Edward G. Lawson papers, 1915-1937.
Collection Number: 4237
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Edward G. Lawson papers, 1915-1937.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4237
Abstract:
Scrapbook kept by Lawson during his years as a student at the American Academy in
Rome, as a "Prix de Rome" winner in landscape architecture. Includes photographs and
measured drawings of buildings and architectural details, planting lists, plans, and
elevations, primarily in Italy. Also, photographs of plans of American cemeteries
in France and England, 1921; photographs of Lawson, and of a portrait of Lawson; photographs
of unidentified architectural details and plans; measured drawings of unidentified
details; and a postcard and note sent to Lawson. Bound volumes from the American Academy
in Rome and Lantern slides of illustrations from Lawson's Rome Prize thesis
Creator:
Lawson, Edward G. (Edward Godfrey), 1884-1968.
Rapuano, Michael.
Newton, Norman T., 1898-1992.
Griswold, Ralph E. (Ralph Esty), 1894-1981.
Quanitities:
3.4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Edward Godfrey Lawson was born in Buffalo, N.Y. on October 29, 1884. He attended Cornell
University, receiving a B.S. in 1913 and a Master of Landscape Design in 1914. Awarded
the "Prix de Rome" in Landscape Architecture in 1915, he studied at the American Academy
in Rome, and was elected a fellow of the American Academy in 1920. During World War
I, he served in the Italian Red Cross, from 1917 to 1919. From 1920 to 1922, Lawson
planned military cemeteries in France, England, and Belgium for the U.S. Graves Registration
Service, Paris. He returned to the United States, and was appointed assistant professor
of landscape architecture at Cornell in 1922, where he taught until ca.1940. He worked
for the House of Herbs, the first center of herb culture in the United States, until
his retirement in 1964. On January 4, 1968, Lawson died at Winter Park, Florida.
Scrapbook kept by Lawson during his years as a student at the American Academy in
Rome, as a "Prix de Rome" winner in landscape architecture. Includes photographs and
measured drawings of buildings and architectural details, planting lists, plans, and
elevations, primarily in Italy. Also, photographs of plans of American cemeteries
in France and England, 1921; photographs of Lawson, and of a portrait of Lawson; photographs
of unidentified architectural details and plans; measured drawings of unidentified
details; and a postcard and note sent to Lawson.
Also bound volumes from the American Academy in Rome, with article and photographs
of the Villa Gamberaia, by Edward Lawson, compiled by Edward Lawson, 1927; Villa Medici,
Rome, written and compiled by Edward Lawson, 1930; Villa d'Este at Tivoli, by Michael
Rapuano, compiled by Lawson, 1933; Villa Palmieri, Florence, by Michael Rapuano, compiled
by Lawson, 1935; Villa Medici at Fiesole near Florence, by Norman T. Newton, compiled
by Lawson, 1935; and Villa Cicogna Bisuschio, by Ralph E. Griswold, compiled by Lawson,
1937. Includes colored architectural drawing of the Villa Camberaia at Settignano
created by Lawson.
Lantern slides (8) of illustrations from Lawson's Rome Prize thesis.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Edward G. Lawson papers, #4237. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Names:
Villa Gamberaia (Florence, Italy)
Villa Medici
Villa d\'Este (Tivoli, Italy)
Villa Palmieri (Florence, Italy)
Villa Medici (Florence, Italy)
Villa Cicogna (Bisuschio, Italy)
American Academy in Rome
Subjects:
Landscape architects.
National cemeteries, American.
Cemeteries -- Landscape architecture.
Landscape architecture.
Form and Genre Terms:
Lantern slides.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Architectural drawings.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Sketches of architectural details
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1915-1920 |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Sketches of architectural details
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1915-1920 |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Photographs (misc. plans and details)
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n.d. |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Lawson - portraits and photographs - projects, Williamsport, Pa. and Falls Village,
Ct.
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n.d. |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
European cemeteries (plans)
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1921 |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence, lists
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n.d. |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Printed maps and articles
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n.d., 1915-1929 |
Box 1 |
Scrapbook
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1915-1920 | |
Box 2 |
Garden Details, Foun
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Box 3 |
Garden Details, Foun
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Box 4 |
Fountains, Garden De
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Box 5 |
Sculpture
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Box 6 |
Renaissance Interior
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Box 7 |
Renaissance I[taly]
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Box 8 |
Inoui, NY (?) Gardens and Terraces drawing, removed from collection #1380
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1915 | |
Box 9 |
8 lantern slides of illustrations from Lawson's Rome Prize thesis
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n.d. | |
Map case |
Architectural details on yellow tracing paper (5 pieces)
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Map case |
Architectural drawing of the Villa Gamberaia
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