Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections at the University of Pittsburgh Library System

Collection Inventory

Series I. Personal Files, 1917-1945

Scope and Content Notes:
This series consists of material documenting the intertwined personal and professional life of Ralph E. Griswold. Griswold’s personal and professional lives coalesce in his dedication and interest in the field of landscape architecture. The materials in this series describe a portion of Griswold’s academic and WWI military records, while receipts and mortgage statements document some of his financial history. Griswold attended the American E. F. Art Training Centre in Paris at the conclusion of WWI. Paintings and pencil sketches of villa and ship scenes created by Griswold are part of his personal collection. Griswold also collected many small national and international publications regarding landscape training and architecture which are included in the series.

Box 1
Folder 1 Army Records 1917-1943

Folder 2 Academy Photographs 1923

Folder 3 Financial Statements 1935-1939

Folder 4 Griswold Estate Settlement 1935-1941

Folder 5 Warren Odd Fellows Temple Co. Stock Correspondence 1938-1939

Folder 6 Valley City Mortgage Co. Correspondence 1938-1939

Folder 7 Receipts 1944

Folder 8 Civilian Defense Awards 1945

Box 2
Folder 1-2 Ralph E. Griswold water color painting ship scene undated

Folder 3 Ralph E. Griswold water color painting villa scene undated

Folder 4 Pencil sketch booklet undated

Folder 5 Notes and Interpretation on Aero plane Photography during World War I undated

Box 3
Folder 1 Point of Empire: An Epic Struggle of the 1700s undated

Folder 2 American Architect and Architecture 1937

Folder 3 The Architectural Forum undated

Folder 4 Stephen Collins Foster Memorial of the University of Pittsburgh undated

Folder 5 Report of the American E. F. Art Training Centre March – June 1919

Folder 6 Memories of Art Archaeology April 1904

Folder 7 Sloane’s House of Today: at the Century of Progress Exposition undated

Folder 8 The Evolution of the City of Rome from its Origin to the Gallic Catastrophe undated

Folder 9 A Cathedral Hillside and its Gardens undated

Folder 10 La Vie Urbaine 1923

Folder 11 Wild Flowers of the Old Bay State undated

Folder 12 Harpers Magazine December, 1937

Folder 13 Pennsylvania Folk Festival, Bucknell University 1936

Series II. Diaries, 1912-1917, 1946-1981

Scope and Content Notes:
Griswold methodically documented his life, writing entries on social and business relationships as well as existing projects. His earliest diaries, dating from 1914 through 1917, describe day-to-day affairs such as schooling and social relationships. Later diaries show the evolution of his entries into subjects based on current projects, which are detailed in Series V, during his professional career in the 1940s and 1950s. Griswold adopted a more leisurely approach in the 1970s and 1980s, focusing on his personal life to a greater degree than in any previous diary. Most diaries also contain fiscal expenditures, phone-lists, and tabulations in addition to personal antecedents and opinions of his associates. These diaries record a mixture of personal and professional experiences during two distinct periods in Griswold’s life, written in the periods from 1914-1917 and 1946-1981.

Box 4
Volume 1 1912-1917

Volume 2-10 1946-1954

Box 5
Volume 11-19 1955-1963

Box 6
Volume 20-28 1964-1972

Box 7
Volume 29-37 1973-1981

Series III. Lecture Notes and Unpublished Works, 1913-1944

Scope and Content Notes:
Griswold dedication to the landscape architecture field is evident through his diligent notes that he wrote from lectures over the years. The lecture notes describe projects, plans, facts, and theories on landscape architecture. Griswold accumulated lecture notes during his time at Cornell University as well as other conferences and speeches he attended. It is evident that Griswold felt that he could repurpose his notes for future research and conference material. Some of the lecture notes and unpublished works were used in a variety of conferences and speaking engagements given by Griswold. Griswold notes include ideas for speeches, key points of lectures, conference material, and sketches of landscapes. Frequently, these notes directly correspond to a particular landscape project Griswold had worked on. The material in this series date from 1913 to 1944. Additional files relating to lectures and projects may be found in Series VII.

Box 8
Folder 1 Landscape Art #3 Lecture Notes 1913

Folder 2 Landscape Art #4 Lecture Notes 1914-1915

Folder 3 Old as the Hills and as Beautiful 1922

Folder 4 Villa Cicogna 1923

Folder 5 A Synopsis of Lectures on Landscape Architecture, Cleveland School of Art 1924

Folder 6 Italian Gardening 1924

Folder 7 The Villa Caprarola and Its Traditions 1922-1924

Folder 8 The Hillside Home of H.B. Higgins 1932

Folder 9 Parks and Playgrounds: Their Uses and Their Planning 1939

Folder 10 Regional Recreation as a Metropolitan Necessity 1939

Folder 11 Talk by Ralph E. Griswold, Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association 1940

Folder 12 Planting Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh 1941

Folder 13 What the Air Raid Warden Service is Doing 1942

Folder 14 The Planting of Trees as War Memorials 1944

Folder 15 Landscape Architecture undated

Folder 16 Individuality in Landscape Character undated

Folder 17 Landscape Planting in the Grand Manner of the Renaissance undated

Folder 18 Landscape Studies by Motor undated

Folder 19 Looking Into the Future of Pittsburgh Parks undated

Folder 20 The Contribution of Natural Science to the General Welfare undated

Folder 21 The Bureau of Parks: Its Functions and Operation undated

Folder 22 Board of Parks and Recreation undated

Folder 23 Character in the Garden undated

Folder 24 To What Extent Has Landscape Architecture Been Modern Since the Renaissance undated

Folder 25 Italian Gardening and its Relation to the Profession of Landscape Architecture undated

Folder 26 The Meaning of an Academy Fellowship undated

Folder 27 Synopsis of Talks to be given in Class Room undated

Folder 28 The Use of Water in Garden Composition undated

Folder 29 The Adaptation of Physical Beauty undated

Folder 30 The Development of a Garden Scheme undated

Folder 31 History of Gardening undated

Folder 32 Comprehensive Vision in Landscape Design undated

Folder 33 Parks and Recreation Painting for Boroughs and Townships undated

Folder 34 The Future of the Arts and Crafts Center undated

Folder 35 The Architectural Value of Paths, Background, Walls, Water, Etc. undated

Folder 36 Extracts from Charles Eliot, Landscape Architect undated

Folder 37 Pittsburgh: A Place to Live and Work undated

Folder 38 Landscape Lecture Speaking Note Cards undated

Folder 39 An Outline for the Analysis of Garden Design undated

Folder 40 Elements of Character in Landscape Design undated

Folder 41 Gardening: A Fine Art undated

Folder 42 Directions in American Painting undated

Folder 43 Notes and Extracts Relating to Versailles, Chantilly and Ermenville undated

Series IV. Reference Materials, undated

Scope and Content Notes:
This series contains materials collected to facilitate Griswold’s landscape architecture designs. The majority of these materials are reference photographs of a variety of structures and architectural details, mainly of Italian and American origin. Sketches and photographs are organized into architectural form files such as balustrades, villas, and interiors, which were later used as references for his work. The reference materials retained the original order and labeling in the manner it was received. Included in this series are photographs, sketches, plans, blueprints, layouts, and articles. The majority of the reference material are undated.

