Leon Zach scrapbook
Collection Scope and Content
This collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. The clippings date from 1953-1955 and have been culled from local newspapers, including the Washington Star, Washington Daily News, and Washington Post. The clippings document urban planning efforts in Washington, D.C. Zach served on the National Capital Planning Commission during this period.
Dates
- 1953-1955
Creator
- Zach, Leon Henry (Person)
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Historical or Biographical Note
Leon Henry Zach (d. 1966) was a distinguished landscape architect who served as Chief of the Planning Branch of Military Construction of the Office of the Chief of Army Engineers. In this position he advised on the selection of sites, planning, and mobilization planning of Army installations throughout the world. Zach was born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1914 and a master's in landscape architecture in 1924. He joined the landscape architecture firm of Olmsted Brothers in Brookline, Massachusetts, eventually becoming designer and principal assistant at the firm.
In 1941 he began his career with the Army, remaining there until his retirement in January 1965. He was chairman of the Garden Advisory Committee of Dumbarton Oaks, a member of the Joint Committee on the National Capitol in 1947, and represented the Chief of Army Engineers on the National Capital Planning Commission from 1953-56.
Zach died in 1966.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. The clippings date from 1953-1955 and have been culled from local newspapers, including the Washington Star, Washington Daily News, and Washington Post. The clippings document urban planning efforts in Washington, D.C. Zach served on the National Capital Planning Commission during this period.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition information unknown.
- City planning Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States. National Capital Planning Commission
- Washington (D.C.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Zach, Leon Henry
- Title
- Guide to the Leon Zach scrapbook, 1953-1955
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2006
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
