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Seim, Charles [Photographs from the Charles Seim papers].
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[Photographs from the Charles Seim papers]Creator/Contributor:
Seim, Charles, creator, creator.Abstract:
Chiefly slides documenting projects associated with Seim's career as a bridge engineer for the state of California, for T.Y.
Lin International, and as a private consulting engineer. Many files are present for various projects related to bridges of
the San Francisco Bay Area, espcially the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, but also the Golden Gate Bridge, Dumbarton Bridge,
Carquinez Bridge, Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, San-Mateo Hayward Bridge, and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge. Also includes files
for other projects pertaining to bridges elsewhere in California, across the nation, and in other countries, including China,
Japan, Brazil, Turkey, Spain, Italy and Poland. Other files pertain to particular bridge materials and engineering topics.
Collection also includes many postcards depicting bridges, especially those associated with Seim's work in China and Japan.
Also includes a few papers, business cards, clippings pertaining to Seim's career and other interests, and a small section
of Golden Gate Bridge suspender wire. Seim and his colleagues are depicted throughout the collection.
Date:
1955 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us--- -- a-cc--- -- a-ja---Bridges -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Bridges -- United States -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Bridges -- China -- Design and construction -- Pictorial works
Bridges -- Japan -- Design and construction -- Pictorial works
Civil engineers -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
Ponts -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Conception et construction -- Photographies
Ingénieurs civils -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Photographies
Ponts -- États-Unis -- Conception et construction -- Photographies
Bridges -- Design and construction
Civil engineers
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.) -- Design and construction -- Photographs
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Design and construction -- Photographs
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
California -- San Francisco -- Golden Gate Bridge
California -- San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
China
Japan
United States
T.Y. Lin International -- Photographs
T.Y. Lin International
Seim, Charles -- Archives
Seim, Charles -- Pictorial works
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographed by Seim and others.
Includes photographic prints, postcards, and a small number of papers.
Includes approximately 120 negatives, for most of which matching prints are present in PIC box 1.
SLIDES AND NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference
via the Reference Inquiry form.
Container list available in library.
Transferred from the Charles Seim papers (BANC MSS 2016/250)
Gift Of Charles Seim ; 2016.
VHS tape on Akashi Kaikyo Bridge transferred to the Audio/Visual Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Seim began his career in the San Francisco Bay Area at beginning of construction of Interstate Highway system and long-span
toll bridges in California; worked as bridge engineer for California Public Works Department, Division of San Francisco Bay
Toll Crossings (1954-1980), as senior bridge engineer for T.Y. Lin International (1980-2044) and as a consulting bridge engineer
(2004-present).
Photographs from the Charles Seim papers, BANC PIC 2017.015, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicArchives
Photographs
Pictorial works
Slides, color.
Postcards.
Physical Description:
slide
approximately 9,000 photographs in 20 boxes : chiefly color transparencies ; 35mm (slide format)
Language:
English
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Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
SLIDES AND NEGATIVES: RESTRICTED. Available for use by appointment only. Inquiries should be submitted to Bancroft Reference
via the Reference Inquiry form.