Donald Olsen Collection 2003-1
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Series I. PERSONAL PAPERS
A. Biographical Information
University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Architecture diploma 1942
Court of Honor Certificate, University of Minnesota 1942
Harvard University, Masters Degree 1946
California State Board of Architectural Exam Certification 1947
American Institute of Architects Certificate of Membership 1954
Biographical Data 1967
American Institute of Architects Certificate of Fellowship 1970
Olsen Interview 1974
Curriculum Vitae 1978
B. Correspondence
Correspondence: AIA Honors Award 1969
Correspondence: General 1963-1970, n.d.
Correspondence: Horst Rittel Memorial 1990
C. Student Work
University of Minnesota: Bachelor Thesis- A Public Library 1942
Harvard- Unidentified Projects 1945
Univserity of California B.A. 180 1967
University of Minnesota: Apartment Building Model n.d.
Harvard: First Student Project - Nursery School n.d.
D. Travel
Austria 1953, 1968, 1972
Belgium 1951, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1972
Czech 1968
Denmark 1951, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1972
England 1951, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1972-1974, 1977
Finland 1953, 1968
France 1951, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977
Germany 1951, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1972
Greece 1972
Holland 1951, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1972
Isreal 1973
Istanbul 1972
Italy 1951, 1953, 1963
Japan 1975
Mexico 1957
Morocco 1977
Norway 1953, 1972
Poland 1968
Portugal 1968
Russia 1968
Spain 1968
Sweden 1951, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977
Switzerland 1951, 1953, 1963, 1968, 1972
United States: General n.d.
United States: Arizona, Connecticut, Colorado n.d.
California n.d.
Illinois n.d.
Massachusetts n.d.
Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico n.d.
New York n.d.
Nevada, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah n.d.
Rhode Island n.d.
Washington n.d.
Photographs of Olsen Family n.d.
Photographs of Donald and Helen Olsen n.d.
Photographs: Family Vacations n.d.
Photographs of Donald Olsen n.d.
Series II. PROFESSIONAL RECORDS
General Correspondence 1953-2006
Correspondence with Walter Kohn 1961
Correspondence for Exhibits 1961, 1972, 1978, 1982-1983, 1993, n.d.
Correspondence with Robert Dietz (University of Washington) 1963-1964
Correspondence with Ernest Kump 1965-1966
Corrrespondence with Robert Avery (University of Tennessee) 1965
Correspondence with R.D. Caravaty (Rennselaer Institute) 1965
Correspondence Bay Area Honor Awards 1967-1969
AIA Fellowship Letters of Congratulations 1970
Correspondence with Michael Shelor 1984-1985
Correspondence Guggenheim Addition Protest 1986
Correspondence Letter to the Editor: Golden Gate Bridge Floodlighting 1987
Correspondence Preserving the Alexander Fleming House 1988
Correspondence Greenwood Commons 1990
Correspondence with Ralph and Mary Rapson 1992-2000
Correspondence with Harry Seidler 1993, 2005
Writings: Pacific Horizons (der Aufbau) 1954
Writings: "Place" 1972-2000
Writings: "The Architectural Hare and the Environmental Tortoise" 1974-1975
Writings: Human Settlement Issue 2 "planning and Building Down Under" 1978
Writings: Article drafts and Notes 1980, n.d.
Writings: Bibliography 1983, 1988
Writings: "Concerning Questions of Current Change in Architectural Thought" 1986
Writings: "A Thought on Regionalism" 1990
Writings: A Tribute to James Prestini 1993
Writings: "Brideway 2000" 1997-2000
Writings: "To Have Entered Wurster Hall East or West" 1999
Writings: Adaptation of Letter to Francoise Fromont- Sydney Opera House 2000-2008
Presentations: CIAM 9 1953
Presentations: Third World Congress of Engineers and Architects in Isreal 1973
Lecture Posters 1979, n.d.
Presentations: Richard Rogers Introduction for Lecture at SF MoMA 1981
Presentations: The Machine Evocation and the Corbusian Achilles Heel ca. 1990
Presentations: Fontainebleu Ecoles D'Art Americaine Summer Session 1997
Lecture: Signiture Architects of the Bay Area - Regionalism 2007
D. Associations and Committees
Wheelwright Fellow 1951, 1953
American Institute of Architects 1954-1974
Professional Consultant to the Civic Design Committee SF 1961-1962
The Society for General Systems Research 1962
AIA Northern California 1963
Design Research Society 1967
International Technical Cooperation Centre 1977
Guggenheim Fellowship 1983
The British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Meeting Agenda 1990-1991
Architectural Association School of Architecture n.d.
