Finding Aid to the John Galen Howard Pictorial Collection, 1885-1920

Processed by Elizabeth Konzak

Funding for revision of arrangement and description of this collection was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Bancroft Library.

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California, 94720-6000

Phone: (510) 642-6481

Fax: (510) 642-7589

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Finding Aid to the John Galen Howard Pictorial Collection, 1885-1920

Collection number: BANC PIC 1967.016-1967.018

Funding for arrangement and description of this collection was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Contact Information:

The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu

Processed by:: Elizabeth Konzak
Date Completed:: October 2000
Encoded by:: Michael C. Conkin; revised by Jeanne Gahagan

Collection Summary

Collection Title: John Galen Howard Pictorial Collection

Date (inclusive): 1885-1920

Collection Number: BANC PIC 1967.016-1967.018

Creator: Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931

Extent: circa 235 photographic prints, circa 65 drawings, 10 negatives and 1 Sketchbook.

Repository: The Bancroft Library.

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Abstract: The John Galen Howard Pictorial Collection contains personal papers, including photographs and sketches of Howard and his wife, Mary Robertson Bradbury; and project records, including photographs from various commercial, religious, educational, and residential projects in California, Washington, New York and Massachusetts.

Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English .

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Galen Howard Pictorial Collection, BANC PIC 1967.016-1967.018, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Microfilm

Microfilm duplicating selected photographs from the collection is available at the following repositories:

Contributing Institution: The Bancroft Library:

Identifier/Call Number: BANC FILM 2554
Contributing Institution: Environmental Design Library:

Identifier/Call Number: MICROFILM 78314 NA

Related Material

Title: Howard, John Galen Collection, (1955-4),

Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Howard, John Galen collection of progress photographs ca. 1905-1910,

(f308xH849pr) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Howard, John Galen Papers, 1874-1954 (bulk 1888-1931).

(BANC MSS 67/35 c) The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Architectural Drawings of University of California Buildings,

(CU-402) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Howard, John Galen,

Title: Sketches of buildings, etc., for the University of California, Berkeley 1904.

(CU-402.1) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Title: Hearst, Phoebe Architectural Plan for the University of California. Competition Drawings. circa 1897-1898.

(CU-403) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Inventory of the Specifications, Contracts, and Bids for Construction of University of California, Berkeley, Buildings, 1896-[ongoing],

(CU-13) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Records of the President of the University of California,

(CU-5) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Records of the Regents of the University of California, 1896-1933,

(CU-1) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Views of Campus Buildings,

University Archives Pictorial Collection, (UARC PIC) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Hearst, Phoebe,

Title: Correspondence concerning the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California, 1896 Oct 22-23.

(308gh.cor) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Hearst, Phoebe Architectural Plan for the University of California. Concours Phoebe A. Hearst pour les plans de reconstruction de l'universite. 1er prix. Projet de E. Bernard.

(ff308gh.u, ff308gh.u.1900, ff308gh.u.pah) University Archives, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Galloway, John Debo Papers,

(GALLOWAY), The Water Resources Center Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Galloway, John Debo Papers, 1920-1940

(67/40 c) The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Title: Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition Collection,

University Libraries, University of Washington, Special Collections, http://content.lib.washington.edu/aype/index.html

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Architecture--United States--Pictorial works

Architecture, Domestic--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Photographs

Church buildings--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Photographs

Commercial buildings--Photographs

Schools--California--Photographs

Architectural drawings.

Architectural photographs.

Drawings.

Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931. John Galen Howard papers

Moulin, Gabriel, 1872-1945

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Processed by Elizabeth Konzak and completed in October 2000.

Biographical Note

John Galen Howard was born May 8, 1864 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. He began his architectural education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the nation's only architectural program at the time, although he left in 1885 before completing his degree. He apprenticed himself to Henry Hobson Richardson in Brookline, Massachusetts, gaining a practical knowledge of drafting. After Richardson's death he left the firm and went to Los Angeles where he worked with the firms Caulkin & Hass, and James M. Wood. Unhappy with the prospects in Los Angeles after a year, Howard left to tour Europe in 1888. Returning to the United States, he went to work for McKim, Mead & White, first in Boston then in New York. Encouraged by the partners of the firm, who offered financial assistance, Howard left for Paris to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1890 to 1893. Although he left shortly before completing the training, he brought the tradition and style of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts back to the United States.