Box 9
Folder 1-2 Fountains, Well Heads, and Cascades

Folder 3 Paintings

Folder 4 Arches and Colonnades

Folder 5-6 Italian Villas

Folder 7 Italian Villas and Facades

Folder 8 Villa Catena

Folder 9 Windows, Doors, and Columns

Folder 10 Courtyards and Loggia

Folder 11 Architectural Interiors

Folder 12 Bridges

Folder 13 Piazzas

Folder 14 Rubbings and Watercolors

Box 10
Folder 01-02 Measured Details of Villa Caprarola

Folder 3 Measured Details of Villa Cicogna

Folder 4 Measured Details from Frascati, Italy

Folder 5 Measured Details from Italy

Folder 6 Measured Details of Facades and Villas

Folder 7 Measured Details of Balustrades

Folder 8 Measured Details of Steps

Folder 9 Steps and Balustrades

Folder 10 Well Heads

Folder 11 Iron Railings

Folder 12 Iron Works

Folder 13 Gateways

Box 11
Folder 1 Sculpture and Vases

Folder 2 Cemeteries undate

Folder 3 Cartouches

Folder 4 Flower Shows

Folder 5 Gateways

Folder 6 General and Theses

Folder 7 General Landscape

Folder 8 Plans and Exhibit Prints

Folder 9 Edward Capps Memorial Lectern

Folder 10 E. W. Mathews Landscape

Folder 11 Fox Chapel Club Fountain

Folder 12 Albert D. Taylor Plans and Photographs

Folder 13 Albert D. Taylor Photographs

Folder 14 H.B. Higgins Photographs

Folder 15 R.A. Hunt Photographs

Folder 16 B.D. Phillips Photographs

Folder 17 J.E. Lewis Photographs

Folder 18 Julius Fleischman Garden Photographs

Folder 19 Dr. Bowman Landscape Photographs

Series V. Project Files, 1917-1976

Scope and Content Notes:
The majority of Griswold’s professional material revolve around his architectural landscape projects both in the United State and abroad. Some of these files contain documentary photographs, including many from his work on the Athenian Agora during the 1950s. Some of the highlighted works are the Agora project, the Anzio Cemetery, the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company town revitalization, and the Mellon-Scaife Botanical Garden. The items in this series span the years from 1917 to 1976. Included are plans, blueprints, layouts, drafts of articles and speeches, news clippings, professional correspondence, and information about Griswold’s projects. Projects details and dates are also mentioned in the diary entries in Series II. Additional files relating to this materials may be found in Series VII.

Subseries 1. Jones & Laughlin Steel Company Town Revitalization, 1946-1948

Scope and Content Notes:
A project of local significance to Pittsburgh was the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company town revitalization. Jones & Laughlin Steel hired Griswold for the recreation and restoration of many of its company towns throughout western and central Pennsylvania, which produced much of the coal and coke used in the production of steel. Griswold was consulted to head the revitalization project in the company towns of Vestaburgh, Richeyville, Bobtown, Blairton, and Denbo; he completed these revitalization projects between 1946 and 1947.

Box 12
Folder 1 Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation- Report on landscape and recreation improvement of company towns, 1946-1947

Folder 2 Jones & Laughlin Steel- Vestaburgh, 1946

Folder 3 Jones & Laughlin Steel- Richeyville, 1946

Folder 4 Jones & Laughlin Steel- Bobtown, 1946

Folder 5 Jones & Laughlin Steel- Blairton, 1946

Folder 6 Jones & Laughlin Steel- Denbo, 1947

Folder 7-10 Jones & Laughlin Steel, 1946-1948

Subseries 2. Anzio Cemetery Project, 1949-1955

Scope and Content Notes:
The World War II Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, built in Italy to commemorate Americans who died during the liberation of Axis Nation Italy, was directed by the United States War Commission, which oversaw the overall design, construction, sculpture, and landscaping work necessary for the site. A wide central mall leads to the memorial, adorned with works of art and architecture, emblematic of America's reverence for the fallen war dead. Architects for the cemetery and memorial were Gugler, Kimball and Husted of New York City. Ralph Griswold was tapped by the commission to act as landscape architect; this became his first major landscaping work overseas. Griswold spent much of his time drawing plans, developing planting plans, writing and answering correspondence, and working with the War Commission in efforts to construct the memorial.

Griswold designed the entrance road to the Anzio Cemetery, lining the path with neatly-trimmed hedges. There is a large elliptical shaped reflecting pool with a small island at its center. Griswold chose to plant several Italian cypress trees which flank the stone cenotaph on the island. Evergreen holly oak trees and hedges line the wide grassy mall through the graves area from the reflecting pool to the memorial. The larger garden north of the memorial is planted with beds of polyanthus roses, geraniums, white oleander, purple bougainvillea and other flowers in parterre arrangements. The permanent cemetery and memorial were completed in 1956. The material in this subseries dates from 1949 to 1955.

Box 13
Folder 1 Anzio Cemetery, Correspondence, 1949-1955

Folder 2-6 Anzio Cemetery, Correspondence, 1950

Box 14
Folder 1 Anzio Cemetery, Plans and Blueprints, 1950-1951

Folder 2 Anzio Cemetery, Correspondence, 1951

Folder 3 Anzio Cemetery, Correspondence and Plan, 1952

Folder 4 Anzio Cemetery, Correspondence, 1953-1956

Folder 5 Anzio Cemetery, Inspection and Photographs, 1966-1968

Folder 6 Anzio Cemetery Letters, Photographs, Postcards, and News Clippings, 1952-1965

Subseries 3. Agora Material, 1950-1956

Scope and Content Notes:
The American School of Classical Studies in Athens has been a premier center for the study of Greek civilization since its inception in 1881. It has proved to be not only a center for teaching, but the heart of American excavations of antiquity in Greece, with the resulting published material forming the basis of classical study today. In 1931, the school began work on their most significant find, the ancient Greek Agora in the city of Athens. Since 3000 B.C.E., this ancient marketplace served as the confluence of Athenian economic, political, and social practices, and emerged as the physical manifestation of the famous democracy of Athens around the fifth century B.C.E. The grounds, where ancient citizens held public office and elections, would influence Western Civilization for centuries to come.

By 1957, the first archeological park in Europe was developed to showcase the work of the Agora excavation from the previous decades. The landscaping for this presentation proved to be a challenging and novel undertaking. The school director, Homer Thompson, began talks with Ralph E. Griswold in 1950 to act as supervisor of the new park. His work included not only making the park serviceable by adding benches, creating entrances, and clearing ruin, but aesthetically pleasing by adorning the surrounding hillside and park with historically and culturally relevant foliage and trees. He was responsible not only for the logistic constraints of an operation in the dry environment of Attica, but charged with conforming to stringent academic standards of recreating the ancient marketplace. Griswold also coordinated with American and Greek donations for the landscape work, budgeting and researching most of the sites' expenses. During his long involvement with the project, he developed a lasting relationship and correspondence with Homer Thompson and much of the staff of the American School of Classical Studies. The project was completed between 1950 and 1955; the park was dedicated in 1956. The material in this subseries dates form 1950 to 1956.

Box 15
Folder 1 Agora Correspondence, 1950-1955

Folder 2 Agora Photographs and Reference Drawings, 1952-1953

Folder 3 Agora Photographs, Correspondence, and Plant Lists, 1952-1967

Folder 4 Agora Preliminary Report, 1953

Folder 5 Agora Reports, 1953

Folder 6 Agora Excavation Plan, 1953

Folder 7 Agora Correspondence and Personnel Lists, 1953-1956

Folder 8 Agora Correspondence and Article Drafts, 1954

Folder 9 Agora Memorial Fountain, 1954

Folder 10 Agora Church of the Holy Apostles, 1954-1955

Folder 11 Agora Budget, 1954-1955

Box 16
Folder 1 Agora Business Agreement, 1950-1956

Folder 2 Agora Plans and Layouts, 1954-1956

Folder 3 Agora Temple of Haphaistos Label Order, 1955

Folder 4 Agora Planting, Correspondence, and Notes, 1955-1956

Folder 5 Agora Correspondence and Press Clippings, 1955-1957

Folder 6 Agora Faucets, 1956-1957

Folder 7 Agora Correspondence, 1956-1957

Folder 8 Archeological Landscape Pioneering, 1957

Box 17
Folder 1 Agora Correspondence, Maps, and Notes, 1957-1962

Folder 2 Agora Correspondence, Press, and News Clippings, 1957-1967

Folder 3 Agora Photographs, Negatives, Plans, Articles, Landscape Architecture, 1957-1967

