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Sanctuary in Song: Mennonite Harmonies, Together

Creator:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Interviews
Blog posts
Published Date:
Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:49:39 GMT
Topic:
Cultural property  Search this
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Festival Blog
Data Source:
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_843e18b1938576bfe0fe56b27daa4737

Beverly -- Tea House Garden, Moraine Farm

Provenance:
North Shore Garden Club of Massachusetts  Search this
Former owner:
Phillips, John Charles  Search this
Phillips, Anna Tucker  Search this
The Trustees of Reservations  Search this
Owner:
Project Adventure  Search this
Landscape architect:
Olmsted Brothers  Search this
Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959  Search this
Kirkwood, Grace  Search this
Wirth, Thomas  Search this
Gibson, Laura  Search this
Photographer:
Gibson, Lolly  Search this
Mason:
Watson, John H.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Essex -- Beverly
Scope and Contents:
This file contains 2 folders, 2 35mm slides (1987), 11 digital images and 3 photographic prints (2020).
General:
The Tea House Garden is a small sunken flower garden that occupies 1/4 acre on the 175 acre Moraine Farm. The tea house itself is an octagonal shape with fluted columns and a shingled dome on top of a fieldstone grotto. It features a vast lawn that extends south from the house and terrace, as well as a circular pool. The east and west walls of the lawn are constructed of trees, shrubs, and dragon tooth. The property overlooks a panoramic view of Wenham Lake from a terrace that spans the length of the house.
Frederick Law Olmsted was involved in the development of the property between 1879 and 1880 when John C. Phillips acquired several small farms to renovate, including this one. Olmsted worked with the architectural firm Peabody and Stearns to determine the position of the house, as well as its visual and physical connection with the naturalistic landscape adjacent to the house and along the road. Though the first owner desired a vibrant flower garden, Olmsted discouraged his client from clashing the brilliance of a colorful garden with the native shrubs and trees. He ultimately decided to place the flower garden within the rock-bound framework of the residential landscape, and out of sight of the house. John W. Watson of Lawrence Watson and Son built a stone wall and terrace on the property in 1880.
The original owner continued to take interest in the Tea House Garden after her husband's death in 1885. In 1907, she commissioned Beatrix Jones [Farrand] to design a water garden. While Jones' original plans depicted a horseshoe shaped pond amongst perennials, photographs taken that year prove that the water garden created did not reflect Jones' plan. The idea for a shrubbery bed was replaced by a circular lily pond and fountain. After the original owner's death in 1925, her children sold the property to George and Katherine Batchelder Jr. In 1928, the new owners removed the grape arbor, kept the circular pond, and designed a new trap rock path system that reflected the horseshoe shape of the dragon tooth wall. In 2017, the Moraine Farm Landscape Committee asked member Lolly Gibson to simplify the garden to reduce maintenance requirements and make upkeep more sustainable. Her alterations are reflected in the current documentation of the garden, such as the added mulched maintenance paths in the large beds.
Inside the dragon tooth wall are azaleas, andromeda, laurel, white rose of Sharon, Summersweet and Lilacs that form a backdrop for summer blooming Astilbe, Fairy Candles, Hosta, Lysimachus, Sedum, Thalictrum, Thermopsis, and Turk's Cap Lily. European Ginger, Lady Ferns, Maidenhair Ferns, and Trillium lie beneath the shrubs. Roses, lilacs, sweetspire, and anemones frame the grotto of the teahouse. The circular pond is surrounded by roses, catmint, and peonies, and behind it are germander edged perennial beds. One can see azaleas through the tea house windows. Moss continues to cover the stone used as the tea house foundation as it did in Olmsted's day.
Persons associated with the garden include: John Charles and Anna Tucker Phillips (former owners, 1878 – 1885, 1885 – 1925); John Charles Phillips Sr., and William Phillips (former owners, 1925 – 1928); George Lewis Batchelder Jr., and Katherine Tiffany Abbot Batchelder (former owners, 1928 – 1977); George Lewis Batchelder III and Wilhelmina VanLier Batchelder (former owners, 1977 – 1999); Batchelder Trust (former owner, 1991 - present); Project Adventure (74 acres including garden area); (owner, 1999 to present); The Trustees of Reservations (37 acres) (owners, 2010 – present); Frederick Law Olmsted/ Olmsted Bros. (landscape architects, 1879 – 1884/ 1948 – 1968); Beatrix Jones {Farrand} (landscape architect, 1907); Grace Kirkwood (landscape architect, 1960); Thomas Wirth (landscape architect, 1986); Laura Gibson (landscape architect, 2017).
Related Materials:
Related materials include Tea House Garden Ledgers, correspondence, plans: The Trustees of Reservations, Archives and Research Center, Sharon, Massachusetts; Plans: Fairsted, Brookline, Massachusetts, National Park Service; Correspondence: Library of Congress; Frederick Law Olmsted, Designing the American Landscape, Charles E. Beveridge and Paul Rocheleu, Rizzoli; The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, Vol. III, page 203.
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 -- Beverly  Search this
Tea House Garden, Moraine Farm (Beverly, Massachusetts)  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File MA169
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb612039030-a3fc-458e-aa41-f6cf49a0b8cf
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33239

