Gilmore D. Clarke papers, 1927-1982,-1937-1974 (bulk)
Collection Number: 15-1-808
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Gilmore D. Clarke papers, 1927-1982,-1937-1974 (bulk)
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
15-1-808
Abstract:
Collection consists primarily of correspondence documenting Clarke's unsuccessful
campaign to prevent the demolition of Cornell University's Boardman Hall and its replacement
by Olin Library. Also included are addresses, published Christmas sonnets by Clarke,
1968-1980, 1982, clippings, articles, letters to the editor (Ithaca Journal and the
New York Times), photographs, campus maps, and photocopies of letters, including two
from Harry S. Truman concerning Clarke's opinion on remodelling part of the White
House (1947). Represented in the collection are Bernhard Louis Clynes, John Lyon Collyer,
George Bain Cummings, Edmund Ezra Day, Arthur Hobson Dean, C.W. DeKiewiet, Douglass
Boardman Lee, Thomas W. Mackesey, Deane W. Malott, Floyd Roy Newman, Jerome O'Connor,
Nathaniel Alexander Owings, Gustav Jaeger Requardt, and Allen Hosie Treman.
Creator:
Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982.
Quanitities:
4 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Landscape architect, civil engineer, professor of city and regional planning.
Gilmore D. Clarke graduated from Cornell University in 1913, and joined the faculty
there in 1935. He was a partner in the New York firm of Clarke and Rapuano, Inc.,
chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts from 1937-1950, the head of a White
House remodelling project, a member of the board of design of the 1939 World's Fair,
and an architectural consultant on the United Nations headquarters and other projects
in New York and Washington.
Collection consists primarily of correspondence documenting Clarke's unsuccessful
campaign to prevent the demolition of Cornell University's Boardman Hall and its replacement
by Olin Library. Also included are addresses, published Christmas sonnets by Clarke,
1968-1980, 1982, clippings, articles, letters to the editor (Ithaca Journal and the
New York Times), photographs, campus maps, and photocopies of letters, including two
from Harry S. Truman concerning Clarke's opinion on remodelling part of the White
House (1947). Represented in the collection are Bernhard Louis Clynes, John Lyon Collyer,
George Bain Cummings, Edmund Ezra Day, Arthur Hobson Dean, C.W. DeKiewiet, Douglass
Boardman Lee, Thomas W. Mackesey, Deane W. Malott, Floyd Roy Newman, Jerome O'Connor,
Nathaniel Alexander Owings, Gustav Jaeger Requardt, and Allen Hosie Treman.
Approximately 150 mounted gelatin silver print photographs of projects Clarke designed
as landscape architect for the New York City Park Commission, ca. 1930- 1937. Approximately
400 photographs of projects Clarke designed as landscape architect for the Westchester
County (N.Y.) Parks Commission, especially the Bronx River Parkway, ca. 1925-ca. 1937,
including one photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, ca. 1925.
Related collection:Clarke and Rapuano records, #3047.
Related collection:Cornell University Architectural Advisory Council records, #43-3-496.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Gilmore D. Clarke papers, #15-1-808. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Clynes, Bernhard Louis.
Collyer, John Lyon, 1893-
Cummings, George Bain, 1890-
Day, Edmund Ezra, 1883-1951.
Dean, Arthur H.
De Kiewiet, C. W. (Cornelius William), 1902-1986.
Lee, Douglass B.
Mackesey, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1908-1976.
Malott, Deane W. (Deane Waldo), 1898-1996.
Newman, Floyd R. (Floyd Roy), 1890-1990.
O\'Connor, E. Jerome, 1891-1977.
Owings, Nathaniel Alexander, 1903-1984.
Requardt, Gustav J. (Gustav Jaeger), 1886-1978.
Treman, Allan H., 1899-1975.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Cornell University -- : Buildings.
Cornell University -- : Planning.
Cornell University. Libraries
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Subjects:
Zoos.
Urban parks.
Planners.
College teachers.
