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Roberta A. Wightman landscape architecture drawings, circa 1938-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Wightman, Roberta A
Title
Roberta A. Wightman landscape architecture drawings
Dates
circa 1938-1994 (inclusive)
circa 1959-1980 (bulk)
Quantity
3 cubic feet (29 rolls and 2 folders)
699 drawings
20 photographs
Collection Number
PH2010-009
Summary
Drawings by Seattle landscape architect, including drawings for Northwest Hospital in Seattle
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Landscape architect Roberta Wightman (b. 1912) moved to Seattle in 1944 to work with Edwin Grohs at University of Washington Arboretum. Prior to moving west, she worked as a landscape architect in Springfield, Illinois (1938-1944). Wightman was born and raised in Chicago by physician parents. She took courses at Oberlin College in Ohio, Middlebury College in Vermont, and Cambridge University in England; she received a bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in 1938.

Wightman worked for Edwin Grohs and Associates in Seattle from 1945-1948 before starting her own landscape architecture business. Among her projects, Wightman was the landscape consultant for Northwest Hospital in Seattle for over 30 years, and designed the landscaping for the original construction in 1959-1960 and a later expansion in 1980.

Roberta Wightman retired in 2000.

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Content Description

Landscape architecture drawings and architectural drawings related to Wightman's landscaping projects, mostly from her work in Seattle and the surrounding area, but also including early work done in Springfield, Illinois.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donor: Iain Robertson; received in 2009.

Iain Robertson, of the University of Washington Architecture School, facilitated the donation of drawings from Roberta Wightman via Wightman's niece.

Processing Note

Minimally processed.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Seattle and vicinity

    • Description: Northwest Hospital
      289 drawings (7 rolls)
      Dates: circa 1959-1980
      Container: Tube 1-7
      Location: Seattle and vicinity
    • Description: Residential projects
      226 drawings (9 rolls)
      Dates: circa 1948-1985
      Container: Tube 8-16
      Location: Seattle and vicinity
    • Description: Apartments and commercial buildings
      38 drawings (2 rolls)
      Dates: circa 1948-1985
      Container: Tube 17-18
      Location: Seattle and vicinity

    • Hospitals, medical buildings, schools and churches, circa 1948-1985

      Container: Tube 19-20

      47 drawings (2 rolls)

      Includes 27 architect's drawings (not by Roberta Wightman) for Hearthstone Medical Center

    • Miscellaneous

    • Description: Drawings and photographs

      Oversize folder contains six drawings of Forest Park on mount, with six photos mounted at top over caption "Views of roadside before planting"; 13 photographs mounted with captions featuring projects of Wightman's, mostly in Springfield. Illinois; and aerial photograph of an unidentified site; and a matted drawing of an unidentified location titled "Design for Outdoor Living."

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder Map drawer 297
      Location: Seattle and vicinity

  • Springfield, Illinois projects

  • Description: Student work
    2 drawings (1 roll)
    Dates: circa 1937
    Container: Tube 30

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Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Landscape architecture drawings


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