Folder 4 Agora Correspondence, 1966

Folder 5 Agora Plant Lists, undated

Folder 6 Archeological Institute of America and Lucy Shoe Correspondence, 1953-1955

Subseries 4. Garden Club of Virginia Material, undated

Scope and Content Notes:
The Garden Club of Virginia is an active association of garden clubs responsible for many of Virginia’s historic garden restoration including Monticello. Griswold was a part of the Garden Club of Virginia Restoration Committee, and this subseries documents his relationship with committee members and relates to several club projects. The Garden Club of Virginia, much like Griswold himself, was interested in historic preservation. The garden clubs restoration projects began in 1927, however, Griswold was not involved until the late 1950s. The restoration effort in which Griswold was involved included the Mary Washington House, Colonial Williamsburg, Monticello, Kent Valentine House, Woodrow Wilson House, Scotchtown, St. Johns Mews, Agecroft Hall, Morgan Mill, University of Virginia, and Christ Church of Middlesex County. Griswold was either the main landscape architect or landscape consultant on these restoration projects. He was also responsible for revitalization projects related to a chapel at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, that had been built during Robert E. Lee’s tenure as university president.

Box 18
Folder 1 Garden Club of Virginia Correspondence, 1959-1962

Folder 2 Garden Club of Virginia Correspondence, 1962-1963

Folder 3 Garden Club of Virginia Correspondence, 1963-1966

Folder 4 Garden Club of Virginia Correspondence, 1964-1965

Folder 5 Garden Club of Virginia Correspondence, 1965-1966

Folder 6 Garden Club of Virginia Dedication Programs, 1973-1976

Folder 7 Garden Club of Virginia Correspondence, 1974-1976

Folder 8 Garden Club of Virginia, Rolfe-Warren Plantation, 1976

Subseries 5. Mellon-Scaife Botanical Garden, 1966-1967

Scope and Content Notes:
The restoration of the main garden in Mellon Park is found in the Pittsburgh Point Breeze neighborhood. This garden was developed as a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Mellon Scaife. To memorialize Mrs. Scaife, Griswold designed, developed, and participated in the rededication of an outdoor botanical garden. The botanical garden was developed to serve not only as a memorial, but as a source of study for botanical students, landscape professionals, and amateur gardeners alike. This garden promoted both the scientific and aesthetic understanding required to create botanical gardens. Griswold worked on this project from 1966 to 1969.

Folder 9 Mellon-Scaife Botanical Garden, 1966-1967

Subseries 6. General Projects, 1924-1976

Scope and Content Notes:
The subseries contains material relating to Griswold’s architectural landscape projects and his professional life. Some of these files contain documentary photographs, correspondence, and both architectural and business plans. Griswold worked on many residential and public landscape projects. Projects in this subseries are arranged in chronological and title order. Material in this subseries date from 1924 through 1976

Box 19
Folder 1 Landscape Architecture Bibliographies, 1924

Folder 2 Christmas Cards, Programs, and Invitations, 1924-1952

Folder 3 Magazine Article Draft, 1927

Folder 4 J.W. Lawrence Contracts, Bids, and Speculations, 1928-1930

Folder 5-6 J.W. Lawrence Plans, 1929-1931

Folder 7 J.W. Lawrence Correspondence, 1929-1931

Folder 8 J.W. Lawrence Estimates and Computations, 1929-1931

Folder 9 J.W. Lawrence Bills, Acknowledgements, and Plant Materials, 1929-1931

Box 20
Folder 1 Physicians’ Building, 1929-1930

Folder 2 Physicians’ Building, 1929-1931

Folder 3 J.J. Thompson: Estimates and Computations, 1929-1931

Folder 4 J.J. Thompson: Orders, Acknowledgements, and Bills, 1930

Folder 5 J.J. Thompson: Plant Lists, 1930

Folder 6 J.J. Thompson: Contact, Bids, Specifications, 1930-1931

Folder 7 J.J. Thompson: Correspondence, 1930-1933

Folder 8 Fox Chapel Golf Club, 1930

Folder 9 West Virginia University, 1930

Folder 10 John B. Semple, 1930

Folder 11 John B. Semple, 1931

Folder 12-14 John B. Semple, 1931-1932

Folder 15 R.F. Moreland: Contacts, Bids, Speculations, 1930

Folder 16 R.F. Moreland: Statement, 1930

Folder 17 R.F. Moreland: Plan, 1930

Folder 18 R.F. Moreland: Correspondence, 1930-1931

Box 21
Folder 1 University of Pittsburgh, Falk Clinic, 1930-1931

Folder 2 University of Pittsburgh, Falk Clinic, 1930-1933

Folder 3 Frank Semple, Jr., 1930-1931

Folder 4 Sewickley Memorial, 1930-1933

Folder 5 Twentieth Century Club, 1930-1933

Folder 6-7 Rolling Rock Farms Plant Orders, Bills, and Receipts, 1930-1932

Folder 8 Rolling Rock Farms Work Summaries, Planting Lists, and Planting Records, 1930-1933

Folder 9 Rolling Rock Club, 1930-1932

Folder 10 Pennsylvania College for Women, 1931

Folder 11-12 Pennsylvania College for Women, 1931-1932

Folder 13 Pennsylvania College for Women, 1931-1934

Folder 14 Pennsylvania College for Women, Athletic Field, 1931-1951

Box 22
Folder 1 Howard K. Walter, 1931

Folder 2 Mrs. R.J. Magee, 1931-1932

Folder 3 Frank Semple: Correspondence, 1931-1933

Folder 4 Frank Semple: Estimates, Computations and Blueprint, 1931-1933

Folder 5 John M. Rice Consultation Receipt, 1932

Folder 6 Robert Woods Bliss Blueprint, 1932

Folder 7 Dr. F. Sonneborn and W. H. Daugherty, Sr., 1932

Folder 8 George Flinn, 1932

Folder 9 S.B. Linhart, 1932

Folder 10 Mrs. A. Rex Flinn, 1932-1933

Folder 11 Garden Dictionary Entries, 1933-1934

Folder 12 Garden Dictionary Entries, 1934-1935

Folder 13-14 W. J. Sloane Exhibition Garden, 1933

Folder 15 Greater Pittsburgh Parks Association Correspondence, 1933-1940

Folder 16 Chatham Village News, 1934-1939

Box 23
Folder 1 Rosenwald: Kraeger, Tree Inventory, 1937

Folder 2 Rosenwald: Kraeger, Approved Bills, 1937-1939

Folder 3 Rosenwald: Grunsfeld, 1937-1939

Folder 4 Rosenwald: Kraeger, 1937-1938

Folder 5 Rosenwald: Sprinkler System, 1938

Folder 6 Rosenwald: Professional Service Agreements, 1938-1940

Folder 7-8 Rosenwald: Cornell, 1938-1939

Folder 8 Rosenwald: Fleisher, 1938-1940

Folder 10 Rosenwald: Leopold, 1938-1940

Folder 11 Rosenwald: Calculations, 1938-1940

Folder 12 Rosenwald: Professional Statement, 1938-1942

Box 24
Folder 1 Lilian von Bonin, 1938

Folder 2 W.L. Mellon, 1938-1939

Folder 3 Charles J. Rosenbloom, 1938-1939

Folder 4 W.L. Standish, 1938-1939

Folder 5 Singleton Paul, 1938-1940

Folder 6 J.D. Berg, 1938-1940

Folder 7 City of Pittsburgh Correspondence, 1938-1945

Folder 8 Charles M. Stotz, 1938-1948

Folder 9 Howard Walters, 1939

Folder 10-11 Andover Terrace Building Project, 1939

Folder 12-15 Alfred K. Stern, 1939-1940

Folder 16 H.C. McEldowney, 1939-1940

Folder 17 Joe Speidel, 1939-1940

Folder 18 George R. Gibbons, 1939-1940

Box 25
Folder 1 Nelson Wagner, 1939-1941

Folder 2 Windsor and Hartsgrove Properties, 1939-1942

Folder 3 Pittsburgh, 1940

Folder 4 Humphrey Morris: Presbyterian and Womens’ Hospital, 1940

Folder 5 Frederick Faris and Neil Stifel, 1940

Folder 6 C.F. Du Puy, 1940-1941

Folder 7 David M. Levy, 1941

Folder 8 Defense Housing: Clairton, Morgantown, Shaler, and Moon Townships, 1941-1942

