Alice Recknagel Ireys Papers, 1885-2001
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Alice Recknagel Ireys Papers
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121 boxes, 26 flat file drawers, 16 rolls
Ireys, Alice Recknagel
Biographical History for: Alice Recknagel Ireys Papers
Biographical Note Alice Recknagel Ireys, n.d. Alice Elizabeth Recknagel was born April 24, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, to Harold S. and Rea Estes Recknagel. Her father was an attorney who worked in the insurance industry. Alice and her sister Catherine were the fourth generation to grow up in the house at 45 Willow Street. As so often happens with avid gardeners, Alice had a very early introduction to growing things. In her case it was under the tutelage of her grandfather, Ellery Estes, during summers spent on the family farm in Green Harbor, Massachusetts. Alice helped her grandfather in his vegetable garden and was given a small plot of her own in which to grow flowers. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG), established in 1910, was under development through her youth. Once her interest in plants was awakened, she volunteered at the BBG and ended up doing any job they had. In the process, she got extensive, invaluable, hands-on experience of a kind not usually available to a child in the city. While studying at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, she made a list of "things she could do with plants" and did some research into the field of landscape architecture. A friend suggested she look into the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was a school for women, founded by Harvard professors in 1916, when Harvard did not admit women as graduate students. The School offered an intensive professional training program leading to a masters degree for those who held a B.A. or a Certificate for those who did not. Alice Recknagel earned her certificate in 1935 and went to work for Packer alumna Marjorie Sewell Cautley in New Jersey. She taught gardening at Silver Lake Camp in Hawkeye, New York, in the summer of 1936 and worked at the nursery of W.J. Manning in Duxbury, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1937. In February 1936 Alice began working for the landscape architect Charles Lowrie. Lowrie and his staff of five worked mostly on housing developments and public parks. When the Depression forced Lowrie to let most of the staff go, he kept Alice on. Out of necessity, she learned to do a bit of everything around the office, including typing, filing, cleaning, and errands as well as rendering, "inking," and visiting job sites. It was an experience she later described as "a wonderful way to learn." When Lowrie died suddenly in September 1939, Alice was asked to take over his clients, but only five of them agreed to stay with her. One project she completed was the planting plan for the Red Hook Housing Project in Brooklyn. After Lowrie's death, Alice pieced together a variety of jobs, from giving gardening talks on the radio and writing articles for newspapers to working in collaboration with Cambridge School alumnae Cynthia Wiley and Clara Coffey. With Wiley and Coffey, she designed playgrounds for the New York City Parks Department and landscape plans for housing in New York City, Niagara Falls, New Rochelle, Detroit, and New Jersey. She also did special projects for landscape architects Arthur F. Brinckerhoff and A. Carl Stelling and architects Lorimer Rich (for whom she made a planting plan for the Tomb of the Unknowns) and I. Naftali. In the spring of 1941 and the fall of 1943 she taught a landscape gardening course at Connecticut College. At the wedding of her Cambridge School roommate in 1942, Alice met Henry Tillinghast Ireys III, a Virginia Military Institute graduate who was working for a construction firm in New York City. They married in 1943. After the birth of their first child in 1946, Alice closed the Manhattan office and set up shop at home on Willow Street. A good part of Ireys' time in the following decade was primarily occupied by the Ireys' three children, Catherine, Anne, and Henry. In a 1973 American Society of Landscape Architects survey of its women members, Alice wrote that she "did only enough to keep [her] interest alive" during this period. Once the children were in school, with a lot of assistance from her mother (who lived with them), Ireys resumed a busier work schedule. Though the majority of her work was residential gardens for private citizens, Alice also designed gardens for churches, hospitals, libraries, historical societies, and schools. In the 1950s these included gardens for the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Home for Children, Brooklyn House for Aged Men, the Thoracic Hospital, and several projects at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Among these was the Garden of Fragrance for the Blind (renamed the Alice Recknagel Ireys Fragrance Garden in 2001), the first such garden and the BBG's satellite 12-acre Clark Memorial Garden on Long Island (now the Clark Botanic Garden). From the late 1950s until the early 1980s Ireys regularly taught at the Landscape Design Schools run by the Federated Garden Clubs. These schools educated garden club members in the principles of "good landscape architectural practice" so that they could "serve as guardians and critics of outdoor beauty in the U.S.A." One major aim of the schools was to further the profession by educating potential board and committee members to advocate for professional planning of public outdoor areas. Ireys was a perennially popular speaker at garden club meetings in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, her talk on Planning the Small Garden being the most in demand. Beginning in the 1970s, Ireys also offered multi-session "Landscape Design" and "Advanced Landscape Design" courses to garden clubs and at a variety of adult education venues. Ireys' first book, How to Plan and Plant Your Own Property (1967), was written to address the questions and issues raised most often at her lectures. It was an accessible introduction to the principles of landscape design illustrated with photographs of gardens designed by Ireys and some of her colleagues. The book reached a wide audience, from home gardeners to landscape architecture students, and helped lay the groundwork for much more knowledgeable generations of gardeners to follow. Ireys' list of clients, as well as speaking and teaching engagements, continued to grow in the 1960s. Her husband died in 1963. Ireys' client list grew with her reputation from the 1970s through the 1990s. She was busy with many design projects, primarily for private citizens, all over New York and New Jersey with some in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, and California. These projects ranged in scope from postage-stamp-sized Brooklyn backyards to large rural estates. She also designed gardens for a number of small institutions, churches, historical societies, schools, small museums, etc. Her second book, Small Gardens for City and Country, published in 1978, drew on her long experience working in small city spaces and teaching on the topic. Also in 1978 she was made a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. In 1987 Ireys began an association with the venerable seed company, W. Atlee Burpee & Co, which had been purchased by her clients Carter and Suzanne Bales. Alice designed theme gardens for their seed, plant, and bulb catalogs. Customers who bought these "designed gardens" received a copy of the plan and all seeds, bulbs, or plants needed to reproduce the design. The most popular of these designs were published as part of the Burpee American Gardens series in 1991. In the same year Burpee also published Designs for American Gardens. Similar in format to her earlier works, it used a selection of Ireys' built designs to provide ideas and demonstrate principles for small and large gardens. In 1991 the American Horticultural Society honored her with the Liberty Hyde Bailey Award, the highest honor the Society can bestow on an individual, and in 1992 the Garden Writers' Association of America presented her with its Quill and Trowel Award. In 1994 she received the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Distinguished Service Medal. Though hampered somewhat by infirmities, Alice Ireys continued to work with the aid of a cane, golf carts, and, if need be, photographs, well into the year of her death. She died late in 2000 at age 89. Alice Recknagel Ireys worked during a period of transition in the field of landscape architecture from the large private estates and grand public works projects of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to the smaller scale ventures of the post-World War II world. By concentrating on smaller residential projects she was able to meet her personal needs, combining a career with child-rearing responsibilities, while also bringing the professional's skills to residential design. Ireys successfully inspired in her clients and students "the joys of creating and caring for a garden…among the greatest pleasures in this world." She worked to determine the essence of her clients' and students' desires in order to develop a solution that was both beautiful and practical in the sense that it could realistically be maintained. From her childhood experiences as a plant lover, plants and good horticulture were central to her designs.