Excavation of Samarra (Iraq): Sketches of Marble Fragments with Horseshoe Patterns as well as Various Individual Inscriptions

Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Names:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Collection Creator:
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948  Search this
Extent:
9 Sketches (various small dimensions.)
Type:
Archival materials
Sketches
Notes
Place:
Asia
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sāmarrāʼ (Iraq)
Iraq -- Salah ad-Din -- Samarra
Date:
1911-1913
Scope and Contents:
Additional information for the fragments reads, "IN-966: [Dār al-Khilāfa, Throne Hall (Bayt al-Khalīfah, Thronsaal)]; IN-984; Marble, Viollet finds (Marmor Viollet)."
Arrangement:
- Drawings, sketches, notes and prints are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
- S-31 is organized into 32 subdivisions which include one or several items of original materials.
Local Numbers:
S-31

FSA A.06 07.31.18
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Herzfeld's publication, "Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin, 1948," and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
- Series title in Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "Records of Samarra Expeditions."
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Topic:
Art of the Islamic World  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Inscriptions  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notes
Collection Citation:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Identifier:
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.06 07.31.18
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions / S-31: "Samarra, Geschichtliches"
Archival Repository:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc361627644-b52f-4bcf-8e45-41c9062789f9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-fsa-a-06-ref24680

[Appalachian Trail hike diary]

Author:
Shaffer, Earl V., 1918-2002  Search this
Collection Author:
Shaffer, Earl V., 1918-2002  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (4.7" x 6.7".)
Container:
Box 6, Folder 10
Box 39
Type:
Archival materials
Diaries
Place:
Appalachian Trail
Date:
1965
Scope and Contents:
1965 trail diary written by Shaffer on hike of the Appalachian Trail.
Arrangement:
In Box 39.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Use reference copies of diaries.
Collection Rights:
Copyrights to all donated materials, both printed and photographic, are retained exclusively by the Earl Shaffer Foundation.
Topic:
Hiking  Search this
Trails  Search this
Genre/Form:
Diaries -- 20th century
Collection Citation:
Earl Shaffer Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Earl Shaffer Papers
Earl Shaffer Papers / Series 2: Materials Related to Hiking / 2.1: Trail Notes Diaries and General Information
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep886cc77df-8725-4e2a-a14c-9acc0146a547
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0828-ref104
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Baby horseshoe crabs eating brine shrimp!

Creator:
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2014-09-20T13:23:34.000Z
YouTube Category:
Science & Technology  Search this
Topic:
Natural History;Marine biology  Search this
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SmithsonianSMS
Data Source:
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianSMS
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_WiaN2pmMHAs

How Cold War Espionage Paved the Way for the Cloud

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2015-11-20T05:00:00.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
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smithsonianchannel
Data Source:
Smithsonian Channel
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianchannel
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edanmdm:yt_o3k4LGifvGU

Ancient Egyptian Building Methods Inspired this Grand Canyon Bridge | Host Jay Ellis

Creator:
Smithsonian Channel  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2022-11-21T17:00:45.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
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smithsonianchannel
Data Source:
Smithsonian Channel
YouTube Channel:
smithsonianchannel
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_pnp2SlikQ_Y

The Shorebirds of Delaware Bay

Creator:
Smithsonian Magazine  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2010-02-23T20:25:41.000Z
YouTube Category:
Pets & Animals  Search this
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SmithsonianMagazine
Data Source:
Smithsonian Magazine
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianMagazine
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_GfGCFOz0tJk

Metal fragments

Collector:
Mr. Albert Redder  Search this
Donor Name:
Texas Archeological Society  Search this
Object Type:
Metal
Place:
Knox County, Texas, United States, North America
Accession Date:
17 Jul 2023
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
2055811
USNM Number:
A626498-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/344fb8d84-ffcb-4610-a2ee-491849d51d47
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_17051917

Horseshoe fragments

Collector:
Mr. Albert Redder  Search this
Donor Name:
Texas Archeological Society  Search this
Object Type:
Horseshoe
Place:
Bosque County, Texas, United States, North America
Accession Date:
17 Jul 2023
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
2055811
USNM Number:
A626660-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37da09f89-94bb-407e-bc42-57a80481777c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_17052233

Horseshoe nails

Collector:
Mr. Albert Redder  Search this
Donor Name:
Texas Archeological Society  Search this
Object Type:
Nail
Place:
Bosque County, Texas, United States, North America
Accession Date:
17 Jul 2023
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
2055811
USNM Number:
A626652-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df92cbcd-4874-47f6-93f1-a77122ce1682
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_17052237

Horseshoes

Collector:
Mr. Albert Redder  Search this
Donor Name:
Texas Archeological Society  Search this
Object Type:
Horseshoe
Place:
McLennan County, Texas, United States, North America
Accession Date:
17 Jul 2023
Collection Date:
1981
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
2055811
USNM Number:
A627310-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36871c69d-f605-48e8-ab94-bd6b2ecfe0b3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_17053019

