Content Description
A substantial collection of materials related to the personal life and professional practice of landscape architect William L. Phillips. Included are project files, photographs, clippings and ephemera, as well as research files assembled by Phillip's biographer Faith R. Jackson. [See Box 4, Series III.]
The collection is comprised of both personal and site records. Correspondence, plans, photographs, slides, drawings and pamphlets are included in the collection. Correspondence, Series I., between Prentiss French and WLP provide a glimpse at the landscape architecture field of the early half of the cnetury and supplements an already existing correspondence collection in Special Collection between the two. Series II., The project materials, Series III., provide correspondence, photographs, reports and some plans to parks, gardens, and public works projects in Florida, some still in existence. Several projects sponsored by the Civilian Conservation Corps are also present in the collection. The strength of the collection are those materials that document parks no longer in existence, such as Royal Palm State Park (originally an entrance to Everglades National Park) and those that document already existing parks in their earliest incarnations. Photographs, Series IV., comprise a large portion of the collection and provide insight into WLP's view of architecture and landscapes as a young landscape architect. Plans, Series VI., although not complete for each project, complement project materials. The collection's materials date from 1888 - 1997, with bulk of the materials from c. 1900 - 1960. Also included in the collection are research material generated by Faith Reyher Jackson, author of Pioneer of Tropical Landscape Architecture: William Lyman Phillips in Florida (The Univerisity Press of Florida, 1997). The Papers of William Lyman Phillips were a gift made to the Special Collections by Faith Jackson and Julia Phillips Coyle.
Dates
- Creation: 1888 - 1997 (inclusive)
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1900 - 1960
Extent
10 linear feet (6 boxes and 3 tubes at HD; 1 folder in FLL room L18.)Biographical / Historical
William Lyman Phillips (1885 - 1966), landscape architect, town planner and architect, worked primarily in Florida where he designed such sites as Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Bok Tower Gardens, Mountain Lake Colony, Greynolds Park and Matheson Hammock Park. Phillips graduated from the Graduate School of Design in 1910. He worked for Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm from 1911 - 1913, 1915 - 1917, 1920 - 1922 and as a field representative for the Olmsted firm from 1923 - 1931. He also assisted in designing the town of Balboa, Panama, was the superintendent of graves for the American military cemeteries in France after World War I, and was a project superintendent for the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933 - 1941). From the 1930s until his death WLP worked for the state and as an independent landscape architect working on private residences, public buildings, hospitals, hotels, cemeteries, airports, parks and highways.
Arrangement
The William Lyman Phillips Papers are comprised of six series. Series I. (Correspondence), Series II. (Resumes, Academic Work, Writings, Speeches, Notes and Clippings), Series III. (Project Materials), Series IV. (Photographs), Series V. (Slides and Negatives) and Series VI. (Plans).
Index
Materials can also be located by personal names, names of corporations and organizations, titles of published and unpublished writings, geographic names, by type of material or genre and by thesaurus terms taken from the Art and Architecture Thesaurus.
Index - Personal Names
Alexander, Donald B.
C42 Plans (drawings).
Baxter, George.
D12 Photographs.
Benson, John.
3.38 Planting Plans.
Bibb, William.
C54 Photographs.
Bok, Curtis.
C17 Miscellaneous Materials.
Bok, Edward W. (1863-1930).
C13 Pamphlets, C15 Pamphlets.
Buck, Charles A.
C38 Photographs.
Bush, Irving T.
C54 Photographs.
Chapin, Alfred H.
C54 Photographs.
Cheny, Charles Henry.
C32 Correspondence.
Coe, Ernest.
C36 Correspondence.
Cohen, Caroline V.
C32 Correspondence (From/To).
Coolidge, Calvin.
C15 Pamphlets.
Cornell, Edith F.
C2 Cadastral maps.
Coyle, Juliette (Phillips).
D7 &D8 Photographs.
Crane, Henry M.
C54 Photographs.
Cummer.
C54 Photographs.
Curtis.
C54 Photographs.
Dahlberg, K.
C48 Correspondence.
Dohme, A.RL.
C54 Photographs.
Douglas, Marjory Stoneman.
C47 Articles.
Duncan, B.M. Phillips.
C32 Correspondence.
Ensign Joseph R.
C54 Photographs.
Erwin, R.W.
C32 Correspondence.
Fairchild, David.
C48 Correspondence (To/From).
Fay.
C54 Photographs.
Field, Henry.
A3 Correspondence.
French, Helen.
D12 Photographs.
French, Prentiss.
A1 Correspondence (From/To), A2 Correspondence, A3 Correspondence (To/From), C30 Correspondence.
Frothingham, F.E.
C30 Correspondence.
Goss, John H.
C54 Photographs.
Guillot.
D9 Photographs.
Hamill, James L.
C54 Photographs.
Hanson, Willis T.
C54 Photographs.
Hartwig, W.C.
C19 Correspondence.
Hobart.
C54 Photographs.
Holmes, Frank.
C10 Keepsakes (books).
Jackson, Faith.
Box 4A Notes.
Jennings, Nell.
C47 Articles.
Johnston, Frederick T.
C40 Plans (drawings).