Folder 9 William M. Robinson, 1941-1946

Folder 10 Housing Authority Reports, 1943-1945

Folder 11 J.S. Lanahan, 1944

Folder 12 Point Breeze Park Plans and Correspondence, 1944

Folder 13 American Commission for Living War Memorials, 1944-1945

Folder 14 American Commission for Living War Memorials, 1945

Box 26
Folder 1 Drake Park, 1944-1947

Folder 2 Resignation from City Parks, Baltimore City Service Exam, 1945-1946

Folder 3 Mrs. John Frazer, 1945-1946

Folder 4-7 Pennsylvania State Parks, 1945-1946

Box 27
Folder 1 Bellevue Park Abandoned Site, 1946

Folder 2 Lockhart, Statement, and Correspondence, 1946-1948

Folder 3 Kay Boys Club, 1947

Folder 4 Babcock-Lott Enterprises, 1947-1948

Folder 5 Veterans’ Hospital Open Air Theater and Band Stand, 1947-1949

Folder 6 Pittsburgh Plate Glass, 1948

Folder 7 Allegheny Conference Recreation Report, 1948-1950

Folder 8 Pittsburgh Zoological Society Correspondence, 1949

Folder 9 Drake Well Park and Titusville Garden Club, 1949

Folder 10 James A. Bell and Westminster Place, 1949

Folder 11 John C. Conte: Valmar Garden, 1949

Folder 12 Employee Applications, 1950-1955

Folder 13 R.F. Moreland, 1951

Folder 14 Printing Orders, Griswold and Renner Correspondence, 1951-1956

Folder 15 Charles Morgan Correspondence, 1952-1956

Folder 16 Calvin Wells, 1949

Folder 17 Ben Fairless, 1945

Box 28
Folder 1 Ward M. Canady Correspondence, 1954-1955

Folder 2 Stuart Thompson Correspondence, 1954-1955

Folder 3 Peat Moss Correspondence, 1954-1955

Folder 4 Requests for Publication, Photographs of Pittsburgh, 1955-1956

Folder 5 Speaking Engagement Correspondence, 1955-1956

Folder 6 Correspondence, 1955-1956

Folder 7-8 Henry Ford II Estate, 1956

Folder 9 Leland Hazard, 1956-1957

Folder 10 Pennsbury Manor Articles, Plans, Correspondence, and Landscape Study, 1957-1970

Box 29
Folder 1 Pennsbury Manor Plot Plan and General Information, 1962

Folder 2 Pennsbury Manor Estimates and Contracts, 1968-1970

Folder 3-4 Dumbarton Oaks, 1959-1967

Folder 5 Kaufmann's Mount Lebanon Landscape Studies, 1961

Folder 6 Williamsburg Symposium, 1958-1959

Folder 7 Colonial Williamsburg Correspondence, 1959-1961

Folder 8 Colonial Williamsburg Correspondence, 1961-1962

Folder 9 Colonial Williamsburg Correspondence, 1963-1964

Folder 10 Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum Correspondence, 1961-1962

Box 30
Folder 1-3 Williamsburg: An Eighteenth-Century Garden City, Draft, 1962

Folder 4-5 Williamsburg: An Eighteenth-Century Garden City, Second Draft, 1962

Folder 6 Work Portfolio, 1963

Folder 7 Allegheny Country Club Plans, 1964

Folder 8 Westover Garden Rehabilitation Proposal and Correspondence, 1964-1965

Folder 9 Allegheny Park Common Grounds Plan, 1965

Folder 10 Thomas Robinson Memorial Gate, 1968-1969

Box 31
Folder 1 Point State Park Correspondence, Photographs, and News Clippings, 1968-1969

Folder 2 Point State Park Correspondence and Photographs, 1969-1973

Folder 3 Miscellaneous Dormant Projects, 1968-1970

Folder 4 Robert E. Lee Foundation, 1968-1970

Folder 5 Gunston Hall Correspondence and Photographs, 1968-1970

Folder 6 Leslie Cheek Jr. Correspondence, 1968-1970

Folder 7 Leslie Cheek Jr. Finances and Sketches, 1969-1970

Folder 8 Leslie Cheek Jr. Specs and Bids, 1970

Folder 9 Leslie Cheek Jr. Correspondence, 1970-1975

Box 32
Folder 1 Neill Log House Restoration Correspondence and Photographs, 1968-1971

Folder 2 University of Virginia, 1968-1976

Folder 3 Carll Tucker Jr. Tree Replacement, 1969

Folder 4 Rock Ford, 1969-1971

Folder 5-7 Stone Mountain, 1969-1971

Folder 8 Winfred T. Grenfel, 1970-1973

Folder 9 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, 1972-1974

Box 33
Folder 1 Caleb Pusey House Correspondence and Photographs, 1972-1975

Folder 2 George M. Modlin, 1973-1974

Folder 3 Prince George Street, 1973-1974

Folder 4 Blandford Cemetery, 1973-1974

Folder 5 Leland Hazard Peppercorn, 1973-1975

Folder 6 Richmond Capital Grounds, 1973-1975

Folder 7 Hugh Patterson, 1974

Folder 8 Joseph Sellinger, 1974

Folder 9 Mrs. Lothrop Reed, 1974

Folder 10 St. Thomas Church in Orange, Virginia, 1974

Folder 11 American Horticultural Society: Riverview Farm, 1974

Folder 12 Robert A. Bristow, 1974-1975

Folder 13 Woodrow Wilson Birthplace, 1974-1975

Folder 14 Kenmore, 1974-1975

Folder 15 N. David Kjellstrom, 1975

Folder 16 Farnham Church, 1975

Folder 17 Wildflower Refuge at the College of William and Mary, 1976

Folder 18 Frick Fiasco, 1976

Folder 19 Whittle House, 1976

Series VI. Media Material, undated

Scope and Content Notes:
Griswold used an abundance of media material in his research, planning, and eventually to highlight his completed landscapes. Griswold collected this material throughout his career both at home and abroad. There is evidence that some of the slides were used for conferences and educational lectures given by Griswold. This series contains sketches, architectural drawings and prints, postcards, photographs, 35mm slides, and negatives collected by Griswold. The photographs and negatives are presumed to be taken by Griswold and arranged using his original decimal system order. The images correspond to lectures, projects, conferences, and general reference of landscape architecture elements. Many of the images document Griswold’s own completed landscape projects throughout his career. The print and photographic materials (Boxes 34-46) are now located in the media storage room for preservation purposes. Additional files relating to this material may be found in Series V.

Subseries 1. Photographs, undated

Scope and Content Notes:
The photographs in this series are organized in Griswold’s original decimal order from .000 to .121, and not all numbers are present in the collection. The photos initially had corresponding nitrate negatives affixed to the back of prints; the majority of the photos are undated. Additional files relating to this material may be found in Series V.

