http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010276 American Society of Landscape Architects Records A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Prepared by Manuscript Division staff Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2010

Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm99029082

Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2010 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary American Society of Landscape Architects Records 1899-1966 (bulk 1925-1955) MSS29082 American Society of Landscape Architects 11,000 items 32 containers 9 linear feet Collection material in English Manuscript Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Correspondence, letterbooks, subject files, reports from chapters and committees, printed material, and other records of the organization. Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

 Organizations American Society of Landscape Architects. Subjects Landscape architects. Landscape architecture. Administrative Information Provenance

The records of the American Society of Landscape Architects were given to the Library of Congress by the organization in 1969.

 Processing History

The records of the American Society of Landscape Architects were arranged and described in 1970-1971. The finding aid was revised in 2010.

 Copyright Status

Copyright in the unpublished writings of the American Society of Landscape Architects in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.

 Access and Restrictions

The records of the American Society of Landscape Architects are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

 Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, American Society of Landscape Architects Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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.

 Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged in six series:

General Correspondence, 1906-1933 Subject File, 1900-1966 Chapter and Committee Reports, 1927-1955 Letterheads of Members, 1899-1931 Books, 1899-1959 Letterbooks, 1900-1909 http://lccn.loc.gov/mm99029082 Container List Container Contents 1-2 General Correspondence, 1906-1933

Correspondence and miscellaneous items.

Arranged chronologically.

 1 1906-1920 2 1921-1933 3-20 Subject File, 1900-1966

Correspondence, reports of meetings, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating primarily to the organization's chapters and committees.

Arranged by key word as supplied by the organization.

 3 Committee on Applied Arts, 1927-1935 3 Committee on American Academy in Rome, 1914-1955 3 Committee on American Landscape Architecture, 1933-1935 3 American Planning and Civic Association, 1960-1963 3 Committee on American Society of Landscape Architects, AIP, 1938-1957 3 Committee on Annual Meetings, 1956-1960 (2 folders) 3 Committee on Associate and Student Affiliation, 1957-1960 3 Associations, landscape architectural 3 California Council of Landscape Architects, 1958-1960 3 Miscellany 3 Brochures, 1958-1960 3 California State Board, 1960 3 Certificates, 1916-1956 3 Chapters general, 1938-1958 3 City and regional parks and playgrounds, 1957-1961 3 Civil Service Committee 4 Clippings, 1964 4 Committee on Code of Ethics, 1926-1950 4 Committee on Competitions, 1916-1960 4 Committee on Competitions, historical, 1960 4 Historical competitions, Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, 1960 5 Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, 1957-1960 5 Committee on Definitions, 1932-1956 5 Special Committee to Obtain Designs and Estimates, 1915-1920 5 Executive Director, 1962 5 Committee on Education, 1909-1960 (1 folder) 6 (1 folder) 7 Honorary elections, historical 7 Examining Board, 1910-1925 (2 folders) 7 Fee schedule, historical, 1924 7 Glossary of housing terms 7 Committee on Housing, 1950-1960 8 ICED, historical file 8 Index to works of landscape architecture 8 Committee on Insurance, 1956-1960 8 Committee on Landscape Industry Conference, historical, 1960 8 New legislation, historical file, 1966 8 Legislation, 1932-1938 8 Membership and deaths, historical 8 Committee on Membership, 1929-1960 8 Membership qualifications, 1948-1960 8 Membership resignation, historical, 1907-1936 8 Membership secretary, historical 8 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., historical 8 Missouri Valley chapter, historical 1960 9 Committee on National Arboretum, 1932 9 Committee on National Cemeteries, 1944-1946 9 National Conference of Instructors in Landscape Architecture, historical, 1959 9 National defense 9 Camouflage, 1942 9 Circulars of information, 1940-1942 9 General, 1940-1942 9 Committee on National Historic Monuments, 1934 9 New York chapter, historical, undated 9 Committee on Nominations, 1956-1958 9 North Central States chapter, historical, 1960-1962 9 Northern California chapter, historical, 1955-1960 9 Committee on Occupational Classification, 1946-1947 9 Committee on Olmsted Memorial, 1923-1960 9 Organization and Development, 1950-1960 9 Pacific Northwest chapter, 1960-1962 9 Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1913-1915 10 Parks 10 Committee on Central Park, New York, N.Y., 1927 10 Committee on City Parks, Playgrounds and Public Property, 1945-1956 10 Committee on Metropolitan and County Parks, 1943-1950 10 Committee on National State Parks and Forests, historical, 1916-1960 10 State parks, 1924-1939 10 Pennsylvania chapter, historical, 1958-1960 10 Committee on Personnel, 1926-1954 11 Photographs 11 Historical file on chapters, 1960 11 Historical file on works of landscape architects, 1962 11 Members, 1952-1962 11 Miscellaneous, 1916-1964 12 Committee on City, Regional and National Planning, 1917-1959 12 Committee on National Planning, 1933-1947 12 Committee on Town Planning and Industrial Housing, 1922-1923 12 Committee on Post-War Planning, 1943-1948 12 Committee on Plant Nomenclature, 1916-1960 12 Policies 12 Committee on Policies, 1914-1951 12 Potomac chapter, historical, 1957-1960 12 Committee on Practice of Landscape Architecture by Governmental Agencies, 1931-1936 12 Professional collaboration, historical, 1960 13 Committee on Professional and Governmental Relations 13 Contracts, 1935-1938 13 General, 1937-1947 13 Housing Division, 1934-1935 13 Lack of credit, 1934-1941 13 National Park Service, 1935 13 Committee on Professional Charges 13 1948-1955 14 1928-1947 14 Hubbard-Taylor professional practice, 1933-1944 14 Committee on Professional Practice, 1947-1948 14 Committee on Statement of Professional Practice, 1936-1942 14 Professional practice and charges, John C. Olmsted, 1900-1915 14 Professional responsibilities 14 General, 1957 14 Highway work, 1956-1957 14 Military installations, 1956-1957 14 Professional registration, historical 14 1954-1960 15 1919-1957 16 Professional registration, 1929-1939 16 Committee on Professional Service 16 General, 1946-1960 16 Federal Highway Administration, 1955-1956 17 Public relations, 1916-1960 17 Publication board, 1949-1960 17 Publicity releases, historical, 1966 17 Public Housing Administration, historical, 1960 17 Quarterly 17 Committee on Quarterly, Landscape Architecture, 1935-1937 17 Guarantees and sustaining subscriptions, Los Angeles, Calif., 1938-1940 18 Committee on Relations with Trades, 1907-1941 18 Committee on Review Requirements for Membership, 1942-1943 18 Roads and highways, 1931-1947 18 Historical 18 Roads, better highways, information foundation, 1960 18 Rocky Mountain chapter, 1960-1962 18 Short Course, Los Angeles, Calif., 1959 18 Southeastern chapter, 1929-1960 18 Southern California chapter, 1953-1960 18 Southwest chapter, 1957-1960 18 Public roads, 1948-1955 18 Membership rosters, 1914-1961 18 Committee on Seal, Certificates, and Letterhead, 1916-1939 18 Committee on Site Planning, 1944-1945 18 Committee on Society Seal, 1916-1946 18 Committee on Special Studies, Roundtable Conference, 1945-1946 19 Standard contracts and specifications, 1928-1938 19 Committee on Standard Symbols, Scales, and Terminology for Planning Use, 1933-1938 19 Committee on Traveling Exhibition 19 General, 1951-1954 19 Traveling lecture, 1931-1933 19 Historical 19 University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. 1954 19 Upstate New York chapter, 1957-1960 19 National War Manpower Commission roster, 1940-1945 19 Committee on War Memorials, 1918-1946 19 Washington, D.C. 19 Washington Bicentennial Commission, Sol Bloom, 1931-1932 19 Committee on National Capital 19 1943-1959 20 1919-1935 20 National Commission of Fine Arts Commemorative Magazine, 1910-1950 20 Committee on the National Capital 20 Commission of Fine Arts, 1940-1950 20 National Capital Park and Planning Committee, historical file, 1949-1957 20 White House grounds, 1951-1960 20 Committee on Williamsburg Restoration, 1928-1952 20 Yearbook Committee 21 Chapter and Committee Reports, 1927-1955

