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Guide to the David E. Thompson Landscape Architecture Project Files, 1936-1970


Ax 851





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Overview of the Collection

 
Repository Name:
 

University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

 
Collection Number:
 

Ax 851

 
Creator:
 

Thompson, David E., 1906-

 
Title:
 

David E. Thompson landscape architecture project files

 
Dates:
 

1936-1970 (inclusive)

 
Quantity:
 

12.5 linear feet
9 containers

 
Languages:
 

Collection materials are in English. 

 
Summary:
 

Collection comprises the project files of landscape architect David E. Thompson, including working drawings, sketches and final plans for 138 projects in Washington and Oregon from 1936 to 1970. Projects include parks and recreation sites, schools and colleges, and residential and professional sites. Many project files include complete landscape designs detailing grading, drainage, paving, furniture, irrigation and plantings.

 

Biographical Note

David E. Thompson was born in Portland, Oregon, May 31, 1906. He studied at Willamette University, 1925-1927, and graduated from Iowa State College in 1930 with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree. He died in 1972.

The following comments were taken from his nomination by the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects to a Fellowship in the ASLA, which he received in 1971.

"He was one of the first, truly professional landscape architects in the Northwest. At that early time, no contract documents pertinent to the practice of landscape architecture were available, so he developed legal forms, general conditions, and technical specifications and made them available to others in the profession. As a charter member of the Oregon Society of Landscape Architects (there was no chapter of ASLA in the Northwest at that time) he devoted his time during the 1950's to private practice and to solidifying the position of the landscape architect as an accepted professional. In 1961, while president of the OSLA, his efforts were instrumental in making Oregon the fifth state in the nation to achieve registration. He served as chairman of the Oregon Board of Landscape Architect Examiners from 1967 to 1972. In 1969, he was national president of the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards. He was president of the PNW chapter of ASLA.

"In addition to his work within ASLA he was an active exponent of the profession in civic activities, and helped promote the interests of the Society by serving on many civic committees and commissions. He was vice-chairman of the Oregon Capitol Planning Commission.

"His executed works of landscape architecture were among the first in the North-west to demonstrate the full potential of the profession. These included road-side improvement, youth camps, an army cantonment, state, county, and city parks, public building work, cemeteries, school and college development, housing developments, subdivisions, residential and commercial properties and teaching. Many of the projects involved complete landscape design, making use of site planning, details of grading, drainage, paving, furniture, irrigation, and plantings. If one project must be chosen as his best, it would be the Portland Zoological Gardens, one of the world's modern zoos, planned and built on a 75 acre site in Hoyt Park, Portland. His was the responsibility for remaking a hillside golf course into a site integrating the zoo grounds and structures.The result is an excellent example of complete cooperation between the professional planning firms involved."

Content Description

The collection consists of the working drawings, sketches and final plans for 138 projects in the Washington and Oregon areas. Included are the landscape plans, irrigation layouts, topographical studies, etc. for recreational sites, schools and colleges, parks and residential and professional sites.

The paper finding aid available in Special Collections & University Archives lists the name of the project, location, title of sheet, date, number of sheets, and the storage roll number.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged in alphabetical order by site or client name.

Administrative Information

Processing Note 

Collection processed by processing staff.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access 

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use 

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation 

[Identification of item], David E. Thompson landscape architecture project files, Ax 851, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.

Related Information

Additional Reference Guides 

Paper finding aid with additional information available in Special Collections & University Archives.

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

 
Landscape architects--Northwest, Pacific
Landscape architecture--Northwest, Pacific
Architectural drawings
Landscape architecture drawings

Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.


 

Project files

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
APPLEMAN, RALPH
  1964
   
ASTORIA HIGH SCHOOL. Astoria, Oregon
  1957
   
BAHAMIAN VILLAGE. Freeport, Grand Bahamas
  1963
   
BEL-AIRE NO. 3. Beaverton, Oregon
  1959
   
BEL-AIRE VILLAGE. Idaho Falls, Idaho
  undated
   
BENEDICTINE SISTERS, Mount Angel, Oregon
  1947
   
BENSON, MR. AND MRS. CHESTER. Residence. Portland, Oregon
  1956-1958
   
BISHOP, MR. AND MRS ROBERT. Residence. Portland, Oregon
  1949-1950
   
BLUE LAKE PARK. Multnomah County, Oregon
  1960-1965
   
BUSH'S PASTURE. Salem, Oregon
  1946
   
CALVARY CEMETERY, Yakima, Washington
  1955
   
CAMP HOWARD
  1953
   
CATHOLIC CEMETERY FOR PARISHES. Spokane, Washington
  undated
   
CHANCERY OFFICE - ARCHDIOCESE OF PORTLAND. Portland, Oregon
  1963-1964
   
CHANTILLY LANE PARK. Multnomah County, Oregon
  1961
   
CHRIST CHURCH. Oswego, Oregon
  1956-1957
   
CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Clackamas County, Oregon
  1956
   
