UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Archives

Bangs, E. Geoffrey collection, 1950-1969 approximate

E. Geoffrey Bangs Collection, 1950-1969 approximate

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:

[Identification of Item], E. Geoffrey Bangs Collection, [1980-2] Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

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:

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

Subjects:
Architects -- California.
Architecture -- California.
Architectural photography--California.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], E. Geoffrey Bangs Collection, [1980-2] Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820
Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
Contact:
(510) 642-5124
designarchives@berkeley.edu
Website
Project records
Contents
Audiffred Bldg, 1-21 Mission Street San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
[Cross @ Mt. Davidson]
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
[Dore Vassel -- San Francisco Art Museums] San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
[Embarcadero $ Bay Bridge] San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
[Fort Point] San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
[Geary and Kearny] San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
[Library?]
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
[Octagon House, museum, 18541861] San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
[Telegraph Hill -- near Samson St.] San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
[Washington & Montgomrey] San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
Aquarium Building, fountain monument
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
Bay Bridge CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
Castro House (San Juan Batista) CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
Chronicle Building (Market & Kearny) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
Clock tower, Ghiradelli Square (Larkin & North Point) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
Crocker - Angelo National Bank (Montgomery) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
Crocker Bank (1 Montgomrey, 1908) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
Crocker Building (Market & Post, 1892) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
Fire house 15 [San Francisco] [CA]
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
Flood Mansion (Pacific Union Club, 1886) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
Fox Theatre
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
Governor's Mansion Sacramento CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
Joss [1854] Weaverville CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
Kearny Street [corner] San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
Mechanic's [Donahoe] Monument (Mechanic Plaza)
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
Mint Building (Mission & 5th) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
O'Byrne's Ferry Bridge Stanislaus County CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
Savings Union Bank (Grant & O'Farrell) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
Shell Building (100 Bush Street) San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 2
South San Francisco Opera House San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3
St. Mary's [San Francisco] [CA]
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
Sutro Baths, interior, lobby [San Francisco] [CA]
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
Telegraph Hill / Coit San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
Unidentified residence Vallejo CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
Unidentified residence San Francisco CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 1
Unidentified photographs
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 5
UC (University of California): Hearst Gym (steps, Bancroft side; Women's gym urns) Berkeley CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
UC: Hearst Memorial Mining Building Berkeley CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
UC: Sather Gate Berkeley CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
UC: South Hall Berkeley CA
Containers:
Flat-box OS 2, Folder 4
Vedanta Society, Headquarters, 1908 [San Francisco] [CA]
Containers:
Flat-box OS 1, Folder 3