Access Statement
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Biographical Note
System of Arrangement
Scope and Contents
Project Index
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: William Raymond Yelland Collection
creator:
Yelland, W. R. (William Raymond), 1891-1966
Identifier/Call Number: 1982-01
Physical Description:
18.25 Cubic Feet -
1 half box, 6 flat file drawers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1956
Abstract: Consists primarily of project records, which include specifications, drawings, correspondence, and notes. Drawings, which
form the bulk of the collection, largely relate to residential work, although some commercial and apartment buildings, including
Normandy Village, are also included. The collection also includes an attendance book and other materials from a technical
drawing class that Yelland taught at night for adults through the Oakland Public Schools in 1933.
Access Statement
Collection is open for research. Many of the Environmental Design Archives collections are stored offsite and advance notice
is required for use.
Publication Rights
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], William Raymond Yelland Collection, (1982-01), Environmental Design Archives, University of California,
Berkeley.
Biographical Note
William Raymond Yelland (1890-1966)
William Raymond Yelland was born in Saratoga, California in 1890. His father was a prune rancher, and the family lived on
the prune ranch. His mother was a physician who received her degree from the University of California in 1886. Yelland trained
at UC Berkeley, graduating with a B.S. in Architecture in 1913 when John Galen Howard was the program’s director. He then
spent a year at the University of Pennsylvania. During World War I, Yelland was stationed in France, and his time spent there
influenced his architectural esthetic. He is believed to have worked in the offices of Bernard Maybeck and Walter Ratcliff
after graduation. Licensed in California in 1916, Yelland joined the Oakland office of Miller and Warnecke in 1920. By 1924
he had set up an independent practice at 1404 Franklin Street in Oakland, where he remained for his career.
In 1930, Yelland married Edna Holroyd, a poet and librarian, and traveled to Europe and Asia. Afterwards, he exhibited his
sketches in local galleries and published them in the San Francisco Chronicle. He and his wife collaborated on Christmas cards
and booklets—he did the illustration and she wrote the poetry.
Yelland’s architectural style has been characterized as Medieval Revival, particularly the French Norman Mode. He described
his style as vaguely “rural.” Examples of this style can be seen in the Richards House of 1926 (in the Claremont section
of Berkeley) and the Thornburg (or Normandy) Village of 1926-28 (also in Berkeley). After World War II, however, his style
broadened to include California ranch houses and modernism.
In the early 1950s Yelland moved to Milan, and died there in 1966.
Source:
Winter, Robert, ed.
Toward a Simpler Way of Life: The Arts & Crafts Architects of California, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
System of Arrangement
This is comprised primarily of Project Records.
Scope and Contents
The William Raymond Yelland collection consists primarily of project records, arranged alphabetically by project. These include
specifications, drawings, correspondence, notes, and a clipping. Drawings, which form the bulk of the collection, largely
relate to residential work, although some commercial and apartment buildings, including Normandy Village, are also included.
The collection also includes an attendance book and other materials from a technical drawing class that Yelland taught at
night for adults through the Oakland Public Schools in 1933.
Project Index
The following is a list of architectural projects from the William Raymond Yelland Collection. For more complete information
about collection contents for each project download the complete
Project Index in an Excel spreadsheet format by going to
William Yelland i-Page . For instructions on interpreting the Project Index, see
The Guide to the Project Index.
The project list below, derived from the Project Index, is arranged alphabetically by Project/Client Name and contains information,
where available, about the location, date, project type, and formats for each project in the collection.
Project/Client Name (location, date, project type) [Format - Ms=Manuscripts, Dr=Drawings]
- 1. mechanical drawing coursework ( n.d. ; student work ) [Dr]
- 1. student work - watercolors & sketches ( n.d. ; student work ) [Dr]
- Amalgamated Sugar Co. ( Clarksburg , CA ; 1935 ; industrial ) [Dr]
- Barr, Robert ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Beebe, R.W. ( Oakland , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- Birchland, Elmer ( Orinda , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Bolles, Ehmam ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Borrman (George R.) Steel Co. ( Oakland , CA ; n.d. ; industrial ) [Dr]
- Brentwood Community Methodist Church ( Brentwood , CA ; n.d. ; religious ) [Ms, Dr]
- Burdon, J. Jay ( Richmond , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Chinchilla Building ( n.d. ; commercial ) [Dr]
- Clarksburg Community Church ( Clarksburg , CA ; n.d. ; religious ) [Ms, Dr]
- Cook, Mildred W. ( San Leandro , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Dana, Robert ( Dixon , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- de Golia, H.G. ( Atherton , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- Deel, Marcus A. ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Dennis, R.R. ( Happy Valley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Dennis, R.R. ( Orinda , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Dennis, R.R. ( Paradise , CA ; n.d. ; residential-multi ) [Dr]
- Dick, L.C. ( n.d. ; residential-multi ) [Dr]
- Diddle, J. F. ( Oakland , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Edwards ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Erskine ( Piedmont , CA ; 1925 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Faust ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Fischer, Fred ( Kensington , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Ganff, Edith ( Fairfield , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Garfield School ( Oakland , CA ; 1925 ; educational ) [Dr]
