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1976-3
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Collection Title: Chris W. Runge Collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1933, 1960s
Collection Number: 1976-3
Creator:
Runge, Chris W., 1906-1972
Ashley, Keyser & Runge
Extent: ca. 7 oversize folders, ca. 20 tubes
Repository:
Environmental Design Archives.
University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California.
Abstract: The collection contains architectural drawings that include student work by Runge as well as projects completed by the firm
Ashley, Keyser & Runge.
Language:
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], Chris W. Runge Collection, (1976-3), Environmental Design Archives. University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California.
The collection was donated in 1976.
Architects--California.
Architecture--California.
Chris W. Runge (1906-1972)
Chris W. Runge was born in San Francisco. He attended San Francisco Polytechnic High School and studied through an atelier
of the San Francisco Architecture Club between 1928 and 1934. He graduated from the Harvard School of Architecture in 1935.
He worked as a draftsman with Frederick Meyer (1928-1933, 1936-1937), H.A. Minton (1933-1934), A.R. Williams (1937-1940),
A.W. Earl (1940-1942), and Meyer & Evers (1945-1954). During World War II he served with the U.S. Navy Construction Battalion.
In 1954 he became a partner in the firm of Meyer & Evers. He remained with the successor firms to Meyer & Evers including
Ashley (George Fred), Keyser (Lawrence H.) & Runge; Johnson (Alfred W.) & Runge; Runge (Chris W.).
Sources:
Runge, Chris. AIA Application for Corporate Membership, 1955
Runge, Chris. AIA Application for Corporate Membership, 1955
The Chris W. Runge collection consists primarily of architectural drawings, both student renderings and professional commercial
and residential projects. The collection is organized into two series: Personal Papers, which consist of student works, and
Project Records, which contain drawings by the firm Ashley, Keyser & Runge.
Title: Frederick H. Collection
Identifier/Call Number: (1976-1),
Contributing Institution: Environmental Design Archives