Guide to the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture records , 1887-1954
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
2 College Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
Fax: 401-709-5932
email: risdarchives@risd.edu
Published in 2010
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Lowthorpe School of Landscape
Architecture records |
| Date range: |
1887-1954 |
| Creator: |
Lowthorpe School
of Landscape Architecture |
| Extent: |
.50 linear feet
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| Abstract: |
The records document real estate transactions for the
Groton, MA property (1887-1934) and incorporation (1909/1929). Publications include
Endowment Campaign materials (1923-1925), course catalogs (1910-1945; incomplete),
and Annual Reports (1928-1931). |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
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| Collection number: |
SP 2.0 |
Scope & content
The records document real estate transactions for the Groton, MA property
(1887-1934) and incorporation (1909/1929). Publications include Endowment
Campaign materials (1923-1925), course catalogs (1910-1945; incomplete), and
Annual Reports (1928-1931). The bulk of the collection is comprised of the
catalogs which document courses offered, the academic calendar, tuition and
room/board, corporation officers, members, patrons, and advisors, administrators
and instructors, School background and history, pictures and illustrations of
student/alumni projects, and photographs of the School grounds and individuals.
One folder contains alumni survey postcards returned by students, 1935-1937. The
cards record the name, address, dates of attendance, graduate/non-graduate, and
work history. Three Library accession books record the publications acquired by
the School, 1926-1945. See the RISD-Providence Athenaeum Online Public Catalog
for works transferred to the RISD Library.
Access Points
Subject Names
Subject Topics
Subject Topics
Arrangement
Organized into 3 series:
- I. Corporate Records, 1887-1954
- II. Publications, 1910-1945
- III. Library Accession Books, 1926-1945
Historical note
Located in Groton, MA, the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture, Gardening and
Horticulture for Women opened in 1901 under the direction of Judith Eleanor Low. The
first school of its kind for women, Lowthorpe incorporated in 1909 and changed its
name to the Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture in 1929. The School merged
with Rhode Island School of Design in 1945, becoming a Department within the
Division of Planning.
Lowthorpe offered summer programs with the Cambridge School of Domestic Architecture
and Landscape Architecture, 1926-1927. Lowthorpe entered into a cooperative program
with Simmons College, 1928-circa 1936, though the School did not grant degrees. A
winter program was given at MIT during the 1930s.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
The use of certain documents and collections may be restricted. Please consult
the Archives staff for further details. |
| Use of the materials: |
Permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from archival materials must be
obtained in writing from the Archives. The researcher assumes full
responsibility for use of material and for conformity to all applicable laws,
including copyright. |
| Preferred citation: |
Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture records, SP 2.0, Rhode Island School
of Design Archives. |
| Contact information: |
Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
2 College Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
Fax: 401-709-5932
email: risdarchives@risd.edu
|
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
Series 1 transferred to RISD 1954 July 12 by Adams Sherman Hill, former Treasurer
of Lowthorpe. Held by RISD Treasurer until transferred to Campus Services then
to the Archives. Series 2 and 3 transferred from RISD Library . |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Douglas Doe |
| Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Douglas Doe 2010 January
26 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard
(DACS) |
Additional Information
Inventory
Series I. Corporate records
Deeds, leases, mortgages, and correspondence document the purchase of the
Groton property by Parker Fletcher (1887) and J. Eleanor Low (1901), the
transfer of the property to the Lowthorpe School (1915-1916), leases, and
the sale of land in 1934. Included are the incorporation (1909) and name
change (1929) documents issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as well
as the records transfer correspondence (1954). One folder contains alumni
survey postcards returned by students, 1935-1937. The cards record the name,
address, dates of attendance, graduate/non-graduate, and work history.
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Land Purchase Records
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1887-1901 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Incorporation
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1909, 1929 |
| Box 1, Folder 3 |
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Lease
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1913 |
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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Property Transfer
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|
1915-1916 |
| Box 1, Folder 5 |
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Lease
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1917 |
| Box 1, Folder 6 |
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Land Sale
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1934 |
| Box 1, Folder 7 |
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Records Transfer
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1954 |
| Box 1, Folder 32 |
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Alumni Survey Cards
|
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1935-1937 |
Series II. Publications
Catalogs for the School (1910-1945; incomplete) may provide information on
courses offered, the academic calendar, tuition and room/board, corporation
officers, members, patrons, and advisors, administrators and instructors,
School background and history, pictures and illustrations of student/alumni
projects, and photographs of the School grounds and individuals. The Annual
Reports (1928-1931) may provide information on finances, corporation
officers and committee reports, fundraising, and School activities. The
Endowment Campaign begun in 1923 is documented by pamphlets and
correspondence.
| Box 1, Folder 8 |
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Annual Reports
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1928-1931 |
| Box 1, Folder 9 |
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Endowment Campaign
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1923-1925 |
| Box 1, Folder 10 |
|
Catalog
|
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1910 |
| Box 1, Folder 11 |
|
Catalog
|
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1914-1915 |
| Box 1, Folder 12 |
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Catalog
|
|
1917-1918 |
| Box 1, Folder 13 |
|
Catalog
|
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1923 |
| Box 1, Folder 14 |
|
Catalog
|
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1924-1925 |
| Box 1, Folder 15 |
|
Catalog
|
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1925-1926 |
| Box 1, Folder 16 |
|
Catalog
|
|
1926-1927 |
| Box 1, Folder 17 |
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Catalog: Cambridge Lowthorpe Summer School
|
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1927 |
| Box 1, Folder 18 |
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Catalogs
|
|
1927-1928 |
| Box 1, Folder 19 |
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Catalog: Simmons College
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1928 |
| Box 1, Folder 20 |
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Catalog
|
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1928-1929 |
| Box 1, Folder 21 |
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Calendar
|
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1929-1931 |
| Box 1, Folder 22 |
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Catalogs
|
|
1932-1933 |
| Box 1, Folder 23 |
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Catalogs
|
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1933-1936 |
| Box 1, Folder 24 |
|
Catalogs
|
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1936-1937 |
| Box 1, Folder 25 |
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Catalogs
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1937-1941 |
| Box 1, Folder 26 |
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Catalogs
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1941-1945 |
| Box 1, Folder 30 |
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Lectures and Conferences
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1926-1932 |
| Box 1, Folder 31 |
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Plant Sales
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circa 1911-192-? |
Series III. Library accession books
Three condensed accession books record publications acquired by the School,
1926-1945. The books record the accession number, author, title, publisher,
year, cost, and origin (gift or purchase). Numbering is not consecutive and
not all numbers are used. Book One, 1926-1932, records 1-1049; Book Two,
1933-1939, records 1-1001; and Book Three, 1940-1945, records 1002-1332.
Books transferred to RISD are maintained in the Library as the Lowthorpe
Collection on Landscape Architecture. See the RISD-Providence Athenaeum
Online Public Catalog.
| Box 1, Folder 27 |
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1926-1932
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| Box 1, Folder 28 |
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1933-1939
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| Box 1, Folder 29 |
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1940-1945
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