Richard Berry USC teaching files

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 5082

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the teaching files and curriculum vitae of USC School of Architecture professor Richard Berry (1927-2000). Six binders of teaching materials for the course First Year Design and one binder of Berry’s CV “Dossier of Promotion” are present.

Dates

Creation: 1983 - 1987

Creator

Berry, Richard (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Richard Berry (1927-2000) was a USC faculty member from 1963 to 1988 where he conducted studies exploring the nature of the design process, team problem-solving behavior, and planning methodologies applicable to the building of new communities in addition to teaching architectural design courses. Berry designed community plans for Baldwin Hills, Inglewood, Irvine, Oxnard, Santa Monica, Santa Rosa and South Gate in California.