasis on the architecture of Bernard Maybeck and the documentation of California Missions and colonial
buildings.