San Francisco Botanical Garden Records

Title: San Francisco Botanical Garden Records

Dates: 1935 - 2016

Collection Number: SFBG-19-01

Creator/Collector: Arbegast, Mai Kitagawa Arelt, Valerie Baker, Richard E. Baylis, Douglas Breyfogle, Jon Brown, Emily Bryan, John E. Brydon, Percy Hadden (Jock) Carlson, Don Claassen, John R. Cole, Todd Corbin, Mike Dixon, J. Downey, Timothy Elliot, Roger French, Prentis Gayman, Bernard Goodpasture, Thomas Grabow, T. M. Guthrie, Walter V. Halprin, Lawrence Hobart, Lewis Laflin, J. L. Leife, J. M. Matsutani, Henry McCrory, David Morgenstein, Richard Nelson, Douglas Patri, Tito Pedersen, Jay Plant, Jonathan Quan, Daniel Radd, George K. Raiche, Roger Riddell, J. A. Riedy, George Schall, Herb Schmidt, Hubert C. Schuster, Edward L. Shannon, Kathleen Shinoda, Frank Tetlow, Robert Turner, R. G. Jr. Tusabamoto, Rinji Valen, W. von Birgelen, A. Walther, Edward E. Zolly, Robert J. Appleton & Wolfard Architects Collaborative Trainor [Bernard] Design Associates Cagwin & Dorward Eckbo, Dean & Williams Eckbo, Dean, Austin & Williams Fernau [Richard] & Hartman [Laura] Feyerabend & Madden Fong, Jung, Nakaba Associates Freeman & Jewell Gerson Overstreet Greenworks Landscape Design Hammon, Jensen, & Wallen Roberts [John Northmore] & Associates Johnson Guthrie Associates Lerner and Nathan Lutsko [Ron] & Associates Patri, Patri, Patri Portico Group, The Reid & Tarics Royston, Hanamoto & Mayes Russell D. Mitchell Associates Splenda & Yamamoto Wigglestem Gardens Yuill-Thorton, Warner & Levikow

Extent: 49 Linear feet: 7 document boxes, 2 cartons, 71 Oversize folders, 27 tubes

Repository: Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture San Francisco Botanical Garden

Abstract: The San Francisco Botanical Garden (SFBG) Records span the years 1935-2016 (bulk 1959-2008), and includes drawings, photographs and manuscript materials related to San Francisco Botanical Garden and Golden Gate Park. The records are organized into four series: 1) Planting Areas/Gardens, 2) San Francisco Botanical Garden, 3) Buildings, and 4) Golden Gate Park.These records were created for San Francisco Botanical Garden by a variety of designers and firms, many under the auspices of the City and County of San Francisco (SFCC) Department of Parks and Recreation or the Department of Public Works and/or the Department of Engineering as well as the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society.

Language of Material: English

Collection is open for research. Advance notice is required for use.

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

San Francisco Botanical Garden Records. Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture San Francisco Botanical Garden

These records were created for San Francisco Botanical Garden by a variety of designers and firms, many under the auspices of the City and County of San Francisco (SFCC) Department of Parks and Recreation or the Department of Public Works and/or the Department of Engineering as well as the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society. All of the records were in the custody of SFBG when processed.

Golden Gate Park (GGP) was created in 1870 when Army-trained engineer William Hammond Hall was appointed Park Engineer and created a detailed site survey and preliminary design. John McLaren, who served as the park's superintendent from 1887 to 1943 is credited with the vision and skill that developed GGP into one of the world's great parks. San Francisco Botanical Garden (SFBG) became a reality in 1926 when Helene Strybing, the prosperous widow of a San Francisco merchant, provided the funds in her bequest to establish an arboretum and botanical garden in Golden Gate Park. The Botanical Garden opened officially in 1940, designed around a central axis that still exists between the central fountain and the Zellerbach Garden.

The Records of San Francisco Botanical Garden (SFBG) span the years 1935-2016 (bulk 1959-2008), and includes drawings, photographs and manuscript materials related to San Francisco Botanical Garden and Golden Gate Park. The records are organized into four series: 1) Planting Areas/Gardens, 2) San Francisco Botanical Garden, 3) Buildings, and 4) Golden Gate Park.