CHURCH OF MARY MAGDELENE. Portland, Oregon
  1955
   
CLARK COUNTY P.U.D. OFFICE BUILDING. Vancouver, Washington
  1953-1956
   
CLELAND, MR. AND MRS. JOHN P. Oregon City, Oregon
  undated
   
COLONIAL HEIGHTS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
  undated
   
CONDON HIGH SCHOOL. Condon, Oregon
  1967
   
COOPER AND ROSE. HIGH RISE APARTMENTS. 17th and Wasco St., Portland, Oregon
  1961
   
COURTEMANCHE, MR. AND MRS. L. A. McMinnville, Oregon
  undated
   
COVE PALISADE STATE PARK
  circa 1961-1962
   
CRAWFORD BUILDING. Portland, Oregon
  1961
   
THE DALLES GENERAL HOSPITAL. Dalles, Oregon
  1958
   
DUNIWAY PARK
  1965-1966
   
DYER, J. M. Residence. 679 Irving St., Astoria, Oregon
  1943-1952
   
EAKIN, MR. AND MRS. H. E. Residence. Cottage Grove, Oregon
  1940
   
ELECTRI - see RATCHFORD, FLOYD S
 
   
ENGLEMAN, CAPT. C. L. "KANATI FALLS RANCH." Washougal, Washington
  1962
   
FENNELL, MR. AND MRS. KENNETH D.Portland, Oregon
  1961
   
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON. Madras, Oregon
  1963
   
FRANCIS, MR. AND MRS. C. E. Residence. Portland, Oregon
  undated
   
FRANK, LLOYD. Property. Portland, Oregon
  1937
   
GARDEN APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, see REYNOLDS, MR. R. B
 
   
GEARHART GOLF COURSE
  1970
   
GETHSEMENI CEMETERY. Portland, Oregon
  1956
   
GETHSEMENI CEMETERY. Seattle, Washington
  1943
   
GOODNIGHT, DR. AND MRS. SCOTT H. Residence. Portland, Orego
  1952
   
GREEN VALLEY FARMS. South Junction, Oregon
  1963
   
HAMMOND, MR. AND MRS. BILL
  1946
   
HANFORD PROJECT. Washington Public Power
  1966
   
HANSON, MR. AND MRS. ROY. Residence. 2170 S.W. Crest Drive, Portland, Oregon
  undated
   
HAWTHORN FARMS. Hillsboro, Oregon
 
   
HAWTHORNE BRIDGE. Portland, Oregon
  1958
   
HAYDEN ISLAND
  1969
   
HAYDEN ISLAND. RIVER HOUSE. Portland, Oregon
  1969-1970
   
HEEB, MR. PAUL, "Riverbank"
  1972
   
HOLY CROSS CEMETERY. Billings, Montana
  1953
   
HOLY CROSS CEMETERY. Spokane, Washington
  undated
   
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. Portland, Oregon. John J. Stanton, Francis Jacobberger, architects
  undated
   
HOLYROOD CEMETERY. Seattle, Washington. L. M. Thielen, architect
  undated
   
HOOD RIVER COUNTY COURT HOUSE. Hood River, Oregon
  1954
   
HUDSON'S BAY HIGH SCHOOL. Vancouver, Washington
  1956
   
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CEMETERY. Stayton, Oregon
  1955-1964
   
INDIAN FORD LODGE. Sisters, Oregon
  1962-1970
   
INMAN, Mr. AND Mrs. E. E. Residence. Portland, Oregon. Herman Brookman, architect
  1956
   
INTERNATIONAL CLUB. Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii
  1963
   
BESS KAISER HOSPITAL. Portland, Oregon
  1959
   
KAISER, MR. AND MRS. EDGAR. "Carousel" Residence. Orcas Island, Washington
  1951-1964
   
KAISER, MR. AND MRS. EDGAR F. Residence. Deer Harbor, Washington
  1951
   
KANATI FALLS RANCH. see ENGLEMAN, CAPT. C. L
 
   
KAUFMAN, DR. AND MRS. CHARLES. Residence. 3130 Savina Drive., Forest Grove, Oregon
  1970
   
KOLISH, MR. AND MRS. PIERRE. Residence. Portland, Oregon
  1955
   
LAWRENCE, MR. AND MRS. H. ABBOT. 3940 S.W. Council Crest., Portland, Oregon. Residence
  1957
   