In 1893 Howard married Mary Robertson Bradbury, starting a family of five including Henry Temple (1894), Robert Boardman (1896), Charles Houghton (1899), John Langley (1902), and Jeanette (1905). Howard opened a private practice in 1895 with Samuel Cauldwell in New York. The partners built residential and commercial buildings in New York and New Jersey. In 1898, Howard & Cauldwell entered the Phoebe Hearst International Competition for the plan for the University of California in Berkeley. Emile Bénard won the competition, however, he did not wish to leave Paris for Berkeley. Howard, whose entry with Cauldwell came in fourth place, was appointed to the Advisory Board of Architects for the Perpetuation of the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California. Phoebe Hearst hired Howard to design the Hearst Mining Building, sending him on a tour of Europe in 1900 to study University buildings, particularly those relating to mining. Because Bénard proved too difficult for the Regents to work with, President Wheeler, a strong supporter of Howard's talents, offered Howard the position of Supervising Architect of the University in 1901. The Howards moved to California in 1902. In 1903, the University of California provided funding for a department of architecture. Howard was appointed professor at the new school, and settled into life in the Bay Area.

Because of Howard's work on the University, he soon had a growing private practice. In 1906 he opened an office in San Francisco in partnership with engineer John Debo Galloway. He was also an advisory member of the Reconstruction Committee of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Away from his work at the University, Howard was the supervising architect for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Howard was also involved with the Panama-Pacific Exhibition of 1915 in San Francisco. He was a member of the Exposition advisory committee as well as a member of the board that supervised the plan for the San Francisco Civic Center. He also designed the San Francisco Civic Auditorium for the Exposition. Howard also designed a variety of residential and commercial buildings in Berkeley and San Francisco.

In 1913 Howard was appointed Director of the School of Architecture at the University. In his capacity as Supervising Architect for the University, Howard completed the Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Greek Theater, Boalt Hall, California Hall, Agriculture Hall, the University Library, the Sather Tower (known as the Campanile), Sather Gate, Wheeler Hall, Hilgard Hall, Gilman Hall, Hesse Hall, Le Conte Hall and Haviland Hall, thoroughly adapting the Phoebe Hearst Architectural plan to display his preferred designs.

In 1917, Howard took a sabbatical to live and write poetry in Carmel, California. In 1918, he went on "war leave" to Europe. There he helped establish the American Expeditionary Forces University, which was intended to educate soldiers as they awaited transport home. Returning in 1919, he found the University reluctant to spend money and saw his authority as Supervising Architect start to deteriorate. Howard was officially dismissed by the Regents of the University in 1924, and in 1926 resigned as Director of the School of Architecture. He and his wife, Mary Robertson Bradbury, moved to San Francisco, residing on Russian Hill, where Howard continued to write and publish his own poetry. He died suddenly from a heart attack in 1931.

Note

Sources:

Partridge, Loren, John Galen Howard and the Berkeley Campus: Beaux-Arts Architecture in the "Athens of the West," Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, 1978.
Moss, Stacey, The Howards: First Family of Bay Area Modernism, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA 1988.

Scope and Contents Note

The John Galen Howard Pictorial Collection was transferred from the John Galen Howard Papers of the Bancroft Manuscript collection (BANC MSS 67/35 c). The collection contains two series. The Personal Papers include personal photographs and sketches of Howard and his wife, Mary Robertson Bradbury. The Project Records contain photographs from various commercial, religious, educational, and residential projects in California, Washington, New York and Massachusetts, including buildings for Mason McDuffie, the Continental Building, the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, and the Majestic Theater. The project records also include an album of project photographs.

Project Index (Alphabetical by Client/Project Name)

The following is a list of architectural projects from the John Galen Howard Pictorial Collection. For instructions on interpreting the Project Index, see The Guide to the Project Index at http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/pindex/guide.htm .

The Project Index list is arranged alphabetically by Project/Client Name and contains information, where available, about the location, date, project type, collaborators, and formats for each project in the collection.