Printed copies of chapter and committee reports.

Arranged chronologically.

 21 1927-1955 22 Letterheads of Members, 1899-1931

Letterheads of members prior to 1932.

Arranged chronologically.

 22 circa 1899-circa 1931 23-31 Books, 1899-1959

Published books and periodicals.

Arranged chronologically.

 23 Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects, 1909-1921 23 Thomas H. Mawson, "The Art and Craft of Garden Making," 1907 24 American Landscape Architecture, incomplete collection, 1929-1932 25 Thomas H. Mawson, The Life and Work of an English Landscape Architect, an Autobiography 1927 25 Henry Vincent Hubbard and Theodora Kimball, Landscape Architecture, 1920 26 Lewis A. Coffin, Jr., Henry M. Polhemus, and Addison F. Worthington, Small French Buildings, 1921 26 Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects, 1922-1926 27 Mildred Stapley Byne and Arthur Byne, Spanish Gardens and Patios, 1924 27 Percy S. Cane, Geoffrey Holme and Shirley B. Wainwright, Modern Gardens, British and Foreign, 1926-1927 28 Yearbooks for the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, 1929 (2 vols.) 28 Yearbooks and catalogs for the New York chapter, 1926-1933 (10 vols.) 29 Illustrations of Work of Members 29 1931 (4 vols.) 30 1932-1934 (4 vols.) 31 Architecture and Design, vols. 3 (no. 8) and 22 (3 vols.) 31 Roster pressbook, 1899-1959 31 Florida Landscape Architecture (periodical), 1936 (2 vols.) 32 Letterbooks, 1900-1909

Letterbooks with copies of outgoing correspondence.

Arranged chronologically.

 32 1900-1909 (3 vols.)