American Society of Landscape Architects Records
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American Society of Landscape Architects Records 1899-1966 (bulk 1925-1955)
American Society of Landscape Architects
Biographical History for: American Society of Landscape Architects Records 1899-1966 (bulk 1925-1955)
Organizational History The American Society of Landscape Architects, the national professional association representing landscape architects, was founded in 1899 to establish landscape architecture as a profession, develope educational opportunities in the field, and provide a voice of advocacy for the profession.
Scope and Content Note The records of the American Society of Landscape Architects span the years 1899-1966, with the bulk of the material dating from 1925 to 1955. The collection includes general correspondence, subject files, letterheads of society members, reports from chapters and committees, books, and letterbooks of outgoing correspondence. The records are organized into the following series: General Correspondence, Subject File, Chapter and Committee Reports, Letterheads of Members, Books, and Letterbooks.
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General Correspondence, 1906-1933
Correspondence and miscellaneous items.
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Subject File, 1900-1966
Correspondence, reports of meetings, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating primarily to the organization's chapters and committees.
Committee on Applied Arts, 1927-1935
Committee on American Academy in Rome, 1914-1955
Committee on American Landscape Architecture, 1933-1935
American Planning and Civic Association, 1960-1963
Committee on American Society of Landscape Architects, AIP, 1938-1957
Committee on Annual Meetings, 1956-1960
Committee on Associate and Student Affiliation, 1957-1960
Associations, landscape architectural
California Council of Landscape Architects, 1958-1960
Miscellany
Brochures, 1958-1960
California State Board, 1960
Certificates, 1916-1956
Chapters general, 1938-1958
City and regional parks and playgrounds, 1957-1961
Civil Service Committee
Clippings, 1964
Committee on Code of Ethics, 1926-1950
Committee on Competitions, 1916-1960
Committee on Competitions, historical, 1960
Historical competitions, Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, 1960
Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, 1957-1960
Committee on Definitions, 1932-1956
Special Committee to Obtain Designs and Estimates, 1915-1920
Executive Director, 1962
Committee on Education, 1909-1960
Honorary elections, historical
Examining Board, 1910-1925
Fee schedule, historical, 1924
Glossary of housing terms
Committee on Housing, 1950-1960
ICED, historical file
Index to works of landscape architecture
Committee on Insurance, 1956-1960
Committee on Landscape Industry Conference, historical, 1960
New legislation, historical file, 1966
Legislation, 1932-1938
Membership and deaths, historical
Committee on Membership, 1929-1960
Membership qualifications, 1948-1960
Membership resignation, historical, 1907-1936
Membership secretary, historical
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., historical
Missouri Valley chapter, historical 1960
Committee on National Arboretum, 1932
Committee on National Cemeteries, 1944-1946
National Conference of Instructors in Landscape Architecture, historical, 1959
National defense
Camouflage, 1942
Circulars of information, 1940-1942
General, 1940-1942
Committee on National Historic Monuments, 1934
New York chapter, historical, undated
Committee on Nominations, 1956-1958
North Central States chapter, historical, 1960-1962
Northern California chapter, historical, 1955-1960
Committee on Occupational Classification, 1946-1947
Committee on Olmsted Memorial, 1923-1960
Organization and Development, 1950-1960
Pacific Northwest chapter, 1960-1962
Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1913-1915
Parks
Committee on Central Park, New York, N.Y., 1927
Committee on City Parks, Playgrounds and Public Property, 1945-1956
Committee on Metropolitan and County Parks, 1943-1950
Committee on National State Parks and Forests, historical, 1916-1960
State parks, 1924-1939
Pennsylvania chapter, historical, 1958-1960
Committee on Personnel, 1926-1954
Photographs