The Bartlett Society n.d.
E. Awards
Progressive Architecture Honorable mention 1949
AIA Pan-American Affairs Competition 1949
NAHB-forum house Design Honorable Mention & Second Prize 1951
Chicago Tribune Fifth Annual Better Rooms Competition Prize 1951
Carrier Weathermaker competition Certificate of Recognition 1953
Architectural Award of Excellence 1966
Bay Area Awards Program (Northern California AIA) Award of merit 1967
Bay Area Honor Award 1968
AIA East Bay chapter Award of Honor 1969
AIA honor Awards 1970
House & Home: Homes for Better Living Awards 1970
Bay Area Honor Award 1974
Award of Excellence in Interior Architecture 1979
The Stephan Hannah Company Honor Award 1989
Western Home Awards- AIA & Sunset Magazine 1969-1970
AIA, The American Home, Home & Home- First Honor Award 1970-1971
The Marquis Who's Who Publications Board 1986-1994
F. Reference Files
Article: "The Immaculate Conception" in Archetype 1952
San Jose Union High School Plan 1963
Article: "Treppen" (stairs) by Julius Hoffman Verlag Stuttgart n.d.
News Bulletin: International Council of Societies of industrial Design n.d.
G. Jurying
Board Schweizer Architektur 1960
Minnesota Society of Architects - Fourth Annual Honor Award 1960
London School of Economics and Political Science 1963
The Architectural Association School of Architecture 1967-1968
University of Cambridge School of Architecture 1968
University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras Campus 1969-1970
AIA Honor Awards - San Diego 1970
The American Institute of Architects 1970
School of Architecture- Fourth Annual Student/Professional Minnegasco Collaborative Prize Problem 1974
Series III. FACULTY RECORDS
A. Administration
Research Grant Proposal- School Plant Building System 1960-1961
Graham Fundation Grant Application 1962-1963
Administrative: General 1965, 1973, 1975
B. Course Materials RISD
RISD- Space for Rent Problem 1965
C. Course Materials UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley: Arch 102A 1955
UC Berkeley: Arch 4 1962
UC Berkeley: Lecture Notes 1962-1988, n.d.
UC Berkeley: Arch 201 1967, 1978, 1985-1986
UC Berkeley: Arch 205 1970-1974
UC Berkeley: 102C 1974
UC Berkeley: Arch 101 1985
San Francisco Civic Center Project 1986
UC Berkeley: Arch 241 n.d.
D. Course Material University of Stuttgart
University of Struttgart 1979
E. Reference Files
"What's American About America" by John A. Kouwenhoven 1956
F. Students' Work
Kennth Yamamoto Arch 207 1979
Slides: Student Plywood Structures n.d.
Susan Laks: Program for a Unitarian Universalist Church n.d.
Donald Olsen's Map of the Civilized World n.d.
Topics: Arches n.d.
Topics: BART Stations n.d.
Topics: Churches 1974
Topic: Civic Buildings n.d.
Topics: commercial Spaces n.d.
Topics: Constructivist n.d.
Topic: Frank Lloyd Wright n.d.
Topic: Hospitals n.d.
Topic: Le Corbusier n.d.
Topic: Modern Architecture n.d.
Topic: Museums n.d.
Topic: Other Architects n.d.
Topic: Pedestrian Streets and Stairs n.d.
Topic: Plazas n.d.
Topic: Schools 1965, 1971, 1980
Topic: UC Berkeley Campus Buildings 1966, 1974
Topic: Walter Gropius Projects n.d.
Topic: William Wurster Projects n.d.
Topic: Unidentified Buildings n.d.
Series IV. OFFICE RECORDS
A. Administration
Business Card n.d.
Submittal to Office of Foreign Building Operations 1973
B. Correspondence
Olsen, Ruth, and Violich Office 1957-1958
General Correspondence 1962-1963, 1968, 1978
Correspondence with Helene Vilett 1979
General Public Relations 1960, 1962-1969, 1977, 1993, 1997
Architecture and Urbanism (A+U) 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980-1983
Arts and Architecture 1948, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1961
Publications 1947-1985
School of Arts and Sciences
Selz Residence 1970-1971
D. Photographs
Model Photos n.d.