Alice Ireys donated the bulk of her papers to the Sophia Smith Collection in 1996. Two additional donations were received from her estate in 2001.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Alice Recknagel Ireys Papers consist of 69.25 linear feet of biographical material, correspondence, financial records, notes, plant lists, sketches, renderings, plans, photographs, drafts and typescripts of writings, and handouts prepared for teaching. The materials are primarily related to her professional life. They date from 1885 to 2001 with the bulk dating from the 1950s until Ireys' death in 2000. The main subject of Ireys' papers is the approximately 800 gardens she designed over her sixty-five year career. The largest series, Series II. CLIENT FILES, contains the bulk of the material about individual gardens. The many sketches in the files reveal how designs evolved over time as her communication with the clients deepened and their desires became better defined and understood. Ireys maintained relationships with clients for many years, sometimes over decades and through several moves to new properties. The files clearly illustrate her dedication to finding a design solution "that is practical and beautiful and fulfills [the clients'] dreams." The files also show her impressive knowledge of plants and careful selection for the site and situation. They also illustrate Ireys' intense desire that after all that careful selection and placement the plants should be well-tended. Many files include detailed instructions for general care and pruning, as well as disease and insect control. Materials about individual gardens can also be found in Series V. PHOTOGRAPHS, which is primarily made up of professional photographs of built gardens designed by Ireys. Series III. FINANCIAL FILES contains account books with billing information for individual clients. And because Ireys used her own built works to illustrate principles in her writings, Series IX. WRITINGS can be consulted for Ireys' own descriptions of her aims on those projects. The arc of Ireys' career follows general twentieth century trends away from large estate gardens and public projects to smaller-scale, simpler projects. Ireys' dedication to beautiful, functional, and reasonable-to-maintain "home grounds" evident in her design work, teaching, and writing, jibe well with the post-World War II emphasis on the home. Materials in Series VII. SPEECHES, Series VIII. TEACHING, and Series IX. WRITINGS provide ample evidence of Ireys' dedication to clear and accessible instruction on the principles of landscape design and the "joys of creating and caring for a garden." In addition, these materials demonstrate the interrelationships between landscape architects and garden club members who were likely to be involved in hiring landscape architects, for their own properties or public work for the towns where they lived and institutions they supported. Series IX. WRITINGS also provides a glimpse of the world of garden book publishing in the latter twentieth century with files of correspondence and notes assessing the garden book market. There is little personal material, mostly in Series I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS. Because Ireys' clients were sometimes her close friends, researchers can get a sense of her personality in correspondence with them in Series II. The Weekly Notes in Series IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, provide a sort of brief outline of the activities of Ireys' day and reveal the interrelated nature of the personal and professional. Correspondence related to travel for design work at a distance from Brooklyn, and for out-of-town speaking and teaching engagements, offers other glimpses into the challenges of combining family obligations with career. Researchers may contact the Sophia Smith Collection for the folder list for Series II. Client Files and portions of the Photographs series which are not included in the online version of the finding aid.
The papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection with the additional restriction that users of the client files must sign a written agreement to keep all names and street addresses of private clients confidential until January 1, 2031. Researchers must sign such an agreement before they are given access to the folder list for Series II. Client Files, and portions of the list for Series V. Photographs. These portions are not included in the online version of the finding aid.
Copyright is owned by Alice Ireys' three children until their deaths or until 2050, whichever comes sooner, at which time copyright will pass to Smith College. Those wishing to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use" must obtain permission. Copyright to materials authored or produced by persons other than Alice Recknagel Ireys may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Related materials are in the Records of the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in the Smith College Archives. Additional photographs of Ireys' gardens are in the Maida Babson Adams American Garden Collection in the Archives of American Gardens at the Smithsonian Institution.
Processed by Maida Goodwin, 2008
Gardens -- Design -- New York (State) -- New York
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Landscape design -- United States -- History -- Sources
Landscape gardening -- United States -- History -- Sources
Women landscape architects -- United States -- Biography -- Sources
Women in the professions -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
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SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS (1885-2001, n.d.)
This series consists of general material about Alice Ireys' life and career, education, family, and homes. Included is the video documentary The Living Landscapes of Alice Recknagel Ireys (1999) and material about its creation. The series is arranged alphabetically. The extensive set of Cambridge School of Domestic and Landscape Architecture class notes offers many details of the training available to women at that important institution
SERIES II. CLIENT FILES (1926-2000, n.d.)
This series consists of materials related to gardens designed by Alice Ireys. It includes correspondence with clients and contractors; information about clients; design sketches and plans; construction drawings and details; contracts and specifications; plant lists, and notes on phone calls, site visits, and meetings with clients. The first section of the list for the series, Client files, is as inclusive a list of client names as possible. It includes the names and addresses of all clients represented in this series. If there is only oversize material related to a particular client, the name is followed by a 'see' reference, directing the researcher to materials for that client in the subseries Client files-oversize boxes or the subseries Client files-flat files. The list also contains "see" and "see also" references for cases where clients may have changed surname due to subsequent marriages, or commissioned, or been involved in the commissioning of, public as well as private gardens: or where properties with Ireys-designed gardens were inherited or purchased by clients with different surnames. The files are arranged in three sections according to the physical size of the material: Client files contains correspondence, lists, clippings, notes, and small drawings-all materials that fit into standard legal size folders; Client files-oversize boxes is primarily mid-sized drawings and sketches with a few miscellaneous larger items; Client files-flat files contains full size drawings, sketches, and landscape plans. Each section is arranged alphabetically by client name with some clients represented in two or in all three sections.
Users of the client files must sign a written agreement to keep all names and street addresses of private clients confidential until January 1, 2031. The folder list for the Client Files is not included in the online version of the finding aid. Researchers may contact the Sophia Smith Collection for a copy.
