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Photographer:

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966  Search this

Collection Creator:

Sears, Thomas Warren, 1880-1966  Search this

Sears & Wendell  Search this

Olmsted Brothers  Search this

Harvard University  Search this

American Society of Landscape Architects  Search this

Extent:

1 Negatives (photographic) (black-and-white, 3.5 x 6 in.)

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Reproductions

Negatives

Place:

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London, England)

United Kingdom -- England -- London Region -- London

Date:

1906 Jul.

General:

Original was a nitrate negative which has been digitized and the nitrate negative destroyed. A duplicate film negative is at Photographic Services, Smithsonian Institution (OIPPS). Negative Number: 94-7349.

Thomas W. Sears visited Kew on July 26, 1906. Although he may have also visited Kew during his 1908 trip, 1906 has been assigned as the date for all of his images in this series.

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.

Topic:

Conservatories  Search this

Greenhouses  Search this

Topiary work  Search this

Containers  Search this

Gardens -- England -- London  Search this

Genre/Form:

Reproductions

Negatives

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection.

Identifier:

AAG.SRS, Item ENG019058

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Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection

Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection / Series 1: Photographic Images / International / England / ENG019: London -- Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6116423b6-3770-426a-bacf-ea013d2f436e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-srs-ref1554

Author:

Goff, Pamela  Search this

Physical description:

xii, 175 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

1981

Topic:

Botanical gardens  Search this

Call number:

QK79.A1 G612

QK79.A1G612

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_145870

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-04-20T13:59:25.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

See more by:

americanartmuseum

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

americanartmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_D-p96np-Pw4

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-09-20T00:12:04.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

See more by:

americanartmuseum

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

americanartmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_oKDVhZkWcMo

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-03-05T20:22:01.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianVideos

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianVideos

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_ZiG3I5DaPrE

Creator:

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-06-28T21:50:22.000Z

YouTube Category:

Science & Technology  Search this

Topic:

Animal health;Environmental Sciences;Coastal ecology  Search this

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SmithsonianSERC

Data Source:

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianSERC

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_BB0NlYvOOJM

Creator:

Smithsonian Gardens  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2023-05-03T13:15:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Gardens  Search this

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SmithsonianGardens

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianGardens

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_6AZmO86GEE0

Creator:

Smithsonian Gardens  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-02-08T21:21:24.000Z

YouTube Category:

Film & Animation  Search this

Topic:

Gardens  Search this

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SmithsonianGardens

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianGardens

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_Bc4A3o4778M

Creator:

Smithsonian Gardens  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-02-08T21:22:36.000Z

YouTube Category:

Film & Animation  Search this

Topic:

Gardens  Search this

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SmithsonianGardens

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianGardens

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_LStXIUE-eAM

Photographer:

Marchand, Russell E., 1924-1915  Search this

Creator:

Selby, William & Marie  Search this

Payne, Christy & Anne  Search this

Museum Of Botany & Arts  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Florida -- Sarasota

United States of America -- Florida -- Sarasota County -- Sarasota

Date:

02/01/1986

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.

Topic:

Winter  Search this

Tropical plants  Search this

Benches  Search this

Women  Search this

Ocean  Search this

Palms  Search this

Walkways, concrete  Search this

Botanical gardens  Search this

Collection Citation:

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.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item FL070026

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Florida / FL070: Sarasota -- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb64d23798a-4e4d-494c-b74e-40f3fd60cc0d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12411

Creator:

Marchand, Russell E., 1924-1915  Search this

Selby, William & Marie  Search this

Payne, Christy & Anne  Search this

Museum Of Botany & Arts  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Florida -- Sarasota

United States of America -- Florida -- Sarasota County -- Sarasota

Date:

02/01/1986

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.

Topic:

Winter  Search this

Botanical gardens  Search this

Pergolas  Search this

Tables  Search this

Chairs  Search this

Outdoor furniture  Search this

Collection Citation:

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.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item FL070030

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Florida / FL070: Sarasota -- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6b083690e-264a-4bae-8bef-83a2c2aee44c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12412

Creator:

Marchand, Russell E., 1924-1915  Search this

Selby, William & Marie  Search this

Payne, Christy & Anne  Search this

Museum Of Botany & Arts  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Florida -- Sarasota

United States of America -- Florida -- Sarasota County -- Sarasota

Date:

02/01/1986

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.