Box 34 .000 Rome

.001 V. Abamalek

.002 V. Albani

.004 V. Aurelia

.005 V. Borghese

.006 Bosco Parrasio

.007 V. Chigi

.008 V. Colonna

.009 V. Corsini

.010 V. Doria Pamphily

.011 V. Madama

.012 V. Medici

.013 V. Papa Giulio

.014 V. Sciarra

.015 Viterbo

.016 V. Caprarola

.017 Soriano

.018 V. Lante

.020 V. Mondragone

.023 V. Torlonia

.024 V. Aldo Brandini

.025 V. Lanceolotti

.026 Castel Gondolfo

.027 Papal Palace

.028 V. Barberini

.030 V. Adriano

.031 V. D'Este

.032 Florence

.033 V. Palmieri

.034 V. Salviati

.035 V. Belriposo

.036 V. Medici

Box 35 .037 V. Stibbert

.038 V. Gamberaia

.039 V. Corsi-Salviati

.040 V. Corsini

.042 V. Reale di Petra-ja

.043 V. Quarto

.044 V. La Pietra

.045 V. Poggia Imperiali

.046 V. Campi (Signa)

.047 V Colazzi

.048 Pal. Riccardi

.050 Boboli Gardens

.051 Sienna Gen'l

.052 V. Cetinale

.053 V. Segardi

.054 V. Chelsa

.055 V. Vicobella

.056 Lucca

.057 V. Torrigiana

.058 V. Bernardini

.059 V. Marlia

.060 V. Mansi

.061 V. Varcello

.063 V. Collodi

.064 Bologna Gen'l

.065 Parma Gen'l

.066 Padua

.067 Genoa

.068 Pal Doria

.069 V. Scassi

.071 V. Cicogna

.072 Varese

.073 Public Gardens, Genoa

.074 Lago Maggiore

.075 Isola Bella

Box 36 .076 Como

.077 V. Crespi

.078 V. D'Este Como

.079 V. Carlotta

.080 V. Balbianello

.081 Pal Giovio

.082 Bellagio

.083 Venice

.084 Palladio Rotunda

.085 V. Valmarana

.086 Pal Dalla Ore Quirini

.087 Verona

.088 V. Cuzzano

.089 Stra-Brenta Canal

.090 Naples

.092 V. Caserta

.093 Roman Campagnia

.094 V. Borghese

.094S V. Opposite Borghese

.095 V. Passerini

.096 V. Giacomelli

.097 AM Academy

.098 Tabularium

.099 Campidoglio

.100 Miscellaneous

.101 Palermo

.102 Taormina

.103 Pal. Barberini

.104 V. Doria Dalle Rose

.105 V. Pliana

.106 Certosa di Pavia

.107 Arrezzo

.108 San Gimingnano

.109 Bergamo

.110 Volterra

.111 Segesta

.112 Pensione Cervieri Como

.113 Perugia Gen'l

.114 Vatican Garden

.115 Knights of Malta

.117 V. Catena

.118 Urbino Gen'l

.119 Ravenna

.119 V. Gori

.120 Pistoia Gen'l

.121 Prato Gen'l

Mounted landscape photographs

Box 37 V. Aurelia

V. Sciara

Academy in Rome

Graniculum Park

State Park

State Park 35 mm Negatives

Mandel Photographs

Edison Dick Photographs

WL Mellon Photographs

Rosenwald Photographs

Cyrus McCormick Photographs

Ascoli Photographs

Burgettstown Swimming Pool Photographs

Lake Forest Flower Show

St. L Coal towns photographs

Miscellaneous England Photographs

Greece Photographs

230 BD Phillips

233 JE Lewis

237 JW Lawrence

253 HB Higgins

254 FC Schroederer

256 CH Mathews, Jr.

275 Frank Semple

279 Roy A Hunt

286 JG Frazier

291 Rolling Rock Club

350 JM Schoonmaker

506 Fox Chapel Club

510 Mrs. Simon Patterson

520 Calvin Wells

535 Cyrus McCormick

536 Buhl Foundation

538 Edison Dick

539 RE Clemson

541 Robert Mandel

Mrs. Adler

Mrs. Walter Brewster

J & L Steel

Miscellaneous postcards

Monticello postcards 1925

Mount Vernon Ladies Association postcards

Subseries 2. Negatives, undated

Scope and Content Notes:
The negatives in this series are organized in Griswold's original decimal order from .000 to .121 and the correspond to the prints in the Photographs Subseries; these are then followed by miscellaneous unidentified negatives. The Corresponding print negatives are 3x5 nitrate negatives that were originally affixed to the back of prints and are located in Boxes 38 and 39. Box 40 contains 8x10 glass plate negatives of models of Caprarolo, Griswold workspace, and plan of Cicogna. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series V. The majority of these negatives are undated.

Box 38 Rome .000 to.121Prato Gent’l (corresponding photo negatives)

Miscellaneous unnumbered collections negatives

Rome-Villa Aurelia, Villa Sciara, Academy in Rome, Graniculum Park

Mandel

Montacute

Edison Dick

State Park

W.L. Mellon

Rosenwald

Cyrus McCormick

Ascoli

Burgettstown swimming pool

Compton Wingate

Canons Ashby

St. L Vestaburg

Lake Forest Flower Show

St. L Coal towns

Miscellaneous English

Miscellaneous Unidentified

Academia Americana, 6 glass plate negatives, 5 unidentified undated

Box 39 Tram with Driver and Promotional Banner, Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Street with People, Tram, Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Palace Of Machinery, Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Palace Of Education, Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Palace Of Education, Full View, Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Fountain, Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

California State Building, Panama Pacific Int’l Exhibition, 1915

Palm Lined Path, Panama Pacific Int’l Exhibition, 1915

Kiosk, Panama Pacific Int’l Exhibition, 1915

Structure Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Corinthian Column Structure, Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Corinthian Column Structure, Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Corinthian Column Arcade with Many People (Palace Of Fine Arts) Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Large Building and Plaza with People

Corinthian Columns and Figure

Corinthian Column Structure (Palace Of Fine Arts) Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition, 1915

Garden with Male in Background

Fountain, Statue and Building

Corinthian Column Arcade with Many People (Palace Of Fine Arts) Panama Pacific Int'l Exhibition 1915, undated

Unidentified Tower

Road, Tower, Rotunda, and Arch

Large Structure with Automobiles, Panama Pacific Int’l Exhibition, 1915

Arches with People

Fountain with Statues

Topiary Being Exploited for Group Photograph

Path through Foliage with Illustrated Detail

Geologically Unique Landscape with Horses

Garden with Topiary

Mountainous, Forested Landscape

Landscape with House

Courtyard

Road Leading to Gate

Italian Fountain with Statues

Forest with Tipi

Garden

Landscape

Courtyard and Veranda

Circular Fountain

Fountain

Fountain

Landscape

Landscape with Field, Buildings, and Hills

Forest Landscape

Lake

Hedge Lined Row with Human in Background

Rocky Landscape with Waterfall

Forest Landscape with Path

Path to House with Male Figure

Mountain Landscape

Stone Edifice with Female and Animal in Foreground

Marsh with Waterfowl

Path

Arbor

Terrace with Male Figure

Garden

230 B.D.Phillips

237J.W. Lawrence

253 H.B. Higgins

256 C.H. Mathews, Jr.

275 Frank Semple

279 Roy A. Hunt

286 J.G. Frazier

29 Rolling Rock Club

350 J.M. Schoonmaker

Fox Chapel Club 500

510 Mrs. Simon Patterson

520 Calvin Wells

535 Cyrus McCormick

536 Suhl Foundation

538 Dick Edison

539 R. E.Clemson

541 Robert Mandel

Mrs. Adler

Mrs. WaltersBrewster

Miscellaneous negatives

Box 40 Model of Caprarolo 1, undated

Model of Caprarolo 2, undated

Model of Caprarolo 3, undated

Mozzoni Cicogna, undated

Griswold Workspace 1, undated

Griswold Workspace 2, undated

Plan of Cicogna 1, undated

Plan of Cicogna 2, undated

Subseries 3. Slides, undated

Scope and Content Notes:
This subseries features an assortment of slides both lantern and 35mm in size. These slide images include completed Griswold projects, landscape pictures of Italian villas, gardens, and facades, and anecdotal humor etched onto glass plates for comic relief at presentations. The slides depict European landscapes from the earliest part of Griswold's career. The lantern slides display evidence of at least two original but conflicting numbering schemes, neither of which has been interpreted at this time. The majority of the slides are of unidentified structures or landscapes with unknown dates. When further identification was written on or noted in the slide, archivists noted this in the description. Boxes 41-45 contain lantern slides while box 46 contains 35 mm slides. Additional files relating to this material may be found in Series V.

