Alan E. Ribera Collection, 1964-1974

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Ribera, Alan E.
Extent:
2 Linear Feet: 2 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Alan E. Ribera Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Alan E. Ribera collection consists primarily of project photographs and slides, arranged alphabetically within record type. These images depict Ribera's designs of various parks and recreational settings and their usage by the general public. Parks throughout California are represented, including Arcturus Park (Foster City, 1973), El Toro Community Park (Orange County), Fairfield Civic Center (Fairfield, 1971), Kennedy Plaza (San Pablo, 1969), Lincoln Square (Oakland), and Sunnyvale Community Center (Sunnyvale, 1973). A small file of promotional photographs and printed material is also included.

Biographical / historical:

Alan E. Ribera received his first BA from the University of California, Berkeley in Political Science and a second in Landscape Architecture. During his career, Ribera worked as director of Planning for the Parks and Recreational Public Works Division at the landscape architecture and planning firm of Cardoza-Dilallo Associates Inc. Ribera specialized in parks and recreational planning, including city-wide park systems and master planning, often working with associate John C. Sue. In addition to landscape and park design, Ribera began sculpting in 1964 and in subsequent years created numerous large-scale sculptural forms within his park designs. Ribera was a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and of the California Parks and Recreation Society.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Alan E. Ribera Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
Contact:
(510) 642-5124