Myrl E. Bottomley Papers

Collection

Identifier: UA-74-27

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Bottomley was professor of landscape architecture at the College of Design, Architecture and Art. Collection includes correspondence, lecture notes and drawings dealing with landscaping, city planning, etc.

Dates

Creation: 1926-1956

Creator

Bottomley, M.E., 1894- (Person)

Language of Materials

The records are in English

Restrictions on Access

This collection is open for research.

Biography of Mryl E. Bottomley

A native of Michigan, Bottomley earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State College in 1916 and a Master of Landscape Design from Cornell University in 1922. Before coming to UC he served as Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at Iowa State College from 1922-1925.

Professor Bottomley was on the faculty at UC from 1926 until 1956, teaching classes in both landscape architecture and city planning, and he served as the University's Campus Landscape Architect. His publications include the books The Design of Small Properties (1926), The Art of Home Landscape (1935), and New Designs of Small Properties (1948) and numerous articles. In 1944, Bottomley was selected by the Cincinnati City Planning Commission to work on the Planning & Design Section of the new Cincinnati Metropolitan Master Plan, which was adopted on November 22, 1948.

Professor Bottomley died suddenly on November 8, 1956 and is buried at Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery.