Container List
Series 1
Personal Papers
1859-1990 (bulk 1900-1957)
Physical Description:
Boxes 1-10, Roll 19, Oversize Folders 1-60
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into nine subseries: Biographical Information (1.1);
Correspondence (1.2); Student Work (1.3); Travel (1.4); Photographs (1.5); Financial
records (1.6); Sketchbooks and Date books (1.7); Jean-Louis Bourgeois Family Papers
(1.8); Family Papers (1.9).
Scope and Content Note
This series contains materials related to the personal lives of Arthur Brown, Jr. and
his family members. It includes biographical materials such as Brown's Curriculum Vitae,
correspondence with personal friends and family, portraits and photographs of Brown and
his family and associates, and family financial records. Of particular interest in this
series is a travel diary kept by Brown during his first trip to Europe in 1889, the
student drawings created by Brown during his time at the École des Beaux-Arts,
a date book kept by Brown in 1897 while he was attending the École, and two
early sketchbooks, probably kept by John Bakewell, Jr.
Subseries 1.1
Biographical Information
1892-1957
Physical Description:
Box 1, box 2, folders 104; Oversize Folder 1a
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically
Scope and Content Note
The Biographical Information subseries contains many versions of Arthur Brown, Jr.'s
Curriculum Vitae, correspondence with biographical publications, clippings about
Arthur Brown, Jr., and some personal ephemera. This subseries also contains documents
relating to Arthur Brown, Jr.'s large collection of books on architectural topics, and
includes correspondence with book dealers from around the world
Box 1, Folder 1
Curriculum Vitae
1930-1957
Box 1, Folder 2
Biographical Publications
1911-1961
Box 1, Folder 3
Clippings about Arthur Brown, Jr
1917-1957
Box 1, Folder 4
Arthur Brown, Jr. Birth Certificate, copies
1920,
1939
Box 1, Folder 5
Arthur Brown, Jr. Military Registration Certificate
1918
Box 1, Folder 6
Arthur Brown, Jr. Passport
1950
Box 1, Folder 7
Arthur Brown, Jr. Calling Cards
undated
Box 1, Folder 8-12
Library of Arthur Brown, Jr
1906-1959
Box 2, Folder 2
Contact Lists and Addresses
undated
Box 2, Folder 3
Miscellaneous Notes and Checklists
undated
Box 2, Folder 4
Miscellaneous Notes and Checklists
1944-1956
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 1
Arthur Brown Jr. Memorium Resolution by San Francisco Board of Supervisors
1957
Subseries 1.2
Correspondence
1909-1957
Physical Description:
Box 2, folders 5-12; Box 3
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically if correspondent is a primary contact or chronologically if
general correspondence.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a number of letters between Arthur Brown Jr. and his wife,
Jessamine as well as correspondence between Arthur Brown, Jr. and his daughters,
Victoria and Sylvia; Madame Camille Victor Laloux, wife of Brown's patron; and
Frère and Mary Champney, letters of recommendations written by Brown for his
personal associates, and other miscellaneous correspondence. It also includes items
related to social and political organizations (e.g. Republican Party, Mills College
French house), the Brown's rental of 949 Green Street (the Avenali house designed by
Brown), the maintenance of Le Verger (the Brown's estate in Burlingame). It also
contains several lists and notes, including lists of personal and professional
contacts and reminders of whom Brown should meet on trips or at out-of-town clubs.
This subseries does not include correspondence with professional associates who were
also friends or clients who were also friends. These materials are filed in the
Professional Papers and Project Records series respectively.
Box 2, Folder 5-6
Correspondence: Brown, Jessamine
1918-1956
Box 2, Folder 7
Correspondence: Brown, Sylvia
1935-1953
Box 2, Folder 8
Correspondence: Brown, Victoria
1941-1950
Box 2, Folder 9
Correspondence: Champney, Frere and Mary
1916,
1925-1933
Box 2, Folder 10
Correspondence: Garrett, Thomas
circa 1915
Box 2, Folder 11
Correspondence: Laloux, Camille
1923-1948
Box 2, Folder 12
Correspondence: Regarding Camille Laloux
1946-1949
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence: General
undated
Box 3, Folder 2-6
Correspondence: General
1909-1957
Box 3, Folder 7
Correspondence: 949 Green Street (Avenali House)
1918-1922
Box 3, Folder 8
Correspondence: Le Verger and Hillsborough Rentals
1921-1951
Box 3, Folder 9
Correspondence: Medical
1917-1954
Box 3, Folder 10
Correspondence: Social and Political Committees
1918-1948
Box 3, Folder 11
Correspondence: Social Recommendations
1909-1948
Box 3, Folder 12
Correspondence: Daughters' Education
1932-1945
Subseries 1.3
Student Work
1888-1900
Physical Description:
Box 4, folders 1-10; Oversize Folders 2-45; Roll 19
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains essays and notes from Brown's years at Oakland High School
and UC Berkeley. It also contains several drawings and watercolor renderings completed
by Brown during his time at the École des Beaux-Arts.
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 2
Diplomas
1892,
1896,
1901
Box 4, Folder 1
High School: Notes and Essays
circa 1888
Box 4, Folder 2
High School: Geometry Notebook
1890-1891
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 3
High School: Sketches
1888
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 4
High School: Geometric Projections
1891
Box 4, Folder 3
UC Berkeley: Plane Geometry Notebook
1893
Box 4, Folder 4
UC Berkeley: Calculus Notebook
1894
Box 4, Folder 5
UC Berkeley: Essays
1892-1896
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 5
UC Berkeley: Bridge Calculations
circa 1895
Box 4, Folder 6
Maybeck Studio Drawing
1895
Box 4, Folder 7
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Notes on Guadet
circa 1897
Box 4, Folder 8
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Sketches
circa 1900
Box 4, Folder 9
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: 1st Thesis Bridge Project
circa 1900
Box 4, Folder 10
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Reproduction Prints
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 6
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Analytique
1897
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 7
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Central Motif of Palace of Justice
1897
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 8
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Summer Reading Room in a Park
1897
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 9
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Vestibule on a corner
1898
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 10
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Carved Ceiling
1899
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 11
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Market
1899
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 12
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Projects in stone construction
1899
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 13
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Cours de dessin
1899-1901
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 14
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Campanile (Concours Godeboeuf)
1900
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 15
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Decoration of a Presidential Yacht (Prix Rougevin)
1900
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 16
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Interior of a Loggia
1900
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 17
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Naval Museum
1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 18
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Une grille
1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 19
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: An Episcopal Throne
1901
Roll 19
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: An Episcopal Throne
1901
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 20
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Bridge thesis project
1901
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 21
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Ecole Militaire
1901
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 22
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Entry to Orangerie
1901
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 23
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Garden Pavillion
1901
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 24
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Iron Rails for Monumental Stair (Councourse
Godeboeuf)
1901
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 25
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: National Printing House (Grand Prix de Rome)
1901
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 26
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Savings Bank ("Une Caisse d'Epargne")
1901
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 27
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Door to Throne Room for Louis XVI
1902
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 28
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Educational Facility (Concourse Labarre: "Un Palais
de l'Enfance")
1902
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 29
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Frontispiece of Works of Garnier (Prix Rougevin)
1902
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 30
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Loge in the Grand Theater ("Une Loge d'une Salle de
Grand Theatre")
1902
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 31
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Monumnetal Fountain ("Une Fontaine")
1902
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 32
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Belfry
1903
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 33
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Faculty of Sciences (Concours Labarre: "Une faculte
des sciences")
1903
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 34
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Glass Case for Exposition Of Precious Objects (Prix
Rougevin)
1903
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 35
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Interior of a Wedding Chapel ("La paroi de fond
d'une salle des mariages"
1903
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 36
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: "une place publique" (Grand Prix)
1903
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 37
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Research Station
1903
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 38
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Un tombeau abrite
1903
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 39
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Harbo
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 40
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Municipal Bath House
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 41
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Naval Shipyard
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 42
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: American Pavilion for 1900 Worlds Fair
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 43
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Unidentified Student Project
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 44
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Unidentified Student Project
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 45
L'Ecole des Beaux Arts: Reproductions of Arthur Brown, Jr.'s competition
winning drawings
1900-1903
Subseries 1.4
Travel
1889-1950
Physical Description:
Box 4, folders 11-15; Box 5, folders 1-3
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a diary from Brown's European trip with his parents in 1889
as well as ephemera, notes, and photographs from subsequent travel to Europe in 1920,
1934-1935, and 1949-1950.
Box 4, Folder 11-12
Europe, Diary (1 of 2)
1889
Box 4, Folder 14
Europe, Sketches of Frankfurt on Main Station
1889
Box 5, Folder 1
Europe, Ephemera
1935-1936
Box 5, Folder 3
Europe, Ephemera
1949-1950
Subseries 1.5
Photographs
circa 1889-1953
Physical Description:
Box 5, folders 4-8; Oversize Folders 46-52
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains portraits of Arthur Brown, Jr. from throughout his life as
well as photographs of family and friends.
Box 5, Folder 4
Portraits of Arthur Brown, Jr
circa 1913-1953
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 46
Portraits of Arthur Brown, Jr.
1915,
1936
Box 5, Folder 5
Photographs of Arthur Brown, Jr. with others
circa 1889-1952
Box 5, Folder 6
American Football Demonstration in France
1897
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 47
Box 5, Folder 7
Hornblower & Marshall Office
1904
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 48
San Francisco AIA Banquets
1912,
1914
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 49
Veteran Employees of Southern Pacific RR at PPIE, Including Arthur Brown,
Sr.
1915
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 50
Portraits of Victor and Camille Laloux
1923
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 51
Social Gatherings
1910,
1920
Box 5, Folder 8
Friends and Family
circa 1918-1933
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 52
Friends and Family
circa 1922
Subseries 1.6
Financial records
1909-1956
Physical Description:
Box 5, folders 9-13; Box 6, folders 1-5
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains financial summaries and investment statements of Arthur and
Jessamine Brown, Jr. and the Brown family.
Box 5, Folder 9-13
Financial Records
1909-1956
Box 6, Folder 4
Accountant Statements
1931-1941
Box 6, Folder 5
Sylvia and Victoria
1944-1953
Subseries 1.7
Sketchbooks and Date books
1897-1941
Physical Description:
Box 6, folders 6-9
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a date book from 1897 (one of the years Brown spent at the
École des Beaux-Arts), two unidentified sketchbooks (most likely John
Bakewell, Jr.'s), and a notebook of Brown's in which he recorded both personal and
professional items (e.g. household expenses or notes on a building under
construction).
Box 6, Folder 7-8
Sketchbook (probably John Bakewell, Jr.)
undated
Subseries 1.8
Jean-Louis Bourgeois Papers
circa 1900-1936
Physical Description:
Box 7; Oversize Folders 53-55
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
In 1908, Jean-Louis Bourgeois, a French citizen, had been invited by Bakewell
& Brown to San Francisco to carry out the sculptural decoration programs for
the City of Paris department store, the Palace of Horticulture, and the San Francisco
City Hall. Bourgeois also taught in the San Francisco Architectural Club with Arthur
Brown, Jr. Having met at the École des Beaux-Arts, Jean-Louis Bourgeois and
Arthur Brown, Jr. and remained close associates and friends until Bourgeois' tragic
death in combat in 1915. Bourgeois had named Arthur Brown, Jr. as the executor of his
estate before Bourgeois left to join France's 104th infantry in 1914, and thus many of
the documents in this subseries relate to the settling of the Bourgeois estate. These
documents include some of Bourgeois' personal papers, legal documents relating to the
settling of the estate, and correspondence between Arthur Brown, Jr. and Bourgeois'
family in France.
