Papers, 1917-1939.

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Papers, 1917-1939.

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Some personal records, but largely records pertaining to Gray's numerous landscape design projects, including projects for William S. Halle, Mrs. Leonard C. Hanna, Edwin C. Higbee, Fred and Robert Lazarus of Columbus, Ohio, Crispen Oglebay, John Sherwin, and the Van Sweringen brothers. The records consist of correspondence, invoices, receipts, drawings, plans, photographs, blueprint designs, financial records, etc. The collection contains significant material regarding the Fairhill Road houses of the Fairmount Road Group Development Association, the Cedar-Central Housing Project, Cleveland city park projects, and, in particular, the Horticultural Gardens of the Great Lakes Exposition. Included are articles and clippings from Gray's gardening column in the Cleveland Press, lectures, travel reports, personal and financial papers and papers regarding Gray's personal residence, material pertaining to the preservation and restoration of the Dunham Tavern on Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, and photo albums and photo scrapbooks of Gray's trips and design projects, some by the noted photographer Margaret Bourke-White.

14.60 linear ft.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Oglebay, Crispen.

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Dunham Tavern (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Sherwin, John

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Higbee, Edwin Converse, 1897-1977

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Cedar-Central Housing Project (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Gray, A. Donald (Albert Donald), 1891-1939.

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Notable landscape architect and designer in Cleveland, Ohio from 1920-39. Gray worked briefly with Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., in Brookline, Mass., before establishing a landscape architecture practice in Cleveland. He designed many private gardens and estates for some of the most elite families of Cleveland and its outlying suburbs, including the noted private development of Fairhill Rd. houses in 1931. Gray was also the landscape designer for several public projects, including the Cedar-Centra...

Lazarus, Robert.

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Great Lakes Exposition 1936 Cleveland, Ohio

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Halle, William S.

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Hanna, Leonard C., Mrs.

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Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971

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Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971) was an American photographer, war correspondent, author and photojournalist. Among her many achievements, she was the first foreign photographer allowed to take pictures in the USSR of Soviet industry, the first female war correspondent, and the first female photographer for Life magazine, where her photograph appeared on the first cover. She was the author of more than ten books, including her autobiography Portrait of Myself (1963). She received numerous award...

Fairmount Road Group Development Association.

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