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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Newspaper Clipping "20 Years Ago Today"
Local Identifier
010-1-e-05-04-01
Date Created
1918 (year uncertain)
Description

Small newspaper clipping from an Oakland newspaper source commenting on the 20th anniversary of Julia Morgan's acceptance to the department of architecture at the Beaux Arts school in Paris.

The Swimming Pool of Hearst Gymnasium
Local Identifier
010-6-b-79-03-01
Description

Photograph with caption that reads: 'They say that time and tide wait for no man, bu on the Berkeley campus there is a special dispensation made in favor of young women. The largest of the three pools in the newly created Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial Gymnasium waits all day for young women students to plumb its inviting depths while the Campanile and its clocks wait to warn them of approaching classes. Hearst Gymnasium was completed in August, 1927, taking place of the one that burned in 1922.'

[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.

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