Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Henry H. Hodgson Collection
- Dates:
- 1932
- Creators:
- Hodgson, Henry H.
- Extent:
- 2 Linear Feet: 1 box, 1 flat box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Henry H. Hodgson Collection, (19XX-5), Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Henry H. Hodgson Collection consists of travel sketches and watercolors, and architectural drawings. The travel sketches are from various European locations, and were most likely drawn during Hodgson's eight-month sojourn to Europe and North Africa in the 1932. [The Architect and Engineer, August 1932] Architectural drawings by this Seattle-based architect (who also worked in the San Francisco Bay Area) include various residences and his own studio. Other personal items in the collection consist of three cards written to Hodgson and his wife, and a small print by another artist.
- Biographical / historical:
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Henry Harold Hodgson (c 1897-1938) was born in England and attended Oxford College. Following graduation, he moved to Canada immigrating to the U.S. in 1921. Two years later he married Canadian Eva Chase and relocated to Seattle where he practiced architecture. In 1931, they traveled extensively around Europe and the Middle East. In the spring of 1935, Henry gave a series of twelve architecture, sponsored by Cornish College in Seattle, a few months later they moved to San Francisco where he practiced until his death in 1938.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Sponsor:
- Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-01-06 00:14:45 UTC .
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], Henry H. Hodgson Collection, (19XX-5), Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California
- Location of this collection:
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230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-5124