William Raymond Yelland Collection 1982.-01

Joanne Miller

Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation.

University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives

October 1998

230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820

Berkeley, CA 94720-1820

designarchives@berkeley.edu

URL: https://ced.berkeley.edu/resources/environmental-design-archives

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 Linear 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.

Language of Material: English .

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architecture--California--San Francisco Bay Area--20th century.

Personal Papers

Student Work

Box 1, Folder 1

Technical Drawing Class, Tech. Evening Highschool, Oakland, CA 1933

Project records

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1910

Amalgamated Sugar company Clarksburg CA 1935

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1911

Barr, Robert n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1912, Box 1, Folder 2a

Beebe, R.W. Oakland CA 1938

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1913

Birchland, Elmer Orinda CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1933

Bolles, Ehmam n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1914

Borrman (George R.) Steel Co. Oakland CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1974, Box 1, Folder 2b

Brentwood Community Methodist Church Brentwood CA 1952-1954

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1917

Burdon, J. Jay Richmond CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1918

Chinchilla Building n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1920, Box 1, Folder 3

Clarksburg Community Church Clarksburg CA 1956

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1921

Cook, Mildred W. San Leandro CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1922

Dana, Robert Dixon CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1925, Box 1, Folder 4

de Golia, H.G. Atherton 1941

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1924

Deel, Marcus A. Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1927

Dennis, R.R. Happy Valley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1928

Dennis, R.R. Orinda CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1926

Dennis, R.R. Paradise CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1930

Dick, L.C. n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1931

Diddle, J. F. Oakland CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1932

Edwards, Captain and Mrs. n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1934

Erskine Piedmont CA 1925

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1935

Faust Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1936

Fischer, Fred Kensington CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1937

Ganff, Edith Fairfield CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1938

Garfield School Oakland CA 1925

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1929

Glenchester Property n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1940, Box 1, Folder 4

Goodfellow, M.E. Fairfield CA 1934

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1939

Goodfellow, M.E. Fairfield CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1941

Goss, M.E. n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1942

Gray Shop n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1943

Harmon, Murtle T. Upper Lake CA 1934

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1944

Hauck, Roland n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1948

Heringer Walnut Grove CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1945

Heringer, Fred Clarksburg CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1946

Heringer, James n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1947, Box 1, Folder 6

Heringer, John Clarksburg CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1949

Herz, F.O. Reno NV n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1950

Hewitt, F. Clark Chico CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1951

Hildreth, Earl V. Oakland CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1952

Hislop, Colin B. Auburn CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1953

Holmes, George Clarksburg CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1954

Holroyd, J. Berkeley CA 1924

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1955

Hooker, D.L. Richmond CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1919

Hop Sing Benevolent Society Monterey CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1956

Ingersoll n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1957

Keen Wah Co. San Francisco CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1958, Box 1, Folder 7

Kensington Fire Station Contra Costa Co. CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1959

Kramer, H.D. Napa Co. CA 1939

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1960

Laugenour, Eugene Woodland CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1961

Laurel School Oakland CA 1927

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1962

Leach, Frank (Jr.) Mt. Diablo CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1964

Levensaler, Frances Piedmont CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1965, Box 1, Folder 8

Lipp, Chas Kensington Park CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 1966

Lovett, R J Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1916

Marsh Creek Camp Brentwood CA 1956

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1967

Marshall, J.M. Clarksburg CA 1949

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1968

Maurer, Oscar Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1969

McBride, Rex Ferndale CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1970

McClew, Jean Woodland CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 1982

Mechanical Drawing Coursework Night School

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1971

Merwin, Darrell Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1972

Merwin, Herbert Clarksburg CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1973, Box 1, Folder 9

Merwin, R.E. Clarksburg CA n.d.

Box 1, Folder 10

Methodist Church, Chico, CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1976

Methodist Episcopal Church Endwell NY 1939

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1977, Box 1, Folder 11

Miller, Harry n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1978

Modesto Elementary School Modesto CA 1923

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1979

Montreal Corporation, The Hayward CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1980

Morris, J.F. Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1981

Moynihan, Mary Elizabeth Belvedere CA 1927

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1983

Noble, Jack n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2008

Normandy Villiage (Thornburg, Jack W.) Berkeley CA 1927

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1984

O' Hara, Mrs. H. Oakland CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1986

O' Neil, Wayne n.d.

Box 1, Folder 12

Oakland National Housing Expo 1941

Box 1, Folder 13

Olsen, Gus Carmel, CA 1936

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1985

Olsen, Gus Clarksburg CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.18, Flat-File 1987

Owen, Ethel D. (MD) San Francisco CA n.d.

Box 1, Folder 14

Parker, Clinton 1939

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1988

Parker, G.F. Rio Del Mar CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1989

Prewett, Edward Brentwood CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1990

Quinan, L.S. (Family) near Santa Rosa CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2024, Box 1, Folder 15

Rankin, J.A. Clarksburg CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1991

Redwood City Library Redwood City CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1923

Remillard-Danini Brick Co. n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.16, Flat-File 1992

Richards, D. Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1993

Richards, T.H. Sacramento CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1994

Richards, V.C. Chico CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 1996

Ritter, Mrs. Modesto CA 1929

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1997, Box 1, Folder 16

Sackett, H.B. Oakland CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.15, Flat-File 2019

Schoolwork / Misc. Watercolors and Sketches

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1998

Sebree, J.K. Berkeley CA 1936

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 1999

Shapero, S.M CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2000

Sinclair, John Oakland CA 1929

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2001

Smiley, Don n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.17, Flat-File 2002

Steinfeld, L.A. Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2003

Stewart Building Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2004

Suey Sing Benevolent Asso. Marysville CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2005

Taylor Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2006

Taylor, S.M n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.19, Flat-File 2007

Theta Chi House Berkeley CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 1975

Trinity Methodist Church Chico CA 1940

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2009

Troxell Contra Costa Co. CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2012

Turner, F.C. n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2010

Turner, F.C. (Black Sheep Building) n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2011

Turner, F.C., gas station Contra Costa Co. CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2013

Tuttle, J.H. Contra Costa Co. CA n.d.

Box 1, Folder 17

Tuttle, J.H. Lafayette, CA 1936

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 1995

unidentified residence Rio Del Mar CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 1915

unidentified sketches n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 1963

unidentified working drawings n.d.

Box 1, Folder 18

Weeks, Chas. Jr. Brentwood, CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2014

Wherry, Chas Modesto CA 1929

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2015

Willits, E.J. n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2017

Yelland II, R.M. Clarksburg CA 1946

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2016

Yelland, R.M. Sacramento CA n.d.

flat-file-drawer 12.20, Flat-File 2018

Zoph, N.M. Berkeley CA n.d.