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This collection includes correspondence and miscellaneous documents from Richard R. Wilkinson's term as director of the landscape architecture program, including a copy of Edwin G. Thurlow's history of the Department of Landscape Architecture and materials related to a faculty search and the Land Policy Committee. This collection also includes instructional materials from landscape architecture and related design courses and correspondence regarding the Landscape Architecture Alumni Advisory Board.
The Department of Landscape Architecture was an original component of North Carolina State University's College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of Architecture and Landscape Design. In 1927, Professor Joseph Plummer Pillsbury initiated a curriculum in landscape architecture in the Department of Horticulture. By 1942, the Division of Landscape Architecture within the Department of Horticulture offered a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture degree. When Henry Kamphoefner came to head the School of Design in 1948, he retained the three professors teaching in this division and made one of them, Edwin G. Thurlow, the department head. From its founding, the Department of Landscape Architecture in the School of Design offered the first five-year bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture in the country. The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) accredited the program in 1951. In 1968, North Carolina State University approved the Master of Landscape Architecture degree and replaced the five-year bachelor's degree with a four-year Bachelor in Environmental Design in Landscape Architecture degree. The ASLA accredited the Master of Landscape Architecture degree in 1972. The Department of Landscape Architecture reintroduced the five-year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree in 1994. Early in its history, the department began its tradition of outreach to the local community and the state, as students contributed to projects in the city of Raleigh and throughout North Carolina.
The Department of Landscape Architecture was an original component of North Carolina State University's College of Design, known at its founding in 1948 as the School of Architecture and Landscape Design. In 1927, Professor Joseph Plummer Pillsbury initiated a curriculum in landscape architecture in the Department of Horticulture. By 1942, the Division of Landscape Architecture within the Department of Horticulture offered a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture degree. When Henry Kamphoefner came to head the School of Design in 1948, he retained the three professors teaching in this division and made one of them, Edwin G. Thurlow, the department head.
From its founding, the Department of Landscape Architecture in the School of Design offered the first five-year bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture in the country. The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) accredited the program in 1951. Students and faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture soon began to distinguish themselves through winning national and international awards, such as the Rome Prize of Landscape Architecture and Dumbarton Oaks fellowships. The department also started its tradition of outreach to the local community and the state, as students contributed to projects in the city of Raleigh and throughout North Carolina.
In 1968, North Carolina State University approved the Master of Landscape Architecture degree and replaced the five-year bachelor's degree with a four-year Bachelor in Environmental Design in Landscape Architecture degree. The ASLA accredited the Master of Landscape Architecture degree in 1972. The Department of Landscape Architecture reintroduced the five-year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree in 1994. The department changed its name to the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning in 2020.
In 2003, Achva Benzinberg Stein, then chair of department, was the first landscape architecture professor at N.C. State to be named to the ASLA Council of Fellows. Department Chair Gene Bressler received this honor in 2007.
This collection includes correspondence and miscellaneous documents from Richard R. Wilkinson's term as director of the landscape architecture program, including a copy of Edwin G. Thurlow's history of the Department of Landscape Architecture and materials related to a faculty search and the Land Policy Committee. This collection also includes instructional materials from landscape architecture and related design courses and correspondence regarding the Landscape Architecture Alumni Advisory Board.
This collection is arranged in four series: General Records, Instructional Materials, Digital Materials, and Web Content.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture Records, UA 110.019, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Transferred from Department of Landscape Architecture.
Processed by Pat Webber, Karen Paar and Shima Hosseininasab, 2004, 2007, 2021
Encoded by Steven Mandeville-Gamble, 2006
Finding aid revised by Karen Paar, 2007
Digital materials processed by Jessica Rayman, 2017 February
Web content processed and finding aid updated by Gevorg Vardanyan, 2023 June
The collection is organized into four principal series:
This series includes correspondence and miscellaneous documents from Richard R. Wilkinson's term as director of the landscape architecture program, including a copy of Edwin G. Thurlow's history of the Department of Landscape Architecture and materials related to a faculty search and the Land Policy Committee.
This series includes instructional materials from landscape architecture and related design courses. The series mostly includes assignments and problems from Department of Landscape Architecture professor Lewis J. Clarke. Other instructors featured in this series include Edwin G. Thurlow, Morley J. Williams, and Robert L. Phillips.
no content
Files are arranged as received.
This series contains digital media. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advance notice beyond the usual 48 hours. Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
File count is approximate and may exclude system files, deleted files, and duplicates that may have been created during processing.
Included is 7 PDF and DOC files.
Pending staff review and approval, access will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access may be restricted.
This series is comprised of the web site of College of Design's Department of Landscape Architecture Records at NC State, captured by the NC State University Libraries since September 2015 using the Internet Archive’s Archive-It web archiving service, with prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to December 2013, which may be less complete and was performed at undetermined intervals.
This is the official website of College of Design's Department of Landscape Architecture at NC State. The NC State University Libraries has scheduled this website to be captured quarterly since september 2015. Also included here are prior captures by the Internet Archive dating back to December 2013.
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of unrestricted digital files will be provided for use in the SCRC Reading Room upon request. Access will be provided to use copies of unrestricted digital files rather than carrier media, such as CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks. Some or all electronic files may be unavailable or restricted due to privacy reasons, agreement with the donor, or because files cannot be retrieved from original media.
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[Identification of item], North Carolina State University, College of Design, Department of Landscape Architecture Records, UA 110.019, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.