SERIES III. FINANCIAL FILES (1928-1997, n.d.)
This series consists of tax information, personal and client account books, fee lists, check ledgers, and lists of fees.
Users of the financial files must sign a written agreement to keep all names and street addresses of private clients confidential until January 1, 2031.
SERIES IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (1937-1999, n.d.)
This series consists of various materials reflecting a range of Ireys' professional activities unrelated to specific garden designs. Included are materials on garden consultations, daily activities, exhibitions, garden tours, judging at flower shows, bulb orders, and organizational affiliations. The weekly notes (1971-99) are brief notes on the major tasks of each day with a weekly summary attached. To reduce the overall bulk of the papers, complete sets of these notes were preserved at five year intervals and the rest were discarded. The notes give a sense of how Ireys' days were structured through the year and the way personal and professional matters were interwoven in the day.
SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS (1938-99, n.d.)
This series consists primarily of professional photographs of gardens designed by Ireys. In some cases there are "before" photographs of garden sites taken by Ireys or her clients and some snapshots of the garden-in-progress taken by clients. There are also a few family photographs and some photographs of garden elements and gardens designed by others used for teaching and for illustrating written works. The materials are arranged in three sections by photographic format: prints, slides, and negatives. Within each section, photographs are arranged in groups as follows: Biographical, Client files, Subjects, Writings. Images of gardens designed by Alice Ireys are arranged by client name. Photographs used in teaching are arranged by subject. Photographs used as illustrations in Ireys' books are filed under the client name, if known. When the client name is unknown or the photograph is of a garden designed by someone other than Ireys, the photograph is filed under the title of the book.
Users of the photographs series must sign a written agreement to keep all names and street addresses of private clients confidential until January 1, 2031. Client names are not included in the online contents list for photographs. Researchers may contact the Sophia Smith Collection for a copy.
SERIES VI. PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE (1936-2000, n.d.)
This series consists of professional correspondence not associated with specific garden designs. Included is correspondence with nurseries, contractors, suppliers and photographers. It is arranged alphabetically by subject of the correspondence.
SERIES VII. SPEECHES (1941-91, n.d.)
This series consists of texts, correspondence, notes, publicity materials, and handouts prepared for speeches. The series includes only a few fell texts of speeches, as Ireys was much more likely to speak from outlines or notes. The materials are arranged chronologically. General and undated handouts, arranged by subject, are filed at the end of the series.
SERIES VIII. TEACHING (1940-94, n.d.)
This series consists of correspondence, handouts, notes, outlines, publicity materials, testing materials, and some texts of lectures. The materials are arranged alphabetically by institution.
SERIES IX. WRITINGS (1941-1991, n.d.)
This series is divided into three subseries: Correspondence consists of general correspondence with various publications about potential writing projects; Articles consists of correspondence, and drafts and texts of articles filed alphabetically by title; Books consists of notes, outlines, drafts, publicity material, illustrations, and sales and royalty information related to Ireys' published and proposed books, filed chronologically. Photographs used in the books are located in Series V. PHOTOGRAPHS.
SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Biographical articles, curriculum vitae, and experience record1940-98, n.d.
Newspaper clippings1931-2001, n.d.
Awards
American Horticultural Society, Liberty Hyde Bailey Award (1991)1990-91
Bedford Garden Club, Certificate of Acknowledgment to Non-Members for Horticulture1999
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Distinguished Service Medal (1994), Forsythia DayMar-Jun 1994
Garden Writers Association of America, Quill and Trowel Award1992
New York Congregational Home for the Aged, Spirit of Life Award1997
Book collection1969-78, 1982-93, n.d.
Calendars
Church1939-82, n.d.
Colleagues
General1983-95, n.d.
Coffey, Clara1944, 1985, n.d.
Coffin, Marian1926, n.d.
Cross, James1995
Kennedy, Jamesn.d.
Lowrie, Charles1898-1941, n.d.
Wiley, Cynthian.d.
Correspondence, personal1935-97, n.d.
Education
Packer Collegiate Institute
General1931-66, n.d.
Botany notes and exams1929-32
Yearbook, "The Pelican"1931
Cambridge School of Domestic Architecture and Landscape Architecture
General1931-86, n.d.
Alumnae Association1936-39
Course notes, 1931-35
Architectural Construction 7a
Architectural Construction 7b
Architecture-Landscape 11: Professional Practice
Landscape Construction 7a
Landscape Construction 7b
Landscape Construction 7c
Landscape Construction 8c: Plant Materials
Unidentified
Junior League, Provisionals Course1936
General Design, A.H. Flanders1937
New York Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects, Atelier: problemswinter 1938
"Class with Leo," grading1943
Unidentified notessummer 1937
Family
Children: Anne French, Catherine Recknagel, and Henry Tillinghast IV1958-95(?), n.d.
Husband: Henry Tillinghast Ireys III1934, 1963-79, n.d.
Health1992, n.d.
Houses
45 Willow Street, Brooklyn, NY1888-1994, n.d.
"The Reckage," 802 Morraine St., Marshfield, MA1971-81, n.d.
94 Carswell St., Green Harbor, MA1966-1979, n.d.
Memorabilia1920-95, n.d.
Radio interview: correspondence1997
Silver Lake Camp1936-38
"The Living Landscapes of Alice Recknagel Ireys": video documentary
Draft script and illustrations1996-97
Filming schedules and outlines1996-97
Videotape1999
Volunteer activities1964-72
SERIES II. CLIENT FILES
[Users of the client files must sign a written agreement to keep all names and street addresses of private clients confidential until January 1, 2031. The folder list is not included in the online version of the finding aid. Researchers may contact the Sophia Smith Collection for a copy.]
SERIES III. FINANCIAL
[Users of these financial records must sign a written agreement to keep all names and street addresses of private clients confidential until January 1, 2031]
Cost estimates1940-41, n.d.
Lists of services and fees1938 and n.d.
Invoices and notes1936-50, 1953-56, 1958, 1960-97, n.d.
Daily expense account books1937-41
Account books
Inactive accounts1970s-90s
Check ledgers1942-43
SERIES IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Bulb orders1969-96, n.d.
Consultations
Exhibitions
General1937, 1981, n.d.
BeauxArch '86: The Architectural Exposition of the Hamptons1986
Smith College Museum of Art, "Landscape Architects from the Cambridge School"1984
Garden Tours1939, 1962, 1988-99
Index to subject files (discarded 2003)n.d.
