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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Philip Edward Chandler papers
Creator:
Chandler, Philip Edward
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0270
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear Feet
(6 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 3 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): circa 1930-1990
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.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Philip Edward Chandler, 1993.
[Identification of item], Philip Edward Chandler Papers (Collection 270).UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
999641793606533
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Landscape design -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Horticulturists -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Gardeners -- California, Southern -- Archives.
Chandler, Philip Edward--Archives.