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General Correspondence, 1906-20
General Correspondence, 1921-33
Subject Files (Key Word Arrangement):
Committee on Applied Arts, 1927-1935
Committee on American Academy of Rome, 1914-1955
Committee on American Landscape Architecture, 1933-1935
American Planning and Civic Association, 1960-1963
Committee on American Society of Landscape Architects - A.I.P., 1938-1957
Committee on Annual Meetings, 1956-1960
Committee: Annual Meetings, 1960
Committee on Associate and Student Affiliation, 1957-1960
Associations - Landscape Architectural, (Non-ASLA) Misc.
Associations-Non- ASLA: California Council of Landscape
California State Board, 1960
Chapters General, 1938-1958
City and Regional Parks and Playgrounds, 1957-1961
Committee on Code of Ethics, 1926-1950
Committee on Competitions, 1916-1960
Committee on Competitions, (Historical), 1960
Historical Competitions, FDR Memorial, 1960
Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, 1957-1960
Committee on Definitions, 1932-1956
Special Committee to Obtain Designs and Estimates, 1915-1920
Committee on Education, 1909-1960
Committee on Education, 1909-1960
Honorary Election (Honorary & Correspondence) (Historical)
Examining Board, 1910-1925
Fee Schedule, 1924 (Historical)
Glossary of Housing Terms
Committee on Housing, 1950-1960
Index to Works of Landscape Architecture
Committee on Insurance, 1956-1960
Committee on Landscape Industry Conference 1960 (Historical)
New Legislation 1966 (Historical File)
Membership and Deaths (Historical)
Committee on Membership, 1929-1960
Membership Qualifications, 1948-1960
Membership Resignation, 1907-1936 (Historical)
Membership Secretary (Historical)
Michigan State University (Historical)
Missouri Valley Chapter, 1960 (Historical)
Committee on National Arboretum, 1932
Committee on National Cemeteries, 1944-1946
National Conference of Instructors in Landscape Architecture
National Defense, 1940-1942
National Defense, Camouflage, 1942
National Defense, Circulars of Information, 1940-1942
Committee on National Historic Monuments, 1934
New York Chapter (Historical), undated
Committee on Nomination 1956-1958
North Central States Chapter (Historical), 1960-1962
Northern California Chapter (Historical), 1953-1960
Committee on Occupational Classification, 1946-1947
Committee on Olmsted Memorial, 1928-1980
Organization and Development, 1950-1960
Pacific Northwest Chapter, 1960-1962
Panama-Pacific Exposition, 1913-1915
Committee on Central Park, 1927
Committee on City Parks, Playgrounds and Public Property, 1945-1956
Committee on Metropolitan and County Parks, 1943-1950
Committee on National State Parks and Forests (Historical), 1958-1960, 1952-1955, 1916-1951
Pennsylvania Chapter (Historical), 1958-1960
Committee on Personnel, 1926-1954
Historical File on Photographs of Chapters, 1960
Historical File-Photographs: Works of Landscape Architects, 1962
Photographs - ASLA Members, most undated, bulk of dated pictures 1952-1962
Photographs - Miscellaneous, 1916-1964
Committee on City, Regional and National Planning, 1917-1959
Committee on National Planning, 1933-1947
Committee on Town Planning and Industrial Housing, 1920-1923
Committee on Post-War Planning, 1943-1946
Committee on Plant Nomenclature, 1916-1960
Committee on Policies, 1914-1951
Potomac Chapter (Historical), 1957-1960
Committee on Practice of Landscape Architecture by Governmental
Professional Collaboration (Historical), 1960
Committee on Professional and Governmental Relations -
Committee on Professional and Governmental Relations -
Committee on Professional and Governmental Relations -
Housing Division, 1934-1935
Committee on Professional and Governmental Relations -
(Lack of Credit, etc.), 1934-1941
Committee on Professional and Governmental Relations -
National Park Service, 1935
Committee on Professional Charges, 1948-1955
Committee on Professional Charges, 1928-1947
Hubbard-Taylor Professional Practice, 1933-1944
Committee on Professional Practice, 1947-1943
