Collection Contents

Correspondence 1921-1924

Correspondence 1925-1926

Correspondence 1927-1929

Correspondence 1930

Correspondence 1931-1932

Correspondence 1936-1938

Correspondence 1939-1941

Correspondence 1942-1943

Correspondence 1944-1948

Correspondence 1959-1972

Correspondence 1973 Jan.-July

Correspondence 1973 Aug.-Dec.

Correspondence 1976-1979

Bills and receipts 1922-1924

Boy Scout Fire Cirle (#484) 1938-1939

Branham High School (Campbell Unified School District) 1990

Cal-West Communities, correspondence 1971

Clark (Birge) residence 1936-1937, 1961

Clark (Birge) residence, cancelled checks 1936-1937

Crittenden Middle School, Mountain View 1989-1990

Crittenden Middle School, Mountain View, trellis 1990

Hewlett Packard, AIA National Awards Program 1963

Hewlett Packard, building 32 1987

Hoover Houses (series of 5 on SU campus) 1924-1928

Jordan Junior High School (#432) 1936-1937

Jordan (David Starr) residence (#186) 1923-1924

Kimber residence 1945-1947

Old Mountain View High School, appraisal 1983

Palo Alto Community Theater (#367) 1932-1934

Palo Alto Community Theater (#374) 1933-1941

Palo Alto Post Office (#364) 1931-1936

San Jose Civic Center 1948

Stern residence (#360) 1931-1939

Theuerkauf Elementary School 1990

Color examples for Theuerkauf Elementary School 1990

Whisman Sports Center, Mountain View 1989

Whisman School, color examples

White Office Building, brochures and ads

Williams residence, Pebble Beach, CA 1987

American Arbitrtion Association - Copple/Hopkins case 1970-1971

American Arbitrtion Association - Skykomish/Huber case 1969

American Arbitrtion Association - UC Regents/Kump case 1975

American Arbitrtion Association - Burkett/Bakke case 1968

American Arbitrtion Association - Eagleston/Baxter case 1964

American Arbitrtion Association, general correspondence 1962-1971

Architect's license (Birge and David) 1934

"Architecture as Related to Citizenship," typescript lecture circa 1921

Brochure/Marketing layout 1988

"Campus Homes and Their Inhabitants," outline and text of talk 1977

Canary v. Trans-Bay, expert witness 1968

Comments on Norris home, article undated

"Commercial Buildings in Palo Alto Designed by the Office of Birge M. Clark," typescript text with additional pages on Mrs. Stern and the Community Center 1976

Commercial buildings in Palo Alto, clippings 1933-1986

"Design at Home," text for a talk undated

Drowning incident (Mr. Marx) , Clark's account of circa 1939

Early California architecture, text for talk on 1976

Exposition home print (Morsman house), Christmas card 1941

Hoover House, correspondence regarding 1969-1980

Hoover House, clippings 1972-1983

Hoover House, historic status 1965

Hoover House - California Historic Landmark Dedication 1978

National Defense 1942

"Notes on old College Terrace and old Mayfield," 1970

Palo Alto homes, list and correspondence regarding 1979-1982

Palo Alto Savings and Loan Association 1965-1974

Palo Alto Savings and Loan Association 1950-1964

Palo Alto Savings and Loan Association, two reports 1968

Photo records, miscellaneous

"Residences in Palo Alto and Stanford Designed by the Office of Birge M. Clark," circa 1976

Residences on Stanford campus, lists

Veterans' Building (Palo Alto) - Landmark Dedication 1976

Veterans' Building (Palo Alto) - Citizens' Advisory Committee report 1976

Veterans' Building (Palo Alto) - Citizens' Advisory Committee 1975-1978

Veterans' Building (Palo Alto) - background on Julia Morgan

Veterans' Building (Redwood City) - Historic Resource Report prepared by Diana J. Painter 2010 August

Architectural Digest, Vol. 7, No. 2, with several illustrations of buildings by Clark 1929

Index cards to architectural drawings, group 1: Palo Alto and Stanford

Index cards to architectural drawings, group 2: all other locations

Dormitory at Menlo College [label missing]. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton

Ingold residence, Hillsborough, view of house from garden. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Ingold residence, Hillsborough, view in patio. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Mikel residence, Piedmont, view of house from patio. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Ingold residence, Hillsborough, view of patio entrance detail. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Mikel residence, Piedmont, interior view of stairhall. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Mikel residence, Piedmont, entrance facade. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Mikel residence, Piedmont, entrance doorway. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Menlo School, El Camino dormitory, view under cloister. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1928

