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Getting Started
Deconstruct Your Topic
Quick Facts
Landscape Architects
Bibliographies
Links
Doing Research
Find Books
Surveys / Resources
Find Articles
Journals
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Archives, Historical Societies, & Libraries

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 170 (History and Literature of Landscape Architecture) and Landscape Architecture 101 (Fundamentals of Landscape Design). Included are selected reference titles and historical surveys of landscape architecture history, as well as strategies for locating periodical articles, books, images, etc.  For additional assistance please consult the Library's catalogs or the Environmental Design Library reference staff, 210 Wurster Hall.

UC Berkeley faculty, registered students, and staff who are off campus may use items marked UCB Only or UC Only by using the Library's off-campus access services.

Contents reviewed: 28 September 2009 Conditions of Use

    recommended = highly recommended


    Getting Started

    Deconstruct Your Topic | Quick Facts | Landscape Architects | Bibliographies | Links

    recommended 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. 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 6 journalist's 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.

      For additional ways to explore the concepts and social factors influencing your topic, see Finding Information on Buildings and Places, http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/bldgs.html.

    Quick Facts  Included here are 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 bibliography on a topic.

    1. Clues to American garden styles, by David P. Fogle, Catherine Mahan, and Christopher Weeks. Rev. ed. Washington: Starrhill Pr., 1988.
      2. EnvDesign SB457.53 F641 1988 Reference Desk & circ.
    2. Decorating Eden: a comprehensive sourcebook of classic garden details, Elizabeth Wilkinson and Marjorie Henderson, eds. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.
      3. EnvDesign SB469.25 H67 1992 Reference
    3. Dictionaries: For basic landscape architecture dictionaries see Landscape Architecture Reference Sources.
    4. Dictionary of gardening, the Royal Horticultural Society.  Anthony Huxley, ed. 4 vols. NY: Stockton Pr., 1992.  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).
      5. EnvDesign SB450.95 D53 1992 Reference
    5. Dictionnaire historique de l'art des jardins, by Michel Conan. [Paris]: Hazan, [1997]. Nicely illustrated.
      6. EnvDesign SB469.25 C66 1997 Reference
    6. Encyclopedia of community: from the village to the virtual world, Karen Christensen & David Levinson, general eds. 4 vols. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2003. 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.
      7. EnvDesign HM756 E53 2003 Reference Desk
    7. recommended Encyclopedia of gardens: history and design, Chicago Botanic Garden.  Candice A. Shoemaker, ed. 3 vols. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001. 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.
      8. EnvDesign SB465 E63 2001 Reference Desk
    8. European gardens: an historical atlas, by Virgilio Vercelloni. NY: Rizzoli, 1990. Chronological arrangement with great illustrations, some color. Index, bibliography.
      9. EnvDesign fSB466 E9 V4713 1990 Reference
    9. Garden history reference encyclopedia [CD-ROM}, London: Gardenvisit.com, 2004. Primarily northern hemisphere coverage. Features a glossary, timeline, brief biographies, garden styles, maps, and some images.
      10. EnvDesign SB451 G373 2004 compu/d Reserve
    10. A Glossary of garden history, by Michael Symes.  Princes Risborough: Shire, 1993.
      11. EnvDesign SB465 S99 1993 Reference
    11. Great city parks, by Alan Tate.  NY: Spon Press, 2001. Covers 20 public parks in 14 American and Western European cities.
      12. EnvDesign SB484 E8 T37 2001 circ. & Reference
    12. 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. Contains 45,000+ articles on the visual arts, including architecture, from prehistory to the present. Excellent bibliographies and links to images and related sites.
      13. Print ed.: EnvDesign N31 D5 1996 Reference, Index: v.34
    13. Landscape architecture: an illustrated history in timelines, site plan, and biography, by William A. Mann. NY: John Wiley, 1993. Includes an outline of landscape architectural history, selected site plans, extensive biographical sketches, etc.
      EnvDesign SB470.5 M37 1993 Reference Desk & circ.
    14. Loudon's encyclopaedia of cottage, farm and villa architecture and furniture, by J. C. Loudon, 2 vols., Shaftesbury: Donhead, 2000. Reprint of the 1846 original edition. Good source for information about 19th century European landscape structures.
      15. EnvDesign NA7110 L7 2000
    15. recommended The Oxford companion to the garden, Patrick Taylor, ed. NY: Oxford Univ. Pr., 2006. Online table of contents. 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.
      16. EnvDesign SB 469.25 O951 2006 Reference Desk & circ.
    16. Timeline of American landscape architecture. IN: 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.
      17. EnvDesign SB469 L3 1999 Bound periodicals
    17. 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.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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    Landscape Architects   See the bibliographic guide Biographical Information on Landscape Architects (UC Berkeley, Library) for a comprehensive listing of biographical resources.