Judging
Garden Club of America, International Flower Show1961, 1966
Long Island Nurseryman's Association, Greater Long Island Home Furnishings and Garden Show1965-67
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, New England Spring Flower Show1988-90
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Spring Flower Show1965, 1968, 1976
Queens Botanic Garden, herb garden plans1969
Sears Civic Beautification Contest1961
Letterhead, business cardsn.d.
Lists
Miscellaneous1983-92, n.d.
Telephone numbers1995-97
Office, 101 Park Ave., Room 412: leases and subleases1939-41
Office notescirca 1996, 1999, n.d.
Organizations
American Society of Landscape Architects
General1924-98, n.d.
Council of Fellows1976-79
New York Chapter1938-94
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
General1941-96, n.d.
Horticultural Master Plan Committee1994-95, n.d.
Planning Committee on the International Flower Show1960
[Women's] Auxiliary1958-82
Brooklyn Brownstone Conference1983-86
Brooklyn Heights Garden Club1962-92, n.d.
Brownstone Revival Committee1972-75
Garden Writers Association of America1964-92, n.d.
Graham Home for Old Ladies Board of Managers1964-73
Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons1989-96, n.d.
Horticultural Society of New York1992-94
W. Atlee Burpee Co., Horticultural Advisory Committee1987-89, n.d.
Weekly notes
Jul-Dec 1980, 1985, Jan-Jun 1990
SERIES V. PHOTOGRAPHS
[Users of the photographs series must sign a written agreement to keep all names and street addresses of private clients confidential until January 1, 2031. Client names are not included in the online contents list for photographs. Researchers may contact the Sophia Smith Collection for a copy.]
Prints
Biographical
General1961-79, n.d.
Alice Recknagel Ireys1962-92, n.d.
Alice Recknagel Ireys at job sites1970, 1992-97, n.d.
Family1981, 1997, n.d.
Client files
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Subjects
Approach/entrancen.d.
Birdsn.d.
Cityn.d.
Containersn.d.
Decksn.d.
Down hill siten.d.
Fences and gatesn.d.
Flower gardensn.d.
Hedgesn.d.
Near the sean.d.
Pathsn.d.
Planting at the housen.d.
Plantsn.d.
Plants and designn.d.
Sculpturesn.d.
Seatsn.d.
Shaden.d.
Stepsn.d.
Swimming poolsn.d.
Terraces/patiosn.d.
Up hill siten.d.
Wallsn.d.
Watern.d.
Contact Sheets
2 1/4 inch format, 1972, n.d.
35 millimeter format, n.d
Writings: general illustrations and gardens designed by others
How to Plan and Plant Your Own Property
Generaln.d.
Coffey, Claran.d.
Coffin, Mariann.d.
Feil, Henryn.d.
Hayes propertyn.d.
Wilson, Helen Van Peltn.d.
Small Gardens for City and Country
Contact sheetsn.d.
Langstaff gardenn.d.
Othmer gardenn.d.
Pearsall gardenn.d.
Rhoden gardenn.d.
Rullman gardenn.d.
Vadheim gardenn.d.
Pages 22-23n.d.
Pages 28 and 190n.d.
Pages 48-49 n.d.
Slides
General1959-80, n.d.
Alice Recknagel Ireys1983-88, n.d.
Approach
Fences and gates
Flower gardens
Gazebos
Paths, steps, and walls
Plants
Pools and water features
Sculptures and features
Seats
Small and city gardens
Terraces
Teaching: Garden City, NY
Writings: "The Garden Life: James B.Cross of Long Island, New York"
Glass slides
Negatives
SERIES VI. PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE
General
Miscellaneous1939-96, n.d.
Anderson, Dorothy May, 1976-81
Kennedy, James1979
Salley, George1997, n.d.
Williams, Galen1988-97, n.d.
Horticulture Magazine1975-89, n.d.
License
New York Statecirca 1942-2000, n.d.
West Virginia State1981-97, n.d.
Nurseries, contractors, and suppliers
General1936, 1951-96
Adolpho Corradi & Son/Corradi Landscape Associates1972-80
Conard-Pyle Co./Star Roses1952-78
Andre Viette Farm and Nursery1988-93
Blackthorne Gardens1976-77
Dutch Gardens1990-95
Environmentals, Inc.1982-93, n.d.
Frankenbach's Deerfield Nursery1972-94
Henry M. Feil1961-80
John Scheepers, Inc.1972-97
Keil Bros., Inc.1976-83, n.d.
Martin Viette Nurseries1951-79, n.d.
Mary Mattison van Schaik Imported Dutch Bulbs1963, 1971-90, n.d.
Nabel's Nurseries, Inc.1974-87, n.d.
Oak Park Nurseries1951-53
Oliver Nurseries, Inc. 1971-83
Zandbergen Bros., Inc.1959-71, n.d.
Photographers
Adams, Molly1967-85, n.d.
Rogers Car Leasing1982-87, n.d.
Smith College1991-98
Use of photographs1955-98
SERIES VII. SPEECHES
General correspondence1952-90, n.d.
Lists of speeches1952-77, n.d.
