Fonds consists of records documenting the career of landscape architect Richard Strong from 1954 to 2008. Records include architectural drawings, photographs, reports, correspondence, promotional materials, student work, and faculty papers. The landscape architectural drawings document all phases of the design process including preliminary sketches, design development drawings, working drawings, and presentation drawings. Aside from the drawings, the fonds also includes textual files for much of Strong’s work, as well as photographs for select projects. There are personal files that include correspondence and daily journals as well as faculty records that document Strong’s tenure at the University of Toronto from 1967 to 1967. The fonds holds over one meter of office files that document the administration of Strong’s practice primarily over the years 1961 to 1974. These files contain the firm’s promotional brochures, correspondence with other landscape architects such as Hideo Sasaki, and general files that are arranged alphabetically. The project files document over four hundred of Strong’s projects, largely spanning the years 1962 to 1982, and ranging across Canada, as well as locations in the United States and Australia. Strong completed numerous landscapes for provincial and national parks, housing developments, industrial sites, universities and colleges, and residences. Among the notable projects represented among the records are McMaster University (Hamilton), Queen’s Park (Toronto), Expo 67 (Montreal), York University (Toronto), Devonian Square (Toronto), Trent University (Peterborough), Point Pelee National Park, Gros Morne National Park, NOVA Garden Court (Calgary), and many others. The projects also include several important landscapes that Strong worked on for works by his close friend the Australian architect John Andrews, including the Port of Miami Passenger Terminal, Harvard University Gund Hall, Sarah Lawrence College Library, Belconnen Town Centre (Canberra), Knight Residence (Toronto), Intelsat Headquarters (Washington, D.C.), and University of Lethbridge. The fonds is divided into four series: 1. Personal Records; 2. Faculty Records; 3. Office Files; and 4. Project Records.