LENZ, MR. AND MRS. PETER. Residence. Clackamas, Oregon
  1962
   
LEVERICH PARK. Vancouver, Washington
  1954-1955
   
LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE. Portland, Oregon
  1948-1966
   
LITTLE CHAPEL OF THE CHIMES. Gateway, Oregon
  1966
   
LOWER KULA ROAD, Maui, Hawaii
  undated
   
S.W. LURADEL AND S.W. 61ST STREET. Portland, Oregon. Don Byers, architect
  1968
   
MCKINNEY, ROBERT L. Residence. 2326 Cascade Way, Longview, Washington
  undated
   
McLAUGHLIN HEIGHTS. Vancouver, Washington
  undated
   
MALIE KULEANA. Omapoio, Kula, Maui
  1961
   
MARION COUNTY COURT HOUSE. Salem, Oregon
  1954
   
MARYLHURST COLLEGE. Portland, Oregon
  1953-1955
   
MORRISON BRIDGE. Portland, Oregon
  1958
   
MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY. Eugene, Oregon
  1947
   
MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY. Sacramento, California
  1955
   
MOUNT CALVARY CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM, Portland, Oregon. L. N. Thielen, architect
  1940-1969
   
MULTNOMAH COUNTY JUVENILE HOME. Portland, Oregon
  1950
   
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
  1956
   
NEAH-KAH-NIE HIGH SCHOOL. Oregon
  1953-1954
   
NESKOWIN, OREGON. Development
  undated
   
OREGON. UNIVERSITY, DENTAL SCHOOL. Portland, Oregon
  1952-1960
   
OREGON. UNIVERSITY, MEDICAL SCHOOL. Portland, Oregon
  1949-1956
   
THE OREGON BANK. The Dalles, Oregon
  1960
   
OSWEGO HEIGHTS
  1962
   
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BELL TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE BUILDING. Ashland, Oregon
  1961
   
PALATINE HILL, Portland, Oregon. Marshall Bros., architects
 
   
PASKILL, LANE. Residence. Portland, Oregon
  1961-1967
   
PIONEER MILL CO., LTD. Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii
  1950
   
POINT MUNRA AERIAL TRAMWAY. Bonneville, Oregon
  1948-1958
   
PORTLAND CENTER. SOUTH AUDITORIUM. Portland Development Commission. Portland, Oregon
  1964-1966
   
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. Portland, Oregon
  1958-1966
   
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL
  undated
   
RATCHFORD, FLOYD S. "Electri". Residence. Vancouver, Washington
  1957
   
RETTMAN, MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR. Residence. 7927 S.E. 17th, Portland, Oregon
  1957-1958
   
REYNOLDS, R. B. Apartments. S.W. Humphrey Blvd., Portland, Oregon
  1964
   
REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL. Fairview, Oregon
  1957
   
REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL. Troutdale, Oregon
  1957
   
RHODES, MR. AND MRS. KEITH. Residence. Lebanon, Oregon
  1955
   
RICE, MR. AND MRS. HAROLD. Residence. Portland, Oregon
  1954
   
RIDDELSBARGER, MR. AND MRS. R. Residence. Eugene, Oregon
  1940
   
RIVERDALE SCHOOL. Portland, Oregon
 
   
ROBERTSON, MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM D. Residence. Portland, Oregon
 
   
ROBERTSON, MR. AND MRS. O. B. Residence. Agate Beach, Oregon
  1946
   
ROGUE VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB. Medford, Oregon
  undated
   
ROOT, CHARLES D. Development
 
   
ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL. Portland, Oregon
  1964
   
ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS PARISH
  1963
   
ST. THOMAS MORE CHURCH. Portland, Oregon. L. M. Thielen, architect
 
   
ST, VINCENT`S HOSPITAL. Portland, Oregon
  1941
   
SANCTUARY OF OUR SORROWFUL MOTHERS. Portland, Oregon
  1955
   
SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO. N.E. Irving, Portland, Oregon
  1960
   
ENIOR CITIZENS OF THE WEST. Woodburn, Oregon
  1960
   
SILVERTON PARISH. Silverton, Oregon. L.M. Thielen,architect
 
   
SIXTH CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST READING ROOM BUILDING. Portland, Oregon
  1963
   
SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL. S.W. 35th Ave. and Maricara St., Portland, Oregon
 