Box 7, Folder 2
Portraits and [Student Drawing]
circa 1900-1915
Box 7, Folder 3
Prints of fellow Ecole students' work
circa 1900
Box 7, Folder 4
Descriptive Geometry Notebook
circa 1900
Box 7, Folder 5
Travel Photos: Madeira
circa 1906
Box 7, Folder 6
Reference Images: France
circa 1906
Box 7, Folder 7
Reference Images: Italy
circa 1906
Box 7, Folder 8
Watercolor, Santa Barbara
1913
Box 7, Folder 9
Sculptural Details, [Panama Pacific Exposition]
circa 1914
Box 7, Folder 10
Personal Papers of Louis Bourgeois
1908-1914
Box 7, Folder 11-12
Settlement of Louis Bourgeois Estate
1914-1923
Box 7, Folder 13-14
Correspondence: Marie Bourgeios (in French)
1914-1923
Box 7, Folder 15
Correspondence: Antoine Bourgeois (in French)
1915-1922
Box 7, Folder 16-17
Correspondence: Justine Bourgeois
1917-1925,
1936
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 53
Portraits of Jean-Louis Bourgeios
circa 1910
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 54
Jean-Louis Bourgeios' Papers from Ecole des Beaux-Art
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 55
Jean-Louis Bourgeios' Reference Images
circa 1910
Subseries 1.9
Family Papers
1859-1990
Physical Description:
Box 8-10, Oversize Folders 56-60
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically. Divided into Arthur and Victoria Runyon Brown, Sr.;
Jessamine Garrett, Victoria, and Sylvia Brown, Jr.; and Rollin and Sylvia Brown
Jensen.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains the papers of Arthur Brown, Jr.'s parents, wife (Jessamine
Garrett Brown), daughters (Victoria and Sylvia Brown), and son-in-law (Rollin
Jensen).
1.9.1
Arthur and Victoria Runyon Brown, Sr.
1859-1917
Physical Description:
Box 8, Oversize Folders 56-58
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains some structural calculations, drawings, and photographs by Arthur Brown,
Sr., including drawings of car ferries the Contra Costa and the Solano (1879), and
letters to and from both Arthur and Victoria Runyon Brown, Sr. It also includes
clippings about Arthur Brown, Sr. collected by Arthur Brown, Jr.
Box 8, Folder 1
Arthur Brown, Sr. Correspondence
1859-1913
Box 8, Folder 2
Victoria Runyon Brown, Sr. Correspondence
1880-1917
Box 8, Folder 3
Cost of snow sheds and galleys - Central Pacific RR
1867-1869
Box 8, Folder 4
Arthur Brown, Sr. datebook
1874
Box 8, Folder 5
Arthur Brown, Sr. account book
1891-1895
Box 8, Folder 6
Mr. Moore's sketchbook, Bridges & Buildings Dept
circa 1870-1880
Box 8, Folder 7
"Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Leland Stanford
1893-1894
Box 8, Folder 8
Inventory of 324 Vernon Street
circa 1915
Box 8, Folder 9
Southern Pacific RR Depot at Los Angeles
circa 1880
Box 8, Folder 10
"Horse in Motion" by Muybridge
1878
Box 8, Folder 11
Photographs of Tay Bridge and Viaduct
circa 1870
Box 8, Folder 12
Photographs of Car Ferries Contra Costa and Solano
undated
Box 8, Folder 13
Photographs of Oakland Mole
1961,
1965
Box 8, Folder 14
Letters and clippings re: Arthur Brown, Sr.
1912-1941
Box 8, Folder 15
Letter to Jessamine Brown re: Arthur Brown, Sr. Papers
1959
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 56
Portraits of Mark Hopkins
circa 1870
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 57
Works by Arthur Brown, Sr.
circa 1870-1896
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 58
Works by Arthur Brown, Sr.
circa 1870-1896
1.9.2
Jessamine Garrett, Victoria, and Sylvia Brown
1914-1970
Physical Description:
Box 9; Box 10, folders 1-6, Oversize Folder 59
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Jessamine Garrett Brown took great interest in her husband's work and communicated
frequently with his work associates. Those letters, plus many personal letters are
included in this subseries. A small number of letters to and from Victoria and
Sylvia Brown are also included.
Box 9, Folder 1
Jessamine Brown Passport
1949
Box 9, Folder 2
Clippings re: Arthur Brown, Jr. Family
1945-1951
Box 9, Folder 3
Jessamine Brown Correspondence
undated
Box 9, Folder 4-11
Jessamine Brown Correspondence (some in French)
1914-1957
Box 9, Folder 12
Jessamine Brown Letters from Herbert Hoover
1951-1957
Box 9, Folder 13
Sympathy Letters to Jessamine Brown
1957
Box 9, Folder 14
Jessamine Brown Correspondence
1957-1970
Box 10, Folder 1
Jessamine Brown Correspondence re: Capitol Extension
1957-1960
Box 10, Folder 2
Jessamine Brown Correspondence re: Disposition of Arthur Brown, Jr.
Papers
1957-1959
Box 10, Folder 3
Program from Jessamine Brown's Funeral
1970
Box 10, Folder 4
Letters from Victor Laloux to Brown Family
1924-1925,
1936
Box 10, Folder 5
Victoria Brown Correspondence
1940,
1951-1952
Box 10, Folder 6
Sympathy Letters to Sylvia Brown
1957
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 59
Photographs given as gifts to Jessamine Brown
1917,
1924
1.9.3
Rollin and Sylvia Brown Jensen
1959-1990
Physical Description:
Box 10, folders 7-23; Oversize Folder 60
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs of Arthur Brown, Jr.-designed buildings taken by Sylvia Brown
Jensen and her colleagues, research notes and articles about Arthur Brown, Jr.
projects, and a sampling of photocopies of documents found elsewhere in the
collection that Rollin Jensen used for research purposes.
Box 10, Folder 7
Correspondence: General
1959-1969
Box 10, Folder 8
DeYoung Museum Exhibit
circa 1966
Box 10, Folder 9
Beale, Truxtun Residence
1989-1990
Box 10, Folder 10
Berkeley City Hall
1960,
1990
Box 10, Folder 11
California School of Fine Arts (SF Art Institute)
circa 1965,
1980
Box 10, Folder 13
Crocker Residence (Sky Farm)
1970
Box 10, Folder 14
Fagan Residence
1968,
1979-1980
Box 10, Folder 15
Hearst Memorial Fountain
1926,
circa 1965
Box 10, Folder 16
Miscellaneous clippings and copies
1915-1990
Box 10, Folder 17
Pacific Gas & Electric Building
circa 1965
Box 10, Folder 18
Pope Residence
circa 1965
Box 10, Folder 19
San Francisco City Hall
1912,
1965
Box 10, Folder 20
San Francisco War Memorial
1923-1983
Box 10, Folder 21
San Francisco War Memorial, extension
1978-1979
Box 10, Folder 22
U.S. Government: Board of Architectural Consultants
1927
Box 10, Folder 23
University of California, Berkeley: Library Annex
circa 1965
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 60
Posters for American Renaissance Exhibit at DeYoung Museum
1980
Series 2
Professional Papers
1900-1957
Physical Description:
Boxes 11-35; Box 36, folders 1-9; Box 90, folders 1-2; Box 97-98; Oversize
Folders 61-80
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into six subseries: Correspondence (2.1);
Presentations (2.2); Associations and Committees (2.3); Awards (2.4); Reference Files
(2.5); Jurying (2.5); and Faculty Papers (2.7).
Scope and Content Note
This series represents the professional activities of Arthur Brown, Jr. outside the
practice of designing and managing the construction of buildings. Some of the records in
this series could be interpreted as more personal in nature (e.g. those for various
social clubs and French cultural organizations), but as these records document
significant networking activities in Arthur Brown, Jr.'s career, they have been placed
in the Professional Papers series. At the core of this series is a large quantity of
correspondence between Arthur Brown, Jr. and other design professionals, which
documents, to a certain extent, their informal discussions of the major issues in
architectural theory and practice. Many of these same issues are addressed in the
correspondence and meeting minutes of the various professional committees on which Brown
served as well as in the clippings collected by Brown. The images and drawings collected
by Brown reveal in part the visual inspiration for Brown's architectural work. The small
collection of faculty papers in this series reflects Brown's methods for teaching
architectural design.
Subseries 2.1
Correspondence
1900-1957
Physical Description:
Boxes 11-21
Arrangement
Correspondence with key contacts is arranged alphabetically by correspondent; general
correspondence is arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Brown maintained many lifelong friendships his classmates and colleagues from the
École des Beaux-Arts. Brown was particularly close with fellow American
students William Adams Delano, Edward Bennett, and Robert Fahrquhar, and French
students Jean Paul Alaux, Paul Bigot, Andre Blanchecotte, Georges Gromort, and Gustave
Jaulmes. Other significant correspondents were Arthur Upham Pope, Clarence Zantzinger,
Edward S. Dodge, Howard Greenly, and Harrie T. Lindberg. Although many of Brown's
friends chided him for being a poor correspondent, Brown sustained communication with
many of his associates for over fifty years. Aside from these primary contacts, Brown
corresponded for short periods of time with many prominent figures both inside and
outside the architectural profession, including President Herbert Hoover, for whom
Brown later designed the Hoover Institution Library. This subseries also includes many
letters of reference or introduction written by Brown for other design
professionals.
Box 11, Folder 1
Alaux, Jean-Paul (in French)
1920-1953
Box 11, Folder 2-3
Bennett, Edward H.
1917-1954
Box 11, Folder 4-5
Bigot, Paul (some in French)
1908-1937
Box 1, Folder 6
Blanchecotte, Andre (in French)
1926-1955
Box 11, Folder 7-8
Delano, William Adams
1911-1929
Box 12, Folder 1-5
Delano, William Adams
1930-1956
Box 12, Folder 6
Dodge, Edwin S.
1916-1938
Box 13, Folder 1
Farquhar, Robert
1911-1954
Box 13, Folder 2-3
Greenly, Howard
1915-1957
Box 13, Folder 4
Gromort, Georges (in French)
1902-1954
Box 13, Folder 5
Guillaume, H. (in French)
1919-1926
Box 13, Folder 6
Jaulmes, Gustave (in French)
1920-1951
Box 13, Folder 7
Laloux, Victor (in French)
1912-1937
Box 13, Folder 8-9
Lindberg, Harrie T.
1940-1955
Box 14, Folder 1-2
Pope, Arthur Upham
1925-1956
Box 14, Folder 3
Quinan, Henry Bremarton
1896-1932
Box 14, Folder 4-5
Zantzinger, Clarence C.
1912-1952
Box 14, Folder 6
Aldrich, Chester
1916-1938
Box 14, Folder 8
Bosworth, Welles
1929-1956
Box 14, Folder 9
Butler, Lawrence Smith
1924-1951
Box 14, Folder 10
Corbett, Harvey Wiley
1926-1943
Box 15, Folder 3
Evermann, Tox Bronte
1916-1925
Box 15, Folder 4
Garrett, Edward
1920-1950
Box 15, Folder 5
Gwin, William (Billy)
1936-1957
Box 15, Folder 6
Heath, Ferry K.
1930-1935
Box 15, Folder 7
Hoover, Herbert
1938-1952
Box 15, Folder 8
Hopkins, Timothy
1919-1941
Box 15, Folder 12
MacAuley, Captain Edward
1923-1952
Box 15, Folder 14
Parsons, William E.
1915-1937
Box 15, Folder 15
Pennoyer, Sheldon and Richard
1933-1948
Box 15, Folder 16
Pope, John Russell
1915-1937
Box 15, Folder 17
Prideaux-Brune, Denys
1949-1950
Box 15, Folder 19
Stringham, Mrs. Frank
1947
Box 15, Folder 20
Tobin, Richard (Dick)
1929-1950
Box 15, Folder 21
White, Lawrence Grant
1939-1956
Box 15, Folder 22
Williams, Wheeler
1938-1956
Box 16, Folder 1-2
Recommendations
1908-1956
Box 16, Folder 4-5
Calling Cards (French)
undated
Box 16, Folder 6-26
General Correspondence (some in French)
1900-1918
Box 17, Folder 1-16
General Correspondence (some in French)
1919-1926
Box 18, Folder 1-12
General Correspondence (some in French)
1927-1932
Box 19, Folder 1-14
General Correspondence (some in French)
1933-1939
Box 20, Folder 1-19
General Correspondence (some in French)
1940-1949
Box 21, Folder 1-15
General Correspondence (some in French)
1950-1957
Box 21, Folder 16-18
General Correspondence (some in French)
undated
Subseries 2.2
Presentations
1919-1951
Physical Description:
Box 22, folders 1-5
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a relatively small number of drafts and final transcripts for
talks given by Arthur Brown, Jr. at the Commonwealth Club and at San Francisco State
College.
