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Sherrie A. Bowser
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1997.006
Title
Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection 1950-2004
Quantity
219 Cubic Feet, 337 boxes; 2 map drawers
Creator
Rupp, Sigrid Lorenzen, 1943-2004
Location
Please note: Major portions of this collection (Boxes 1-62, 67-106, 111-125, and 160-170) are located in off-site storage and may require
2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
Sigrid L. Rupp (1943-2004) was principal architect of her own firm, SLR/Architects in Palo Alto, California from 1976 to 1998.
Born in Germany in 1943, she relocated to California with her family in 1953. She earned a B. Arch. from the University of
California, Berkeley in 1966. SLR/Architects specialized in technical facilities and industrial work providing architectural
services for many of the pre-eminent Silicon Valley firms in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection consists of architectural
drawings, photographs, administrative and job files, contracts, and other material relating to over 700 of Rupp's projects,
as well as material relating to Rupp's personal travel and artistic endeavors. The materials in the collection range in
date from 1950-2004 with the bulk of the material dating 1976-2004.
The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University
Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal
or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction . Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition
form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication . Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with
forms or to submit a completed form.
Residential client's names are restricted from being publicly identified these projects may only be identified by their location.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder],
Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection, Ms1997-006, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection was donated to Special Collections in 1997 with additions arriving in 2004 and
2006.
Processing Information
An inventory of the collection was completed in April 1998 by Brad Shearer, student assistant, and Laura Katz Smith, Manuscripts
Curator, Special Collections Department. The 2004 addition and the remainder of the collection was processed by Sherrie A.
Bowser, February 2011.
Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp was born January 3, 1943, in Bremerhaven, Germany. Her family relocated to California when Rupp was
ten years old (1953). Rupp had been fascinated with the built environment since her early childhood growing up in post-war
reconstruction Germany. However, when she entered University of California-Berkeley, in 1960, she had won many small scholarships
to study physics. Her physics career lasted two semesters after which she was able to convince everyone that she should study
her first love, architecture (Boulgarides).
While at Berkeley Rupp was mentored by three renowned architects and professors, Joseph Esherick, AIA, Harold Stump, and Donald
Reay. Upon graduation in 1966 with a Bachelor of Architecture, Rupp worked for Van Bourg/Nakamura Associates of San Francisco,
D'Amico Associates of Mill Valley, Hawley & Peterson of Mountain Valley and Spencer Associates of Palo Alto. During this
time she received her architecture license in the State of California (1971).
In 1976, Rupp stating that architecture was in the "doldrums" and recognizing that there was no future for her in the 'major
firm' where she was currently employed decided to open her own firm exclaiming, "I could do nothing on my own as well as for
someone else"(Boulgarides). She served as president and principle architect for SLR/Architects from 1976 until 1998 when
she closed the office.
SLR/Architects specialized in technical facilities, industrial work, and residential structures. The company provided architectural
services for many of the pre-eminent Silicon Valley firms: Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, Tandem, Amdahl, Claris, Raychem,
and IBM. Other prominent clients included: AT&T, Pac Bell, United Airlines, Pan Am, Stanford University and Hospital and
San Jose State University. Some of her significant projects were the Press Building and Storey House at Stanford University,
an RF Testing Facility for Apple Computer (winner of an AIA Honor Award), and a six-year factory retrofit and rehab for the
Raychem Corporation. At its height SLR/Architects employed eight professional and paraprofessional staff (1987) and established
an international branch SLR/International in Tel Aviv, Israel (1983).
Rupp was active in many professional and local civic organizations. She was a former board member and chairperson of the
City of Palo Alto Architectural Review Board, former director of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Institute
of Architects and former president of California Women in Environmental Design (CWED). She also served on the boards of the
New Performance Gallery in San Francisco, Theater Artaud of San Francisco, Family Planning Alternatives of Sunnyvale, Diablo
Ballet of Walnut Creek and the Lawrence Pech Dance Company of San Francisco. She was an active member of the Organization
of Women Architects (OWA), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and
the Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes (UIFA).
An ardent champion for women's rights, Rupp stated that she became involved in women's issues "…simply because I did not want
there to be any [women's issues]. It seemed that the time for gender differences should be long over." She was a mentor to
many women and minorities in the course of her practice encouraging and facilitating their entry into architecture.
