Charles Sumner Greene collection, 1862-1956.

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Charles Sumner Greene collection, 1862-1956.

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Includes correspondence with family members, records of Greene's travels, professional correspondence, and catalogs and samples from vendors and craftsmen. Project records form largest part of the collection, and consist of drawings, specifications, sketches, photographs and correspondence. Comprehensiveness varies greatly by project, but all phases of Greene's career are represented, including major projects such as the Thorsen, Fleishhacker and James residences. Greene's brother and partner, Henry Mather Greene is also represented in correspondence and in records from the Greene & Greene firm. Also contains Roy Flamm photographs of Greene's studio.

21 boxes, 1 card file box, 1 flat box, 3 flat file drawers.

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Greene & Greene.

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By 1917 "the Culbertson sisters...could no longer afford..the property. It was purchased by Mrs. Dudley P. (Elisabeth S.) Allen...who shortly remarried and became Mrs. Francis Fleury Prentiss."--Edward R. Bosley / Greene & Greene. London : Phaidon, 2000, p.160. Bosley dates the house to 1911-13. Bosley lists the job number as 273. From the description of Floor plan [and] part plan of basement [graphic] / [Greene & Greene, architects]. [not...

Flamm, Roy

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San Francisco architect. From the description of Portraits of Jack Hillmer [graphic]. [between 1950 and 1965] (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 743386937 ...

Greene, Charles Sumner, 1868-1957

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Charles Sumner Greene was an Arts and Crafts style architect whose design practice included large residences throughout California as well as furniture and other decorative arts. He practiced with his brother, Henry Mather Greene, for part of his career under the firm name Greene & Greene. From the description of Charles Sumner Greene collection, 1862-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77707396 Biography Charles Sum...

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Greene, Henry Mather, 1870-1954

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"The Reeve house has been moved twice in its long history of changing ownership. In 1917 Dr. V. Ray Townsend found the house on blocks ready to be carted away from its original site. He bought it and moved it several blocks inland to its second site in Long Beach. Shortly thereafter he moved to the Claremont area but, unwilling to give it up, rented it out for the next ten years. Meanwhile , in Claremont, the Townsends located the Darling house (1903) in which they resided until 1927 when Henry ...