Kimball, Florence May Phillips (1879-1969).
D10& D11 Photographs.
Kimball, Nancy Pope.
D10& D11 Photographs.
Koehler, Hans J.
C17 Miscellaneous materials.
Lauhglin, George M.
C54 Photographs.
Linderman, R.H.
C19 Correspondence.
Macintosh, Preble.
C12 Photographs.
Mann, Edwin B.
C54 Photographs.
Manning, Warren Henry, 1860-1938.
A5 Correspondence (From/To).
Martin.
C44 Clippings, C54 Photographs.
Matheson, Hugh.
C19 Correspondence, D22 Slides (photographs).
McKinlock, Mrs. George Alexander.
C26 Photographs.
Montgomery, Robert.
A5 Correspondence.
Nichols.
C54 Photographs.
Olmsted, Frederick Law Jr., 1870-1957.
A4 Correspondence (From/To), C17 Miscellaneous Materials, C30 Correspondence (From/To), C32 Correspondence (To/From), D57 Photographs, 1.4 Planting plans.
Olmsted Brothers.
C18 Reports.
Outhet, Rickson.
B7 Reports, C12 Photographs.
Pennekamp, John D.
C32 Correspondence (From/To).
Phillips, Franklin Folsum (1852-1921).
D10 & D11 Photographs.
Phillips, Franklin Jr. (1880-1932).
D10 & D11 Photographs.
Phillips, Julia A.
D4 Ephemera.
Phillips, Julia Agnes Lyman (1856-1943).
D10 & D11 Photographs.
Phillips, Mary.
D7&D8 Photographs.
Phillips, Simone (Guillot).
C48 Correspondence, D6 Photographs, D7&D8 Photographs, D9 Photographs.
Phillips, William Lyman.
C47 Articles , D5 Portraits.
Pond, Bremer Whidden, 1884-.
C48 Correspondence.
Price, RM.
C30 Correspondence (From/To).
Reinsmith, W.H.
C27 Plans (drawings).
Ruth, Frederick S.
CS4 Photographs.
Scoggin, Lewis G.
C32 Correspondence (To/From).
Smiley, Nixon.
A6 Correspondence (From/To), C17 Miscellaneous Materials.
Starkey, William P.
C54 Photographs.
Tobey, Allen.
C54 Photographs.
Tokida.
D12 Photographs.
Upson, Charles H.
C19 Correspondence.
Vanderbilt, William.
A3 Correspondence, A5 Correspondence.
Vintan, C.R.
C32 Correspondence (To/From).
Vorhee, E.M.
A5 Correspondence.
Wait, Charles R.
C20 Job lists.
Webber, Phillip.
D12 Photographs.
Whiting, E.C.
C19 Correspondence.
Wister, John.
A3 Correspondence.
Wylie, Phillip.
B5 Writings.
Index - Corporate Names
American Society of Landscape Architects.
A3 Correspondence.
Bok Tower Gardens.
C13 Pamphlets.
Boston Common Society.
B6 Speeches.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.).
C32 Correspondence, C37 Photographs, C40 Plans (drawings), C41 Photographs, C42 Plans (drawings).
Construction Division of the Army.
B1 Resumes.
Dade County Board of County Commissioners.
C36 Correspondence, C34 Maps.
Dade County Parks Department.
B1 Resumes.
Eleuthera Guided Missiles Base.
B7 Reports.
Graves Registration Service of the Army.
B1 Resumes, C3 Photographs.
Harvard Binnacle Club.
B3 Photographs.
Harvard Engineering Camp.
B3 Photographs.
Indian Creek Club.
C28 Plans (drawings).
Isthmian Canal Commission.
C4-C10.
Landscape Architecture Quarterly.
A5 Correspondence.
McKee Jungle Gardens.
C27 Plans (drawings).
Miami Bridge Company.
C30 Correspondence.
Montreal Metropolitan Parks Commission.
B7 Reports.
Mountain Lake Colony.
C18-C25, C54 Photographs.
Mountain Lake Sanctuary.
C14-C17.
National Park Service.
B1 Resumes, 1.6 Plans (drawings).
Office of the Chief Quartermaster, Graves Registration.
C3 Photographs, 1.1 Site plans, 1.2 Site plans.
Olmsted Brothers.
A4 Correspondence, B1 Resumes, B6 Speeches, C19 Correspondence, C20 Job lists, C21 Site plans.
Quartermaster's Corps Construction Division, U.S. Army.
C11 Photographs.
Robert and Company.
B1 Resumes.
United States Department of the Interior, National Park.
C40 Plans (drawings), C42 Plans (drawings).
University of Miami.
C39 Photographs.
Index - Titles
Address to Boston Common Society.
B6 Speeches.
Argument for a Botanical Garden in South Florida to be Called the Fairchild Tropical Garden.
C47 Articles.
Aspects of Design Affecting Maintenance Costs.
B6 Speeches.
Canal Record.
C9 Reports.
Character in the Garden.
B4 Writings.
Citation for the Barbour Medal Presented to Mr. William Lyman.
B8 Notes.
Crandon Park and Rickenbacker Causeway.
C44 Clippings.
Crandon Park Natural Areas Protection Plan.
C44 Clippings.
