Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection, 1949-1994

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Summary

Creators:
Cardwell, Kenneth H.
Abstract:
Extent:
7287 35mm slides, 300 35mm negatives, 184 photographic prints in 8 document boxes.
Language:
Preferred citation:

Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection. UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center

Background

Scope and content:

The Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection spans the years of 1949 to 1994, approximately, and depicts buildings and towns in California, with an emphasis on the architecture of Bernard Maybeck and the documentation of California Missions and colonial buildings.

Biographical / historical:

Kenneth Cardwell received a B.A. degree in architecture in 1947 from UC Berkeley, and became an assistant professor there in 1953. Cardwell was a scholar of Maybeck and historic preservation. He taught and practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area for his entire career. He was an AIA fellow and president of the Berkeley Historical Society. Cardwell donated his slide collection to the Architectural Visual Resources Library in 2003.

Acquisition information:
The Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection was donated to the Department of Architecture and the Architecture Visual Resources Library in 2003 by Kenneth Cardwell.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection 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:

Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection. UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center

Location of this collection:
492 Wurster Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
Contact:
(510) 642-3439
cedvisualresources@berkeley.edu
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