Julia Morgan architectural history project interviews
Subtitle: and related material
By: tape recorded interview conducted 1974-1975 primarily by Suzanne B. Reiss for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1976 :
Contributors: Woodbridge, Sally Byrne.; Boutelle, Sara Holmes.; Steilberg, Walter T., d. 1974.; Ratcliff, Robert Williams, 1913-1998.; Jensen, Norman.; Wagstaff, Jack.; Hussey, Edward Bright, d. 1976.; Hodges, George.; Perry, Warren Charles.; Lawton, Helena Steilberg.; Barron, Mary Grace.; Coblentz, Dorothy Wormser.; Dahl, Bjarne.; Dahl, Bjarne, Jr.; Marcus, Hettie Belle.; McNaught, Polly Lawrence.; Nimitz, Catherine Freeman.; North, Morgan.; North, Flora D'Ille.; Rowlands, Kirk O.; Willer, Norma.; Williams, Quintilla.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1974
Subjects: Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957; Steilberg, Walter T., d. 1974; Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931; Maybeck, Bernard R; Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951; University of California, Berkeley -- Buildings; University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Architecture -- Dissertations; Architecture -- California; Architects -- California; Berkeley (Calif.) -- Social life and customs; Berkeley (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Description: v.1: interviews with Walter Steilberg, Robert and Evelyn P. Ratcliff, Norman Jensen, Jack Wagstaff, Edward Hussey and George Hodges re the work of Steilberg and Morgan, with comments also on John G. Howard, University of California, William R. Hearst and San Simeon, other architects etc.; interview with Warren C. Perry on Dept. of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, 1904 to 1954; and Helena Steilberg Lawton's commentary on her father Walter Steilberg, Architect: The Man, His Times, His Work.

(cont.) v.2: Julia Morgan, Her Office, and a House. Interviews with Mary G. Barron, Kirk O. Rowlands, Norma Willer, Quintilla Williams and Catherine F. Nimitz re the Seldon Williams house acquired by the University of California; interviews with associates and employees Edward Hussey, Dorothy W. Coblentz, Polly L McNaught, Bjarne Dahl and Bjarne Dahl, Jr., and with client Hettie Belle Marcus; and interviews with members of her family, Morgan and Flora North.
Table of contents: title: Phonotape 882 C, Steilberg interviews: Reel 1: Aug. 27, 1974, track 1: 722 ft., track 2: 722 ft. Reel 2: Aug. 28, 1974, track 1: 720 ft., track 2: 714 ft. Reel 3: track 1: Aug. 30, 1974, 477 ft; track 2: Sep. 3, 1974, 475 ft. Reel 4: Sep. 3, 1974, track 1: 474 ft., track 2: 474 ft. Reel 5: Sep. 6, 1974, track 1: 489 ft., track 2: 492 ft. Reel 6: Sep. 10, 1974, track 1: 485 ft., track 2: 488 ft. Reel 7: track 1: Sep. 11 and 13, 1974, 485 ft.; track 2: Sep. 13, 1974, 486 ft.; title: Phonotape 883 A, Perry interviews: Reel 1: Feb. 26, 1975, track 1: 1089 ft., track 2: 1089 ft. Reel 2: Mar. 2, 1975, track 1: 1027 ft., track 2: 1027 ft.; title: Phonotape 884 C, Nimitz interview, Oct. 2, 1974: track 1: 492 ft., track 2: 492 ft.; title: Phonotape 885 C, Coblentz interview, Dec. 12, 1974: track 1: 701 ft., track 2: 658 ft.; title: Phonotape 886 C, Dahl interview, Mar. 11, 1975: track 1: 469 ft., track 2: blank; title: Phonotape 887 A, Hussey interview, Oct. 17, 1974: track 1: 1009 ft., track 2: 1009 ft.; title: Phonotapes :