American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Records, 1937, 1970-1990
Processed by Holly Selvig.
Environmental Design Archives
College of Environmental Design
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University of California, Berkeley
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Email: archives@socrates.berkeley.edu
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American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Records, 1937, 1970-1990
Collection number: 2001-5
Environmental Design Archives
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Environmental Design Archives
- College of Environmental Design
- 230 Wurster Hall #1820
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-1820
- Phone: (510) 642-5124
- Fax: (510) 642-2824
- Email: archives@socrates.berkeley.edu
- URL: http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/
- Processed by:
- Holly Selvig
- Date Completed:
- January 2003
- Encoded by:
- Environmental Design Archives staff
- Funding:
- Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department,
University of California, Berkeley.
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) records,
Date (inclusive): 1937, 1970-1990
Collection number: 2001-5
Creator:
American Society of Landscape Architects
Extent:
8 boxes
Repository:
Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design.
University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California
Abstract: The American Society of Landscape Architects Records include the years 1937 and 1970-1990 and document the organization's
rich history of leadership in the landscape architecture profession. The collection offers information on the inner workings
of a group of leading professionals, and how their work changed the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. Included
are clippings, correspondence, drawings, photographs, project descriptions, exhibit material, and meeting minutes.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Records, (2001-5), Environmental Design Archives.
College of
Environmental Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2001.
Funding
Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department,
University of California, Berkeley.
Access Points
Landscape architects -- California.
Landscape architecture -- California.
Landscape architecture -- Societies, etc.
Landscape architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
American Society of Landscape Architects
Online Archive of California
Historical Note
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Recordss
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is the national professional association currently representing more than
30,000 landscape architects nationwide. Beginning with 11 original members in 1899, ASLA has grown to include more than 13,500
members and 48 chapters, representing all 50 states, the U.S. territories, and 42 countries around the world. ASLA promotes
the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through education, communication and networking.
One of the largest chapters of the ASLA, the NCC boasts a notable list of past members such as Thomas Church, Garrett Eckbo,
Harry Whitcomb Shepherd, Douglas Baylis, Theodore Osmundson, and Robert Royston. In 1985, Patrick Miller, then President of
the NCC, described the chapter as "a beast which has awakened itself." During that year alone, the chapter sponsored a state-wide
conference, exhibited its Awards Program winners at San Francisco City Hall and local galleries, co-sponsored a multidisciplinary
design competition for Oakland's Latham Square, held public walking tours and programs during Landscape Architecture Week
to increase public visibility of the profession, prepared a report on the "South of Market" area of San Francisco for the
city planning department, and formed the Redwood Empire section.
The NCC /ASLA is an excellent example of the force of activity produced by the design profession in Northern California.
Note
Sources:
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ASLA Northern California Chapter website (available at http://host.asla.org/chapters/norcal/index.htm)
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ASLA Online: Fact Sheet (available at http://www.asla.org/nonmembers/publicrelations/factshtpr.htm)
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[letter from Patrick Miller, 1985], American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Papers, (2001-5), Environmental Design Archives, University of California,
Berkeley.
Scope and Contents Note
The ASLA Records include the years 1937 and 1970-1990 and document the organization's rich history of leadership in the landscape
architecture profession. The collection offers information on the inner workings of a group of leading professionals, and
how their work changed the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. Included are clippings, correspondence, drawings,
photographs, project descriptions, exhibit material, and meeting minutes. The collection is organized into series based on
five major events of the organization: 1937
Exhibition of Landscape Architecture at the San Francisco Museum of Art; 1976 publication of
Landscape Architecture Guide to Representative Projects in Northern California; 1986 ASLA National Annual Meeting held in San Francisco; 1988 Chapter Awards Program; and 1980-1990 Annual Landscape Architecture
Week Walking Tours. The sixth series includes files relating to the ongoing projects of the organization.
The papers were donated by an individual member, not by the organization.