Developing a Tropical Garden.
C47 Articles.
Double Barreled Plan Seen Needed in Keys Development.
C33 Clippings.
Effect of Successive Improvements in the Means of Transportation Upon the Street Plans of Cities.
B2 Masters thesis.
Fairchild Tropical Garden: A Memoir.
C47 Articles.
Fairchild Tropical Garden Bulletin.
C50 Pamphlets.
Fairchild Tropical Garden Catalog of Plants 1970.
C50 Pamphlets.
Florida Frontier.
B5 Writings.
Florida Overseas Parkway: A Report on the Recreational Utility of the Florida Keys Region.
C31 Reports.
Frederick Law Olmsted- 1870-1957.
B5 Writings.
General Appearance of the Community as Affected by Planting.
C18 Reports.
Handwriting Analysis.
B5 Writings.
Historical Considerations for the Fairchild Tropical Garden Project.
C47 Articles.
Immigrant Landscape.
B4 Writings.
It is not easy to say what a garden is ...
B5 Writings.
Landscape Architecture in Park Problems.
B5 Writings.
Log of the Random.
D3 Sketches.
Master Plan Report Proposed Florida Overseas State Park and Parkway.
C31 Reports.
Memorandum Report on the Proposed Revision of the Preliminary Plan.
C18 Reports.
Montgomery Foundation: A Memoir.
C47 Articles.
Mountain Lake Florida.
C22 Pamphlets.
Mountain Lake Sanctuary in Florida: Some Account of Its Development.
C17 Miscellaneous materials.
Notes on Tropical Landscape.
B4 Writings.
Opening of Crandon Park and Rickenbacker Causeway:.
C44 Clippings.
Overseas Parkway: A Report on Parkway Objectives and Land Policies.
C31 Reports.
Places of Interest and Notable Floral Displays.
B5 Writings.
Plants of the Mountain Lake Sanctuary.
C16 Inventories.
Program for Thesis in Landscape Design.
B2 Masters thesis.
Report on the General Appearance of the Community as.
C18 Reports.
Review of the Extra-Tropical Palms.
B5 Writings.
Rural Recreation Parks in Dade County Florida.
C34 Maps.
Scenery of Porto Rico.
B5 Writings.
Sounds in the Garden.
B4 Writings.
South Florida's Native Plants: A Walking Tour at Fairchild Tropical Garden.
C47 Articles.
Study for a City Plan.
B2 Masters thesis.
Taboga.
B4 Writings.
Tropical Garden.
C47 Articles.
Viewing, Understanding, Appreciating Bok Singing Tower.
C13 Pamphlets.
Index - Geographic Names
Antigua.
D43 Photographs.
Canada: Montreal.
B7 Reports.
Canada: Quebec.
D16 Photographs, D19Photographs.
Canada: Quebec: Montreal: Macintosh Residence.
C12 Photographs.
Curacao.
D43 Photographs.
Cuba.
C54 Photographs, D35 Photographs.
Europe.
C3 Photographs, D20 Photographs, D35 Photographs, D39 Photographs, E62 Stereoscopic photographs, E64 Negatives.
Florida.
D51 Photographs, D54 Photographs.
Florida: Coral Gables: Fairchild Tropical Garden.
C46 Plans (drawings), C47 Articles, C48 Correspondence, C49 Clippings, C50 Pamphlets, C51 Photographs, 3.15 Plans (drawings), 2.16 Plans (drawings), 2.17 Plans (drawings), 3.19 Plans (drawings), 3.20 Plans (drawings), 3.21 Planting plans, 3.22 Plans (drawings), 3.23 Plans (drawings), 3.24 Plans (drawings), 3.25 Planting plans, 3.26 Planting plans, 3.27 Grading plans, 3.29 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Coral Gables: Fairchild Tropical Garden: American Amphitheater.
3.22 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Coral Gables: Fairchild Tropical Garden: Liberty Hyde Bailey Palm Glade.
2.16 Plans (drawings), 3.22 Plans (drawings), 3.23 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Coral Gables: Fairchild Tropical Garden: Montgomery Palmetum.
2.13 Plans (drawings), 2.16 Plans (drawings), 3.24 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Coral Gables: Matheson Hammock Park.
C34 Maps, 2.13 Plans (drawings), 3.14 Plans (drawings), 3.15 Plans (drawings), 2.16 Plans (drawings), 2.17 Plans (drawings), 3.18 Plans (drawings), 3.29 Plans (drawings), C40 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Coral Gables: University of Miami.
C39 Photographs.
Florida: Dade County: Biscayne Bay.
1.11 Maps.
Florida: Dade County: Ingraham Highway.
1.11 Maps.
Florida: Driftwood Inn.
D55 Photographs.
Florida: Gainesville: Veterans Administration Hospital.
C54 Photographs.
Florida: Gainesville: University of Florida.
C39 Photographs.
Florida: Holland Inn.
D50 Photographs.
Florida: Homestead Park.
E60 Slides (photographs).
Florida: Homestead: Bayfront Park.
C53 Inventories.
3.38 Planting plans.
Florida: Homestead: Redlands Fruit and Spice Park.
3.36 Planting plans.
Florida: Homosassa.