   
SPRAGUE, MR. AND MRS. C. A. Residence. Salem, Oregon
 
   
SWAN ISLAND INDUSTRIAL PARK
  1964
   
THOMPSON, DAVID E. Property
  1946-1969
   
TOLL BRIDGE PARK, Hood River, Oregon
  undated
   
TOPOGRAPHIC AND UTILITY MAP
  1966
   
TYRELL, NOYES. Tract
  1948
   
UNIWEST INC. Portland, Oregon
 
   
VANCOUVER FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN. Vancouver, Washington
  1961
   
VANCOUVER HOUSING AUTHORITY. Vancouver, Washington
  1955-1965
   
VAN DYKE, MR. AND MRS. PETER. Residence. Portland, Oregon
 
   
VENTURA PARK. Multnomah County, Oregon
  1960
   
VIKING BAY RECREATIONAL SITE. Bay Center, Washington.Gundix Corp
 
   
WAGNER, HENRY. Residence. Portland, Oregon
 
   
WARNER PACIFIC COLLEGE. Portland, Oregon
  1962-1964
   
WHITE STAG MANUFACTURING CO. Portland, Oregon
  1957
   
WILCOX, THEODORE B., ESQ. Residence
 
   
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. ATHLETIC FIELD. Salem, Oregon
  1946-1947
   
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. WOMENS' ORGANIZED HOUSING UNITS. Salem, Oregon
  1963-1967

 

Addenda, January 1974

 
Container(s)
Description
Dates
   
BLUE LAKE PARK. Multhomah County, Oregon
  1964
   
BULLARD, GARY. RESIDENCE. Lake Oswego, Oregon
  1971
   
COVE PALISADE STATE PARK. Oregon
  undated
   
DWORSHAK DAM. Idaho
  1967
   
HAYDEN ISLAND. Portland, Oregon
  1968-1969
   
HEEB, PAUL. "Riverbank"
  1971
   
INDIAN FORD LODGE. Sisters, Oregon
  undated
   
KAANAPALI BEACH FRONT. Maui, Hawaii
  undated
   
PORTLAND CENTER. Portland, Oregon. Designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
  1963-1966
   
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Portland, Oregon
  1953

 

Addenda, March 1979

 
Container(s)
Description
 
box
1


Airport Terminal (Burns, Bear, McHell & Schneider)
 
 


Airport maintenance building
 
 


Airport turfing
 
 


Gearhart Grade School
 
 


Elliott School
 
 


Joseph Meek School
 
 


Mary Magadalene Parish School
 
 


Peninsula School
 
 


Riverdale School
 
 


Rose City Park School
 
 


Robert Gray School
 
 


Marcus Whitman School
 
 


Woodmere School
 
 


Youngson School
 
 


Cleveland High School Planting Plan
 
 


Condon High School
 
 


Hudson's Bay High School
 
 


Bay High School
 
 


Hudson's Bay High School
 
 


Hudson's Bay High School
 
 


James Madison High School
 
 


Roseburg High School
 
 


Southwest High School
 
 
2

Sweet Home School Site Studies
 
 


Vancouver Public Schools
 
 


Ralph Appelman (Flanders Medical Center, Office Building II)
 
 


The Astorian (Building)
 
 


Auditorium Planter Boxes (Portland)
 
 


E.C.E. Austin Residence
 
 


Baptist Church - Gene Whittaker (Rev.)
 
 


Ballantyne (Subdivision of property)
 
 


Babson Residence
 
 


Department Store (Mountain View, Calif.)
 
 


Berland
 
 


Biggs Gravel
 
 


Black Butte Ranch
 
 


Bonneville Sub Stations
 
 


Bonneville Power, Rupert, Burley
 
 


Bishop Residence
 
 


Bonneville Substations
 
 


Brice Mortgage Co. (Woodburn Senior Citizens Estates)
 
 


Dr. C.W. Browning Residence
 
 


Jim Brayson (Nut Farm)
 
 


Chester S. Benson Residence
 
 


Blue Lake Park
 
 


Bridgman-Rush
 
 


Howard Burnham Residence
 
 


Clyde V. Brummell (Office Building)
 
 


Brummell (Subdivision development)
 
 


Brummell - Sheridan Mobile Home Park
 
 


Brummell - Time Construction Co
 
 


Brummell - Cheltenham Subdivision
 
 


Bonneville Planter - Celilo
 
 


Yakima Cemetery
 
 


Robert B. Wilson Residence
 
 


Warner Pacific College
 
 


Charles H. Morse - Uniwest Development
 
 


Viking Bay, Washington, Gunderson & Watson
 
 


Thomas A. Sherwood, Attorney (Hocks vs. Simonis)
 
 


St. Therese of the Child Jesus Parish
 
 


Salem Park - Bush's Pasture
 
 


Salem Gulf Deal
 
 


Herbert Schwab Residence