Summary Information

Title: Edward G. Lawson papers,
Creator: Edward G. Lawson, 1884-1968.
Inclusive dates: 1915-1937.
3.4 cubic ft.
Photographs, a scrapbook, drawings, correspondence, and other materials.
Abstract::

Scrapbook 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. Bound volumes from the American Academy in Rome and Lantern slides of illustrations from Lawson's Rome Prize thesis

Call number: 4237
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library