    1. American landscape architecture: designers and places, William H. Tishler, ed. Washington, DC: Preservation Pr., 1989.
      2. EnvDesign SB470.53 A441 1989 Reference Desk & circ.
    2. Dictionary of today's landscape designers, Pierluigi Nicolin, Francesco Repishti, eds. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. 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.
      EnvDesign SB469.37 D53 2003 Reference
    3. Influential gardeners: the designers who shaped 20th-century garden style, by Andrew Wilson. NY: Clarkson Potter/Publisher, 2002.  Includes illustrated biographies of 57 international landscape architects and designers.
      4. EnvDesign SB469.9 W55 2002
    4. recommended Pioneers of American landscape design, Charles A. Birnbaum, Robin Karson, eds.  NY: McGraw-Hill, 2000.  Contains excellent biographical essays about 160 American landscape architects and designers and their work.  Each essay includes a brief bibliography. Illustrated.
      5. EnvDesign SB469.9 P56 2000 Reference Desk
    5. Women as force in landscape architecture, 1893-1942, by Thaisa Way, 2005. Doctoral dissertation, Cornell Univ.
      6. EnvDesign SB469.375 W39 2005a

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    Bibliographies  Bibliographies may also be found in books and journal articles, at the ends of encyclopedia entries, and on the web.

    1. recommended Consult Environmental Design Library Research Guides for research sources in the history of the built environment. Guides include both print and web materials.
      2. Beatrix Farrand: a Bibliography of Her Life & Work
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/beatrixfarrand.html

      Building and Landscape Types
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Precedents.html

      California Landscape Architecture & Gardens
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/califland.html

      History of Architecture
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/ArchHist.html

      History of City Planning
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/histplan.html

      Social & Cultural Factors in Environmental Design
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/research_socialfactors.html
    2. Bibliography. The Garden History Society. London: The Society, 1997--. Each issue is a bibliography of recent publications.  Western emphasis.
      3. EnvDesign SB403 N56 Index
    3. Bibliography of landscape architecture, environmental design, and planning, by Antoinette Paris Powell, Phoenix: Oryx Pr., 1987.
      4. EnvDesign SB472 A12 P671 1987 Reference Desk
    4. The Built environment: a subject index 1800-1960, by Terence Russell, Brookfield, VT: Dist. in the USA by Gower, 1989. V.1 includes gardens and landscape design.
      5. EnvDesign HT166 A12 R8 1989 Reference
    5. History of landscape architecture from western traditions since 1800, by John A. Nelson, Monticello, IL: Council of Planning Librarians, 1977.
      6. EnvDesign Microfiche 7179 no.1355
    6. Landscape architecture in Asia: a bibliography, by Mary Ellen Huls. Monticello, II: Vance Bibliographies, [1987].
      7. EnvDesign NA200 A12 A7 no.1886 Index
    7. Sunset magazine: a century of Western living, 1898-1998, historical portraits and bibliography
      8. Online ed.: http://sunset-magazine.stanford.edu/; paper ed.: EnvDesign Z1251 P2 S85 1998 Reference

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    Links   To find web sites for a specific site or individual do a 'phrase search' using a web search engine such as Google, MetaCrawler, or Infoseek; e.g.,"biltmore estate" or "beatrix farrand". Visit the gateway sites listed in the guide Landscape Architecture online (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/lawww.html).  Here're a few sites that may be of interest. Also see the links throughout this guide.

