Summary
Abstract
Arthur Edwin Bye, Jr. received a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from the Pennsylvania State University in 1942. One of his earliest projects was designing a woodland landscape for the Reisley house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Pleasantville, NY. Mr. Bye published several books, most notably Art into Landscape, Landscape into Art, filled with photographs, many of his own works, framing landscaped views both natural and man made that he thought successful. This collection of the papers of Arthur Edwin Bye, Jr. includes architectural drawings, articles, correspondence, plans, prints, brochures, invoices, contracts, reports, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1930- 2000
Extent
102 Cubic feet
Background
Biographical Note
Arthur Edwin Bye, Jr. was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on August 15, 1919. He came to Pennsylvania at an early age where his father was a professor of art history at Swarthmore. Arthur Edwin Bye, Jr. received a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from the Pennsylvania State University in 1942. As a Quaker, he was a conscientious objector during World War II and he spent the 1940's surveying property in the Great Smoky Mountains. He preferred calling himself a gardener, instead of a landscape architect- in allegiance to the English tradition. One of his earliest projects was designing a woodland landscape for the Reisley house, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Pleasantville, NY. Mr. Bye published several books, most notably Art into Landscape, Landscape into Art, filled with photographs, many of his own works, framing landscaped views both natural and manmade that he thought successful.Mr. Bye died on November 25, 2001.
Scope and Contents
This collection of the papers of Arthur Edwin Bye, Jr. includes architectural drawings, articles, correspondence, plans, prints, brochures, invoices, contracts, reports, and photographs.
Physical Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Penn State University Libraries catalog via the link above. Archival collections may be housed in offsite storage. For materials stored offsite, please allow 2-3 business days for retrieval.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
Subjects
- Designs and plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
- Landscape architectural plans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Using These Materials
Repository Details
Part of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library Repository
104 Paterno Library
Penn State University
University Park 16802 USA
(814) 865-1793
spcollections@psu.edu
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Financial records and correspondence are restricted for 20 years after creation.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], A.E. Bye Papers (141), Penn State University Archives, Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University.
- Title
- A.E. Bye Papers, 1930-2000
- Status
- Published
- Date
- 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 4/2/2014: Additions, 2012.Additions, 2014. PJD
- 2022: Kevin Clair added Digital Archival Object records to the collection for access objects published through the digital collections program.