C54 Photographs.
Florida: Jacksonville.
A1 Correspondence.
Florida: Key Biscayne: Crandon Park.
C34 Maps, C43 Photographs, C44 Clippings, 2.31 Plans (drawings), 2.32 Planting plans, 2.33 Planting plans, 2.34 Plans (drawings), 3.29 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Key Biscayne: Crandon Park Zoo.
C45 Photographs, 2.35 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Key West.
C54 Photographs.
Florida: Key West: Everglades National Park.
1.12 Coastal charts.
Florida: Key West: Hotel Driftwood.
1.12 Coastal charts.
Florida: Key West: Overseas Parkway.
C31 Reports, C32 Correspondence, C33 Clippings, 1.12 Coastal charts.
Florida: Lake Wales: Bok Tower Garden.
C13 Pamphlets, C14 Photographs, C15 Pamphlets, C16 Inventories, C17 Miscellaneous materials.
Florida: Lake Wales: Mountain Lake Colony.
C18 Reports, C19 Correspondence, C20 Job lists, C21 Site plans, C22 Pamphlets, C23 Watercolors, C24 Photographs, C25 Photographs, C54 Photographs, D50 Photographs.
Florida: Lake Wales: Mountain Lake Sanctuary.
C14 Photographs, C15 Pamphlets , C16 Inventories, C17 Miscellaneous materials , C54 Photographs.
Florida: Lake Wales: Pinewood (El Retiro, Buck Residence).
C38 Photographs.
Florida: Miami.
A3 Correspondence, A4 Correspondence.
Florida: Miami: Camp Owaissa Bauer.
C34 Maps.
Florida: Miami: Federal Highway 4-A and 206.
C36 Correspondence.
Florida: Miami: Homestead Bayfront Park.
C34 Maps.
Florida: Miami: Metropolitan Dade County Park Administrative Offices.
C34 Maps.
Florida: Miami: Overseas Parkway.
C31 Reports, C32 Correspondence.
C33 Clippings.
1.12 Coastal charts.
Florida: Miami: Rickenbacker Causeway.
2.37 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Miami: Venetian Causeway.
C29 Plans (drawings), C30 Correspondence.
Florida: Miami: Virginia Beach.
C34 Maps.
Florida: North Miami: Greynolds Park.
C34 Maps, C42 Plans (drawings).
Florida: North Miami: Haulover Beach.
C34 Maps, 2.28 Planting plans, 2.30 Planting plans.
Florida: North Miami: William Lyman Phillips House.
C35 Photographs.
Florida: Palm Beach.
C54 Photographs.
Florida: Palm Beach: Casa Alejandro (McKinlock Residence).
C26 Photographs.
Florida: Paradise Key: Florida Everglades.
C37 Photographs.
Florida: Paradise Key: Royal Palm State Park.
C37 Photographs, 1.10 Plans (drawings), 1.5 Plans (drawings), 1.6 Plans (drawings), 1.7 Planting plans, 1.8 Plans (drawings), 1.9 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Sebring: Highlands Hammock State Park.
C41 Photographs.
Florida: St. Augustine.
C54 Photographs.
Florida: Vero Beach: McKee Jungle Gardens.
C27 Plans (drawings).
Florida: Vizcaya.
D56 Photographs.
France: Avignon.
D37 Photographs.
France: Bony (Aisne): A.E.F. Cemetery, Number 636.
1.1 Site plans.
France: Brehat.
D36 Photographs, D37 Photographs.
France: Caen.
D37 Photographs.
France: Cambrai.
C3 Photographs.
France: Carnac.
D36 Photographs.
France: Chartres.
D37 Photographs.
France: Chaverney.
D37 Photographs.
France: Lyon.
C3 Photographs.
France: Mendon.
D36 Photographs.
France: Mt. Saint Michel.
D37 Photographs.
France: Paimpol.
D36 Photographs.
France: Paris.
D36 Photographs, D37 Photographs.
France: Saumur.
D36 Photographs.
France: Suresnes: A.E.F. Cemetery.
1.2 Site plans.
France: St. Cloud.
C3 Photographs.
France: St. Quentin.
C3 Photographs.
France: Versailles.
D36 Photographs.
Germany: Munich.
D38 Photographs.
Germany: Stuttgart.
D38 Photographs.
Gibraltar.
D32 Photographs, D39 Photographs.
Holland.
D62 Negatives.
Honduras.
D43 Photographs.
Italy.
D61 Negatives.
Italy: Florence.
D34 Photographs.
Italy: Florence: Boboli Garden.
D34 Photographs.
Italy: Frascati: Villa Torlonia.
D34 Photographs.
Italy: Naples.
D32 Photographs.
Italy: Rome.
D34 Photographs.
Italy: Rome: Piazza del Popolo.
D34 Photographs.
Italy: Sienna: Piazza del Campo.
D34 Photographs.
Italy: Sorrento.
D32 Photographs.
Maine.
D41 Photographs.
Maine: East Boothbay: Murray Hill.
C1 Photographs, C2 Cadastral maps , D1 Photographs, D2 Photograph album, D3 Sketches, D4 Ephemera.
