Access Statement
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Funding
Biographical Note
Systems of Arrangement
Scope and Contents
Custodial History
Related Collections
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: John Hudson Thomas Collection
Creator:
Thomas, John Hudson
Identifier/Call Number: 2015.05
Physical Description:
28 Linear Feet:
9 flat file drawers and 1 document box
Date (bulk): 1913-1940
Language of Material:
English
.
Access Statement
Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice
is required for use.
Publication Rights
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], John Hudson Thomas Collection, Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Funding
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered
through the Council on Library and Information Resources "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.
Biographical Note
John Hudson Thomas was born in 1878 in Nevada and moved to northern California as a young child. In 1902, Thomas graduated
from Yale and then went on to graduate school in architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1904.
From 1904 to 1906, he worked for the architect John Galen Howard. In 1907, Thomas formed a partnership with architect George
Plowman and together they completed fifty residential projects in the Arts & Craft style. In 1910, Thomas went into practice
independently. Well-known projects include: the Hume Cluster in Buena Vista Hills, the Capitan Maury residence, and the Spring
Mansion in Berkeley. John Hudson Thomas died in 1945.
Systems of Arrangement
This collection is organized into one series, Project Records. It is comprised of manuscripts, drawings, and photographs ranging
from circa 1931 to circa 1940.
Scope and Contents
The John Hudson Thomas collection span 28 linear feet and date from circa 1913 to circa 1940. The collection is composed primarily
of architectural drawings and reprographic copies of residences and some commercial buildings in the San Francisco Bay area
(Berkeley, Piedmont, Richmond, and Oakland). Specifications for the Anthony A. Gertrude residence, the Julia S. Hackney residence,
the Ida Wickson residence, and the First National Bank; along with photographs and negatives of the Boise and Kelly residences,
also compose the collection.
Custodial History
Gift of Richard Riemann, 1979.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture -- California.
Architects -- California.
Architects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.