Description
The Isabelle Greene landscape architecture records contain drawings for landscapes designed by Isabelle Greene and Isabelle
Greene & Associates from 1964 through 2007. Drawings in circa 465 rolls include sketches, original vellums, and reproductions.
15 flat file drawers of drawings were added in 2017. Approximately 35 file boxes of client files were added to the archive
in 2018.
Background
Born Isabelle Clara McElwain in 1934, Greene grew up in Pasadena, California, surrounded by the dry landscape of southern
California’s foothills. As a child she played in the Pasadena Arroyo and hiked in the San Gabriel Mountains. These landscapes,
along with the coasts of California and the mountains and deserts of the west, would later shape her landscape designs.
Extent
116.0 Linear feet
Circa 465 rolls and circa 15 flat file drawers of landscape drawings; circa 35 boxes of client files
Restrictions
Copyright owned by Isabelle Greene.
Availability
Partially processed collection. Open for use by qualified researchers.