In retirement, Rupp turned her attention to painting and traveling. Her watercolors primarily focused on California bay area
landscapes and were featured in several local juried shows. She also traveled extensively documenting her experiences in
beautifully illustrated and annotated travel diaries (present in the collection).
Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp passed away May 27, 2004. Her legacy in her own words, "I'd like to be remembered for dissenting when
everyone else thought it easier to go with the grain even when the grain was wrong. I'd like to be remembered for being a
competent architect who did competent work, a competent painter who did competent painting and someone who told good stories"
(OWA).
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References:
"Dr. James D. Boulgarides, Study Looking at Women in Architecture," Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp Architectural Collection (Ms1997-006)
Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Rupp's collection encompasses over twenty years of her firm, SLR/Architects, and includes administration and project files,
sketches, drawings, blueprints, slides and photographs representing approximately 700 designs. The collection also contains
Rupp's personal papers -- biographical information, student work, travel diaries and photographs, and artwork. The materials
range in date from 1950-2004 (bulk 1976-2004) and are divided into five series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office
Records, Project Records, and Art and Artifacts. See the contents list below for more detail about the individual series.
The Personal Papers series contains Rupp's biographical information, student work, diaries/journals, photographs, and personal
correspondence. The series also contains Rupp's extensive documentation of her travels in Europe, Asia, North and South America,
formats include, travel diaries, watercolor (paintings), photographs (prints, negatives and slides), photo albums, and miscellaneous
ephemera.
SUBSERIES A: General,
1954-2004
60th Birthday Celebration:
January 10, 2003
box 63
Birthday Cards
box 63
Birthday Haiku
box 63
Guest List
box 63
Invitation
box 63
Printed Photographs
box 63
Accordion book featuring watercolor of residence (series of images include site plans, elevations, floor plans, etc), 1995
box 63
Artist statement for SLR's waterscapes, draft, undated
box 63
Autograph Book, [friends and schoolmates in Germany],
1954, 1956
box 63
Biographical Information,
1966; 1997; 2004
box 63
Dance Review for Men Dancing XIV, Presented by the Gary Palmer Dance Co. of San Jose [CA],
September 1995
box 63
Day Calendars,
1979; 1982-1998
box 63
Guest Book,
1983-1984
box 152
Invitation [Party], undated
box 63
Japanese characters, undated
box 63
Legal Documents,
1967
box 63
Milligton, Peter Sherfy [self published book of poetry by Millington inscribed to Rupp],
January 1990
box 63
Notebook [includes three pages of miscellaneous re: Tibet, a light fixture, women traveling, and a quote by John Muir]
box 63
Personal ad, draft
box 63
Postcards
box 151
Scrapbook, [from Rupp's high school years]
1959-1960
box 63
Yearbooks, Fremont High School, Oakland, CA, 1958-1960
SUBSERIES B: Correspondence,
1966-2004
box 64
General,
1966; 1968; 1987; 1998-1999; 2004
box 64
Steven Rupp,
1966-1967
box 64
Ken G.,
1967-1976
box 64
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lorenzen [Rupp's father],
1968; 2002
box 64
Masakazu and Izumi Kishikawa,
1998; 2000; and undated
box 64
Milka Blitznakov,
2002-2004
SUBSERIES C: Diaries/Journals,
1970-2004
box 63
1970
box 63
1982 [includes 2 photographs of Rupp]
box 63
[Dream Diary],
1983, 1986
box 63
1987; 1988; 1993 [writing notes; names and addresses; financial notes]
box 64
"An Age of Possibilities," includes democratic meeting in Washington, D.C.; trip to Monterey, CA; trip to Seattle, WA; notes
about lectures; EPA (East Palo Alto) redevelopment; and an Ikea coming to Palo Alto (2001)]
box 64
Diary of an Illness,
December 1, 2003 - [March 22, 2004]
SUBERIES D: Travel,
1966-2003
Arrangement
Many of the trips within the Travel subseries are represented in a variety of formats (e.g. a trip may have prints, negatives,
slides, photo albums, or a travel diary within the collection). To facilitate discovery a Travel Index has been created listing the formats available for the most documented trips. NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list of Rupp's
travel documentation for that please see the container list below.
