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Title: Philip Edward Chandler Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1930-1990
Collection number: 270
Creator: Chandler, Philip Edward
Extent: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
3 oversize folders
3 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Philip Edward Chandler (1908- ) worked in nurseries in Los Angeles area, and became a highly respected garden designer. He
also taught at Santa Monica College for many years. The collection consists of correspondence, client files, plant lists,
teaching and research notes, horticultural slides and photographs related to Chandler's career as a landscape architect.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Philip Edward Chandler, 1993.
[Identification of item], Philip Edward Chandler Papers (Collection 270). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Chandler was born in 1908 in Columbia, Missouri; graduated, University of Missouri; after graduating, he moved to California
and worked in nurseries in Los Angeles area; became a highly respected garden designer and taught at Santa Monica College
for many years; developed annotated plant lists and catalogs for his classes; was a popular speaker and writer on horticulture
and garden design.
Collection consists of correspondence, client files, plant lists, teaching and research notes, horticultural slides and photographs
related to Chandler's career as a landscape architect. Also includes writings of Chandler and Bob Armacost, as well as personal
files.
Arranged in the following series:
- Landscape design client files.
- Landscape design horticulture plant lists.
- Writings by Chandler and others.
- Landscape design horticulture teaching, research, and articles.
- Southern California history notes by Bob Armacost.
- Personal: Garden tours, symposia, travel, photographs, and slides.
- Horticultural slides and photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Chandler, Philip Edward--Archives.
Gardeners--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Horticulturists--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Landscape design--California, Southern--Archival resources.