Parks -- New York (State) -- Westchester County.
Landscape architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans.
Landscape architecture -- New York (State) -- Westchester County.
Landscape architecture -- New York (State) -- New York.
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration.
Express highways -- New York (State) -- Westchester County.
Christmas -- Poetry.
Campus planning.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 |
Mounted photographs of various locations in New York
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1930-1937, undated | |
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Includes images of Bronx Parkway Extension, Bronx River Parkway, Saw Mill River Parkway,
Hutchinson River Parkway, and Glen Island Park
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| Box 2 |
Mounted photographs of various locations in New York
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1936-1939, undated | |
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Includes images of Astoria Pool, Bryant Park, Washington Square Park, Columbus Park,
Ten Eyck Houses, Battery Park, Barrett Park Zoo, 1936 World's Fair, Tri-Borough Bridge,
Roosevelt Avenue Bridge, Battery Bridge (proposed design), Thomas Jefferson Swiming
Pool, and Pelham Bay Park Golf House
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| Box 3 |
Mounted photographs of various locations in New York
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1936, undated | |
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Includes images of Astoria Pool, Prospect Park Zoo, Chrystie-Forsyth Playground, Bryant
Park, Claremont Park, Flushing Meadow Park, Fort Tryon Park, Madison Square Park (proposed
design), Thomas F. Smith Park, Washington Square Park, Zach's Bay, Jones Beach, Thomas
Jefferson Swimming Pool, Central Park Zoo, Chisholm Park, City Hall Park (proposed
design), Bushwick Park, and Carl Shurz Park
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| Box 4 |
Mounted photographs of various locations in New York
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1929-1933, undated | |
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Includes images of Glen Island Park, V. Everett Macy Park, Palmer-Central Avenue Bridge,
Tibbetts Brook Park, Hutchinson River Parkway, Cross County Parkway, New York Eastern
State Parkway, and New State Parkway
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| Box 5 |
Mounted photographs of various locations in New York
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1930-1937, undated | |
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Includes images of Cross County Parkway, Bronx River Parkway Extension, Bronx River
Parkway, Hutchinson River Parkway, Ten Eyck Houses, Grand Central Parkway, Henry Hudson
Parkway, Saw Mill River Parkway, and Tibbetts Brook Park
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| Box 6 |
Mounted photographs of various locations in New York
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1927-1937, undated | |
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Includes images of Saw Mill River Parkway, Rye Beach, New York Eastern State Parkway,
Bronx River Parkway, and Bronx River Parkway Extension
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| Box 7 |
Mounted photographs of various locations in New York
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1930-1937, undated | |
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Includes images of Hutchinson River Parkway, Glen Island Park, Poundridge Reservation,
Sprain Brook Parkway, Saw Mill River Parkway, Bronx River Parkway Extension, Grand
Central Parkway, and Rye Beach
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
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1937-1951 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence and news clipping
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1953-February 1957 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence and news clippings
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March 1957 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence and news clippings
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April 1957 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
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May-September 1957 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence and news clippings
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January-February 1958 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence and news clipping
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March-April 1958 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence and news clippings
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May-December 1958 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence and news clippings
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January 1959 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence and news clippings
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February-March 1959 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence, news clippings, and sonnets
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April 1959-1963 |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Addresses and invitation
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1950-1965 |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Sonnets
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1970-1982 |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
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1958-1959 |
| Box 9 |
Photographs of structures or drawings, most unidentified, made for the Westchester
County Park Commission
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Undated | |
| Box 10 |
Photographs of structures or drawings, most unidentified, made for the Westchester
County Park Commission
|
Undated | |
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Also includes an image of Franklin Delano Roosevelt giving a speech, possibly taken
at the dedication of the Bronx River Parkway on November 5, 1925 at Valhalla, New
York in Westchester County
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
11 matted and inscribed photographs of bridges designed for the Westchester County
Park System
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Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
11 matted and inscribed photographs of bridges designed for the Westchester County
Park System
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Undated | |