General,
1968-2003
box 64
[18 month tour, Canada, Europe, United Kingdom],
1968
box 64
China,
1982
box 64
China, black and white proof sheets,
1982
box 64
Egypt,
March-April 1989
box 64
Jordan/Israel,
1995
box 64
Italy, France, Spain,
1996
box 64
Summer Trip,
1997
box 64
Japan, Photographs,
1998
box 64
Mexico,
November 1998; December 1999
box 64
Germany,
April 1-April 10, 2000
box 65 box 64
Mongolia,
July/August, 2000
box 65
China,
October 2003
box 65
Miscellaneous Panoramic Photographs,
undated
Diaries,
1968-2003
box 65
[18 Month Tour, Canada, Europe, United Kingdom],
1968
box 65
Paris, wine tasting,
1978
box 65
Scotland and Upper England,
1981
box 65
Pescadores, [CA],
1982, 1985, 1987
box 65
Vienna, Budapest, Sofia, Yugoslavia,
October 1987
box 65
Egypt/Hawaii, Maui,
1989
box 65
General Notes, 1991/Travel Notes [1992; Yellowstone, 1992; Drawing 1993; Watercolor 1997; Death Valley, 1999]
box 65
Coast along Spain, France, and Italy,
June-July, 1994
box 65
Israel and Jordon,
November 19-30, 1995
box 65
Summer Trip, 1997 vol.1 (Palo Alto, CA to St. Ignace, MI via Gulf Coast, Florida, East Coast, Nova Scotia) [has a family
tree in the back]
box 65
Summer Trip, 1997 vol.2 (St. Ignace to home [Palo Alto, CA])
box 65
Peru,
January 1998
box 65
Trips, 1998 [Carmel, CA; Washington, D.C.; North Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; and Mexico - Geronimo Educational Studies
Tour to San Miguel de Allende/Queretaro; Great Smokies trip has a numbering system that correspondences to photographs]
box 65
Mexico Sketchbook, San Miguel de Allende/Queretaro/Guanajuato,
November 7-21, 1998
box 66
Japan,
1998
box 66
Napa Valley; San Juan Capistrano; Santa Catalina,
1999
box 66
Mexico, Vera Cruz,
November 28-December 8, 1999
box 66
Alaska,
1999; 2002
box 66
Japan,
2000
box 66
Mongolia and Japan,
2000
box 66
Sketchbook, [Mongolia; Japan; and Portugal],
2000
box 66
In Between Trips, [Atlanta; Germany; Washington, D.C.; California],
2000
box 66
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore,
October-December, 2001
box 66
Vietnam and Singapore,
November-December, 2001
box 66
Sketchbook, [Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Singapore],
2001
box 66
White Sands (Three River Petro glyphs, El Paso, Carlsbad Caverns); Ashland (Columbia River, Sculpture Rocks, Mt. Rainer),
2002
box 66
Germany,
July 2002
box 66
Zion and Bryce National Parks (Utah), March 2003; Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD, Emily's List Conference, May 2003; 18th
IAWA Meeting, Blacksburg, VA, September, 2003; Canyon Ranch, Arizona, September-October, 2003
box 66
China,
October 7-28, 2003
box 66
Shanghai, undated
Photo Albums,
1975-2002
box 127
1975-1985 [California, Germany, Canada, Great Britian, Utah, China, Israel]
box 133
Singapore,
1979; 1985
box 136
China,
1982
box 135
Israel,
1983, 1985
box 135
Chicago and Oak Park,
1986
box 138
Bulgaria/Yugoslavia,
October 1987
box 128
Egypt,
1989
box 144
Summer Trip,
1997
box 130
1998 [Peru, Florida, Eastern USA, Japan, Mexico] (includes a written narrative)
box 134
Peru, [album made for Milka Bliznakov],
1998
box 131
1999 [Death Valley, Alaska, Mexico]
box 131 box 132 box 142
Alaska,
1999, 2002
box 140
2000-2001 [Atlanta, Belgium, California, China, France, Germany, Japan, Los Angeles, Mongolia, Portugal, Washington, D.C.]
