WAUWightmanRobertaPH2010_009.xmlPreliminary Guide to the Roberta A. Wightman Landscape Architecture Drawingscirca 1938-1994 circa 1938-1994Wightman (Roberta A.) Landscape Architecture DrawingsSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2011 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written inEnglish.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH2010-009Wightman, Roberta ARoberta A. Wightman landscape architecture drawingscirca 1938-1994circa 1959-19803 cubic feet (29 rolls and 2 folders)699 drawings20 photographsCollection materials are inEnglish.Drawings by Seattle landscape architect, including drawings for Northwest Hospital in Seattle

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.

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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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.

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Seattle and vicinity1-7Northwest Hospitalcirca 1959-1980289 drawings (7 rolls)8-16Residential projectscirca 1948-1985226 drawings (9 rolls)17-18Apartments and commercial buildingscirca 1948-198538 drawings (2 rolls)19-20Hospitals, medical buildings, schools and churchescirca 1948-198547 drawings (2 rolls)

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

1St. Barnabas Church on Bainbridge Island1993-199421 drawings plus correspondenceMiscellaneous21Skunk Bay Lighthouse1987-19887 drawings (1 roll)22Volunteer Park19852 drawings (1 roll)23University Streetundated3 drawings (1 roll)24Sons of Norway19842 drawings (1 roll)25Proposed Civic Arts Centerundated1 drawings (1 roll)26Unidentified projectscirca 1948-198546 drawings (1 roll)Map drawer 297Drawings and photographsundated

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."

Springfield, Illinois projects27-29Various projectscirca 1938-194430 drawings (3 rolls)30Student workcirca 19372 drawings (1 roll)