Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- California Association of Landscape Architects ( CALA) Records
- Dates:
- 1944-1960
- Abstract:
- The CALA records contain correspondence, reports, newsletters, drawings, and clippings. The collection chronicles the activities of some of the most active landscape architects in the San Francisco Bay Area at a time when they were struggling for professional recognition and standards. This collection offers insight into the process of defining the profession of landscape architecture in California.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet: 3 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], California Association of Landscape Architects Records, [19XX-22] Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection chronicles the activities of some of the most active landscape architects in the San Francisco Bay area, at a time when they were struggling for professional recognition and standards. This collection offers insight into the process of defining the profession of landscape architecture in California.
- Biographical / historical:
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California Association of Landscape Architects, 1944-1960
The California Association of Landscape Architects (CALA) consisted of Professional Landscape Architects, students, and allied professionals living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. The purpose of the organization, as stated in its Articles of Incorporation, was to "provide an organization wherein Landscape Architects may work more effectively as a group to bring about a greater collaborative effort among Architects, Landscape Architects, City planners, Engineers, and the Building Industry, to provide an organization wherein Landscape Architects may work as a group to study and act upon all proposals by political bodies, individuals, or enterprises which affect the physical development of our cites and communities, or our countryside, and to provide an organization wherein Landscape Architects may meet as a group for an exchange of ideas, self-education, and free discussion, to promote a higher standard of professional practice, and a greater uniformity in fees and services for the good of the profession and the public welfare."
The organization went by the name Association of Landscape Architects (ALA) until 1954, when they changed the name to California Association of Landscape Architects to avoid confusion with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and to reflect their widening influence in the state. By 1949 the Association had active groups in Sonoma and Sacramento, as well as in the Peninsula.
In addition to their monthly meetings and programs, the CALA actively lobbied for the state registration of Landscape Architects, published a fee schedule for the profession, and annually participated in the San Francisco Garden Show.
Sources: [CALA Articles of Incorporation], California Association of Landscape Architects Records, (19XX-22), Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Sponsor:
- Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department, University of California, Berkeley.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-11-21 23:37:21 UTC .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the Curator.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], California Association of Landscape Architects Records, [19XX-22] Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
- Location of this collection:
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230 Bauer Wurster Hall #1820Berkeley, CA 94720-1820, US
- Contact:
- (510) 642-5124