Topic:

Winter  Search this

Tropical plants  Search this

Botanical gardens  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Collection Citation:

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.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item FL070035

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Florida / FL070: Sarasota -- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6c903b323-4098-484b-8781-59b9bca4e5c0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12413

Creator:

Marchand, Russell E., 1924-1915  Search this

Selby, William & Marie  Search this

Payne, Christy & Anne  Search this

Museum Of Botany & Arts  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Florida -- Sarasota

United States of America -- Florida -- Sarasota County -- Sarasota

Date:

02/01/1986

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.

Topic:

Winter  Search this

Ponds  Search this

Tropical plants  Search this

Decks  Search this

Botanical gardens  Search this

Water lilies  Search this

Collection Citation:

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.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item FL070036

See more items in:

The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Florida / FL070: Sarasota -- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69081259a-5d3b-4a53-827c-9ee938b74bac

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref12414

Photographer:

Fogg, John M. (John Milton), 1898-1982  Search this

Extent:

183 Slides (photographs) (35mm, 0.1 cubic feet, 1 slide box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Slides (35mm transparencies)

Color slides

Photographic slides

Date:

1955-1967

Summary:

Collection consists of 183 35mm photographic slides that Dr. John M. Fogg took of a variety of arboreta, botanic gardens, plant nurseries, and other assorted gardens throughout the United States and Canada between 1955 and 1967.

Scope and Contents:

The collection comprises 183 35mm photographic slides taken by Dr. John M. Fogg between 1955 and 1967 documenting a variety of trips to botanic gardens, arboreta, and plant nurseries in the U.S. and Canada. Photographs also include trips taken by Fogg and other members of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (later the American Public Gardens Association).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries:

Series 1: Garden images Subseries 1: Gardens in the United States Subseries 2: Foreign Gardens

Biographical Note:

Dr. John Milton Fogg Jr. (b.1898 - d.1982), a botanist, was a professor of botany for over sixty years at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the director of the Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania between 1954 and 1967. In 1941 Fogg was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and named Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania in 1944. His career in botany was prolific.

Throughout his career Fogg worked to survey the flora of Pennsylvania. He helped to establish a horticulture school at the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania where he served as its first botany instructor. In 1966, Dr. Fogg was appointed Director of the Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation. Fogg wrote and published dozens of books and articles about botany and plants throughout his career. Fogg died in 1982 at the age of 83.

Related Archival Materials:

Records relating to Dr. Fogg's professional career are located at the following repositories: The John Milton Fogg Papers, 1931-1982 at the Barnes Foundation Archives in Merion, Pennsylvania, and the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania records 1933-2013 at the Morris Arboretum Archives at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pensylvania.

Provenance:

This collection was donated to the Archives of American Gardens by the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in 2017.

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.

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.

Topic:

Public gardens  Search this

Gardens -- Missouri  Search this

Gardens -- Virginia -- Norfolk  Search this

Gardens -- Virginia  Search this

Botanists -- 1950-1980  Search this

Gardens -- Tennessee  Search this

Gardens -- Ohio  Search this

Botanical gardens  Search this

Gardens -- United States  Search this

Gardens -- Massachusetts  Search this

Gardens -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Gardens  Search this

Gardens -- Canada  Search this

Botany  Search this

Gardens -- New Jersey  Search this

Gardens -- New York (State)  Search this

Gardens -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Gardens -- Georgia  Search this

Arboretums  Search this

Gardens -- Minnesota  Search this

Gardens -- North Carolina  Search this

Nurseries (Horticulture)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Slides (35mm transparencies)

Color slides

Photographic slides

Slides (photographs)

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, John M. Fogg Photographic Slides

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.

Identifier:

AAG.FOG

See more items in:

John M. Fogg photographic slides

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6a47ab3dd-3f27-48d1-a721-1d47d504a50e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aag-fog

Former owner:

Pond, Charles  Search this

Provenance:

Meehan, Kathryn  Search this

Landscape architect:

Wirth, Theodore  Search this

Collection Creator:

McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948  Search this

American Rose Society  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Elizabeth Park (Hartford, Connecticut)

United States of America -- Connecticut -- Hartford County -- Hartford

Date:

1904-1941

Scope and Contents note:

The folders include catalog sheets and articles.

