The folder includes a worksheet and a photocopy of an American Association of Museums directory entry about the museum.
General:
Since 1932 the Garden Club of Houston has been involved with the development and maintenance of the gardens at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In that year the original landscape plan drawn by Ruth London was given to the museum and executed, and the club's commitment to the gardens has remained to this day. The plantings are changed seasonally.
Persons associated with the property include Ruth London (landscape designer).
Related Materials:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston related holdings consist of 1 folder (8 35 mm. slides)
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.
"The Tullie Smith House is located on the same grounds. See also the Tullie Smith House, Atlanta, Georgia."
Materials relating to the public gardens located in Altanta, Georgia. The folder includes slide list, brochures, excerpts from publications featuring the gardens, and a description and worksheet completed by a GCA researcher. The gardens are noted for its walled boxwood garden that terminates in twin pairs of fantastic Ionic columns supporting broken pediments. The gardens are owned by the Altanta Historical Society.
General:
"The boxwood garden is located to the south of the house, acting as a cross axis and transition between the facades at the front and rear of the house. There is a dual stylistic nature of Italian themes and filtered through English experience."
"There is a fountain at the center of the cross axis of paths. Urns flank the garden's side entrances, and were decorated with pieces of lava to give it the look of Italian ruins. There are parterres, defined by clay roof tiles, and planted with perennials. The garden paths were made of a buff colored gravel, and the stucco was tinted to make the house appear aged. The gardens were restored to the 1928 design in 1997."
Persons associated with the property include: Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Inman (former owner, 1928 to 1965); Philip T. Shutze (architect, designer, 1928); Eleanor Weller (photographer); Spencer Tunnell, II (landscape architect, 1997).
Related Materials:
Swan House related holdings consist of 1 folder (15 35 mm. slides)
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.
Materials relating to the public gardens of the Altanta Historical Society, located in Atlanta, Georgia. The folder includes a slide list, excerpts from publications featuring the gardens, brochures, and a worksheet completed by GCA researcher Harriet W. Ellis.
The Swan House is located on the same grounds. See also the Swan House, Atlanta, Georgia.
General:
"Vegetable and herb gardens and a neatly swept flower yard have been carefully researched to provide an authentic setting for the house. The surrounding woodlands, with many varieties of native plants, give the restoration a feeling of rural isolation. Roadside plantings, a scuppernong arbor, an orchard and field crops lend a plantation atmosphere."
Persons associated with the property include: Robert Smith (former owner); John and Tullie Smith (former owners).
Related Materials:
Tullie Smith House related holdings consist of 1 folder (2 35 mm. slides)
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.
United States of America -- Kentucky -- Jefferson County -- Louisville
Scope and Contents:
Materials relating to the public garden of the Historic Homes Foundation, located in Louisville, Kentucky. The folder includes slide list, postcards of the home, notes from the garden designer, a copy of a publication featuring the garden, with a worksheet completed by GCA researcher Anne Bruce Haldeman. The garden and home is noted for being originally designed by Thomas Jefferson.
General:
"This home is a self-sustaining Kentucky plantation of the early nineteenth century. Because no information on the original garden could be found, a typical garden of that time, as it might have been, was designed by a local landscape architect and member of the Glenview Garden Club, Miss Anne Bruce Haldeman."
Persons associated with the property include: John Speed and Lucy Gilmer Fry Speed (former owners, 1810 to 1840); Austin Lightfoot Peay and Peachy Walker Speed Peay (former owner, 1841 to 1865); Dresher family (former owner, 1865 to 1907); Bischoff family (former owner, 1907 to 1945); William Tyler (former owner, 1945 to 1947); Porter Smith (former owner, 1947 to 1958); Historic Homes Foundation, Inc. (owner, 1958 to present); Miss Anne Bruce Haldeman (landscape architect).
Information about the Speed and Peay families is included in Samuel W. Thomas' book, "Oxmoor: The Bullitt Family Estate Near Louisville, Kentucky since 1787."
Related Materials:
Farmington related holdings consist of 1 folder (2 35 mm. slides)
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.
The Florence Arquin papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Collection Rights:
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:
Florence Arquin papers, 1923-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
American Association of Museums (AAM) Meeting, May 30 - June 4, 1976, Washington, D.C. Contains an announcement of the meeting and the AAM report on museum ethics
Container:
Box 2 of 5
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 331, National Museum of History and Technology, Department of Cultural History, Records
Amarillo - American Colony, 1940-1983: Significant portion of correspondence is to or from John Pope; includes material on American Association of Museums Questionnaire completed by the Freer; article about Freer's Chinese ceramic collection by Grace G...
Container:
Box 1 of 23
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 03-018, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Central Files