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Guide to the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter: Centennial Drawing Collection
2011-17
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Collection Title: American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter: Centennial Drawing Collection
Collection Number: 2011-17
Creator:
American Institute of Architects. San Francisco Chapter
Extent:
Number of containers: 187 oversize folders and 5 tubes
Repository:
Environmental Design Archives.
University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California.
Physical Location: Environmental Design Archives.
Abstract: Consists of 195 individual project files, containing over 900 drawings created from
the 1930s through 1976, which were collected during 1982, the centennial year of the San Francisco Chapter of
the American Institute of Architects. This collection of architects' drawings was established to further
develop the events planned for the celebration year, as well as to demonstrate the artistic talents in the
Bay Area and give historical perspective on local development. Primarily design drawings rather than
construction documents created by the following individuals and firms: Anshen & Allen; Edward Charles
Basset; Bliss & Faville; Henrik Bull; Field Bull, Volkmann & Stockwell; John Field; Aaron Green;
Harwell H. Harris; Hart, Krivatsky & Stubee; Henry Hill; Hill & Kruse; Knorr, Elliott and
Associates; John Kruse; Lane, Knorr, Elliott; Alton Lee; Mendelsohn, Dinwiddie & Hill; Donald
Olsen; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Douglas Dacre Stone; Stone, Marraccini & Patterson;
John Carl Warnecke & Associates.
Languages Represented:
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. Copyright for material created by Henrik Bull, Henry Hill, Hill & Kruse, John Kruse, and Donald Olsen is held by
the Environmental Design Archives. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish those items for which the EDA does
not hold copyright must be submitted to both the Environmental Design Archives and acquired from the copyright holder.
[Identification of item], American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter: Centennial Drawing
Collection, 2011-17, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
The centennial collection of the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter, consisting of drawings
donated to the chapter by its members, was given to the Bancroft Library by John I. Field on January 25, 1983
(Banc mss 81/1c). In 2011 the collection was transferred to the Environmental Design Archives.
The EDA holds the records of many of the firms represented in this artificial collection.
In fact 84% of the projects were designed by architects and firms held by the EDA. The collection
was Processed by William Mitchell; and the initial finding aid completed by Mary Morganti.