Speeches (chronological listing)
Radio Garden Club, "The Home Landscape: A Garden Plan"18 Feb 1938
Garden City Garden Club, "Designing the Small Garden"11 Apr 1938
Radio Garden Club, "For City Gardeners"10 May 1940
Radio Garden Club, "Foundation Plantings: Design"29 Jan 1941
Garden City Community Club, "Design of the Small Place"11 Apr 1945
Shelter Island Garden Club, "Design of the Small Place"12 Aug 1945
Westhampton, "The Green Garden"Dec 1948
Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Judging Course, "Things to Consider in Judging the Design of the Small Place"1948
Flower Hill Garden Club, "Design of the Small Property"7 Mar 1949
Little Garden Club, "Design of the Small Property"30 Mar 1949
Irvington (NY) Garden Club, "Forms For Your Outdoor Living Area"19 Apr 1949
Garden Club of America, Horticulture Committee7 Feb 1950
Scarsdale Women's Club Garden Section, "Small Gardens"22 Oct 1952
Ramapo Valley Garden Club, "Outdoor Living Areas"28 Oct 1952
Schenectady Garden Club, "Outdoor Living Areas"18 Nov 1952
Westhampton (NY) Garden Club, "Planning the Small Garden"3 Feb 1953
North Suffolk Garden Club, "Your Planning and Planting Problems"9 Jun 1953
North Suffolk Garden Club, "Berried Shrubs"13 Oct 1953
Hortulus Garden Club, "The Green Garden"17 Oct 1953
Caudatowa Garden Club (Ridgefield, CT), "Planning the Small Garden"circa 1954
Brewster (MA) Garden Club, "Design of the Small Place"9 Mar 1954
Schenectady Junior League Gardeners' Workshop, "Planning the Small Garden"2 Apr 1954
Garden Circle of New Rochelle, "Replanning of the Old Garden or Designing and Planting a New One"6 Apr 1954
Garden Club of the Oranges (NJ), "Garden Paths, Walls, and Terraces"9 Nov 1954
Fairfield (CT) Garden Club, "Planning the Small Garden"1955
Riverside (CT) Garden Club, "Planning the Small Garden"28 Feb 1955
Ceres Garden Club of Rye (NY), "Landscaping Small Gardens and Terraces"12 Oct 1955
Holly Society of America, 20th Annual Meeting, "Planting Holly in Small Garden Design"13 Apr 1956
Manhattan Beach Garden Club, "Shrubs and Flowering Trees for the Small Garden"1 Feb 1957
Poughkeepsie Garden Club, speech and workshop "Planning the Small Garden"28-29 Mar and 1 Apr 1957
Ramapo Valley Garden Club23 Apr 1957
Plainfield (NJ) Garden Club, "Planning the Small Garden"19 Feb 1958
Community Garden Club of Newburgh, "Planning the Small Garden"2 Apr 1958
Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, "Landscape Design Workshop"25 Sep 1958
Bartlett Tree Company Annual Meeting, Sep1959
Henry Hicks Garden Club of the Westburys, "Planning the Small Garden"20 Mar 1961
Nantucket Garden Club, "Planning the Small Garden"13 Sep 1961
Matinecock Garden Club, "Evergreen Gardens"10 Oct 1961
Green Fingers Garden Club, workshop16 Jan 1962
Rye Garden Club, "Pruning"1 Feb 1962
Williamsburg (VA) Garden Symposium, "Planning for Pleasure"20 Mar 1962
Longwood Gardens, "Planting the Small Place"28 Mar 1962
North County Garden Club of Long Island, "Low and Slow Growing Evergreens"9 Apr 1962
Forest Garden Club (MD), "Planning the Small Garden"17 Apr 1962
Garden Club of Lawrence, "Planning a Garden Pool Using Unusual Dwarf Material"7 Aug 1962
Garden Club of Yorktown, "Planning the Small Garden"8 Aug 1962
Short Hills Garden Club16 Jan 1963
Federated Garden Clubs of America, Third District, workshop28 Jan 1963
West Hartford (CT) Garden Club, "Planning the Small Place"13 Mar 1963
Englewood (NJ) Arbor Day Ceremony27 Apr 1963
Lake George Garden Club, "Planning Small Gardens"17 Jul 1963
Westhampton (NY) Garden Club, "Planting a Sea Shore Garden"23 Jul 1963
Sasqua Garden Club, "Planning the Small Garden"17 Sep 1963
Van Rensselaer Garden Club, workshop "General Planning," and "Detail Planning"24 Oct 1963
Staten Island Garden Club, "Planning Small Gardens"22 Jan 1964
Garden Club of Lawrence, "Pruning"4 May 1964
Millbrook (NY) Garden Club16 Jul 1964
Martha's Vineyard Garden Club, "Outdoor Living Areas"28 Jul 1964
Hillside Garden Club, Lynchburg, VA, "The Design of Small Gardens"14 Oct 1964
Rye Garden Club, "Gardening With Containers"1 Dec 1964
Garden Club of Wilmington (DE), "Planning the Small Garden with Broad-Leafed Evergreens"11 Jan 1965
North Country Garden Club, "Planning the Small Garden with Broad-Leafed Evergreens"10 Feb 1965
Essex Garden Club, "Planning the Small Garden"1 Mar 1965
Richmond (NY) Garden Club, "Planning the Home Grounds"8 Apr 1965
Mystic (CT) Garden Club, "Planning with Evergreens for the Small Garden"28 Sep 1965
Garden Club Civic Conference, Washington, DC, "Community Projects: Planning and Planting"27 Oct 1965
Garden Club of Montclair, "Landscape Ideas for Old and New Properties"17 Jan 1966
Stony Brook Garden Club of Princeton, "Plant Identification and Use"17 Jan? 1966
Rolling Hills Garden Club, "Unusual Evergreens to Use in Your Garden"21 Jan 1966
North Country Garden Club of Long Island, "Color Throughout the Year"2 Mar 1966
West Virginia Garden Club Annual Meeting, "Community Projects: Planning and Planting"29 Mar 1966
Three Harbors Garden Club, "Unusual Plant Material for the Small Garden"4 Apr 1966
Matinecock Garden Club12 Apr 1966
Rumson (NJ) Garden Club, "Planning with Evergreens for the Small Garden"19 Apr 1966
New Canaan (CT) Garden Club, "Planning with Evergreens for the Small Garden"10 Aug 1966
Garden Club of Lawrence, "The Ericaceae Family"7 Nov 1966
Garden Club of Lawrence, "Flowering Shrubs and Ground Covers"9 Jan 1967
Garden Club of Danville (VA), "Effective Garden Design"3 Feb 1967
Green Acres Garden Club (Armonk, NY), "Design of Home Grounds"12 Apr 1967
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Women's Auxiliary, "Community Projects--Planning and Planting for: Your City-Your Street-You!"4 May 1967
Garden Club of Shelter Island, "Planting the Small Garden"30 Aug 1967
Scarsdale Audubon Society, "Planting to Attract Birds"8 Feb 1968
Scarsdale Garden Club, "Planning Your Outdoor Living Areas"28 Mar 1968
Martha's Vineyard Garden Club, "Seashore Planning and Planting"9 Jul 1968
Garden Club of America, northeastern zone meeting, "Landscape Planning for Private and Public Areas"2 Oct 1968
South Side Garden Club of Long Island, "Planning Your Home Property"18 Nov 1968
Rusticus Garden Club (Bedford, NY)14 Jan 1969
James River Garden Club (Richmond, VA), "Design of the Home Property"12 Feb 1969
Wilton Garden Club, "Design of the Home Property"10 Mar 1969
Matinecock Garden Club (Long Island), "Bulb Planting for an Evergreen Garden"9 Sep 1969
Garden Club of Irvington (NY), "The Design of Small Gardens"23 Sep 1969
Milton Garden Club, "The Design of Small Gardens"20 Oct 1969
Garden Club of Darien (CT), "Planning the Small Property"21 Oct 1969
Garden Club of Michigan, "Planning Small Gardens"12 Nov 1969
Federated Garden Clubs of New York, 7th District, "Design of the Home Property"8 Apr 1970
Acorn Garden Club (Washington, DC), "The Design of Small Gardens"9 Nov 1970
Rock Spring Garden Club (Arlington, VA)21 Jan 1971
Farmington House and Garden Symposium (Louisville, KY), "Landscape Design Today"3 Feb 1971
