Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family papers

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Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family papers

1789-2000; bulk 1870-1996

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The Oliver Ingraham Lay, Charles Downing Lay, and Lay Family Papers measure 10.54 linear feet and date from 1789 through 2000, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1996. The collection presents an overview of the personal lives and careers of painter, Oliver Ingraham Lay and his son, landscape architect, Charles Downing Lay. In addition, there are the papers of Lay family members and friends, including those of the Marian Wait Lay family (wife of Oliver Ingraham Lay) and of the Laura Gill Lay family (wife of Charles Downing Lay). Also found are the papers of the landscape and nature painter Fidelia Bridges. The collection consists of biographical material, correspondence, diaries, writings and notes, scrapbooks, family business records, exhibition files, printed material, as well as original artwork, sketches, a sketchbook, landscape designs, and photographs.

10.54 Linear feet

Archives of American Art

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SNAC Resource ID: 8312426

Archives of American Art

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Lay, Oliver Ingraham, 1845-1890

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New York City artist; student of Thomas Hicks. From the description of Notebook, 1861-1889. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58759709 Charles Downing Lay, landscape architect, painter, writer, etcher; New York, Stratford, Conn.; b. 9/3/1877, Newburgh, N.Y.; d. 2/15/1956 Charles D. Lay was the first student to receive a degree in LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE at Harvard University. He became the Landscape Architect for the City of ...

Bridges, Fidelia, 1834-1923

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Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915

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Lay, Charles Downing, 1877-1956

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Landscape architect, architect, town planner. Charles Downing Lay attended the School of Architecture at Columbia University from 1896 to 1900 and received a S.B. in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's School of Landscape Architecture in 1902. From 1902 to 1948 he maintained a landscape architecture practice in New York City. He served as editor and publisher of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE with H. V. Hubbard and Robert Wheelwright. His projects included town plan...