Kathleen Cruise Architectural Papers, 1964-1995, Ms.1999.001

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The Kathleen Cruise Architectural Papers were donated to Special Collections in 1999.

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The processing, arrangement, and description of the Kathleen Cruise Architectural Papers commenced and was completed in 1999.

Biographical Note

Kathleen Cruise is an architect and general contractor in San Francisco, California. She earned an MBA from Golden Gate University (1982), and a Bachelor of Architecture from Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970).

She is an opinion-leading expert in sustainable approaches to the built environment with a specialization in energy. Kathleen has over 35 years of successful accomplishments with a track record of balancing environmental responsibility with sound business practices. She achieves outstanding results in all phases of facilities management from award winning design to expert real estate management.

Representative projects include: PG&E's Energy Center; East Geysers Administration Center, Golden Gate Regional Headquarters and the San Rafael, Garberville and Geyserville Service Centers. Cruise was a loaned executive from PG&E to the Department of Energy for the Greening of the White House Project; Manager of Utilities for Stanford University; Principal, Program Development for Proven Alternatives; Program Manager, Real Estate and Facilities with the Microsoft Corporation and is currently Director of Facilities Management at Fort Mason in San Francisco.

Container List

Box 1

Letters to Mr. Edward Reynolds about the high energy accelerator
1964
Cruise's early work
1964-1970
Specifications for the hospital building at the San Francisco Medical Center (2 folders)
1970
Work for a thesis on surfboard factory design
1970
List of inspector special reports
1971-1974
Inspector special reports for the San Francisco Medical Center
1972-1973
Jansen House project
1975
Miscellaneous notes by Cruise
1976
Specifications for alterations of the Junior Academy and Docent Offices of the California Academy of Sciences
1977
Information about the California Academy of Sciences Junior Academy and Docent Offices alterations
1977-1978
Ceiling drawing for the California Academy of Sciences Junior Academy and Docent Offices
1978
Inspector's special reports for the California Academy of Sciences Junior Academy and Docent Offices
1978
Inspection memos for the California Academy of Sciences Junior Academy and Docent Offices (2 folders)
1978
Sheet metal submittal literature for the California Academy of Sciences Junior Academy and Docent Offices
1978
Motor vessel Santa Rosa renovation project
1978
Cruise's appointment book
1978
Project manual for the Santa Rosa ferryboat restoration, reconstruction, and renovation
1979

Box 2

Certificate of membership of the Construction Specifications Institute and a copy of their code of ethics
1979
Programming workbook-Shasta Division
1979
Department of Engineering Research-San Ramon-Pacific Gas and Electric Company
1979-1980
Slides, photos, and descriptions of the Energy Expo-Pacific Gas and Electric Company
1980
North Bay Division, Marin District--master plan study
1980
Revised Cascade District consolidation study
1980
San Rafael service center site--photos and negatives
1980
San Francisco service center--photos and negatives
1980
Specifications for structural strengthening in the Humbolt division office building
1980
Pacific Gas and Electric company documents
1980-1981
Photos of Lake Port service center
1981
Blueprint reading training course taught by Cruise
1981
Slides of storage unit remodeling
1981
Coursework for a writing clinic--San Francisco, California
1981
Master plan study for the San Francisco division of Pacific Gas and Electric
1981
Final grades for MBA courses at Golden Gate University
1981
North Bay division Healdsburg service center study
1981
Specifications for construction of the Cascade district office
1981
Specifications for construction of the Cascade district office (revision 1)
1981
Sugar house--photos and negatives
1981
Slides of Cascade district office
1981-1983
Paper written by Cruise for EM 205
1982
Presentation about Pacific Gas and Electric for a course (EM 245)
1982
Project manual for the remodel of the garage shops building and enclosed storage--San Francisco service center
1982
Project manual for construction of Machine Shop expansion and Foreman's offices--Humbolt Bay power plant
1982
Project manual for construction of Hydro office expansion--Burney service center
1982
Slides of the San Francisco service center
1982
Scope of work for the proposed San Rafael service center
1982
Preliminary visual study and background report for proposed Healdsburg service center
1982
Photos of Humbolt Bay power plant machine shop remodeling
1982
Photos of Cascade district office
1982
Project manual for construction of machine shop expansion and Foreman's offices Humbolt Bay power plant
1982
Energy efficiency documents
1982
Slides of Coast Valleys division presentation
1982
Cascade district office--Slides
1982
Healdsburg service center--Slides
1982
Petawma office (old)--Photos and negatives
1982
Burney service center hydro-office extension--Photos
1982
Humbolt Bay power plant machine shop remodel--Photos
1982
Cascade district office--Photos and negatives
1982