Project/ Client Name	Date(s)	Location	Project Type	Collaborator/ Role	Format	Call No.	Microfilm
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition	1909	Seattle, WA	exposition	Galloway, J. (engineer)	Photograph	1967.016.30--PIC (9 items)	selection
Berkeley National Bank (University Savings Bank)	1907-1908	Berkeley, CA	commercial	Galloway, J. (engineer)	Photograph	1967.016.02--PIC (1 item)	none
Berkeley Public Library	1903	Berkeley, CA	educational		Photograph	1967.016.10--AX (2 items); 1967.016.01--PIC #70	none
Central Park Shelter	undated	New York, NY	recreational		Photograph	1967.016.34--PIC #2	none
Church of Christ Scientist, First	1905-1906	San Francisco, CA	religious		Photograph	1967.016.23--AX (2 items)	none
Claremont Court Entrance Gates [see Mason McDuffie Company]	1905	Berkeley, CA	residential	Galloway, J. (engineer)
Clark W. Campbell	1900	Newark, NJ	residential	Cauldwell & Morgan (architects)	Photograph	1967.016.34--PIC #1	none
Continental Building (Grant, Joseph)	1908	San Francisco, CA	commercial	Galloway, J. (engineer)	Photograph	1967.016.22--PIC (2 items)	selection
Easton Company	1907	San Francisco, CA	commercial	Galloway, J. (engineer)	Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #73	none
Emerson School	1912	Oakland, CA	educational	Donovan, J. (supervising architect)	Photograph	1967.016.18--PIC (3 items); 1967.016.01--PIC #78-83	none
Essex Hotel (Kinney, Francis S.)	1900	New York, NY	commercial	Cauldwell, S. (architect)	Photograph	1967.016.17--PIC (3 items); 1967.016.17--AX (1 item)	selection
First Congregational Church	undated	Oakland, CA	religious		Photograph	1967.016.19--PIC (14 items)	selection
First National Bank	1903, 1909, 1917	Berkeley, CA	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.06--PIC (1 item); 1967.016.01--PIC #56-58	none
Gates, Decorative Iorn	undated	unknown	furnishings		Photograph	1967.016.34--PIC #4-5	none
George Washington Memorial Hall Competition	undated	unknown	governmental		Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #95-97	selection
Grant, Adam (Murphy & Grant Co.)	1907-1908	San Francisco, CA	commercial	Galloway, J. (engineer)	Photograph	1967.016.20--PIC (2 items); 1967.016.01--PIC #84	none
Grant, Joseph [see Continental Building]	1908	San Francisco, CA	commercial	Galloway, J. (engineer)
Gregory, Warren	circa 1912	Berkeley, CA	residential		Photograph	1967.016.07--PIC (2 items); 1967.016.01--PIC #42	selection
Hilgard Apartments	1912	Berkeley, CA	residential-multi		Photograph	1967.016.05--PIC (5 items); 1967.016.01--PIC #54-55	selection
Hollister Hotel (unbuilt)	undated	Hollister, CA	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.15--PIC (1 item)	none
Howard, John Galen	1904-1906	Berkeley, CA	residential		Photograph	1967.015.08--PIC (4 items)	none
Italian American Bank	1907	San Francisco, CA	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.25--PIC (1 item)	none
King, D.H., Jr., Hotel	undated	New York, NY	residential	Cauldwell, S. (architect)	Drawing	1967.018.08-PIC (1 item)	selection
Kinney, Francis S. [see Essex Hotel]	1900	New York, NY	commercial	Cauldwell, S. (architect)
Lassen Union High School	1920	Susanville, CA	educational	Taylor, R. (architect)	Photograph	1967.016.32--PIC (1 item)	none
Levi Strauss Realty Co., #2	circa 1907	San Francisco, CA	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.26--PIC (1 item); 1967.016.01--PIC #65	none
Majestic Theater	1903	Boston, MA	recreational	Wood, J. (architect)	Photograph	1967.016.13--PIC (5 items); 1967.016.13-B (8 items)	selection
Mason McDuffie Company: Claremont Court Entrance Gates	1905	Berkeley, CA	residential	Galloway, J. (engineer)	Photograph	1967.016.03--PIC (1 item)	none
Mason McDuffie Company: Northbrae Properties	1910-1914	Berkeley, CA	residential		Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #26-30	none
Mason McDuffie Company: Saint Francis Wood [see Saint Francis Wood, entrance & gates]	1912	San Francisco, CA	residential
McDuffie, Duncan, estate	1909-1914	Berkeley, CA	residential		Photograph	1967.016.04--PIC (2 items); 1967.016.09--PIC (9 items); 1967.016.01--PIC #4, 7-10	selection
McDuffie, Duncan, stores	1909	Berkeley, CA	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #72	none
Northbrae Properties [see Mason McDuffie Company]	1910-1914	Berkeley, CA	commercial
Panama Pacific International Exposition: Auditorium (San Francisco Civic Auditorium)	1912-1913	San Francisco, CA	cultural	Meyer & Reid (architects)	Photograph	1967.016.21--PIC (4 items)	none
Pan-Pacific Exposition: Tower of Jewels	1901	Buffalo, NY	exposition	Cauldwell & Morgan (architects)	Photograph	1967.016.14--PIC (1 item); 1967.016.14-B (1 item)	selection
Pierce-Arrow	1912	San Francisco, CA	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.27--PIC (2 items); 1967.016.01--PIC #59-63	selection
Princeton University: Gymnasium	undated	Princeton, NJ	educational		Photograph	1967.016.34--PIC #8	none
Princeton University: Memorial Gate	undated	Princeton, NJ	educational		Photograph	1967.016.34--PIC #3	none
Richfield School House	1913	Richfield, CA	educational		Photograph	1967.016.33--PIC (1 item)	none
Saint Francis Wood, entrance & gates (Mason McDuffie Company)	1912	San Francisco, CA	residential		Photograph	1967.016.28--PIC (6 items); 1967.016.28-B (2 items); 1967.016.01--PIC #12-24	selection
Shepard, F.L. and E.	1912	Berkeley, CA	residential		Photograph	1967.016.11--PIC; 1967.016.01--PIC #35-37	none
South Berkeley Bank	1906-1908	Berkeley, CA	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #67	none
Sprague, Lucy	1905-1906	Berkeley, CA	residential		Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #38-39	none
Spreckels, Claus: Market & Eddy (Eddy Building)	1908-1909	San Francisco, CA	commercial	Galloway, J. (engineer)	Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #71	none
Spreckels, Claus: Market & Fremont (Fremont Building)	1907	San Francisco, CA	commercial	Galloway, J. (engineer)	Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #70	none
Susanville Grammar School	1920	Susanville, CA	educational	Taylor, R. (architect)	Photograph	1967.016.31--PIC (1 item)	none
Tevis Memorial, Cypress Lawn Cemetery	1902	San Francisco, CA	funerary		Photograph	1967.016.29--PIC (3 items)	none
Tod, W. Stewart	undated	unknown	residential	Cauldwell, S. (architect)	Drawing	1967.018.09--C (1 item)	all
Trinity Methodist Church (unbuilt)	undated	Berkeley, CA	religious		Photograph	1967.016.12--AX (1 item)	none
Unidentified Auditorium	undated	unknown			Photograph	1967.016.24--PIC (1 item)
Unidentified Building	undated	unknown	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #68	none
Unidentified Exteriors	undated	unknown	unknown		Photograph	1967.016.34--PIC #6-7	none
Unidentified Fireplaces	undated	unknown	residential		Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #47-48	none
Union Oil Company	1920	Los Angeles, CA	commercial		Photograph	1967.016.16--PIC (14 items); 1967.016.16--AX (1 item)	none
United States Subtreasury Building	undated	San Francisco, CA	governmental		Photograph	1967.016.01--PIC #90-94	none
University of Calfiornia: Hearst Mining Building	undated	Berkeley, CA	educational		Drawing	1967.018.10--B (1 item); 1967.018.11--B (1 item)	all
University Savings Bank [see Berkeley National Bank]	1908	Berkeley, CA	commercial	Galloway, J. (engineer)

