Subject:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Office of Horticulture  Search this

Date:

March 9, 1987

Category:

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, "The Torch," April 1987, p. 2.

Summary:

The Garden Club of America Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens is donated to the Smithsonian. It includes over 65,000 images and is the first visual archive of American garden design to be assembled nationwide and includes over 1,000 rare, hand-painted glass lantern slides.

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Archives  Search this

Gardens  Search this

Gifts  Search this

Horticulture  Search this

Libraries  Search this

Slides (Photography)  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_2039