    1. Frederick L. Olmsted, by Christopher Glynn Parker. A beautifully designed site with comprehensive biographical information and well-organized project information. Includes thumbnail images and links to other Olmsted sites.
      http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/
    2. Garden history links, Edwinna von Baeyer, comp. International scope.
      3. http://www.magma.ca/%7Eevb/garden.html
    3. Garden Museum (formerly Museum of Garden History), London, U.K. British emphasis.
      4. http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/
    4. JGarden: the Japanese garden database. Substantial database of historical and contemporary Japanese gardens in Japan and elsewhere. Includes garden descriptions, links to garden web sites, an extensive bibliography, and more.
      5. http://www.jgarden.org/

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    Doing Research

    Find Books | Surveys/Resources | Find Articles | Journals | Find Images | Archives, Historical Societies, Libraries

    Find Books for an in-depth discussion of your topic. 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 deconstruction list 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.

    In the Library's online catalogs use keywords or subject headings to search for title, subject, author, or corporate author.

    Search for a time period:
    Architecture, Postmodern
    Gardens, Renaissance
    Landscape Architecture, 20th century
    Search for a type of landscape or site:
    Cemeteries
    Gardens, Islamic
    Landscape gardening
    Urban parks
    Water in landscape architecture
    Waterfronts
    Search for a location: 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
    Search for a specific project or site:
    Biltmore Estate--North Carolina
    Golden Gate Park--San Francisco, California
    Taj Mahal--India
    Search for firms or organizations using corporate authors such as:
    Hargreaves Associates
    American Society of Landscape Architects
    Olmsted Brothers



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    Selected Surveys & Resources  Here is a selection of surveys of landscape architecture history, representing the range of materials available in the Environmental Design Library. Use the subject headings in the Find Books section to locate additional titles. Hint: To find information about specific places, look at the journals or yearbooks of the local landscape architecture societies.