Box 22, Folder 1
Miscellaneous
1919,
1926-1943
Box 22, Folder 2
Commonwealth Club
1939,
1941
Box 22, Folder 3
Architectural League
1939
Box 22, Folder 5
2000th Anniversary of Lutetia
1951
Subseries 2.3
Associations and Committees
1900-1957
Physical Description:
Box 22, folders 6-18; Box 23-29; Box 30, folders 1-11; Oversize Folders
61-64
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into American Architecture and Art Associations;
French Architecture and Art Associations; French Culture Associations; Miscellaneous
Associations and Committees; and Social Clubs.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains correspondence, meeting minutes, and other materials from
various architecture, art, and other cultural associations to which Arthur Brown, Jr.
belonged.
2.3.1
American Architecture and Art Associations
1905-1957
Physical Description:
Box 22, folders 6-18; Box 23-25; Box 26, folders 1-11; Oversize Folders
61-62
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Brown was an active member of architectural associations such as the American
Institute of Architects and the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects. Brown was also an
active member and sometime president of the San Francisco Art Association, from
which the California School of Fine Arts (later the San Francisco Art Institute) and
the San Francisco Museum of Art (later the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) were
formed. Of particular interest is discussion about who should, and more importantly
who should not, be elected to the elite organizations such as the Academy of Arts
and Letters.
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 61
Certificates of Membership
1905-1953
Box 22, Folder 6-8
American Institute of Architects: General
1915-1957
Box 22, Folder 9-12
American Institute of Architects: Correspondence
1911-1952
Box 22, Folder 13
American Institute of Architects: Press Bond Holders
1927-1929
Box 22, Folder 14
American Institute of Architects: Committee on Allied Arts
1933-1934
Box 22, Folder 15
American Institute of Architects: Committee on Architectural Competitions
1936-1937
Box 22, Folder 16
American Institute of Architects: Committee on Foreign Relations
1926-1931
Box 22, Folder 17
American Institute of Architects: Committee on the National Capital
1930-1934
Box 22, Folder 18
American Institute of Architects: Committee on War Memorials
1944-1946
Box 23, Folder 1
American Institute of Architects: Northern California Chapter
1928-1957
Box 23, Folder 2-5
Beaux-Arts Institute of Design - New York
1916-1956
Box 23, Folder 6
American Institute for Iranian Art & Archaeology (The Asia
Institute)
1935-1954
Box 23, Folder 7-10
International Congress of Architects
1929-1947
Box 24, Folder 1-2
National Academy of Design
1943-1957
Box 24, Folder 3-8
National Institute of Arts and Letters
1940-1956
Box 25, Folder 1
National Institute of Arts and Letters: Correspondence Re: Nominations
and Elections for Membership
1941-1957
Box 25, Folder 2-5
San Francisco Architectural Club
1911-1952
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 62
[San Francisco Architectural Club] sketches
circa 1910
Box 25, Folder 5-8
San Francisco Art Association: Correspondence
1918-1953
Box 25, Folder 9
San Francisco Art Association: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
1920-1939
Box 26, Folder 1-2
San Francisco Art Association: Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
1940-1957
Box 26, Folder 3
San Francisco Art Association: Montalvo Committee
1930-1951
Box 26, Folder 4
San Francisco Art Association: Rincon Annex Post Office Murals
1953
Box 26, Folder 5
San Francisco Art Association: Bulletin, Membership, Events
1917-1955
Box 26, Folder 6-8
San Francisco Art Association: San Francisco Museum of Art
1918-1956
Box 26, Folder 9
San Francisco Civic Center Committee
1919-1936
Box 26, Folder 10
Society of Beaux-Arts Architects
1925-1937
Box 26, Folder 11
State Association of California Architects - Northern Section
1930-1940
2.3.2
French Architecture and Art Associations
1900-1955
Physical Description:
Box 26, folders 12-14; Box 27; Box 90, folders 1-2; Oversize Folder
63
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Brown maintained lifelong interest in and connections with France, both personally
and professionally. Of the numerous honors awarded him over his lifetime, he took
the most pride in those from French organizations, particularly the Institut de
France, parent organization of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Brown was
elected Correspondent de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1920 and
Associé Étranger de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1926,
succeeding the chair held by painter John Singer Sargent (only eight chairs were
allowed to be occupied by Americans). Also in 1926, Brown was elected Membre de
l'Institut de France, the highest official honor in intellectual and artistic
circles in France. Brown was also appointed Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
in 1932, and later Membre de l' Académie d'Aix-en-Provence in 1950.
Box 27, Folder 1-2
Atelier Laloux: Gazette Laloux
1916-1917
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 63
Atelier Laloux: "Hommage a Laloux"
1935
Box 27, Folder 3
Atelier Laloux: "Hommage a Laloux"
1937
Box 27, Folder 4
Atelier Laloux: Portraits of Laloux
circa 1930
Box 27, Folder 5-7
Insitut de France
1918-1954
Box 27, Folder 8
Legion d'Honneur
1921-1954
Box 27, Folder 9
Ministre de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux Arts
1921-1924
Box 27, Folder 10-11
Société des Architectes Diplômés par
le Gouvernement
1902-1955
Box 27, Folder 12
Miscellaneous French Architecture and Art Associations
1915-1950
Box 90, Folder 1-2
Plaster Cast Portraits of Victor Laloux
circa 1930
2.3.3
French Culture Associations
1913-1956
Physical Description:
Box 28, folders 1-8
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Acting in the interest of the preservation and promotion of French culture, Brown
was heavily involved with and intermittently president of the Comité
France-Amerique of San Francisco. During his association with France-Amerique, Brown
helped to organize several campaigns to send aid to France during World War II in
the form of supplies and food staples. The Browns maintained close connections with
their French comrades during the war, corresponding frequently and sending regular
"care packages" to the Laloux family and those of many of Brown's fellow
École graduates.
Box 28, Folder 1
Alliance Française
1913-1939
Box 28, Folder 2
Association Française d'Action
1936-1939
Box 28, Folder 3-6
Comité France-Amerique
1938-1956
Box 28, Folder 7
French War Relief and C.A.R.E. Packages
1941-1948
Box 28, Folder 8
Friends of France
1915-1920
2.3.4
Miscellaneous Associations and Committees
1912-1957
Physical Description:
Box 28, folders 9-18; Box 29, folders 1-5
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes materials related to Brown's involvement in organizations such as the
Alumni Association of the University of California, Berkeley, the Grace Cathedral
Building Fund, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and the Industrial
Association.
Box 28, Folder 9
Civilian Advisory Council
1942
Box 28, Folder 10
Engineers' Club of San Francisco
1912-1914
Box 28, Folder 11
Grace Cathedral Building Fund
1928-1930
Box 28, Folder 12
Industrial Association
1922-1934
Box 28, Folder 13
Japanese Peace Conference Citizens Committee
1951
Box 28, Folder 14
Keith, William Memorial, St. Mary's College
1931-1954
Box 28, Folder 15
Miscellaneous Committees and Associations
1920-1947
Box 28, Folder 16
Polk, Willis Memorial
1924,
1954
Box 28, Folder 17
San Francisco Architectural Museum
1934
Box 28, Folder 18
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
1921-1939
Box 29, Folder 1
San Francisco Committee of the International Exposition of 1937 in Paris
1936
Box 29, Folder 2
San Francisco Employers Council
1939-1942
Box 29, Folder 3-5
University of California, Berkeley: Alumni Association, Class of 1896
1920-1957
2.3.5
Social Clubs
1911-1957
Physical Description:
Box 29, folders 6-12; Box 30, folders 1-10
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
When not at work, Brown spent much of his time at various exclusive social clubs,
where he presumably built relationships with wealthy local businessmen to form a
network of future clients and collaborators. Associates at the Bohemian Club, the
Pacific-Union Club, the Olympic Club, the University Club (all in San Francisco),
the Burlingame Country Club, and the Century Club in New York, were often involved
in the commissions Brown received.
Box 29, Folder 11-12
Burlingame Country Club
1922-1956
Box 30, Folder 1
Burlingame Country Club
1954
Box 30, Folder 5
Faculty Club, University of California
1947-1956
Box 30, Folder 6
Miscellaneous Clubs
1916-1935
Box 30, Folder 8-9
Pacific-Union Club
1917-1956
Box 30, Folder 10
University Club
1911-1928
2.3.6
Awards
1933-1940
Physical Description:
Box 30, folder 11; Oversize Folder 64
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains primarily awards given for outstanding design for specific building
projects.
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 64
Subseries 2.4
Reference Files
1800-1957
Physical Description:
Box 30, folders 12-13; Box 31-35; Box 36, folders 1-4; Box 97-97; Oversize
Folders 65-80
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains clippings about architecture and related topics as well as
photographs and drawings of architectural projects not designed by Brown, but
presumably used as inspiration for Brown's projects.
2.4.1
Clippings and Scrapbook
1906-1957
Physical Description:
Box 30, folders 12-13; Box 31-34; Box 35, folders 1-3
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Brown collected newspaper and magazine clippings related to a variety of subjects.
Because of the extensive quantity and diversity of clippings, they have been
arranged topically for facilitated access. Clipping subject categories include
Architecture, Politics, Art, France, and Bay Area Development, and give insight into
many of the ideas that shaped and reflected Brown's views on architecture and the
political climate of the time. Many of the clippings have notes written in Jessamine
Brown's hand, presumably to highlight for Arthur Brown some point of interest in the
article. There is also a scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings primarily about
Burnham & Co., Willis Polk, and the rebuilding of San Francisco after the
earthquake in 1906. Brown also retained some documentation of works by his close
associates.
Box 30, Folder 12
Collected speeches and quotes
1941-1953
Box 30, Folder 13
Vers Une Architecture by Le
Corbusier-Saugnier
1923
Box 31, Folder 1-9
Clippings -- Architecture -- General
1907-1939
Box 32, Folder 1-5
Clippings -- Architecture -- General
1940-1957
Box 32, Folder 6
Clippings -- Architecture -- Exposition
1930-1939
Box 32, Folder 7
Clippings -- Architecture -- United Nations
1946-1957
Box 32, Folder 8-11
Clippings -- Architecture -- Bay Area
1912-1949
Box 33, Folder 1-3
Clippings -- Architecture -- Bay Area
1950-1957
Box 33, Folder 4-6
Clippings -- Planning/Development -- Bay Area
1930-1957
Box 33, Folder 7
Clippings -- Planning/Development -- Bay Area -- Freeways
1947-1957
Box 33, Folder 8
Clippings -- Planning/Development -- Bay Area -- Civic Center
1953-1957
Box 33, Folder 9
Clippings -- Art
1920-1957
Box 34, Folder 1
Clippings -- Art Association/Art Commission
1917-1957
Box 34, Folder 2
Clippings -- France/France-related
1931-1937
Box 34, Folder 3-7
Clippings -- French newspapers and journals
1915-1957
Box 34, Folder 8-13
Clippings -- Politics
1920-1957
Box 35, Folder 1
Clippings -- People/Social Life
1927-1957
Box 35, Folder 2
Clippings -- Miscellaneous
1913-1955
2.4.2
Photographs and Drawings
1896-1949
Physical Description:
Box 35, folders 4-7; Box 36, folders 1-4; Oversize Folders 65-80
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
The photographs in this subseries are primarily commercially published (e.g.
