Edwin Gilbert Thurlow Papers
MC 00097
Special Collections Research Center
1.5 Linear feet
circa 1930-1974
The Edwin Gilbert Thurlow papers contain personal and professional correspondence and other material written and received during Thurlow’s term as Professor of Landscape Architecture at North Carolina State University, 1947-1974, as well as approximately 1,600 photographs and photographic postcards, circa the 1930s and 1940s. Letters make up the bulk of the written collection, with notable correspondence between Thurlow and Richard C. Bell, Carey Hoyt Bostian, Roberto Burle Marx, Lewis Clarke, Harold Dunbar Cooley, Garrett Eckbo, Frederick Edmundson, Sam J. Ervin, George Watts Hill, B. Everett Jordan, George Matsumoto, Rodrigo Velarde Ortiz, Hubert B. Owens, Bremer W. Pond, Robert Royston, Terry Sanford, Robert Walter Scott, Stanley White and many North Carolina garden clubs. Other written material includes Thurlow’s 1968 article
History of Landscape Architecture at NCSU. The photograph and postcard collection focuses on architecture and landscape architecture in Europe and Asia, as well as in the northeastern United States, primarily Boston, Massachusetts.
Edwin Gilbert Thurlow (1909-1997) received a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1932, and received Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University in 1936. He joined the North Carolina State College faculty in 1947 as Professor of Landscape Architecture, and taught there until his retirement in 1974. He also served as Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture in the School of Design from 1947 to 1951.
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4 boxes
Thurlow, E. G. (Edwin Gilbert), 1909-1997
Restrictions to Access
This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information
Gift of Edwin Gilbert Thurlow, 1974 July 5 (accession no. 1974-0008), and transfer from Design Library, 2004 July 27.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edwin Gilbert Thurlow Papers, MC 97, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Proccessing Information
Processed by Anna R. Craft,
2006 August
Encoded by Anna R. Craft,
2006 August
Biographical Note
Edwin Gilbert Thurlow (1909-1997) attended Purdue University from 1928 to 1929, received a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University) in 1932, and received Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University in 1936. He traveled through Europe in 1937 as a Charles Eliot Traveling Fellow in Landscape Architecture (a Harvard program). He attended Princeton’s Naval Officer’s Training School in 1943. He joined the North Carolina State College faculty in 1947 as Professor of Landscape Architecture, and taught there until his retirement in 1974. He also served as Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture in the School of Design from 1947 to 1951. Thurlow served as a consultant in landscape architecture in private practice; was a member of numerous professional societies, professional committees, and academic committees; and authored several articles and papers on landscape architecture.
Scope and Content Note
The
Edwin Gilbert Thurlow papers contain personal and professional correspondence and other material written and received during Thurlow’s term as Professor of
Landscape Architecture at
North Carolina State University, 1947-1974, as well as approximately 1,600 photographs and photographic postcards, circa 1930s and 1940s. Letters make up the bulk of the written collection, with notable correspondence between Thurlow and
Richard C. Bell,
Carey Hoyt Bostian,
Roberto Burle Marx,
Lewis Clarke,
Harold Dunbar Cooley,
Garrett Eckbo,
Frederick Edmundson,
Sam J. Ervin,
George Watts Hill,
B. Everett Jordan,
George Matsumoto,
Rodrigo Velarde Ortiz,
Hubert B. Owens,
Bremer W. Pond,
Robert Royston,
Terry Sanford,
Robert Walter Scott,
Stanley White and many North Carolina garden clubs. Other written material includes Thurlow’s 1968 article
History of Landscape Architecture at NCSU. The photograph and postcard collection focuses on architecture and landscape architecture in Europe and Asia, as well as the
northeastern United States, primarily
Boston, Massachusetts. Postcards far outnumber the original photographs, presumably taken by Thurlow.
Organization of the Collection
This collection is arranged in two series: Correspondence and Photographs.
Bell, Richard C., 1928-
Bostian, Carey Hoyt, 1907-2000
Burle Marx, Roberto, 1909-1994
Clarke, Lewis
Cooley, Harold Dunbar, 1897-1974
Eckbo, Garrett
Edmundson, Frederick
Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985
Hill, George Watts, 1901-1993
Jordan, B. Everett (Benjamin Everett)
Matsumoto, George, 1922-
North Carolina State University. Dept. of Landscape Architecture--Faculty.