Committee on Statement of Professional Practice, 1936-1942
Professional Practice and Charges - Work by J.C. Olmsted, 1900-1915
Professional Responsibilities, 1957
Professional Responsibilities: Military Installations, 1956-1957
Professional Responsibilities: Highway Work, 1956-1957
Professional Registration (Historical), 1954-1960
Professional Registration, 1919-1957
A.S.L.A. Professional Registration, 1929-1939
Professional Service, Committee on, 1946-1960
Committee on Professional Service: FHA, 1955-1956
Public Relations, 1916-1960
Publication Board, 1949-1960
Publicity -Releases - Historical, 1966
Public Housing Administration (Historical), 1960
Committee on Quarterly, Landscape Architecture, 1935-1937
Guarantees and Sustaining Subscriptions, LA, 1938-1940
Committee on Relations with Trades, 1907-1941
Committee on Review Requirements for Membership, 1942-1943
Roads and Highways, 1931-1947
Historical: Roads - Better Highways, Info. Foundation, 1960
Public Roads, etc., 1948-1955
Historical: Rocky Mountain Chapter, 1960-1962
Membership Rosters, 1914-1961
Committee on Seal, Certificates, and Letterhead, 1916-1939
Historical: Short Course, LA, 1959
Committee on Site Planning, 1944-1945
Committee on Society Seal, 1918-1948
Historical: Southeastern Chapter, 1929-1960
Historical: Southern California Chapter, 1953-1960
Historical: Southwest Chapter, 1957-1960
Committee on Special Studies - Roundtable Conference, 1945-1946
Standard Contracts and Specifications, 1928-1938
Committee on Standard Symbols, Scales and Terminology for Planning Use,
Committee on Traveling Exhibition, 1951-1954
Committee on Traveling Lecture, 1931-1933
Historical - University of Illinois, 1954
Historical: Upstate New York Chapter, 1957-1960
National War Manpower Commission Roster, 1940-1945
Committee on War Memorials, 1913-1946
Washington Bi-Centennial Commission U.S. Hon. Sol. Bloom, 1931-1932
Committee on National Capital, 1943-1959
Washington - National Capital, 1919-1935
National Commission of Fine Arts Commemorative Magazine, 1910-1950
Committee on the National Capital (Commission of Fine Arts), 1940-1950
Committee on the National Capital (National Capital Park and Planning
Committee) Historical File, 1949-1957
White House Grounds, 1951-1960
Committee on Williamsburg Restoration, 1928-1952
Letterheads of Members Prior to 1932
Reports of Chapters and Committees, Printed, 1927-1955
Books (Chronological Arrangement):
"Transactions of the America Society of Landscape Architects,"
"Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects,"
Thomas H. Mawson, Hon. A.R.I.B.A.,
"The Art and Craft of Garden Making," 1907
"American Landscape Architecture,"
incomplete collection of monthly periodicals,
"The Life and Work of an English Landscape Architect - An
Autobiography by Thomas H. Mawson, F.L.S.," 192?
Henry Vincent Hubbard and Theodora Kimball, "Landscape Architecture," 1920
Lewis A.Coffin, Jr., Henry N. Polhemus and Addison F. Worthington,
"Small French Buildings," 1921
"Transactions of the American Society of Landscape Architects," 1922-1926
Mildred Stapley Byne and Arthur Byne, "Spanish Gardens and Patios," 1924
Percy S. Cane, Geoffrey Holme and Shirley B.Wainwright, "Modern Gardens -- British and Foreign," 1926-1927
"Boston Society of Landscape Architects," 1929, 2 copies
New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects,
"The Third Annual Exhibition," 3 copies, 1926,
"The Fifth Annual Exhibition," 1928,
"The Sixth Annual Exhibition," 2 copies
"The Eighth Annual Exhibition," 1931,
"The Ninth Annual Exhibition," 2 copies, 1932,
"The Tenth Annual Exhibition," 1933
American Society of Landscape Architects,
"Illustration of Work of Members," 1931, 4 copies
American Society of Landscape Architects,
"Illustrations of Works of Members," 1932, 2 copies
"Architecture and Design," periodical, Vol. III, no. 3, 2 copies; Vol. XXII
ASLA Roster (pressbook), 1899-1959
Florida Landscape Architecture periodical, 2 copies, 1966
American Society of Landscape Architects Outgoing Letters.
3 Volumes - 1900-1906, 1907-1908, 1908-1909