United States of America -- New York -- Otsego County -- Otsego -- Cooperstown
Scope and Contents:
The folders include worksheets and other information.
The folders include worksheets and other information.
General:
This site was originally the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sampson Smith, but after a 1942 divorce belonged solely to Mrs. Smith (Dorothy Stokes Bostwick Smith married Joseph Campbell in 1950 and is known by her final married name, Dorothy Stokes Bostwick Campbell). The patio was designed by the firm of Wodell & Cottrell, which was based in the Short Hills, New Jersey, area. The Smiths were also the owners of a garden in Short Hills documented in the Archives of American Gardens, NJ471.
Persons and firms associated with the garden include: Dorothy Stokes Bostwick [Smith] Campbell (former owner, 1930s); W. T. Sampson Smith (former owner, 1930s); and Wodell & Cottrell (landscape architects, 1930s).
This site was originally the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sampson Smith, but after a 1942 divorce belonged solely to Mrs. Smith (Dorothy Stokes Bostwick Smith married Joseph Campbell in 1950 and is known by her final married name, Dorothy Stokes Bostwick Campbell). The patio was designed by the firm of Wodell & Cottrell, which was based in the Short Hills, New Jersey, area. The Smiths were also the owners of a garden in Short Hills documented in the Archives of American Gardens, NJ471.
Persons and firms associated with the garden include: Dorothy Stokes Bostwick [Smith] Campbell (former owner, 1930s); W. T. Sampson Smith (former owner, 1930s); and Wodell & Cottrell (landscape architects, 1930s).
Related Materials:
Campbell Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (3 glass lantern slides, 1 35 mm. slide)
Campbell Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (3 glass lantern slides, 1 35 mm. slide)
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:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Somerset County -- Peapack-Gladstone -- Gladstone
Scope and Contents:
The folders include worksheets, correspondence, and other information.
General:
Lois W. Poinier designed this garden at the home she moved to in 1992 following the sale of Vixen's Lair (NJ162) and it remained in her possession until its sale in 2005. Since there was no prior garden on the site she developed all of the landscaping elements "from scratch." Features include a green garden with pool, a wild walk with Glenn Dale azaleas, a meadow incorporated into the back lawn, and a perennial garden.
Persons associated with the garden include Lois W. Poinier (landscape architect and former owner, 1992-2005).
Related Materials:
Poinier Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (4 35 mm. slides; 29 photonegatives; 27 photoprints)
See others in:
Maida Babson Adams American Garden Collection, ca. 1960-1994.
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:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
New Jersey -- Short Hills
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- Millburn -- Short Hills
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Historic plate number: '31.'
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Morris County -- Morristown
Date:
1965-1976
Scope and Contents:
The folders include worksheets and other information.
General:
This was the home of the late William Y. and Thelma Tipson Dear. In 1965 landscape architect Lois W. Poinier undertook an extensive design and installation project for the property, which is well-documented with both "before" and "after" images in the series. Poinier's plan featured an extensive herb and vegetable garden, complete with garden house, at the rear of the house, while the front of the property was highlighted by a tri-part brick walk with millstone insert. Molly Adams also photographed the property a number of years after the landscaping installation. Her images depict many aspects of the garden, including brick walkways, trellises, standards, and the overall form of the design. More contemporary images of the property (2022) found on the Internet show the garden to be dominated by shrubs and a few ornamental trees rather than the herbs and other garden plantings of former times.
Persons associated with the garden include: Lois W. Poinier (garden designer, ca. 1965) and William Y. and Thelma Tipson Dear (former owners).
Related Materials:
Dear Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (20 slides (photographs); 20 safety film negatives; 1 photographic print)
See others in:
Maida Babson Adams American Garden Collection, ca. 1960-1994.
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:
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In 1931, sisters Helen Page Wodell and Lois Cottrell founded Wodell & Cottrell Garden Consultants. Their firm designed private gardens in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey; an institutional garden at Fort Dix in New Jersey; and the landscaping for Halloran General Hospital in New York. When they retired in 1950, they passed the business on to Wodell's daughter, Lois Poinier. She designed private landscapes in New Jersey and lectured about historic gardens. Poinier's daughter, Helen Page Sanders, became a landscape architect in Palo Alto, California.
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:
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Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Lois W. Poinier slide collection.
1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Lantern slides
Place:
Niederhurst (Palisades, New York)
United States of America -- New York -- Rockland County -- Orangetown -- Palisades
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
"Photograph by Mattie Edwards Hewitt; Tulips and Clematis Montana Rubens; Courtesy of Home and Garden" on slide.
Collection Restrictions:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- Short Hills
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets.
General:
The garden, designed by Lois W. Poinier in the 1960s, was shaped and divided into planting beds by railroad ties and gravel paths. There was a small boxwood garden in the center and a variety of perennials in the surrounding beds. The house, built in 1939-1940, had a small, brick-walled terrace at the back with steps leading down to the garden. The yard was ringed by forsythia and also included a rose garden and a mature boxwood garden. When the property was purchased in 2005, the perennials, boxwoods, and roses were gone and the forsythia had become overgrown.
