Content Description: The Collection consists of correspondence exchanged between two landscape architects - teacher and student - William Lyman Phillips (Harvard University B.A. 1908, M.L.A. 1910) and Prentiss French (Harvard University M.L.A. 1921). Perhaps best known as the designer of Florida's Fairchild Tropical Garden, Phillips' letters discuss both professional and personal matters.The Collection also includes the correspondence exchanged between Phillips and Julia A. Field, who received the...

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.] Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of both personal and site records. Correspondence, plans, photographs, slides, drawings and...