Alinari) documentary images of well-known buildings in French and Italian cities.
There are also a few unpublished photographs of American and European buildings.
This subseries also contains unpublished and published drawings and photographs of
works by fellow architects, kept presumably either as inspiration for design or as
souvenirs of work by good friends. This subseries also contains many signed
reproductions of works by Brown's associates at the École des
Beaux-Arts.
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 65
Burnham Plan of San Francisco
1905
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 66
French Decorative Plates and Plans for Au Printemps
1920
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 67
French Railroad Station Drawings
circa 1880s
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 68
Reference Images: America
1905-1926
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 69
Reference Images: Europe
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 70
Reference Images: Plates from Books
1899-1949
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 71
Reference Images: Plates from Books
circa 1900
Box 97, Folder 1
Scrapbook of Reference Images: French Architecture and Drawings by fellow
students of L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts
circa 1900
Box 98, Folder 1
Scrapbook of Reference Images: Italian Architecture
1896
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 72
Miscellaneous Prints and Artwork
circa 1900-1930
Box 36, Folder 1
Drawings by fellow students of L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts
circa 1900-1930
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 73
Works by Fellow Ecole Students
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 74
Works by Fellow Ecole Students
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 75
Works by Fellow Ecole Students
circa 1900
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 76
Works by Fellow Ecole Students
1903-1922
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 77
Model of Rome by Paul Bigot
circa 1905
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 78
Works by E. Frere Champney
circa 1912
Box 36, Folder 2
Edelman, A.M: B'nai B'rith Temple, Los Angeles
undated
Box 36, Folder 3
Reid Bros: Various Projects
circa 1905
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 79
Works by Victor Laloux
1878,
1900
Box 36, Folder 4
Rixford, Loring: University of California, Berkeley, Memorial Pagoda
(proposed)
undated
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 80
Works by associates of Brown
1903-1944
Subseries 2.5
Jurying
1923-1956
Physical Description:
Box 36, folders 5-7
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a small amount of correspondence relating to Brown's work as
a juror for the 10th Olympiad International Jury of Award for Architecture and for the
University of Brussels Competition.
Box 36, Folder 5
University of Brussels Competition
1923
Box 36, Folder 6
Tenth Olympiad Award for Architecture
1932
Box 36, Folder 7
Corregidor-Bataan Memorial
1956
Subseries 2.6
Faculty Papers
1907-1954
Physical Description:
Box 36, folders 8-9
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains assignments from and correspondence related to Arthur Brown,
Jr.'s teaching activities at the San Francisco Architectural Club, Harvard University,
and University of California, Berkeley. It also contains a few photographic prints
representing work done by students in Brown's atelier at the San Francisco
Architectural Club. A large number of glass negatives of San Francisco Architectural
Club student work are also available in BANC PIC 1981.161.
Box 36, Folder 8
University of California, Berkeley
1907-1927
Box 36, Folder 9
Harvard University
1917-1918,
1956
Series 3
Office Records
1905-1956
Physical Description:
Box 36, folders 10-19; Boxes 37-44, 91-93, 95-96
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into six subseries: Administrative (3.1);
Correspondence (3.2); Financial Records (3.3); Public Relations (3.4); Product
Literature (3.5); and Appointment Books (3.6).
Scope and Content Note
This series contains materials related to the day-to-day operation of the offices of
Bakewell & Brown and Arthur Brown, Jr. and Associates, such as financial
records and correspondence with and about personnel. It does not contain the primary
documentation of buildings designed by Arthur Brown, Jr.; those records are located in
the Project Records and Major Projects series. However, letters included in this series
between Arthur Brown, Jr. and his primary employees contain discussion of current
progress of projects in the office.
Subseries 3.1
Administrative
circa 1905-1956
Physical Description:
Box 36, folders 10-16
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains materials regarding office policies and procedures, the
physical office space of Bakewell & Brown and later Arthur Brown, Jr.
(includes layout drawings), and the dissolution of Bakewell & Brown.
Box 36, Folder 10
Office Management Policies and Procedures
1929-1942
Box 36, Folder 11
Architectural License
1919-1956
Box 6, Folder 12
Bakewell & Brown Standard for General Conditions
undated
Box 36, Folder 13
Letterhead
circa 1905,
circa 1915
Box 36, Folder 14
251 Kearny (Firm Office)
1933-1956
Box 36, Folder 15
251 Kearny (Firm Office)
1927-1951
Box 36, Folder 16
Dissolution of Bakewell & Brown
1927-1928
Subseries 3.2
Correspondence
1910-1954
Physical Description:
Box 36, folders 17-19, Box 37-38; Box 39, folders1-2
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into General Correspondence; Primary
Associates/Employees; and Personnel.
3.2.1
General Correspondence
1913-1954
Physical Description:
Box 36, folders 17-19
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes miscellaneous correspondence regarding the basic operations of the
firm.
Box 36, Folder 17
General Correspondence
1913-1954
Box 36, Folder 18
General Correspondence
1913-1954
Box 36, Folder 19
Internal Office Correspondence
1932-1935
3.2.2
Primary Associates/Employees
1913-1953
Physical Description:
Box 37, Box 38, folders 1-4
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Scope and Content Note
Brown traveled extensively between 1928 and 1933 during his firm's most prolific
period after the dissolution of Bakewell & Brown. During this time, he
maintained regular and extensive correspondence with his assistant, Edith Fremdling,
who kept Brown informed of the detailed daily activities of the office with updates
on activities and progress related to all ongoing projects and office architects.
Similar letters were exchanged with Edward Frick and John Davis Hatch, with more
detail relating to the progress of building projects.
Box 37, Folder 1
Bakewell, John, Jr.
1917-1949
Box 37, Folder 2
Baur, John
1932,
1950-1951
Box 37, Folder 3
Brown, Arthur & Jessamine (to office staff, while in Europe)
1935-1936
Box 37, Folder 5-13
Fremdling, Edith
1928-1938
Box 38, Folder 1
Hatch, John David
1935-1949
Box 38, Folder 2
Kruse, Lawrence
1920-1949
3.2.3
Personnel
1910-1949
Physical Description:
Box 38, folders 5-11, Box 39, folders 1-2
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence with and about current and past employees and students,
recommendations to Brown for potential employees, letters from job seekers, and
completed job applications.
Box 38, Folder 5-8
Correspondence with/about current and past employees and students
1911-1953
Box 38, Folder 9-10
Recommendations to Brown
1910-1949
Box 39, Folder 1-2
Job Applications
1931-1942
Subseries 3.3
Financial Records
1905-1953
Physical Description:
Box 39, folders 3-10; Boxes 40-42, Box 43, folder 1; Boxes 91-93,
95-96
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes bookkeeping records for Bakewell & Brown, John Bakewell &
Arthur Brown, Jr. Associated Architects, Arthur Brown, Jr. & Associates, and
Bakewell & Weihe. Of particular interest in this subseries are records of
individual project costs ("job costs"), and time sheets, which document the amount of
time that each employee worked on each project.
Box 39, Folder 3
Firm Condition Reports
1908-1919
Box 39, Folder 4-7
Bills Receivable, Arthur Brown, Jr.
1928-1952
Box 39, Folder 8
Bills Receivable, Bakewell & Brown
1914,
1920-1923
Box 39, Folder 9
Bills Receivable, John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr.
1929-1946
Box 39, Folder 10
Addresses and Job Contacts
circa 1930s
Box 40, Folder 1
Distribution of Expenses
1938-1949
Box 40, Folder 2
Expense Reports: John Davis Hatch
1928-1936
Box 40, Folder 3
Accounts Payable, Engineers: Various
1928-1940
Box 40, Folder 4
Accounts Payable, Engineers: C.H. Snyder
1927-1936
Box 40, Folder 5
Accounts Payable, Engineers: Hunter & Hudson
1914,
1928-1930
Box 40, Folder 6
Accounts Payable, Engineers: Leland & Haley
1914,
1929-1939
Box 40, Folder 7
Accounts Payable, Engineers: George Wagner, Inc.
1927-1940
Box 40, Folder 13
Bakewell & Brown, Cash Book
1905-1912
Box 95, Folder 1
Bakewell & Brown Bookkeeping Card File
1913-1923
Box 96, Folder 1
Bakewell & Brown Cash Account Ledger
1915-1919
Box 96, Folder 2
Bakewell & Brown Cash Book Ledger
1919-1925
Box 41, Folder 1
Bakewell & Brown, "Bills"
circa 1914-1926
Box 41, Folder 2-4
Bakewell & Brown, Time Sheets
1917-1927
Box 41, Folder 5
Bakewell & Brown, Check Stubs
1930-1939
Box 41, Folder 6-10
Bakewell & Brown, Job Book
1921-1940
Box 41, Folder 11
Bakewell & Brown, Wages
1912-1927
Box 42, Folder 1
Bakewell & Brown, Distribution of Wages & Overhead
1924-1927
Box 42, Folder 2-8
Arthur Brown, Jr: Office Accounts
1928-1952
Box 42, Folder 9
Arthur Brown, Jr: Statements of Accounts
1930-1942
Box 43, Folder 1
Arthur Brown, Jr: Petty Cash Record Books
1938-1953
Box 91, Folder 1
Arthur Brown, Jr: Record of Completed Jobs
1928-1929
Box 91, Folder 2
Arthur Brown, Jr: Record of Job Costs, B-P
1928-1948
Box 91, Folder 3
Arthur Brown, Jr: Record of Job Costs, R-Washington
1928-1948
Box 91, Folder 4
Arthur Brown, Jr: Record of Labor Costs, per employee for each project
1934-1950
Box 91, Folder 5
Arthur Brown, Jr: Record of Monthly Labor Distribution
1928-1931
Box 91, Folder 6
Arthur Brown, Jr: Record of Monthly Labor Distribution
1932-1950
Box 91, Folder 7
Arthur Brown, Jr: Accounts Receivable
1928-1950
Box 91, Folder 8
Arthur Brown Jr: Assets
1928-1950
Box 91, Folder 9
Arthur Brown Jr: Liabilities
1928-1950
Box 91, Folder 10
Arthur Brown Jr: Income
1928-1948
Box 91, Folder 11
Arthur Brown Jr: Expenses
1928-1950
Box 92, Folder 1
Arthur Brown Jr: Cash Receipts
1928-1948
Box 92, Folder 2
Arthur Brown Jr: Voucher Register
1928-1931
Box 92, Folder 3
Arthur Brown Jr: Voucher Register
1931-1936
Box 92, Folder 4
Arthur Brown Jr: Voucher Register
1936-1942
Box 92, Folder 5
Arthur Brown Jr: Bank Statement
1927-1935
Box 92, Folder 6
Arthur Brown Jr: Bank Statement
1936-1943
Box 92, Folder 7
Arthur Brown Jr: Bank Statement
1944-1950
Box 92, Folder 8
Arthur Brown Jr: Journal
1928-1935
Box 92, Folder 9
Arthur Brown Jr: Journal
1936-1950
Box 92, Folder 10
Arthur Brown Jr: Office Accounts Ledger Cover
circa 1928
Box 96, Folder 3
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Cash Book
1925-1939
Box 93, Folder 1
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, Journal
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 2
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, Cash Book
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 3
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, Assets and Liabilities
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 4
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, Income and Expenses
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 5
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, John Bakewell
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 6
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, Arthur Brown, Jr.
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 7
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, Statements
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 8
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, Accounts Receivable
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 9
John Bakewell & Arthur Brown, Jr., Associated: Bookkeeping
Records, Job Book
1940-1942
Box 93, Folder 10
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Division of Profits
1932
Box 93, Folder 11
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Journal
1928-1945
Box 93, Folder 12
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Cash Box
1928-1937
Box 93, Folder 13
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Cash Box
1937-1945
Box 93, Folder 14
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Statements
1930-1945
Box 93, Folder 15
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Profit & Loss
1928-1929
Box 93, Folder 16
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Expenses
1930-1945
Box 93, Folder 17
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Bakewell Account
1928-1946
Box 93, Folder 18
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Weihe Account
1928-1946
Box 93, Folder 19
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Balance
1928-1945
Box 93, Folder 20
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Accounts Receivable
1928-1946
Box 93, Folder 21
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Accounts Payable
1929-1944
Box 93, Folder 22
Bakewell & Weihe: Bookkeeping Records: Overhead Refunds
1944-1945
Subseries 3.4
Public Relations
1911-1950
Physical Description:
Box 43, folders 2-5
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes a small portfolio of Arthur Brown, Jr. projects, press releases, and
correspondence with publishers of professional architectural journals.