    1. American garden design: an anthology of ideas that shaped our landscape, Diane Kostial McGuire, ed. NY: Macmillan, 1994.
      2. EnvDesign SB472.45 A54 1994 Non-circulating
    2. Architecture and landscape: the design experiment of the great European gardens and landscapes, by Clemens Steenbergen and Wouter Rey. Rev. and expanded ed. Boston: Birkhauser, 2003. Includes some measured plans and topographical details. Western European focus.
      3. EnvDesign SB470.55 E85 R44 2003
    3. The Art of the Islamic garden, by Emma Clark. Ramsbury: Crowood, 2004. Includes an extensive bibliography.
      4. EnvDesign SB457.8 C58 2004
    4. The Architecture of western gardens: a design history from the Renaissance to the present day, Monique Mosser and Georges Teyssot, eds. Cambridge, MA: MIT Pr., 1991. Well-illustrated with photographs and plans.
      5. EnvDesign SB466 E9 A7313 1991 noncirc. & circ.
    5. 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.
      6. http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/Englisch/helios/fachinfo/www/kunst/digilit/architektur/welcome.html
    6. Contemporary history of garden design: European gardens between art and architecture , by Penelope Hill. Includes a selection of 20th and 21st century designed landscapes at various scales. Illustrated.  Boston: Birkhauser, 2004.
      7. EnvDesign fSB466 E9 H5613 2004
    7. Eighteenth century collections online - UCB Only  Contains over 150,000 full text books and other materials published in Great Britain and its colonies during the 18th Century.
      8. Coverage: 1700-1800
    8. Gardens of paradise: the history and design of the great Islamic gardens, by John Brookes. NY: New Amsterdam, 1987.
      9. EnvDesign SB457.8 B761 1987
    9. The Golden age of American gardens: proud owners, private estates, 1890-1940, by Mac Griswold, Eleanor Weller. NY: H.N. Abrams, in association with the Garden Club of America, 1991. Includes extensive notes and bibliography.
      10. EnvDesign SB466 U6 G75 1991
    10. Grounds for change: major gardens of the twentieth century, by William Howard Adams. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1993.
      11. EnvDesign SB465 A33 1993
    11. History of garden art, by Marie Luise Schroeter Gothein. NY: Dutton, [1928]. Well-illustrated.  European emphasis; perfunctory coverage of Asia, North America, and the Middle East.
      12. EnvDesign SB451 G6 v.1-2
    12. The History of garden design: the western tradition from the Renaissance to the present day, Monique Mosser and Georges Teyssot, eds. London: Thames & Hudson, 1991.  652 illustrations and 51 specially drawn plans.
      13. EnvDesign SB465 H673 1991
    13. History of parks and recreation: tracing three streams of the movement - parks, planning and design; organized recreation; and forestry, wildlife management and related natural resources, by Alfred B. LaGasse and Walter L. Cook. Wheeling, WV: American Institute of Park Executives, 1965.  Includes brief bibliography.
      14. EnvDesign SB481 A1 A4 no.56
    14. Invisible gardens: the search for modernism in the American landscape, by Peter Walker and Melanie Simo.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Pr., 1994.
      15. EnvDesign SB470.5 W34 1994
    15. Landscape design: a cultural and architectural history, by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.
      16. EnvDesign SB470.5 R64 2001
    16. The Landscape of man: shaping the environment from prehistory to the present day, by Geoffrey & Susan Jellicoe. 3rd ed., expanded & updated, rev. & enl. ed.  NY: Thames and Hudson, 1995.
      17. EnvDesign SB470.5 J43 1995
    17. Landscapes in history: design and planning in the Eastern and Western traditions, by Philip Pregill, Nancy Volkman, 2nd ed., NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. Includes extensive bibliography.
      18. EnvDesign SB470.5 P74 1999
    18. Modern garden design: innovation since 1900, by Janet Waymark. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003.
      19. EnvDesign SB472.45 W39 2003
    19. The Park and the town: public landscape in the 19th and 20th centuries, by George F. Chadwick. London: Architectural Pr., 1966. Covers the development of public parks in the U.S. and Europe. Includes illustrations and a bibliography.
      20. EnvDesign SB481 C47

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    Find Articles   Use journal and newspaper indexes and databases to discover articles on your topic.  Some online databases include the full text of the articles you discover or the icon which may lead you to the full text elsewhere. In many cases, however, you will need to locate the print journal in the Library's collections; search the Library's online catalogs by the journal title in order to find the shelving location and call number for the journal.

    Journal Indexes | News Media Indexes

      • Journal Indexes   For UC or UCB Only titles, go to The Library's home page; go to Find Information and select Articles. 

        You might also try searching with Google scholar        . It lists journal articles, books, preprints, and technical reports in many subject areas; some listings include links to related articles and to other sources that cite the item. Includes full text content from free resources as well as subscription resources.   REMEMBER that Google Scholar includes only scholarly publications; does NOT include journals published by Elsevier; and makes no claims to comprehensive coverage.

