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Contributing Institution:
University of California, Berkeley. College of Environmental Design. Environmental Design Archives
Title: H. Leland and Adele W. Vaughan Collection
Creator:
Vaughan, Adele W., 1916-1955
Creator:
Vaughan, H. Leland, 1905-1974
Identifier/Call Number: 1999.-18
Physical Description:
15 Linear Feet:
2 boxes, 4 flat file drawers
Date (inclusive): 1931-1956
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
[Identification of Item], H. Leland and Adele W. Vaughan Collection, (1999-18), Environmental Design Archives, University
of California, Berkeley.
Adele W. Vaughan (c.1916-c.1955)
H. Leland Vaughan (1905-1974)
Adele Wharton received a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Landscape Architecture in 1937 and
an M.S. from the same department in 1938. H. Leland and Adele were married in 1937 and worked together in professional practice
until Adele passed away ca. 1955.
Hollyngsworth Leland Vaughan was born in Alliance, Ohio, in 1905. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture
from Ohio State in 1929 and then continued his studies as a Fellow at the Lake Forest Foundation. At Ohio State Vaughan studied
with Thomas Church, who taught there from 1927 – 1929. Through extensive travel in Italy, France, and Spain, Vaughan developed
a special affinity for the California landscape, and in the early 1930s he settled in Point Richmond, California.
Vaughan served as professor of landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1930 to 1969 and oversaw
the department's critical years of growth from 1947 to 1962 as Chairman. During these years Vaughan increased faculty size
and introduced the first visiting lecturers to the department. In the late 1940s, he contributed to the formation of an independent
Department of City and Regional Planning and to the formation of the College of Environmental Design. Prior to his retirement
in 1969, Vaughan served several years as Assistant Dean of the College of Environmental Design. His students remember him
as "a young maverick, an inspiring teacher, who encouraged his students to keep an open mind and to form their own opinions"
(Laurie, 1988). One of Vaughan's most enduring achievements was his successful persuasion of Beatrix Farrand to bequeath her
Reef Point Library comprised of rare books, historical documents, maps, prints, and plans to the Landscape Department.
Vaughan was an active member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Association of Landscape Architects, and
served as Chairman of the education committee of the International Federation of Landscape Architects. He also served as a
member of the City Planning Commission and the Parks and Recreation Commission of his own town of Pt. Richmond, CA.
Sources:
Biographical Record compiled by R. B. Litton for American Society of Landscape Architects, 1977.
Laurie, Michael. 75 Years of Landscape Architecture at Berkeley: an Informal History. Part I: The First 50
Years. Department of Landscape Architecture, University of California Berkeley, 1988
Violich, Francis, et al. In Memoriam. University of California, 1976. p. 125-127.
The H. Leland and Adele W. Vaughan Collection spans the years 1931 – 1955 and contains records relating to the couple's professional
partnership as landscape architects. Included are project files, drawings, and photographs. The collection is useful for researching
the shift in landscape architecture towards a more modern, site specific approach to design and Bay Regional style. Projects
by Thomas Church and in collaboration with Church are also included. The collection is divided into two series: Professional
Papers and Project Records.
The Professional Papers contain a scrapbook of the Association of Landscape Architects and a small amount of curriculum research
done by H. Leland Vaughan. The Project Records contain files, photographs, and drawings of the couple's numerous residential,
educational, commercial, industrial, and recreational projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a small number of
projects from outside California.
Beatrix Jones Farrand Collection, (ARCH 1955-2), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley. [correspondence
between Farrand and H. Leland Vaughan concerning the donation of her collection to the University of California at Berkeley
Landscape Department]
Student Drawings Collection, (ARCH 1998-3), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.