History of Landscape Architecture is a bibliographic research guide to UC Berkeley library and Web resources for the history of landscape architecture.
This guide will be especially useful for students enrolled in UC Berkeley Landscape Architecture 101 (Fundamentals of Landscape Design), Landscape Architecture 170 (History and Literature of Landscape Architecture), and Landscape Architecture 171 (The American Designed Landscape Since 1850).
Review this guide to find essential fact finding resources and recommendations for article indexes.
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View tutorials on searching catalogs and indexes.
Set up a Refworks or Zotero account (do this before searching), watch tutorials for getting started (see the citations tab).
Follow these steps to organize your research:
Define and Deconstruct Your Topic (see below).
See the Basic Resources tab to find initial information about your paper topic.
Refine Your Topic: Using the information you have gathered, determine if your research topic should be narrower or broader. You may need to search Basic Resources again using your new, focused topics and keywords.
See the Searching Tips tab to find books for an in-depth discussion of your topic.
Go to the Articles tab for resources containing current and retrospective information. Use Periodical Indexes to identify articles within periodical and newspaper titles.
Go to the Citations tab to choose a style manual for your footnotes and bibliography.
Your Paper Topic
Define and deconstruct your topic. Plan your search.
Deconstruct your topic to uncover its complexities, to focus your research and to increase your search vocabulary. The more ways you have of describing and thinking about your topic, the more information you're likely to find. One method of deconstructing your topic is to is to fill out the Brain Dump Worksheet created for LD ARCH 170. Another term for deconstructing a research question is 'concept mapping'; see the Rhode Island School of Design Library's excellent slide show, Concept Mapping, for a visual tutorial.
Write down your topic. Be brief!
Example: impact of Golden Gate Park on development of surrounding neighborhoods
Ask the journalists' 6 questions about your chosen topic:Who?, What?, Where?, When?, Why?, How? Do your best to answer these questions. Remember to include alternative spellings. For example: Olmsted or Olmstead; parc or park or parque; Nationsbank or Nations Bank or National Bank.
Sample questions: Who designed it? / Who built it? / Who paid for it? / Who were the intended users? What kind of park is it? / What were the design constraints? Where is it located? (city, state, neighborhood, country) When was it built? (date completed, century) Why was it designed? How did the city approve the project?
Pay attention to the questions you can't answer about your topic. Look for for the answers in the specialized reference sources in the following section. Add to your 'deconstruction notes' as you learn more about your topic.
There are numerous manuals and grammar books available to guide you through the process of writing an excellent research paper. The following resources are highly recommended.
A writer's reference
Environmental Design Reference PE1408 .H2778 2010
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The elements of style
Moffitt Reserves PE1408 .S772 2007; Environmental Design Reference PE1408 .S772 2000
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About Basic Resources
This page is a bibliography of key encyclopedias, dictionaries, and miscellaneous landscape architecture reference materials. Use these to define an unfamiliar word or landscape type, to learn about a particular landscape site or designer, or even to find a specific bibliography on a topic.
Encyclopedia of community: from the village to the virtual world
Environmental Design HM756 E53 2003 Reference Desk Comprised of well-written signed articles on such relevant topics as civic agriculture, community gardening, garden cities, and theme parks. Each article includes a bibliography.
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Encyclopedia of gardens: history and design
Excellent source for landscape design history. Substantive signed articles are illustrated; each includes a brief bibliography. Chronologies of selected projects are given for landscape designers.
Environmental Design SB465 E63 2001 Reference Desk
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European gardens: an historical atlas
Chronological arrangement with great illustrations, some color. Index, bibliography.
Environmental Design fSB466 E9 V4713 1990 Reference
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Garden history reference encyclopedia
Primarily northern hemisphere coverage. Features a glossary, timeline, brief biographies, garden styles, maps, and some images. Environmental Design SB451 G373 2004 Ask at the Circulation Desk for CD.
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Grove art online (now included in Oxford art online)
UCB only Electronic version of The 34 vol. Dictionary of art, Jane Turner, ed. NY: Grove, 1996. Excellent bibliographies and links to images and related sites.
