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Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill papers, approximately 1900-1944.
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Title:
Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill papers, approximately 1900-1944B.J.S. Cahill papers
Creator/Contributor:
Cahill, B. J. S., 1866-1944, creator, creator.Abstract:
The collection consists primarily of Cahill's professional, business, and personal papers, covering the years 1906 to 1942.
Most of the material relates to his "Butterfly map projection," including extensive correspondence with cartographers, mathematicians,
students, and publishers. Also included are records of the Cahill World Map Company and personal diaries. Diaries document
Cahill's career and include sketches and references to architectural projects.
Date:
1900 (issued)Subject:
Cahill, B. J. S -- 1866-1944 -- ArchivesCahill World Map Co.
Map projection
Maps -- Design
Cartographers -- United States
Architects -- United States
Cartography -- History
City planning -- California -- San Francisco
Architects
Cartographers
Cartography
City planning
California -- San Francisco
United States
Note:
Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill papers, BANC MSS 83/39 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Postcard view of San Francisco City Hall, and small painting (by Cahill?): Transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the
Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1981.115--PIC).
Architect and cartographer Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill (1866-1944) was born in London, England, and emigrated to the
United States in 1888. Eventually settling in San Francisco, his work included designs for hotels, factories, mausoleums,
and an unsuccessful 1904 plan for the San Francisco Civic Center. He later developed a "Butterfly map projection" which he
promoted, with little success, through his Cahill World Map Company.
In English.
Related collection: [Collection of maps, diagrams and globes relating to the Butterfly Map, and its development and promotion]
(G3201.B72 svar .C3)
Type:
History.Albums (Books)
Scrapbooks.
Physical Description:
print
3 (2 1 3
Language:
English