Interview with Lydia Messmer: oral history.

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

McHarg, Ian L., 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Pennsylvania. School of Fine Arts--Faculty.

University of Pennsylvania.

University of Pennsylvania. School of Fine Arts--Students.

Landscape architecture--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Landscape architecture.

Campus planning--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Campus planning.

Harvard University--Students.

Harvard University.

Architecture--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Architecture.

University of Pennsylvania. School of Fine Arts--Curricula.

University of Pennsylvania--History--20th century.

Ecological surveys.

Physical Description:

3 videotapes (2 U-matic tapes and 1 VHS): accompanying material in the manuscript section of the collection.

Contained In:

University of Pennsylvania. School of Arts and Sciences. Computing Facilities and Services. Multimedia Educational Technology Services. Records, 1969-1991

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania, c[1987].

Biography/History:

Ian McHarg was born in Scotland in 1920. He immigrated to the United States in 1946 and graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Landscape and Architecture in 1949, a Master of Landscape Architecture in 1950 and a Master of City Planning in 1951. He was the founder of the department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning of the University of Pennsylvania and served as its chairman from 1954 to 1986. He was fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and fellow of the Institute of Landscape Architects (U.K.)

Summary:

McHarg recalled his early education, his education at Harvard University, and how he accepted the offer from the University of Pennsylvania to set up a department of landscape architecture. He also reviewed the history of landscape architecture, commented on the physical evolution of the campus at the University of Pennsylvania, appraised the achievements of some of his former students, and discussed his opinion of the University administration and the world-wide ecological survey.

Notes:

Produced by the Multimedia Educational Technology Services, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1346384526