Victorian interior with book-strewn table in foreground.
Local Numbers:
AC0205-0000132 (AC Scan)
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research access by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
United States of America -- Hawaii -- Honolulu County -- Honolulu
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, site plans, a narrative description of the garden, a copy of an article about the house (with a photo of the garden) and other information.
General:
The subdivision of a larger site (Wahiolu olu, Archives of American Gardens HI018), resulted in the creation of a new home and surrounding garden on land totaling 11,000 square feet. Located in a lush bamboo rainforest 1,500 feet above Honolulu, with outstanding views and over 100 inches of rainfall per year, the garden incorporates a terraced hillside with a variety of colorful plantings and floral borders. Moss rock retaining walls, antique wrought iron arches, a large water lily pond, and a waterfall are all featured elements of the garden. The home's entry is introduced by a small, fragrant white garden, framed by restored wrought-iron fencing once used at Iolani Palace. The garden's plant life includes mixtures of bromeliads, tropical vireya, roses, undulating hedges of plumbago, begonias, lantana, gardenias, anthuriums, dahlias, amaryllis, and clivia. In addition, there is a blue garden featuring blue agapanthus, hydrangeas, abelia, and brunfelsia. The planting beds surround a thick green lawn of St. Augustine grass. Lawn furniture and a forge converted to a grill provide opportunities for outdoor living. Many trees--guava, orange, jacaranda, pink datura, plumeria, banana, gold, avocado, and banyan--make the garden their home, while bamboo hedges tower above the vegetation and separate the site from adjoining properties. Because of the many restrictions that protect the environment, watershed, and conservation of this area it will remain a pure, green, rare, and beautiful place on the island of Oahu.
Persons associated with the garden include Stephen F. Mechler (landscape architect, 2004).
Related Materials:
Wahiolu olu II related holdings consist of 1 folder (13 35 mm. slides (photographs))
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Sponsor:
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
Personal business records mostly contain documents regarding the finances, management, and disposition of Miriam Wosks artwork in the form of sales records, registries, donations, price lists, and inventories. There are also materials related to Wosk's business affairs such as contracts and agreements, leases, and estate appraisals. Other material in the series includes files on special design projects and studio practice files on materials Wosk used for her artwork.
There is a significant amount of material related to the redesigns of several residences owned by Wosk, the most notable of which was the penthouse at 440 South Roxbury Drive in Beverly Hills, California remodeled by architect Frank Gehry. There are numerous architectural plans as well as design plans and drawings by Miriam Wosk, who collaborated with Gehry on the interior. Architectural plans for other residences and sites are also included.
Arrangement:
This series is arranged in alphabetical order.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records in this collection must use access copies. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Collection Rights:
The donor has retained all intellectual property rights, including copyright, that they may own.
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Miriam Wosk papers, 1961-2013. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by Adam Gunther and in part by the Walton Family Foundation.
