 The home was known as " party central " among Sierra Club members of the era . Among that social circle were Richard M. Leonard and his wife Doris , Francis P. Farquhar and his wife Marjorie , David Brower and his wife Anne , Edgar Wayburn and his wife Peggy , and Wright 's best friends , Ansel Adams and his wife Virginia . Nancy Newhall described the atmosphere : " Meanwhile in Cedric Wright 's house among the redwoods in Berkeley , Ansel was finding a warm welcome ... In his house there was music for violin and piano ; there was poetry , especially Whitman . " 
