California State Polytechnic University, Pomona College of Environmental Design Records, circa 1970-2013

Summary

Creators:

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. College of Environmental Design

Abstract:

The College of Environmental Design is one of eight academic colleges at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. The collection includes printed materials and photographs that document the educational programs, activities, faculty, students, staff, and buildings of the college.

Extent:

6.01 Linear Feet (10 boxes)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], California State Polytechnic University, Pomona College of Environmental Design Records. Collection no. 0036, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains printed materials and photographs that document the educational programs, activities, faculty, students, staff, and buildings of the College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Biographical / historical:

The College of Environmental Design, commonly referred to as ENV, was created at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1971 when the department of Environmental Design was removed from the School of Agriculture and established as a separate school.

The new school initially offered degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning, all of which had been developed by the School of Agriculture. Landscape Architecture had been first offered in 1957 as an option in the School of Agriculture's Ornamental Horticulture Department. It was established as a separate major department in 1962. Landscape Architecture majors had the option to specialize in Urban Planning beginning in 1965. By 1968, Urban Planning was offered as a separate degree and students could specialize in Architecture. The department was renamed Environmental Design in 1968 and by 1969 was offering degrees in Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, and an option in Architecture.

When the School of Environmental Design was established in 1971, Architecture was offered as a separate major. Noted architect Raymond Kappe chaired the new department until 1973. The department of Urban Planning was renamed Urban and Regional Planning in 1983. The school was renamed the College of Environmental Design in 1988 and a fourth major, in Environmental Studies, was offered the same year.

In 1992, the Department of Art was transferred from the College of Art to the College of Environmental Design. As part of this transfer, the University Art Gallery also came under the purview of ENV. The Gallery had opened in Fall of 1988 as part of Cal Poly Pomona's 50th anniversary celebration. An extension of the University Union building (today known as the Bronco Student Center), it is a 4000 square foot exhibition space for the display of professional art works. The gallery was later renamed and rededicated as the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery in 1992.

The College of Environmental Design also administers the Don B. Huntley Gallery located on the 4th floor of the University Library. The Huntley Gallery opened in 2013 and is named for Cal Poly Pomona alumnus and benefactor Don B. Huntley.

LandLab, a 339-acre facility for education and research in sustainable use of land resources, was created in 1985 as a joint project of Cal Poly Pomona and the Los Angeles County Sanitation District. The two parties signed the Spadra Landfill Resource Conservation Agreement, in which the university allowed the use of 74 acres of its canyon land to be used for nontoxic landfill purposes. In exchange, the university received title to Spadra Landfill, which had been established in 1957 to serve surrounding residential communities. In addition, the university would receive annual funding from the Sanitation District to support research such as slope revegetation, landfill settlement, use of reclaimed water, aerosol studies, and biota responses to landfill. LandLab was formally dedicated on May 10, 1989.

The Center for Regenerative Studies was conceived as a component of the LandLab facility. Originally named the Institute for Regenerative Studies, it is a self-sustaining community that makes use of on-site resources and operates with renewable energy. Planning for the Center began in 1986 and ground was broken for Phase I in 1992. The Center accepted its first students in 1994 and joined the College of Environmental Design in 1996. In 1999, the Center was renamed the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies in honor of landscape architecture professor, John T. Lyle, who had founded the Center and guided its design and development.

As of 2020, the College includes five departments and offers graduate degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban and Regional Planning; undergraduate degrees in Art History and Visual Communication Design; and a minor and graduate degree in Regenerative Studies. The College also maintains an archive of projects by students.

Acquisition information:

Materials were gathered from University Archives files.

Processing information:

The collection was processed by Katrina Cossio and Alexis Adkins between 2018 and 2020.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into the following series: Series 1: Printed Materials and Series 2: Photographs.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

Adams, William, and Karen Schoonmaker. Architecture at Pomona, Student Work 1989-1991. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1991.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Design for the Institute for Regenerative Studies: A Landlab Project. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1987.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. College of Environmental Design. College Handbook. Pomona, CA: California State University, Pomona, 1990.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. College of Environmental Design. Strategic Plan. Pomona, CA: California State University, Pomona, 1994.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. College of Environmental Design. Strategic Plan. Pomona, CA: California State University, Pomona, 1998.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. School of Environmental Design. Proposed Environmental Simulation Facility. Pomona, CA: California State University, Pomona, 1987.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. School of Environmental Design. Institute for Environmental Design. Report of Faculty Research and Scholarly Activity 1/1980-1/1986. Pomona, CA: California State University, Pomona, 1986.

College of Environmental Design: [newsletter]. Pomona, California: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. College of Environmental Design, 1999-.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences Records, Collection no. 0101, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Don B. Huntley College of Agriculture Records, Collection no. 0017, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Carl Maston papers, Collection no. 4002, Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Cordero, Marisela "Marcy". Job Satisfaction and Academic Preparation of Alumni of the College of Environmental Design. Pomona, CA: California State University, Pomona, 2000.

French, Jere Stuart. Fifty Years on the Hill. Los Angeles, CA: Stuart F. Cooper, 2007.

Interchange. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

John T. Lyle Papers, Collection no. 0059, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Journal. Pomona, CA: California State University, Pomona, 1983-1984.

Koeper, Frederick. The Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Research House I and II. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1985.

Lilligren, Ingrid. Fencewalk: Wet and Dry California: Environmental Installation by Ingrid Lilligren and Student on the Campus of California Polytechnic University, Pomona, January 1-December 31, 1989. N.p.: Ingrid Lilligren, 1990.

Malecha, Marvin J. Design for Community: Remarks Delivered 29 October 1985 to University Campus Forum. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1985.

Malecha, Marvin J. Draw to Understand. N.p.: n.p., 1977.

Malecha, Marvin J. Essays on Architecture: Developed from Lectures to Students. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1983.

Malecha, Marvin J. Form and Performance: Observations on the Amphitheater in Ancient Greece. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1991.

Malecha, Marvin J. Learning About Architecture. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1984.

Malecha, Marvin J. The Pomona Method: A Framework for Action. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1993.

Malecha, Marvin J. The Study of Design: An Essay for Individuals at the Beginning. Pomona, CA: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 1986.

Marvin J. Malecha Papers, MC 00391, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC

Murray, Carolyn S. The Los Angeles Times California Home Book. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1982.

Nelson, Doreen G. City Building Education: A Way to Learn. Center for City Building Educational Programs: Santa Monica, CA, 1982.

Nelson, Doreen G. Transformations: Process and Theory: A Curriculum Guide to Creative Development. Center for City Building Educational Programs: Santa Monica, CA, 1984.

Neutra, Richard Joseph. Building with Nature. New York: Universe Books, 1971.

Ray Kappe Papers, 1954-2007, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2008.M.36 http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2008m36

Wayne Thom Photographer negatives, photographs, and other material, Collection no. 6105, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Indexed terms

Subjects:

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. College of Environmental Design
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Landlab
photographs
Slides (Photographs)

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], California State Polytechnic University, Pomona College of Environmental Design Records. Collection no. 0036, University Archives, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Location of this collection:

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Special Collections and Archives

3801 West Temple Ave.

Pomona, CA 91768, US

Contact:

(909) 869-3775

speccollections@cpp.edu

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