    1. America: history and life via EBSCO - UC Only Contains article abstracts and bibliographical citations of reviews & dissertations on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada.
      2. Online ed.: 1982--; paper ed.: 1954--, Main Stack E3 A43
    2. American periodicals series - UCB Only Includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published between 1741 and 1900. Among the 1,000+ titles included are several popular magazines still in publication, such as Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Ladies' Home Journal. Includes the Horticultural register and Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste.
      3. Coverage: Varies
    3. Anthropology Plus via Eureka/RLG - UC Only  Contains citations to articles and essays in the fields of anthropology and archaeology. Subjects covered include art history, landscape history, ethnohistory, geography, folklore, geology, and history.
      4. Coverage: 1984--
    4. recommended Art index retrospective & Art full text via WilsonWeb - UC Only Indexes journal articles in art and related fields, including architecture, art history, city planning, urban design, and landscape architecture.
      5. Online ed.: Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984; Art Full Text: 1984--; paper ed.: 1929-1994, EnvDesign N18 A72 Index
    5. recommended Avery index to architectural periodicals via CSA - UC Only  Indexes articles in 1,000+ periodicals in architecture, planning, urban design, & related disciplines.
      6. Online ed.: 1890--; paper ed.: 1890-1995, EnvDesign fNA8 C64 1973 Index
    6. Bibliography of Asian studies - UCB Only  Indexes western-language monographs, articles, and book chapters on all parts of Asia. Good coverage for landscape architecture.
      7. Coverage: 1971--.
    7. Bibliography of the history of art (BHA) via CSA - UC Only Comprehensive art history bibliography. Includes abstracted articles from 2,500 international periodicals, books, conference proceedings, collected essays, exhibition and art dealer's catalogs and dissertations.
      8. Online ed.: 1973--; paper ed.: 1991--, Main N1 B51
    8. C19: the nineteenth century index - UCB Only  Some full text. Comprehensive coverage of 19th books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers, and archives. Draws on the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index, Poole's Index, Periodicals Index Online, and other sources 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. Titles indexed include Landscape Architecture and Landscape History.
      9. Coverage: Varies (1770-mid-1900s).
    9. FRANCIS via Eureka/RLG - UC Only  Contains records from more than 3,000 journals, books, dissertations, and other American and European sources covering the humanities, social sciences, and economics. Most citations, abstracts, and subject headings are in French, with about 33% in English.
      10. Coverage: 1984--.
    10. Historical abstracts via EBSCO - UC Only  Indexes and abstracts journal articles, books, & dissertations covering the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the U.S. and Canada. Excellent for cultural history.
      11. Coverage: 1954--.
    11. Index to 19th century American art periodicals - UCB Only Indexes 42 art journals published in the U.S. during the 19th century, including articles, illustrations, etc.
      12. Coverage: 1840-1970
    12. JSTOR - UCB Only A full-text archive of interdisciplinary scholarly journal literature, including architecture and architectural history, art and art history, classical studies, and history. Excellent resource.
      13. Coverage: Varies, starting with the first date of issue
    13. Nineteenth century masterfile - UCB Only A subject index to almost 500 American and English periodicals and newspapers. Serves as an enhanced version of Poole's Index to Periodical Literature . Bibliographic citations only.
      14. Online ed.: 1802-1906; paper ed. of Poole's: Doe Refe & Moff Refe AJ3 P7 Consult library catalog for holdings
    14. Readers' guide to periodical literature. [cumulated] NY [etc.] Indexes popular American magazines.
      15. Online ed.: Readers Guide Retrospective 1890-1982 - UC Only; paper ed.: 1900--, Doe Refe AJ3 R4; Moffitt AI3 R4 Index

      • News Media Indexes  For UC or UC Only titles and for additional full text newspapers on the web, go to The Library's home page; go to Find Information and select Articles, and select News Databases.

    1. Access world news via NewsBank - UCB Only Formerly America's Newspapers. Full text database of articles from 500+ regional, national, and international newspapers and newswires.
      2. Coverage: Varies
    2. Historical newspapers online - UC Only Indexes four major historical resources: Palmer's Index to the Times (1790 to 1905), Palmer's Full Text Online (1785-1870), The Official Index to the Times (1906 to 1980), The Historical Index to the New York Times (1851-1923). Includes some full text.
      3. Coverage: 1790-1980
    3. Lexis-Nexis academic - UCB Only Includes indexing to and full textof over 6,000 newspapers, news media, and journals.
      4. Coverage: Varies

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    Journals in Landscape Architecture History   Here is a selection of journals with good coverage of landscape architecture history and a few primary landscape architecture journals; index coverage is indicated when known. Use the the periodical indexes listed in this guide to identify the many additional journals that cover this topic. See also The Victorian Gardener, by Anne Wilkinson (EnvDesign SB458.7 W55 2006), for an annotated list of more than 50 Victorian gardening magazines.

