Joseph Esherick collection, 1933-1985.

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Joseph Esherick collection, 1933-1985.

Contains student drawings, travel sketchbooks, speeches and writings on topics such as architectural education and the Bay Area Tradition, as well as records of consulting projects. The bulk of the collection consists of project files, primarily from the 1960s, that contain specifications, correspondence, notes, product literature, reports and drawings. The Cannery, UC Santa Cruz and Sea Ranch projects are particularly well-documented.

29 vertical file drawers, 1 carton, 30 flat file drawers.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8285247

California Digital Library

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Esherick, Joseph, 1914-1998

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Joseph Esherick (1914-1998) opened his San Francisco architectural firm in 1946 and was a major influence on residential design in the Bay Region. His major projects include demonstration houses at Sea Ranch, the Cannery in San Francisco and the Monterey Bay Aqarium. He served as Dean of the Department of Architecture at University of California, Berkeley from 1977-1981. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he founded the firm Esherick, Homsey, Dodge and Davis (EHDD) and was awarded...

University of California, Santa Cruz

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Organization history UCSC Colleges Cowell College, founded 1965 Adlai E. Stevenson College, founded 1966 Crown College, founded 1967 Merrill College, founded 1968 Benjamin F. Porter College, founded in 1969 as "College Five" and formally dedicated as "Benjamin F. Porter College" in 1981. Kresge College, ...

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...

Online Archive of California

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Cannery (San Francisco, Calif.)

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