Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The E. Geoffrey Bangs collection consists almost entirely of black and white photographs documenting numerous Bay Area residential and commercial buildings. The photographs also include images of UC Berkeley buildings. Some of the photographs in the collection may be for a photo essay entitled "Portals West: A Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California." The collection also contains a typescript of this book which was published by the California Historical Society.
- Extent:
- 5 Linear Feet: 1 folder, 2 flat boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], E. Geoffrey Bangs Collection, [1980-2] Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The E. Geoffrey Bangs collection consists primarily of black and white photographs documenting numerous Bay Area residential and commercial buildings. The photographs include images of University of California, Berkeley buildings as well. Some of the photographs in the collection may be for Bangs' a photo essay entitled "Portals West: A Folio of Late Nineteenth Century Architecture in California." The collection also contains a typescript of this book, which was published by the California Historical Society.
- Biographical / historical:
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E. Geoffrey Bangs was a Bay Area architect and a graduate of University of California, Berkeley. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1914 and continued on to obtain his master's the following year. His early career was spent working in the office of John Galen Howard. Bangs designed many public buildings and large-scale public housing projects in Northern California. His projects included UC Berkeley's Lewis Hall, the Contra Costa Hall of Records, and the courthouses for Shasta and Butte counties. He died in 1977.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], E. Geoffrey Bangs Collection, [1980-2] Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-5124