Norris residence, grilled doorway. Label from Exhibition of Architecture 1929, De Young Museum, San Francisco. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Store buildings for Hare, Brewer & Clark, Palo Alto. Label from Exhibition of Architecture 1929, De Young Museum, San Francisco. / Crandall, Berton 1929

Group of Ramona Street stores (538-542), Palo Alto. Label from Exhibition of Architecture 1929, De Young Museum, San Francisco. / Crandall, Berton 1929

436-452 University Avenue, Palo Alto, Varsity Theater facade included. / Crandall, Berton 1927

Ruth Stern residence, rear view / Waters, George

Alta Mesa Cemetery. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1933

Alta Mesa Cemetery (interior view of building). Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1933

Palo Alto Medical Clinic, Children's Waiting Room. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton

Palo Alto Medical Clinic, interior. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1932

Residence, Charles and Kathleen Norris, Palo Alto, CA / Crandall, Berton

Mrs. Louis Stern residence, Miss Ruth Stern residence. Joint patio / Waters, George

Miss Ruth Stern residence, living room fireplace. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1932

Stern residence on Cowper, Palo Alto, garden. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1932

Lucie Stern residence on Cowper, Palo Alto. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1932

Mrs. Louis Stern residence on Cowper, Palo Alto, front elevation. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton 1932

Mrs. Louis Stern residence (walled garden between residences of Mrs. Louis Stern & Miss Ruth Stern). Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton

Palo Alto Community Theater [interior]. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton

Palo Alto Community Theater Foyer. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton

Dental offices for Dr. Hugh David Phillips. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton

Palo Alto Medical Cinic Interior. Paper stamped with seal of the American Institute of Architects. / Crandall, Berton

Lucie Stern Residence, Palo Alto. / Waters, George 1932

Mrs. Louis Stern Residence, Palo Alto. / Waters, George 1932

Abrams residence (Stanford University?)

Brooks, Julia Fox, residence, 526 Coleridge, Palo Alto

Browne, A. A., residence 1947

Cal-West Sunset Park of Sunnyvale

Cal-West Sunset Park of Walnut Creek

Camden High School

Campbell High School

Clark, Birge - residence

Clark, Stromquist & Potter offices

Clark, Stromquist & Sandstrom offices

Coleridge Street (470 & 544) residences, Palo Alto

Crandall's, Palo Alto circa 1930

Del Mar High School, photos by Larry Hill

Dunker, John A., residence, Palo Alto 1927, undated

Dunn, Dr., residence - prints

Dunn, Dr., residence - negatives

El Carmelo School

Ellis, Gertrude M., residence, Palo Alto circa 1928

Escuela School, Mountain View - negatives

Escuela School, Mountain View - prints

Fairmeadow Elementary School

Fairfield Senior Center 1977

Fleishhacker residence, Western Homes Award Competition, prints

Fleishhacker residence, Western Homes Award Competition, negatives

Garland School

Goodenough, Wells P., residence, Palo Alto

Gousha Company

Green Gables Elementary School

Hapgood residence, Palo Alto 1941

Hewlett-Packard prints, circa 1963

Hewlett-Packard, negatives and color transparencies

Historical, 1906 earthquake damage at Stanford University

Historical and miscellaneous

Home Dairy (Mayfield)

Hoover, Lou Henry house, Stanford, construction

Hoover, Lou Henry house, Stanford, exteriors

Hoover, Lou Henry house, Stanford, interiors

Hoover, Lou Henry house, Stanford, model of

Hoover Pavilion, prints

Hoover Pavilion, prints (2)

Hoover Pavilion, negatives

Ingold residence

Italian historical (Florence, Pisa, Venice)

Jungeblut, Dr. C. W., residence, Stanford circa 1928

Kimber residence

Laumeister residence, Webster & University

Lee, Mrs. R. V. A., residence, Palo Alto 1940

Loma Vista School, prints and negatives circa 1955

Loma Vista School, prints circa 1955

Magna Engineering Company, exteriors, color transparencies

Magna Engineering Company, prints

Mayfield Depot Garage

Medico-Dental Building, Palo Alto 1928

Menlo School for Boys

Merner, Mrs. D. W., 5 houses on Middlefield

Mikel, Rossiter L., residence (Piedmont)

Mountain View Board Offices, color transparency

Mountain View Senior Center

Norris (Charles and Kathleen) residence

Norris (Charles and Kathleen) negatives of personal photographs (Silver Wedding anniversary April 1934 and Castilleja graduation May 1935) 1934-35

Ohlones School

Ortega (Meadow Park) School

Palo Alto business, unidentified

Palo Alto Community Center

Palo Alto Elementary Schools (composite image)

Palo Alto Police Department

Palo Alto Post Office 1932 and n.d.