    1. 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.
      2. Online ed.: 1888-1897; paper ed.: EnvDesign SB1 G2 Bound periodicals
      Index:  Poole's, 1892-1897; searchable full text: http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/prd/gardfor/gfhome.html
    2. Garden history - UCB Only, [London]: Garden History Society, 1972--.  Cumulative index, v.1-27 (1972-1999), EnvDesign SB403 N55 Index.
      3. Online ed.: 1972-varies; print ed.: EnvDesign SB403 G28 Current & bound periodicals
      Index & full text:  JSTOR
    3. The Garden magazine, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905-1924. Absorbed: Farming. Continued by: Garden magazine & home builder.
      4. EnvDesign SB1 G24 Bound periodicals
      Index: Reader's Guide, 1915-1924; Reader's Guide Retrospective, 1910-Oct 1925
    4. 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.
      5. EnvDesign SB4 G45 Rare
    5. Garten und landschaft, Munich.  Published 1890--. The German equivalent of Landscape Architecture (ASLA).
      6. EnvDesign SB469 G36 1957-- Unbound & bound periodicals
      Index:  Avery, 1984-1991
    6. Horticultural register, and gardener's magazine via ProQuest - UCB Only, Boston. One of the earliest American horticultural journals.
      Online ed.: 1835-1838; paper ed.: 1835-1838; Main SB1 H545 In storage (NRLF)
      Index & full text: American Periodicals Series Online, 1835-1838
    7. The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste via ProQuest. [Albany, NY: Published by Luther Tucker], 1846-1875. Vol.1-7 ed. by A.J. Downing.
      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
    8. Journal of historical geography - UC Only, 1975--.
      9. 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--
    9. Journal of the New England Garden History Society, Boston: The Society, 1991--.
      10. EnvDesign SB1 N49 Bound periodicals
    10. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, London. 1846--; several title variations. Currently titled The Garden.
      11. EnvDesign & BIOS SB4 R8 Holdings & shelving locations vary
      Indexes: Biological Abstracts, Forestry Abstracts
    11. Journal of urban history - UCB Only [Beverly Hills]: Sage Publications.
      12. 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--
    12. Landscape architecture, American Society of Landscape Architects.  1910--.
      13. EnvDesign SB469 L3 Current & unbound periodicals
      Indexes:  Cumulative index, 1910-1987: EnvDesign SB469 L3 Reference; PIO, 1910-1995; Art, 1984--; Avery,1985--
    13. Landscape history: journal of the Society for Landscape Studies,  Wakefield [Yorkshire]: The Society.  Abstracts & tables of contents.  Annual.
      14. Online ed.: 1979--; paper ed.: 1979--; EnvDesign QH75 L33 Current & bound periodicals
      Indexes:  Avery, 1979-1995; PIO, 1979-1995
    14. Landscape research - UCB Only  Manchester: Landscape Research Group.
      15. 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--
    15. Parks & recreation - UCB Only, American Institute of Park Executives, et al. 1906--; several title variations.
      16. 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
    16. 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
    17. Studies in the history of gardens & designed landscapes. Formerly Journal of garden history. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis, 1981--.
      18. EnvDesign SB451 J65 Current & bound periodicals
      Indexes: Amer. Hist. Life, 1981-1994; Avery, 1982--; Art, 1986--

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    Find Images   This section lists sources for different types of images, including photographs, plans, drawings, and plat 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.

