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National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2015-09-08T20:12:16.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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National Museum of the American Indian

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National Museum of American History  Search this

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YouTube Videos

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2014-06-17T00:27:04.000Z

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Education  Search this

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American History  Search this

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National Museum of American History

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Creator:

Human Studies Film Archives  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2018-12-27T21:16:13.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

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Human Studies Film Archives

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HSFAFilmClips

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Creator:

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum  Search this

Type:

Blog posts

Smithsonian staff publications

Blog posts

Published Date:

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 16:30:47 +0000

Topic:

Design  Search this

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Data Source:

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

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edanmdm:posts_416f1992aa54e35f8bcbc222ea99b494

Creator:

National Museum of American History  Search this

Type:

Blog posts

Smithsonian staff publications

Conversations and talks

Blog posts

Published Date:

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:23:44 +0000

Topic:

American History  Search this

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Blog Feed

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:posts_564bdcebc663caed5adf389ff9f59a73

Landscape architect:

Steele, Fletcher, 1885-1971  Search this

Former owner:

Stoddard, Robert, 1906-1984  Search this

Stoddard, Helen, 1904-1998  Search this

Horticulturist:

Wheat, Isabel  Search this

Gardener:

Mattus, Matt  Search this

Documentation:

Karski, Robert, 2016  Search this

Provenance:

Worcester Garden Club  Search this

Collection Creator:

Favretti, Rudy J., 1932-1923  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Steele-Stoddard-McDonough Garden (Worcester, Massachusetts).

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Worcester -- Worcester

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets, photocopies of articles, and other information.

General:

Beginning work in 1949 the gardens on this five acre property were a collaboration between landscape architect Fletcher Steele (1855-1971) and owner Helen Stoddard, and most of Steele's design and plantings were maintained for the next 50 years. The site slopes down behind the house and has outcroppings of rock. Steele envisioned a descending cornucopia shape inspired by the illusion of the downward spiral he had observed in Titian's painting "Bacchus and Ariadne", and had the shape he wanted carved into the earth by bulldozers. Descending levels of lawn, flower beds, and a pond were bordered by a ribbon of bluestone planted with tufts of blue fescue. Dry stone walls planted with maiden hair ferns were built from a porous fossilized rock dug out of a dried-up lake bed in Castalia, Ohio. Two sets of steps, one from the bluestone terrace behind the house and another below a bank of roses were covered with moss. White birches were planted to draw the eye to perennial borders, and spires of arborvitae were another focal point. The Art Deco style of the garden brought together the exotic and native by blending into surrounding woodlands that had plantings of juniper, mountain laurel, azaleas, dogwood, hemlock, birch, and elm.

The current owners resolved to preserve Steele's innovative design and vision as much as possible while changing some deteriorating hardscape and plants. The dry Castalia stone wall and moss-covered steps were no longer safe and had to be replaced when the house was renovated. Bluestone was used to rebuild the terrace behind the house and for steps set on fieldstone risers, and a new low wall was built from cinder blocks with stone facing. A walkway of fieldstone set in the lawn recalled an original path. The blue fescue grass was dying off, possibly due to soggy feet, and is being replaced by Japanese hakone grass which is mostly yellow. The arborvitae had grown too tall and were out of scale, many were knocked over by a storm, and some are being replanted. However many of the perennials in the borders and beds, the white birches and the rose and azalea banks are still growing.

Persons associated with the garden include: Robert and Helen Stoddard (former owners, 1941-1999); Fletcher Steele (1885-1971) (landscape architect, 1946-1949); Matt Mattus (gardener, 1975-1980); Isabel Wheat (horticulturist, 1999- ); Robert Karski (documentation, 2016).

Related Materials:

Steele-Stoddard-McDonough Garden related holdings consist of 7 folders (119 35mm slides; 4 transparencies; 9 digital images)

See others in:

Garden Club of America Collection, ca. 1920-[ongoing].

Eleanor Weller collection, circa 1978-2006.

Ken Druse garden photography collection, 1978-2005.

Corliss Knapp Engle slide collection, 1969-2001.

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 -- Worcester  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Rudy J. Favretti CollectionPapers.

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.

Identifier:

AAG.FAV, File MA244

See more items in:

Rudy J. Favretti collection

Rudy J. Favretti collection / Series 4: Visited Gardens / 4.2: Garden Images / Massachusetts

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6d4a1f341-6af9-4756-b98d-8b8109e8adea

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-fav-ref4

Photographer:

Favretti, Rudy J., 1932-1923  Search this

Collection Creator:

Favretti, Rudy J., 1932-1923  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Steele-Stoddard-McDonough Garden (Worcester, Massachusetts).

United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Worcester -- Worcester

Date:

1984 May.

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 -- Worcester  Search this

Birch  Search this

Azaleas  Search this

Garden borders  Search this

Terraces (land forms)  Search this

Edging plants  Search this

Tulips  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Rudy J. Favretti CollectionPapers.

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.

