Inventory of the Robert L. Thayer Papers on Landscape Architecture D-626

Liz Phillips

University of California, Davis. Library, Dept. of Special Collections

2018

1st Floor, Shields Library, University of California

100 North West Quad

Davis, CA 95616-5292

speccoll@ucdavis.edu

URL: https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/special-collections/

Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: University of California, Davis. Library, Dept. of Special Collections

Title: Robert L. Thayer Papers on Landscape Architecture

creator: Thayer, Robert L.

Identifier/Call Number: D-626

Physical Description: 7.5 linear feet

Date (inclusive): 1974-2000

Abstract: Robert L. Thayer is Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture and the founder of the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of California, Davis. His papers include personal journals, work diaries, publications, conference proceedings, lectures, research files, and correspondence related to his career in landscape architecture and sustainable design.

Physical Location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.

Biography

Robert L. Thayer is Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture and the founder of the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of California, Davis.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes personal journals, work diaries, publications, conference proceedings, lectures, research files, and correspondence related to Thayer's career in landscape architecture and sustainable design.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Liz Phillips and student assistant Julie Jeon.

Acquisition

Gift of Robert L. Thayer, 2017.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert L. Thayer Papers on Landscape Architecture, D-626, Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis.

Publication Rights

All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Landscape architecture -- California.

Sustainability

Thayer, Robert L. -- Archives

University of California, Davis -- Faculty -- Archives

Published and Written Works 1974-2000, undated

Box 1, Folder 1

Designing an Experimental Solar Community 1977

Box 1, Folder 2

The Radicalization of Common Ground: People's Park, Berkeley: An Unnatural History 1977

Box 1, Folder 3

Street Tree Retrofit: Energy Conservation in Davis, California 1983

Box 1, Folder 4

Beyond Landscape Guilt 1984

Box 1, Folder 5

Trading Tourism for High-Tech 1985

Box 1, Folder 6

Wind on the Land: Renewable Energy and Pastoral Scenery vie for Dominance in the Siting of Wind Energy Developments 1988

Box 1, Folder 7

Redesigning the Community Watershed 1989

Box 1, Folder 8

Water Drives a Sustainable New Town 1991

Box 1, Folder 9

The Mirage: Technology, Landscape and Illusion in Nevada 1992

Box 1, Folder 10

Increasingly Invisible Infrastructure 1995

Box 1, Folder 11

Technology, Nature, and Sustainable Landscape Planning 1995-1996

Box 1, Folder 12

Modeling the Effects of Street Trees on the Performance of Solar and Conventional House in Sacramento, California 1982-1983

Box 1, Folder 13

Trees and Solar Access Law: Two Case Studies 1986

Box 1, Folder 14

The Experience of Sustainable Landscapes 1988-1989

Box 1, Folder 15

Three Dimensions of Technology in the American Landscape 1992

Box 1, Folder 16

Landscape as an Ecologically Revealing Language 1998

Box 1, Folder 17

Landscape Planting for Energy Conservation 1981

Box 1, Folder 18

Designing and Evaluating Energy Efficient Landscape Plantings 1981

Box 1, Folder 19

Bringing Solar Design out of the Dark Ages 1978

Box 1, Folder 20

Public Response to Water-conserving Landscapes 1982

Box 1, Folder 21

Visual Ecology: Revitalizing the Aesthetics of Landscape Architecture 1976

Box 1, Folder 22

Pragmatism in Paradise: Technology and the American Landscape 1988-1990

Box 1, Folder 23

Dimensions and Dynamic Meanings of Technology in the American Landscape 1990

Box 1, Folder 24-25

Altamont: Public Perceptions of a Wind Energy Landscape 1986-1987

Box 1, Folder 26

Plants, Complexity, and Pleasure in Urban and Suburban Environments 1978

Box 1, Folder 27

Solar Access and the Urban Forest 1983

Box 1, Folder 28

Measuring Street Tree Impact on Solar Performance: A Five-Climate Computer Modeling Study 1985

Box 1, Folder 29

Validation of a Natural Landscape Preference Model as a Predictor of Perceived Landscape Beauty in Photographs 1976

Box 1, Folder 30

Water-Conserving Landscape Design Undated

Box 1, Folder 31

Energy Conservation Analysis for Mobile Home Communities 1982

Box 1, Folder 32

Energy Conservation Guidelines for Mobile Home Communities 1982

Box 2, Folder 1

The Pacific Flyway Center: A Regenerative Design Concept for Wetlands Education 1998

Box 2, Folder 2

"This Road to Cold Mountain - ": Sustaining Regional Landscapes in an Age of Global Technological Culture 1995

