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Julia Morgan architectural history project interviews : oral history transcript / and related material, 1974-1976.
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Title:

Julia Morgan architectural history project interviews : oral history transcript: and related material, 1974-1976

Creator/Contributor:

Woodbridge, Sally Byrne, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Boutelle, Sara Holmes, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Steilberg, Walter, -1974, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Ratcliff, Robert, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Jensen, Norman, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Wagstaff, Jack, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Hussey, Edward Bright, -1976, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Hodges, George.

Creator/Contributor:

Perry, Warren Charles, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Lawton, Helena Steilberg, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Barron, Mary Grace, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Coblentz, Dorothy Wormser, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Dahl, Bjarne, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Dahl, Bjarne, Jr, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Marcus, Hettie Belle, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

McNaught, Polly Lawrence, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Nimitz, Catherine Freeman, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

North, Morgan, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

North, Flora D'Ille, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Rowlands, Kirk O., interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Willer, Norma, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Williams, Quintilla, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

V. 1: interviews with Walter Steilberg, Robert and Evelyn P. Ratcliff, Norman Jensen, Jack Wagstaff, Edward Hussey and George Hodges re the work of Steilberg and Morgan, with comments also on John G. Howard, University of California, William R. Hearst and San Simeon, other architects etc.; interview with Warren C. Perry on Dept. of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1904 to 1954; and Helena Steilberg Lawton's commentary on her father Walter Steilberg, Architect: The Man, His Times, His Work.

Date:

1974 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Architecture -- California
Architects -- California
Architectes -- Californie
Architects
Architecture
Buildings
Manners and customs
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
California
California -- Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley -- Buildings
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Architecture.
University of California, Berkeley.
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Architecture.
Morgan, Julia -- 1852-1957
Steilberg, Walter -- -1974
Howard, John Galen -- 1864-1931
Maybeck, Bernard R
Hearst, William Randolph -- 1863-1951
Hearst, William Randolph -- 1863-1951
Howard, John Galen -- 1864-1931
Maybeck, Bernard R
United States -- California -- Berkeley

Note:

tape recorded interview conducted 1974-1975 primarily by Suzanne B. Reiss for the Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1976 :
Interviews by Sally Woodbridge and Sara H. Boutelle also included.
Phonotapes also available.
Also with these, as v. 3 (portfolio): letters and accounts, ca. 1927-31, re furnishings and equipment for the Seldon Williams house.
(Cont.)--v.2: Julia Morgan, Her Office, and a House. Interviews with Mary G. Barron, Kirk O. Rowlands, Norma Willer, Quintilla Williams and Catherine F. Nimitz re the Seldon Williams house acquired by the University of California; interviews with associates and employees Edward Hussey, Dorothy W. Coblentz, Polly L McNaught, Bjarne Dahl and Bjarne Dahl, Jr., and with client Hettie Belle Marcus; and interviews with members of her family, Morgan and Flora North.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
3 volumes ; 28 cm + related material

Language:

enm

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.