Palo Alto Senior Center (former Police Dept.) circa 1978

Palo Alto Senior Center (former Police Dept.), model for

Palo Alto Times

Palo Verde Elementary School

President Hotel, Palo Alto,

Prospect High School (Campbell Union H.S. District)

Quinby residence, Edgewood Drive, Palo Alto - negatives and transparencies

Quinby residence, Edgewood Drive, Palo Alto - prints 1947

Ramona Street scenes circa 1930-70

Ramona Street stores, Palo Alto 1929 and n.d.

Residences, unidentified [originally marked "own work"] undated

Reynolds, Dr. Harry B., residence, Palo Alto 1927

Richter store, Palo Alto

Roos Brothers, Palo Alto

Saier, Dr., beach house at Capitola

Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building, Stanford University 1975-77

Snedden residence, Amherst Avenue, Palo Alto (including Mr. & Mrs. Snedden in one) 1948

Speidel residence, Edwood Drive, Palo Alto

Stanford Auto Company

Stanford University food services building 1970

Stanford University Medical School (San Francisco), Stern Research Lab 1939

Stauffer Chemistry Buildings, Stanford University

Stromquist, Walter (portraits) 1936, 1979

Stromquist residence

Strub, Dr. Charles H., University Avenue stores, Palo Alto circa 1928

Syntex Laboratories - prints 1967, undated

Syntex Laboratories - negatives

Syntex Production Building 1967

University Avenue (300 block) stores, Palo Alto

University Avenue (423, 425), Palo Alto circa 1930

Van Auken Elementary School, Palo Alto 1954

Ventura Elementary School

Veterans Building, Redwood City 1955

Wall Street Journal, Palo Alto Plant

Washington High School circa 1935

Watkins-Johnson Co., Palo Alto

Waverly Street stores, Palo Alto circa 1930

Wells Fargo Bank, Palo Alto

Westmont High School (Campbell UHSD) 1964-1966

White, C.A., residence, Los Altos

White (Howard J.) Office Building 1960-1964

Williams Coninuation High School (Campbell UHSD)

Winterburn, J. C., residence

Unidentified prints and negatives

Unidentified damaged negatives

Abrams residence (Stanford)

[Blackburn residence] 570 Coleridge, Palo Alto

Clark (Dan) residence

Colerdige #544, residence

Davis residence

Ellis (G.) residence

Gurley residence

Hamilton residence, Los Altos

Hapgood residence

Hoover residence on Stanford campus

Hoover houses (5 by Mrs. Hoover) on Stanford campus

Ingold residence 1930

Kinney residence

Kirk residence

Lovell residences (555 Lowell and 559 Seale)

Lucie Stern Community Center, Palo Alto 1933

Marino residence

Palo Alto Building & Loan (interior)

Palo Alto police / fire building

Philippines building (San Francisco)

Proctor residence

Reynolds (Harry) residence 1929

Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building, Stanford [printing negative]

Stanford Auto Company

Strong residence

Sullivan (J. T.) residence

Unidentified exteriors (residences)

Unidentified interiors (residences)

University Avenue, 300 block, Palo Alto

University Realty

Wellgould residence

Whitling residence

Photograph albums (3) of Spanish style residences (not all designed by Clark) circa 1930

Photograph album of English style residences circa 1930

Photograph album of stores circa 1930

Photograph album of residences [probably "Spanish" but original label is illegible] circa 1930

Slides of schools (A-J), model for Ampex, Clark Stromquist & Potter office, Eastman Kodak, and Hewlett-Packard

Slides of schools (L-W), Veterans Building, Watkins-Johnson, and unidentified images (buildings, aerials, and sites)

Slides of business signs in Palo Alto 1961

Addison School

Ampex (model only)

