Guide to the Warren H. Manning Landscape Architecture Blueprints and Drawings,
1903-1914

Collection Number: 43-2-1657

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M.E. Warren
Date completed:
December 1987
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2003

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Warren H. Manning landscape architecture blueprints and drawings, 1903-1914.
Collection Number:
43-2-1657
Creator:
Warren H. Manning, 1860-
Quantity:
.3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Blueprints, a sketch, reports, and plans.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Two blueprints of a ground plan of a house and stable in Bar Harbor, Maine, 1903, a sketch showing proposed trails and planting along Six Mile Creek in Tompkins County, New York; reports and plans for Cornell University, 1910 and 1930; published report on a city plan for Birmingham, Alabama, 1919.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Two blueprints of a ground plan of a house and stable in Bar Harbor, Maine, 1903, a sketch showing proposed trails and planting along Six Mile Creek in Tompkins County, New York; reports and plans for Cornell University, 1910 and 1930; published report on a city plan for Birmingham, Alabama, 1919.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-
Cornell University--Planning.

Subjects:
Landscape architecture.
City planning--Alabama--Birmingham.

Form and Genre Terms:
Blueprints.
Sketches.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Warren H. Manning landscape architecture blueprints and drawings, #43-2-1657. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Manning, Warren H. and Fleming, Bryant; Report: "Studies for Cornell University made with special reference to the location of the buildings for the College of Agriculture," Nov. 1910 (mimeo., 11 pp., blueprints - 3, photographs of drawings - 3)
Box 1
Manning, Warren H.: "Suggestions for Tunnel and Elevators at Cornell," Oct. 31, 1930 (blueprint)
Box 1
Manning, Warren H.; Report: Nov. 4, 1930 , 10 pp. (Original typescript and carbon copy, original copy has page 9 missing); also 2 maps, "Land Unit and Direct Ways, Apr. 3, 1930 (1 dyeline, 1 blueprint)
Box 1
Manning, Warren H.; Report: "A Study of the Westerly Unit of Cornell University," Apr. 3, 1930 , 12 pp. (carbon typescript and xerox copy)
Box 1
The City Plan of Birmingham, 1919 , published report, 47 pp.
Box 1
Manning, Warren H.: Sketch for Development of Library Slope, Oct. 28, 1930
Box 1
Manning Bros.: 2 blueprints (bad condition), Layout showing land and ground plan of house and stable for A.J. Cassatt, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1903
Mapcase
Manning, Warren H.: Six Mile Creek - sketch showing proposed trails and planting, 1914
Mapcase
Manning, Warren H.: "Studies for Cornell University made with special reference to the location of buildings for the College of Agriculture," Nov. 1910
Mapcase