Print ed.: Environmental Design N31 D5 1996 Reference, Index: v.34
The Oxford companion to the garden
A one-volume encyclopedia of short authoritative articles on notable gardens, landscape designers, garden features, etc. New ed. of the classic The Oxford companion to gardens. Selectively illustrated. Bibliography: pp.531-538. Environmental Design SB469.25 .O951 2006
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Wikipedia
Web-based, collaboratively-authored encyclopedia. Useful for confirming a research starting point. Reader Beware: Content is non-authoritative, and in some instances has been demonstrated to be deliberately false.
General Histories and Surveys
General Histories and Surveys provide an overview and the context of a topic, with dates, locations, special sites, and the names of architects or designers. They usually include bibliographies. Use the subject headings in the Searching Tips tab to locate additional titles.
To find information about specific places, look at the journals or yearbooks of the local landscape architecture societies.
Great city parks
Covers 20 public parks in 14 American and Western European cities. Environmental Design SB484.E8 T37 2004
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Timeline of American landscape architecture
N: Landscape architecture, v. 89, 1999. A ten-part series of articles presenting, decade by decade, a brief history and timeline of 20th century American landscape architecture. Environmental Design SB469 L3 1999 Bound periodicals
Books on architecture and garden design - digitized
(Univ. of Heidelberg, Univ. Library) A full text collection of historical books (late 15th through the early 19th century) on architecture and garden design. Includes rare editions from Italy, France, Germany and other European countries.
Eighteenth century collections online
Contains over 150,000 full text books and other materials published in Great Britain and its colonies during the 18th Century.
Use dictionaries and glossaries to verify concepts, terminology, definitions and spelling. Specialized dictionaries give the history and illustrations of building elements.
Dictionary of gardening
Primarily an encyclopedia of plants. However, includes substantial articles on the landscape architecture and gardening traditions of 12 countries or regions, as well as 173 brief biographies of landscape architects and gardeners (e.g., Roberto Burle-Marx, Thomas Church, Beatrix Farrand, and Hermann Puckler-Muskau). Environmental Design SB450.95 .D53 1992 Reference
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Dictionary of today's landscape designers
For 86 international contemporary landscape architects and designers, engineers, artists, and more, provides a biographical note, a list of works and related bibliography, and color photographs of significant designs. Environmental Design SB469.37.D53 2003
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Pioneers of American landscape design
Contains excellent biographical essays about 160 American landscape architects and designers and their work. Each essay includes a brief bibliography. Illustrated. Environmental Design SB469.9.P56 2000
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In the Library's catalogs use keywords or subject headingsto search for title, subject, author, or corporate author.
Use truncation or wildcards (* or ?) for variations of words (e.g. vatican*).
by time period:
Architecture, Postmodern
Gardens, Renaissance Landscape Architecture, 20th century
by type of landscape or site:
Cemeteries Gardens, Islamic Landscape gardening Urban parks
Water in landscape architecture
Waterfronts
by location by city, state, or country:
Gardens--France
Landscape Architecture--New York
Plazas--Italy
Search for a specific landscape architect or designer:
Burle Marx, Roberto
Gustafson, Kathryn Kiley, Dan
by specific project orsite:
Biltmore Estate--North Carolina Golden Gate Park--San Francisco, California Taj Mahal--India
by firms or organizations using corporate authors such as:
Hargreaves Associates American Society of Landscape Architects Olmsted Brothers
Finding Books
Note that for many topics you will not find an entire book; instead, you may find a chapter or an essay in a book focussed on a general aspect of your precedent (refer to your Brain Dump worksheet for ideas). Example: a book on urban parks might include information about Golden Gate Park. Check also for other useful subheadings, such as Bibliographies, History, Handbooks, etc. Guidebooks to cities may also have sections on parks, recreations and public gardens, so check subject headings such as Berkeley, Calif.--Description and travel.
Consult the Basic Resources tab for general information. For in-depth information about your topic, search the Library's catalogs using the tips below and your notes on specific building names, designers, location, and date built.