E. Presentation Materials
AIA Exhibition Boards 1970
F. Clippings
General Clippings 1954, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1979
Cavalier Residence 1960, 1965, 1966, 1971
Olsen Residence 1960-1961
Ruth Residence 1970
Wurster Hall 1968, 1970
Series V. PROJECT RECORDS
Drawings 1945
Alderton, Gordon (Orinda, CA) 1955
Drawings 1955
Drawings n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Drawings circa 1950
Bakar, Gerson (Corte Madera, CA) [see Pacific Queen Investment Company] 1956
Barrett Avenue Apartments [see Bewley, John Apartments 4-plex] 1956
Drawings 1973
Manuscripts 1973-1974
Drawings 1973-1974
Photographs 1973-1974
Slides 1973-1974
Bedig, Charles Snack Restaurant (San Leandro, CA) 1962
Drawings 1962
Berkeley Plywood Office (Oakland, CA) 1957
Drawings 1957
Photographs 1957
Drawings 1957
Drawings 1954-1956
Slides 1954-1956
Bewley, John Apartments 4-Plex (Richmond, CA) 1956
Manuscripts 1956
Drawings 1956
Photographs 1956
Slides 1956
Drawings 1956
Photographs 1956
Manuscripts 1966
Drawings 1966
Birge, Robert [Greenwood Common] (Berkeley, CA) 1954
Manuscripts 1954
Drawings 1954
Drawings 1954
Photographs 1954
Slides 1954
Brandenburg, Vernon [see Lake Minnetonka House] (Mound, MN) 1981
Brookside Medical Center and Apartment Building (San Pablo, CA) 1955
Drawings 1955
Manuscripts 1972
Drawings 1972
Slides 1972
Drawings 1975
Photographs 1975
Slides 1975
Drawings 1960
Photographs 1960
Manuscripts 1984
Cavalier, William (Ross, CA) 1962
Manuscripts 1962
Drawings 1962
Photographs 1962
Slides 1962
Manuscripts 1976
Drawings 1976
Photographs 1976
Slides 1976
Christ Temple Apostolic Church (Menlo Park, CA) 1983-1985
Manuscripts 1983-1985
Drawings 1983-1985
Photographs 1983-1985
Slides 1983-1985
Drawings 1963
Competition: Carrier Weathermaker Home Competition 1953
Drawings 1953
Competition: Chicago Tribune 5th Annual Better Rooms Competition 1950
Drawings 1950
Drawings 1951
Competition: Coliseum Associates (Oakland, CA) circa 1960
Drawings circa 1960
Competition: Des Halles (Paris, France) circa 1979
Drawings circa 1979
Competition: Diamond Heights- Red Rock Hill (san Francisco, CA) 1961
Manuscripts 1961
Competition: Eagle Ridge Steamboat Springs, CO) 1981
Manuscripts 1981
Competition: Enrico Fermi Memorial (Chicago, IL) 1956
Manuscripts 1956
Photographs 1956
Competition: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (St. Louis, MO) 1947
Manuscripts 1947
Drawings 1947
Competition: Lake Pointe (Santa Rosa, CA) 1989
Manuscripts 1989
Drawings 1989
Competition: Minnesota State Veterans Service Building (St. Paul, MN) c. 1950
Drawings c. 1950
Competition: NAHB-Forum House (Washington DC, District of Columbia) 1950
Drawings 1950
Competition: National headquarters for AIA (Washington D.C.) 1964
Manuscripts 1964
Competition: Powder Horn Park Neighborhood Association (Minneapolis, MN) 1998
Drawings 1998
Photographs 1998
Competition: Ruberold School n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Competition: San Francisco Civic Plaza (San Francisco, CA) 1962
Manuscripts 1962
Drawings 1962
Competition: Santa Rosa City Hall (Santa Rosa, CA) n.d.
Manuscripts n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Competition: Seattle Civic Center Fountain (Seattle, WA) 1960-1961
Manuscripts 1960-1961
Photographs 1960-1961
Competition: Small House n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Photographs n.d.
Competition: St. Louis Waterfront (St. Louis, MO) 1948
Drawings 1948
Competition: Sydney Opera House (Sydney, AUS) 1956
Drawings 1959
Slides 1959
Competition: Toronto City Hall and Square (Toronto, Canada) 1958-1959
Manuscripts 1958-1959
Photographs 1958-1959
Competition: University Arts Center (Berkeley, CA) 1965
Manuscripts 1965
Cooper, George Northgate Coffee Shop Alterations [unbuilt] (Berkeley, CA) 1960
Manuscripts 1960
Drawings 1954
Manuscripts 1962
Drawings 1962
Davis Manor Shopping Center (Davis, CA) 1955-1957
Drawings 1955-1957
Photographs 1955-1957
Slides 1955-1957
Drawings 1958
Drawings 1958
Drawings n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Drawings 1942
Manuscripts 1948
Drawings 1948
Photographs 1948
Drawings n.d.
