PROFESSIONAL PAPERS SERIES I.
1887-1937
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence, professional writings, news clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Includes documentation of Polk's
involvement with the Architectural News and the Arts and Crafts Guild of San Francisco, his conflict with Mayor Rolf over
the Hobart Building, and the effort to preserve the Palace of Fine Arts. Photographs include portraits of Polk, and a group
photograph of he and his colleagues. This series also contains some records created or collected by Polk's widow, Christina
Barreda Polk.
Correspondence A.
1890-1924
Box 1, Folder 3
Architectural News
1890-1891
Box 1, Folder 6
Preservation of the Fine Arts Palace
1915
Box 1, Folder 4
The Guild of Arts & Crafts of San Francisco, Action to Create a Board of Public Works
1894
Box 1, Folder 5
Hobart Building Controversy
1914-1915
Reference Files C.
1887-1922
Box 1, Folder 8
Building Report and Specification
n.d., 1922
Box 2
News Clippings Scrapbook
1901-1914
Box 3
"Civic Beautification' of America" Clipping from The Graphic
1911
Box 3
Clippings Scrapbook of The American Architect and Building News
1887-1901
Post-Mortem Materials E.
1924-1937
Box 1, Folder 9
Post-Mortem Materials
1924-1937
OFFICE RECORDS SERIES II.
1893-1897
Financial Records A.
1893-1897
Box 1, Folder 1
Items from Polk Scrapbook
n.d.
Built and Unbuilt Projects C.
n.d.
Box 1, Folder 6
Photographs
n.d.
General
Consists of photographs and lithographs of built and unbuilt projects by Willis Polk and his firms. Some identified projects
include: the Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial, the Linderhof residence, a proposal for a Golden Gate Park Stadium, and a proposal
for an addition to the New Chronicle Building
PROJECT RECORDS SERIES III.
1890-1924
Scope and Contents
Arranged alphabetically by project.
Consists of correspondence, drawings, cashbook, and photographs related to Polk's projects. The bulk of the series consists
of architectural drawings, which can be accessed through the card file index. Correspondence and other written documentation
exists only three projects: The Spring Valley Water Company Mason Street Building, The Women's City Club of San Francisco,
and an uncompleted San Francisco War Memorial.
Alexander Young Building (Honolulu, HI)
1900
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 1
Boericke, Dr. William (San Francisco, CA)
1890
Creator: Polk & Gamble
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 2
Bourn Jr., Wm. (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
Creator: Polk & Polk
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 40
Bourn Sr., Mrs. Wm. "Madrono" (St. Helena, CA)
1898
Creator: Polk & Gamble
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 41
Breeze, Thomas H. (Fair Oaks) (San Mateo, CA)
1907
Creator: Burnham & Company
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 3
California Mid-winter International Expo. Proposed Admin. Bldg. (San Francisco, CA)
1893
Creator: Polk, Willis
General
exposition
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 42
Carolan, Francis Estate (Burlingame, CA)
1909
Creator: Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
General
residential
Chamberlain & Procter (San Francisco, CA)
1920
General
residential-multi
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 5
Chamberlain & Procter (San Francisco, CA)
1917
General
residential-multi
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 6
Crocker (Hillsborough, CA)
1894, 1916
Crocker Building - proposed (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 43
Design: Hall of Fame
n.d.
Design: Stadium in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
Dohrmann, A.B.T. (San Francisco, CA)
1919
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 44
Empire Mines (Grass Valley, CA)
1905-1906
Creator: Polk & Wright
General
industrial
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 7
Ferry Building - Peristyle & Arch at the foot of Market Street (San Francisco, CA)
1897
Filoli Estate (Woodside, CA)
n.d.
First National Bank Building of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
1907
Creator: Polk & Burnham
General
commercial
Frederick's & Co (San Francisco, CA)
1909
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 8
Fuller & Co. Warehouse (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
Creator: Wright & Polk
General
commercial
Garden of Allah [see White, Ralston]
Griffith, Misses A.S. & C.L. (San Francisco, CA)
1910
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 9
Henshaw, William G. (Oakland, CA)
1911
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 10
Henshaw, William G. (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 11
Hooker, Katherine P. [see also Dohrmann] (San Francisco, CA)
1913
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 12
Hooker, R.G. (San Francisco, CA)
1908
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 13
Hotel Arcadia (Santa Monica, CA)
1893
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 45
Howard, Charles Webb (Oakland, CA)
n.d.
Creator: Polk & Gamble
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 46
Howison, G.H.
n.d.
Creator: Polk & Gamble
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 14
Jackling, D.C. (Hillsborough, CA)
1918
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 15
Lee, Cuyler (Oakland, CA)
1913
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 16
Martin, Mrs. Walter S. (Hillsborough, CA)
1915
Creator: Polk & Company
General
residential
Merchants Exchange Building (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
Mills Building Addition (San Francisco, CA)
1912-1913
Moffitt, J.K. (Piedmont, CA)
1911
Creator: Burnham & Company
Creator: Polk & Company
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 18
Naphtaly, S.L. (San Francisco, CA)
1913
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 19
Opera House interior (San Francisco, CA)
ca. 1912
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 47
Osbourne, Lloyd (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 20
Drawings
n.d.
Creator: Polk & Percy, G.W.