Maine: East Boothbay: Murray Hill: Parshall Field.
C2 Cadastral maps.
Massachusetts: Boston.
D14 Photographs, D15 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Boston: Back Bay Fens.
D14 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Boston: Boston Common.
B6 Speeches, D13 Photographs, D14 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Boston: Boston Public Gardens.
D14 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Boston: Dartmouth Street: Trinity Church.
D13 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Cambridge.
D13 Photographs, D31 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Cape Ann.
D33 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Lenox.
D18 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Marblehead.
D18 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Pittsfield.
D18 Photographs.
Massachusetts: Salem.
D18 Photographs.
New Hampshire: Squam Lake.
B3 Photographs.
Panama: Panama Canal Zone: Ancon (Balboa).
C4 Lantern slides, C5 Photographs, C6 Photographs, C7 Photographs, C8 Photographs, C9 Reports, C10 Keepsakes (books), D53 Photographs, 1.4 Planting plans.
Panama: Taboga Island.
C7 Photographs.
Puerto Rico: San Juan: Camp Las Casas.
C11 Photographs, D53 Photographs.
Rhode Island: Newport.
D18 Photographs.
South Carolina: Columbus: Army Cantonment.
1.3 Maps.
Switzerland.
D38 Photographs.
United States.
D20 Photographs, D21 Photographs, D30 Photographs, D35 Photographs.
Index - Genre
Articles.
C47 Fairchild Tropical Garden Articles and Speeches.
Cadastral maps.
C2 Murray Hill Land/Transfer Map, East Boothbay, ME.
Clippings.
B9 Clippings, C33 Overseas State Park and Parkways Clippings, C44 Crandon Park Miscellaneous Materials, C49 Fairchild Tropical Garden Clippings.
Coastal charts.
1.12 Florida Overseas Parkway Reconnaissance Sheet.
Correspondence.
A2 Correspondence from Prentiss French to William Lyman Phillips, A3 Correspondence from Prentiss French to William Phillips, A4 Correspondence between or about Olmsted Brothers and Phillips, A5 Correspondence from and to WLP, C19 Mountain Lake Colony Correspondence, C30 Venetian Causeway Correspondence, C32 Overseas State Park and Parkways Correspondence, C36 Federal Highway 4-a and 206, Submitted Notes, C48 Fairchild Tropical Garden Correspondence.
Diaries.
D3 Sketches.
Ephemera.
D4 Ephemera, B3 Harvard / Harvard Engineering Camp.
Grading plans.
3.27 Fairchild Tropical Garden, Palmglade Approach, Grading Plan.
Inventories.
C16 Mountain Lake Sanctuary Plant Lists, C53 Trees of Bayfront Park.
Job lists.
C20 Mountain Lake Colony Client Lists.
Keepsakes (books).
C10 Farewell Banquet Booklet.
Lantern slides.
C4 Balboa, Panama Lantern Slides, D61 Lantern Slides of Mountain Lake Colony Homes.
Maps.
C34 Dade County Maps / Park Division Booklet, 1.11 Map of Acquisition of Land for Park Purposes, 1.3 Map of Property Available for Army Cantonment.
Masters thesis.
B2 Masters Thesis.
Miscellaneous materials.
C17 Mountain Lake Sanctuary Miscellaneous Materials.
Negatives.
E62 Glass Slide Negatives of Holland Cityscapes, E62 Glass Plate Negatives of Italy, E62 Glass Plate Negatives of Europe.
Negatives (photographs).
E63 Negative Books with Lists of Negatives, E64 Negatives of Photographs, E59 Negative Film of Miscellaneous Subjects.
Notes.
B8 Notes, Box 3 Faith Jackson Research Notes.
Pamphlets.
C13 Bok Tower Gardens Pamphlets, C15 Mountain Lake Sanctuary Pamphlets, C22 Mountain Lake Colony Pamphlet, C50 Fairchild Tropical Garden Pamphlets.
Photograph album.
D2 Photograph Album of Boothbay / Murray Hill Maine.
Photographs.
