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Runge, Chris W. collection
1976.-03  
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  • Contributing Institution: University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
    Title: Chris W. Runge Collection
    Creator: Runge, Chris W.
    Identifier/Call Number: 1976.-03
    Physical Description: 5 Linear Feet: ca. 7 oversize folders, 9 tubes
    Date (inclusive): 1924-1960
    Language of Material: English .

    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], Chris W. Runge Collection, (1976-3), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

    Biographical / Historical

    Chris W. Runge (1906-1972)
    Chris W. Runge was born in San Francisco. He attended San Francisco Polytechnic High School and studied through an atelier of the San Francisco Architecture Club between 1928 and 1934. He graduated from the Harvard School of Architecture in 1935.
    He worked as a draftsman with Frederick Meyer (1928-1933, 1936-1937), H.A. Minton (1933-1934), A.R. Williams (1937-1940), A.W. Earl (1940-1942), and Meyer & Evers (1945-1954). During World War II he served with the U.S. Navy Construction Battalion. In 1954 he became a partner in the firm of Meyer & Evers. He remained with the successor firms to Meyer & Evers including Ashley (George Fred), Keyser (Lawrence H.) & Runge; Johnson (Alfred W.) & Runge; Runge (Chris W.).
    Sources: Runge, Chris. AIA Application for Corporate Membership, 1955

    Scope and Contents

    The Chris W. Runge collection consists primarily of architectural drawings, both student renderings and professional commercial and residential projects. The collection is organized into two series: Personal Papers, which consist of student works, and Project Records, which contain drawings by the firm Ashley, Keyser & Runge.

    Related Materials

    Frederick Meyer (1976-1), Environmental Design Archives