William W. Wurster/Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons collection, 1922-1974

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William W. Wurster/Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons collection, 1922-1974

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Contains records related to the life and career of architect William Wilson Wurster (1895-1973) and the architectural firm Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons. Documents Wurster's collaborative relationships and professional friendships as well as Wurster and WBE projects. Records include correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, and drawings. Contains records relating to residential and commercial buildings, as well as defense housing and other large planning projects. Drawings by landscape architect Thomas Church and photographs by Roger Sturtevant are also included for some projects.

66 cartons, 131 manuscript boxes, 22 1/2 flat boxes, 26 flat file drawers, 4 negative boxes, 1 shoebox, approximately 500 tubes, 1 artifact; 125 digital images

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United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Emmons, Donn

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Architect. Emmons was involved in the development of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) elevated system in San Francisco, California. Member, International Fraternity of Lambda Alpha, Golden Gate Chapter. From the description of Donn Emmons publications, 1947-1967. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074242 Biographical Note William W. Wurster/Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons ...

Bernardi, Theodore C., 1903-1990

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Biographical Note William W. Wurster/Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons William Wilson Wurster, born in California in 1895, earned his degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1919. After obtaining his license in 1922, he worked briefly in firms in Sacramento and New York, then opened the firm William W. Wurster in 1924. He gained national recognition early in his career with an award-winning design for t...

Wurster, William Wilson

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Biographical Note William W. Wurster/Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons William Wilson Wurster, born in California in 1895, earned his degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1919. After obtaining his license in 1922, he worked briefly in firms in Sacramento and New York, then opened the firm William W. Wurster in 1924. He gained national recognition early in his career with an award-winning design for t...

Church, Thomas Dolliver 1902-1978

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Biography Thomas "Tommy" Dolliver Church was born in Boston but grew up in San Francisco, where he worked as a landscape architect for more than fifty years. He is credited with being the creator of the "modern garden." He was educated at the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard. Following graduation in 1922, he traveled extensively in Europe on a Sheldon Travelling Fellowship. Upon his return to the United States, he began teaching...

Sturtevant, Roger, 1903-1982

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Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons

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The Center, located on the Stanford University campus, was designed by the architectural firm of Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons. From the description of Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences : photographs, 1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122560975 William W. Wurster earned his degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1919. Wurster's work, primarily residential during his early career, was exhibited and published nationwide. The...

Bernardi, Thoedore C., 1903-

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