B3 Harvard / Harvard Engineering Camp, C1 William Lyman Phillips Residence, Murray Hill, ME, C3 Cemeteries in Europe, C5 Mounted Photographs of Balboa, Panama, C6 Balboa Photographs, C7 Balboa, Panama Photographs, C8 Balboa, Panama Photographs, C11 Camp Las Casas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, C12 MacIntosh Residence, Montreal, Canada, C14 Photographs of Mountain Lake Sanctuary, C24Mountain Lake Colony Photographs with Descriptive Captions, C25 Mountain Lake Colony Photographs, C26 Casa Alejandro (McKinlock Residence) Photographs, C35 William Lyman Phillips' Home, North Miami, FL, C37 Royal Palm State Park Photographs with Index, C38 Pinewood (El Retiro) Residence Photographs, C39 University of Miami Campus at Coral Gables, C41 Highlands Hammock State Park, C43 Crandon Park Photographs, C45 Crandon Park Zoo Photographs, C54 Residence Client File Photographs - Mountain Lake Colony, D1 & D41 Photographs of Maine, D6 Simone Phillips Photographs, D7 & D8 WLP's Immediate Family Photographs, D9 Simone Phillips Family Photographs, D10 & D11 Phillips' Family Photographs, D12 Phillips' Friends and Unidentified Photographs of People, D13 Photographs of Boston/Trinity Church, D14 Photographs of Boston Parks, D15 Photographs of Boston Streets, D16 Photographs of Quebec Area, D17 Photographs of Montreal, Ottawa Area, D18 Photographs of Scenes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, D19 Photographs of Canada, D20 Photographs of Entrances, D21 Photographs of Fences, D22 Photographs of Monuments and Sculpture, D23Photographs of Fountain, D24 Photographs of Country Houses, D25 Photographs of Miscellaneous Gardens, D26 Photographs of Drains and Drainage Systems, D27 Photographs of Lampposts, D28 Photographs of Brick Walls, D29 Photographs of Suburban Houses, D30 Photographs of Waterfronts, D31 Photographs of Streets and Buildings of Cambridge, MA, D32 Photographs of Gardens in Gibraltar, Naples and Sorrento, D33 Photographs of Country Places, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, D34 Photographs of Gardens in Florence, D35 Photographs of Numerous Locations and Subjects – Unidentified, D36 Photographs of Locations in France, D37 Photographs of Locations in France, D38 Photographs of Locations in Germany and Switzerland, D39 Photographs of Unidentified European Locations and Gibraltar, D40 Photographs of Fences, Doors and Miscellaneous, D42 Photographs of Quebec City and Environs, D43 Photographs of Antigua, Honduras and Curacao, D44 & D45 Photographs of Trees, Palms and Plants, D46 Early Photographs Taken by Phillips, D47 Photographs of Europe - Bandstands, Parks and Reservoirs, D48 Photographs of Europe- Stairwells and Bridges, D49 Photographs of World - wide Squares, D50 Photographs of Residences, Mountain Lake Colony, Holland Inn, D51 Photographs of Florida and Environs, Unidentified, D52 Photographs of Gardens in Florida and Unidentified Gardens, D53 Photographs of Unidentified Locations, D54 Photographs of Unidentified Townscapes and Castle, D55 Photographs of the Driftwood Inn, D56 Photographs of Vizcaya, D57 Photographs of Unidentified Gardens, Persons, Olmsted, Jr.
Plans.
C11 Camp Las Casas, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Plans (drawings).
C27 McKee Jungle Gardens, C28 Indian Creek Club, C29 Venetian Causeway Drawings, C40 Matheson Hammock Park, C42 Greynolds Park, 1.10 Plan of Royal Palm State Park, Thatched Shelters, Plan #7, 3.13 Matheson Hammock, Grading Plan, Fairchild Tropical Garden, 3.14 Matheson Hammock, General Layout Plan, Fairchild Tropical, 3.15 Matheson Hammock, General Development Plan, 3.16 Matheson Hammock, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Second, 3.17 Matheson Hammock, Fairchild Tropical Garden, 3.18 Matheson Hammock, Pergola and Car Shelter, Gate, 3.19 Fairchild Tropical Garden, Garden Forum Building and, 3.20 Fairchild Tropical Garden, Plan Showing the Proposed, 3.22 Fairchild Tropical Garden, A Portion of the Garden Showing, 3.23 Fairchild Tropical Garden, The Liberty Hyde Bailey Palm, 3.24 Fairchild Tropical Garden, The Montgomery Palmetum, 3.29 Fairchild Tropical Garden, Location of Planting Areas,, 2.31 Crandon Park, Recreation Facilities Study, 2.34 Crandon Park, Master Plan, 2.35 Crandon Park Zoo, Development Study, 2.37 Rickenbacker Causeway, Plan for Mainland Approach, 1.4 Plan of Ancon, Balboa Panama, 1.5 Plan of Royal Palm State Park, General Map, Firebanks, etc., 1.6 Plan of Royal Palm State Park, Paradise Key- Conditions, 1.7 Plan of Royal Palm State Park, 1.8 Plan of Royal Palm State Park, Lodge Grounds, Plan #4, 1.9 Plan of Royal Palm State Park, Fire Tower Plans, Plan #5, 1.12 Florida Overseas.
Planting plans.
3.21 Fairchild Tropical Garden, Schematic Planting Plan, 3.25 Fairchild Tropical Garden, Map Showing Locations of Family , 3.26 Fairchild Tropical Garden, Garden Club of America, 2.28 Haulover Beach, Proposed Transformer, Substation Location, 2.30 Haulover Beach, Change Rooms, Planting Plan, 2.32 Crandon Park, Cabana Area, Planting Plan , 2.33 Crandon Park, Tram Station, Details of Layout, 3.36 Redlands Fruit and Spice Park, Flower show Background , 3.38 Bayfront Park, Planting Plans for Area Off of Biscayne Blvd., 1.4 Plan of Ancon, Balboa, 1.7 Plan of Royal Palm State Park, Planting on Burned Area.
Portraits.
D5 Portraits of WLP.
Postcards.
D58 Postcards of Florida, Barcelona and Puerto Rico.
Reports.
B6 Reports, C9 Balboa (La Boca), Panama Canal Reports, C18 Mountain Lake Colony Reports, C31 Overseas State Park and Parkways Reports.