box 141 box 140
Mongolia,
2000
box 142
2002 [Germany, Oregon]
Photographs,
1966-2003
Foreign Travel,
1967-2003
Prints,
1980-2003
box 95
Canada,
1980
box 95
England/Scotland,
1981
box 95 box 64
China,
October 1982
box 95
Around the World Trip, 1985 [Hong Kong, Singapore, and Israel]
box 95
Bulgaria/Yugoslavia,
1987
box 95
Egypt,
1989
box 95
Israel and Jordan,
1995
box 96
Spain, Italy, and France,
1996
box 97
Peru,
1998
box 64 box 97
Japan,
1998
box 98 box 97
Mexico,
1998-1999
box 98
Japan,
2000
box 64 box 98
Mongolia,
2000
box 98 box 99
Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia,
2001
box 99
Germany,
2002
box 100 box 99
China,
2003
Undated
box 100
unidentified photographs [travel, Canada?]
box 100
Antigua
box 100
Antwerp [Belgium]
box 100
Ghent [Belgium]
box 100
Brugge [Bruges, Belgium]
box 100
North sea
box 100
Rouen [France]
box 100
Normandie [Normandy, France]
box 100
Mont St. Michel [France]/Bretagne [Brittany, France]
Around the World Trip, 1985 (Hong Kong, Singapore, and Israel)
box 117
Bulgaria/Yugoslavia,
October 1987
box 118
Egypt,
March-April, 1989
box 118
Italy, France, Spain,
1994
box 119
Jordan/Israel,
1995
box 119
Peru,
1998
box 119 box 101
Japan,
1998
box 120
Mexico,
1998, 1999
box 120 box 106
Mongolia,
2000
box 120
Germany,
2000
box 101 box 121
Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam,
2001
box 121
Germany,
2002
box 121
China,
2003
Slides,
1967-2001
Europe, 1960s--
box 107A
Rome
box 107A box 107B
Berlin
box 107B
Barcelona
box 107B
England/Belgium
box 107B
Denmark/Sweden
box 107C
Russia
box 107C
Greece/Turkey
box 107C box 107D
Turkey/Bulgarian
box 107D
Canada/Iceland
box 107D
Mexico
box 107D box 107E
No Description
box 107E box 107F
Architecture highlights
box 108A
France/Rome, undated
box 108A
Canada,
1967
box 108A
Germany/Mexico,
1967
box 108B
France,
1978
box 108B
Germany,
1978
box 108B
Singapore,
1979
box 108B
Hong Kong,
1979
box 108C
Scotland,
1981
box 108C
China,
1982
box 108D
Singapore,
1985
box 108E box 108D box 109A box 108F box 109B
Italy, France, and Spain,
1994
box 109B box 109D box 109C
Jordan/Israel,
1995
box 109E
Mexico,
1998-1999
box 109E
Mongolia,
2000
box 109E
Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia,
2001
Domestic Travel, [some groupings include Canada]
1979-2003
Prints,
1989-2002
box 92
Boston/Detroit/Indianapolis,
1989
box 92
Highway 2 from Washington to Michigan,
Summer 1993
box 92
Indianapolis and Columbus, Indiana,
October 1993
box 92 box 64 box 93
Summer Trip, [circumnavigation of the United States],
1997
box 93
Southeast, US, [University of Virginia, Blue Ridge Parkway, Biltmore House, North Carolina, Washington, D.C.],
1998
box 93 box 64
Alaska,
1999
box 93 box 64
Alaska,
2002
box 94
Arizona deserts
box 94
Baylands: Palo Alto, Mt. View, Redwood City
box 94
Big Sur
box 94
Blue Ridge Parkway
box 94
Bryce Canyon, Utah
box 94
California north coast and redwoods
box 94
California wine country
box 94
Columbia River - sea to Gorges and the Dalles
box 94
Death Valley
box 94
Joshua National Forest
box 94
Los Angeles
box 94
Oregon coast
box 94
Pescadero Tahana
box 94
Seattle/Tacoma
box 64
Miscellaneous Panoramic Prints
box 94
Kolob Canyon
box 94
Zion National Park
box 94
Nevada and Vernal Falls
box 94
McGurk Meadow [Yosemite]
box 94
Half dome and trail [Yosemite]
box 94
Yosemite
box 94
White Sands, NM
box 94
Washington, D.C.