Box 2, Folder 3

Evaluation of New Species of Drought Tolerant Plants for Highways 1981

Box 2, Folder 4

Personal Statement 1999

Box 2, Folder 5

Simulation or Sustainability? A Diverging Path for the Landscape Undated

Box 2, Folder 6

Life Place: A Bioregional Approach to Land Planning, Education and Stewardship 1999

Box 2, Folder 7

Regenerating Reality: Orthogonal Dimensions in the Relationship of Technology to Nature in the Landscape 1994

Box 2, Folder 8

Solar Access Control Strategies for Vegetation in Existing and New Developments 1985-1986

Box 2, Folder 9

Water Conserving Landscapes - A Revolutionary Image 1988

Box 2, Folder 10

The Design of Water-Conserving landscapes 1989

Box 2, Folder 11

Consumer Attitude and Choice in Local Energy Development 1986-1990

Box 2, Folder 12

Pragmatism in Paradise: Technology and the American Landscape 1990

Box 2, Folder 13

Bioregional Hypothesis 1998

Box 2, Folder 14

Garden as Campsite: Personal Dreams and Pagan Rituals 1987-1990

Box 2, Folder 15

The Meaning of Gardens: Personal Dreams and Pagan Rituals 1990

Box 2, Folder 16

Foreword, in Designing Sustainable Communities: Learning from Village Homes 2000

Box 2, Folder 17

The Perils of Globalism: The Need for Sustainable Bioregions 1997

Box 2, Folder 18

Information is Information, not Matter or Energy 2000

Box 2, Folder 19

Gray World, Green Heart 1994

Box 2, Folder 20

The Aesthetics of Wind Energy in the United States: Case Studies in Public Perception Undated

Box 2, Folder 21

Perceived Human-Influence on Landscapes Reduces Landscape Beauty Undated

Box 2, Folder 22

Play Behavior and Space Utilization in an Elementary School Pay Yard Undated

Box 2, Folder 23

Design Control and Community Development: Theory and Practice 1976

Box 2, Folder 24

Eyesore or Ideal? The Visual Ecology of Solar Architecture 1978

Box 2, Folder 25

Resource Conservation and User Preferences in Urban Parks 1976

Box 2, Folder 26

Environmental Psychology: Limitations and Potentials for Environmental Design 1974

Box 2, Folder 27

Predicting Use Intensity in Urban Open Space 1978-1979

Box 2, Folder 28

Hydrozoning - The Design of Water-Conserving Landscapes 1988

Box 2, Folder 29

Street Trees for Energy Conservation 1983

Box 2, Folder 30

Wind Farm Siting Conflicts in California: Implications for Energy Policy 1991

Box 2, Folder 31

Trails for All the People Undated

Box 2, Folder 32

Landscape Aesthetics and Changing Technologies 1984

Box 2, Folder 33

Technophobia and Topophilia: The Dynamic Meanings of Technology in the Landscape 1989-1990, undated

Box 2, Folder 34

Trees for Saving Energy: A Guide for Homeowners Undated

Box 2, Folder 35

The Landscape of Information 1986

Professional Activities 1976-1999, undated

Box 3, Folder 1

Alternate Energy Association 1991-1992

Box 3, Folder 2-3

The American Institute of Architects Foundation 1984-1985

Box 3, Folder 4-5

American Society of Landscape Architects 1985-1997

Box 3, Folder 6

Association of Bay Area Governments 1987

Box 3, Folder 7

Business and transportation Agency 1981

Box 3, Folder 8-9

California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo 1987

Box 3, Folder 10

California State Board of Landscape Architects 1985

Box 3, Folder 11

Center for Design Research 1987

Box 3, Folder 12-13

Commission of the European Communities 1988

Box 3, Folder 14-19

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 1986-1995

Box 4, folder 1-3

Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 1989-1995

Box 4, Folder 4

Energy Conserving Site Design Research Group 1984-1985

Box 4, Folder 5

Environmental Design Research Association 1992, undated

Box 4, Folder 6

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 1989

Box 4, Folder 7

International Society of Arborists 1986

Box 4, Folder 8

National Park Service 1992

Box 4, Folder 9-10

Park and Recreation Administrators Institute 1976

Box 4, Folder 11

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program 1988-1990

Box 4, Folder 12

U. S. National Committee for Man and the Biosphere 1988

Box 4, Folder 13

UC Davis Design and Landscape Architecture Faculty 1981

Box 4, Folder 14

University of Minnesota 1980-1988

Box 4, Folder 15

Universitywide Energy Research Group 1987

Box 4, Folder 16

Yolo Basin Foundation 1991

Box 4, Folder 17

Modern Landscape Architecture Re-Evaluated 1989

Box 4, Folder 18

Putah-Cache Bioregion Project Undated

Box 4, folder 19

ParcBIT Masterplan 1994

Box 4, Folder 20

Northwood Conceptual Community and Open Space Plan 1993

Box 4, Folder 21

Willow Creek: Application for a Housing Allocation 1987

Box 4, Folder 22

South Davis Neighborhood Design Project: Conceptual Development Proposal for a South Davis Neighborhood 1987

