Schmidt, Herbert collection, 1912-1925

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Herbert Schmidt collection
Dates:
1912-1925
Creators:
Schmidt, Herbert, 1889-1933
Extent:
6 Linear Feet: 25 flat files
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Herbert Schmidt Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

The Schmidt Collections is comprised entirely of project records. The project records include a few sketches, studies, and designs but are primarily working drawings.

Major Projects include numerous banks and apartment buildings. There are also plans for residences, fountains, memorials, and a few businesses. The collection also includes his entry drawings for the San Francisco City Hall Competition (1912) and a housing unit for the Palmito del Verde Plantation in Sinaloa, Mexico.

Biographical / historical:

Herbert Schmidt (1889-1933) was born in San Francisco. His father Adolf Schmidt was treasurer of the S.F. German Bank and president of the California Bank Officer's Association. He graduated from the Architecture Department at U.C. Berkeley and received his California state license to practice architecture in 1911.

According to his brother Henry, he was "handsome, talented, and very likeable." He passed away at the Bohemian Club while serving as its president.

Sources: various

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Waverly Lowell
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-28 16:30:49 UTC .

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], Herbert Schmidt 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