Box 41 General Plan of Villa Medici at Rome showing garden and immediate surroundings,

Estate Illustration

House

Path

House Layout

General Layout of Villa Gamberaia

Layout

Villa Landscape

Plan of the Villa Lante of Bagnaia

Building

"The Workhouse"

Series of Steps

Path

Layout Illustration

Layout

General Layout of Villa Caprarola; the Casino and Upper Garden

Layout Illustration

Layout

Layout

Six Male Individuals

Staircase

Model George B Robinson; Clarence Fowler-landscape architect

Res. J. Lakin Baldridge; Ithaca, NY

The Cutting Garden; George B Robinson; Clarence Fowler-Landscape Architect

The Narrow Grass Panel; George B. Robinson; Clarence Fowler-Landscape Architect

Res. J. Lakin Baldridge; Ithaca NY

Plan 1932

Box 42 FF Brewster ESQ. Dublin, NH Gardens at "Morelands"

Res. J. Lakin Baldridge: Ithaca, NY

Res. J. Lakin Baldridge: Ithaca, NY

Res. J. Lakin Baldridge: Ithaca, NY

Villa Catena, the Country Seat of the Dukes of Poli. Illustration

General Layout

Mr. HB Higgins; Sewickley PA-Aerial View

Italian Estate

Temple Illustration

The villa Cicogna at Bisuschio General Layout

Service Court George B. Robinson; Clarence Fowler Landscape Architect

Frederick F Brewster, ESQ; Dublin, NH General Plan of the Gardens

Frederick F Brewster, ESQ; Dublin NH "The Flower Garden"

Frederick F Brewster, ESQ; Dublin NH "The Central Path"

Frederick F Brewster, ESQ; Dublin NH "The Lower Terrace"

Frederick F Brewster, ESQ; Dublin NH "The Rock Garden"

Frederick F Brewster, ESQ; Dublin NH "The French Garden"

Frederick F Brewster, ESQ; Dublin NH "The Heliotrope Garden"

Frederick F Brewster, ESQ; Dublin NH "General View of the House and Grounds From the South"

Cityscape, Italy

Arch/Statue, Italy

House, Italy

House, Italy

Forested Road

House Façade, Italy

House, Italy

The Villa Catena Layout

Figure from Cutting Garden; George B. Robinson; Clarence Fowler-Landscape Architect

Box 43 Dock with Steps, Statue, and Tower

Dock

Estate Facing Body of Water

Path

Villa

Landscape

Illustration of Villa

Gate

Gate with Sitting Man

Path

Veranda

Path to Unidentified Villa with Two Unidentified Males

Unidentified Villa

Walls of Unidentified Villa with Sitting Man

Villa Torlonia Gates

Phillips, Buller, Griswold Courtyard

RA Hunt Courtyard and Fountain

Courtyard

House

"Five Star Finale" Donkey Etching (Cracked)

"Hello Everybody" Cow Etching

"That Faraway Look…"Amusing Anecdote with Sailor Etchin

"The Crime of Slime and Bottles Empty of Beer" Amusing Pollution Anecdote with Fish and Bottle Etching

"When it’s Spring-time in the Rockies: Planting Cowslips" with Gardening Cowboy Etching

"Original Garden Club" with Caveperson Etching

Box 44 Building with Facade and Arch

Courtyard

Estate

Villa and Courtyard

Villa/Estate

MC Coffin, 5 Ed. F Hutton: "Magnolia Walk"

Villa Gamberaia at Settignano

Garden Landscape: "At This Rate We're Knot Getting Anywhere"

Terrace Maze with Statues

Fountain and Steps

General Layout

Building

General Layout

Sketch Plan of Villa Balbianella Lago di Como, 1921

Model of Villa

Fountain

The Villa Mozzoni-Cicogna at Bisuschio-Layout

Estate on a Peninsula Overlooking Water

Courtyard Landscape

Path Flanked by Retaining Wall

Tree Lined Path

Path

Fountain, undated

Landscape

"Mo' Workhouse" Photograph of Workspace Room

House

House

Box 45 Courtyard and Fountain

Courtyard

Archway

Higgins/Griswold Unidentified Wall and Yard

Higgins/Griswold Garden and Fountain

Garden

House

Fountain

Courtyard with Fountain

House

Courtyard with Man

Path

Fountain with Profile of Estate

Fountain

Fountain

Veranda with Statue

Rock

Courtyard

Fountain

Villa

Villa

Model of Villa

Statue Overlooking Terrace

Façade of Villa with Steps and Fountain

Fountain and Steps

Front View of Villa Including Fountain and Steps

Fountain

Side Profile of Villa

Box 46
Folder 1 Mary Washington House

Folder 2 Christ Church

Folder 3 Monticello

Folder 4 University of Virginia - Observatory Hill Dining Hall

Folder 5 Scotchtown- Photographs

Folder 6 Millwood Homes

Folder 7 Burwell - Morgan Mill

Folder 8 Agecroft

Folder 9 Agecroft Negative

Folder 10 Woodrow Wilson

Folder 11 Stratford

Folder 12 St. Johns Mews

Folder 13 Griswold

Folder 14 Kent Valentine House

Series IV. Blueprints and Oversized Rolled Material, 1930-1988

Scope and Content Notes:
This series contains blueprints and photostats of projects in which Griswold and his firm took part. Many of the blueprints contain handwritten revisions that reflect the intellectual progression of the projects. Much of the material in this series directly corresponds to items in Series V that documents specific projects. The plans and prints are oversized rolled materials stored in tube containers. The materials in this series date from 1930 through 1985. Additional files relating to this material may be found in Series V.

*Note* The following are rolled materials placed in Tube Container Boxes.

Tube Box 47 Agora landscape blueprint, undated

The American School of Classical Studies in Athens began its excavation of the ancient Greek Agora in 1931. Since 3000 B.C.E., this ancient marketplace served as the confluence of Athenian economic, political, and social practices, and emerged as the physical manifestation of the famous democracy of Athens around the fifth century B.C.E.

By 1957, the first archeological park in Europe was developed to showcase the work of the Agora excavation from the previous decades. The landscaping for this presentation proved to be a challenging and novel undertaking, and the school began talks with Ralph E. Griswold in 1950 to act as supervisor of the new park. His work included not only making the park serviceable by adding benches, creating entrances, and clearing ruin, but aesthetically pleasing by adorning the surrounding hillside and park with historically and culturally relevant foliage and trees. He was responsible not only for the logistic constraints of an operation in the dry environment of Attica, but charged with conforming to stringent academic standards of recreating the ancient marketplace. The project was completed between 1950 to 1955 and the park dedicated in 1956. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series V.

Tube Box 48-49 Semple, Way and McLean III, 1930-1933

Frank Semple Jr. garden project consisted of four plans for a gate and tool house, fence and bluster, as well as a sketch for a costume front door. The Semple project was large and was not completed until 1933. For the Robert McLean III, Griswold designed a Japanese Garden complete with moon garden. The private garden of the John Way Estate included a general landscape and planting plan. This subseries contains eighteen blueprints and plans related to a few private Pittsburgh residences. These projects were all completed in 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Tube Box 50 Agecroft, 1986-1988

The Agecroft material contains drawings and schematic renderings used by Griswold in reference to Agecroft Hall, a recreated Tudor estate in Richmond, Virginia. Agecroft Hall was bought and reassembled from an original fifteenth century English manor by Richard C. Williams in 1925, and now serves as a museum, showcasing the lives of English gentry spanning several centuries. Most of the Agecroft material is supplemental layout material of the museum to assist Griswold in his landscaping work around the estate from 1987 to 1988. This series contains three pencil drawings and twenty-four schematics created by Griswold's firm GWSM, Inc. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series VI.

