Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- This collection comprises architectural drawings, plans, and blueprints for residential, commercial, and civic buildings in Northern California and the Bay Area region, dating from 1862-1983, with the bulk of the materials dating from the first half of the 20th century.
- Extent:
- 45 oversize folders (180 linear feet)
- Language:
- and Collection materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Architectural drawings collection, California Historical Society.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
This collection comprises architectural drawings, plans, and blueprints for buildings designed or constructed in Northern California and the Bay Area region, dating from 1862-1983, with the bulk of the materials dating from the first half of the 20th century. Residential, commercial, and civic buildings are represented, including the Montgomery Building (former home to the San Francisco Call), the Palace Hotel, (San Francisco), the Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum (San Francisco) and the Humboldt Bank Building (San Francisco). Some of the architects and architectural firms represented include Francis Joseph McCarthy and Donald Joseph Forbes, W.J. Cuthbertson, H.W. Cleaveland, and Alfred Henry Jacobs.
- Processing information:
-
This collection was processed by Jaime Henderson in 2013.
- Arrangement:
-
All related architectural drawings pertaining to the construction of a building are stored together; architectural drawings of an architect or architectural firm are stored together.
- Accruals:
-
No additions expected.
- Physical location:
- Collection is stored onsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
California Historical Society collections have been transferred to Stanford University Libraries. Collections will be unavailable as Stanford accessions them and updates records. Please contact chscollection@stanford.edu with any inquiries.
- Terms of access:
-
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Architectural drawings collection, California Historical Society.
- Location of this collection:
-
Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022