Box 4, Folder 23

Zond file 1983-1989

Box 4, Folder 24

Water vs. Fire in Rural California Landscape Management 1988

Box 4, Folder 25

Stebbins Cold Canyon Research Project 1988

Box 4, Folder 26

stormwater project with Ferguson 1987-1989

Box 4, Folder 27

Urban Forestry lecture 1989

Box 4, Folder 28

Portland Solar Access Project: Solar Friendly Trees 1983-1987

Box 4, Folder 29

Dames & Moore correspondence 1989

Box 5, Folder 1-2

Portland Solar Access Project 1983-1985

Box 5, Folder 3-4

Nance Canyon Project 1990

Box 5, Folder 5

Third International Symposium on Asia Pacific Architecture 1999

Box 5, Folder 6

Village Homes lecture at Cal Poly Pomona 1986

Box 5, Folder 7

I-80 corridor study 1988-1989

Box 5, Folder 8

Landscape Ecology 1987

Box 5, Folder 9

Meanings of the Garden conference Undated

Box 5, Folder 10

Merit Awards 1981-1983

Box 5, Folder 11

Agora correspondence 1986

Box 5, Folder 12

University of California, Davis 1979

Box 5, Folder 13

Academic papers and presentations Undated

Scope and Contents

Text in Chinese

Publicity and Research Files 1980-1999, undated

Box 5, Folder 14-17

Landscape Architecture 1981-1997

Box 5, Folder 18

Landscape Journal 1987-1995

Box 5, Folder 19

Independent Energy 1990

Box 5, Folder 20

Cool Energy 1992

Box 5, Folder 21

Wind Energy Comes of Age 1995

Box 5, Folder 22

Relating Architecture to Landscape 1999

Box 5, Folder 23

Ecourbanism 1999

Box 5, Folder 24

Publications and Creative Work Undated

Box 5, Folder 25

A Personal Responsibility 1992

Box 6, Folder 1

Village Homes Analysis 1990-1995, undated

Box 6, Folder 2

Wind research files 1987-1988, undated

Box 6, Folder 3

Sher v. Leiderman case study 1985-1986

Box 6, Folder 4

Putah Creek Undated

Box 6, Folder 5

Sustainable transportation research Undated

Box 6, Folder 6

Energy and Buildings research papers 1988-1989

Box 6, Folder 7

Urban forestry at U. C. Davis 1991

Box 6, Folder 8

John Naisbitt: mega-trends 2000 Undated

Box 6, Folder 9

Solax 1983

Box 6, Folder 10

Research findings and recommendations: wind energy research 1984-1991

Box 6, Folder 11

Research Review: Trees and Solar Performance Undated

Box 6, Folder 12

People's Park file Undated

Box 6, Folder 13

Water research files 1980

Box 6, Folder 14

Misc. research files 1986-1990

Teaching 1985-1999, undated

Box 6, Folder 15

Landscape Architecture 183: Yolo Biodiversity Network Conceptual Plan 1992

Box 6, Folder 16

Landscape Architecture 203: The Bioregional Hypothesis 1998

Box 6, Folder 17

Landscape Architecture 203: The Bioregional Hypothesis 1998

Box 6, Folder 18

Landscape Architecture 250: Technology, Nature, and Landscape 1995

Box 6, Folder 19

Tech & Evolution of Sustainable Landscapes lecture 1991

Box 6, Folder 20

Putah-Cache Country tour 1999

Box 6, Folder 21

How to Design Cost-Effective Stormwater Detention Facilities 1988

Box 6, Folder 22

Landscape Architecture Research Lecture 1987

Box 6, Folder 23

Teaching misc. 1985, undated

VHS & Floppy Disks 1988, undated

Box 6, Folder 24

Technology, Culture, and the Sustainable Landscape Undated

Box 6, Folder 25

The Theory and Practice of Sustainable Design in Landscape Architecture Undated

Box 6, Folder 26

Wind Farm Siting Conflicts Undated

Box 6, Folder 27

The Experience of Sustainable Landscapes 1988

Journals 1974-1999

Box 6, Folder 28-31

Journals 1974-1992

Box 7, Folder 1-13

Journals 1993-2002

Box 8, folder 1-6

Journals 2003-2008, undated

Box 8, Folder 7

Unsorted Materials 1995 undated

Scope and Contents

Includes blank publication order forms, loose portions of publications, and poem titled "If You Can't Find the Truth Right Where You Are..."