Box 43, Folder 3-5
Press Releases & Correspondence with Publishers
1911-1950
Subseries 3.5
Product Literature
1910-1955
Physical Description:
Box 43, folders 6-9; Box 44, folders 1-10
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes information about various architectural products and services and files on
decorators and sculptors that may be commissioned for architectural projects.
Box 43, Folder 6-9
Building Materials & Services
1910-1955
Box 44, Folder 1
Decorators: Reynolds, George
undated
Box 44, Folder 2
Sculptors: Crenier, Henri
undated
Box 44, Folder 3
Sculptors: Cummings, Earl
1926
Box 44, Folder 4
Sculptors: Derujinksky
1937-1938
Box 44, Folder 5
Sculptors: Gaumont
undated
Box 44, Folder 6
Sculptors: Graham, Celia A.
undated
Box 44, Folder 7
Sculptors: Malmquist, O.C.
1934
Box 44, Folder 8
Sculptors: Miscellaneous
undated
Box 44, Folder 9
Sculptors: Schnier, Jacques
1935-1936
Box 44, Folder 10
Sculptors: Walter, Edgar
circa 1927
Subseries 3.6
Appointment Books
1921
Physical Description:
Box 44, folders 11-12
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Two appointment books, one for Arthur Brown, Jr. the other for John Bakewell, Jr.
from the year 1921, in which the partners recorded their daily work activities.
Box 44, Folder 11
Arthur Brown, Jr. Date book
1921
Box 44, Folder 12
John Bakewell, Jr. Date book
1921
Series 4
Project Records
1900-1957
Physical Description:
Box 44, folders 13-14; Boxes 45-61; Box 94
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into five subseries: Project Lists (4.1); Files and
Specifications (4.2); Photographs and clippings (4.3); Drawings (4.4); and Full Scale
Details (4.5).
Scope and Content Note
This series, along with the Major Project series, represents the bulk of the Arthur
Brown, Jr. Papers and includes a large number of sketches and finished drawings for most
of the projects designed by Arthur Brown, Jr. Correspondence files, especially for
smaller residential projects are much less complete, and some projects have only
specifications in addition to drawings. Photographs taken by professional architectural
photographers and clippings about projects are filed with individual projects.
Subseries 4.1
Project Lists
1910-1949
Physical Description:
Box 44, folders 13-14; Box 45-46; Box 94; Oversize Folders 81-84
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries includes an index, created in the 1940s, of project drawings as they
were filed in tubes and envelopes in the office of Arthur Brown, Jr. &
Associates at 251 Kearny Street, San Francisco, CA. This index exists in both a binder
and card file form. This subseries also contains a group of ledgers in which are
recorded individual sheet listings for each project, which include information such as
sheet titles, drawing completion dates, the name of the draftsperson responsible for
the sheet. This subseries also contains some reference drawings used in research for
large projects and a "Comparison of Towers by Arthur Brown, Jr."
Box 44, Folder 13
Filing Tubes Index
circa 1940
Box 44, Folder 14
Miscellaneous Filing Indexes
circa 1940
Box 94, Folder 1
Project Card File
circa 1940
Box 45, Folder 1
Bakewell & Brown Drawing Index "Book No. 1"
1911
Box 45, Folder 2
Bakewell & Brown Drawing Index "Book No. 2"
1912-1918
Box 45, Folder 3
Bakewell & Brown Drawing Index "Book No. 3"
1917-1920
Box 45, Folder 4
Bakewell & Brown Drawing Index "Book No. 4"
1920-1927
Box 45, Folder 5
Bakewell & Brown Drawing Index "Book No. 5"
1924-1927
Box 45, Folder 6
Arthur Brown, Jr. Drawing Index "Book No. 6"
1928-1938
Box 46, Folder 1
Bakewell & Brown/Arthur Brown, Jr. Envelope Index
circa 1926-1937
Box 46, Folder 2-5
Arthur Brown, Jr. Drawing Index Washington DC
1929-1936
Box 46, Folder 6
Arthur Brown, Jr. Drawing Index Federal Building and Jobs 1939-1949
1930-1949
Box 46, Folder 7
Fireplaces Designed in the Office
circa 1910
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 81
San Francisco Surveys and Photos of Waterfront
circa 1920
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 82
Comparative Porticos and Monumental Buildings
circa 1934
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 83
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 84
Comparison of Towers by Arthur Brown, Jr.
circa 1940
Subseries 4.2
Files and Photographs
1900-1957
Physical Description:
Boxes 47-60; Box 61, folders 1-19; Oversize Folders 88, 98, 140, 163, 193,
200, 240-248, 252, 366, 370, 372, 386, 400, 447, 456
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries includes contracts, change orders, specifications, and correspondence
with clients and contractors for some projects. It also includes correspondence and
specifications found rolled with drawings, but now filed with other manuscript
materials. Also includes correspondence and meeting minutes relating to Arthur Brown,
Jr.'s work on the Century of Progress Exposition and the Golden Gate International
Exposition planning committees. This subseries also includes a small amount of
correspondence with clients who were also personal friends of Arthur Brown, Jr.,
namely Mrs. Truxtun (Marie) Beale, William and Agnes Bourne, and Mrs. (Celia) Tobin
Clark; these letters are interfiled with project correspondence. This subseries also
includes correspondence regarding prospective projects (not commissioned) and
competitions not won by Arthur Brown, Jr. This subseries also includes photographs of
finished projects and some construction photographs, in addition to clippings from
newspapers, magazines, and professional journals about these projects. Presumably
because Arthur Brown, Jr. maintained an interest in the buildings he designed long
after he was officially involved in them, clippings dates range from the time of the
commission and construction of a building to many years after its completion.
Note
Subseries 4.3
Drawings
1904-1949
Physical Description:
Oversize Folders 85-497 (197-198 RESTRICTED); Rolls 1-3, 20-38, 49-57
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes sketches and preliminary and finished drawings for most of the projects
designed by Arthur Brown, Jr., both built and unbuilt. Some significant projects in
this subseries include Berkeley Town Hall, the California School of Fine Arts (San
Francisco Art Institute), the City of Paris department store, Coit Tower, the Pacific
Gas & Electric Building, and Temple Emanu-El. Also included are drawings for
competitions not won by Arthur Brown, Jr.
Note
Subseries 4.4
Full Scale Detail Drawings
1909-1937
Physical Description:
Rolls 70a-91c
(RESTRICTED)
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Detail drawings depict elements of a building, often at a 1-to-1 scale (Full Scale
Detail or FSD), and were used as a guide for the craftspeople producing these
elements. This subseries contains numerous such drawings, ranging in size from
10-inches to 34-feet long, with an average length of 8-feet. They are generally
damaged from original use, unwieldy because of their size, and contain relatively
little information in comparison to the smaller scale drawings in the previous
subseries. Due to their fragile nature, these FSD drawings have been RESTRICTED for
use and require special permission from the Curator.
Note
Series 5
Pasadena City Hall
1925-1928
Physical Description:
Box 61, folders 20-24; Oversize Folders 498-501
(498
RESTRICTED)
; Rolls 4-5
(RESTRICTED); Roll 39,
91d-98c
(RESTRICTED)
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into three subseries: Files and Photographs (5.1);
Drawings (5.2); and Full Scale Details (5.3).
Subseries 5.1
Files and Photographs
1925-1928
Physical Description:
Box 61, Folders 20-24
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries includes minimal correspondence (two letters from the Pasadena City
Manager's office and a few notes about specific building elements) and a set of
building specifications. It also contains a few photographs of the completed building
and magazine and newspaper clippings depicting or describing the building. An album of
construction progress photographs is located in Bakewell & Brown photograph
collection, BANC PIC 2000.073.
Box 61, Folder 24
Correspondence & clippings
1925-1928,
1953
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 501
Subseries 5.2
Drawings
1925-1928
Physical Description:
Oversize Folders 498-501
(498 RESTRICTED); Rolls
4-5
(RESTRICTED), Roll 39
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains the final set of architectural and structural linen drawings,
one large perspective drawing, detail drawings mostly of decorative elements and light
fixtures, pre-construction site surveys, and plans for future development. A partial
listing of these drawings can be found in "Book No. 5" (Box 45, folder 5) in subseries
4.1 of this collection. The original linen drawings for this project are RESTRICTED
due to fragility, but microfilm copies and select negatives are available for use.
Roll 4
Drawings: sheets 1-9B
1925
Roll 5
Drawings: sheets 101-111, 643, 709, 732, 756
1925
Roll 39
Drawings: surveys & plans for future development
1924-1925
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 498
Drawings: sheets: S1-22
1925-1928
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 499
Drawings: sheets: 3M, 6M, 10M, 19M, 28M, 30M, 31M, 652, 809, 814, 821,
821A, 851
1925-1928
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 500
Drawings: miscellaneous
1925-1928
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 501
Drawings: perspective, floor plans w/ room numbers
1925-1928
Subseries 5.3
Full-Scale Detail Drawings
1925-1928
Physical Description:
Rolls 91d-98c
(RESTRICTED)
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains numerous large scale and full scale detail drawings for
elements ranging from the dome finials to the window framing. A full listing of these
drawings can be found in "Book No. 5" (Box 45, folder 5) and the "Envelope Index" (Box
46, folder 1) in subseries 4.1 of this collection. Due to their fragile nature, these
detail drawings have been RESTRICTED for use and require special permission from the
Curator.
Roll 91d
Drawings: miscellaneous drawings
1925-1928
Roll 92a
Drawings: sheets F1-21
1925-1928
Roll 92b
Drawings: sheets 141-154
1925-1928
Roll 92c
Drawings: sheets 155-164
1925-1928
Roll 92d
Drawings: sheets 165-171
1925-1928
Roll 93a
Drawings: sheets 500-503
1925-1928
Roll 93b
Drawings: sheets 504-507
1925-1928
Roll 93c
Drawings: sheets 507A-510
1925-1928
Roll 93d
Drawings: sheets 510-520
1925-1928
Roll 94a
Drawings: sheets 521-527
1925-1928
Box 94b
Drawings: sheets 532-535
1925-1928
Box 94c
Drawings: sheets 536-540
1925-1928
Box 94d
Drawings: sheets 541-550
1925-1928
Roll 95a
Drawings: sheets 551-560
1925-1928
Roll 95b
Drawings: sheets 560-569
1925-1928
Roll 95c
Drawings: sheets 570-580
1925-1928
Roll 95d
Drawings: sheets 581-588
1925-1928
Roll 96a
Drawings: sheets 589
1925-1928
Roll 96b
Drawings: sheets 590-599
1925-1928
Roll 96c
Drawings: sheets 601-629
1925-1928
Roll 96d
Drawings: sheets 631-663
1925-1928
Roll 97a
Drawings: sheets 664-699
1925-1928
Roll 97b
Drawings: sheets 700-708
1925-1928
Roll 97c
Drawings: sheets 710-720
1925-1928
Roll 97d
Drawings: sheets 721-735
1925-1928
Roll 98a
Drawings: sheets 736-750
1925-1928
Roll 98b
Drawings: sheets 751-760
1925-1928
Roll 98c
Drawings: sheets 800-862
1925-1928
Series 6
Saint Mark's Cathedral
1926-1949
Physical Description:
Boxes 62-68, Oversize Folders 502-518; Rolls 58-61, 98d
(RESTRICTED)
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into two subseries: Files and Photographs (6.1); and
Drawings (6.2).