Tube Box 51 University of Virginia, 1970-1973, 1983

The Garden Club of Virginia has sponsored the restoration the many of University of Virginia's historic gardens. Griswold, in conjunction with Garden Club of Virginia, conducted a landscape study and restoration of the University of Virginia’s South Lawn, Rotunda walkways, and many small pathways throughout the campus. This subseries contains a general layout, two blueprints of the South Lawn study, an existing and revised path blueprint along with two Rotunda walkway and planting plans. Also included is a blueprint of the Garden Club of Virginia’s proposed garden restorations for the University of Virginia. The garden projects date from early studies in 1970 and completed plans from July 1973.

Griswold also worked on the 1983 construction of a replacement of the Observatory Hill Dining Hall landscape surrounding the new construction. The Observatory Hill Dining Hall serves as the primary board facility for first year students at the University of Virginia. The project contains twenty-three blueprints, including master plans and alterations, estimates, and site plans. General notes and information, as well as topographic maps are also included. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series V and VI.

Tube Box 52 Mellon Scaife Botanical Gardens, 1966-1969

Griswold designed, developed, and participated in the restoration and rededication of Mellon Park’s outdoor botanical garden in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to memorialize Mrs. Sarah Mellon Scaife. The botanical garden was developed to serve not only as a memorial, but as a source of study for botanical students, landscape professionals, and amateur gardeners alike. This garden promoted both the scientific and aesthetic understanding required to create botanical gardens. Included in this subseries is a diagramic sketch for the conversion of Mellon Park into Mellon-Scaife Botanical Garden and a site plan. Griswold worked on this project from 1966 to 1969. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series V.

Tube Box 53 State Parks, 1946

This four item subseries refers to various state park projects Griswold worked on in 1946, including drawings of Pine Creek Canyon State Park, Keystone Lake Park, Cook Forest Park, and Raccoon Creek Park. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series IV.

Tube Box 54 Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1984-1985

Constructed in 1961, the Willis E. Pratt Hall was originally built to serve as the student union building for Indiana State College. In 1985 when the college officially became a university (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) a new student union was constructed and named after Trevor S. Hadley. Griswold was contacted to develop planting and site plans for the student union renovations and expansion of the Hadley Union Building. This subseries includes nineteen blueprints and plan materials of the Pratt Hall layout, hall parking, topography, grading and electrical plans, as well as general plans and planting plans. The Pratt Hall and Hadley Union Building renovations, expansion, and landscape projects were completed in 1985.

Tube Box 55 Saint John’s Mews, 1965

St. John’s Mews is located west of historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in the cobblestone alley between Broad and Grace streets in Richmond, Virginia. This is a community garden in the heart of the restored area of Church Hill. The Mews was created in 1965 as a community garden through the collaboration of the Historic Richmond Foundation and the Garden Club of Virginia. Griswold was the lead landscape architect working in conjunction with the Garden Club of Virginia to construct this garden area. Griswold developed a exploratory garden study, construction details, and planting plans for this project. Griswold also came up with the plans for the trellis, Mews plaque, cast iron ornament, and Carrington square. There are fourteen of Griswold’s plans and sketches relating to the 1965 construction of Saint John’s Mews in this subseries.

Tube Box 56 Washington, DC. Area Landscapes, 1944

In 1944, Griswold involved himself with several private residencies in Washington D.C., including the local restoration of the historic garden found in the Church of Holy Comforter. The Church of the Holy Comforter, R.A. Hunt Garden, H.B. Higgins Garden, and B.D. Phillips Garden are projects that have corresponding blueprints. This subseries contains seven items, primarily blueprints but also development plans for the church, Church of Holy Comforter Record Linens, and site plans and layouts for the private residences of R.A. Hunt, H.B. Higgins, and B.D. Phillips. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series III, IV and V.

Tube Box 57 Mary Washington Gardens, 1968

In 1968, Griswold was involved with the Garden Club of Virginia's efforts to restore the gardens at the Mary Washington House in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This subseries consists of Griswold's plans for this rehabilitation. The plans, found on both paper and vellum, include a general layout of the gardens and various planting plans for the restoration. Also included are details for parts of the house, specifically the privy and well house. These plans date from September to November 1968. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series VI.

Tube Box 58 Stone-Tolan Rochester Land, 1968

This subseries consists of architectural and archeological plans for the Stone-Tolan House in Rochester, New York. The plans date from September 1968 to September 1972 and consist of general layouts of the property and archeological plans. The layouts and plans are found on paper and vellum and were written in pencil and pen.

Tube Box 59 Hope Lodge, 1969-1970

Hope Lodge, originally named Whitemarsh Estate located in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, was built between 1743 and 1748 by Samuel Morris, a prosperous Quaker entrepreneur. Hope Lodge is the only house museum in Pennsylvania devoted to recreating two distinct periods, Colonial and Colonial Revival Style. Griswold’s contribution to the historic Hope Lodge was working on the restoration of the house’s Colonial Revival gardens. Included in this collection are nine landscape development plans as well as plans for an orchard kitchen garden, plants, arbor, and gate details. Griswold worked on this project from 1969 to 1970 and produced fourteen plans for the garden revitalization.

Tube Box 60 Caprarola engraving Photostats, undated

Caprarola is a city in the province of Viterbo in central Italy. The city is recognized for its large Renaissance villas which dot the surrounding landscape. Two of the four engravings are of the Farnese Palace in Caprarola, a rural residence of Alessandro II Farnese, cardinal and nephew of Pope Paul III and the Farnense family. The other two Caprarola villa engravings are unidentified. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series III, IV and V.

Tube Box 61 The Frick Collection, 1975

The Frick Collection is an elegant museum housed in Henry Clay Frick's former mansion at 1 East 70th Street in New York City. The collection of works from the Renaissance through the late nineteenth century is housed in the former residence of Frick, the Pittsburgh coke and steel industrialist. The building, erected in 1913-1914, was designed by the American architect Thomas Hastings in a style reminiscent of European domestic architecture of the eighteenth century. Griswold was involved in the 1975 revitalization of the European traditional style garden to coincide with the architecture of the house. Included in this subseries are two planting plans for the garden and two site plans of the house. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series V.

Tube Box 62 Sarachane, 1967

Sarachane Archeological Park is located in Istanbul, Turkey, part of the fascinating historic district that includes the most ancient remains of a city occupied by Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, and Turkish peoples. Griswold landscaped the gardens that adorned the important park that hosts such famous landmarks as the Valens Aqueduct, one of the largest water systems developed in antiquity to provide sustenance to the denizens of Constantinople.

Tube Box 63 Scotchtown, 1971

Griswold and the Garden Club of Virginia were responsible for the landscape restoration of Scotchtown, the historic property of American Revolutionary Patrick Henry. This subseries contains eleven items, mainly drawings but also layout copies pertaining to the site, including studies of the recreated smokehouse and other structures that were built for the project in 1970.

Tube Box 64 Woodrow Wilson Birthplace, 1974-1975

Griswold added a brick terrace to the manse of the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace located in Staunton, Virginia. This subseries contains plans related to this project dating from 1967 to 1968. The project was completed in 1968. This subseries contains three plans written in pencil on vellum paper.

Tube Box 65 Kent Valentine House/ Garden Club of Virginia, 1971-1973

A frequent partner of Griswold in landscape preservation, The Garden Club of Virginia worked on several historic restorations throughout the state, including their own headquarters in Richmond. This nine item subseries contains drawings and schematics of the Kent Valentine House from 1971 to 1973, when Griswold assisted the club in landscaping around the site headquarters. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series V.

