Finding Aid for the Ernest Born Collection of Italian Medieval and Renaissance Architectural and Art Photographs, ca. 1890-1920
Processed by Simon Elliott; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Ernest Born Collection of Italian Medieval and Renaissance Architectural and Art Photographs
Date (inclusive): ca. 1890-1920
Collection number: 456
Creator:
Born, Ernest, 1898 -
Extent:
27 photograph albums in 27 oversize boxes.
Abstract: Ernest Born was born in 1898. He studied architecture under John Galen Howard at the University of California, Berkeley and
then went to work in Europe. After the war Born returned to architectural practice in San Francisco. He also became professor
of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, during which time he designed additions and alterations to the
William Randolph Hearst Theater on the Berkeley campus, and began his association with Walter Horn. The collection consists
of 2128 photographs in 27 photograph albums. Most are silver prints, with a few albumen prints as well. The majority of
the photographs are by the Alinari Company, but there are smaller but significant groups of photographs by Brogi, Anderson
and others.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of of Ludwig Lauerhass Jr., October, 2004.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ernest Born Collection of Italian Medieval and Renaissance Architectural and Art Photographs (Collection
456). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Ernest Born was born in 1898. He studied architecture under John Galen Howard at the University of California, Berkeley and
then went to work in Europe. On his return he worked in New York for almost ten years with the distinguished architects Gehron
and Ross, and Arthur Loomis Harmon, and on special projects with Corbett, Harrison and McMurray. In the 1930s he worked as
art director with
Architectural Records and then with
Architectural Forum. Born's architectural practice in San Francisco began with exhibit buildings and exhibit design at the 1939/40 Golden State
International Exposition in Treasure Island. He spent the war years in Manaus, Brazil, with architect Gardner Dailey, and
then in the US on special military projects. After the war Born returned to architectural practice in San Francisco. He
also became professor of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, during which time he designed additions and
alterations to the William Randolph Hearst Theater on the Berkeley campus, and began his association with Walter Horn. Throughout
the 1960s Born was consultant to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART). He was appointed to the San Francisco Art Commission
by several mayors, and served as chairman of its Civic, Design, Planning and Architecture committee. Through the 1970's Born
devoted himself almost exclusively to working on
The plan of St. Gaul with Walter Horn.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 2128 photographs in 27 photograph albums. Most are silver prints, with a few albumen prints as
well. The majority of the photographs are by the Alinari Company, but there are smaller but significant groups of photographs
by Brogi, Anderson and others. The prints are mostly 9" x 12", and most include identifications at the bottom of the print.
Organization and Arrangement
The photographs are contained in 27 cloth bound volumes and are arranged by subject and by country.
Processing Note
Processed by Simon Elliott, February 2006.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Born, Ernest, 1898- --Archives.
Architectural photography --Archival resources.
Architecture, Medieval --Italy --Photographs.
Architecture, Renaissance --Italy --Photographs.
Art, Medieval --Italy --Photographs.
Art, Renaissance --Italy --Photographs.
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints.
Photograph albums.
Box 1, album Album No. 1
Architecture: Firenze
Physical Description: 76 photographs.
Box 2, album Album No. 2
Architecture: France medieval
Physical Description: 110 photographs.
Box 3, album Album No. 3
Architecture: France medieval
Physical Description: 90 photographs.
Box 4, album Album No. 4
Architecture: Italy A-B
Physical Description: 80 photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Albenga, Amalfi, Ancona, S. Antimo, Aosta, Arezzo, Assissi, Asti, Bergamo and Bologna.
Box 5, album Album No. 5
Architecture: Italy B-G
Physical Description: 60 photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Bologna, Brescia, Cefalu, Chivasso, Citta di Castello, Como, Cremona, Ferrara, Fiesole,
Foligno,Fossanova, Genova and San Gimignano.
Box 6, album Album No. 6
Architecture: Italy G-M
Physical Description: 67 photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Includes San Gimignano, Grotta Ferrata, Gubbio, Lucca, Milano, Modena and Monreale.
Box 7, album Album No. 7
Architecture: Italy M-P
Physical Description: 56 photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Montepulciano, Monza, Novara, Nux, Orvieto, Padova, Palermo, Parma and Pavia.
Box 8, album Album No. 8
Architecture: Italy P
Physical Description: 65 photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Pavia, Perugia, Piacenza, Pienza, Pisa and Pistoia.
Box 9, album Album No. 9
Architecture: Italy P-S
Physical Description: 73 photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Pistoia, Pomposa, Prato, Randazzo, Ravello, Ravenna, Rimini, Ruvo and Siena.
Box 10, album Album No. 10
Architecture: Italy S-V
Physical Description: 67 photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Includes Siena, Spoleto, Sulmona, Taormina, Torino, Treviso, Udine, Urbino, Verona, Vicenza and Vicovaro.
Box 11, album Album No. 11
Architecture: Rome
Physical Description: 53 photographs.
Box 12, album Album No. 12
Architecture: Venezia
Physical Description: 88 photographs.
Box 13, album Album No. 13
Bridges
Physical Description: 53 photographs.
Box 14, album Album No. 14
Ceramics, Textiles, Tapis
Physical Description: 56 photographs.
Box 15, album Album No. 15
Furniture: France
Physical Description: 76 photographs.
Box 16, album Album No. 16
Metal work: Italy
Physical Description: 100 photographs.
Box 17, album Album No. 17
Miscellaneous paintings: Italy
Physical Description: 127 photographs.
Box 18, album Album No. 18
Mosaics
Physical Description: 86 photographs.
Box 19, album Album No. 19
Mural paintings
Physical Description: 83 photographs.
Box 20, album Album No. 20
Paintings: Italy
Physical Description: 90 photographs.
Box 21, album Album No. 21
Photographs: Architecture Italy, North Africa, Miscellaneous
Physical Description: 157 photographs.