North Carolina State University. Dept. of Landscape Architecture--History.
Ortiz, Rodrigo Velarde
Owens, Hubert B.
Pond, Bremer W. (Bremer Whidden), 1884-
Royston, Robert
Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998
Scott, Robert Walter, 1929-2009
Thurlow, E. G. (Edwin Gilbert), 1909-1997
White, Stanley
Asia--Photographs
Boston (Mass.)--Photographs
College teachers--North Carolina--History
Europe--Photographs
Gardening--Societies, etc.
Landscape architects--North Carolina--History
Landscape architecture
Letters (correspondence)
Massachusetts--Photographs
Photographs
Correspondence
MC 97 Series 1
0.5 Linear feet
1946-1974
1 archival box
Scope and Contents note
The Edwin Gilbert Thurlow correspondence series contains personal and professional correspondence and other material written and received during Thurlow's term as Professor of Landscape Architecture at North Carolina State University, 1947-1974. Letters make up the bulk of the collection, with notable correspondence between Thurlow and Richard C. Bell, Carey Hoyt Bostian, Roberto Burle Marx, Lewis Clarke, Harold Dunbar Cooley, Garrett Eckbo, Frederick Edmundson, Sam J. Ervin, George Watts Hill, B. Everett Jordan, George Matsumoto, Rodrigo Velarde Ortiz, Hubert B. Owens, Bremer W. Pond, Robert Royston, Terry Sanford, Robert Walter Scott, and Stanley White.
These papers document Thurlow's correspondence with students, garden clubs, lawmakers, and colleagues in Landscape Architecture at N.C. State and other institutions. Other written material includes Thurlow's 1968 article
History of Landscape Architecture at NCSU.
A
1
1
1948-1957
B
1
2
1948-1972
Bell, Richard C.
1
3
1950-1966
Bostian, Carey H.
1
4
1948-1958
C
1
5
1948-1960
D
1
6
1946-1964
E
1
7
1947-1966
F-G
1
8
1953-1973
Garden Club Correspondence
1
9
1948-1958
H
1
10
1948-1959
House & Garden Article
1
11
1952
J-K
1
12
1949-1967
Landscape Architecture, History of
1
13
1968
L
1
14
1950-1966
M
1
15
1954-1963
Marx, Roberto Burle
1
16
1961-1966
N
1
17
1951-1954
O
1
18
1950-1968
P
1
19
1950-1966
R-T
1
20
1948-1970
White, Stanley
1
21
1952-1961
Y
1
22
1950-1972
Photographs
MC 97 Series 2
1.0 foot
1930s-1940s
3 card boxes
Scope and Contents note
The Edwin Gilbert Thurlow photograph series contains approximately 1,600 photos and photographic postcards, circa 1930s and 1940s. The photo and postcard collection focuses on architecture and landscape architecture in Europe, Asia, and the northeastern United States. All are in the order in which they were received, which does not always appear to correspond to the divider headings. Some dividers had no photos associated with them and were removed. These were "Harvard University" in Card Box 2 and "Philadelphia Estates," "U.S., N.Y., Westchester," "Smith," and "Germany" from Card Box 4.
Photographs make up approximately 95% of the series, and all are black and white. Postcards are predominantly black and white and unwritten, with a few exceptions. Photos are nearly all 3 ¼" x 5 ½"; some postcards are slightly larger.
Gateways, U.S. Boston North Shore, U.S. Berkshires, Mabel Choate, Harris Fahnstock, W.B. Osgood Field, Giraud Foster, Wiliam Hall Walker, Carlos de Heredia, Grenville A. Winthrop, Henry White, Mission House, U.S. Hartford, U.S. Long Island, and Newport.
2
1930s-1940s
England, France, Orient, and Misc.
3
1930s-1940s
Italy; U.S. Philadelphia; Budapest, Vienna, Goteborg, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam; and Modern
4
1930s-1940s