Jupiter Island Garden Club (Hobe Sound, FL), "Planning Small Gardens"16 Feb 1971
Garden Club of Morristown (NJ), "The Design of Small Gardens"17 Mar 1971
Garden Club of Madison (CT), "Design of the Home Property"10 Aug 1971
Shippon Point Garden Club, "Design of the Home Property"23 Sep 1971
Brooklyn Heights Garden Club, "Planting for City Gardens and Gardening with Containers"10 Jan 1972
Green Fingers Garden Club (Greenwich, CT), "Landscaping a Small Property"11 Jan 1972
Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, "Design for Easy Maintenance"17 Jan 1972
American Rhododendron Society, "Landscape Planning with Rhododendrons and Azaleas"16 Mar 1972
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Clark Memorial Garden, "Planning a Bulb Garden"16 Aug 1972
Bryant Park Flower Show, "Planning a Small Garden"6 Oct 1972
Hillside Garden Club (Lynchburg, VA), "What's New in Garden Planning"11 Oct 1972
Rake and Hoe Garden Club (Westfield, NJ), "Design of the Home Property"17 Jan 1973
Garden Club of New Haven (CT), "Planning the Small Property"5 Feb 1973
Lake and Valley Garden Club (Cooperstown, NY), "The Design of Small Gardens"5 Sep 1973
Garden City (NY) Community Club, "Landscaping the Small Property"8 Feb 1974
Garden Club of Montclair (NJ), "Designing the Small Property"22 Apr 1974
Scarsdale Sunday Recreation Program, "Planning Your Garden Now for Spring"12 Jan 1975
Mrs. Field's Literary Club16 Jan 1975
Long Island Historical Society, "Gardens Old and New"20 Apr 1975
Rye Garden Club and Little Garden Club of Rye, "Planning a Small Garden"6 Jan 1976
New Canaan (CT) Garden Club, "Planning the Home Grounds with Interesting Plant Material"21 Jan 1976
Staten Island Garden Club, "Planning Small Gardens"24 Mar 1976
Garden Club of Darien (CT), "Planning Small Gardens"18 May 1976
Bridgewater (MA) Garden Club, "Planning a Small Garden"27 Oct 1976
Brooklyn Heights Garden Club, "How to Write a Book on City Gardens"17 Jan 1977
North County Garden Club of Long Island, "A Water Feature in Your Garden"2 Mar 1977
Cohasset (MA) Garden Club, "Renovating a Property"15 Jun 1977
Colony Club series "Ten Reasons to Plant Bulbs"13 Oct 1977; "Ideas for Special Features," 26 Jan 1978; and "Unusual Plants for City and Country Gardens," 9 Mar 1978
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Symposium, "Gardening in Containers"12 Feb 1978
Remsenburg (NY) Garden Club, "Planting a Garden Near the Sea"15 Jun 1978
East Hampton (NY) Garden Club, "Planning a Small Garden with Year Round Interest"5 Dec 1978
Three Harbors Garden Club (NY), "Landscape Ideas for Small Gardens"5 Mar 1979
Garden City Historical Society, "Victorian Gardens"18 Mar 1979
Old Westbury Gardens, "History of Garden Design"15 Jun 1979
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Clark Memorial Garden, 10th Anniversary of Clark Garden29 Sep 1979
Central Connecticut Packer Alumni, "Gardens for Grandparents"22 Oct 1979
Garden City Historical Society, "Evergreens for Gardens Old and New"14 Nov 1979
City Gardens Club (NYC), "Evergreens for City and Country Gardens"26 Nov 1979
Sands Point (NY) Garden Club, "Evergreen Plantings for Terraces and Decks"4 Feb 1980
Matinecock Garden Club, "Landscape Ideas for the Home Grounds"11 Mar 1980
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Alfred T. White Memorial Lecture, "The Joys of Gardening for One and All"5 Oct 1980
Chevy Chase (MD) Garden Club, "Landscape Ideas for Small Gardens"20 Oct 1980
Ireys home, "Planning Your City Garden"13 and 20 Mar 1981
Herb Society of America, New York Unit, "Herb Garden Planning"19 Mar 1981
Garden Club of Michigan, "Planning Small Gardens Today"9 Apr 1981
American Women and Gardens, 1915-45 Conference, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, "Landscape Architecture: A Women's Profession": correspondence, notes, and cassette tape recording16 Oct 1981
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, unititled21 Jan 1982
Rye (NY) Garden Club, "Interesting Plant Material for Landscaping"2 Mar 1982
Garden Club of Shelter Island (NY), "Landscaping with Native Material"22 May 1982
Friends of Rock Hall, "Old Fashioned Gardens"2 Jun 1982
Old Westbury Gardens, "The Evolution of Garden Design"3 Nov 1982
Short Hills (NJ) Garden Club, "New Ideas for Old Gardens"19 Jan 1983
Garden Club of America Horticulture Committee, "Designing with Unusual Plant Material"1 Feb 1984
Millbrook (NY) Garden Club, "Designing with Unusual Plant Material"19 Jul 1984
Nantucket Garden Club, "Landscape Design"22 Aug 1984
Connecticut Valley and Hartford Garden Clubs joint meeting, "Landscaping Small Gardens"13 Nov 1984
Garden Club of Princeton (NJ), "Landscaping Small Gardens"20 Nov 1984
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, "Planning and Designing Brownstone Landscapes"24 Feb 1985
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Clark Memorial Garden, "Concepts of Landscape Design"26 Oct 1985
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Clark Memorial Garden, "Concepts of Landscape Design," 1 Mar; and "A Landscape Course"26 Apr 1985
Garden Club of Montclair (NJ), "New Trends in Landscape Planning"21 Apr 1986
Brownstone Revival Committee, "Plantscaping"18 May 1986
Short Hills (NJ) Home Garden Club, "Planning a New Look for Your Terrace"6 Oct 1986
Clark Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, "Concepts of Landscape Design"1 Nov 1986
Brooklyn Heights Garden Club, "Forcing Bulbs for Indoor Use"12 Nov 1986
Brooklyn Union Gas, "City Gardens"26 Apr 1987
West Virginia symposiumFeb 1988
Brooklyn Hospital Auxiliary, "The Pleasures of a Summer Garden"17 May 1988
W. Atlee Burpee Co.Nov 1988
Rembrandt Club, "The Pleasures of Nature's Art in the Garden"Feb 1989
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, "Gardens for Children: Creating the Design"Feb 1989
Orange and Duchess Garden Club, "Small Gardens-Design and Planting"18 Apr 1989
Mohonk Garden Holiday, "Design and Unusual Plants for Small Gardens"27 Aug 1989
Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons (Long Island), "Design and Planting of a Small Garden"11 Mar 1990
Ridgefield (CT) Garden Club, "Creative Plant Combinations"27 Nov 1990
Four Virginia garden clubs, "Designing and Planting Your Property"16 Jan 1991
Brooklyn Heights Garden Club, "Writing a Garden Book in 1991"9 Feb 1993
Maymont Flower and Garden Show (Richmond, VA), "Design Ideas for Small Properties"19 Feb 1994
Clark Garden of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, panel on landscape design1996
undated
Lecture handouts, general, undated
Advanced Landscape Course
Berried Shrubs
Birds
Bulbs
Children
City Gardens
Color Throughout the Year
Community Projects
Containers
Detail Landscape Design and Construction
Detail Planting Notes
Evergreens
Flower Garden
Flowering Trees
Garden Accessories/Features
Garden Maintenance
General Landscape Design
General Planting/Planting Fundamentals
Landscape Construction
Landscape Course outline
Landscape Fundamentals
Landscaping the Home Grounds
New Trends/What's New?