Benj. Bubb School

Benj. Cory School

Campbell High

Carlmont

Centerville School

Clark, Stromquist & Potter office

Costano-Kump Ravenswood

Crescent Park

Cubberley High School

Cupertino School

Doyle School, Cupertino

Eastman Kodak

El Carmelo School

Escuela, Mt. View

Fairmeadow

Glenmoor School

Green Gables

Greendell

H. D. Silva School

Henry Barnard

Hewlett Packard

Hillsdale High School

Intermediate School, Mtn. View

John Muir, San Jose

Jordan Jr. High School

Loma Vista Elementary School

Los Altos High School

Norris Elementary School

Ohlones School

Ortega School

Palo Alto High School

Palo Alto - miscellaneous, exhibits

Palo Verde School

San Carlos school

Sterling school

Terman Jr. High School

Theurkauf (Evans)

Van Auken Elementary School

Veterans Building

Walter Hays School

Watkins-Johnson

Wilbur Jr. High School

Site B and C [possibly Hewlett-Packard site or other Palo Alto industrial park site prior to construction]

Corporate Day Care Center - plans

Sections - unidentified project

Rendering, unidentified

Site layout, unidentified

Unidentified Group 1 - photos of a school

Unidentified Group 2 - aerials of a school

Unidentified Group 3 - aerials of a complex, probably a school

Unidentified Group 4 - 1 slide of a school

Unidentified aerials

Unidentified site photos, prior to construction (possibly in Palo Alto)

Series on business street signs in Palo Alto

Branham High School (Campbell Union High School Districrt), site impact plans 1989

Crittenden Middle School, Mountain View, trellis plan 1990

Alta Mesa Memorial Park, additions 1936, 1947

Barron Park Elementary School, Palo Alto 1947

Blackburn Apartment Hotel [President Hotel] Palo Alto undated

Boy Scout Fire Circle, Palo Alto 1928

Chadwick Seaside School 1937

Chamberlain, office at residence, Saratoga 1937

Clark (Birge) residence, Edgewood Drive, PA 1936

Crescent Park Elementary Schoo, Palo Alto 1947

Gardiner (Gertrude) store, Palo Alto 1934

Hardy (Sumner) resident, guest house 1938

Medical Offices (Lee, Roth, Clark, Wilbur) 1932

Menlo School, El Camino dormitory 1931

Menlo School, group of buildings 1929

Murphy (Jennie and Bessie) store, Palo Alto 1934

Norris (Charles) residence, Palo Alto 1930

Palo Alto Clinic 1937

Palo Alto Community Auditorium and Theater 1933

Palo Alto Community Center, Ruth Stern Wing 1934

Palo Alto School District, South Palo Alto school building 1946

Palo Alto Senior High, boys gym 1949

Palo Alto Times 1948

Pease (Howard) residence, Palo Alto 1936

San Carlos fire house 1940

Seaside School Corporation, residence 1937

Stern (Mrs. Louis), two residences, Palo Alto undated

Walter Hays School, Palo Alto 1946

Waterhouse residence [consists of editorial changes to specs for Saier residence] 1935

Whiting (H.S.) residence, Saratoga 1929

Wideman and Son store, Palo Alto 1936

Byxbee and Jackson store, Palo Alto 1922

Cardinal Hotel [Palo Alto Hotel Improvement Co.] undated

Castilleja School addition 1928

Clark (Birge) residence, Webster and Embarcadero 1922

Dunker (John) residence, Palo Alto 1926

Enderson (A. L.) residence, Palo Alto 1925

Frier (W. L.) residence, Menlo Park 1922

Hare, Brewer and Clark store building 1927

Hoover residence, Stanford campus 1920

Kee (Leung) restaurant, Palo Alto 1926

Lockey (Richard) residence undated

Masonic Temple Association, store and banquet hall, Palo Alto 1925

Menlo School, dormitory and class building 1928

Norris (Charles), Saratoga pool undated

Norris (Charles) residence, Palo Alto undated

Palo Alto Fire and Police Station undated

Palo Alto High School, additions undated

Palo Alto High School gym 1928

Palo Alto Improvement Co. (stores on Ramona Street) 1927

Palo Alto School District, Addison Avenue School 1924

Palo Alto School District, South Palo Alto school 1926

Post Office, Palo Alto circa 1930

Post Office, Palo Alto circa 1930

Professional building, Palo Alto 1927

Quinby (James) residence, Palo Alto 1922

Ramona Street stores (Lansdale and Thoits) 1926

Thoits store, University Avenue 1925

Townley (S. D.) residence, Stanford 1921

University Realty Company store building undated

Van Heusden (Karel) residence, Atherton 1921

Varsity Theater remodel undated

Walter Hays School, Palo Alto 1924

Boy and Girl Scout Center, negative of site plan

Cal-West Communities, site plan transparencies 1971

Cal-West Communities, building types transparencies 1971

Cal-West Communities, positive prints of plans 1970

Cal-West Communities, Sunnyvale, photos of renderings 1970

Cal-West Communities, Sunset Park of Marin, transparencies 1972

Clark, David B., photos of drawings for Columbia University class

Cubberley High School, transparency of bird's eye rendering

Fairfield Senior Center, printing negative of proposed site plan

Fleishhacker residence, Western Homes Competition, plans

Hewlett Packard, Bay Region Honor Awards Program, plans and descriptive data 1963