For historical local and major national newspapers and media, visit the Newspapers and Microforms room in the basement of Doe Library.
Google News also contains a wide range of national and local newspapers. Remember: be specific when searching on your topic and take advantage of the limiting features.
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index Comprehensive coverage of nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers and archives. C19 Index draws on the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Poole's Index and Periodicals Index Online to create integrated bibliographic coverage of over 1.4 million books and official publications, 64,891 archival collections and 15.6 million articles published in over 2,500 journals, magazines and newspapers.
Historical Newspapers Online Indexes newspapers covering all aspects of British life and world affairs in the 19th and 20th centuries. Contains four major historical resources: Palmer's Index to the Times which covers The Times (London, 1790-1905); The Official Index to the Times (1906-1980); The Historical Index to the New York Times (1863- 1922); and Palmer's Full Text Online (1785-1870).
Early American Newspapers Access to hundreds of historic newspapers, providing more than one million pages as fully text-searchable facsimile images. Based largely on Clarence Brigham's "History and Bibliography of American Newspapers,1690-1820." (Archive of Americana allows cross-searching of several databases: Early American Imprints , Series I and II; Early American Newspapers; American State Papers; US Congressional Serial Set.)
Access World News Provides full-text information and perspectives from over 600 U.S. and over 700 international sources. Offers strong regional coverage, indexing more than California newspapers such as Contra Costa Times (1995-current), Sacramento Bee (1984-current), San Francisco Chronicle (1985-current), and San Jose Mercury News (1985-current). Search categories include: California newspapers (121 titles), Greater Los Angeles (54 titles), major metropolitan titles (13 titles), Spanish-language news sources (48 titles), the World (almost 2000 titles), US (855 titles).
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals The BEST starting point for finding articles on architecture and related fields. Indexes over 1,000 scholarly and professional journals covering archaeology, architecture, architectural design, environmental design, city planning, furniture and decoration, interior design, historic preservation, history of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design and planning. Most citations are from articles published since 1930 (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860s).
Art Index Retrospective Indexes publications in the fields of archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, computer applications and graphics, crafts, film, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, painting, photography, sculpture, television, textiles, and video. Includes citations to art reproductions. Provides citations from Volumes 1-32 of the print counterpart, Art Index.
Art Full Text Indexes over 300 international publications, including journals, yearbooks, museum bulletins, film reviews, bibliographies, conference reports, review articles, interviews and exhibition listings, in a variety of languages. Covers the fields of archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, computer applications and graphics, crafts, film, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, painting, photography, sculpture, television, textiles, and video.
Academic Search Complete A multidisciplinary index to articles in more than 10,900 journals and other publications in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Portuguese; full-text is available for over 5300 journals.
America: History and Life Indexes over 2,000 journals published worldwide on the history of the US and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes all key English-language historical journals; selected historical journals from major countries, state, and local history journals; and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities.
Anthropology Plus Indexes journal articles, essays, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology as well as ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture. This database combines the resources of Anthropological Index and Anthropological Literature.
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) Over 500,000 citations to journal articles, books, and conference proceedings worldwide on the countries, histories, and cultures of East, South, and Southeast Asia.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) Indexes over 2,500 articles, art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, and art exhibition and dealer's catalogs. Covers European and American art from late antiquity to the present. Subjects include painting, sculpture, drawings, prints; decorative and applied arts; architecture and industrial design; popular and folk art. Abstracts in English or French. Database Sources: Getty Research Institute (GRI) and Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (INIST-CNRS).
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index Comprehensive coverage of nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers and archives. C19 Index draws on the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Poole's Index and Periodicals Index Online to create integrated bibliographic coverage of over 1.4 million books and official publications, 64,891 archival collections and 15.6 million articles published in over 2,500 journals, magazines and newspapers.
Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI) Indexes millions of articles published in over 4,700 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. A sister database, Periodicals Archive Online, provides a full-text archive of some 475 journals published between 1802 and 1995.
FRANCIS Indexes over 3,000 journals, books, dissertations, and other American and European sources covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics. Produced by the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique, most records are in French, with about 33% in English.