box 94
Utah landscapes
Negatives,
1979-2003
1979-1992
box 111
Seattle, Puget Sound,
June 1979
box 111
Yosemite, (SLR and Roger Buckhout),
October 1981
box 111
Calgary,
1982
box 111
Detroit,
1982
box 111
New York with Alisa,
May 1984
box 111
Squaw Valley,
Summer 1985
box 111
San Diego/San Juan Capistrano with Peter,
November 1985
box 111
Miles Canyon with Steve Rupp,
December 1985
box 111
Vancouver/Chicago, with Alisa,
1986 [?]
box 111
Hawaii,
1986-1987
box 111
Cape Cod,
1988
box 111
Los Angeles/Museum of Modern Art/Miscellaneous Building,
January 1989
box 111
St. Louis Arch,
May 1989
box 111
Cape Cod,
August 1989
box 111
Disneyland,
1989
box 111
Boston/Detroit/Indianapolis,
1989
box 111
Hawaii,
1989
box 111
Boston/San Francisco,
1990
box 111
Hawaii,
May 1990
box 111
Cape Cod,
October 1990
box 111
Sea Ranch,
November 1990
box 111
San Francisco,
February 1991
box 111
San Diego,
1991
box 111
Cape Cod,
August 1991
box 111
Snowbird,
August 1991
box 111
Livermore Valley/Wineries.
1991
box 111
Salt Lake City,
1991
box 111
Snowbird,
January 1992
box 111
Yellowstone,
June 1992
box 111
Carmel,
November 1992
1993-2001
box 112
Highway2, Washington to Michigan,
Summer 1993
box 112
Highway2, Washington to Michigan,
Summer 1993
box 112
San Diego/Las Vegas/Hoover Dam to Yosemite, with Sara,
January 2000
box 112
Indianapolis and Columbus, Indiana,
October 1993
box 112
Golden Gate Park,
March 1994
box 112
Travels with Masakazu and Izumi Kishikawa, [Golden Gate Bridge, Yosemite],
June 1996
box 112
Washington, D.C./Al Gore,
June 21, 1996
box 112
Seattle to Vancouver,
March-April, 1997
box 112
Victoria, British Columbia,
April 1997
box 112
Southeast, US, [University of Virginia, Blue Ridge Parkway, Biltmore House, North Carolina, Washington, D.C.],
1998
box 112
Florida/Carmel,
1998
box 112
Alaska,
1999
box 112
Pacific Coast, with Ochirpurevin Sarantsatsral,
December 1999
box 112
Los Angeles,
January 2000
box 112
Atlanta High Museum of Art,
March 2000
box 112
Washington, D.C.,
May 2000
box 112
Yosemite, with Michaela Manges,
Winter 2000
box 112
Getty Museum, Los Angeles,
December 2000
box 112
Joshua Tree National Monument,
2000
box 112
Atlanta,
2000
box 112
Death Valley,
2000
box 114
Summer Trip,
1997
box 101
Alaska,
2002
box 113
2002-2003, and undated
Slides,
1966-1993
box 110B box 110A
Various cities and landscaped in the United States
SUBSERIES E: Student Work,
1950-1966
box 64
Primary school reports, Germany,
1950-1953
box 64
Klasse 3C, [artwork-primary school, Germany],
1951
box 64
American Literature, Fremont High School,
1958
box 64
World History, Fremont High School,
undated
box 126
Architecture 1, UC-Berkeley, Job Site: A Study in Form,
1961
box 64
Architecture 2, UC-Berkeley,
1962
box 64
Architecture 3, UC-Berkeley,
1962
box 64
Architecture 5, UC-Berkeley,
1962
box 64
City Planning 111, UC-Berkeley,
1962
box 64
Architecture 122, UC-Berkeley,
1963
box 126
City Planning 121, UC-Berkeley,
1963
box 64
History 144B, UC-Berkeley,
1963
box 64
Landscape Architecture 100, UC-Berkeley,
1963
box 126
Photomontage, Chinatown: A Glorified Slum,
May 29, 1963
box 64
Architecture 121, UC-Berkeley,
1964
box 64
Architecture 151, UC-Berkeley,
1964
box 64
Architecture 198/198A, UC-Berkeley,
1964
box 64
Architecture 199, UC-Berkeley,
1964
box 64
Architecture 103, 128, 289, UC-Berkley, Department of Architecture,
Fall 1964-Spring 1965
box 64
City and Regional Planning 100, UC-Berkeley,
1964
box 64
Architecture 107, UC-Berkeley,
1965
box 64
Architecture 128, UC-Berkeley, [The Alhambra: A Study],
1965
oversize box: Map folder: case 14/Drawer 1
Architecture 152, UC-Berkeley, [Project 1A and 1B - Light Study],
1965
oversize box: Map folder: case 14/Drawer 4
Major Design Thesis: A Remodeling of Seawall Warehouse for Synanon Inc.,
Spring 1966
box 64
Architecture and Religion in the Future City A Study: Presented at the 27th National Conference on Church Architecture, San
Francisco,
April 1966
box 64
Architecture and Theology, notes and papers,
undated
box 64
German 100B,
undated
box 64
Miscellaneous School Work,
undated
box 150
Photomontage, Palace of Fine Arts for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, CA,
undated
SUBSERIES F: Photographs,
1973-2003
Prints,
1982-2003
box 94 box 94
Steve Rupp - miscellaneous trees, pulleys, gears, etc.