The entire property was redesigned in 2007 by Jan Saltiel of Edgewater Designs in Millburn, New Jersey. A large wrap-around terrace at the back of the house is ringed in boxwood. The driveway and fence were both moved, and the remnants of the fence were made into part of the terrace and landscaped path.
Persons associated with the garden include: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. McKay (former owners, 1939- ), Mrs. Joseph E. Cox (former owner, -1999), Joseph E. Cox, III and Oden Cox Catullo (former owners, 1999-2005), Lois W. Poinier (garden designer, 1960s), and Jan Saltiel (landscape architect, 2007).
Related Materials:
Cox Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (13 35mm slides (photographs))
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:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- Millburn -- Short Hills
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes work sheets and other information.
General:
This garden was designed by Lois W. Poinier in 1972 and was located on Joanna Way near North Pond in Short Hills. Images document the site before, during, and after landscaping, including slides taken five years after installation. A highlight of the project was construction of a terrace to take advantage of water views from the property. The terrace was complemented by a rose border and flowering trees and shrubs, and provided a comfortable setting for outdoor living. The front of the house was also landscaped with azaleas, swarf boxwood, ilex, and other shrubs to replace existing overgrown plantings. The Marquardts, former owners who commissioned the design, left the property in the 1980s.
Persons associated with the garden include: Lois W. Poinier (landscape architect, 1972) and the Marquardt family (former owners).
Related Materials:
Marquardt Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (14 35 mm. slides)
Collection Restrictions:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- Millburn -- Short Hills
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes a worksheet.
General:
This garden site was, before 1942, the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sampson Smith. The walled brick patio was designed by the firm of Wodell & Cottrell, which was based in the Short Hills area. Dorothy Stokes Bostwick [Smith] Campbell was also the owner of a garden in Cooperstown, New York, documented in the Archives of American Gardens, NY144.
Persons and firms associated with the garden include: Dorothy Stokes Bostwick [Smith] Campbell (former owner, 1930s); W. T. Sampson Smith (former owner, 1930s); and Wodell & Cottrell (landscape architects, 1930s).
Related Materials:
Smith Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (8 glass lantern slides)
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:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Union -- Summit
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, maps and other information.
Varying Form:
The Clearing, formerly known as.
General:
During the Revolutionary era, the area was part of a farm. An estate, once known as The Clearing, was created on the site in 1889 by John Hornor Wisner. He built the present Colonial revival residence, which now serves as the administrative and educational center for the Arboretum. Mr. Wisner plotted the original gardens and Mrs. Wisner planted the first daffodils. Each April the daffodil display, enlarged from earlier times, is a major Arboretum attraction. In 1916, the new owners, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reeves, hired a New York landscape architect to develop an overall design for the property. Mrs. Reeves was also a member of the Summit Garden Club. The Reeves family increased the daffodil plantings and, around 1925, started the rose garden. The Charles L. Reed family became the last private owners in the 1960s, adding the herb garden and creating the woodland trails.
The property became a public institution, the Reeves-Reed Arboretum, in 1974, when Summit citizens acted to protect the 12.5 acres of woodlands, glacial contours and dells, rolling lawns, and inspired gardens from encroaching development.
Persons associated with the garden include John and Isabelle Wisner (former owners, 1888-1918); Richard E. Reeves and Susie Graham Reeves (former owners, 1918-1968); Charles L. Reeves, Jr. and Ann Reeves Reed (former owners, 1968-1974); Calvert Vaux (landscape architect); Ellen Shipman (landscape architect); Carl F. Pilat (landscape architect, 1925); Babb, Cook & Willard (New York City, architect); Wodell & Cottrell (garden designers).
Related Materials:
Reeves-Reed Arboretum related holdings consist of 5 folders (9 lantern slides, 2 4x5 negatives, 1 8x10 photographic prints, 2 35 mm slides (duplicates))
See others in:
Garden Club of America collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].
Maida Babson Adams American Garden collection, circa 1957-1994.
Eleanor Weller collection, circa 1981-2006.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Union -- Summit
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, maps and other information.
General:
Located at 50 Bedford Road, and owned by Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Truslow, the house was designed by Arthur Ware, and gardens by Brinley and Halbrook of New York City. Mrs. Truslow was also a founding member of the Summit Garden Club in 1916. The large corner lot was recently subdivided and two houses built, resulting in the portico and side porch being removed from the original house. The lives of three generations of Truslow women, including Mrs. Truslow, were portrayed by her granddaughter, the late Jane Davison, in her book, "Fall of a Doll's House," recently revised as "To Make a House a Home." Additional photographs are in the Summit Garden Club Collection.
Persons associated with the garden include Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Truslow (former owners, circa 1910s-1920s); Arthur Ware (architect); Brinley and Halbrook (landscape architects).
Related Materials:
Truslow Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (3 lantern slides)
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:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Union -- Summit
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, maps and other information.