Historical Abstracts Indexes over 2,000 journals, as well as historical book reviews and dissertations, published worldwide about all aspects of world history (excluding US and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Articles covered were written from 1954 to thepresent
Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals Indexes 42 art journals published in the US during the 19th century, including articles, art notes, illustrations, stories, poems, and advertisements to provide nearly complete coverage of journals from this period. Offers information on popular culture and industry, artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitions and sales, decorations, and collecting.
JSTOR Includes over 1000 scholarly journals with access to more than 2 million articles. JSTOR is an archive which means that current issues (generally the most recent 3-5 years) of the journals are not yet available.
Scholarly, Trade, and Popular Journals Learn how to determine which journals are considered scholarly.
Manage Citations How to keep citations organized and import them automatically into your paper.
Additional Resources for Articles
British Architectural Library. London: RIBA Publications. Searches books and articles. Online ed.: 1984--present; Print ed.: 1972--present; EnvDesign NA8 A73 Index
Google Scholar - focuses exclusively on scholarly literature in all disciplines. Can be linked to Berkeley's collection through "preferences."
Selected Journals
Garden and forest, a journal of horticulture, landscape art, and forestry, 1888-1897. The the first American journal devoted to horticulture, botany, landscape design and preservation, national and urban park development, scientific forestry, and the conservation of forest resources. Online ed.: 1888-1897; paper ed.: EnvDesign SB1 G2 Bound periodicals Index:Poole's, 1892-1897; searchable full text: found here.
Garden history - UCB Only, [London]: Garden History Society, 1972--. Cumulative index, v.1-27 (1972-1999), EnvDesign SB403 N55 Index. Online ed.: 1972-varies; print ed.: EnvDesign SB403 G28 Current & bound periodicals Index & full text:JSTOR
The Gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement. J.C. Loudon, ed. London, 1826-1844. First English magazine devoted exclusively to horticulture and gardening topics. EnvDesign SB4 G45 Rare
Garten und landschaft, Munich. Published 1890--. The German equivalent of Landscape Architecture (ASLA). EnvDesign SB469 G36 1957-- Unbound & bound periodicals Index:Avery, 1984-1991
Online ed.: 1846-1875; paper ed.: EnvDesign SB1 H63 In storage (NRLF): 1(July 1846)-23, 25-26(1871);
micro. ed.: News/Micro MICROFILM 4004 AP reel 656, 890-893, 1846-1875
Index & full text:American Periodicals Series Online, 1846-1875
Journal of historical geography-UC Only, 1975--. Online ed.: 1993 (v.19)--; paper ed.: 1975--; Earth Sci G141 J6 Indexes:PIO, 1975-1995; Amer. Hist. Life, 1978--; Expand. Acad., 1989--; Geography, 1990--; Period. Archive Online, full text, 1975-1995; ScienceDirect, full text, 1993--
Journal of the New England Garden History Society, Boston: The Society, 1991--. EnvDesign SB1 N49 Bound periodicals
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, London. 1846--; several title variations. Currently titled The Garden. EnvDesign & BIOS SB4 R8 Holdings & shelving locations vary Indexes:Biological Abstracts, Forestry Abstracts
Journal of urban history-UCB Only [Beverly Hills]: Sage Publications. Online ed.: 1989 (v.15:2)--; paper ed.: 1974--; EnvDesign HT111 J681 Current & bound periodicals Indexes:Amer. Hist. Life, 1974--; Avery, 1981--; Period. Archive Online, full text, 1974-1995; Sage Urb. Studies & Plan., full text 1982--; ProQuest, full text, 1989--
Landscape architecture, American Society of Landscape Architects. 1910--. EnvDesign SB469 L3 Current & unbound periodicals Indexes: Cumulative index, 1910-1987: EnvDesign SB469 L3 Reference; PIO, 1910-1995; Art, 1984--; Avery,1985--
Landscape history: journal of the Society for Landscape Studies, Wakefield [Yorkshire]: The Society. Abstracts & tables of contents. Annual. Online ed.: 1979--; paper ed.: 1979--; EnvDesign QH75 L33 Current & bound periodicals Indexes:Avery, 1979-1995; PIO, 1979-1995
Landscape research- UCB Only Manchester: Landscape Research Group. Online ed.: 2000 (v.25)--; paper ed.: 1976--; EnvDesign SB469 L27 Current & bound periodicals Indexes:BHA, 1990--; Informaworld, full text, 1968-- IngentaConnect, full text, 2000--
