Landscape architecture -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
James R. Cothran visual arts material
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS262
Scope and Content
This collection contains slides, photographs, and negatives taken or collected by Cothran depicting topics such as botanists, naturalists, landscape designers and architects; horticultural, gardening and landscape topics; and historic gardens of the Southeast, other regions of the United States, and Europe. Material also includes images used in Cothran's lectures and books he authored. The majority of the collection consists of images taken by Cothran on his travels or collected during...
Dates:
1932-2011, undated
Judith B. Tankard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1081
Scope and Content
This collection contains chiefly photocopies of articles, papers, clippings, and other research material covering a variety of landscape history topics. Also included is biographical research on women landscape architects such as Rose Ishbel Greely and Marian Cruger Coffin. Additionally, seminar materials from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Radcliffe Seminars Program from the Landscape Institute of Harvard University provide further information on American and...
Dates:
1905-2017, undated
Judith B. Tankard visual arts material
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS410
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, slides, and postcards that document Tankard's career in landscape history research, lecturing, and writing. Included in the collection are images of Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg, Virginia, owned by John Lee Pratt (1879-1975) and Lillian Thomas Pratt (1876-1947). Also a part of the collection are house and garden images documenting Tankard’s research and travels in North America and Europe. These images highlight the work of landscape architects such...
Dates:
1869-2019, undated
Tom Woodham visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS514
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, slides, stereographs, and postcards that provide details about Woodham's professional and personal interests in horticulture and garden history. These images depict garden landscapes and designs as well as photographs of well known garden designers and writers such as Ryan Gainey (1944-2016), Peter Coats (1910-1990), and Sir Geoffery Jellicoe (1900-1996). Of special note are slides from Woodham's various lectures, which include images of decorative...
Dates:
approximately 1900-2006, undated