Scope and Content Note
Plans for Saint Mark's Cathedral began in 1922 when the diocese of Olympia hired
Brown's École colleague E. Frere Champney to design a new Gothic-style
cathedral for Seattle. Difficulties between Champney and the cathedral building
committee precipitated the hiring of Arthur Brown, Jr. in 1926 to associate with
Champney on the project. The project was beset with numerous budget difficulties,
exacerbated by the stock market crash in 1929, and thus caused much disagreement between
the architect and the building committee and required many re-designs. This series
documents Brown's involvement with the project from his hiring in 1926 to his final
legal settlement with the diocese in 1949.
Subseries 6.1
Files and Photographs
1926-1949
Physical Description:
Boxes 62-68
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a great deal of correspondence between Brown and the
cathedral building committee, consultants, and other interested parties; reports on
trips to Seattle by various staff members; ephemera related to fundraising for the
cathedral; newspaper clippings; cost estimates and proposals; certificates; test
reports; and specifications for several different design schemes. It also includes a
collection of hundreds of receipts for blueprints ordered for the job. A unique record
type within the collection, they were preserved as an example of the original scope of
work involved in this complicated and lengthy project. It also contains photographs of
models and a series of construction photographs.
Box 65, Folder 5-6
Reports on Trips to Seattle
1929-1930
Box 65, Folder 7
Travel Expense Reports
1926-1930
Box 65, Folder 8
Ephemera and Fundraising
1926-1931
Box 65, Folder 9
Upholstery Samples
circa 1930
Box 65, Folder 12
Receipts from Blueprint Orders
1927-1932
Box 65, Folder 13
Cost Estimates and Proposals
1927-1930
Box 66, Folder 1-7
Certificates 1-16
1928-1930
Box 67, Folder 1-6
Certificates 17-31
1930-1931
Box 68, Folder 1
Specifications: Second Scheme
1927
Box 68, Folder 6-9
Construction Photographs
1929-1930
Box 68, Folder 10
Construction Photographs and Model Photographs
1929-1930
Subseries 6.2
Drawings
1927-1930
Physical Description:
Box 68, folder 11; Oversize Folders 502-518; Rolls 58-61, 98d
(RESTRICTED)
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a large number of preliminary sketches and drawings (pencil
on trace) for the many schemes proposed for this project; sets of drawings (ink on
linen) for "scheme #1," "scheme #2," and "final scheme" (all 1928); preliminary and
final "temporary scheme" (1927-1930); and large-scale and full-scale detail
drawings.
Box 68, Folder 11
Drawings and Sketches
circa 1927
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 502
Drawings: perspectives
circa 1928
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 503
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 504
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 505
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 506
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 507
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 508
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 509
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 510
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 511
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 512
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 513
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 514
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 515
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 516
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 517
Drawings: sheets: 101-133
1929
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 518
Drawings: preliminary and final temporary scheme
1927-1930
Roll 98d
Full Scale Details Drawings: sheets 501-519
1927-1930
Series 7
San Francisco City Hall
1912-1918,
1953
Physical Description:
Box 10, folder 19; Box 61, folders 1-11; Box 95, folder 2; Boxes 99-100;
Oversize Folders 519-539 (526-529 RESTRICTED); Rolls 6-17
(RESTRICTED), 40-41, 99a-105c
(RESTRICTED)
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into three subseries: Files and Photographs (7.1); and
Drawings (7.2); and Full Scale Details (7.3).
Subseries 7.1
Files and Photographs
1912-1918,
1953
Physical Description:
Box 10, folder 19; Box 61, folders 1-11; Box 95, folder 2; Oversize Folders
519, 539; Roll 17
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains relatively little correspondence given the significance of
this project in the oeuvre of Bakewell & Brown. It includes letters of
congratulation sent to Brown after he received the commission; minimal correspondence
with City representatives; some miscellaneous notes and correspondence; a report
titled "Future Occupancy of City Hall," written in 1953 and presumably given to Brown
given his historical relationship with the building; and numerous newspaper and
magazine clippings reporting on or depicting -- even just as a backdrop -- San
Francisco City Hall. Of particular interest is a card file (Box 95) of research
interviews with future building occupants in 1912. This card file also includes a set
of specifications. This subseries also includes some construction photographs and
photographs taken after the completion of the building. An album of photographs of the
newly completed City Hall taken in 1915 can be found in BANC PIC 1905.12274 - ALB.
Box 69, Folder 1
Letters of Congratulations
1912
Box 69, Folder 3
Ground Breaking Ceremony Program
1913
Box 69, Folder 6
Future Occupancy of City Hall
1953
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 519
Clippings
1925,
1933,
1938-1951
Box 95, Folder 2
Research and Specifications
912-1914
Box 69, Folder 10
Construction Photographs
1913
Box 69, Folder 11
Photographs
circa 1915-1929
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 539
Subseries 7.2
Drawings
1912-1916
Physical Description:
Boxes 99-100; Oversize Folders 520-538 (526-529 RESTRICTED); Rolls 6-17
(RESTRICTED), 40-41
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains the competition entry drawings; numerous sketches and
drawings of the overall scheme as well as interior and exterior details; a watercolor
rendering of the cupola; final detail drawings, many of light fixtures; and the final
set of architectural and structural linen drawings. A partial listing of these
drawings can be found in "Book No. 2" (Box 45, folder 2) in subseries 4.1 of this
collection. The original linen drawings for this project are RESTRICTED due to
fragility, but microfilm copies, select negatives, and select duplicate blueprints and
photostats are available for use.
Box 69, Folder 12
Drawings and Sketches
circa 1912
Box 99, Folder 1-5
Reference Copies: Full Scale sheets: 2, 7-16, 18-21, 23
1913-1915
Box 100, Folder 1-3
Reference Copies: Full Scale sheets: 101-104, 112-114, 132, 134, 156, 160,
172, 173, F54, F65
1913-1915
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 520
Reference Copies: Reduced Scale sheets: 8, 10-12, 15-16
1913
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 521
Reference Copies: Reduced Scale sheets: 17, 19, 22, 101, 103-104
1913
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 522
Reference Copies: Reduced Scale sheets: 107-108A, 122-123, 133
1913
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 523
Reference Copies: Reduced Scale sheets: 135, 156, 160, 172, 175A
1913
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 524
Competition drawing portfolio, floor plan portfolio
1912-1913
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 525
Print of old city hall, competition entry drawing by Righetti &
Headman
circa 1900,
1912
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 526
Competition drawings
1912
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 527
Competition drawings
1912
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 528
Competition drawings
1912
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 529
Competition drawings
1912
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 530
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 531
Preliminary Sketches
circa 1913
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 532
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 533
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 534
Interior & Exterior Detail Sketches
1914-1916
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 535
Interior & Exterior Detail Sketches
1916-1916
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 536
Hand-Colored Prints
1913-1916
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 537
Drawings: sheets: 17, 33, 38, 48-49, 51, 108A, 178, 187, 190, 193, 18E,
103E-106E, F188-189
1915
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 538
Drawings: sheets: 208E-210E, 213E, 257, 330, 330A, 350, 368, 384-385, 389,
396, 401
1914-1916,
1927
Roll 6
Drawings: sheets 1-11
1913-1914
Roll 7
Drawings: sheets 15-23, 26-27
1913-1915
Roll 8
Drawings: sheets 101-107A, 109, 111-112
1913-1915
Roll 9
Drawings: sheets 113-123
1914-1915
Roll 10
Drawings: sheets 124-135, 137-138
1913-1915
Roll 11
Drawings: sheets 2-7, 156-158, 160, 172-183
1912-1915
Roll 12
Drawings: sheets S1-35
1913-1914
Roll 13
Drawings: sheets S1-17, S30-31
1913-1914
Roll 14
Drawings: sheets 7E-17E
1914
Roll 15
Drawings: sheets 7P, 8HP-13HP, 14H, 15P-17P, 24P
1913-1914
Roll 16
Drawings: sheets 108, 175, F65, 379
1913-1914
Roll 17
Drawings: façade dome & lantern
1913-1915
Roll 40
Drawings: masonry drawings
circa 1914
Roll 41
Drawings: plaster model drawings, 10, 12-14, 31, 44, 57
1915
Subseries 7.3
Full Scale Detail Drawings
1912-1915
Physical Description:
Rolls 99a-105c
(RESTRICTED)
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains numerous large scale and full scale detail drawings for
elements ranging from the column capitals to the window framing. A full listing of
these drawings can be found in "Book No. 2" (Box 45, folder 2) in subseries 4.1 of
this collection. Due to their fragile nature, these detail drawings have been
RESTRICTED for use and require special permission from the Curator.
Roll 99a
Drawings: sheets 176-199
1912-1915
Roll 99b
Drawings: sheets 203-204
1912-1915
Roll 99c
Drawings: sheets 206-208
1912-1915
Roll 99d
Drawings: sheets 210-211
1912-1915
Roll 100a
Drawings: sheets 214-216
1912-1915
Roll 100b
Drawings: sheets 217-218
1912-1915
Roll 100c
Drawings: sheets 219-220
1912-1915
Roll 100d
Drawings: sheets 221-223, 225
1912-1915
Roll 101a
Drawings: sheets 224, 226-227
1912-1915
Roll 101b
Drawings: sheets 228-230
1912-1915
Roll 101c
Drawings: sheets 231-235
1912-1915
Roll 101d
Drawings: sheets 236-242
1912-1915
Roll 102a
Drawings: sheets 243-251
1912-1915
Roll 102b
Drawings: sheets 253-265
1912-1915
Roll 102c
Drawings: sheets 266-276
1912-1915
Roll 102d
Drawings: sheets 277-287
1912-1915
Roll 103a
Drawings: sheets 288-291
1912-1915
Roll 103b
Drawings: sheets 292-295
1912-1915
Roll 103c
Drawings: sheets 297-315
1912-1915
Roll 103d
Drawings: sheets 316-325
1912-1915
Roll 104a
Drawings: sheets 326-337
1912-1915
Roll 104b
Drawings: sheets 338-367
1912-1915
Roll 104c
Drawings: sheets 369-383
1912-1915
Roll 104d
Drawings: sheets 386-399
1912-1915
Roll 105a
Drawings: sheets 101E-102E, 211E
1912-1915
Roll 105b
Drawings: sheets F30-64
1912-1915
Roll 105c
Drawings: sheets F66-82, F192-193
1912-1915
Series 8
San Francisco War Memorial
1919-1951
Physical Description:
Box 43, folder 2; Box 69, folders 13-20; Box 70; Oversize Folders 540-545; Rolls
42-44, 62-68; Framed Storage
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into two subseries: Files and Photographs (8.1) and
Drawings (8.2).
Scope and Content Note
The San Francisco War Memorial project began in 1913 with plans to replace the San
Francisco opera house that had been destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, but the program
expanded to include, in addition to other programmatic elements, a war memorial after
World War I. Brown became officially involved in the project as a part of the War
Memorial Architectural Advisory Committee in 1922, but he may have had informal
involvement in the project before 1922, as Brown was a close associate of Willis Polk,
the well-known San Francisco architect who had been given the original opera house
commission. In 1924, Brown, with Willis Polk and G. Albert Landsburgh, was contracted to
develop plans for the two buildings of the War Memorial: the Opera House and the
Veterans Building. After Willis Polk's death in 1924 and several more years of
fundraising, Brown was asked to take over the entire commission. After several more
years of controversy over the design of the War Memorial, the buildings were completed
in 1932.
Subseries 8.1
Files and Photographs
1921-1941
Physical Description:
Box 43, folder 2; Box 69, folders 13-20; Box 70, folders 1-10; Oversize
Folders 540, 543
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains a good deal of correspondence spanning the many years of
controversy over the design of the buildings; progress reports on the building plans;
War Memorial Board of Trustees meeting minutes; several versions of Brown's contract;
specifications for the final design; correspondence regarding alterations and
additions to both buildings, including the conversion of the upper level of the
Veterans Building into the San Francisco Museum of Art; ephemera; newspaper clippings
reporting on and depicting the War Memorial buildings; and photographs of the
completed building.
