Oral history interview with Gilmore David Clarke, 1959

 

Name
Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982 (Interviewee)
Benison, Saul (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Gilmore David Clarke, 1959
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Gilmore David Clarke, 1959
Abstract
Training at Cornell; early work on Bronx River Parkway; World War I; Westchester County park system; planning parks, parkways and expressways, 1930s through 1950s; housing projects, including Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; city planning in Portland, Oregon, and Nashville, Tennessee; National Commission of Fine Arts, 1932-1950; New York City traffic control report; New York World's Fair, 1939; College of Architecture, Cornell, 1935-1950; planning for New York State Power Authority, Naval Academy, Military Academy; United Nations headquarters; consulting services to universities and colleges
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Landscape architects; Architecture--History--20th century.--United States; Recreation areas; Express highways; Public housing; City planning; Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982; New York State College of Agriculture; United States. Commission of Fine Arts
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1959
Physical Description
372 pages
Note (Biographical)
Landscape architect
Note
Interviewed by Saul Benison
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
11612187
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-rwt9-bv02
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.