Finding Aid for Joseph C. Blair Papers, 1905-1954 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Joseph C. Blair Papers, 1905-1954

ID: 8/12/20

Primary Creator: Blair, Joseph Cullen (1871-1940)

Extent: 2.7 cubic feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Buildings, Camp Seymour, Campus Scenes, Carle Park, Commencement, Conservation, Crystal Lake Park, Faculty Papers, Forestry, Landscape Architecture, Motion Pictures, Pomology, Urbana, Illinois

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Papers of Joseph C. Blair (1871-1960), professor of horticulture (1900-38) and dean of the College of Agriculture (1938-39), including landscape architect's drawings for Blair's residence at 601 Michigan in Urbana and a proposed Florida Avenue residence, Camp Seymour at Decatur-State YMCA (1926), Crystal Lake Park (1905-13) and swimming pool (1927), University Heights addition (1907-15, 1922-17), Lincoln Statue (1927), Urbana-Lincoln Hotel, Carle Park-Victory Park (1923) and Carle Sanitarium; Dean's Office correspondence for June, 1938; publications news releases and letters referred to Dean Blair by Extension Editor F. J. Keilholz relating to land use, agricultural policies, marketing and conservation (1939) and a reprint relating to the American Pomological Society (1933).

The series includes twenty photographs of agricultural college scenes, landscaping photographs on campus and in Urbana-Champaign, photographs of the construction and interior of the Horticulture Field Lab, and 63 reels of 16mm. motion picture film photographed by Prof. Blair including films of greenhouses, tomatoes and flowers; farm and field scenes showing corn and oats, farm machinery; the growing, processing and packing of apples and other fruits; trees in town and countryside; campus scenes including the 1940 commencement, and Urbana public and park areas.

Buildings
Camp Seymour
Campus Scenes
Carle Park
Commencement
Conservation
Crystal Lake Park
Faculty Papers
Forestry
Landscape Architecture
Motion Pictures
Pomology
Urbana, Illinois

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 9/29/1965; 7/27/1967; 2/29/2000; 8/31/2012

Other Note: 6 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0812020.pdf

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