Resumes.
B1 Record of Professional Experience.
Site plans.
C21 Mountain Lake Colony Preliminary Plan, Revised ,1.1 Plan of American E.F. Cemetery Number 636 ,1.2 Plan of American E.F. Cemetery Number 34.
Sketches.
D3 Sketches.
Slides (photographs).
E60 Slides of Hugh Matheson House to Slides of Homestead Park, E62 Chrome Slides Taken by WLP's Daughter, Mary.
Speeches.
B5 Speeches.
Watercolors.
C23 Watercolor of Garden at Mountain Lake Colony.
Writings.
B3 Writings, B4 Writings.
Index - Art and Architecture Thesaurus Terms
Access roads.
C46 Plans (drawings).
Administration buildings.
C6 Photographs, C7 Photographs, C8 Photographs, C46 Plans (drawings).
Aerial views.
C14 Photographs.
Amphitheaters.
2.16 Plans (drawings), 2.17 Plans (drawings), 3.19 Plans (drawings), 3.22 Plans (drawings).
Animal housing.
2.35 Plans (drawings).
Beaches.
C34 Maps, C40 Plans (drawings), C43 Photographs, C44 Clippings, D30 Photographs, 2.28 Planting plans, 2.30 Planting plans, 2.31 Plans (drawings), 2.32 Planting plans, 2.33 Planting plans, 2.34 Plans (drawings).
Benches.
2.33 Planting plans.
Boathouses.
C42 Plans (drawings).
Botanical gardens.
C46 Plans (drawings), C47 Articles, C48 Correspondence, C49 Clippings, C50 Pamphlets, C51 Photographs, 3.19 Plans (drawings), 3.20 Plans (drawings), 3.21 Planting plans, 3.22 Plans (drawings), 3.23 Plans (drawings), 3.24 Plans (drawings), 3.25 Planting plans, 3.26 Planting plans, 3.27 Grading plans, 3.29 Plans (drawings).
Bricks.
D28 Photographs.
Bridges.
2.17 Plans (drawings).
Bridges (built works).
C29 Plans (drawings), C30 Correspondence.
Cabanas.
C43 Photographs, 2.32 Planting plans.
Cadastral maps.
C2 Cadastral maps.
Campgrounds.
1.5 Plans (drawings).
Camps.
3.15 Plans (drawings).
Campuses.
C39 Photographs.
Canals.
C4 Lantern slides, C9 Reports, C5 Photographs, C6 Photographs, C7 Photographs, C8 Photographs, C10 Photographs, D30 Photographs.
Carillons.
C13 Pamphlets, C14 Photographs, C15 Pamphlets.
Causeways.
C29 Plans (drawings).
Churches.
D13 Photographs, D15 Photographs.
City planning. C4 Lantern slides, C5 Photographs, C9 Reports, C6 Photographs, C7 Photographs, 1.4 Planting plans.
Clubhouses.
C18 Reports, C24 Photographs, C25 Photographs.
Construction.
C5 Photographs, C37 Photographs, C6 Photographs, C7 Photographs, C8 Photographs, C4 Lantern slides.
Country houses.
D33 Photographs.
Doors.
C15 Pamphlets, D20 Photographs.
Drainage systems.
D26 Photographs.
Dressing rooms.
2.30 Planting plans.
Driveways.
C54 Photographs, D20 Photographs.
Entrances.
D20 Photographs.
Exterior views.
D16 Photographs, C12 Photographs, C35 Photographs, C38 Photographs, C6 Photographs, C7 Photographs, C8 Photographs.
Exterior walls.
C6 Photographs, C7 Photographs, C8 Photographs.
Fences.
C23 Watercolors, D20 Photographs, D21 Photographs.
Fire towers.
C37 Photographs, 1.5 Plans (drawings), 1.7 Plans (drawings), 1.8 Plans (drawings), 1.9 Plans (drawings).
Flagpoles.
2.37 Plans (drawings).
Footbridges.
3.19 Plans (drawings).
Fountains.
C26 Photographs, C38 Photographs, C54 Photographs, D32 Photographs, D22 Photographs, D23 Photographs.
Garages.
1.8 Plans (drawings).
Garden structures.
C40 Plans (drawings)
Gardens.
D32 Photographs, D34 Photographs, D35 Photographs, D52 Photographs, D57 Photographs.
Gatehouses.
2.18 Plans (drawings).
Gates.
C23 Watercolors, C54 Photographs, C7 Photographs, C8 Photographs, 1.5 Plans (drawings).
Golf courses.
C18 Reports, C25 Photographs.
Greenhouses.
C46 Plans (drawings).
Guesthouses.
C18 Reports, C24 Photographs.
Guidebooks.
C17 Miscellaneous materials.
Harbors.
D16 Photographs.
Highway planning.
C31 Reports.
Highways.
C36 Correspondence.
Historic gardens.
C42 Plans (drawings).
Historic landscapes.
C14 Photographs, C13 Pamphlets.
Horsecars.
D15 Photographs.
Houses.
C12 Photographs, C35 Photographs, D29 Photographs.
Housing.
C16 Inventories.
Housing developments.
