Geraldine Knight Scott, 1904-1989, a woman in landscape architecture in California, 1926-1989
By: interview conducted by Jack Buktenica and Reed Dillingham ; introductions by Jack Buktenica and Reed Dillingham ; edited by Suzanne B. Riess,
Contributors: Riess, Suzanne B.; Buktenica, Jack.; Dillingham, Reed.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Publisher: University of California
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Subjects: Scott, Mel, 1906-; University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Landscape Architecture -- History.; Landscape architecture.; Women landscape architects -- United States -- Biography.
Description: Discusses her early impressions of the landscape of Idaho and Washington, her studies at UC Berkeley and Cornell, and early jobs in Beverly Hills and Marin County. Throughout her life she travelled as much as possible and she vividly recalls her trips to Europe and Japan. After her marriage to planner Mel Scott she became interested in housing and planning issues.