Design: Low Cost Spec House 1952
Drawings 1952
Design: Map File Case 1959
Drawings 1959
Drawings 1948
Drawings n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Manuscripts 1953
Drawings 1953
Manuscripts n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Drawings 1969
Devil's Bedstead Ranch [see Sky Farm Guest Ranch]
Manuscripts 1959-1960
Drawings 1959-1960
Photographs 1959-1960
Slides 1959-1960
Manuscripts 1992-1997
Drawings 1992-1997
Photographs 1992-1997
Drake University Girls Dormitory (Des Moines, IA) 1946
Drawings 1946
Manuscripts n.d.
Drawings 1959
Fahmie, Joseph (Berkeley, CA) 1975-1977
Manuscripts 1977, 1980
Drawings 1975-1977
Photographs 1977
Slides 1977
Photographs 1952
Drawings n.d.
Finley Residence (Richmond, CA) 1954-1956
Drawings 1955-1956
Photographs 1956
Slides 1956
Flora, Paul [Schuerman] (Richmond, CA) 1954
Drawings 1954
Photographs 1954
Slides 1954
Foster, Willis Addition (Berkeley, CA) 1977-1978
Drawings 1977
Manuscripts 1963-1964
Drawings 1963-1964
Photographs 1963-1964
Slides 1963-1964
Drawings 1956
Drawings 1959
Galvin industrial Park [consultant] (Richmond, CA) 1954
Drawings 1954
Drawings 1951-1952, n.d.
Drawings 1966-1967
Photographs 1966-1967
Slides 1966-1967
Manuscripts 1971
Drawings 1971
Photographs 1971
Granny Goose Food Product Plant (Fresno, CA) 1958
Drawings 1958
Photographs 1958
Slides 1958
Drawings 1958
Greenwald, Herbert S. Apartment Buildings [consultant] (Sacramento, CA) 1958
Drawings 1958
Photographs 1958
H.M./HSH Speculative Houses [see California Corporation]
Drawings 1961
Manuscripts 1982
Drawings 1982
Hillside House [see Olsen, Donald and Helen]
Drawings circa 1967
Kaiser Richmond Shipyard (Richmond, CA) 1944
Drawings 1944
Drawings n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Kip, Arthur (Berkeley, CA) 1952, 1961, 1979
Drawings 1952, 1961, 1979
Photographs 1952-1953
Slides 1952-1953
Drawings 1970
Manuscripts 1954
Drawings 1954
Photographs 1954
Slides 1954
Kutsky House (Lafayette, CA) 1954
Drawings 1954
Photographs 1954
Slides 1954
La Costa Land Co. [see Solana Beach Apartment and Beach Club] 1969-1970
Drawings n.d.
Lake Minnetonka House: Halsteads Bay (Lake Minnetonka, MN) 1981
Manuscripts 1972, 1981
Drawings 1981
Photographs 1981
Slides 1981
Lam, Kenneth (Oakland, CA) 1956-1958
Drawings 1956-1958
Photographs 1958
Slides 1958
Drawings 1954-1955
Photographs 1955
Manuscripts 1975-1976
Drawings 1975-1976
Manuscripts 1955
Drawings 1955
Photographs 1955
Drawings 1973-1974
Slides 1974
Luthy and Johnson Residences (Orinda, CA) 1950-1953
Drawings 1950-1953
Photographs 1953
Slides 1953
Mason-McDuffie Co. [see Park Hills Houses] 1952
Drawings 1956-1957
Photographs 1956-1957
Slides 1956-1957
Manuscripts 1971
Drawings 1971
McLelland, Archie (Sausalito, CA) 1949-1950
Drawings 1949-1950
Metropolitan Corporation of America [unbuilt] (San Francisco, CA) 1958
Drawings 1958
Manuscripts 1956-1957
Drawings 1956-1957
Photographs 1956-1957
Slides 1956-1957
Drawings circa 1975
Manuscripts 1954-1955
Drawings 1954-1955
Manuscripts 1978-1979
Drawings 1978-1979
Photographs 1978-1979
Slides 1978-1979
Drawings 1972
Drawings 1952
Manuscripts 1955
Drawings 1955
Nove Investments (Richmond, CA) 1993-1995
Manuscripts 1993-1995
Drawings 1993-1995
Manuscripts 1960
Drawings 1960
Slides 1960
Manuscripts 1955
Drawings 1955
Olsen, Clarence and Catherine (Lake Minnetonka, MN) [unbuilt] 1955
Manuscripts 1955
Drawings 1955
Photographs 1955
Olsen, Donald and Helen (Berkeley, CA) 1954, 1972, 1985
Manuscripts 1954, 1982, 1991
Drawings 1954, 1982, 1991
Photographs 1954, 1982, 1991
Slides 1954, 1982, 1991
Olsen, Kip, and Goldsmith (Berkeley, CA) [Landscape Plan] 1959
Drawings 1959
Manuscripts n.d.