box 94
Friends, Family, and Trips,
circa 1982
box 94
Masakazu and Izumi Kishikawa [Tokyo, Japan and visiting Rupp in the United States],
1996, 1998, and undated
box 94
Unmarked [coastal scenes, mushrooms, plants] correspondes with negatives #9727,
circa, 1999-2003
box 94
Spring,
2000
box 94
Fall/New Years Eve,
2001
box 94
Almond Blossoms, Stanford "Goldsworthy,"
Spring 2002
box 94
60th Birthday celebration,
2003
box 94
[photographs of watercolors]
box 94
Unknown, descriptions on back
box 94
Unknown, no descriptions on back
box 94
Animals [category created by Rupp]
box 94
Buildings [category created by Rupp]
box 94
Clouds [category created by Rupp]
box 94
Flowers [category created by Rupp]
box 94
Hamilton Ave Gardens and house [Rupp's House] [category created by Rupp]
box 94
Miscellaneous Landscapes [category created by Rupp]
box 94
Paintings [category created by Rupp]
box 94
People [category created by Rupp]
box 94
Rainbows [category created by Rupp]
box 94
Sunsets [category created by Rupp]
box 65
Photographs of SLR, undated
oversize box: Map folder: case 14/Drawer 1
Panoramic Photographs [Mostly of the Baylands and surrounding area. Kept with watercolors--shows evidence of being used as
reference visuals for watercolors]
Negatives,
1981-2003
box 101
Friends, Family, and Trips,
circa 1982
box 115
Family/Friends/Local Area,
1981-2003
box 115
Pictures of SLR,
undated
box 106
Tasco,
December 1981
box 124 box 116
Miscellaneous,
1983-2003
box 124 box 102
Miscellaneous [sample subjects include nature scenes, flowers, gatherings of people, etc.]
Slides,
1973-1993
box 110C
Family and Friends,
1973-1982, and undated
Includes slides of SLR's graduation from UC-Berkeley
box 110D
Plants, SLR's home and garden,
1979; 1993 and undated
box 110E
Miscellaneous
Includes slides of porsche parts, SLR owned artwork, miscellaneous churches, and unidentified slides
The Professional Papers series consists of material relating to Rupp's participation in professional life including licenses,
awards received, correspondence, and involvement in professional organizations (Rupp was president of California Women in
Environmental Design from 1992 to 1993).
The Office Records series consists of materials relating to the day to day operations of a private architectural practice
including day planners (1982-2002), telephone logs (1976-1996), labor distribution (1983-1996), proposals and promotions (1976-1996),
presentation materials, and publicity photographs.
