Gladding (Hope) Slide Collection on the History of Design, 1921-1957

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Summary

Title:
Hope Gladding Slide Collection on the History of Design
Dates:
1921-1957
Creators:
Gladding, Hope Meldeau
Abstract:
Extent:
6000 slides in 30 cases.
Language:
Preferred citation:

Hope Gladding Slide Collection on the History of Design. UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center

Background

Scope and content:

Hope Gladding Slide Collection on the History of Design consists of approximately 6000 35mm slides depicting decorative arts, architecture, and interior design subjects. The imagery depicted spans the history of material culture approximately the Renaissance to the late 20th century.

Biographical / historical:

Hope Meldeau Gladding, 1889-1987 was Professor of Decorative Arts, Emerita, at UC Berkeley. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, and taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1921 Professor Gladding joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley to give courses in theory of design and color in the Department of Household Art. Gladding continued in this department for 36 years, taking her turn as chairman, attaining full professorship and retiring in 1957. Gladding built two distinguished courses, Great Periods of Interior Design and American Decorative Arts. She was an accomplished photographer, and enlivened these courses with slides she made on her travels. This collection consists of these slides.

Acquisition information:
Donated to the Department of Architecture in 1984 by Professor Emerita Lucretia Nelson, conservator for Professor Emerita Hope Gladding.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design Visual Resources Center staff.
Date Prepared:
1921-1957
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research. Collection is unprocessed and no collection guides are available.

Terms of access:

For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the director of the Visual Resources Center.

Preferred citation:

Hope Gladding Slide Collection on the History of Design. 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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