Parks & recreation - UCB Only, American Institute of Park Executives, et al. 1906--; several title variations. Online ed.: 1992--; print ed.: call numbers & holdings vary, EnvDesign SB469 A35 In storage (NRLF), EnvDesign SB469 P35 Bound periodicals, EnvDesign SB469 P36 Unbound & bound periodicals Index:Avery, 1943-1991; Research Library, 1992--, full text
The Playground. NY: Executive Committee of the Playground Association of America, 1907-1929. Continued by: Playground and recreation
Main GV421 R4 In storage (NRLF): 1908-1929
Index:Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1919-May 1929
Studies in the history of gardens & designed landscapes. Formerly Journal of garden history. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis, 1981--. EnvDesign SB451 J65 Current & bound periodicals Indexes:Amer. Hist. Life, 1981-1994; Avery, 1982--; Art, 1986--
UC-eLinks
Once you've searched a database to find articles, you may need to use to link to a PDF or html file if the full text is not immediately available. Each database isa bit different, but a good rule of thumb is this: when you see the Uc-eLinks icon click on it to view your article access options, which can range from full text to a call number to an Interlibrary Loan request:
For more information, here's a tutorial on using UC-eLinks.
Citation Management Tools
These toolshelp you manage your research, collect and cite sources, and create bibliographies in a variety of citation styles. Each program has its strengths and weaknesses, but all are easier than managing citations manually!
Zotero - free plug-in that works exclusively with the Firefox browser: keeps copies of what you find on the web, permits tagging, notation, full text searching of your library of resources, works with MS-Word, and has a free web backup service.
RefWorks - free for UC Berkeley users. It allows you to create your own database by importing references and using them for footnotes and bibliographies. Use the RefWorks New User Form to sign up.
Cite it right : the SourceAid guide to citation, research, and avoiding plagiarism
A guide to citing bibliographic data according to MLA, APA, and Chicago style guidelines also discusses how to conduct research while avoiding plagiarism. Doe Reference Reference Hall PN171.F56 F69 2007 Moffitt Reference PN171.F56 F69 2007
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Finding Visual Resources
This section lists sources for different types of images, including photographs, plans, drawings, and maps. In addition to the books and other sources already listed, landscape images and plans may be found in specialized books and on the Web. Note, too, that images can be found in unexpected places, for example, in seemingly trivial or 'popular' books, such as Beauty in gardens; a tribute, by Roger B. Whitman, published in 1928, and which consists primarily of black and white photos of the work of selected American landscape architects, including Marian Coffin, Jens Jensen, and Charles Downing Lay. The archives listed in this guide are also potentially great sources for images.
Architectural archives sites (Carnegie Mellon Univ.) Directory of links to architectural archives Web sites in the United States. Remember that architecture collections often include landscape architecture materials.
Archives of American gardens, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Contains thousands of photographic images, searchable through the Smithsonian's archives and manuscripts catalog. The major collections in the Archives are: Garden Club of America Collection and others.
C19: the nineteenth century index-UCB Only Some full text. Index of 64,891 19th century archival collections and many other sources. Coverage: Varies
Central Park (New York City, NY) Catalog-index of Central Park drawings, 1857-1934: an historic preservation project of the Frederick Law Olmsted Association, NY: Frederick Law Olmsted Association, 1981. Catalog of the archives of Central Park; includes plans. These materials are part of the municipal archives managed by the New York City, Department of Records and Information Services, and form a portion of of the records for the Department of Parks, 1850-1960. Envirnomental Design Library SB483 N5 C38
Environmental Design Archives(UC Berkeley, College of Environmental Design) Includes archives of San Francisco Bay Area architects and landscape architects, among others. Open by appointment only. Noncirculating collection. Environmental Design Archives Finding Aids are available through the Online Archive of California.