Identifier:

AAG.FAV, Item MA244_FAV012

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Rudy J. Favretti collection

Rudy J. Favretti collection / Series 4: Visited Gardens / 4.2: Garden Images / Massachusetts / MA244: Worcester -- Steele-Stoddard-McDonough Garden

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb64c616e4a-106f-4e47-9490-95554cfb1f3a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-fav-ref7

Owner:

Gladwin, Harold S.  Search this

Gladwin, Winnifred J.  Search this

Series Photographer:

Pratt, Adelaide Moors, d. 2004  Search this

Extent:

4 Slides (photographs)

Container:

Box 3

Type:

Archival materials

Slides

Slides (photographs)

Place:

United States of America -- California -- Santa Barbara County -- Santa Barbara

The Green Hill (Santa Barbara, California)

Date:

1952

General:

Includes images of a house, a bird-of-paradise flower, a terrace, potted plants, and courtyard with a reflecting pool.

Series 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.

Series 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 -- California -- Santa Barbara  Search this

Series Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection, Adelaide Pratt garden photography slides

Identifier:

AAG.GCA.PRT, File CA603

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Adelaide Pratt garden photography slides

Adelaide Pratt garden photography slides / Gardens / California

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb652e69d16-203e-4292-b78a-cfbf9c265800

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-prt-ref39

Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 18.1 x 16 cm (7 1/8 x 6 5/16 in)

Type:

Print

Origin:

United States

Date:

1893

Topic:

garden  Search this

United States  Search this

American Art  Search this

city  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1894.12

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3dd89b7cd-4a37-4e3e-9725-6307017f1a80

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1894.12

Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 9.8 x 21.1 cm (3 7/8 x 8 5/16 in)

Type:

Print

Origin:

United States

Date:

1894

Topic:

child  Search this

woman  Search this

garden  Search this

United States  Search this

American Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1906.171

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35855cffc-f511-4402-ae6d-4cded3e3962e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1906.171

Creator:

Smithsonian Gardens  Search this

Type:

Lectures

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-10-13T04:00:13.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Gardens  Search this

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianGardens

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_i72lWwlc6a0

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-11-20T20:31:30.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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cooperhewitt

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_hnyXJGuX0a0

Collector:

Wm. W. Gibson  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Pinned

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Cd. Obregon, Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico

Collection Date:

2 Mar 1960

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae

Published Name:

Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) varipuncta Patton

Barcode:

USNMENT01613121

USNM Number:

USNMENT01613121

See more items in:

Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/353a1984c-0f34-4bac-8380-b6ccadaa5cfa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_15910983

Collector:

Mrs. H. G. Dyar  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Pinned

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Terrace, North Coast, British Columbia, Canada

Collection Date:

4 Aug 1919

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by digital volunteers

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae

Published Name:

Bombus (Pyrobombus) mixtus Cresson, 1878

Barcode:

USNMENT01035160

USNM Number:

USNMENT01035160

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3de1a94ff-b131-41af-b8ba-ece24fb9b21e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_11353150

Collector:

Mrs. H. G. Dyar  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Pinned

Sex:

female

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Terrace, North Coast, British Columbia, Canada

Collection Date:

4 Aug 1919

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by digital volunteers

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae

Published Name:

Bombus (Bombus) occidentalis Greene

Barcode:

USNMENT00741394

USNM Number:

USNMENT00741394

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Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30f28afaf-8340-4c19-b00d-6a46904837ff

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_11358161

Collector:

Mrs. H. G. Dyar  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Pinned

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Terrace, [Not Stated], British Columbia, Canada

Collection Date:

13 Aug 1919

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by digital volunteers

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae

Published Name:

Bombus (Bombus) occidentalis Greene

Barcode:

USNMENT00741126

USNM Number:

USNMENT00741126

See more items in:

Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3675238a1-d639-4e22-98eb-ed2e2324fe34

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_11358643

Collector:

H. G. Dyer  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Pinned

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Terrace, [Not Stated], British Columbia, Canada

Collection Date:

13 Aug 1919

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by digital volunteers

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae

Published Name:

Bombus (Pyrobombus) vagans vagans Smith

Barcode:

USNMENT01030263

USNM Number:

USNMENT01030263

See more items in:

Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a8237b28-6043-4a9c-a142-904e3a0a05d9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_11372178

Collector:

H. G. Dyer  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Pinned

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Terrace, [Not Stated], British Columbia, Canada

Collection Date:

13 Aug 1919

Crowdsourcing:

Transcribed by digital volunteers

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae

Published Name:

Bombus (Pyrobombus) vagans vagans Smith

Barcode:

USNMENT01030932

USNM Number:

USNMENT01030932

See more items in:

Specimen Inventory

Data Source:

NMNH - Entomology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/352ef4e86-bd14-4955-babb-c29bdceb5a13

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhentomology_11373579

Collector:

Peter G. Gates  Search this

Dr. Walter Hough  Search this

Donor Name:

Peter G. Gates  Search this

Site Name:

Kokopnyama  Search this

Culture:

Ancient Pueblo  Search this

Object Type:

Bowl

Place:

Navajo County, Arizona, United States, North America

Accession Date:

3 Oct 1901

Collection Date:

1901

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

038480

USNM Number:

A212952-0

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37b0b1d79-0ed1-4ae0-891c-7b98c7304cc9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8049693

Collector:

Peter G. Gates  Search this

Dr. Walter Hough  Search this

Donor Name:

Peter G. Gates  Search this

Site Name:

Kokopnyama  Search this

Culture:

Ancient Pueblo  Search this

Object Type:

Bowl

Place:

Navajo County, Arizona, United States, North America

Accession Date:

3 Oct 1901

Collection Date:

1901

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

038480

USNM Number:

A212953-0

See more items in:

Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36491a46a-cdc1-4f98-a877-0a93b9ca9de7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8049694