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The materials in this series provide additional aids to researching the work of Greene and Greene. Boxes 171-177 contain copies of original drawings housed in the Environmental Design Archives at the University of California at Berkeley. In most cases, these drawings are of projects not included in the collection, but in some cases they provide supplementary material. Boxes 178-187 house photographs and records concerning the lives of the Gamble family: David and Mary Gamble, their ancestors and descendants, family philanthropy, family lantern slides and negatives from the turn of the 20th century.

Boxes 188-191 include family records of some of the Greene's original clients, as well as those of later owners, documenting more fully the history of several buildings by Charles and Henry Greene.

Box 192 contains records from the family of Alice Gordon White Greene, Charles Greene's wife. Box 193 contains records from the family of Henry Mather Greene.

Type
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Date
1829-2002
Call number
Series IV.
Provenance
Gift of The Gamble House Conservancy, July 2021. In 1968, the Greene and Greene Library (later the Greene and Greene Archives) was established to bring together drawings, photographs, and other records of the Greenes' work. The core of the initial collection was the gift by David and Mary Gamble of drawings and photographs of The Gamble House. Subsequently more than 400 donors contributed to the collection, most importantly the families of Charles and Henry Greene, who donated personal correspondence, family photographs, drawings and sketches, and numerous other materials. Besides the Greene and Gamble families, other clients and later owners of Greene and Greene buildings gifted drawings and other records. The Greene and Greene Collection also contains a research collection on Greene and Greene, comprised of copies of original materials from other institutions and other secondary materials. The Greene and Greene collection has physically resided at The Huntington Library since 1987. However, during that time it remained the property of and was administered by the Greene and Greene Archives of The Gamble House, School of Architecture, University of Southern California until 2019 when ownership was transferred to the Gamble House Conservancy. In July 2021, The Huntington acquired the collection from the Gamble House Conservancy.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Greene, Charles Sumner, (1868-1957,)
Greene, Henry Mather, (1870-1954,)
Associated organization
Greene & Greene,
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