R. Dudley Trudgett Collection 1999.-5
Jason C. Escalante
Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
and by a grant from the Getty Foundation.
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
2000
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820
designarchives@berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: Dudley R. Trudgett Collection
Creator:
Trudgett, R. Dudley, 1908-1985
Identifier/Call Number: 1999.-5
Physical Description:
4 Linear Feet:
1 box, 1 flat file drawer
Date (bulk): 1932-1985
Language of Material:
English
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Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], R. Dudley Trudgett Collection, (1999-5), Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental
Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California.
Biographical / Historical
R. Dudley Trudgett was born in 1908 in Alameda, California. Trudgett graduated with a degree in landscape architecture from
the University of California, Berkeley in 1934. Between 1935 and 1936 he attended Harvard's Graduate School of Design, focusing
on city planning. He served in the Navy for four years during WWII after which he traveled extensively throughout Europe and
Asia. Following the armistice, he spent six years in India and Japan working on site development and town planning. First,
in India under the firm of Mayer & Whittlesey and then in Okinawa, Japan, for the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Trudgett
began his career working on county planning, State Parks, and land subdivision in both Northern and Southern California. He
became an early member of Telesis, an inter-professional environmental design group organized to give direction to the city
of Los Angeles in regards to regional planning.
During the late1950's, Trudgett created a landscape design practice in the Los Angeles area that he continued until his death
at the age of 77 in 1985. Among his most notable projects and designs were the Howard Hughes Research Center in Malibu, the
Pasadena Art Museum, the Norton Simon Museum and personal residence, the University of Southern California campus, and several
homes for persons of note such as Jack Warner and Kirk Douglas.
Scope and Contents
The R. Dudley Trudgett Collection is organized into four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, and
Project Files. The Personal Papers comprise the bulk of the collection containing student and personal drawings and other
artworks created during his attendance at UC Berkeley and during his naval service, correspondence, and documents relating
to Trudgett's naval career and his travels within Japan and Europe. Trudgett's professional papers are minimal in scope and
only include a lecture given in 1955; the subject matter was the reconstruction of Europe after WWII. Office records contain
correspondence between Trudgett and clients such as Norton Simon and the University of Southern California on a number of
subjects such as future planning issues and payment for services. Trudgett's project records include extensive reference materials
pertaining to regional and city planning used for his projects in India and for his Master Plan of Banaras (now Varanasi)
in India, as well as correspondence referring to his projects completed in India. There are also drawings for the Hunt Foods
Co., Continental Vinters, The Alhambra Neuropsychiatric Hospital, and some unidentified residential projects.
Personal Papers I.
1931-1981
Scope and Contents
Includes student projects, artwork, military records, personal correspondence, financial records, and neighborhood association
reports.
Box 1, Folder 1
Personal Correspondence
1952-1981
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 1
1931 Arch. Course / Charcoal Drawings
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 2
1931 Arch. Course / Descriptive Geometry
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 3
Chiura Obata's Art Class / Sumi Ink on Rice Paper
1931
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 4
1931-1933 Arch. Course / Watercolors
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 5
1932 Arch. Course / Shades and Shadows, Classic Orders
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 6
1932 Arch. Course (Prof. Jeans) / Pen and Ink Drawings
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 6
1934 Arch. Course / Dewell Drawing
Box 1, Folder 6
Benedict Canyon Association Report Beverly Hills, CA
1979
Professional Papers II.
1955
Scope and Contents
Consists of a 1955 lecture given at the University of California, Berkeley at the College of Architecture
Office Records III.
1965-1981
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence between Trudgett and clients such as Norton Simon and the University of Southern California.
Project Records IV.
1951-1979
Scope and Contents
Includes material pertaining to his projects in India and his Master Plan of Banaras (now Varanasi) as well as drawings for
the Hunt Foods Co., Continental Vinters, The Alhambra Neuropsychiatric Hospital, and some unidentified residential projects.
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 8
A Proposed Landscape Development for a Lot in Sub-tropical United States
1931
Box 1, Folder 12
Alhambra Neuropsychiatric Hospital
1969
Box 1, Folder 13
Continental Vintners Paso Robles, CA
Box 1, Folder 11
India : Master Plan of Banaras
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 7
Land Architecture WPA / Redwood State Park Plan
flat-file-drawer W 15.20, Flat-File 10
Lucknow India town planning
1949
Box 1, Folder 15
Newhall Land and Farming Co.
1954
Box 1, Folder 16
Unidentified Residential
n.d.
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 8
flat-file-drawer 17.1, Flat-File 9
Unidentified Watercolor Landscape