Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957

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Born in San Francisco, Julia Morgan (1872-1957) grew up in Oakland in a spacious Victorian house. Gifted in mathematics and encouraged in her studies by her mother, Morgan was influenced to become an architect by her mother's cousin, Pierre Le Brun, who designed an early skyscraper, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower in Manhattan. In 1890, she enrolled in the undergraduate civil engineering program at the University of California at Berkeley, in part because there were no architectural schools on the West coast at that time. After graduation, Berkeley instructor and architect Bernard Maybeck recommended further study at his alma mater, L'École des Beaux-Arts, where the curriculum was renowned for the scope and majesty of its assignments: apartment suites in palaces, art galleries, opera houses, and other opulent environments fit for lavish, if imaginary, clients. Once in Paris, Morgan failed the entrance exam twice. Morgan then learned that the faculty had failed her deliberately to discourage her admission. Eventually the faculty relented and Morgan went on to win medals for her work in mathematics, architecture, and design. She traveled throughout Europe in her free time, filling sketchbook after sketchbook with accomplished watercolors, pastels, and line drawings. In 1902, Morgan was certified by the Beaux-Arts in architecture.
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referencedIn Walter T. Steilberg Collection, ca. 1910-1974 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Julia Morgan Collection, 1893-1980, (bulk 1893-1940) Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Julia Morgan/Forney Collection, 1907-1931 (bulk 1907-1917) Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Julia Morgan-Sara Holmes Boutelle Collection, 1877-1958 (bulk 1901-1940) Special Collections, Robert E. Kennedy Library
referencedIn Trent, Milicent Patrick,. Camille Charles Rossi papers, 1931-1986. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Harriet Rochlin Collection of Material about Women Architects in the United States, 1887-1979 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
creatorOf Aurelia Henry Reinhardt letters Archives of American Art
referencedIn Morgan, Julia, 1872- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Edward Bright Hussey Collection, 1915-1975 Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957. Julia Morgan architectural drawings, 1907-1929. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Steilberg, Walter T., d. 1974. Material relating to Julia Morgan, 1928-1988 (bulk 1928-1947). UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Ebell Club of Los Angeles. Collection of Ebell Club of Los Angeles, 1894-1983 (bulk 1894-1903) Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Boyter, Elizabeth M. Elizabeth M. Boyter papers, [ca. 1886-1935]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Julia Morgan Papers, 1835-1958 (bulk 1896-1945) Special Collections, Robert E. Kennedy Library
referencedIn Steilberg, Walter T., d. 1974. Walter T. Steilberg collection, [ca.1910-1974]. California Digital Library
referencedIn St. Francis Wood virtual collection, 1912-1946 Environmental Design Archives
referencedIn Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951. William Randolph Hearst papers, 1874-1951 (bulk 1927-1947). UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957. Julia Morgan/Forney collection, 1907-1931 (bulk 1907-1917) California Digital Library
referencedIn Monterey Public Library. California History Room. Artists clippings : "M" [surname] folder 1943-1993. Monterey Public Library
creatorOf Fox, Mary Beatrice, 1876-1976. Papers of Mary Beatrice Fox, 1789-1961 (bulk 1880-1900). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Albert M. Bender papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Steilberg, Walter T., d. 1974. Interviews with Walter Steilberg : oral history transcript, including an address delivered by Walter Steilberg to the Historical Guide Association of California (1969), and interviews conducted by Leslie Freudenheim and Elizabeth Sussman (Ca. 1971), Harold B. Lyman (1972) and Sally woodbridge (1972). Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1976. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Rochlin, Harriet, 1924-. Harriet Rochlin collection of material about women architects in the United States, 1887-1979. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Maybeck, Bernard R. Bernard Maybeck collection, 1897-1956 (bulk 1902-1939) California Digital Library
creatorOf James Rankin & Sons. James Rankin & Sons records, 1921-1991 (bulk 1921-1958). UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Women of California [sound recording] / recorded by Harry Gray, 1973-1974. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Steilbert, Walter T., 1886-1974. Julia Morgan-Walter T. Steilberg Collection, 1908-1974 1918-1935. California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
creatorOf Julia Morgan Records at the University of California Berkeley, 1893-1988 (bulk 1901-1940) Environmental Design Archives
referencedIn Didion, Joan. The California Woman : typescript, 1978 June. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Julia Morgan Architectural Drawings, 1907-1929 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Bernard Maybeck Collection, 1897-1956 (bulk 1902-1939) Environmental Design Archives
creatorOf Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957. Julia Morgan Collection, 1836-1980. California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
creatorOf Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957. Hayfield House construction records, 1919-1922. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Steilberg, Walter. Address delivered before the Historical Guide Association of California : typed transcript of tape recording, 1966. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Trinkkeller, Edward G. (Edward Gustaf), 1872-1945. Edward G. Trinkkeller Papers, 1896-1999 1905-1945. California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
referencedIn Boutelle, Sara Holmes. Sara Holmes Boutelle Papers, 1972-1999 1983-1995. California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
referencedIn Hill, Claiborne M. Claiborne M. Hill collection, 1884-1940. Graduate Theological Union, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
referencedIn Julia Morgan : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957. Julia Morgan collection, 1893-1980 (bulk 1893-1940) California Digital Library
creatorOf Lyons, Ernest H. Ernest H. Lyons papers, bulk 1957. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Maybeck, Bernard R. Bernard R. Maybeck architectural drawings, 1939-1940. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Hussey, Edward Bright. Edward Bright Hussey collection, 1916-1975. California Digital Library
referencedIn Julia Morgan Architectural History Project (Bancroft Library). Julia Morgan, her office and a house, 1976. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957. Julia Morgan-Sara Holmes Boutelle Collection, 1877-1958 1901-1940. California Polytechnic State University, Robert E. Kennedy Library, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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Place Name Admin Code Country
San Francisco CA US
San Simeon CA US
San Francisco CA US
Subject
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Domestic
Publishers and publishing
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architects
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture, Modern
Arts and crafts movement
Arts and crafts movement
Asilomar Conference Grounds (Pacific Grove, Calif.)
Berkeley (Calif.)
Buildings
Collectors and collecting
Collectors and collecting
École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
Hearst Castle (Calif.)
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919
Hearst
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
Honolulu (Hawaii)
Jolon (Calif.)
Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957
Oakland (Calif.)
Pacific Grove (Calif.)
Panama
Piedmont (Calif.)
Regionalism in architecture
Regionalism in architecture
San Francisco (Calif.)
San Luis Obispo (Calif.)
San Simeon (Calif.)
San Simeon Ranch (Calif.)
Steilberg, Walter T., 1886-1974
Women architects
Wyntoon (Calif. : Estate)
Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.
Young Women's Christian associations
Young Women's Christian associations
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Architects
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Birth 1872-01-20

Death 1957-02-02

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