Lawrence, c.v. 2
Henry W. Lawrence
Professor
Department of Geosciences
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA 16444
(814) 732-1572
EDUCATION
1985 Ph.D., Geography, University of Oregon
1978 M.L.A., Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
1977 B.L.A., Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon
1968 B.A., History, Yale University
EMPLOYMENT
1992 - present Department of Geosciences, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
1987 - 1991 Department of Geography, Western Michigan University
1986 - 1987 Department of Geography, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1985 - 1986 Department of Geography, Ohio University
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS:
2006: Henry W. Lawrence, City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century. (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press), 336 pp.
1982: Henry W. Lawrence and Ann P. Bettman, The Green Guide: Eugene's Natural Landscape.
(Eugene, Oregon: Ann P. Bettman Publisher), 148 pp.
BOOK SECTIONS:
2005: “Urban Green Spaces in New York and Amsterdam,” pp. 125-134 in Amsterdam-New York: Transatlantic Relations and Urban Identities Since 1653, edited by George Harinck and Hans Krabbendam (Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
1995: “Changing Forms and Persistent Values: Historical Perspectives on the Urban Forest,” pp. 17-40 in Urban Forest Landscapes: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Gordon Bradley (Seattle: University of Washington College of Forest Resources, 1995).
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:
1998: “National Differences in Urban Green Spaces: France, the Netherlands, Britain and America,
1600- 1800,” Planning History 20, no. 2: 20-28.
1993: “The Neo-Classical Origins of Modern Urban Forests,”
Forest and Conservation History 37, no. 1: 26-36.
“The Greening of the Squares of London: Transformation of Urban Landscapes and Ideals,”
Annals of the Association of American Geographers 83, no. 1: 90-118.
1989: “Intensification of Small-Area Farms in U.S. Agriculture,” East Lakes Geographer 24: 63-82.
1988: “Origins of the Tree-Lined Boulevard,” Geographical Review 78, no. 4: 355-374.
“Changes in Agricultural Production in Metropolitan Areas,”
The Professional Geographer 40, no. 2: 159-175
1983: “Southern Spas: Source of the American Resort Tradition,” Landscape 27, no.2, 1-12.
1982: “Historic Change in Natural Landscapes: The Experiential View,”
Environmental Review 6, no. 1: 14-36.
OTHER ARTICLES:
2009: “City Trees for Sustainability and Delight,” Harvard Design Magazine 31: 86-93.
1997: “From Private Allée to Public Shade Tree: Historic Roots of the Urban Forest,” Arnoldia 57,
no. 2 (1997): 2-10.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS:
2012 “New York City: Home of the American Street Tree,” Association of American
Geographers, annual meeting.
2011 “Photography and the Representation of Place: A Search for Key Landscape Elements,”
Association of American Geographers, annual meeting.
2009 “City trees: Coevolution of roles for sustainability and pleasure,” Association of American
Geographers, annual meeting.
2008 “Place-portraiture: geographic photography and the representation of place,” Association of
American Geographers annual meeting.
2007 “The early development of street tree planting in American cities, 1780-1820.” Association of
American Geographers annual meeting.
“City planning history as a window into globalization processes in Latin America.” Latin American
Studies: Vistas and Opportunities; Symposium at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
2005 “The cultural-historical geography of street trees in American cities, 1700-1900.”
Middle States Division of the Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting.
2003 “Urban Green Spaces in New York and Amsterdam,” Parallel Cities: Amsterdam-New York
1653-2003, international conference organized by the Gemeentearchief Amsterdam and
the Roosevelt Studies Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2003 “The earliest city trees in sixteenth century Europe,” Association of American Geographers,
Annual Meeting.
2000 “The Origins of American City Tree Planting,” Association of American Geographers,
Annual Meeting.
1998 “Parks, Gardens and Stree Trees: Historic Roots of the Urban Environment,” invited lecture at
the Department of Geography and Planning, University of Akron.
1998 “Historic Roots of the Urban Forest,” invited Opening General Session presentation, and
“Local Urban Forest History,” workshop session, at the 1998 Iowa State University 42nd
Annual Shade Tree Short Course in Ames, Iowa.
1997 “National Differences in the Use of Trees: the Preindustrial City in France, Netherlands, Britain
and America,” Fourth International Seminar on Urban Form, Birmingham, UK.
GRANTS
2006 Programs in Support of Equity and Diversity, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education:
Recruitment and Retention of Latino Students. (With Dr. Denise Ohler, Dr. Jerra Jenrette and
Dr. Elizabeth Iglesias)
2005 Programs in Support of Equity and Diversity, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education:
Recruitment and Retention of Latino Students. (With Dr. Denise Ohler and Dr. Jerra Jenrette)
1990 Lucia Harrison Endowment Fund, Department of Geography, Western Michigan University:
Travel grant for urban historical research in London.
1989 New Faculty Support Program Research Grant, Western Michigan University:
“Small Farms in U.S. Metropolitan Areas.”
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association of American Geographers
American Society for Environmental History
Forest History Society