Julia Morgan Papers

Papers, 1835-1958 (bulk 1896-1945), contain architectural drawings and plans, office records, photographs, correspondence, project files, student work, family correspondence, and personal papers from the estate of California architect Julia Morgan, who practiced in San Francisco during the first half of the twentieth century. Includes architectural documents regarding William Randolph Hearst and the world-renowned Hearst Castle. More information available at: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9s2030pj

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Canopy on Stair Tower for Mr. W. R. Hearst, San Simeon
Local Identifier
010-5-i-tu003-01
Date Created
1927-12-28
Description

Full-scale blueprint titled "Canopy on Stair Tower". Based on correspondence between Morgan and Hearst, and based on design and construction methods at Hearst Castle, historian Victoria Kastner shared the following information with the library: The Canopy was most likely designed for the northwest stair tower of Casa Grande, which was undergoing alterations at the time the drawing was made. The Gothic architectural element, which was never built, would have been made of cast stone. Consistent with other examples at Hearst Castle, it would have featured original statuary. Pictured here is St. Barbara whose attributes include a tower. The drawing and lettering style may be attributed to Thaddeus Joy who worked in Julia Morgan's San Francisco office.

[Landscape painting featuring a cathedral]
Local Identifier
010-1-e-08-03-03
Date Created
1898-08
Description

A watercolor painting of a French landscape. A large building is centered in the background of the painting. On the back of the piece, Morgan wrote "On the road above Provins, Aug '98."

[Watercolor of statue]
Local Identifier
010-1-e-08-03-06
Date Created
1901 (year uncertain)
Description

Watercolor of a French statue, completed by Morgan during her time at Beaux-Arts.

[Watercolor painting of Dürer's house in Nuremberg, circa 1901]
Local Identifier
010-1-e-08-03-08
Date Created
1901 (year uncertain)
Description

A watercolor of Albrecht Dürer's House in Nuremberg, Germany painted by Julia Morgan. This is one of Julia Morgan's assignment watercolors from when she was a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. On the back of the artwork, Morgan began a small pencil sketch.

Third floor plan of kitchen service wing
Local Identifier
010-5-i-ff055-04-01
Date Created
1927-08-29
Description

Top left text reads: 'House for Mr. W. R. Hearst at San Simeon, Julia Morgan, Arch.; DRWG #503-M-589.'

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