Walter T. Steilberg collection, [ca.1910-1974].

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Walter T. Steilberg collection, [ca.1910-1974].

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Contains Steilberg's student drawings, correspondence, product literature, research materials and project files. Photographs, clippings and notes documenting the structural effects of earthquakes throughout California, and in other states, form a large part of Steilberg's research papers. Project records include drawings and textual records of consulting and construction projects, including the Sather Tower renovation and other University of California projects. Project records also contain information on Steilberg's work with Julia Morgan and correspondence with architect Gardner Dailey, regarding projects on which Steilberg was a consultant. Of particular interest are two folders of correspondence, clippings and photographs relating to the 1923 Berkeley fire.

12 boxes, 5 card file boxes, 10 flat file drawers, ca. 50 tubes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8317151

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Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957

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Born in San Francisco, Julia Morgan (1872-1957) grew up in Oakland in a spacious Victorian house. Gifted in mathematics and encouraged in her studies by her mother, Morgan was influenced to become an architect by her mother's cousin, Pierre Le Brun, who designed an early skyscraper, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower in Manhattan. In 1890, she enrolled in the undergraduate civil engineering program at the University of California at Berkeley, in part because there were no architectural school...

Sather Tower (Berkeley, Calif.)

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University of California (1868-1952)

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Administrative History During the mid-twentieth century, the American Labor Movement reached a pinnacle of power and influence within society. The Second World War required that labor be managed as a strategic resource; the high productivity of workers during the war carried over in the peace time economy, which experienced a sustained economic "boom." Unlike European labor relations, where unions play an "official" role in government, the Am...

Dailey, Gardner A., 1895-1967

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Biographical Note Gardner A. Dailey 1895-1967 Gardner A. Dailey, born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1895, moved to California in 1915. He briefly worked in landscape architect Donald McLaren's San Francisco firm and then in 1916 worked in Costa Rica for the Parisimna Banana Company, developing small houses for its banana plantation workers. He also worked for the Costa Rican government, and designed various parks and grounds throughou...

Steilberg, Walter T., d. 1974.

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Walter Steilberg was a structural engineer and architect who worked in the office of Julia Morgan and collaborated with Gardner Dailey as an independent consultant. He also did extensive research on building materials and the effects of earthquakes on buildings. From the description of Walter T. Steilberg collection, [ca.1910-1974]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84299313 ...

Online Archive of California

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