Emerson Knight collection 1898-1965

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Emerson Knight collection 1898-1965

1 carton, 3 boxes, 1 half box, 1 flat box, 1 tube, 4 shoeboxes

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SNAC Resource ID: 6663850

Environmental Design Archives

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Environmental Design Archives

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William W. Wurster founded the Environmental Design Archives (then the Architectural Archives) in 1953 as a teaching collection, following the recommendation of eminent architectural historian Henry Russell Hitchcock. The personal papers and project records of Bernard Maybeck comprised the inaugural donation. In 1973 the Department of Landscape Architecture combined its collections with the Architectural Archives prompting the College of Environmental Design to adopt the name "Documents Collecti...

Knight, Emerson, 1882-1960

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Emerson Knight (1882-1960), a California landscape architect, worked on numerous public landscape and conservation projects for organizations such as the Monterey City Planning Commission, California State Park Commission and the National Park Service. He designed a number of outdoor theaters, including the Mountain Theater on Mount Tamalpais. From the description of Emerson Knight collection, 1898-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 743420204 B...