Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982
- Abstract:
- This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, photographs, memorabilia, and printed materials of landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke, 1892-1982.
- Extent:
- 7.5 linear feet and 5 boxes 1 folder
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Gilmore D.Clarke papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence relating to the activities of the National Commission of Fine Arts and subject files relating to his work on the New York World's Fair in 1964-1965 and to his views on the works of other architects and artists. There are also many photographs, primarily of sculptures commissioned for the World's Fair and of views of New York State parkways and gardens designed by his firm, Clarke & Rapuano. The printed materials include bound volumes of city planning studies supervised by Clarke. Major correspondents include Robert Moses, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt
- Biographical / Historical:
Gilmore David Clarke, American landscape architect & chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts, died 1985.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--CLARKE, GILMORE D. Method of acquisition--GIFT; Date of acquisition--1960. Accession number--M-1960.
- Custodial history:
Gift of Gilmore D. Clarke, 1960 (transferred from the Oral History Related Papers, 1985); bequest of Gilmore D. Clarke, 1985.
- Processing information:
PROCESSED KMB 05/--/85.
- Arrangement:
Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Architectural design -- United States
City planning -- New York (State)
Express highways
Landscape architects
Recreation areas
Biographies (literary works)
Landscape architecture drawings
Memorabilia
Photographs
Architects - Names:
- United States. Commission of Fine Arts
National Commission on Fine Arts
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Adams, Sherman, 1899-1986
Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012
Benton, William, 1900-1973
Bishop, Morris, 1893-1973
Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963
Brownell, Herbert, 1904-1996
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985
Farrand, Livingston, 1867-1939
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Hersey, John, 1914-1993
McClellan, George B (George Brinton), 1865-1940
MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982
Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963
Tate, Allen, 1899-1979
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
-
The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-5. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Gilmore D.Clarke papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu