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San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Contains James Yoch's files relating to his exhibition, Personal Edens; his book, Landscaping the American Dream; and his scholarly research on landscape architecture. The files include materials concerning publication of his manuscript and planning for the exhibition; and research files in the form of notes, articles, clippings, photographs, drawings, and approximately 2500 slides regarding Yoch and Council's projects and design work. See also Box 33, Folders 28-38 for negatives from James Yoch's exhibition, book, and research files, many depicting Yoch and Council's work on various projects, chiefly Warner.
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Published by the California Botanical Club, California Academy of Sciences and the James H. Barry Company, San Francisco (17 pages).
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Contains 145 photographs, one postcard, and six photocopies of drawings, chiefly gelatin silver prints and snapshots documenting topical aspects of projects (Folders 1-14); also includes photographs that may be related to research or to projects or that are from unidentified projects (Folders 15 and 16). Topics depicted include European sources (Folder 1, undated); fences and gate (Folder 2, undated); incinerators and barbecues (Folder 3, 1938); light modulator (Folder 4, undated); millstones (Folder 5, 1937, undated); pavements and pebble design (Folder 6, 1937-1962, undated); pools and fountains (Folder 7, 1932, undated); pots and ornament (Folder 8, 1930, 1941, undated); rock, natural effects (Folder 9, undated); seats and benches (Folder 10, 1930-1953, undated); Spanish patios and tropical glades (Folder 11, 192?, undated); stonework and walls (Folder 12, 1932-1938, 1958, undated); tiles (Folder 13, undated); and trees and tree moving (Folder 14, approximately 1931, undated). Folder 15 contains eight undated photographs depicting Gillespie Place (Montecito, California); Alice Park Garden; and the Santa Inés Mission. Folder 16 contains photographs depicting various views of landscape design at unidentified residences, including 12 gelatin silver prints and 7 later prints by photographer William Aplin (undated) and two gelatin silver prints by photographer Sally Tearse (1929, undated). The later prints by Aplin and photographs of the Alice Park Garden were originally found in a folder labeled "Yoch designs."
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Contains negatives removed from Box 1, Folders 4, 7, and 8 (people and residences).
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Contains six issues of periodical published in Boston, Massachusetts, as the official organ of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Issues include: January, 1937; April, 1937; April, 1951; July, 1951; July, 1952; and October, 1953. The issues from 1937 are water damaged, with pages sticking together.
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Contains scores of Yoch's handwritten and typed research notes on a wide range of topics, many written on scraps of paper. Except where noted, titles are from Yoch's original files; additionally, alphanumeric classifications written on original folders have been copied onto the new folders.
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