Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection

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UC Berkeley. College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center
492 Wurster Hall
Berkeley, California 94720-1820
(510) 642-3439
cedvisualresources@berkeley.edu
http://ced.berkeley.edu/research/visual-resources-center/
2017


Descriptive Summary

Title: Kenneth H. Cardwell Photograph Collection
Dates: 1949-1994
Collection Number: AVRL 2003-1
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 7287 35mm slides, 300 35mm negatives, 184 photographic prints in 8 document boxes.
Repository: UC Berkeley. College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center
Berkeley, California 94720-1820
Abstract: A collection of 35mm slides and other photographs produced by architect and professor Kenneth H. Cardwell in 1949-1994 during research and teaching in California.
Language of Material: English

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

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

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.

Biography/Administrative History

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.

Scope and Content of Collection

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.