Bernard J. S. Cahill collection, [ca. 1889-1938]

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Bernard J. S. Cahill collection, [ca. 1889-1938]

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The bulk of the collection consists of Cahill's office records, which include photographs, clippings and scrapbooks that illustrate his completed projects. Project records primarily relate to funerary commissions, but letters and clippings about the San Francisco Civic Center are also included. The collection also contains a small number of records from the Cahill World Map Company, and personal and professional writings by Cahill.

3 boxes, 5 oversize folders, 1 flat box, 2 artifacts.

California Digital Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8280179

California Digital Library

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Online Archive of California

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Cahill, B. J. S. (Bernard J. S.), 1867-

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Architect and cartographer Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill (1866-1944) was born in London, England, and emigrated to the United States in 1888. Eventually settling in San Francisco, his work included designs for hotels, factories, mausoleums, and an unsuccessful 1904 plan for the San Francisco Civic Center. He later developed a "Butterfly map projection" which he promoted, with little success, through his Cahill World Map Company. From the description of Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Ca...

Cahill World Map Co.

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