MS 218
Manning, Warren H.

Papers,
1882-1998, n.d.

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

Descriptive summary   |  Administrative information  |  Biographical/Historical note
Collection description  |  Organization  |  Description of series/container list
 
Series 1, Personal Papers
Series 2, Drawings
Series 3, Lantern Slides
Series 4, Lantern Slide Photographic Prints
Series 5, Photographs and Clippings
Series 6, Printed Materials

 

Description of series

Series 1 Personal Papers 1900-1985, n.d.
extent: 1.26 linear ft. (3 document boxes)
description: This series consists of materials relating to the National Plan, including correspondence, committee files, typescript drafts, individual state plans, research data and notes, maps and graphs, blueprints and study briefs. The principal contribution of Manning's National Plan (1919) was the concept of a land classification system that could be used by governmental units to control the exploitation of natural resources and to evaluate scenic beauty.  There are also a small number of addresses and speeches made by Manning, as well as articles and publications, related to landscape design.  The remainder of the series contains articles by authors other than Manning, including T.H. Abel, A.P. Davis, Egbert Hans, and William E. Smythe, client lists, and a lantern slide list.

Container list

Box 

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

The National Plan: Correspondence

1917-1930

1

2

The National Plan: Topic Outline

n.d.

1

3

The National Plan: Early typescript draft with additions and corrections

n.d.

1

4

The National Plan: Incomplete typescript draft with additions and corrections (pages 1-149)

n.d.

1

5

The National Plan: Incomplete typescript draft with additions and corrections (pages 150-256)

n.d.

1

6

The National Plan: Incomplete typescript draft with additions and corrections (pages 257-427)

n.d.

1

7

The National Plan: Complete typescript draft with additions and corrections (pages 1-100)

n.d.

1

8

The National Plan: Complete typescript draft with additions and corrections (pages 101-199)

n.d.

2

1

The National Plan: Complete typescript draft with additions and corrections (pages 200-297)

n.d.

2

2

The National Plan: Complete typescript draft with additions and corrections (pages 298-427)

n.d.

2

3

The National Plan: Miscellaneous typescript pages with additions and corrections

n.d.

2

4

The National Plan: Typescript drafts of individual state plans

n.d.

2

5

The National Plan: Order of maps, graphs, and illustrations

n.d.

2

6

The National Plan: Research data and notes

n.d.

2

7

The National Plan: Miscellaneous maps and graphs

n.d.

2

8

The National Plan: Blueprints of Maps and Plans

n.d.

2

9

National Plan Study Brief: Foreword

n.d.

2

10

National Plan Study Brief: William E. Smythe, "The Human Side of the Plan"

n.d.

2

11

National Plan Study Brief: A. P. Davis, "Reclamation and Transportation"

n.d.

2

12

National Plan Study Brief: Table of Contents, Foreword, Instructions, and Illustrations

n.d.

2

13

National Plan Study Brief: Incomplete typescript

1919

2

14

National Plan Study Brief: Complete typescript

1919

2

15

National Plan Study Brief: Reprint from Landscape Architecture

1923

2

16

National Plan Study Brief: Materials concerning rights for published maps

1923

3

1

Committees and Conferences: National Plan Committee--background and membership information

n.d.

3

2

Committees and Conferences: National Plan Committee--organization and prospectus

n.d.

3

3

Committees and Conferences: National Plan Committee—questionnaire

n.d.

3

4

Committees and Conferences: National Conference on Outdoor Recreation--report

1924

3

5

Committees and Conferences: National Conference on State Parks--Education Committee Report  (Nov. 1927)

1927

3

6

Committees and Conferences: National Plan Conference 

1926

3

7

Addresses and Speeches: "Belchertown [Massachusetts] Improvement"

1916

3

8

Addresses and Speeches: "Continental Planning"

n.d.

3

9

Addresses and Speeches: "World and Continental Planning:  Actions and Dreams"

1928

3

10

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Agassiz Park of Calumet, Michigan, Built by Community Effort" [Reprint from Parks and Recreation]

1927

3

11

Articles and Publications by Manning: "America's Downhill Trend"

n.d.

3

12

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Bangor [Maine] City Plan:  The Burned District"

1911

3

13

Articles and Publications by Manning: "The Birmingham [Alabama] District Plan"

1916

3

14

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Broad Scale Planning in the U.S."

n.d.

3

15

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Chicago [Illinois] and Warren H. Manning's National Plan"

n.d.

3

16

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Chicago [Illinois] in Warren Manning's World and National Plan Studies"

n.d.

3

17

Articles and Publications by Manning: The City Plan of Birmingham

1919

3

18

Articles and Publications by Manning: Directions for Surveying and Arranging Home and School Grounds (Warren Manning)

1900

3

19

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Garden Cities--Old and New"

1921

3

20

Articles and Publications by Manning: A Handbook for Planning and Planting Home Grounds (Warren Manning)

1907

3

21

Articles and Publications by Manning: "The National Importance of the Hudson-Mohawk Thoroughfare and Objects in its Landscape"

n.d.

3

22

Articles and Publications by Manning: Ohio Valley Thoroughfare (March 1923)

1923

3

23

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Our Forests in a National Plan Study"

n.d.

3

24

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Planning and Manning America and its Place in the World"

n.d.

3

25

Articles and Publications by Manning: "The Relation Between National, State, and Local Parks and Forests." Read before the Joint Meeting of the American Park Institute of Park Executives, American Park Society, The American Civic Association, at Washington, 8 October

1924

3

26

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Standardizing Scientific Name Abbreviations and Common Names of Plants"

n.d.

3

27

Articles and Publications by Manning: "A Step Towards Solving the Industrial Housing Problem"

n.d.

3

28

Articles and Publications by Manning: "Why Not Look Ahead in Planning Our National Development"

n.d.

3

29

Articles and Publications by Others: T. H. Abel, "An Outline of Procedure"

1927

3

30

Articles and Publications by Others: Hans Egbert, "How to Reduce Labor Turn-Over"

n.d.

3

31

Articles and Publications by Others: Norman P. Ford "America's 50 Best Cities"

n.d.

3

32

Articles and Publications by Others: M. S. Shalar "Man and the Earth" [Chapter 10 of The Beauty of the Earth]

n.d.

3

33

Articles and Publications by Others: War Memorials.  Published by the Boston Society of Architects  and the Boston Society of Landscape Architects

n.d.

3

34

Client Lists: Alphabetical Client List

n.d.

3

35

Client Lists: Client List by Project Number

n.d.

3

36

Lantern Slide List: List of the Warren H. Manning Lantern Slide Collection

1928

3

37

Warren H. Manning Collection (original guide to collection from Department of Landscape Architecture)

1985

View: Series 2 Drawings

 

Descriptive summary   |  Administrative information  |  Biographical/Historical note
Collection description  |  Organization  |  Description of series/container list


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