General note:

Charles Pond, a wealthy businessman, bequeathed his estate to the City of Hartford in the late 1800s to be used as a horticultural park and named it after his wife, Elizabeth. In 1897, the Elizabeth Park Rose Garden was one of the first municipal rose gardens established in America. The rose garden was designed by Theodore Wirth, a Swiss landscape architect hired by the Olmsted firm, who finished training at London's Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. In 1904, the rose garden was constructed and planted. In 1912, the American Rose Society recognized its splendor and significance and requested that a half acre semi-circle be added and used as this country's first test rose garden. The garden was originally famous for its variety of Hybrid Perpetuals (eight original beds continue to bloom). By the 1960s the park became so neglected and weed filled that the American Rose Society would no longer recognize it as an accredited testing grounds. In 1977, the Friends of Elizabeth Park was formed and they hired a rosarian. A restored garden replanted with new vintage plants was installed. The American Rose Society reinstated Elizabeth Park as a test garden. Today, the garden has 15,000 rose bushes of about 800 varieties--mainly Hybrid Teas, Grandifloras, Floribundas, shrubs, polyanthas, and minis. In 1990, the All-American Rose Selections awarded Elizabeth Park the most outstanding garden award. Other gardens in the park include an annual garden; a perennial garden; an herb garden; a rockery; a Dahlia garden; and a large number of rare and unusual trees and shrubs.

This collection is made up of glass lantern slides, photo prints (color and b&w), glass plate negatives, and postcards. The images include the construction of the garden and early visitors. They also depict the pond and bridge; rose gardens; perennial beds; an aerial view; and expanses of lawn.

Persons and entities associated with the property and garden include: Charles Pond (former owner); City of Hartford and Town of West Hartford (present owners); and Theodore Wirth (park designer and supervisor, 1897).

See others in:

Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].

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.

Topic:

Urban parks  Search this

Gardens -- Connecticut -- Hartford  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.

Identifier:

AAG.MCF, File CT060

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J. Horace McFarland Company collection

J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Connecticut

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb61cba81bd-9b36-4bf1-8fe6-9873b4265953

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-mcf-ref7510

Creator:

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927  Search this

Gray, Asa  Search this

Nuttall, Thomas  Search this

Peck, William Dandridge  Search this

Collection Creator:

McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948  Search this

American Rose Society  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Harvard Botanic Garden (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Middlesex County -- Cambridge

Date:

circa 1900-1920

General note:

Dupree, A. Hunter. Asa Gray 1810-1888. Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press, 1959.

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.

Topic:

Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge  Search this

Botanical gardens  Search this

Garden borders  Search this

Picket fences  Search this

Children  Search this

Girls  Search this

Walkways, gravel  Search this

Summer  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.

Identifier:

AAG.MCF, Item MA054001

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J. Horace McFarland Company collection

J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Massachusetts / MA054: Cambridge -- Harvard Botanic Garden

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb66c0dc079-7787-43c7-a69f-86806127fb0d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-mcf-ref9234

Creator:

Wiegand, Robert, 1934-1993  Search this

Names:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Phoenix Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Brown, Trisha, 1936-  Search this

Browne, Vivian E., 1929-1993  Search this

Chernow, Burt  Search this

Foreman, Laura, 1936-2001  Search this

Horowitz, Leonard  Search this

Larson, Susan  Search this

McLeon, James  Search this

Rose, Alexandra, 1946-  Search this

Schneemann, Carolee, 1939-  Search this

Stockwell, Pamela  Search this

Extent:

10.9 Linear feet

0.001 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Video recordings

Date:

1953-1994

Summary:

The papers of New York video artist and painter Robert Wiegand measure 10.9 linear feet and 0.001 GB and date from 1953 to 1994. Found within the collection are biographical materials, correspondence, art project and exhibition files, printed abd digital materials, video art, photographs, and industrial and miscellaneous video recordings. About one-half of the collection is comprised of video recordings.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York video artist and painter Robert Wiegand measure 10.9 linear feet and 0.001 GB and date from 1953 to 1994. Found within the collection are biographical materials, correspondence, art project and exhibition files, printed and digital materials, video art, photographs, and industrial and miscellaneous video recordings. About one-half of the collection is comprised of video recordings.

