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The Ratcliff Architects : in Berkeley since 1909 : oral history transcript / 1989.
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The Ratcliff Architects: in Berkeley since 1909 : oral history transcript / 1989Creator/Contributor:
Ratcliff, Robert Williams, 1913-1998, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Ratcliff, Evelyn Paine, 1914-Creator/Contributor:
Riess, Suzanne B., interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Norton, Harold C.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Ratcliff discusses the architectural practice and principled philosophy of his father, Walter H. Ratcliff, exploring the relationship
of the first two generations of Ratcliff architects to Bay Region architects such as Maybeck and Wurster. They discuss social
planning, growth, and development concerns of Berkeley, as well as the city's cultural life.
Date:
c1990 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caArchitecture, Domestic -- California -- Berkeley
Architects -- California -- Berkeley
Architectes -- Californie -- Berkeley
Manners and customs
Buildings
Architecture, Domestic
Architects
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Social life and customs
California -- Berkeley
Ratcliff, Haymond & Ratcliff.
Ratcliff, Slama & Cadwalader.
Ratcliff Architects.
University of California, Berkeley -- Buildings
University of California, Berkeley.
Ratcliff Architects.
Ratcliff, Walter H. (Walter Harris) -- 1891-1973
Haymond, Scott
Slama, Murray A
Cadwalader, Burns L
Slama, Murray A
Note:
interview conducted by Suzanne B. Riess ; introduction by Harold C. Norton ; Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley,
Evelyn Paine Ratcliff, a landscape architect, joins her husband in some interview sessions.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral
History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.
Robert and Evelyn Ratcliff are both 1936 graduates of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Architecture. Their
families were active participants in Berkeley politics and social life.
Type:
Oral histories.Physical Description:
print
[vii], viii, 221 p. : ill.
12 audiocassettes : analog.
Language:
English
Publisher:
California unknown place Berkeley, Calif : University of CaliforniaClassification:
720.92Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral
History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.