02442mpc  2200313 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002300066035002200089040002400111100003500135245004100170300001700211545091000228520056301138555001701701524011301718610003501831650002801866650004001894650003501934655003301969655002102002655002202023650002602045905002102071998000902092948002702101208334320010405144729.0860307i19151929nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV86A71  a(NIC)notisAKS1304  aNICcNICeappmdNIC1 aLawson, Edward G.,d1884-1968.00aEdward G. Lawson papers,f1915-1937.  a.5 cubic ft.  aLandscape architect, educator.bEdward 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.  aScrapbook 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.0 aFolder list.  aEdward G. Lawson scrapbook, #4237.  Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.24aAmerican Academy (Rome, Italy) 0aLandscape architecture. 0aCemeteriesxLandscape architecture. 0aNational cemeteries, American. 7aArchitectural drawings.2aat 7aScrapbooks.2aat 7aPhotographs.2aat 0aLandscape architects.  a19990819120000.0  s95542 a20010327bmdjwg6ects