- Glenchester Property ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Goodfellow, M.E. ( Fairfield , CA ; 1934 ; residential-multi ) [Ms, Dr]
- Goodfellow, M.E. ( Fairfield , CA ; n.d. ; residential-multi ) [Dr]
- Goss, M.E. ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Gray Shop ( n.d. ; commercial ) [Dr]
- Harmon, Murtle T. ( Upper Lake , CA ; 1934 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Hauck, Roland ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Heringer ( Walnut Grove , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Heringer, Fred ( Clarksburg , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Heringer, James ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Heringer, John ( Clarksburg , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- Herz, F.O. ( Reno , NV ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Hewitt, F. Clark ( Chico , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Hildreth, Earl V. ( Oakland , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Hislop, Colin B. ( Auburn , CA ; n.d. ; funerary ) [Dr]
- Holmes, George ( Clarksburg , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Holroyd, J. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1924 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Hooker, D.L. ( Richmond , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Hop Sing Benevolent Society ( Monterey , CA ; n.d. ; recreational ) [Dr]
- Ingersoll ( , ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Keen Wah Co. ( San Francisco , CA ; n.d. ; commercial ) [Dr]
- Kensington Fire Station ( Contra Costa Co. , CA ; n.d. ; governmental ) [Ms, Dr]
- Kramer, H.D. ( Napa Co. , CA ; 1939 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Laugenour, Eugene ( Woodland , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Laurel School ( Oakland , CA ; 1927 ; educational ) [Dr]
- Leach, Frank (Jr.) ( Mt. Diablo , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Levensaler, Frances ( Piedmont , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Lipp, Chas ( Kensington Park , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- Lovett, R J ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Marsh Creek Camp ( Brentwood , CA ; 1956 ; recreational ) [Dr]
- Marshall, J.M. ( Clarksburg , CA ; 1949 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Maurer, Oscar ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- McBride, Rex ( Ferndale , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- McClew, Jean ( Woodland , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Merwin, Darrell ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Merwin, Herbert ( Clarksburg , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Merwin, R.E. ( Clarksburg , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Methodist Episcopal Church ( Endwell , NY ; 1939 ; religious ) [Dr]
- Miller, Harry ( n.d. ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- Modesto Elementary School ( Modesto , CA ; 1923 ; educational ) [Dr]
- Montreal Corporation, The ( Hayward , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Morris, J.F. ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential-multi ) [Dr]
- Moynihan, Mary Elizabeth ( Belvedere , CA ; 1927 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Noble, Jack ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Normandy Villiage (Thornburg, Jack W.) ( Berkeley , CA ; 1927 ; residential-multi ) [Dr]
- O' Hara, Mrs. H. ( Oakland , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- O' Neil, Wayne ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Olsen, Gus ( Clarksburg , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- Owen, Ethel D. (MD) ( San Francisco , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Parker, G.F. ( Rio Del Mar , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Prewett, Edward ( Brentwood , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Quinan, L.S. (Family) ( near Santa Rosa , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Rankin, J.A. ( Clarksburg , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Ms]
- Redwood City Library ( Redwood City , CA ; n.d. ; educational ) [Dr]
- Remillard-Danini Brick Co. ( n.d. ; commercial ) [Dr]
- Richards, D. ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Richards, T.H. ( Sacramento , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Richards, V.C. ( Chico , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Ritter, Mrs. ( Modesto , CA ; 1929 ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- Sackett, H.B. ( Oakland , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- Sebree, J.K. ( Berkeley , CA ; 1936 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Shapero, S.M ( CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Sinclair, John ( Oakland , CA ; 1929 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Smiley, Don ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Steinfeld, L.A. ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Stewart Building ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; commercial ) [Dr]
- Suey Sing Benevolent Asso. ( Marysville , CA ; n.d. ; recreational ) [Dr]
- Taylor ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Taylor, S.M ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Theta Chi House ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Trinity Methodist Church ( Chico , CA ; 1940 ; religious ) [Dr]
- Troxell ( Contra Costa Co. , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Turner, F.C. ( n.d. ; commercial ) [Dr]
- Turner, F.C. (Black Sheep Building) ( n.d. ; commercial ) [Dr]
- Turner, F.C., gas station ( Contra Costa Co. , CA ; n.d. ; commercial ) [Dr]
- Tuttle, J.H. ( Contra Costa Co. , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Ms, Dr]
- unidentified residence ( Rio Del Mar , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- unidentified sketches ( n.d. ; ) [Dr]
- unidentified working drawings ( n.d. ; ) [Dr]
- Wherry, Chas ( Modesto , CA ; 1929 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Willits, E.J. ( n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Yelland II, R.M. ( Clarksburg , CA ; 1946 ; residential ) [Dr]
- Yelland, R.M. ( Sacramento , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
- Zoph, N.M. ( Berkeley , CA ; n.d. ; residential ) [Dr]
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architecture--California--San Francisco Bay Area--20th century.
Yelland, W. R. (William Raymond), 1891-1966