Alice Griffith papers, 1936, 1954-1955.

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Alice Griffith papers, 1936, 1954-1955.

Include letter from James P. Shaw, director of the Hunters Point Project Committee; letter from Miss Griffith to Catherine Bauer Wurster concerning the first Telegraph Hill Neighborhood House in San Francisco, built by Bernard R. Maybeck; and copy of her speech relating to housing in San Francisco.

1 portfolio (.06 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7156501

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Wurster, Catherine Bauer

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American writer on housing and related planning issues; official in the Federal Housing Administration and policy advisor on housing to Franklin D. Roosevelt and other U.S. presidents; associate dean and professor of city and regional planning, College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley; married to the American architect William W. Wurster. From the description of Correspondence with Lewis and Sophia Mumford and related material, 1930-1983, n.d. (University...

Maybeck, Bernard R.

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Bernard Ralph Maybeck (1869-1957) studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Returning to New York, he worked for Carrere and Hastings. Maybeck sought his fortune out West in 1890, first in Kansas City, then in San Francisco. In 1890, Maybeck married Annie White, who became his office manager. In 1894 Maybeck became an instructor of descriptive geometry for the University of California, Berkeley. From 1896-1899 he orchestrated the Phoebe Hearst International Competition for the U...

Griffith, Alice.

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Springfield, Ill. resident and widow of Benjamin M. Griffith. From the description of Scrapbook, f 1893-1913. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49281489 ...

Shaw, James P.,

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Telegraph Hill Neighborhood House (San Francisco, Calif.)

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