Researching Architect Julia Morgan
For researchers studying Julia Morgan and her work, including Hearst Castle
Get Archives and Primary Sources Help
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Special Collections and Archives
Kennedy Library, Cal Poly
Kennedy Library, Cal Poly
805-756-2305
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The Julia Morgan Collections at Cal Poly
Special Collections and Archives cares for several collections that relate to architect Julia Morgan.
Types of materials include:
- architectural drawings
- correspondence with clients and colleagues
- photographs
- family and educational records
- research on Morgan, mostly conducted by biographer Sara Holmes Boutelle
- Online exhibit and Kennedy Library’s traveling exhibit
Digitized Materials Online
Over 5,000 items from the Julia Morgan collections are digitized and available online.
Books and articles on Julia Morgan
The library has books that include research on Julia Morgan. Some of these books are located in Special Collections and can be requested to the reading room.
You can search the library catalog and also search for articles in library databases. Check out CAED Librarian Jesse Vestermark's pages on finding secondary sources: http://guides.lib.calpoly.edu/c.php?g=261829&p=1749585
Hearst as Collector
A presentation from Fall 2020 for an Architecture course with Professor Jen Shields working on re-envisioning and reincorporating historic architecture