The ASLA Records include the years 1937 and 1970-1990 and document the organization’s rich history of leadership in the landscape architecture profession. The collection offers information on the inner workings of a group of leading professionals, and how their work changed the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. Included are clippings, correspondence, drawings, photographs, project descriptions, exhibit material, and meeting minutes. The collection is organized into series based on five major events of the organization: 1937 Exhibition of Landscape Architecture at the San Francisco Museum of Art; 1976 publication of Landscape Architecture Guide to Representative Projects in Northern California; 1986 ASLA National Annual Meeting held in San Francisco; 1988 Chapter Awards Program; and 1980-1990 Annual Landscape Architecture Week Walking Tours. The sixth series includes files relating to the ongoing projects of the organization.

The papers were donated by an individual member, not by the organization.