The work of legendary California Arts and Crafts architects Charles and Henry Greene
If you have a few hours to kill and an interest in Arts and Crafts architecture, here is something to keep you occupied. This online archive is an exhaustive collection of photographs, drawings, sketches, paintings, correspondence and documents related to the work of Greene & Greene. The website is quite advanced and is geared towards scholars... bit it isn't too hard core for someone with a passing interest. Isn't the internet cool?
The Greene & Greene Virtual Archives (GGVA) is hosted by the University of Southern California and brings together more than 4,000 images from four major sources: the Greene & Greene collection at Columbia University’s Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library in the City of New York; the personal and professional papers of Charles Sumner Greene at the Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley; the University of Southern California’s Greene and Greene Archives, housed at The Huntington in San Marino, California and the decorative arts collection of The Gamble House, University of Southern California, Pasadena, California. The Greene & Greene Virtual Archives (GGVA) has been added to the Online Archive of California (OAC), which is maintained as part of the California Digital Library (CDL). The project was made possible through the J. Paul Getty Trust.