C18 - C25 MLC, C38 Photographs.
Lagoons.
C42 Plans (drawings).
Lampposts.
D27 Photographs.
Lawns.
C38 Photographs.
Lodges.
3.14 Plans (drawings), 3.15 Plans (drawings), 1.7 Planting plans, 1.8 Plans (drawings).
Lots.
C18 Reports, C24 Photographs.
Main streets.
C8 Photographs, D15 Photographs, D18 Photographs.
Marinas.
1.34 Plans (drawings).
Military housing.
A2 Correspondence.
Military installations.
1.3 Maps, C3 Photographs.
Monuments.
D22 Photographs.
Nature trails.
1.6 Plans (drawings).
Owner-built houses.
C1 Photographs, C2 Cadastral maps.
Parks.
C34 Maps, C40 Plans (drawings), C41 Photographs, C42 Plans (drawings), C43 Photographs, C44 Clippings, 2.13 Plans (drawings), 3.14 Plans (drawings), 3.15 Plans (drawings), 2.16 Plans (drawings), 2.17 Plans (drawings), 2.34 Plans (drawings), 2.35 Plans (drawings), 3.38 Planting plans.
Parkways.
C31 Reports, C32 Correspondence, C33 Clippings, 1.12 Coastal charts.
Patios.
C54 Photographs.
Pavilions (garden structures).
C42 Plans (drawings), C43 Photographs.
Pavilions.
3.15 Plans (drawings).
Pedestrian streets.
C8 Photographs.
Pergolas.
C40 Plans (drawings), 2.18 Plans (drawings).
Perspective drawings.
C23 Watercolors.
Plans (drawings).
C11 Plans (drawings), C28 Plans (drawings).
Planters.
C26 Photographs, D32 Photographs.
Planting plans.
C27 Plans (drawings), C29 Plans (drawings).
Plants.
D44 & D45 Photographs.
Ponds.
D14 Photographs, 1.8 Plans (drawings).
Pools.
C54 Photographs, D32 Photographs, 1.7 Planting plans.
Porches.
C8 Photographs, C26 Photographs.
Public gardens.
C13 Pamphlets, C14 Photographs, C15 Pamphlets, C16 Inventories, C17 Miscellaneous materials.
Pumping stations.
C37 Photographs.
Railroads.
D19 Photographs.
Recreation areas.
2.31 Plans (drawings), 2.32 Planting plans, 2.33 Planting plans, 2.34 Plans (drawings).
Reflecting pools.
C26 Photographs Roads.
Roads.
C4 Lantern slides, C5 Photographs, C18 Reports, C24 Photographs, C7 Photographs, C8 Photographs, 1.12 Coastal charts, 3.20 Plans (drawings), 1.5 Plans (drawings).
Roadside improvement.
C29 Plans (drawings), C30 Correspondence, C31 Reports, C32 Correspondence, C33 Clippings, C36 Correspondence.
Roadsides.
C24 Photographs.
Roadways.
2.37 Plans (drawings).
Sculpture.
D22 Photographs.
Secondary roads.
C7 Photographs.
Shelters.
1.10 Plans (drawings), 3.15 Plans (drawings), 2.18Plans (drawings), , , Site plans, C11 Photographs, C21 Site plans.
Squares (open spaces).
D15 Photographs, D16 Photographs.
Stairs.
D14 Photographs.
State parks.
C37 Photographs, C41 Photographs, 1.10 Plans (drawings), 1.5 Plans (drawings), 1.6 Plans (drawings), 1.7 Planting plans, 1.8 Plans (drawings), 1.9 Plans (drawings).
Statues.
D14 Photographs.
Street furniture.
D14 Photographs.
Street-railroads.
D15 Photographs.
Streets.
D15 Photographs, D16 Photographs, D31 Photographs.
Suburban houses.
D29 Photographs.
Terraces.
3.23 Plans (drawings).
Thatching.
1.10 Plans (drawings).
Townscapes.
C4 Lantern slides, C5 Photographs, C9 Reports, C6 Photographs, C7 Photographs, 1.4 Planting plans.
Traffic engineering.
B7 Reports.
Tram depots.
2.33 Planting plans, 2.35 Plans (drawings).
Trees.
D44 & D45 Photographs.
Urban parks.
D13 Photographs, D14 Photographs.
Villas.
C38 Photographs.
Walkways.
D14 Photographs, D18 Photographs, 2.13 Plans (drawings).
Walls.
C54 Photographs, D28 Photographs, D20 Photographs, 3.14 Plans (drawings), 2.17 Plans (drawings), 3.23 Plans (drawings).
War cemeteries.
C3 Photographs, 1.1 Site plans, 1.2 Site plans.
Waterfronts.
D30 Photographs.
Zoos.
C27 Plans (drawings), C45 Photographs, 2.35 Plans (drawings).
Processing Information
Finding aid transcribed and adapted by Igor Ekštajn in 2022; based on an inventory prepared 10/03/97-02/14/98 by Lisa Starzyk-Weldon.
- Title
- Papers of William L. Phillips
- Subtitle
- A Descriptive Inventory of the Holdings at the Frances Loeb Library
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Special Collections, Frances Loeb Library, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- des00052
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