Terry Tong Collection 2014.-16

Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
June 2015
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820
designarchives@berkeley.edu


Contributing Institution: University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: Terry Tong Collection
Creator: Tong, Terry
source: Tong, Terry
Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
Creator: Wong, Worley K.
Creator: Campbell, John Carden
Identifier/Call Number: 2014.-16
Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet: 1 document box and 1 flat file drawer
Date (inclusive): circa 1943-1994
Language of Material: English .

Access Statement

Collection is open for research.

System of Arrangement

The Collection is arranged into three series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, and Project Records. Within each series, original order has been maintained when evident.

Biographical note

Terry Tong was born in San Francisco on December 8, 1921. He attended the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) where he studied Architecture. Tong's studies were interrupted by World War II during which he served as part of the United States National Guard in Algeria, Italy, and France. Wounded in battle, he was able to return to the United States and resume his studies at UCB in 1946, graduating with his degree in 1949. During summer vacations while in Architecture school, Tong worked for various Bay Area firms seeking practical experience, including Campbell & Wong and Phillip Tomesello.
Right out of school Tong was hired by Fred Whittlesey where he worked for less than a year before going to work for Campbell & Wong where he stayed for 13 years from 1949 until 1962. Tong became skilled at interior and exterior perspective drawings eventually being charged with the responsibility of doing the all of the presentation drawings for soliciting projects. While at Campbell & Wong, Tong continued his studies at the Henry George School of Economics on the politics of land usage; at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design for design color coordination fundamentals; and the UC Extension for environmental site designing and city planning in San Francisco. It was also during this time that Tong entered and won third place in the national Crane's Bathroom Design Competition. In 1958, Tong became an Associate of the Campbell & Wong practice. After Tong's and his associate Allen Fong's submission and subsequent winning concept for the California Governor's Mansion Competition for Governor Pat Brown (which was never realized), he left the firm and opened his own practice in 1962.
From 1962 to the mid-1970s, Tong operated STUDIO Tsq as a sole practitioner. His practice focused primarily on residences in the Bay Area but also included commercial and multi-residential projects. Notable projects include: On Lok Senior Center in San Francisco and the Cal Med Center in Stockton. Before retiring, Tong worked as a design consultant at the Bechtel Corporation in San Francisco. Terry Tong died in 2016.
Sources:
Terry Tong Autobiography, 2009 (unpublished).
Terry Tong, interview by Waverly Lowell and Emily Vigor, December 22, 2014.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], Terry Tong Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Publication Rights

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

Scope and Contents

The Terry Tong Collection spans the dates circa 1943 to 1994 and contains materials that document his academic and architectural career. The Collection is organized into three series: Personal Papers comprised of biographical information and Tong's architecture course work while at UCB; Professional Papers containing a clipping and firm portfolio; and the final series Project Records consisting of drawings, correspondence, photographs, reports, clippings and ephemera which document 39 projects Tong designed while working for Campbell & Wong and during the time he operated his private practice.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architecture -- 20th Century -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Dwellings--Design and construction.
Older people--Housing.
Tong, Terry

 

PERSONAL PAPERS SERIES I circa 1943, 1946

Physical Description: .10 Linear Feet:2 folders

Arrangement

Documents arranged chronologically.
 

Biographical Information

Carton 1, folder 1

Clipping: "Casualties of Bay Area Revealed" circa 1934

 

Student work

Carton 1, Folder 2

Student Drawings from Arch 6A 1946

 

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS SERIES II 1961, circa 1965

Physical Description: .10 Linear Feet:2 manuscript folders

Arrangement

Documents arranged chronologically.
 

Reference materials/Clippings

Carton 1, Folder 1

Clipping: "North's New Architects Outnumbered Southerners" 1961

 

Portfolio

Carton 1, folder 2

Portfolio: Campbell & Wong & Associates circa 1965

 

PROJECT RECORDS SERIES III 1935-1994

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record and alphabetically by project within each subseries.

Scope and Contents

The Project Records series includes manuscripts, photographs and drawings of projects designed by Tong.
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 2

Atkins, Victor K. alterations San Francisco CA 1964

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 3

Bernal, W.P. San Francisco CA 1952

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 3

Bowline Point Recreational Area Study Haverstraw NY circa 1975

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 3

Buddhist's Universal Church San Francisco CA n.d.

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 3

C.A.C.A. Chinese New Year Float Design n.d.

Carton 1, Folder 8

Broadway Mini Park San Francisco CA 2003

 

California Governor's Mansion (see Competition)

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 4

Chinese Baptist Church alterations San Francisco CA n.d.

Carton 1, Folder 9, flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 5

Competition: Crane Bathroom n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 5

Competition: Governor's Mansion Sacramento CA circa 1961

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 6

Dere, Joe and Lily: apartment house San Francisco CA 1965

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 7

Design: 86 Tara Road Orinda CA 1994

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 6

Fong, Mary Stockton CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 8

Gan, Paul and Carolyn Albany CA 1966

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 9

Gelsi-Medeot, R. Sleepy Hollow CA n.d.

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 9

Golden Phoenix Bistro Bar San Francisco CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 9

Hong, Henry: apartment addition San Francisco CA 1965

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 10

Jang, Edward San Leandro CA 1967

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 10

Jones, Felix San Mateo CA n.d.

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 10

Jones, Rex: additions/alterations Atherton CA 1965-1966

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 11

Kennedy, Dan: warehouse San Francisco CA 1967

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 12

Lee, C.W. Berkeley CA 1965

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 13

McGlone, Lou San Carlos CA 1971

Carton 1, Folder 1-7, flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 14

On Lok Senior Citizen Center San Francisco CA 1975, 1979

Creator: Lee, Gow
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 15

O'Reilly, Charles A:. alterations/additions San Francisco CA 1968

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 16

Ow Wing, Herbert Castro Valley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 16

Pacific Transport Lines Inc. Office: additions/alterations San Francisco CA n.d.

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 16

Pettit, Richard Hillsborough CA n.d.

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 16

Pittman, Willard G. San Francisco CA n.d.

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 16

Queen, E.F. Woodside Heights CA n.d.

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 17

Rosenberg, Eric Stockton CA undated

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 18

San Francisco China Town: building rehabilitation San Francisco CA 1957

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 17

Smith, Marion Canfield: additions/alterations Mill Valley CA n.d.

Creator: Campbell & Wong Associates
Carton 1, Folder 8, flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 19

Thomas, Jeff and Marcella: rennovation Kentfield CA 1971

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 17

Tittman, W.C. Virginia Foothills NV n.d.

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 20

Tong, Terry San Francisco CA circa 1955

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 21

Tong, Terry Tahoe CA circa 1960

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 22

Unidentified

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 23

Wong, Norman: Cal Med Center Stockton CA 1964

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 17

Ying-Yang Terrace Cafe 1967

flat-file-drawer R 30.3, Flat-File 17

Yuen, Kam Y. San Francisco CA n.d.