Adele W. Vaughan

Name

Vaughan, Adele W.

Variant Names

Wharton, Adele

Personal Information

Birth/Death:    c. 1916 – c. 1955
Gender:    Female
Occupation:    American landscape architect
Location (state):    CA

This record has not been verified for accuracy.

AIA Affiliation

Not a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Biographical Sources

Biographical information:
Contributed by the Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley:
Adele Wharton received a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Landscape Architecture in 1937 and an M.S. from the same department in 1938. H. Leland and Adele were married in 1937 and worked together in professional practice until Adele passed away ca. 1955.

Related Records

Wife and partner of H. Leland Vaughan

Archival Holdings

Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley

Collection Number: 1999-18. Extent: 2 boxes, 4 flat file drawers.
The H. Leland and Adele W. Vaughan Collection spans the years 1931 – 1955 and contains records relating to the couple's professional partnership as landscape architects. Included are project files, drawings, and photographs. The collection is useful for researching the shift in landscape architecture towards a more modern, site specific approach to design and Bay Regional style. Projects by Thomas Church and in collaboration with Church are also included. The collection is divided into two series: Professional Papers and Project Records.
The Professional Papers contain a scrapbook of the Association of Landscape Architects and a small amount of curriculum research done by H. Leland Vaughan. The Project Records contain files, photographs, and drawings of the couple's numerous residential, educational, commercial, industrial, and recreational projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a small number of projects from outside California.
Link to online finding aid: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9x0nb5v5

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