Pacific Union Club (San Francisco, CA)
1909
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 21, Tube 17-18
Pacific Union Club- alterations (San Francisco, CA)
1919
PG & E Jesse Street Station (San Francisco, CA)
1905-1909
Creator: Burnham & Polk
General
industrial
Pullman, Mrs. Hariett; Carolands Estate (Hillsborough, CA)
1914
Creator: Polk & Sanson
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 22
Robert Lewis Stevenson Memorial, Portsmouth Square (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
Competition: San Francisco City Hall (San Francisco, CA)
ca. 1912
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 23
San Francisco National Bank (San Francisco, CA)
1908-09
Creator: Burnham & Company
General
commercial
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 24
San Francisco Plan (San Francisco, CA)
1905
Creator: Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 25
San Francisco War Memorial (San Francisco, CA)
1923-1924
Creator: Bakewell & Brown
Creator: Lansburgh, Gustave Albert , 1876-1969
General
cultural
San Francisco, United Railroads - street lamps (San Francisco, CA)
1916
Creator: Lentelli, Leo
General
transportation
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 26, Tube 21
Selby, Mrs. H.I. (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 27
Sisters of the Holy Name Family (San Francisco, CA)
1911
Creator: Polk & Company
General
residential-multi
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 28
Spring Valley Water Co. Mason St. (San Francisco, CA)
1922
St. Mark's Parish (Berkeley, CA)
1908-12
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 29, Tube 22
St. Matthew's Church (San Mateo, CA)
n.d.
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 30
Stevenson, Mrs. R.L. (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
Creator: Polk & Percy, G.W.
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 31
Swedenborgian Church - art piece (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
Tilden Admission Day Monument (San Francisco, CA)
1896
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 32
Torquay Town Site, Cascade Improvement Co. (South San Mateo, CA)
1907
Creator: Burnham & Company
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 33
Unidentified
circa 1890
Creator: Polk & Gamble
General
residential
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 34
Unidentified
1904
Creator: Wright & Polk
General
commercial
Unidentified
n.d.
Creator: Wright & Polk
General
cultural
Box 1, Folder 5
Unidentified drawings
1890, n.d.
Unidentified photo studies (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 35
Unidentified tower memorial
n.d.
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 36
Union Passenger Terminal at Goat Island (Proposed) (San Francisco, CA)
n.d.
University Club Building (San Francisco, CA)
1904
Creator: Wright & Polk
General
recreational
Valentine, J.A. Rey (Belvedere, CA)
1893
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 36A
Viavi Co. (Law Bros.) (San Francisco, CA)
1930
Creator: Polk & Company
General
commercial
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 37
Welch, Mrs. Andrew (San Francisco, CA)
1915
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 38
White, Ralston "Garden of Allah" (Mill Valley, CA)
1914-1917
Women's City Club (National League for Women's Service) (San Francisco, CA)
1923
ART AND ARTIFACTS SERIES IV.
1890-1915
Scope and Contents
Contains Polk's office furniture as well as sculptures, etchings, sketches, and paintings created or collected by Polk. Includes
a portrait of Polk by William Keith and two bookcases designed by Polk.
Box 3
Drawing of Mission San Jose Window in San Antonio, Texas
1890
Box 4
Polk Sketch of Mabel Street, San Francisco
1902
Box 1, Folder 1
Watercolor of Keith Residence and Swedenborgian Church
1900
Box 4
Award to Polk from Panama Pacific International Exposition
1915
Box 6
Polk Oil Painting of San Francisco Skyline
1902
Carved Oak Bookcases (2)
n.d.
Physical Description: 2 Artifact:EDA Reading Room
Walnut desk
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 Artifact:EDA Reading Room
Oak Table with Terra Cotta Supports
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 Artifact:EDA Reading Room
Putnam Bronze
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 Artifact:EDA Reading Room
Pegasus Bronze
n.d.
Physical Description: 1 Artifact:EDA Reading Room
frame 48, frame 63
Keith, William Oil Paintings (1 landscape, 1 portrait)
n.d.
ADDITIONAL DONATIONS SERIES V.
1890-1924
Scope and Contents
Series contains drawings, reproductions of drawings, and a portrait, donated separately from the original donation. Drawings
in this series include: William Bourn, Jr. residence, San Francisco; Mrs. William Bourn residence, St. Helena; Charles Webb
Howard residence, Oakland; Examiner Building, San Francisco; an unidentified residence; proposed casino for the Hotel Arcadia,
Santa Monica; Admission Day Monument; proposed Administration Building, California Midwinter International Exposition; and
the Merchants Exchange Building.
Box 4
Portrait of Willis Polk, by Bruce Porter A.
Drawings for Bourn Residence B.
flat-file-drawer 1, Flat-File 41
Drawings of Residences, Exposition, and Commercial Buildings C.
Drawings of Merchants Exchange Building D.
Box 1, Folder 1
Microfiche Reproduction, Charles Templeton Crocker Residences (Uplands) E.
Ralston White Residence "Garden of Allah," Mill Valley, CA F.
flat-file-drawer 2, Flat-File 39
Drawings of Filoli Estate G.
Box 5, Folder 7
Polk, Daisy correspondence (to, from, about)
Box 5, Folder 9
Polk, W.W. and Polk, W.A. photographs
Creator: Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942
Box 5, Folder 10
Buildings and Drawings of Building Photographs
Creator: Johnston, Frances Benjamin
Box 5, Folder 11
Architectural News (2 volumes)
1890, 1891
