Description
The E. Geoffrey Bangs collection consists almost entirely of black and white photographs documenting numerous Bay Area residential
and commercial buildings. The photographs also include images of UC Berkeley buildings. Some of the photographs in the collection
may be for a photo essay entitled "Portals West: A Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California." The collection
also contains a typescript of this book which was published by the California Historical Society.
Background
E. Geoffrey Bangs was a Bay Area architect and a graduate of University of California, Berkeley. He earned his bachelor's
degree in 1914 and continued on to obtain his master's the following year. His early career was spent working in the office
of John Galen Howard. Bangs designed many public buildings and large-scale public housing projects in Northern California.
His projects included UC Berkeley's Lewis Hall, the Contra Costa Hall of Records, and the courthouses for Shasta and Butte
counties. He died in 1977.
Extent
5 Linear Feet:
1 folder, 2 flat boxes
Restrictions
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Availability
Collection is open for research.