Biographical materials include school yearbooks, video and paper documentation from his 1991 wedding, and photograph and video documentation of his funeral and memorial service in 1994. Also found are resumes and Wiegand's SoHo live/work artist permit from 1976.

Correspondence is comprised primarily of letters written by Wiegand, some in digital format, and a handful of letters received. Outgoing letters mainly concern Wiegand's video production work for hire and other personal financial matters. Letters received relate primarily to Wiegand's painting sales, and are from James McLeon, Vivian Browne, Susan Larson, Burt Chernow, and Alexandra Rose. Additional correspondence can be found in the project files.

Project files include documentation of the 1968 inagural "10 Downtown" exhibition, the City Walls mural project, a multimedia art work created through the Experiments in Art and Technology (EAT) project called Changes, the products of the 1978 trip to India, including the video work Snapshots of an Indian Day, the "Madama Butterfly" video production produced by Wiegand, and the artist panel series ArtistsTalkonArt. The files contain a wide variety of documentation, such as correspondence, event flyers and press materials, photographs, slides, and videos.

Printed materials include exhibition and event announcements and catalogs, clippings and reviews, magazine publications, and published books that contain Wiegand's work. There is also one scrapbook compiled by Wiegand for his 5th One Man Show of Paintings at the Phoenix Gallery in New York City.

Video artworks created by Wiegand, often made in collaboration with his wife Ingrid, include Georges, Julie, Moran, Omar is El Uno, Nat, Walking (interstices), Face-Off, and How to tell an artist with Dr. Sheldon Cholst. Photographs include a combination of personal and professional photographs, although most of the materials are slides of artworks and events. Of note are slides from the "Bicentennial Banners" exhibition that Wiegand was invited to participate in and that was on display at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum in 1976.

The last series contains over 4 linear feet of all other video recordings and includes industry productions, independent projects, performance documentation, work samples, and works by others. Notable among these productions are documentation of Pamela Stockwell's reenactment of the Tomkins Square Park riots of 1988 and footage of performers Carolee Schneemann, Trisha Brown, Laura Foreman, and Leonard Horowitz, among others.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as seven series.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1953-1994 (Boxes 1-2, 11; 1.5 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence and Letters, 1962-1990 (Box 2; .3 linear feet, ER01; 0.001 GB)

Series 3: Project Files, 1968-1992 (Boxes 2-3, 11; 1.1 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Materials, 1959-1990 (Boxes 3-4, 11; .7 linear feet)

Series 5: Video Art, 1970-1982 (Boxes 4-5; 1 linear feet)

Series 6: Photographs, 1953-1994 (Boxes 5-6; 1 linear feet)

Series 7: Other Video Recordings, 1968-1992 (Boxes 6-10; 4.7 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Nelson Wiegand (1934-1994) was a painter and video artist who worked and lived in New York City. Robert Wiegand's interest in art extended well beyond the point of creation, and throughout his life he worked not only as painter, but also as a teacher, advocate, and documentarian of the arts in New York City.

Born in Long Island in 1934, Wiegand attended the State University of New York, College of Buffalo and received a degree in arts education. He returned to New York City and became active in the artist community in SoHo. He was one of the co-founders of the SoHo Artists Association, an artists' organization formed to advocate for legalizing artist loft live/work spaces in lower Manhattan in the 1960s.

Wiegand married his first wife Ingrid in 1964, and they collaborated on many creative endeavors. They adopted two children from India, Indira and Pratap (also known as Peter), and separated in 1990. He married painter Lynn Braswell in 1991.