Box 3

Articles about Beverly Willis
1982-1983
Slides of San Francisco division and district relocation
1982-1983
Information for construction in Bodega Bay, California
1982-1983
Documents concerning firesprinklers in the Western Addition Cultural Center
1983
Town School for Boys' "Fun Run" paperwork
1983
Proposal from Willis and Associates Inc. for architectural services for the East Geysers Administration Center
1983
Proposal from MBT Associates for architectural services for the East Geysers Administration Center
1983
Proposal from Roland/Miller/Associates for architectural services for the East Geysers Administration Center
1983
Proposal from Pflueger Architects for architectural services for the East Geysers Administration Center
1983
Project manual for the site work construction for the Geysers Administration Center and the Satellite Administration Center
1983
San Francisco division A.C.D.S. unit--slide presentation
1983
Specification for site preparation, road realignment, and related work for Geysers Satellite service center at Geysers power plant
1983
Photos and negatives of Geysers Satellite service center
1983
Cruise's resume
1983
New furniture
1983
Pacific Gas and Electric East Geysers Administration Center Architectural Program--Sonoma County, California
1983
Pacific Gas and Electric East Geysers Administration Center Interview notes--Sonoma County, California
1983
Slides of Burney service center
1983
Slides of Petaluma office opening
1983
Slides of East Geysers Administration Center grading
1983
Pacific Gas and Electric Energy management manual
1983
Cascade district service center--Job estimate
1984
Work done for Sharon Lindeman
1984
Biographical Information
1984
Economic feasibility study--Customer service office for Garberville
1984
San Bruno office--Photos
1984
Tutorial on CADD in the building process
1984
Tutorial on effective CADD administrative management techniques
1984
Tutorial on effective CADD production management techniques
1984
Tutorial on CAE and the design process: the use of 3-dimensional graphics
1984
Proposal from CH2M Hill for architectural and engineering services for the Cascade service center
1984
Project manual for the East Geysers Administration Center
1984
Building department conference--Preparation of job estimates
1984
North Bay division--Geyserville service center study
1984
San Rafael service center specifications
1984

Box 4

Specification for phase II remodelin of the San Francisco service center
1984
Request for proposal for architectural/engineering services for the Cascade service center
1984
Proposal from Pflueger Architects for San Francisco service center master plan
1985
Leased office facilities
1985
Cross-section of management women luncheons
1985-1986
Diablo Canyon Power Plant site master plan--Volumes 1-3 (3 folders)
1986
Phased Developmental Master Plan for San Francisco division-- phase I report
1986
Specification for underground transmission storage facility--Martin substation
1986
Proposal from ROMA Design Group for the San Francisco service center master plan
1986
Traffic master plan final report for San Francisco division consolidation project
1986
Phase I report on San Francisco division master plan
1986
Diablo Canyon Power Plant--I+C/Telecommunications/Medical facility
1987
Note and old photo of Geyserville service center site
1987
California Architect Licensing Exam
1987
Notice of job opportunity as Senior Architect with the County of San Francisco
1987
Group leader responsibilities
1987-1988
Diablo Canyon Power Plant I+C/Telecommunications/Medical facility plans and specifications
1988
Request for proposal for design and construction services of the liquid storage warehouse and gas cylinder storage structure--Diablo Canyon Power Plant
1988
Specifications for the Second floor of the Administration building-- Diablo Canyon Power Plant
1988
Revisions of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant site master plan-- Volumes 1-3 (3 folders)
1988

Box 5

OWA Mid-Career Retreat
1989
Design changes for Diablo Canyon Power Plant
1989
Nuclear power systems training guide (4 folders)
1989
Design Criteria memorandum for a document storage facility at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant
1989
Diablo Canyon Power Plant Intake structure maintenance facility
1989
Nuclear engineering manual training handout
1989
Nuclear power plant systems manual (4 folders)
1989
Diablo Canyon Power Plant monthly status reports (3 folders)
1989-1990
Specification for containment coatings--Diablo Canyon Power Plant
1990
Customer Technology Center manual
1990
Potential user's interest in Pacific Gas and Electric commercial lighting center
1990

Box 6

Nuclear power generation--Business Plan
1990-1994
Project manual for the Customer Technology Center
1991
October progress report for the Pacific Energy Center
1991
Pacific Energy Center project folder (3 folders)
1991
Pacific Energy Center project development report (3 folders)
1991
Pacific Energy Center education opportunities
1991
Pacific Energy Center grand opening media coverage
1991
Pacific Energy Center opening day television spots
1991
Building permit for the Customer Technology Center's energy efficiency offices
1991
Pacific Gas and Electric energy efficiency services memoranda
1992
5th annual California Women in Environmental Design conference-- Santa Monica, California
1992
"The Energy Challenge" Video
1992
Information about Presidio of San Francisco
1992-1993
Proposals to perform the annual audit for the San Francisco chapter of the AIA
1993

Box 7

Memos and letters about the AIA Board of Directors (3 folders)
1993
Literature from the 6th annual California Women in Environmental Design conference--San Diego, California
1993
"Design=Leadership" a California Women in Environmental Design publication
1993
Earth Day address by President Bill Clinton
1993
Documents of the AIA San Francisco chapter
1994
National Institute of Standards and Technology's Green Building conference itenerary--Gaithersburg, Maryland
1994
Energy Retrofit program report--Stanford University Utilities department
1994
AIA California council board book
1995
Miscellaneous photos
n.d.
Video titled "Trade Ally Connection"
n.d.
Awards and accolades
n.d.
Job descriptions for Pacific Gas and Electric
n.d.
Resumes of Cruise
n.d.
Personnel folder of Cruise
n.d.
Cruise's company stationary and business cards
n.d.
Personalized stationary and business cards from Pacific Gas and Electric
n.d.
Rendering of the Cascade district office
n.d.
Tape measure from Pacific Gas and Electric
n.d.
"Planning and Scheduling Made Easy"--seminar by Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
n.d.
Napa office--photos
n.d.
East Geysers model photos
n.d.
Potrero power plant women's washroom--Photos and negatives
n.d.
Miscellaneous photos and negatives
n.d.
Potrero power plant women's locker room--Photos and negatives
n.d.
Slides of East Geysers service center
n.d.
Garberville slide presentation
n.d.
Photo of Cruise
n.d.
Biographical Information
2001