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Title: Stafford L. Jory collection
Dates: 1904-1960
Collection number: 2005-12
Creator:
Jory, Stafford L., 1889-1968
Collector:
Environmental Design Archives
Collection Size:
3 flat file drawers
Repository:
Environmental Design Archives
College of Environmental Design
College of Environmental Design
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Physical location: Environmental Design Archives
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California 94720-1820
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California 94720-1820
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open for research.
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
[Identification of Item], Stafford Jory Collection, 2005-12, Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design.
University of California, Berkeley.
Following Jory's death, the collection remained in the family home until it was donated by his daughter.
Stafford Jory was born in Stockton on August 24, 1889 to parents of English background. He moved to Berkeley in 1907, graduated
high school, and entered UC Berkeley, where he became one of John Galen Howard's first students. After receiving his B.S.
in 1912, he continued under Howard's tutelage, earning a Masters in 1913 and the discontinued Graduate in Architecture degree
in 1914. In these early years he often worked creating beautiful color renderings for Howard. These degrees earned Jory a
professor's position at Berkeley; however, World War I interrupted this development, and he ended up teaching artillery school
in Virginia until the end of the war. His brother Arthur Jory also attended the Berkeley Architecture Program and they worked
on a number of projects together.
After the war, he married Grace Weeks, a former classmate in architecture, and returned to his teaching position at Berkeley
where he would teach until his retirement in 1956. During these years, he was also a practicing architect. He was responsible
for a number of residences in the Berkeley area, including the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity House, Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
House, and the house of his friend Farnham Griffiths. His professional relationship with Howard continued throughout his career
as they collaborated on many university buildings, including Wheeler Hall, Hilgard Hall, parts of Doe Library, Edwards Track
Stadium, and the School of Law built in 1950.
In addition to architecture, Jory was also active in floriculture, where he found international recognition for his work in
the hybridization of geraniums and the iris. His "William Mohr Crossing" led to the revolutionary development of the tall
bearded garden iris. His other love was the photography of landscapes, gardens, and architecture. He was a member of the American
Iris Society, the Aril Societe Internationale, and the Photographic Club of America. Jory passed away in 1968.
Sources:
Goodman, M.A., Jeans, R. W., & Perry, W.C. "Stafford Lelean Jory." Photocopy - No other information, p. 52.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Stafford Jory Collection contains three flat files of project files and drawings, most of which are private residences
in the Bay Area. Project records also include his institutional work around UC Berkeley and his decades-long association with
Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, which was originally designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. Unfortunately, due to the manner
in which they were received, it is impossible to know how much Jory contributed to certain project records, as these records
only credit the firm or lead architect (e.g., J.G. Howard). In addition to the project records, there is the Personal Papers
series, which collects his student work from UC Berkeley.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Architects--California.
Architecture--California.
Architectural records.
Architectural drawings.
Architectural photographs.
The following is a list of architectural projects from the Stafford L. Jory Collection. For instructions on interpreting the
Project Index, see
The Guide to the Project Index at
http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/pindex/guide.htm .
The Project Index list is arranged alphabetically by Project/Client Name and contains information, where available, about
the location, date, project type, architect, collaborators, photographers, and formats for each project in the collection.
Project/Client Name (location, date, project type, architect) Collaborator (role), Photographer [Format - Ms=Manuscripts, Dr=Drawings, Ph=Photographs]
- Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity ( Berkeley , CA ; 1912-1929 ; residential-multi ) [ Dr ]
- Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority ( Berkeley , CA ; 1929 ; residential-multi ) [ Dr ]
- American Academy, competition ( Rome , Italy ; 1916 ; educational ) Collaborator: Shaw, N. (architect) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Anderson Community Hall ( Shasta County , CA ; 1923 ; governmental ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Avenali, L. ( San Francisco , CA ; 1913 ; residential ) Collaborators: Bakewell & Brown (architects) [ Dr ]
- Bechtel Family Bronze Gates - see Mountain View Cemetery ( Oakland , CA ; 1934 ; funerary ) [ Dr ]
