William Otis Raiguel Collection, 1905-1932
Processed by the Environmental Design Archives staff
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Note
Arts and Humanities--Architecture
History--California History--Bay Area History
History--California History
Geographical (By Place)--California
Geographical (By Place)--California--Bay Area
William Otis Raiguel Collection, 1905-1932
Collection Number: 1947-1
Environmental Design Archives
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Environmental Design Archives
- College of Environmental Design
- 230 Wurster Hall #1820
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-1820
- Phone: (510) 642-5124
- Fax: (510) 642-2824
- Email: archives@socrates.berkeley.edu
- URL: http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/
- Processed by:
- Environmental Design Archives staff
- Date Completed:
- September 1998
- Encoded by:
- Campbell J. Crabtree
- Funding:
- Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation.
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Collection Title: William Otis Raiguel Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1905-1932
Collection Number: 1947-1
Creator:
Raiguel, William, 1875-1941
Extent: 1 half box
Repository: Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Director.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Otis Raiguel Collection, (1947-1), Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental
Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California
Access Points
Architects--California.
Architects--Travel.
Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931
Biography
William Otis Raiguel was born in Freehold, New Jersey on September 25, 1875. In 1905, he traveled to England, France, and
Italy. In 1911, Raiguel traveled from San Francisco to Portland, Seattle, and Canada. After taking the train across Canada,
he visited Pennsylvania and New York and then boarded a ship for Europe. From July 18 to the middle of December, Raiguel traveled
in England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, and Egypt.
William Raiguel was a member of John Galen Howard's office, and assisted in preparing plans for some of the buildings on the
University of California, Berkeley campus. The buildings he collaborated on include Boalt Hall, Wheeler Hall, Sather Gate,
and the Campanile on the Berkeley campus, and the First Congregational Church in Oakland. In 1926 he retired to his home in
Monterey, California . He died in 1941.
Scope and Content
The William Otis Raiguel papers span the years 1905-1932 and include correspondence, contractual agreements, travel diaries,
and an insurance application. The correspondence, dated from 1909-1920, is between Raiguel and John Galen Howard, and documents
some of their financial arrangements. The three travel diaries completed on his trip to England, France, and Italy include
sketches of architectural plans, buildings, and architectural details. The diary from his later trip around the United States,
Canada, and Europe contains small photographs, itineraries, and a few articles and brochures.
The collection was donated in 1947.
Related Collections
Title: John Galen Howard Collection,
Identifier/Call Number: 1955-4,
Contributing Institution: Environmental Design Archives
Container Listing
Folder Folder 1
Correspondence/Contracts with John Galen Howard, 1909-1920
Folder Folder 2
Unidentified Illustration,
n.d.
Folder Folder 3
Insurance Application,
1932