Minerva online catalog(California State Archives) Descriptive catalog of the archival records of California state agencies, legislative committees, the state Supreme and appellate courts, etc.
Municipal archives: Municipal archives can be a fabulous source of primary research material. Many cities, counties, etc., maintain archives of historical municipal records, ranging from meeting and office records to maps, vital records, photographs, plans, parks and recreation planning, and much more. These archives are managed in diverse ways: as a separate department, as a function within an individual department, as part of the public library, etc. Search H-Urban discussion logs for "municipal archives" for a sampling of the type and quality of municipal archives available.
Online archive of California. Brings together historical materials from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives. Includes more than 120,000 images. The California Heritage Project is one of many searchable archives containing photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of the UC Berkeley Bancroft Library, including many historical images of San Francisco Bay Area places.
Repository of primary resources. Lists over 5,000 Web sites describing the holdings of archives and manuscript, rare books, historical photograph, and other primary source collections. International.
Many, but not all, images, plans and maps can be found online.
ArtStor - UCB Only Digital library of more than 1 million images including architectural images.
Avery index to architectural periodicalsvia CSA - UC Only - Architecture and Landscape Architecture journals are highly visual. Therefore, you will often find relevant visual material accompanying an article on your subject. Avery indexes articles in 1,000+ periodicals in architecture, planning, urban design, & related disciplines. Check out the Video Tutorial on how to use it.
Image sources for the built environment(UC Berkeley, Library) A selected list of books and Web sites that provide views, plans, sections, elevations, or details of important buildings and sites.
SPIRO, Architecture Visual Resources Center, Univ. of California, Berkeley. The visual online public access catalog to approximately 16% of the Architecture Visual Resources Center's collection of over 200,000 35mm slides. The collection is available to UCB faculty and graduate students.
Digital Sanborn maps, 1867-1970 (UMI) UCB Only Site provides digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities. The maps "are large-scale plans containing...information such as the outline of each building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers."
Fire insurance maps (UC Berkeley, Library) Links to description of and indexes to fire insurance maps.
More Resources for Images
American designed landscapes: a photographic interpretation
Beautiful black and white photographs of 18 significant American designed landscapes, including Middleton Place, Biltmore, Mount Auburn cemetery, and Cranbrook. Includes plans for each landscape. Environmental Design f SB457.53 .W27 1998 v.1
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American landscape and architectural design, 1850-1920
This collection of approximately 2,800 lantern slides offers views of cities, specific buildings, parks, estates and gardens, including a complete history of Boston's Park System. Views include photographs, plans, maps, & models. Private American estates are represented in the collection through contemporary views of their houses and gardens. Also indexed in the American Memory project.
American memory
U.S. Library of Congress. Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text from the Library of Congress' Americana collections.
Great European gardens: an atlas of historic plans
Brief narratives and chronologies accompany beautiful color reproductions of original plans of 68 European gardens and parks. Bibliography. Environmental Design Reference f SB466.E9 A5351 2005
Image sources for the built environment
A selected list of books and Web sites that provide views, plans, sections, elevations, or details of important buildings and sites.
Fire insurance maps
(UC Berkeley, Library) Links to description of and indexes to fire insurance maps.
Insurance maps of Berkeley, California
Sanborn Map Company. NY: The Co., 1911. Includes Albany and parts of Emeryville and Oakland.
Environmental Design fffG1529 B6 S3 Rare v.2 only, 1911 corrected to 1933
To scale: one hundred urban plans
See the online table of contents for a list of cities and public spaces included. Includes plazas. Environmental Design Reference NA9070 .J46 2008
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World architecture index: a guide to illustrations
Indexes images published in books, by place, project, designer, and project type. Environmental Design Reference & Reference Desk NA202 .T4 1991
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To find information about specific places, look at the journals or yearbooks of the local landscape architecture societies.
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