Charles Gilman Norris letters : TLS, 1928-1938.

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Charles Gilman Norris letters : TLS, 1928-1938.

Contains two letters from Norris to Birge Clark regarding construction of Norris' home in Palo Alto. One letter, May 26, 1928, questions estimates made by a landscape architect. Also includes a letter (signed "Ceegee"), Mar. 30, 1937, to David Clark (Birge's brother), concerning defects in a baby carriage ordered by Norris.

1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7600130

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Norris, Charles Gilman, 1881-1945

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Charles Gilman Smith Norris was born on Apr. 23, 1881 in Chicago, IL; brother of writer Frank Norris; B.L., UC Berkeley, 1903; married writer Kathleen Thompson in 1909; became novelist, dramatist, and editor; asst. editor of Country life in America; circulation manager of Sunset magazine; art editor of American magazine (1908-13); published works include The amateur (1916), Salt : or, The education of Griffith Adams (1918), Brass : a novel of marriage (1921), Bread (1923), Pig iron (1925), Zelda...

Clark, David L., 1945-

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Clark was born in 1945; taught oral history and Los Angeles history at UCLA, UCLA Extension, and California State University, Los Angeles, beginning in 1974; wrote L.A. on foot : a free afternoon (1972), Los Angeles, a city apart : an illustrated history (1981), Avery International Corporation 50-year history, 1935-1985 (1988), and Database design : applications of library cataloging techniques (1991). From the description of Oral histories collection, 1974-1982. (University of Calif...

Clark, Birge M. (Birge Malcolm), 1893-

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Professor A.B. Clark and his son, Palo Alto architect Birge Clark, served as advising architects to Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover for their house on the Stanford campus. Mr. Clark received his A.B. from Stanford, 1914 and B.Arch from Columbia, 1917. From the description of Lou Henry Hoover House Papers, 1917-1960 (inclusive), 1917-1949 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500213 American architect; captain, United States Army Air Service; commanding officer, 3rd Balloon ...