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Landscape architects -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of William L. Phillips with Prentiss French and Julia A. Field

Collection Identifier: DES-1980-0001-000603309
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...

The Norman T. Newton Collection

Collection Identifier: DES-2004-0003-012577982
Scope and Contents: The bulk of this collection is comprised of World War II files related to Norman T. Newton's work in the Sub Commission of Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (correspondence, final reports, and maps). It also includes pre- and post- WWII publications on conditions of works of art and historic monuments.The collection is comprised of World War II files of correspondence, news clippings and memorabilia, official military records, photographs (pre and during the war), and Sub...