Box 69, Folder 18
Correspondence
1933,
1937
Box 69, Folder 19
Progress Reports on Plans
1928-1929
Box 69, Folder 20
Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1931-1932
Box 70, Folder 1-2
Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
1932-1933
Box 70, Folder 5
Alterations and Additions
1935-1941,
1953
Box 70, Folder 6
San Francisco Museum of Art
1947
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 540
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 543
Subseries 8.2
Drawings
1919-1940
Physical Description:
Box 70, folder 11, Oversize Folders 540-545; Rolls 42-44, 62-67; Framed
Storage
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains some early (1919-1923) sketches and drawings, likely in
collaboration with Willis Polk; presentation drawings (1926); and preliminary and
final sets of blueprints for both the Opera House and Veterans Building
(1928-1932).
Box 70, Folder 11
Drawings and Sketches
circa 1925
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 540
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 541
Sketches and Drawings
1919-1934
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 542
Presentation Drawings
1926
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 543
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 544
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 545
Drawings & Drawings, additions & alterations
1930-1932,
1934-1940
Roll 42
Drawings: sheets 1A, 3-22
1931
Roll 43
Drawings: sheets 23-49
1931
Roll 62
Drawings: sheets 4-28
1932
Roll 63
Drawings: sheets 29-49
1932
Roll 67
Drawings: sheets S1-30
1929,
1931
Roll 66
Drawings: miscellaneous drawings
circa 1930
Roll 68
Drawings: foundation plans, structural
1929
Roll 44
Drawings: sheets 3-38
1931
Roll 64
Drawings: sheets 4-16, 20-25
1928
Roll 65
Drawings: sheets 4-15
1932
Roll 66
Drawings: miscellaneous
circa 1930
Roll 67
Drawings: sheets S1-30
1929,
1931
Roll 67
Drawings: foundation plans, structural
1929
Longitudinal Section Presentation Drawings
1926
Series 9
United States Government
1909,
1927-1941,
1956-1957
Physical Description:
Box 43, folder 2; Boxes 71-75; Box 90, folder 4; Boxes 101-114; Oversize Folders
546-565; Rolls 18, 45-46, 69,
105d-108d (RESTRICTED);
Framed Storage
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Arranged into six subseries: Board of Architectural
Consultants (9.1); Department of Labor/Interstate Commerce Commission/Connecting Wing
(9.2); San Francisco Federal Office Building (9.3); Federal Reserve Board Competition
(9.4); San Francisco Subtreasury Competition (9.5); and U.S. Capitol Building East Front
Extension Committee (9.6).
Scope and Content Note
This series contains materials pertaining to Brown's employment by the United States
Government, both as a consultant and as a designer.
Subseries 9.1
Board of Architectural Consultants
1927-1935
Physical Description:
Box 71, folders 1-6; Oversize Folder 546
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
The Board of Architectural Consultants was charged with the task of planning the
Federal Triangle complex in Washington DC. Brown was appointed to this committee in
1927. This subseries contains correspondence; committee meeting minutes; and drawings
of overall plans for the Federal Triangle as well as some preliminary elevation
drawings for buildings on the Federal Triangle.
Box 71, Folder 2-5
Meeting Minutes
1927-1934
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 546
Subseries 9.2
Department of Labor Building/Interstate Commerce Commission
Building/Connecting Wing
1927-1941
Physical Description:
Box 43, folder 2; Box 71, folders 7-10; Box 72; Box 73, folders 1-9; Box 90,
folder 4; Box 101-111; Oversize Folders 547-555; Rolls 18, 45-46, 69,
105d-108d (RESTRICTED); Framed Storage
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into: Files and Photographs; Drawings; and Full
Scale Detail Drawings
9.2.1
Files and Photographs
1927-1941
Physical Description:
Box 43, folder 2; Box 71, folders 7-10; Box 72; Box 73, folders 1-8; Box 90,
folder 4; Oversize Folder 549; Framed Storage
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence; contracts; several specifications for different elements
of construction; cost data; payment vouchers; newspaper clippings; photographs of
buildings and building elements presumably used as inspiration for the design;
construction photographs; photographs of the completed building; and a sample of the
oak stain used in the building.
Box 71, Folder 10
Specifications (for Bidders): Excavating/Foundations,
1933
Box 72, Folder 1-2
Specifications (for Bidders): Landscaping/Sprinklers, Lighting Fixtures
1933
Box 72, Folder 3
Specifications and Contracts: Models, Sculpture
1934-1935
Box 72, Folder 4-6
Specifications (for Bidders): General
1932-1935
Box 72, Folder 7
Specifications: Motion Picture, Sound, Dictaphone,
1934-1935
Box 72, Folder 8
Specifications: Steel Shelving, Furniture
1934-1935
Box 72, Folder 9
Specifications: Miscellaneous Fittings
1934-1935
Box 73, Folder 1
Specifications: Furniture
1934
Box 73, Folder 2
Specification Addendums
1933-1934
Box 73, Folder 4
Payment Vouchers
1933-1937
Box 73, Folder 6
Reference Photographs
1934
Box 73, Folder 7
Sculpture Photographs
1935
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 549
Construction Photographs and Aerial View
circa 1933
9.2.2
Drawings
1927-1935
Physical Description:
Box 73, folder 9; Boxes 101-103; Box 104, folder 1, Box 111; Oversize
Folders 547-555; Rolls 18, 45-46, 69
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Note
A partial list of these drawings can be found in the "Washington D.C. Drawing
Index" (Box 46, folder 2-5) in series 4.1 elsewhere in this collection.
Box 73, Folder 9
Drawings: miscellaneous
1929
Box 101, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B1-27, B100-150
1933-1935
Box 102, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B151-231
1933-1935
Box 103, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets BS405-1 to 419-5, BP400-1 to 400-5
1933-1935
Box 104, Folder 1
Drawings: sheets BF401-1 to 404-10
1933-1935
Box 111, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets BE 450-492, BP450-484, BPH491-493
1933-1935
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 547
Drawings: sheets PA 22-23
1929
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 548
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 550
Drawings: sheets PG 4-9, 11-12, 14
1929
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 551
Drawings: sheets PSICC 30-31, PA 18, 27, 29, 32, 59; PSL 22-29
1927,
1929
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 552
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 553
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 554
Drawings: Subway, sheets: B50-57
1933
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 555
Drawings: miscellaneous
1934-1935
Roll 18
Drawings: sheets PSICC 20-27
1929
Roll 45
Drawings: Federal Triangle General Plan, Labor/ICC studies 1 &
2, sheets PA15-17, 32; PSICC 32, 35
1927,
1929
Roll 46
Drawings: sheet PG10
1929
Roll 69
Drawings: planting, walks, sprinkler & lighting
1931-1933
9.2.3
Full Scale Detail Drawings
1929-1935
Physical Description:
Boxes 104, folders 2-8; Boxes 105-110;
Rolls 105d-108d
(RESTRICTED)
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Note
A full list of these drawings can be found in the "Washington D.C. Drawing
Index" (Box 46, folder 2-5) in series 4.1 elsewhere in this collection. Due to
their fragile nature, these detail drawings have been RESTRICTED for use and
require special permission from the Curator.
Box 104, Folder 2-8
Drawings: sheets B2000-2012
1933-1935
Box 105, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B2011-2030
1933-1935
Box 106, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B2031-2050
1933-1935
Box 107, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B2051-2070
1933-1935
Box 108, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B2071-2090
1933-1935
Box 109, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B2091-2125
1933-1935
Box 110, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B2126-2139, 2150-2159, 2198
1933-1935
Roll 105d
Drawings: sheets F1-20
1929-1935
Roll 106a
Drawings: sheets F21-35
1929-1935
Roll 106b
Drawings: sheets F36-45
1929-1935
Roll 106c
Drawings: sheets F46-84
1929-1935
Roll 106d
Drawings: sheets FW1-24
1929-1935
Roll 107a
Drawings: sheets B1-2C, B2098
1929-1935
Roll 107b
Drawings: sheets B58, B2044A, BF61-67, BM300-315
1929-1935
Roll 107c
Drawings: sheets BM316-329
1929-1935
Roll 107d
Drawings: sheets BM330-349
1929-1935
Roll 108a
Drawings: sheets BM352-398
1929-1935
Roll 108b
Drawings: sheets BM401-430
1929-1935
Roll 108c
Drawings: sheets BF87-105
1929-1935
Roll 108d
Drawings: sheets BF106-126
1929-1935
Subseries 9.3
San Francisco Federal Office Building
1928-1936
Physical Description:
Box 43, folder 2, Box 73, folder 10-15; Box 74, folders 1-12; Boxes 112-114;
Oversize Folders 556-558; Framed Storage
9.3.1
Files and Photographs
1928-1936
Physical Description:
Box 43, folder 2; Box 73, folders 10-15; Box 74, folders 1- 11; Oversize
Folder 556, Framed Storage
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains minimal correspondence; specifications for many elements of construction;
newspaper clippings; and photographs.
Box 73, Folder 11
Contracts: Engineers
1931-1932
Box 73, Folder 12-13
Specifications/Contracts
1932-1933
Box 73, Folder 14
Specifications: Rough Excavating
1932
Box 73, Folder 15
Specifications: Topographical Survey, Test Boring, Water Analysis, Old
Foundations, Excavating, Elevators
1932-1935
Box 74, Folder 1
Specifications: Hardware, Lighting Fixtures
1932-1935
Box 74, Folder 2
Specifications: Cover
1932-1935
Box 74, Folder 3-4
Specifications: General - First Issue
1933
Box 74, Folder 5
Specifications: Elevator Plant
[1933]
Box 74, Folder 6-7
Specifications: Second Series - As Built
1933-1935
Box 74, Folder 8
Specifications: Mechanical, Revisions
1935
Box 74, Folder 9
Specifications: Revisions
1936
Box 74, Folder 11
Photographs
circa 1931-1934
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 556
Photographs
1931,
circa 1933
9.3.2
Drawings
1931-1935
Physical Description:
Box 74, folders 12; Box 112; Box 114, folders 3-8; Oversize Folder
556-558
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Note
A partial list of these drawings can be found in the "Drawing Index Federal
Building and Jobs 1939-1949" (Box 46, folder 6) in series 4.1 elsewhere in this
collection.
Box 74, Folder 12
Drawings, Miscellaneous
1931
Box 112, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B1-9, B100-102, B201-227, B401-423
1932-1935
Box 114, Folder 3-8
Drawings: sheets BE450-460, BP450-459, BPH460, BH450-461, BHP462
1932-1935
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 556
Drawings
1931,
circa 1933
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 557-558
Drawing: Fulton Street Elevation
1931
9.3.3
Full Scale Detail Drawings
1931-1935
Physical Description:
Boxes 113; Box 114, folders 1-2
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Note
A full list of these drawings can be found in the "Drawing Index Federal
Building and Jobs 1939-1949" (Box 46, folder 6) in series 4.1 elsewhere in this
collection.
Box 113, Folder 1-8
Drawings: sheets B2000-2025
1932-1935
Box 114, Folder 1-2
Drawings: sheets B2026-2044
1932-1935
Subseries 9.4
Federal Reserve Board Competition
1935
Physical Description:
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries includes the program and regulations for the competition; sketches; a
copy of The Architectural Forum from July, 1935, publishing the winning and recognized
entries into the competition; and preliminary and competition entry drawings.
Box 75, Folder 1
Correspondence and Drawings
1935
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 559-562
Subseries 9.5
San Francisco Subtreasury Competition
1909
Physical Description:
Box 75, folder 2; Oversize Folder 563
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries includes correspondence regarding entry into the competition and a
copy of regulations for "Designs and Specifications for Public Buildings to be Erected
Under the Supervision of the Treasury Department," and Bakewell & Brown's
competition entry drawings.