Container List

Series I. Personal papers, 1885-1892, 1910, undated

A. Photographs

Personal Photographs, 1910, undated 1967.016.35-PIC

Physical Description: 31 items

Note

Snapshots taken mainly in Greece and San Francisco.

B. Sketches

Scope and Content Note

Includes sketches and sketchbook pages from both Howard and Mary Robertson Bradbury.

Sketches, circa 1885 1967.018.01-PIC

Physical Description: 8 items

Sketches, 1888 1967.018.02-AX

Physical Description: 2 items

24 pages of a Sketchbook, 1889 1967.018.03-AX

3 leaves from a Sketchbook, 1891 1967.018.04-PIC

8 leaves from a Sketchbook, circa 1891-1892 1967.018.05-PIC

Studies on squared paper, undated 1967.018.06-PIC

Mary Bradbury's Watercolor Sketches, ca. 1892 1967.018.07-PIC

Physical Description: 6 items

Saint Germain des Prés, Study of Decorations in Choir, Paris, undated 1967.018.09-C

Physical Description: 1 item

Sketchbook, 1884-1889 1967.017-ALB

Series II. Project records, 1903-1920

Scope and Content Note

Contains various photographs of Howard projects in California, Washington State and the East Coast, including projects for Mason McDuffie, the Continental Building, the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, and the Majestic Theater. The series also includes an album of project photographs and several miscellaneous project sketches.

Note

For additional Project Records, see Project Index, above.

General

Album of Project Photographs, undated 1967.016.01-PIC

Scope and Content Note

Album consisting of 97 photographs, many of which are cyanotype proofs. A major part of these photographs duplicate loose photographs in the rest of the collection; unique items have been indicated in the listing below.

Berkeley, Calif.

Berkeley National Bank (University Savings Bank), 1907-08. 1967.016.02-PIC

Physical Description: 1 item.

Mason McDuffie Company: Claremont Court Entrance Gates, 1905. 1967.016.03-PIC

Physical Description: 1 item.

McDuffie, Duncan, Residence: garden and swimming pool, undated. 1967.016.04-PIC

Physical Description: 2 items.

Note:

See also 1967.016.9.

See also 1967.016.1, #4, 7-10.

Hillgard Apartments, 1912. 1967.016.05-PIC

Physical Description: 5 items.

Note: