California Association of Landscape Architects (CALA) Records, 1944-1960
Processed by Holly Selvig.
Environmental Design Archives
College of Environmental Design
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-1820
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Email: archives@socrates.berkeley.edu
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© 2003
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
California Association of Landscape Architects (CALA) Records, 1944-1960
Collection number: 19XX-22
Environmental Design Archives
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Contact Information:
- Environmental Design Archives
- College of Environmental Design
- 230 Wurster Hall #1820
- University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley, California, 94720-1820
- Phone: (510) 642-5124
- Fax: (510) 642-2824
- Email: archives@socrates.berkeley.edu
- URL: http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/
- Processed by:
- Holly Selvig
- Date Completed:
- January 2003
- Encoded by:
- Environmental Design Archives staff
- Funding:
- Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department,
University of California, Berkeley.
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: California Association of Landscape Architects (CALA) records,
Date (inclusive): 1944-1960
Collection number: 19XX-22
Creator:
California Association of Landscape Architects
Extent:
3 boxes
Repository:
Environmental Design Archives. College of Environmental Design.
University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California
Abstract: The California Association of Landscape Architects (CALA) consisted of Professional Landscape Architects, students, and allied
professionals living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. The collection chronicles the activities of some of the most
active landscape architects in the San Francisco Bay area, at a time when they were struggling for professional recognition
and standards. This collection offers insight into the process of defining the profession of landscape architecture in California.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the
Curator.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], California Association of Landscape Architects Records, (19XX-22), Environmental Design Archives.
College of
Environmental Design. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to the Environmental Design Archives.
Funding
Arrangement and description of this collection was funded by the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Department,
University of California, Berkeley.
Access Points
Landscape architects -- California.
Landscape architecture -- California.
Landscape architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- California.
American Society of Landscape Architects
California Association of Landscape Architects
Online Archive of California
Historical Note
California Association of Landscape Architects, 1944-1960
The California Association of Landscape Architects (CALA) consisted of Professional Landscape Architects, students, and allied
professionals living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. The purpose of the organization, as stated in its Articles
of Incorporation, was to "provide an organization wherein Landscape Architects may work more effectively as a group to bring
about a greater collaborative effort among Architects, Landscape Architects, City planners, Engineers, and the Building Industry,
to provide an organization wherein Landscape Architects may work as a group to study and act upon all proposals by political
bodies, individuals, or enterprises which affect the physical development of our cites and communities, or our countryside,
and to provide an organization wherein Landscape Architects may meet as a group for an exchange of ideas, self-education,
and free discussion, to promote a higher standard of professional practice, and a greater uniformity in fees and services
for the good of the profession and the public welfare."
The organization went by the name Association of Landscape Architects (ALA) until 1954, when they changed the name to California
Association of Landscape Architects to avoid confusion with the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and to reflect
their widening influence in the state. By 1949 the Association had active groups in Sonoma and Sacramento, as well as in the
Peninsula.
In addition to their monthly meetings and programs, the CALA actively lobbied for the state registration of Landscape Architects,
published a fee schedule for the profession, and annually participated in the San Francisco Garden Show.
Note
Sources:
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[CALA Articles of Incorporation], California Association of Landscape Architects Records, (19XX-22), Environmental Design
Archives, University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Contents Note
The collection chronicles the activities of some of the most active landscape architects in the San Francisco Bay area, at
a time when they were struggling for professional recognition and standards. This collection offers insight into the process
of defining the profession of landscape architecture in California.
Related Collections
American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) Papers, (ARCH 2001-5), Environmental Design Archives, University of California,
Berkeley.
Series Description
OFFICE RECORDS,
1944-1960
Physical Description:
Boxes 1-3
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
Contains correspondence, reports, newsletters, drawings, and clippings documenting the activity of an organization of Landscape
Architects in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Container List
Box/Folder 1 : 2
List of officers
1946-1956
Box/Folder 1 : 5
Minutes of the board meetings
1947-1951
Box/Folder 1 : 6
President's Annual Reports
1945-1949
Box/Folder 1 : 7
President's letters to the members
1946-1952
Box/Folder 1 : 8
Roster of membership
1959-1960
Box/Folder 1 : 9
Secretary's letters to the members
1947
Box/Folder 1 : 10
California State Board of Landscape Architects
1954-1958
Box/Folder 1 : 11
Incorporation and proposed by-laws
1949-1950
Box/Folder 1 : 12
Lucretia Mott Whitney Fund
1959
Box/Folder 1 : 13-14
President's correspondence
1946-1959
Box/Folder 1 : 15
Raffles at meetings
1949-1952
Box/Folder 1 : 16
Registration of name "Association of Landscape Architects"
1947
Box/Folder 1 : 17
Roster of membership
1947-1953
Box/Folder 3 : 31-33
Exhibit: California Spring Garden Show
1946-1951
Box/Folder 3 : 34
Exhibit: Chairman's correspondence
1946-1950
Box/Folder 3 : 35
Exhibit: Marin Art and Garden Show
1947
Box/Folder 3 : 36
Exhibit: Pan American Conference of Architects
1947-1948
Box/Folder 3 : 37
Exhibit: President's files
1948-1954
Box/Folder 3 : 38
Exhibit: San Francisco Museum of Art
1937
Box/Folder 3 : 41
Professional, Trade, and Governmental Relations
1944
Box/Folder 3 : 42
State Registration for Landscape Architects
1948-1949
Box/Folder 3 : 44
scrapbook, clippings, press releases
1946-1957
Box/Folder 3 : 45
Addresses of University of California, Berkeley, Landscape Architecture Alumni
1952
Box/Folder 3 : 46
Airport Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area
1949
Box/Folder 3 : 47
California Landscape Contractors' Association membership roster
1952
Box/Folder 3 : 48
California State Board of Landscape Architects roster of licensees
1954-1955
Box/Folder 3 : 49
Public Officials of California roster
1946-1947