Outdoor Living Areas
Planning a Garden
Plant Composition
Plant Identification and Use
Planting Design
Principles of Landscape Design
Seashore
Shade, miscellaneous
Site Planning
Small Garden
Unusual/Interesting Plants
Water
Why Properties Should Be Planned
Miscellaneous
Illustrationsn.d.
SERIES VIII. TEACHING
Acorn Garden Club (Washington, DC), Landscape Design Course spr 1971
Spring 1937"Bulbs"
Spring 1940"Planning the Garden"
1945"Landscape Gardening"
1947"Landscape Gardening"
Spring 1948"Planning and Planting the Home Grounds"
Spring 1949"Planning and Planting the Home Grounds"
Spring 1950"Planning and Planting the Home Grounds"
Spring 1951"Landscape Gardening"
Spring 1952"Plan Before You Plant"
Spring 1953
"Flowering Shrubs and Trees"
"Plan Before You Plant"
"How to Lay Out a Suburban Plot"
Feb 1954"Landscaping Your Own Grounds"
1955"Planning and Planting the Home Grounds"
1956"Planning and Planting the Home Grounds"
1957"Home Landscaping"
1958"Home Landscaping"
1959"Landscaping Your Home Grounds"
1960"Landscaping Your Home Grounds"
Feb-Mar 1961"Plan and Plant Your Home Grounds"
1962"Plan and Plant Your Home Grounds"
Mar 1967"Effective Garden Design"
Feb-Mar 1971"Plant and Plant Your Home Grounds"
Feb-Mar 1972"Plan and Plant Your Home Grounds"
Feb 1984"Brownstone Gardens"
"Landscaping a Brownstone Garden"
Mar 1986
Nov 1986
Feb 1987
Apr 1987
Feb 1988
Oct 1988
Feb 1989
Oct-Nov 1989
Feb 1990
Feb-Mar 1991
Feb-Mar 1992
Feb-Mar 1993
Mar 1994
Miscellaneousn.d.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Clark Memorial Garden
Mar-Apr 1972"Plan and Plant Your Home Grounds"
Mar 1988"Landscape Design"
Fall 1989"Landscape Design for the Homeowner"
Connecticut College
Correspondence1945
Landscape Gardening1943-44
Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary, Short Hills, NJ
Jan 1963?"Developing a Garden"
Jan-Feb 1964"Landscape Design"
Fall 1967"Garden Design"
Spr 1970"Gardening in the Shade"
Spr 1983"Landscape Design"
Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs, Flower Show SchoolOct 1964
Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Landscape Design WorkshopSep 1958
Federated Garden Clubs of Maine, Landscape Design Study Course IApr 1976
Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland, Landscape Design School
Course IIMar 1958
Course VMar 1960
Course INov 1965
Course IVNov 1968
Course IApr 1970
Course IIIMar 1972
Course IIIMay 1973
Course IIIApr 1976
Course IApr 1978
Course IIIMar-Apr 1980
n.d.
Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland and National Capital Garden Club League
Landscape Design Study Course IIOct 1961
Landscape Design Study Course IIIApr 1976
Federated Garden Clubs of New York State
Course for Flower Show Exhibitors and JudgesJan 1952
School of Landscape Design
Spr 1957
Course Ifall 1957
Course VApr 1960
Course VIOct 1960
Course IIOct 1970
Course IIIOct 1971
Jan 1972
Course IIISep 1981
Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, School of Landscape Design
Course INov 1961
Course INov 1963
Course IINov 1964
Course IV spr 1969
Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania, School of Landscape Design
Course IINov 1972
Garden Club of America, Educational Symposium, "Planning the Small Garden"19-20 Nov 1952
Garden Club of Cranford (NJ), "Landscape Design"Feb 1972
Garden Club of Lawrence (NY)
Advanced Landscape CourseJan-Feb 1966
Plant IdentificationOct 1966, Nov 1966, Jan 1967
Garden Club of New Jersey, School of Landscape Design
Course IVJan 1960
Course IOct 1960
Course IIOct 1964
Course IIIMar 1965
Course IIIMar 1967
Course IIIOct 1969
Greenwich (CT) Garden Center
"How to Plan and Plant Your Home Grounds" and "Landscape Fundamentals" spr 1974
"Landscape Design" and "Advanced Landscape Course"spr 1973, fall 1974
Hillside Garden Club, Lynchburg, VA, "Landscape Design"
Mar 1973
Fall 1973
Millbrook (NY) Garden Club, Landscape Design Course, ?
Morristown (NJ) Garden Club, Landscape Design CourseFeb 1972
National Council of State Garden Clubs, School of Landscape Design, Course IIIApr 1961, n.d.
