Robert M. Fletcher slide collection
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- Creators:
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Fletcher, Robert M., d. 1995
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circa 1979-1995
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0.25 Cubic feet (268 35mm slides., color, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.FLE
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Archives of American Gardens
The Robert M. Fletcher Collection contains 268 35mm color slides documenting Southern California gardens designed by landscape architect Robert M. Fletcher.
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Sedgwick, Mabel Cabot
Lee, James S.
Gardner, John L.
Manning, J. W.
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circa 1900-1907
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1.25 Cubic feet (120 glass plate negatives.)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.SDG
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Archives of American Gardens
The Mabel Cabot Sedgwick Collection consists of approximately 120 glass negatives of images used in Sedgwick's book, The Garden Month by Month, published by the F.A. Stokes Company in New York, 1907. The book, which describes the appearance, color, cultivation and blooming dates for various plants, contains half-tone engravings taken from these photographs of growing plants.
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- Dates:
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1986-2013
bulk 1995-2005
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6.75 Cubic feet (design records; plans and drawings)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MRS
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The Mary Riley Smith Records document the decades-long career of Manhattan-based garden designer, writer, and lecturer Mary Riley Smith. It includes drawings, plans, planting lists, notes, correspondence, invoices, estimates, 35 mm slides, negatives, photographs, digital files on CDs, and other materials relating to many of Smith's garden design projects, dating from 1986-2013.
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- Dates:
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1995-2001
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5.5 Cubic feet (photographic images; files)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.OCK
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Archives of American Gardens
The Starr Ockenga Collection includes materials generated or compiled by Ockenga for the writing of her books, 'Earth on Her Hands: The American Woman in Her Garden' (1998, Clarkson Potter) and 'Eden on Their Minds: American Gardeners with Bold Visions" (2001, Clarkson Potter).' Both books feature several individual chapters, each describing a garden owner and their garden.
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American-Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Co.
- Dates:
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1923-1964
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8 Cubic feet (306 architectural plans and drawings.)
The majority of plans are on tracing paper, though there are also some reprographic prints and drawings on tracing cloth.
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MON
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Archives of American Gardens
The American-Moninger Greenhouse Manufacturing Corporation Collection includes 306 architectural plans and drawings of greenhouses, solariums, conservatories, garages, and other structures designed by American-Moninger for clients throughout the United States dating from 1923 to 1964.
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McComb, A. H., Jr., Capt.
- Dates:
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1956-1966
- Size:
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0.25 Cubic feet (230 color slides, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.MCC
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Archives of American Gardens
The Captain A.H. McComb, Jr. Collection includes approximately 230 35mm slides of public and private gardens and landscapes dating from 1956 to 1966, photographed by Captain A.H. McComb, Jr. at sites in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, New York, United States Virgin Islands, Argentina, Bermuda, Capri, Cuba, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Tobago.
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White, G. Howard, Dr., Jr.
- Dates:
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circa 1890-1920
- Size:
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1.5 cubic feet
149 negatives (photographic) (glass.)
8 photographic prints (black and white.)
46 negatives (photographic) (nitrate.)
- Collection ID:
- AAG.WHI
- Repository:
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Archives of American Gardens
The Dr. G. Howard White, Jr. Collection contains images of family members and residences relating to the White family of Catonsville, Maryland and Middleburg, Virginia and the Liebig family of Catonsville, Maryland, as well as recreational, industrial, and general sites in Virginia, Maryland, and New Jersey. The images, taken by Dr. G. Howard White, Jr. and Dr. Gustav Adolph Liebig, both amateur photographers, document everything from informal family gatherings and outings to domestic servants, workers, factories and railroad lines. The acession file includes some genealogical information and research on properties conducted in 2005.