SUBSERIES A: General,
1972-2002
box 69
Accounts Receivable,
1997
box 69
Advertising,
1993
box 69
Articles - SLR,
1972; 1990-1992, undated
box 69
Brochures,
1985-1986
box 69
AIA Design Award,
1990
box 69
Brochures, #8517 AT&T Seattle Metropolitan Park
box 69
Brochure, Office Flyer
box 69
Brochure Materials/Pages,
pre-1990
box 69
Brochures, SLR/International-Architects, Israel Office
box 90
Clippings, #8018, Stanford University, Storey House
box 69
Corporation Donations,
1986; 1989; 1990; 1993-1994
Correspondence
box 8 box 69
General,
1981; 1985-1995
box 69
Letters of Referral
box 69
RE: Israel Office
box 86 box 70
Day Planners,
1983-2002
box 69
Depreciation schedule, capital investments,
1978-1985
box 69
Designer West,
May 1985
box 69
Elizabeth Rodenz, management consultant
box 69
First computer purchase, word processor type,
1981
box 69
Interiors, Second Annual Corporate America Design Awards featuring #8607 Raychem Corporation,
May 1990
box 69
Israel Furniture Week, (SLR/International),
September 1983
box 87 box 89 box 88
Labor Distribution,
1983-1996
box 69
Margaret Spaulding/Marketing Consultant
box 69
Miscellaneous Invoices,
1997
box 69
Nepal,
1984
box 69
Office content list,
1983-1984
box 69
Overhead Expenses,
1977-1996
box 77
P & L Statements [Profit and Loses],
1981-1990
box 69
P & L Statements [Profit and Loses],
1991-2002]
box 145
Photoalbum, SLR/Architects office photographs,
1981-1988
box 69
[Portfolio of Projects from the 1970s]
box 77
Russell Abraham Photography, billing and invoices,
1990-1996
Service Contracts, 1977-1991
box 69
Hewlett-Packard, service agreement,
1985
box 69
Pacific Telephone, (blanket contract for professional services),
1977-1991
box 69
Stanford University, service contract,
1978-1985
box 69
Stanford University Medical Center, service contract,
1980-1987
box 106
Slides, SLR/Architects projects
SLR/Architects,
1976-1991
box 69
Biography,
1979, 1987, and undated
box 69
Employee Handbook - original
box 69
Employee Handbook,
1991
box 69 box 152
Miscellaneous Invitations/Christmas Cards
Offices,
1976-1987
box 69
First office (for SLR),
1976-1977
box 69
320 Lytton (first office, SLR/Architects), lease information, [includes layout of how Rupp set-up the office],
1979-1987
box 69
320 Lytton,
1981-1987
box 69 box 152
Tavi, [Israeli architecture magazine; has a profile of Digital Semiconductor Jerusalem, Architects: SLR International],
1983
box 87 box 86
Telephone logs,
1976-1996
box 169 box 170
SUBSERIES B: Computer Disks,
1978-1995, 2002
Scope and Content
The Computer Disks subseries contain various format disks, 8-inch; 5 ¼-inch; 3 ½-inch. They feature financial information,
office records, and project files. 1978-1995, 2002.
Access Restrictions
The information on the computer disks have not been transferred to an accessible medium as of 2/2011.
SUBSERIES C: Photographs, Prints and Negatives
1974-1988
Scope and Content
The photographs listed in this series are mainly presentation photographs that were grouped with other office records by Rupp.
For additional project photographs see the Project Index.