General:
This property was once owned by Helen Page Wodell, who also most likely designed the garden with her sister, Lois Page Cottrell. Together they were known as the garden design team of Wodell and Cottrell.
Persons associated with the garden include Helen Page Wodell (former owner, 1910s-1940s?, and landscape architect); Lois Page Cottrell (landscape architect); Wodell and Cottrell (garden designers).
Related Materials:
Wodell Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (4 lantern slides, 2 photographic prints)
See others in:
Lois W. Poinier slide collection, circa 1920-1999.
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:
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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.
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Union -- Summit
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets, maps and other information.
General:
This property was once owned by Helen Page Wodell, who also most likely designed the garden with her sister, Lois Page Cottrell. Together they were known as the garden design team of Wodell and Cottrell.
Persons associated with the garden include Helen Page Wodell (former owner, 1910s-1940s?, and landscape architect); Lois Page Cottrell (landscape architect); Wodell and Cottrell (garden designers).
Related Materials:
Wodell Garden related holdings consist of 2 folders (4 lantern slides, 2 photographic prints)
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:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
New York (State) -- Millbrook
United States of America -- New York -- Dutchess County -- Millbrook
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Historic plate number: '13.'
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:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
New York (State) -- Millbrook
United States of America -- New York -- Dutchess County -- Millbrook
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Nellie B. Allen (wife of Jerome Allen) laid out topiary patterns in the yew garden.
Historic plate number: '14.'
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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1 Photograph (glass lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
New Jersey -- Short Hills
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- Millburn -- Short Hills
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Mount reads: Edward Van Altena.
Historic plate number: "30."
No garden remaining.
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:
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1 Photograph (glass lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
New Jersey -- Short Hills
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex County -- Millburn -- Short Hills
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Mount reads: Edward Van Altena.
Historic plate number: "28."
No garden remaining.
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:
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Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park (West Orange, New Jersey)
United States of America -- New Jersey -- Essex -- West Orange
Scope and Contents:
The folder includes worksheets and historical information.
General:
The residence originally was a horse stable built circa 1880 and the gardens now include an enclosed courtyard, designed in the 1960s during the conversion of the residence, and kitchen, vegetable and shade gardens, on about two acres, with another two acre lot kept as a mowed meadow for horseback riding and jumping. The original courtyard garden contained specimen trees including a Sir Harry Lauder walking stick and two white birches, no longer existing. Ornamental features include brick and ironwork gates with a sandstone carving of a horse's head, the original horses' water trough converted into a fountain, and brick walls. Trees planted by another previous owner that are still growing include star magnolias along a split rail fence and a giant sequoia and dawn redwood that have grown to impressive heights. The current owners are growing vegetables in raised beds, containers, and hay bales. Their kitchen garden has perennials, shrubs, a peach tree, berries and herbs; both areas are fenced to keep out deer. The shade garden between the house and meadow has been augmented with more ferns, mountain laurel, viburnum and a wisteria arch, and bluestone and brick walkways. In the courtyard garden the drainage has been redone and new trees and shrubs planted, including hawthorn, kousa dogwood, redbud, elms, maples, Norway spruce, and fruit trees.
The large estate mansion was built in the late nineteenth century by a member of the Guinness family, John Burke, who emigrated from Ireland to market Guinness stout in the United State. The mansion was demolished, and the property was divided among family members of the next owners, with the stables eventually given to a granddaughter as a wedding present. In addition to the house there are two studios for photography and ceramics, a garage and woodworking shop enclosing the courtyard. Llewellyn Park was one of the first planned suburbs in the United States, noted for naturalized plantings and specimen collections of trees.
Persons associated with the garden include John Burke (former owner, circa 1880s-1892); Mr. and Mrs. William Scheerer (former owners); John Babcock and Mary Scheerer Babcock (former owners, circa 1955-1968); Charles and Margaret S. Robbins (former owners, 1967-1999); Lois Poinier (garden designer, 1950s-1960s); Mark K. Morrison and Melissa IX (landscape architects, 2000); and Claudia Thornton (landscape architect, 2008).
Related Materials:
Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park related holdings consist of 2 folders (12 35mm slides (photographs); 18 digital images, 4 digital prints)
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:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
Wodell Farm (Millbrook, New York)
United States of America -- New York -- Dutchess County -- Millbrook
Date:
1920
General:
Historic plate number: '90.'
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:
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1 Photograph (glass lantern slide, black-and-white, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
United States of America -- Connecticut -- New Haven County -- New Haven
Farnam Garden (New Haven, Connecticut)
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Historic plate number: "94."
Design for proposed terrace treatment by Wodell and Cottrell of Short Hills, N.J.
In 1931, sisters Helen Page Wodell & Lois Cotrell founded Wodell & Cotrell Garden Consultants. They designed gardens for numerous private clients in Connecticut, New York,and New Jersey as well as larger commissions like Fort Dix in New Jersey and Halloran General Hospital in New York.
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:
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