Author Description

The landscape and architecture of Wellesley College have long been recognized as combining to create one of the masterpieces of campus design in North America. In eleven chapters richly illustrated with vintage and contemporary images, this book details the 125-year evolution of the park-like composition of meadows, woods, and buildings sited on the shore of a characteristic New England glacial lake. The authors set this story into the wider context of landscape and architectural studies, as well as Wellesley own institutional development. As such this book joins an important series of recent publications celebrating the history of American college campuses.