As a painter, Wiegand's work was highly geometric and influenced by the Abstract Expressionist movement. He exhibited paintings in one-man shows in New York City at the Phoenix Gallery and at the Levitan Gallery. In 1968, Wiegand participated in the first "10 Downtown" exhibition, where artists exhibited in their own studios in a move to overcome exclusive gallery representation practices. After painting a few exterior house murals, Wiegand co-founded City Walls, a New York City mural project that was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. Through this project he became responsible for a handful of the murals in lower Manhattan. In 1968, Wiegand collaborated with Lloyed Kreutzer, a Bell Labs physicist specializing in lasers, to create the installation work Changes as part of Experiments In Art and Technology's (EAT) 1968 competition bringing together artists and engineers. It was then shown at Wiegand's studio in 1969. Wiegand was also one of the co-founders of ArtistsTalkOnArt, an artist run non-profit organization that continues to program weekly artist panel discussions in Soho, NY. It was co-founded in 1974 by Wiegand, Lori Antonacci, and Douglas Sheer, with Irving Sandler, Cynthia Navaretta, Bruce Barton and Corinne Robins joining the first board of directors in early 1975.

Wiegand became interested in video in the 1960s after using it as a documentary tool in the successful effort to legalize loft living in lower Manhattan. He then began creating video artworks, many of which were collaborations with his wife Ingrid. They received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1977 to produce a documentary on middle class life in India called Snapshots of an Indian Day. It was shown at The Kitchen and Anthology Film Archives before being acquired by the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY. In 1980, with the help of his students from the Global Village Intensive Video Workshop, Wiegand directed, shot, and edited the Brooklyn Opera Society's production Madama Butterfly at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and Tea House, and the production aired on WNYC-TV 13 as part of its Other Voices: New York series.

From 1971 to 1980, Wiegand ran his own commercial video company, Wiegand Video, where he produced corporate and industry training films. From 1980 to 1987, he worked as a project manager and producer for Square Twelve Productions, continuing to produce commercial work. His clients included the American Society for Mechanical Engineers and International Business Machines.

Wiegand also taught art and video production at the Staten Island Academy from 1961-1971, studio and television production at the New School for Social Research from 1980 to 1984, and field production at the Lehman College City University of NY. He also taught in the New York City C.E.T.A. program in media training and was a visiting media production instructor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Towards the end of his life, Wiegand changed careers and became a social worker. Robert Wiegand died in New York City in 1994, just after his 60th birthday.

Separated Materials:

Twenty sound cassettes of interviews and lectures were removed from the collection and returned to the organization that created them, ArtistsTalkOnArt. A few video cassettes are still found in the collection from that series.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Lynn Braswell, Robert Wiegand's widow, in 1998 and 2000.

Restrictions:

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Rights:

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Occupation:

Video artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Video art  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Video recordings

Citation:

Robert Wiegand papers and video art, 1953-1994. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by by a grant from the Mellon Foundation through the Council of Library and Information Resources' Hidden Collections grant program.

Identifier:

AAA.wiegrobe

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Robert Wiegand papers and video art, 1953-1994

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f44a4d66-1e33-4735-80b1-f77cbdc9fc1f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wiegrobe

Biogeographical Region:

South American Terrestrial  Search this

Collector:

Nils G. Lagerheim  Search this

Place:

Quito Botanical Gardens, Pichincha, Ecuador, South America - Neotropics

Collection Date:

16 May 1892

Taxonomy:

Plantae Chlorophyta Volvocales Volvocaceae

Published Name:

Volvox aureus

Barcode:

00241961

USNM Number:

70922

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Botany

Algae

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31964a0e2-f646-4276-9973-9e9eb3f98be8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2255232

Biogeographical Region:

European Terrestrial  Search this

Collector:

Ferdinand Filarszky  Search this

Place:

Budapest, botanical gardens, Budapest, Capital District of, Hungary, Europe

Collection Date:

-- May ----

Taxonomy:

Plantae Chlorophyta Volvocales Volvocaceae

Published Name:

Gonium pectorale

Barcode:

00234047

USNM Number:

69784

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Botany

Algae

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3edbd5629-c365-47fd-88ca-1ba1b120240d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2262068

Biogeographical Region:

European Terrestrial  Search this

Collector:

V. Schiffner  Search this

Place:

Vienna, Botanical Gardens, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria, Europe

Collection Date:

-- Jun ----

Taxonomy:

Plantae Chlorophyta Ulotrichales Ulotrichaceae

Published Name:

Ulothrix oscillarina

Barcode:

00240248

USNM Number:

54800

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Botany

Algae

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3687c1012-b47e-4d47-917e-355fa94973a2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2279685