Environmental Design Archives

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William W. Wurster founded the Environmental Design Archives (then the Architectural Archives) in 1953 as a teaching collection, following the recommendation of eminent architectural historian Henry Russell Hitchcock. The personal papers and project records of Bernard Maybeck comprised the inaugural donation. In 1973 the Department of Landscape Architecture combined its collections with the Architectural Archives prompting the College of Environmental Design to adopt the name "Documents Collection." The collection became the Environmental Design Archives in 1999 in response to the establishment of a formal archival program. The Archives has become Northern California's premier collection of historic architecture and landscape architecture records.

Since its founding, the Archives has been directed or supported by faculty members. Architect Kenneth Cardwell (1953-1972) was initially responsible for managing the archives followed by Architectural Historian Stephen Tobriner (1973-2003). Designer/ author Marc Treib (2004-2014) served as the Faculty Curator following the establishment of the EDA by Curator Waverly B. Lowell (1998-2018) the first professional archivist.

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Bernard J. S. Cahill records, 1889-1938 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Casey Kawamoto collection, 1952-1991 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Records of Jack Stafford, 1960-1997 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Burton Litton, 1948-2005 (bulk of 1965-1998), 1948-2005 Environmental Design Archives
referencedIn Julia Morgan Records at the University of California Berkeley, 1893-1988 (bulk 1901-1940) Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Vernon DeMars collection, 1933-2005 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Robert Tetlow collection, 1949-1987, 1953-1985 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Mario J. Ciampi Records, 1952-1999 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Jack Hermann collection, 1947-1989 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Michael Goodman collection, 1920-1970 Environmental Design Archives
referencedIn John Galen Howard Records at the University of California Berkeley, 1874-1954 (bulk 1888-1931) Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Sam Davis collection, 1967-2006 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Stafford L. Jory collection, 1904-1960 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Maunsell Van Rensselaer collection, 1920-1970 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Records of Helen D. and Prentiss French, 1932-1978 Environmental Design Archives
referencedIn Bernard Maybeck Records at the University of California Berkeley, 1895-1956 (bulk 1902-1940) Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Sami Hassid collection, 1932-1989, 1957-1985 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Blake Estate collection, ca. 1922-1998 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Olof Dahlstrand collection, 1938, 1947-2004 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Inventory of the Records of the National Peace Garden, 1985-2002 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Ernest and Esther Born collection, 1924-1985 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Inventory of the Richard A. Vignolo Collection, 1948-2003 (bulk 1973-2000), 1948-2003 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Emerson Knight collection, 1898-1965 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Alfred C. Williams records, 1926-1991, (1926-1948) Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf A.A. and A.M. Cantin collection, 1933-1977 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf James Ream collection, 1965-1997 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf St. Francis Wood virtual collection, 1912-1946 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Mai Kitazawa Arbegast collection, 1933-2003, 1980-2000 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Claude Stoller collection, 1957-1996 Environmental Design Archives
referencedIn Greene & Greene virtual archives, 1885-1957 Avery Library Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design. Gamble House (Pasadena, Calif.) Greene and Greene Archives
creatorOf Winfield Scott Wellington collection, 1931-1968 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Walter Guthrie records, 1980-2006 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Henrick Bull Collection, 1950-2009 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Jack Robbins Collection, 1955-2007 Environmental Design Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
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associatedWith Arbegast, Mai Kitazawa person
associatedWith Arbegast, M. K. (Mai Kitazawa) person
associatedWith Blake, Anita Day Symmes, 1872-1962 person
associatedWith Blake, Anson Stiles, 1870-1959 person
associatedWith Blake, Edwin Tyler, 1875-1948 person
associatedWith Blake Family family
associatedWith Born, Ernest, 1898-1992 person
associatedWith Born, Esther, 1902-1987 person
associatedWith Bull, Henrik 1929- person
associatedWith Cahill, B. J. S. (Bernard J. S.), 1867-1964 person
associatedWith Cahill World Map Co. corporateBody
associatedWith California Palace of the Legion of Honor. corporateBody
associatedWith Cantin, Alexander A., 1874-1964? person
associatedWith Cantin, A. Mackenzie, 1909/12? -1972? person
associatedWith Church, Thomas Dolliver. person
associatedWith Ciampi, Mario J., 1907-2006 person
associatedWith College of Marin. corporateBody
associatedWith Dahlstrand, Olof person
associatedWith Davis, Sam, 1946- person
associatedWith DeMars, Vernon, 1908-2005 person
associatedWith Embarcadero Center, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith French, Helen D. person
associatedWith French, Prentiss. person
associatedWith Gertrude Comfort Morrow person
associatedWith Golden Gate International Exposition, (1939-1940 :, San Francisco, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Goodman, Michael, 1903-1991 person
associatedWith Greek Theatre (Berkeley, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Greene & Greene Virtual Archives corporateBody
associatedWith Guthrie, Walter, 1932-2006 person
associatedWith Hardison and Komatsu Associates. corporateBody
associatedWith Hardison, Donald. person
associatedWith Harry W. Shepherd person
associatedWith Hassid, Sami, 1912- person
associatedWith Henry Gutterson person
associatedWith Hermann, Jack, 1917-1989 person
associatedWith Irving F. Morrow person
associatedWith John Galen Howard person
associatedWith Jory, Stafford L., 1889-1968 person
associatedWith Julia Morgan person
associatedWith Kawamoto, Casey, 1919- person
associatedWith Knight, Emerson, 1882-1960 person
associatedWith Litton, Burton 1918-2007 person
associatedWith Maletic, Carl. person
associatedWith Maybeck, Bernard, 1862-1957 person
associatedWith Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957 person
associatedWith National Peace Garden person
associatedWith Olmstead Brothers corporateBody
associatedWith Online Archive of California. corporateBody
associatedWith Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company corporateBody
associatedWith Ream, James. person
associatedWith Ream, James, 1929- person
associatedWith Reay, Donald. person
associatedWith Robbins, Jack. person
associatedWith San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith Scott, Geraldine Knight, 1904-1989 person
associatedWith Sidener, Jack. person
associatedWith Stafford, Jack. person
associatedWith Stafford L. Jory person
associatedWith St. Francis Wood Homeowners Association corporateBody
associatedWith Stoller, Claude person
associatedWith Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. corporateBody
associatedWith Symmes, Mabel, 1875-1962 person
associatedWith Tetlow, Robert, 1922-1988 person
associatedWith United States. Farm Security Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Mutual Security Agency. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. National Housing Agency. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Berkeley. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Landscape Architecture. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Berkeley. School of Architecture. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, Davis. Arboretum. corporateBody
associatedWith Van Rensselaer, Maunsell, 1897-1972 person
associatedWith Vignolo, Richard A., 1927- person
associatedWith Walter Steilberg person
associatedWith Ward Thomas person
associatedWith Wellington, Winfield Scott, 1897-1979 person
associatedWith Wells, John G. person
associatedWith William G. Merchant person
associatedWith Williams, Alfred C., 1906-2006 person
associatedWith Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Berkeley CA US
Subject
Architects
Architecture
Landscape architects
Landscape architecture
Mausoleums
Plants
University of California, Berkeley
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Establishment 1953

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