Historical file on chapters, 1960
Historical file on works of landscape architects, 1962
Members, 1952-1962
Miscellaneous, 1916-1964
Committee on City, Regional and National Planning, 1917-1959
Committee on National Planning, 1933-1947
Committee on Town Planning and Industrial Housing, 1922-1923
Committee on Post-War Planning, 1943-1948
Committee on Plant Nomenclature, 1916-1960
Policies
Committee on Policies, 1914-1951
Potomac chapter, historical, 1957-1960
Committee on Practice of Landscape Architecture by Governmental Agencies, 1931-1936
Professional collaboration, historical, 1960
Committee on Professional and Governmental Relations
Contracts, 1935-1938
General, 1937-1947
Housing Division, 1934-1935
Lack of credit, 1934-1941
National Park Service, 1935
Committee on Professional Charges
Hubbard-Taylor professional practice, 1933-1944
Committee on Professional Practice, 1947-1948
Committee on Statement of Professional Practice, 1936-1942
Professional practice and charges, John C. Olmsted, 1900-1915
Professional responsibilities
General, 1957
Highway work, 1956-1957
Military installations, 1956-1957
Professional registration, historical
Professional registration, 1929-1939
Committee on Professional Service
General, 1946-1960
Federal Highway Administration, 1955-1956
Public relations, 1916-1960
Publication board, 1949-1960
Publicity releases, historical, 1966
Public Housing Administration, historical, 1960
Quarterly
Committee on Quarterly, Landscape Architecture, 1935-1937
Guarantees and sustaining subscriptions, Los Angeles, Calif., 1938-1940
Committee on Relations with Trades, 1907-1941
Committee on Review Requirements for Membership, 1942-1943
Roads and highways, 1931-1947
Historical
Roads, better highways, information foundation, 1960
Rocky Mountain chapter, 1960-1962
Short Course, Los Angeles, Calif., 1959
Southeastern chapter, 1929-1960
Southern California chapter, 1953-1960
Southwest chapter, 1957-1960
Public roads, 1948-1955
Membership rosters, 1914-1961
Committee on Seal, Certificates, and Letterhead, 1916-1939
Committee on Site Planning, 1944-1945
Committee on Society Seal, 1916-1946
Committee on Special Studies, Roundtable Conference, 1945-1946
Standard contracts and specifications, 1928-1938
Committee on Standard Symbols, Scales, and Terminology for Planning Use, 1933-1938
Committee on Traveling Exhibition
General, 1951-1954
Traveling lecture, 1931-1933
University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. 1954
Upstate New York chapter, 1957-1960
National War Manpower Commission roster, 1940-1945
Committee on War Memorials, 1918-1946
Washington, D.C.
Washington Bicentennial Commission, Sol Bloom, 1931-1932
Committee on National Capital
National Commission of Fine Arts Commemorative Magazine, 1910-1950
Committee on the National Capital
Commission of Fine Arts, 1940-1950
National Capital Park and Planning Committee, historical file, 1949-1957
White House grounds, 1951-1960
Committee on Williamsburg Restoration, 1928-1952
Yearbook Committee
Chapter and Committee Reports, 1927-1955
Printed copies of chapter and committee reports.
Letterheads of Members, 1899-1931
Letterheads of members prior to 1932.
circa 1899-circa 1931
Books, 1899-1959
Published books and periodicals.
Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects, 1909-1921
Thomas H. Mawson, "The Art and Craft of Garden Making," 1907
American Landscape Architecture, incomplete collection, 1929-1932
Thomas H. Mawson, The Life and Work of an English Landscape Architect, an Autobiography 1927
Henry Vincent Hubbard and Theodora Kimball, Landscape Architecture, 1920
Lewis A. Coffin, Jr., Henry M. Polhemus, and Addison F. Worthington, Small French Buildings, 1921
Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects, 1922-1926
Mildred Stapley Byne and Arthur Byne, Spanish Gardens and Patios, 1924
Percy S. Cane, Geoffrey Holme and Shirley B. Wainwright, Modern Gardens, British and Foreign, 1926-1927
Yearbooks for the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, 1929
Yearbooks and catalogs for the New York chapter, 1926-1933
Illustrations of Work of Members
Architecture and Design, vols. 3 (no. 8) and 22
Roster pressbook, 1899-1959
Florida Landscape Architecture (periodical), 1936
Letterbooks, 1900-1909
Letterbooks with copies of outgoing correspondence.