Paul Thiene Collection 1962.-1
Environmental Design Archives staff
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
1998
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: Paul Thiene Collection
Creator:
Thiene, Paul, 1880-1971
Identifier/Call Number: 1962.-1
Physical Description:
11 Linear Feet:
7 boxes, 1 flat box, 8 oversize folders
Date (inclusive): 1915-1930
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], Paul Thiene Collection, (1962-1), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Biographical / Historical
Paul Thiene (1880-1971)
Landscape architect Paul Thiene was born in Germany in 1880, and immigrated to the United States in 1903. After receiving
his landscape technical degree and completing an apprenticeship in Germany, Theine came to the United States. He worked with
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (Olmsted Brothers, Massachussetts) until 1910, then moved to San Diego to participate in the landscape
design for the Panama-California Exposition with Frank Lloyd Wright's son, Lloyd Wright. Thiene and Wright were business partners
for one year and continued to collaborate with one another through 1918.
After working on the San Diego Exposition, Thiene's office designed the landscapes of major estates in Southern California,
including homes in Santa Barbara, Pasadena, and Beverly Hills. He was an innovator in the use of running water in gardens,
and created a cascading, 80-foot waterfall on the Doheny "Greystone" estate in Beverly Hills.
Thiene was a fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects, and retired in 1951. He lived in Pasadena and died in
1971.
Source: James J. Lucas. "Paul G. Thiene: a biographical research paper," 1962.
Scope and Contents
The Paul Thiene collection consists primarily of visual materials documenting Thiene's work as a landscape architect.
Photographs form the bulk of the collection and include images of completed projects and works in progress. Many of the photographs
were created by the company of Hiller and Mott. The collection also includes scrapbooks of clippings about landscape architecture
and photographs of Thiene's drawings.
Project Records
1909-1929
Box 1, Folder 2, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 1
Box 1, Folder 4
Bixby, Mrs. S.W. Hollywood CA
1920
Box 1, Folder 5
Cox, J.D. Pasadena CA
1920
Box 1, Folder 6
Daniels, Mrs. J.C. Los Angeles CA
1917
flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 2-3, Box 1, Folder 7-9, Box 2, Folder 10
Doheny Los Angeles CA
n.d.
Creator: United Aerial & Photography
Creator: Hiller
Box 2, Folder 11, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 1
Eisner, I. Los Angeles CA
ca. 1929
Box 2, Folder 12
Fleischmann, M.C. Montecito CA
1920
Box 2, Folder 13
Ford, Todd Jr. Pasadena CA
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 16, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 1
Gavit, E.P. Montecito CA
n.d.
Box 2, Folder 17, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 4
Getz, Milton E. Beverly Hills CA
1926
Creator: Hiller
Creator: Starrett, Theodore
Box 3, Folder 21
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of California Pasadena CA
1929
Box 3, Folder 19
Hoag, William G. Los Angeles CA
1917
Box 3, Folder 22
Janss
n.d.
Creator: Starrett, Theodore
Box 3, Folder 23, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 5
Jefferson, J.P. (Mira Flores) Montecito CA
[ca. 1915]
Creator: Padilla Studios
Creator: Hiller & Mott
Box 3, Folder 24
Kerckhoff, William G.
1926
Box 3, Folder 25, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 1
Knott, F.P. Montecito CA
1916
flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 6
Box 4, Folder 26
Lake Arrowhead Lodge
n.d.
Creator: van Rossem, W. J.
Box 4, Folder 27
Lowe, Edward Montecito CA
n.d.
Box 4, Folder 28, 34, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 1
MacNaghton, Malcom Pasadena CA
1927
Box 4, Folder 31-33, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 7
Meyer Beverly Hills CA
1915-1916
Creator: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Creator: Hiller & Mott
Box 4, Folder 36, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 1
Morse, W.S. Pasadena CA
n.d.
Box 4, Folder 35
Poole, J.H. Pasadena CA
1920
Box 5, Folder 36
Rainbow Angling Club CA
n.d.
Box 5, Folder 38-39
San Diego Exposition San Diego CA
1909-1916
Box 5, Folder 40-41, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 8
Severance, J.L. Pasadena CA
n.d.
Creator: Hiller
Creator: Harold & Parker
Box 5, Folder 43, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 1
Story, E.H. Pasadena CA
n.d.
Box 5, Folder 45
Thiene, Paul Pasadena CA
n.d.
Box 5, Folder 46, flat-file-drawer W 16.16, Flat-File 1
Box 6, Folder 50
Unidentified photographs
n.d.
Creator: Hiller
Creator: Hiller & Mott
Box 6, Folder 51
Wigmore, J.A. Pasadena CA
1920
Box 6, Folder 53-54, Box 7
