Julia Morgan-Walter T. Steilberg Collection, 1908-1974 1918-1935.

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 school...

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco, Cal. in 1915, where Illinois had a visitors' building. From the description of Register of visitors, Feb. 1915-Dec. 1915. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49393876 History of the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Officials from the Exposition printed postcards for the ...

Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919

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Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst was born in St. Clair, Missouri, the daughter of Drucilla (Whitmire) and Randolph Walker Apperson. In 1860, businessman George Hearst met Phoebe when he returned to St. Clair to care for his dying mother. When they married on June 15, 1862, George Hearst was 41 years old, and Phoebe was 19. Soon after their marriage the Hearsts moved to San Francisco, California, where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst. As a very successful miner wh...

École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)

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Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951

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William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887 with Mitchell Trubitt after being given control of The San Francisco Examiner by his ...

Hearst Castle (Calif.)

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Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.

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Records of the YWCA's programs and activities among blacks began in 1907. From the description of Records, 1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007201 The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula opened in 1948 as a recreation center for business women. It expanded to provide recreational and social services for women that met the organization's mission of "empowering women and eliminating racism." The organization was based in Palo Alto until its closing in 2003. ...

Boutelle, Sara Holmes

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d. May 26, 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81817339 Sara Holmes Boutelle was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in 1909. After graduating from Mount Holyoke, she taught art and architectural history for many years. Her interest in Julia Morgan began in 1972 and she dedicated the remainder of her life to researching and publishing material about the architect. From the description of Sara ...

Steilbert, Walter T., 1886-1974.

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Walter T. Steilberg was born on May 12, 1886. Upon receiving his architecture degree from UC Berkeley in 1910 he worked for Julia Morgan for a year. He rejoined her practices in 1918, and continued to consult for her through the 1930s even after he left to start his own practice. During World War II, Steilberg kept in touch with Julia Morgan when he relocated to Alaska. During the 1950s, he worked extensively in Saudi Arabia. Steilberg died on December 6, 1974. From the description o...