Julia Morgan Papers

Text on drawing reads: 'A club building for the Monday Club, San Luis Obispo, California.' Scale is 1/4 inch = 1 foot.

Section describes the interior of the building, facing the building's front entrance (double doors). The entrance is flanked by two placeholders for a fresco.

Design includes a detail of the platform awning and posts; the proscenium opening; the stage; and beams, joists, and anchors.

Elevation viewed from Monterey Street.

Morgan writes to Huber in response to his invoice

Text on back: 'Miss Julia Morgan MONTOLIVE March 1931. West portal of church as Mr. Hearst had made it clear that he was not interested in Renaissance architecture this portal was not included in the original price. I imagine it could be bought quite cheap; this is a matter to be decided. The quality is very fine'

North-facing elevation, including basement floor, and notations about materials to be used (wood, tile, plaster, timber).

West-facing elevation (the rear of the building).

Cover and two-page spread of brochure for the Asilomar complex.

In front of the recreation wing there is a crane and a pile of sand, which are being used during construction.

Full view of Casa Grande facade during construction. Scaffolding is visible in the top part of the photograph.

Plants and trees surround the driveway approach to Casa Grande. The main entrance is being built and this picture is an angled, off centered depiction of the construction. There is visible construction occurring towards the second story of the building in the background.   

A large crane is operating above the pool, and a few construction workers are standing beside the pool. Scaffolding surrounds the construction site, including a scaffolded bridge across the expanse of the pool, which a worker is walking across.

Two pipes are coming from the right side of the reservoir, and a person is working with some valves connected to one of the pipes, filling a barrel-like object. The Santa Lucia mountains are in the background.

Aerial view of Hearst Castle during construction. Some temporary housing or shelters can be seen in front of the castle, as well as some out buildings lower on the hill, on the right side of the photograph.

A fountain is in front of the main entrance of the Casa Grande building. Only the first floor of Casa Grande is visible.

Circular planter in front, and Casa Grande elevated behind the planter.

Postcard image of the indoor Roman pool.

A Spanish tile roof, and the side of an exterior wall with elaborate moulding, are in the foreground in front of the bell tower.

Newspaper clipping from December 6, 1898 which gives a story about Julia Morgan's graduation from Berkeley, and how she won an honor by passing the examinations for the Ecole des Beaux Arts, the department of architecture. The clipping also includes a story about Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wilbur's wedding. 

The architectural element features engraved designs, and seems to have been removed from a large portion of a wall. There are cracks and large chunks of rock missing from the top of the architectural element. The man seated next to it is wearing a suit.

Residential building at the bottom of the hill where Hearst Castle is located. The location is between Highway 1 and the coastline, overlooking the beach directly below Hearst Castle. The building consist of a series of gabled roofs, with a cylindrical structural feature as the entrance. Many plants are surround the building.