Archives of American Art

Brookgreen Gardens, S.C. : acoustiguide tour of the sculpture garden

Summary
Collection ID:
AAA.broogard
Creators:
Brookgreen Gardens
Dates:
1971
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Sound cassette
Sound recording
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An acoustiguide tour of Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina narrated by A. Hyatt Mayor, the nephew of sculptor Anna Hyatt-Huntington, with an introduction by the director at that time, Gurdon Lucius Tarbox, Jr. Mayor discusses sculpture in the collection by numerous sculptors including Anna Hyatt-Huntington, Charles Rumsey, Daniel Chester French, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Excerpts from interviews with Anna Hyatt-Huntington are included in the recording.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Sculpture garden, Murrells Inlet, S.C. Est. 1931 by Archer Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt-Huntington. The garden features the work of American figurative sculptors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as Southeastern flora and fauna.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance unknown.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Untranscribed; use requires an appointment.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Animal sculpture Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture -- 19th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Figure sculpture, American Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture gardens -- South Carolina Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sound recordings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculptors Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tarbox, Gurdon L. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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