Tube Box 66 Caprarola Elevation Sketch, undated

The subseries contains one pencil sketch of an unidentified Caprarola villa with plants and garden construction plans included. The sketch is drawn to 1/ 16 scale. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series III, IV and V.

Tube Box 67 Swedish Prints, undated

Rosersberg Palace is one of the Royal Palaces of Sweden. The Oxenstierna family built the palace in the 1630s. It became a royal palace in 1762, when the state gave Rosersberg to Gustav III's younger brother Karl XIII. The place was well known for its endless park and surrounding landscapes. Griswold collected four Swedish engravings which are included in this subseries. Three are of the Rosersberg palace and surrounding garden and the fourth is of Skara Cathedral, a church in the Swedish city of Skara. This print also depicts a portion of the city of Skara in 1703. The engraver of these prints was Willem Swidde, who based his designs on the artist Erik Dahlbergh design.

Tube Box 68-69 Anzio Cemetery, 1950-1956

The World War II Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, built in Italy to commemorate Americans who died during the liberation of Italy, was directed by the United States War Commission, which oversaw the overall design, construction, sculpture, and landscaping work necessary for the site. Griswold was tapped by the United States War Commission to act as landscape architect. This became his first major landscaping work overseas. Griswold spent much of his time drawing plans, developing planting plans, writing and answering correspondence, and working with the War Commission in efforts to construct the memorial. This subseries contains seven items, mainly drawings but also blueprints, of Griswold’s work at Anzio Cemetery from 1950 through 1956. While the schematics refer to the general layout of the site, the drawings study the specific planting plans of the site as well as the relationship between the garden and other types of foliage to the pool, which served as the centerpiece of memorial. This series contains seven drawings, including a watercolor, of the entrance and layout of Anzio Cemetery during Griswold’s involvement at the memorial from 1950 to 1951. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series V.

Tube Box 70 American Academy of Rome - Villa Catena, undated

This American Academy of Rome material contains a print rendering of the Villa Catena, one of the many villas Griswold explored during his stay in Rome in 1923. The plan of the Villa Catena is on canvas. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series IV and VI.

Tube Box 71-73 Private Residences, 1937, 1942, 1947-1951, 1980

Throughout Griswold’s extensive career, he involved himself in several private residential landscape projects. The majority of the blueprints from 1947 to1951are from his works located in and around Washington D.C., including the local restoration work on a variety of historic gardens. This subseries contains several items, primarily blueprints and photostats on vellum, but also site plans and layouts for the private residences. The plans corresponding to his work in 1937, 1942 and 1980 are unidentified residential gardens from private homes. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series III, IV and V.

Series V. Flat File Material, undated

Scope and Content Notes:
Material in this subseries consists of oversized prints, drawings, Photostats, plans and blueprints. These oversized documents are stored in flat file map cases in archival dividers. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series III, IV and V.

Subseries 1. Oversized Flat File Print Material

Scope and Content Notes:
Material in this subseries consists of oversized prints, drawings, photostats, plans and blueprints. These oversized documents are stored in flat file map cases in archival dividers. Additional files relating to this project may be found in Series III, IV and V.

Map-case 5
Drawer 1
Folder 1 Pittsburgh Renaissance: City park and underground parking garage, 1949

Folder 2 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Nashville Branch Plan, undated

Folder 3 Mr. & Mrs. John W. Lawrence Farm Group, 1931

Folder 4 J. E. Lewis Residence, undated

Folder 5 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mandell Garden: garden, garden perspective and garden plan and elevation, undated

Folder 6 Allen’s Oak and Gates: Villa Medici photograph, Firenza Artistica, and “Caryatides of the Erechteion” print, undated

Folder 7 Adolph Dupres Cabin: front and rear view, undated

Folder 8 First House Built in Cincinnati, OH: perspective, undated

Folder 9 Private Residents: Roy A. Hunt residence Perspective, B. D. Phillips residence Perspective, and Perspective of unknown residence, 1944

Folder 10 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: Plan on art paper, Elevation on vellum, Perspective on trace; Plan on trace, Rendered plan, undated

Folder 11 Richard K. Mellon Mountain Vista improvements, undated

Folder 12 Shadyside Presbyterian Church: Perspective on Chapel entrance garden, undated

Folder 13 Coraopolis Borough Park: Proposed swimming pool perspective, Proposed all-purpose athletic field perspective, undated

Folder 14 Chatham Village: Landscape plan for first unit, Plan of landscape development and Plan of landscape development, 1939

Folder 15 Richeyville Recreation Building: Landscape improvements perspective, 1947

Folder 16 John Sephus Mack Community Center: Memorial Entrance perspective, Memorial Entrance perspective revised, Picnic Shelter perspective and Pool, 1946

Folder 17 Vestabaugh School: Landscape improvements rendering, Vestabaugh Recreation Building: Proposed planting rendering and Proposed planting rendering, 1947

Folder 18 Fox Chapel Country Club: Pool perspective, 1930

Folder 19 Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. DuPuy: Front and rear perspectives, undated

Folder 20 Charles F. Chubb Memorial, McConnell’s Mill State Park: preliminary study, undated

Folder 21 Lion’s Club of America, California Borough: Recreational study plan, undated

Folder 22 Beaver Area Joint School District High School: Study, Site no. 1 expanded perspective and Study, Site no. 2 perspective, 1954

Folder 23 Parks: Urban playgrounds perspective and National perspective, undated

Folder 24 Mr. H.B. Higgins Estate: Perspective, Plan and seven photographs, 1932

Drawer 2
Folder 25 Watercolors: Mr. & Mrs. John W. Lawrence Estate, Hartwood Acres, 1931

Folder 26 B.D. Phillips Residence: three photographs, two Inner Court rendering prints and Inner Court perspective, 1944

Folder 27 Anzio-Nettuno Military Cemetery: Sixteen photographs, Cover of V.F.W. Magazine, two perspectives with plan, Rendered plan, Aerial photograph, Proposed tree planting perspective and Axial view perspective, 1950-1956

Folder 28 Mr. & Mrs. Roy A. Hunt Garden: four photographs, walled garden elevation perspective and plan, 1944

Folder 29 Miscellaneous Photostats, undated

Folder 30 Bellevue Park: three aerial view perspective photostats, 3 proposed Memorial Entrance perspective photostats, Park under construction (aerial photograph) and two Dedication pamphlets, 1951

Folder 31 A.K. Wright Memorial, Hillcrest Cemetery perspective and plan, undated

Folder 32 Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus H. McCormick: Thirteen photostats and three photographs, undated

Folder 33 Agora Excavations: eight photographs, a Plan of Restoration of Stoa, Postcard of west side of Agora model, Map of ancient Greece, Bench perspective, Reconstruction of Stoa of Attalos, Map of Attica, Map of Modern Athens and Tourist map of Greece, 1950-1956

Folder 34 Parks: Burgess Park swimming pool and bath house perspective, Titusville Park Aerial view perspective, and Recreation park and swimming pool pamphlet, 1949

Folder 35 Residences: Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Stringer, Jr. Residence: Perspective, Mr. & Mrs. Morton Aronson Residence: Plan, Mr. & Mrs. Harton S. Semple Residence: Terrace perspective, Ed Magee Residence: “Baywind” perspective, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ever Residence: Entrance perspective, Mrs. John Fazer Residence: Townhouse, Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Blair Residence: Perspective, Mr. & Mrs. Blair Shiller Residence: Garden perspective, 1930-1945

Folder 36 Fox Chapel Country Club: Interior Court perspective, Interior Court perspective and three photographs, 1930

Folder 37 Griswold Certificates: American Academy of Rome, Cornell University, Papal Blessing & Greek Recognition, undated

Folder 38 Allegheny County Club: Plan, undated