Horseshoe nail

Collector:
Mr. Albert Redder  Search this
Donor Name:
Texas Archeological Society  Search this
Object Type:
Nail
Place:
Knox County, Texas, United States, North America
Accession Date:
17 Jul 2023
Topic:
Archaeology  Search this
Accession Number:
2055811
USNM Number:
A626459-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ddc90a34-a371-4666-88ce-389c7d4974e3
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_17053021

Spatangoida

Collector:
Robert F. Bolland  Search this
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Pacific Ocean  Search this
Depth (m):
70.1 - 70.1
Preparation:
Dry
Place:
1 km WNW of Onna Village (Horseshoe Cliffs), Okinawa, Japan, Asia, North Pacific Ocean
Collection Date:
6 Jun 1981
USNM Number:
1698677
See more items in:
Invertebrate Zoology
Echinodermata
Data Source:
NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/315742388-9dde-4289-9b2d-ce93b4139338
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_17048475

Koeleria spicata (L.) Barberá et al.

Biogeographical Region:
71 - Western Canada  Search this
Collector:
Paul M. Peterson  Search this
J. M. Saarela  Search this
Stephen F. Smith  Search this
Min. Elevation:
1254  Search this
Place:
Jasper National Park, Horseshoe Lake trail, just below lake. Vegetation of Pinus contorta, Shepherdia canadensis, Picea, and Populus, Alberta, Canada, North America
Collection Date:
5 Jul 2004
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Pooideae
Published Name:
Koeleria spicata (L.) Barberá et al.
Trisetum spicatum (L.) K. Richt. var. spicatum
Barcode:
00931727
USNM Number:
3514256
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d03181cf-942c-4415-90d5-fd329be634b9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10365647

Bromus rubens L.

Biogeographical Region:
76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
A. Lewis  Search this
Min. Elevation:
152  Search this
Place:
County Riverside. Forest Cleveland (CAL) (near the). Sec. 3, T. 3 S., R. 6 W., 2½ mi. s. of Horseshoe/Lake., Riverside, California, United States, North America
Collection Date:
Mar 1934
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Pooideae
Published Name:
Bromus rubens L.
Barcode:
00781926
USNM Number:
2436935
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fe601788-f5ab-4fa9-a7d4-dfc467dfe33b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15959599

Minuartia californica (A. Gray) Mattf.

Biogeographical Region:
76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
L. P. Janeway  Search this
B. Castro  Search this
Min. Elevation:
255  Search this
Place:
Butte County. T22N, R2E. SW¼ of NW¼ of sec. 9. Richardson Springs quad. Cascade Range Foothills. Upper Bidwell Park, Chico, about 1.6 km northeast of Horseshoe Lake, along the northern boundary fence; top of ridge between Big Chico Creek and Sycamore Creek 100 m west of, Butte, California, United States, North America
Collection Date:
12 Mar 2000
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Caryophyllaceae
Published Name:
Minuartia californica (A. Gray) Mattf.
Barcode:
03615724
USNM Number:
3391907
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dc567707-87bd-41e7-b377-23bcc350df21
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15124923

Micranthes nelsoniana var. insularis (Hultén) Gornall & H. Ohba

Biogeographical Region:
70 - Subarctic America  Search this
Collector:
H. T. Shacklette  Search this
Min. Elevation:
46  Search this
Place:
On slate of creek bank near Horseshoe Bay, Latouche Island, Prince William Sound., Alaska, United States, North America
Collection Date:
27 Jul 1957
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Saxifragales Saxifragaceae Heucheroideae
Published Name:
Micranthes nelsoniana var. insularis (Hultén) Gornall & H. Ohba
Saxifraga nelsoniana subsp. pacifica (Hultén) Hultén
Barcode:
03780000
USNM Number:
2387578
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b0e0bbcc-6736-481a-a8f5-5d1b669e3910
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15257744

Drepanocladus uncinatus (Hedw.) Warnst.

Biogeographical Region:
76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
J. R. Shevock  Search this
Min. Elevation:
2835  Search this
Place:
Southern Sierra Nevada, Inyo National Forest. Inyo County, CA. Above Horseshoe Meadows road (16S02) at Little Cottonwood Creek, edge of Golden Trout Wilderness. R36E, T17S, section 7., Inyo, California, United States, North America
Collection Date:
6 Sep 1998
Taxonomy:
Plantae Bryophyta Bryopsida Hypnales Amblystegiaceae
Published Name:
Drepanocladus uncinatus (Hedw.) Warnst.
Barcode:
04642798
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Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34315b189-8473-41b1-8fde-ff31f7de24e2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16525907

Caloplaca coralloides (Tuck.) Hulting

Biogeographical Region:
76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Shirley Cotter Tucker  Search this
Place:
Just north of University of California Marine Biological Station; Horseshoe Cove, Bodega Bay, Sonoma County., Sonoma, California, United States, North America
Collection Date:
17 Jul 1966
Taxonomy:
Fungi Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Teloschistales Teloschistaceae
Published Name:
Caloplaca coralloides (Tuck.) Hulting
Barcode:
04397053
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Botany
Bryophytes and Lichens
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38fc9c2e4-54de-4d87-86ac-b7c80d839b2f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16629592

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