Related Collections
Title: Thomas D. Church Collection
Identifier/Call Number: (ARCH 1997-1),
Contributing Institution: Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Title: Garrett Eckbo Collection
Identifier/Call Number: (ARCH 1990-1),
Contributing Institution: Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Title: Robert R. Royston Collection
Identifier/Call Number: (ARCH 1999-12),
Contributing Institution: Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Title: Harry W. Shepherd Collection
Identifier/Call Number: (ARCH 1998-11),
Contributing Institution: Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Title: H. Leland and Adele W. Vaughan Collection
Identifier/Call Number: (ARCH 1999-18),
Contributing Institution: Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley
I. EXHIBITION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, SAN FRANCISCO MUSUEM OF ART,
1937
Physical Description:
Box 1
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Contains a scrapbook extensively documenting the 1937
Exhibition of Landscape Architecture at the San Francisco Museum of Art compiled by Harry W. Shepherd, then Secretary-Treasurer of the San Francisco Chapter of the ASLA. Includes newspaper and
magazine clippings, promotional brochures, and the exhibit catalogue
Contemporary Landscape Architecture.
II. PUBLICATION SUBMITTALS,
1976
Physical Description:
Boxes 2-5
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by landscape architect.
Includes photographs, drawings, and written descriptions of projects submitted for publishing in
Landscape Architecture Guide to Representative Projects in Northern California.
III. ANNUAL MEETING,
1986
Physical Description:
Box 6
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Includes correspondence and other material concerning the National Annual Meeting of the ASLA held in San Francisco in 1986.
IV. CHAPTER AWARDS PROGRAM,
1988
Physical Description:
Boxes 6-7
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by landscape architect.
Includes photographs, drawings, and written descriptions of projects submitted by members of the chapter.
V. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WEEK WALKING TOURS,
1980-1990
Physical Description:
Box 8
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Includes photographs, maps, and descriptions of parks and plazas in downtown San Francisco that were part of the walking tours,
as well as correspondence concerning the promotion and advertising of the walking tours.
VI. PROGRAM FILES, 1970,
1983-1986
Physical Description:
Box 8
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Includes correspondence, rosters, publications, and newsletters.
SERIES I.
EXHIBITION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART
1937
Box/Folder 1 : 1
Architect and the Engineer Magazine, The
1937
Box/Folder 1 : 2-3
ASLA San Francisco Chapter scrapbook
1937
Box/Folder 1 : 4
Contemporary Landscape Architecture exhibit catalogue
1937
SERIES II.
PUBLICATION SUBMITTALS
1976
Box/Folder 2-5 : 2-155
** see Publications project index
1939-1976
SERIES III.
NATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING
1986
Box/Folder 6 : 1-3
"Aerial Tour of the San Francisco Bay Area"
1986
Box/Folder 6 : 4
"Guide to the Landscape Architecture of the San Fancisco Bay Area"
1986
SERIES IV.
CHAPTER AWARDS PROGRAM
1988
Box/Folder 6 : 1
Jury coordinator summary
1988
Box/Folder 6 : 2
Slides of the jury process
1988
Box/Folder 6 : 3
Slide presentation of participants and winners
1988
Box/Folder 6-7 : 4-49
** see Awards project index
1981-1988
SERIES V.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WEEK WALKING TOURS
1980-1990
Box/Folder 8 : 1
Art coordination
1985-1988
Box/Folder 8 : 3
Docent scripts, background information for
n.d.
Box/Folder 8 : 6-7
Photographs-people
pre 1987, 1988
Box/Folder 8 : 9-11
Public relations
1985-1989
Box/Folder 8 : 13
Rooftop garden lecture
1989
SERIES VI.
PROGRAM FILES
1970-1986
Box/Folder 8 : 2
Awards show promotional material
1983-1986
Box/Folder 8 : 3
"Design Night" announcements
1984-1985
Box/Folder 8 : 5
NCC/ASLA directory
1970-1972
Box/Folder 8 : 6
South of Market Park and Open Space Study
1986