    1. American designed landscapes: a photographic interpretation, by Alan Ward, Washington, DC: Spacemaker Pr., 1998--. 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.
      2. EnvDesign fSB457.53 W27 1998 v.1
    2. American landscape and architectural design, 1850-1920, Harvard Univ.  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.
      3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award97/mhsdhtml/aladhome.html
    3. 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.
      4. http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html
    4. recommended ArtStor - UCB Only Digital library of more than 1 million images including architectural images.
      5. http://www.artstor.org/
    5. Great European gardens: an atlas of historic plans, Sven-Ingvar Andersson, Margrethe Floryan, eds. Copenhagen: Danish Architectural Press, 2005. Brief narratives and chronologies accompany beautiful color reproductions of original plans of 68 European gardens and parks. Bibliography.
      6. EnvDesign fSB466 E9 A5351 2005 Reference
    6. recommended 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.
      7. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/pict.html
    7. Index to Italian architecture: a guide to key monuments and reproduction sources, NY: Greenwood Pr., 1992.
      8. EnvDesign NA111 T4 1992 Reference Desk
    8. A Photographic garden history, by Roger Phillips & Nicky Foy.  London: Macmillan, 1995. International in scope; strongest in European and American gardens.
      9. EnvDesign SB465 P45 1995
    9. Plat maps, also called fire insurance maps, show a variety of details, including actual lot boundaries, special uses, building materials and building footprints.
      10. -----. 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."
      http://sanborn.umi.com/
      -----. Fire insurance maps (UC Berkeley, Library) Links to description of and indexes to fire insurance maps.
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/sanborn.html
    10. S.P.I.R.O., Architecture Visual Resources Library, Univ. of California, Berkeley. The visual online public access catalog to approximately 16% of the Architecture Visual Resources Library's collection of over 200,000 35mm slides. The collection is available to UCB faculty and graduate students.
      11. http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/spiro/
    11. World architecture index: a guide to illustrations. NY: Greenwood Pr., 1991. Indexes images published in books, by place, project, designer, and project type.
      12. EnvDesign NA202 T4 1991 Reference Desk & Reference

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    Archives, Historical Societies, & Libraries   Archives, historical societies, and local libraries can be excellent sources of primary research materials in landscape architecture. To locate materials in libraries not listed in the Melvyl® catalog, use WorldCat - UC Only via OCLC/FirstSearch.  Some of these materials will be available via the interlibrary borrowing service.

    Archives | Historical Societies | Libraries


    1. 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.
      2. http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/ArchArch/netsites.html
    2. 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.
      3. http://gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/AAG/home.htm
    3. C19: the nineteenth century index - UCB Only  Some full text. Index of 64,891 19th century archival collections and many other sources.
      4. Coverage: Varies
    4. 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.
      5. EnvDesign SB483 N5 C38
    5. 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. Finding aids to the collections are available through UC Berkeley Finding Aids from The Library's home page.
      6. http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/
    6. 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.
    7. 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.
      8. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
    8. 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.
      9. http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html

      • Historical Societies

    1. State resource links (American Association for State and Local History). Provides links to U.S. state historical agencies, and other historical organizations.
      2. http://www.aaslh.org/cgi-bin/stateagencies.cgi


    1. Campus Libraries:
      2. Art History/Classics Library
      308 Doe Library
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ARTH/
      The Bancroft Library
      Note: Noncirculating only. No photocopying allowed.
      http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
      Doe Library Reference Center
      2nd floor; stack portal, 1st floor
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/reference.html
      Earth Sciences & Map Library
      50 McCone Hall
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/
      Environmental Design Library
      210 Wurster Hall
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/
      Visual Resources Center
      492 Wurster Hall
      Note: Open to UCB faculty & graduate students for class-room presentations. An orientation is required before first use of the collection.
      http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ARCH/


    Compiled by Deborah Sommer
    Landscape Architecture Librarian
    Environmental Design Library

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