Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Burton Rockwell Collection
- Dates:
- 1946-1985
- Creators:
- Robbins, Jack and Rockwell, Burton Lowe, 1920-2010
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet: 1 carton, 2 doc boxes, 5 flat file folders
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Burton Rockwell Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Burton Rockwell's records span the years 1946-1985 and include the files of Reid, Rockwell Banwell & Tarics, Rockwell & Banwell, and Rockwell & Rockwell. The collection is organized into three series: Personal Papers are comprised solely of Rockwell's architecture course work while at MIT; Office Records consist of brochures for public relations from his various firms, a reference file with study photographs and clippings related to schools and churches for inspiration, and photographs taken at the office of Rockwell & Banwell; Project Records consisting of drawings, photographs, slides, clippings, and project descriptions which document 36 projects Rockwell designed throughout the course of his career.
- Biographical / historical:
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Burton Lowe Rockwell was born in 1920 in Utica, New York to Burton Lowe and Blanch Louise (Taylor) Rockwell. Following his service as a captain in the United States Army during World War II (1942-1946), he earned both his Bachelor of Architecture (1946) and Master of Architecture (1947) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rockwell began his professional career for John Lyon Reid in San Francisco, (1947-1953) and subsequently became a partner in John Lyon Reid & Partners (1953-1960), Reid Rockwell Banwell & Tarics (1960-1962), and Rockwell & Banwell (1962-1970). He opened a private practice Burton Rockwell (1970-1977) for a few years and was a partner in Rockwell, Chatham, Marshall (1977-1988), and Rockwell & Rockwell, Architects.
He served on the faculty of the University California Berkeley, College Environmental Design, 1962-1971 and as a guest professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1970.
Notable projects include University of California San Francisco Health Science Instruction & Research Building, San Francisco, 1966 (American Institute of Architects honor 1968), Lafayette-Orinda United Presbyterian, 1968 (American Institute of Architects Bay Area Honor 1974), and the Santa Cruz County Governmental Center, Santa Cruz County, 1967 (Progressive Architecture award).
He became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1970. Rockwell passed away in 2010.
Sources: http://prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=603530 accessed July 31, 2017
- Arrangement:
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The collection is arranged into three series: Personal Papers, Office Records, and Project Records. The Project Record series is arranged alphabetically by project.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-07-02 21:34:25 UTC .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advanced notice is required for use.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Burton Rockwell Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-5124