- Bell, R. ( Oakland , CA ; 1938,1948 ; residential ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Bennet, A.E. ( Napa , CA ; 1948 ; residential ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Busy Bee Ranch ( unknown , ; n.d. ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Clark, E.S. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1924 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Conklin, A.P.: St. Francis Woods ( San Francisco , CA ; 1922 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Edwards, B.A. ( Vallejo , CA ; 1920 ; residential ) Collaborator: Perry, C.E. (architect) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Foote, F. ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Gahl, R. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1927 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Gallwey, W.E. ( Santa Cruz , CA ; 1932 ; residential ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Garfield Intermediate School ( unknown ; 1920 ; educational ) [ Dr ]
- Gregory, W. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1912 ; residential ) Collaborator: Howard, J.G. (architect) [ Dr ]
- Griffiths, F. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1928 ; residential ) Chace, T. (engineer) [ Dr ]
- Hendry, G. ( Pt. Richmond , CA ; 1937 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Howard, J.G., Memorial ( Berkeley , CA ; 1931 ; educational ) [ Dr ]
- Jamme, A. ( Inverness , CA ; 1936 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Jeans, R. ( Thousand Oaks , CA ; ; residential ) Collaborator: Jeans, R. (architect) [ Dr ]
- Jones, G. ( Inverness , CA ; 1937 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Jory, E. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1920 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Jory. S.L. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1924 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Killen, W. ( Saratoga , CA ; 1950 ; residential ) Collaborators: Wurster, Bernardi, & Emmons (architects) [ Dr ]
- Kingsley, M. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1927 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Kingsley. M. ( Oakland , CA ; 1927 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Knapp, G.O. ( Montecito , CA ; 1912 ; residential ) Collaborator: Ray, E.R. (architect) [ Ms Dr ]
- Locan, N. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1917 ; residential ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Matson, W. ( San Francisco , CA ; 1915 ; residential ) Collaborator: Hays, W.C. (architect) [ Dr ]
- Mountain View Cemetary: Columbarium, Signage, Offices ( Oakland , CA ; 1925-1926 ; funerary ) [ Dr ]
- Mountain View Cemetary, additions ( Oakland , CA ; 1930 ; funerary ) Collaborator: Chace, T. (engineer) [ Dr ]
- Mountain View Cemetary: Bechtel Family Gates, Easter Cross, Police Dept. Memorial Plaque ( Oakland , CA ; 1934-1935 ; funerary ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Mountain View Cemetary: Rock Walls, Fountain and Pool ( Oakland , CA ; 1944, 1954 ; funerary ) [ Dr ]
- Perry School ( Oakland , CA ; 1912 ; educational ) Collaborator: Donovan, J. (architect) [ Dr ]
- Pleasanton Dairy Barn ( Pleasanton , CA ; 1923 ; industrial ) [ Dr ]
- Pringle, C. ( Woodside , CA ; 1913 ; residential ) Collaborators: Bakewell & Brown (architects) [ Dr ]
- Raoul-Duval, R. ( San Mateo County , CA ; 1938 ; residential ) Collaborator: Wurster, W.W. (architect) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Rogers, C. A. ( Thousand Oaks , CA ; 1920 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Roos Brothers Store ( San Francisco , CA ; c.a. 1937 ; commercial ) [ Dr ]
- Roos Brothers Store ( Berkeley , CA ; c.a. 1933 ; commercial ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Roosevelt School ( Vallejo , CA ; 1920 ; educational ) Collaborator: Perry, C.E. (architect) [ Dr ]
- Shaw, R. ( Berkeley Highlands , ; 1948 ; residential ) Collaborator: Jeans, R. (architect) [ Ms ]
- Sproul, A. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1928 ; residential ) [ Ms Dr ]
- Stanley, L.L. ( unknown; 1923 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Stockton Stores ( Stockton , CA ; c.a. 1922 ; commercial ) Collaborator: Jory, A.V. [ Ms, Dr ]
- Stoner, R. ( unknown; 1927 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- Tracy ( Livermore , CA ; 1959-1960 ; residential ) [ Dr ]
- University of California, Berkeley: Museum ( Berkeley , CA ; 1919 ; educational ) Collaborator: Howard, J.G. (architect) [ Dr ]
- UC Berkeley - Campanile (Sather Tower) ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; educational ) [ Dr ]
- UC Berkeley - California Hall ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; educational ) [ Ms ]
- UC Berkeley - Hilgard Hall ( Berkeley , CA ; 1916 ; educational ) Collaborator: Howard, J.G. (architect) [ Dr ]
- UC Berkeley - Mining Building ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; educational ) [ Ms ]
- Unidentified Project ( Berkeley , CA ; 1904 ; residential ) Collaborator: Weeks, A.J. (architect) [ Dr ]
- Unidentified Projects ( unknown; n.d. ; residential, commercial ) [ Ms, Dr ]
- Varsity Candy Shop ( Berkeley , CA ; 1935 ; commercial ) [ Dr ]
- Weeks, Anna: Telegraph Avenue store ( Berkeley , CA ; 1940 ; commercial ) [ Dr ]
- Weeks, Arthur ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [ Ms, Dr ]
Howard, John Galen. 1955-4, Environmental Design Archives.
Wurster, William/Wurster, Bernardi, & Emmons. 1976-2, Environmental Design Archives.
Wurster, William/Wurster, Bernardi, & Emmons. 1976-2, Environmental Design Archives.