Hewlett Packard, Boise, Idaho, model for (slides and prints)

Hoover, Lou Henry, House, plans (negs and prints)

Housing compound, unidentified

Mountain View Senior Center, plans

Mountain View Senior Center, plan negs

Palo Alto Community Center, printing neg and positive print

Palo Alto Post Office, photo of rendering

Palo Alto Senior Center (former Police Dept.), elevations 1977

Palo Alto YMCA, plans 1960

President Hotel, Palo Alto, photo of typical floor plan

Ramona Street Stores, Palo Alto, photo of rendering circa 1935

San Jose Civic Center, negs and 1 print of master plan

Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building, Stanford University, photos of renderings and booklet 1977

Stanford University Medical School (S. F.), Stern research lab, negs of plan and rendering 1939

Stauffer Chemistry Buildings, Stanford University, plans and dedication booklet 1966

Strub, Dr. Chas., group of stores on University Avenue, P.A., photo of elevation

Syntex Laboratories, photos of elevations and annual report 1963

Terman Junior High School, P.A., negs and prints of plans 1958

Wells Fargo Bank, Sunnyvale, plans and elevations

Ames Research Center, plans and 1 negative 1988

Cal-West Communties, building types, negatives

Cal-West Communties, Sunset Oaks and Sunset Park I, negatives of plans

Hewlett Packard, A.I.A. National Awards Program, plans

Five Hoover houses (1 plan, 1 plot layout) and Stern residence (patterns for tile bench in garden)

Jordan Jr. High School, 1 floor plan for health department 1936

Mountain View Senior Center, 1 printing negative

Palo Alto Community Theater, stage board and wiring diagram

Syntex Laboratories, printing negative of rendering

Wells Fargo, Sunnyvale, 2 color photos of renderings

Whisman Sports Center, drawings on tissue

School building inspection course, CA Dept. of Public Works, correspondence and lecture text 1954-1955

Stanford classes, correspondence 1950-1972

Arch 148, tests 1950-1952

Arch 248, examinations 1953-1958

Arch 251, examinations and comments on exam 1961-1965

Arch 274D, summary, exams, review items 1966-1968

Arch 285B, final exam 1968

Arch 286, syllabus 1971

Arch 286, syllabus 1971

Arch 386, syllabus 1969

Arch 386, exams, review points 1969

Class materials - millwork information 1965

Class materials - paint information

Class materials 1960-61

Class materials assorted 1962-1968

Course materials, "John Doe" specifications 1969-1971

Lecture on buying a house

Lecture, "Materials and their specification," 1972 Mar

Stanford University Class of 1914, correspondence 1979

Stanford University Class of 1914, correspondence 1977-1978

Stanford University Class of 1914, fundraising instructions, forms, etc. 1977-1978

Friends of France, American Ambulance Field Service, Stanford University, list of survivors and deceased

Memoirs - An Architect Grows up in Palo Alto 1982

World War I Memoirs 1971

Clippings on Birge Clark 1976-1984

Address book

"Birge M. Clark Day," Palo Alto 1984 Jun 5

"Dirty Old Men Can Putt Too," article by D.O.M.

Fremont Post 52, American Legion, clippings and biographical histories 1919 and 1980

Genealogy, miscellaneous

Lucie Stern, clippings about 1940-1979

Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto, Roster 1972 Jan

American Institute of Architects, certificates of honor 1929-1935

Resolution ... Proclaiming June 5, 1984 , "Birge M. Clark Day," 1984

Master of Architecture diploma, Columbia University 1917

Annual of the School of Architecture, Columbia University, to Cover the Work of the Year 1917 1918

Yosemite Summary of the Draft General Management Plan, with hand-drawn map inside front cover 1978 Aug

Plaque mounted on wood: Presented by the Stanford School of Engineering to Birge M. Clark to Honor His contribution as a Member of the Faculty 1950-1972

Class roll books from SU classes; filed with other SC restricted folders