Drawings 1956
Paradise Development Corporation [see Westland Mall Townhouses] 1978
Drawings 1952
Manuscripts 1981-1987
Drawings 1981-1987
Slides 1981-1987
Patten Academy of Christian Education (Oakland, CA) 1981-1987
Manuscripts 1981-1987
Drawings 1981-1987
Slides 1981-1987
Drawings 1973
Slides 1973
Drawings 1976
Point Richmond Apartments [see Bewley, John Apartments 4-plex] 1956
Drawings n.d.
Drawings 1983-1984
Drawings 1953
Manuscripts n.d.
Richmond Sanitary Service Company (Richmond, CA) 1973-1974, 1984, 1991-1994
Manuscripts 1973-1974, 1984, 1991-1994
Drawings 1973-1974, 1984, 1991-1994
Photographs 1973-1974, 1984, 1991-1994
Slides 1973-1974, 1984, 1991-1994
Drawings 1952-1957
Photographs 1952-1957
Slides 1952-1957
Drawings 1954-1959
Photographs 1954-1959
Slides 1954-1959
Drawings 1986
Drawings 1964
Photographs 1964
Slides 1964
Ruth, Herman D. I (Berkeley, CA) 1954-1956, 1965-1967
Manuscripts 1954-1956, 1965-1967
Drawings 1954-1956, 1965-1967
Photographs 1954-1956, 1965-1967
Ruth, Herman D. D. II (Berkeley, CA) 1968-1970
Drawings 1968-1970
Photographs 1968-1970
Slides 1968-1970
Drawings n.d.
Manuscripts 1958
Drawings 1958
Slides 1958
School of Arts & Sciences (Berkeley, CA) [unbuilt] 1970-1971
Manuscripts 1970-1971
Drawings 1970-1971
Slides 1970-1971
Manuscripts 1954
Drawings 1954
Photographs 1954
Drawings 1991
Manuscripts 1957
Drawings 1957
Manuscripts 1970
Drawings 1970
Photographs 1970
Slides 1970
Manuscripts 1957
Drawings 1957
Drawings 1957
Photographs 1957
Sky Farm Guest Ranch (Devils Bedstead, ID) [unbuilt] 1973
Drawings 1973
Slides 1973
Solana Beach Apartment [see La Costa Land Co. ] 1969-1970
Solana Beach Club [see La Costa Land Co. ] 1969-1970
Drawings 1969-1970, 1975
Slides 1969-1970, 1975
Stark, Rome V. [see David Studio Apartments]
Manuscripts 1955
Drawings 1955
Manuscripts 1963-1964
Drawings 1963-1964
Photographs 1963-1964
Slides 1963-1964
Drawings n.d.
Drawings 1953
Drawings n.d.
Manuscripts 1958
Drawings 1958
Taves, Lloyd / Gottlieb, Lou & Dolly (El Cerrito, CA) 1954-1956
Manuscripts 1954-1956
Drawings 1954-1956
Photographs 1954-1956
Slides 1954-1956
Thompson, Stanley and Alice (Richmond, CA) 1947
Drawings 1947
Manuscripts 1977
Drawings 1977
Photographs 1977
Slides 1977
Drawings 1950
Slides 1950
Drawings n.d.
Manuscripts 1954-1955
Drawings 1954-1955
Manuscripts 1968-1969
Drawings 1968-1969
Slides 1968-1969
University of California, Berkeley: Wurster Hall (Berkeley, CA) 1957-1968
Manuscripts 1957-1968
Drawings 1960-1963
Photographs 1959-1965
Slides 1959-1965
Drawings n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Unidentified Sketches (Unknown) n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Drawings n.d.
Manuscripts 1960
Drawings n.d.
Slides n.d.
Manuscripts 1993
Drawings 1993
Photographs 1993
Manuscripts n.d.
Drawings 1983
Photographs 1983
Manuscripts 1978-1979
Drawings 1978-1979
Photographs 1978-1979
Drawings 1954-1957
Slides 1954-1957
Drawings 1955-1956
Slides 1955-1956
Drawings 1947