box 90
#7606 Chantilly Restaurant
box 153 box 90
#7607 Baum Studio
box 90
#7701 Stanford University, Press Building
box 90
#7704 Residence, Palo Alto, CA
box 90
#7802 Residence (remodel), Los Altos, CA
box 90
#7809 United Airlines ticket office, Stanford Shopping Center
box 153 box 90
#7813 AT&T Smokey Hills Radio Relay Repeater Station
box 90
#7815 PT&T. Dublin Phone Office
box 90
#7817 Eat Rite Nutrition Center
box 90
#7901 PT&T, Dublin phone store
box 90
#7916 Stanford University, RLG trailers
box 90
[#8003/17] PT&T Electric Switching Station (ESS), Richmond, CA
box 153 box 90
#8016 Ports International
box 153 box 90
#8018 Stanford University, Storey House
box 90
[#8019/20] Sweet Dreams, Stanford Shopping Center
box 90
[#8115] Blossoms Flower Shop, Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA
box 90
#8202.01 Thoits, 625/631 Emerson, upgrade
box 90
#8211 Apple Caribbean, Sunnyvale, CA
box 90
#8304 Sugarman & Co., San Francisco, CA
box 90
[#8315] Malke-Sage Gallery, Cupertino, CA
box 90
#8403 Apple Computer Test Facility, Pescadero, CA
box 90
#8409 Raychem, 165 Jefferson Corporation Facility Offices, Menlo Park, CA
box 90
[8427/8525] Apple Computer, MIS facility
box 91
#8428 Apple Telecom Facility, Cupertino, CA
box 91
#8430 PT&T, 910 Marshall Street, Redwood City, CA
box 91
#8511 AT&T, OSPS, North Hollywood, CA
box 91
#8517 AT&T Seattle, Metropolitan Park
box 91
#8605 AT&T, SSC & ATTIS, Sacramento, CA
box 91
#8607 Raychem, 2415 Bay Road, Woodside, CA, Furniture and art
box 91
#8712 Grid Systems, offices and assembly plant, Fremont, CA
box 91
#8713 SLR/Architects, Office, 1935 University,
1987
box 91
#8720 Claris, 440 Clyde Ave, Mountain View, CA
box 91
#8721.05 Caesar Chavez (Ravenwood MS), Science Classroom
box 91
#8724 Apple, Bubb Road, Research Facility
box 153
#8805 Brownstein/Bessemer
box 91
#8806 Residence, Los Altos, CA
box 91
#8913 Jack and Cohen Office,
1995
box 91
#8915 Residence, Palo Alto, CA
box 91
#8922 Residence, West Harwich Port, MA
box 91
[9001?] and 9310 Raychem, Building ABC,
1988-1994
box 91
#9008 Stanford University, Building 370, Quad, Seismic Renovation
box 91
#9011 Residence, Hillsborough, CA
box 91
#9101 Rancho Murieta Water Treatment, Rancho Murieta,CA
box 91
#9309.01 Raychem, Commons Cafe and Conference Rooms,
1993
box 91
#9313 Cafe & Co. of Carmel, Crossroads Shopping Center, Carmel, CA
box 153
Apple Computer, undated
box 153
AT&T Communications Billing Center
box 91
Biebrach Swim Pool
box 91
Brentwood School, Ravenswood School District
box 91
Israel, Miscellaneous Projects
box 91
Opera Plaza Drycleaners
box 91
Patricia Webster School for Dance Arts
box 153
Raychem Corporation, undated
box 153
Miscellaneous residence
box 125 box 91
Various Projects [includes prints and negatives]
SUBSERIES D: Portfolios,
1978-1995
Scope and Content
The Portfolios series is comprised of reduced reproductions of drawings that Rupp organized by year or in a few cases by
project title (Storey House and Raychem Corporation ABC). Not all project numbers have a set of reduced drawings see the
Project Index for listings.
SUBSERIES E: Proposals/Promotions,
1976-1996
box 89
Promotions/Proposals, 1981-1993, 1996
Past Proposals, 1993-1996
box 90
Proposal - Office of the State Architect, State of California, Proposal for Consultant Manager,
1976
box 90
Proposal - modifications to buildings 500, 516, 518, and 520, Stanford University Mechanical Engineering,
January 30, 1978
box 90
Proposals - A.T.&T Longlines,
February 28, 1981
box 90
Proposal - Stanford University Medical Center Edwards Renovation Department of Surgery,
August 2, 1982
box 90
Proposal - Refurbishing of Student Lounges, San Jose State University,
Residential client's names are restricted from being publicly identified these projects may only be identified by their location.
Arrangement
The Project Records series has been arranged into a Project Index , which is a way to organize the various formats of architectural records from the same project. The index is arranged chronologically
by project number and contains information, where available, about the location, date, project type, architect, collaborators,
photographers, and formats for each project in the collection.
A sampling of clients that can be found in the Project Index , including: Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems, Tandem, Amdahl, Claris, Raychem, and IBM, AT&T, Pac Bell, United Airlines,
Pan Am, Stanford University and Hospital, San Jose State University, and numerous individual residences. Some general files
related to project records are listed below.
box 57
Job Data Sheets, #8403-#8520
box 57
Master Specifications
Morgue Files,
Scope and Content
The "morgue" files contains mostly duplicates of materials held in the project files. They are filed chronologically.