Box 75, Folder 2
Correspondence and Drawings
1909
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 563
Subseries 9.6
U.S. Capitol East Front Extension Committee
1956-1957
Physical Description:
Box 75, folders 3-7; Oversize Folders 564-565
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
This subseries contains correspondence; notes; meeting agendas and reports;
photographs of the U.S. Capitol before the extension project; and historical and
contemporary drawings of the Capitol building and environs. Because Brown died before
the final committee report could be submitted, the documentation is relatively
incomplete.
Box 75, Folder 9
Meeting Agendas and Reports
1956-1957
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 564-565
Series 10
University of California, Berkeley
1910-1954 (bulk 1938-1948)
Physical Description:
Boxes 76-89; Box 90, folder 5; Oversize Folders 566-582; Rolls 47-48
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into two subseries: Supervising Architect (10.1) and
Project Records (10.2).
Scope and Content Note
In 1938 Arthur Brown, Jr. was hired as the campus's Supervising Architect, overseeing
the architectural and aesthetic direction of the buildings and campus plan at UC
Berkeley. As Supervising Architect, Brown oversaw the design and construction of several
campus buildings, including the Women's Dormitory (1938-1942), later named Stern Hall,
the Forestry Building (1946-1948), later named Mulford Hall, and an unbuilt Little
Theater project (1938-1942). Brown himself also designed several structures for the
Berkeley campus, many during his tenure as Supervising Architect, including the Class of
1910 Bridge (1910); Student Infirmary Building (1930), later Cowell Hospital;
Administration Building (1941), later named Sproul Hall; the Emergency Classroom
Building (1941), later named Minor Hall; the 184" Cyclotron Buildings (1940); and his
final building project, the Doe Library Annex (1946-1949) later home of the Bancroft
Library. Brown was eventually asked to resign as UC Berkeley's Supervising Architect by
the UC Regents in 1948, but not before detailing campus plans that would carry John
Galen Howard's original plan through the subsequent twenty years of expansion. Brown's
suggestions were not carried out and the Regents eliminated the position of Supervising
Architect for the campus.
Subseries 10.1
Supervising Architect Records
1938-1949
Physical Description:
Box 76-79; Box 80, folders 1-9; Oversize Folder 568
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically. Divided into Correspondence, Projects Records, and Campus
Planning.
10.1.1
Correspondence
1937-1949
Physical Description:
Box 76; Box 77, folders 1-7
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of general correspondence and notes by Brown in his position as
Supervising Architect as well as several versions of Brown's contract with UC
Berkeley and pay stubs for Brown's services.
Box 76, Folder 1-11
Correspondence and Notes
1937-1948
Box 77, Folder 1-3
Correspondence and Notes
1948-1951
Box 77, Folder 4
Correspondence re: Architects' Fees
1939-1946
Box 77, Folder 5
Correspondence re: Granitex (see also Administration Building
correspondence)
1948
Box 77, Folder 6
Contract and Revisions
1938,
1945
10.1.2
Projects Supervised
1939-1949
Physical Description:
Box 77, folders 8-12; Box 78; Box 79, folders 1-6
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of minutes from meetings of the Building Committee; general
correspondence; and correspondence, cost data, specifications and drawings for
individual building projects.
Box 77, Folder 8-11
Building Committees
1944-1948
Box 77, Folder 12
Executive Architects - Correspondence and Notes
1944-1948
Box 78, Folder 1
Executive Architects - "Dossiers" and Correspondence
1946-1947
Box 78, Folder 2
"Dossiers" - Engineer and Architects
1944-1948
Box 78, Folder 3
Building Proposals - Various
1939-1944
Box 78, Folder 4
Building Proposals - Engineering
1943-1944
Box 78, Folder 5
Cost Data - Various Projects
1940-1946
Box 78, Folder 6
Cost Data, Engineering - Various Projects
1940-1943
Box 78, Folder 7-8
Various Projects: Correspondence and Notes
1938-1949
Box 78, Folder 9
Women's Dormitory: Correspondence
1938-1939
Box 78, Folder 10
Remington Rand Building/First Street Store Front, alterations
1940-1943
Box 78, Folder 11-12
Little Theater: Correspondence
1938-1942
Box 78, Folder 13
Little Theater: Cost Estimates, Preliminary Designs, Research
1938
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 568
Little Theater: Drawings
1938-1942
Box 78, Folder 14
184" Cyclotron Projects "D" and "E": Correspondence
1944-1947
Box 79, Folder 1-2
Forestry Building: Specifications
1946
Box 79, Folder 3
Classroom Building and Auditorium: Correspondence
1938
Box 79, Folder 5
Public Health Building
1947-1948
Box 79, Folder 6
Hilgard Hall and Haviland Hall, repairs
1948
10.1.3
Campus Planning
1938-1947
Physical Description:
Box 79, folders 7-13; Box 80, folders 1-9; Oversize Folders 566-567
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of campus planning records, including the 1940 Key Plan, the 1943 General
Plan, the 1944 Report on the Status of the "General Plan" for the Berkeley Campus,
related correspondence, and meeting minutes from the Committee on Campus Development
and Building Locations. Several draft and final campus planning drawings are also
included.
Box 79, Folder 7-9
Committee on Campus Development and Building Location - Meeting Minutes
1938-1947
Box 79, Folder 10-13
Campus Planning
1940-1946
Box 80, Folder 1-2
Campus Planning
1946-1947
Box 80, Folder 3
Campus Planning: Report on Status of the "General
1944
Box 80, Folder 4
Campus Planning: Report on Status of the "General Plan" - Drafts and
Notes
1944
Box 80, Folder 5
Campus Planning: Report on Status of the "General Plan" - Regents'
Committee on Grounds and Buildings
1944
Box 80, Folder 6
Campus Planning: Property Acquisition
1944-1947
Box 80, Folder 7
Campus Planning: Proposed Campus Maps and
1940
Box 80, Folder 8
Campus Planning: Maps of Other University Campuses
1940
Box 80, Folder 9
Campus Planning: Other University Campuses
1940-1945
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 566-567
General Plan Drawings
1944
Subseries 10.2
Project Records
1910-1954 (bulk 1938-1949)
Physical Description:
Box 80, folders 10-13; Boxes 81-89; Box 90, folder 5; Oversize Folders
569-582; Rolls 47-48
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically. Divided into Administration Building, Cyclotron Building,
Emergency Classroom Building, Infirmary Building, Library Annex, Medical-Physics
Building, and Miscellaneous Projects.
10.2.1
Administration Building (Sproul Hall)
1938-1949
Physical Description:
Boxes 80, folders 10-13; Box 81, Box 82, folders 1-10; Oversize Folders
569-570
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, certificates, landscape specifications, clippings,
photographs, presentation drawings, and landscape drawings (landscape architect: Ned
Rucker). Original (pencil on trace) final drawing set for this project is located in
University Archives collection CU-402.
Box 80, Folder 10-13
Correspondence and Notes
1938-1940
Box 81, Folder 1-10
Correspondence and Notes
1940-1942
Box 82, Folder 1-4
Correspondence and Notes
1942-1949
Box 82, Folder 8
Landscape Specifications
1948
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 569
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 570
10.2.2
Cyclotron Building
1939-1947
Physical Description:
Box 82, folders 11-12; Box 83, folders 1-9; Oversize Folder 571
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes general correspondence; correspondence about the 184" Cyclotron, Project
"B" (Laboratory and Shop Buildings), and Project "C" (Lab Building, Storehouse, and
Sheet Metal Shop); cost estimates; newspaper clippings; architectural and structural
drawings; and maps.
Box 82, Folder 12
184" Cyclotron Building
1939-1941
Box 83, Folder 1-2
184" Cyclotron Building
1941-1943
Box 83, Folder 3-4
Project "B" - Laboratory and Shop Building
1942-1943
Box 83, Folder 5-7
Project "C" - Lab Building, Storehouse, Sheet Metal Shop
1943
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 571
Drawings: 184" Cyclotron
1940,
1947
10.2.3
Emergency Classroom Building (Minor Hall)
1940-1948
Physical Description:
Box 83, folders 10-12; Box 84, folder 1; Oversize Folder 572
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, notes, certificates, change orders, and some drawings.
Original (pencil on trace) final drawing set for this project is located in
University Archives collection CU-402.
Box 83, Folder 10-12
Correspondence and Notes
1940-1948
Box 84, Folder 1
Certificates and Change Orders
1941-1942
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 572
10.2.4
Infirmary Building (Student/Cowell Hospital)
1927-1930,
1947
Physical Description:
Box 84, folders 2-6; Oversize Folder 573
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes contracts; certificates; specifications; change orders; structural and
mechanical drawings for the original building; and architectural drawings for an
addition in 1947. Drawings for this project are also located in University Archives
collection CU-402.
Box 84, Folder 6
Floor Plans, Change Orders
1929-1930
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 573
10.2.5
Library Annex (Bancroft Library)
1934-1950
Physical Description:
Box 84, folders 7-11; Boxes 85-88; Box 89, folder 1; Box 90, folder 5;
Oversize Folders 578-582, Rolls 47-48
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes research and planning notes; correspondence; specifications; landscape
specifications (landscape architect: H.L. Vaughn); furniture and equipment notes;
contracts and change orders; progress and test reports; certificates; job costs;
newspaper clippings; photographs; a wall color sample; numerous preliminary sketches
and drawings; and a blueprint set of architectural, structural, and landscape
drawings.
Box 84, Folder 7
Research/Planning
1934-1945
Box 84, Folder 8-11
Correspondence and Notes
1938-1946
Box 85, Folder 1-7
Correspondence and Notes
1947-1948
Box 86, Folder 1-8
Correspondence and Notes
1949
Box 87, Folder 1-4
Correspondence and Notes
1945-1950
Box 87, Folder 8
Landscaping Specifications
1949
Box 87, Folder 9
Furniture and Equipment
1949
Box 87, Folder 11
Contract and Change Orders: Elevator Work
1948-1948
Box 88, Folder 1
Contract and Change Orders: Plumbing/Heating
1948-1949
Box 88, Folder 2
Contract and Change Orders: General Contractor
1948-1949
Box 88, Folder 3
Contract and Change Orders: Electrical
1948-1949
Box 88, Folder 4
Construction Progress Reports
1948
Box 88, Folder 5-6
Test Reports - Concrete
1948-1949
Box 89, Folder 1
Photographs
circa 1948-1952
Box 90, Folder 5
Wall Color Sample
circa 1948
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 578
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 579
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 580
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 581
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 582
Roll 47
Drawings: sheets A1-38
1947
Roll 48
Drawings: sheets 108, 111, S1-15, L1-3, furniture
1947-1949
10.2.6
Medical-Physics Building (Donner Lab)
1941-1943,
1947
Physical Description:
Box 89, folders 2-7; Oversize Folders 574-575
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes certificates; correspondence regarding original and annex buildings; and
some drawings for original and annex buildings. Original (pencil on trace) final
drawing set for this project is located in University Archives collection
CU-402.
Box 89, Folder 2-5
Correspondence and Certificates
1941-1943
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 574
Oversize Drawer B, Folder 575
10.2.7
Miscellaneous Projects
1910,
1918,
1927-1948
Physical Description:
Box 89, folders 8-14; Oversize Folder 577
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence and drawings for the Class of 1910 Bridge and Shop
Buildings for Corporation Yard; correspondence regarding proposed dormitories,
Sather Tower plaque; and contracts for various projects.
Box 89, Folder 8
Class of 1910 Bridge: Drawings, Photographs and Clippings
1910-1927
Oversize Drawer A, Folder 576
Class of 1910 Bridge: Drawings
1910
Box 89, Folder 9
Dormitories (proposed)
n.d.
Box 89, Folder 11-12
Shop Buildings for Corporation Yard: Correspondence
1939-1940
Oversize Drawer C, Folder 577
Shop Building for Corporation Yard: Drawings
1938-1939
Box 89, Folder 13-14
Contracts: Various Projects
1927-1948
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