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Call Number: SC0838
Creator:
Clark, Birge M. (Birge Malcolm), 1893-
Title: Birge M. Clark architectural drawings
Dates: 1909-1954
Physical Description:
2000 items
Summary: Collection contains architectural drawings by Birge M. Clark,
his brother David B. Clark, and other partners Walter Stromquist, David F. Potter and
Joseph Ehrlich, with a few drawings by his father A. B. Clark. Projects were mostly
located in Palo Alto, Stanford, and other communities on the Peninsula and included
residences, schools, businesses, and city offices. Most of the drawings are pencil on
tissue but other formats are also represented.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Access: duplication requests must be approved by the University Archivist.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is
given on behalf of Special Collections 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, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Birge M. Clark Architectural Drawings (SC838). Department of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Related business records of Clark and his partners are housed in SC 823, Birge M.
Clark, Architectural records and personal papers.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Birge M. Clark began his architectural practice in Palo Alto after World War I, when he
helped his father A. B. Clark with the design of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover's home on
the Stanford campus. He went on to design many homes and businesses in Palo Alto,
including the Post Office, the Lucie Stern Community Center, and the Hewlett-Packard
plant. His contributions to Stanford's architecture include the Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry
Building and the John Stauffer Chemical Laboratories.
Collection contains architectural drawings by Birge M. Clark, his brother David B.
Clark, and other partners Walter Stromquist, David F. Potter and Joseph Ehrlich, with a
few drawings by his father A. B. Clark. Projects were mostly located in Palo Alto,
Stanford, and other communities on the Peninsula and included residences, schools,
businesses, and city offices. Most of the drawings are pencil on tissue but other
formats are also represented.
Clark, Arthur Bridgman, 1866-1948
Clark, Birge M. (Birge Malcolm), 1893-
Clark, David B.
Ehrlich, Joseph.
Potter, David F.
Stromquist, Walter.
Architects.
Architecture, Domestic--California.
School buildings--California--Design and construction.