Inventory of the Richard A. Vignolo Collection, 1948-2003 (bulk 1973-2000) 1948-2003

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Inventory of the Richard A. Vignolo Collection, 1948-2003 (bulk 1973-2000) 1948-2003

Richard A. Vignolo Collection, 1948-2003 (bulk 1973-2000).

27 cartons, 1 tube, 2 flat files

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Environmental Design Archives

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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 Collecti...

Vignolo, Richard A., 1927-

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Biographical Note Richard A. Vignolo, (1927- ) Richard A. Vignolo was born on August 24, 1927. Raised on a ranch in Stockton, his love of the landscape came from his childhood surroundings, and his grandfather's passion for plants; Vignolo, however, knew early on that he did not wish to be a farmer. He attended California's Stockton Junior College until 1945, and though he was briefly interested in studying architecture, he quickl...