New Canaan (CT) Garden Club, Landscape Design Course spr 1970
New York Botanical Garden, Brownstone Gardens1984
North Country Garden Club of Long Island
Landscape Design CourseJan-Feb 1963
Advanced Landscape CourseFeb 1964
Plant Identification and UseJan-Feb 1965
Rusticus Club (Bedford, NY), Landscape Design CourseJan-Feb 1970
Rye (NY) Garden Club, Landscape Design Course
Jan-Feb 1960
Jan-Feb 1962
Scarsdale (NY) Adult School, Landscape Design Course
Fall 1949
Fall 1967
Fall 1968
Stony Brook Garden Club (Princeton, NJ), Plant Identification and UseJan 1966
Three Harbors Garden Club (Long Island, NY)
Landscape Design Course spr 1969
Advanced Landscape Coursespr 1970
Miscellaneous and unidentified notesn.d.
Correspondence
General1953-85, n.d.
Horticulture magazine1965-87
New York Sun1941, n.d.
New York Times1960-66, n.d.
Articles
"The Approach to the Garden," The Brownstonercirca 1975
Azalea Garden,New York Timescirca 1965
"Backyard Garden,"New York Times7 Apr 1946
"Between Two Gardens"circa 1941
"Broadleaved Evergreens for All-Year Effect," HorticultureOct 1968
"Charm Comes to a City Garden," New York Sun22 Feb 1941
"Founts of Color,"New York Times30 Mar 1958
"The Garden Life: James E. Cross of Long Island, New York," Garden Design, winter 1983 12 Correspondence, 1982-84
Drafts, notes, and text1982-83
"Garden Plans with a Purpose," The BrownstonerFeb 1975
"Guide for Novices,"New York Times19 Sep 1954
"A High Garden with a Bay View," New York Sun15 Feb 1941
"A Hillside Garden," Flower and Gardencirca 1976
"How to Use Trees and Shrubs"n.d.
"Junipers are Useful," HorticultureNov 1966
"Juvenile Delinquency in Brooklyn," Brooklyn Eagle13 Feb 1941
"Landscape the Swimming Pool,"New York Times7 Sep 1961
"Landscaping a Small Plot," Long Island Horticultural Society Bulletincirca 1972
"Let's Have a Fruit Garden This Year," HorticultureMay 1975
"Let's Have a Garden This Year"circa 1949
"Litchfield Perennial Garden," New York Sun1 Mar 1941
"Long Island Gardens," PaumanokJun 1973
"Master Planner: A Landscape Architect Sets the Home Scene,"New York Times5 Feb 1961
Multi-stem Trees,New York Timescirca 1966
"Needle-leaved Evergreens for Many Purposes," HorticultureApr 1970
"A New Approach,"New York Times18 Sep 1955
"One-Color Plantings Will Accent a Garden,"New York Times1 Feb 1959
"Perennial Trends: the Northeast,"New York Times10 Jan 1960
"Plan for a Suburban Plot," New York Sun8 Feb 1941
"Planned to Differ,"New York Times20 Mar 1955
"Planning for Fall Garden Color,"New York Times15 Apr 1962
"Planting a Garden Path," New York Suncirca 1941
"Plot-Plan Guides New Home Landscaping,"New York Times5 Apr 1964
"Railroad Ties in the Home Landscape," HorticultureOct 1974
"A Remodeled Garden,"New York Timescirca 1960
"Red Hook Housing Project," Alumnae Bulletin of the Smith College Graduate School of Architecture and Landscape ArchitectureMar 1941
"Shade-Tolerant Plants Suit Problem Sites,"New York Times7 Apr 1957
"Sunken Garden in the City,"New York Times18 Apr 1965
Terrace Ideas,New York Timescirca 1964
"Vines for Town," New York Sun5 Apr 1941
"Wisteria," Flower and GardenApr 1966
"Year-Round Color with Broadleaved Evergreens," HorticultureDec 1973
Books
How to Plan and Plant Your Own Property, 1967
Published volume1967
Clippings1967, n.d.
Contract and royalty statements1965-84
Correspondence1957-85, n.d.
Illustrations
Listsn.d.
Detail plansn.d.
Information re gifts, purchases, and sales1967-82, n.d.
Interview on "The Jewish Home Show"1968
Notesn.d.
Publicityn.d.
Typescriptn.d.
Small Gardens for City and Country: a guide to designing and planting your green spaces, ( Gardens for Brownstone and Brick)1978
Published volume1978
Contract and royalty statements1976-89
Correspondence1973-85, n.d.
Lists and notesn.d.
Outlinesn.d.
Proposals1974, n.d.
Publicity1977-88, n.d.
Sales1979-90, n.d.
Designs for American Gardens (original title: Country Gardens)1991
Published volume1991
Correspondence, drafts, and notes1989-92, n.d.
General1991, n.d.
Detail plans, Chapters 1-14
Outlines1989, n.d.
Publication party at Brooklyn Botanic Garden24 Nov 1991
Garden Designs (Burpee American Gardening Series) (original title: Designed Gardens) 1991
Correspondence and notes1988-90, n.d.
Publicity and clippings1991-92
Typescript
Book proposals
"Hudson River Valley Gardens"1974
"Gardens for Grandparents"1978-80, n.d.
Correspondence, notes, and drafts
Illustrations by Helen Miller
OVERSIZE MATERIALS (BOXES)
I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
Liberty Hyde Bailey Medal1991 ASLA Fellow medal, 1978; Spirit of Life glass award, 1997
Certificates and miscellaneous1961-99, n.d.
Cambridge School: miscellaneous sketches1934, n.d.
Houses: 94 Carswell St., Green Harbor, MA, plan of land1958
II. CLIENT FILES
Miscellaneous unidentified drawingsn.d.
V. PHOTOGRAPHS
Blum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brown (Short Hills)
Curry, Donovan (William), Eristoff, Garden City
Ireys, Jackson, Love, Paley
Poor, Stim, Sturgis, Sulzberger
Timpson, Ward, Waters
Carlton Gardens
Heyes
VIII. TEACHING
Demonstration drawings and sketches, miscellaneousn.d.
IX. WRITINGS
How To Plan and Plant Your Own Property: detail plans
Designs for American Gardens
OVERSIZE MATERIALS (FLAT FILE)
Thesis drawings
Originals-extremely fragile
Copies
Student sketches
Demonstration sketches and drawings
OVERSIZE MATERIALS (ROLLED DRAWINGS)
IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Consultations: Brooklyn Parks Department, proposed tree planting plann.d.