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Fairfield Museum and History Center Library

370 Beach Road

Fairfield, CT 06824

Manuscript Finding Aid

Title: Landscape Architecture Collection

Collection #: Ms B51

Dates: 1883-1995

Size of Collection: 7 linear ft (4 boxes, 4 flat file drawers)

Accession Number: L87 June 14, L87 Aug 20, L88 Apr 43, L92 Feb 27, L95 May

9, L95 June 11

Donor: various donors; the bulk was donated by Dona E. Caldwell

Restrictions: None

Processed by: Dona E Caldwell and Barbara Austen

Date: May 1995

Biographical/ historical note:

See preface and introduction for original conception of the collection. It has since been

expanded to include all known landscape commissions for which the Society has

drawings.

Scope and content note:

The collection consists primarily of landscape drawings, elevations and sketches of

gardens in the Fairfield area designed by landscape architects. The drawings are

supplemented by photographs, biographical information, articles about the architects, and

research correspondence of the compiler, Dona E. Caldwell. The collection is arranged in

three parts: landscape architects, nursery firms, and other historic gardens. Landscape

architects are arranged alphabetically. Biographical and collection information, including

locations of other collections, are organized in Series A for each architect or nursery.

Commissions are generally arranged chronologically, with the exception of Susan

Weeks’ work, in which they are organized alphabetically, first by private residence and

then be commercial job. Nursery firms and other important gardens for which no

architect is known, are also arranged alphabetically. Oversized drawings are stored

separately in flat file drawers and in box 4. See container list for exact locations.

PREFACE

The measure of change in the form and fabric of life in the town of Fairfield, and the

nearby villages of Southport and Greens Farms, Connecticut, may be observed through

the documentation of notable gardens during the past 100 years, 1883-1983. The

landscape architecture collection at the Fairfield Historical Society provides physical

evidence of residential gardens, their locations, their owners, and the date of design and

execution, through plans, photographs, or correspondence concerning most of the notable

gardens in the area.

The designers of these residential gardens, whether landscape engineers, nurserymen,

gardeners, or landscape architects, became members of the American Society of

Landscape Architects, founded in 1899. The early designers worked in firms located in

New York or Boston as the art of landscape gardening known to Thomas Jefferson grew

into a flourishing profession at the beginning of the 20th century. Many clients were the

owners of profitable financial undertakings in the city. They created the demand for

country retreats along Long Island Sound, where outdoor pleasures, refreshment and

relaxation could be enjoyed away from the bustle, noise and stress of the city. Reaching

these rural estates, with their shade trees, shimmering water and green verdure, became a

practical reality as railroad lines and the automobile facilitated travel time to the bucolic

farms which were purchased in this region as summer estates. The local agricultural

scenery was replaced with suburban expansion between World War I and II. Greater

urban development spread throughout the area with the increase in population. As the

beginning of a new century approached, garden designs on a proportionately smaller

scale continued to fill the need for the enjoyment of aesthetic beauty.

Dona E. Caldwell, member

American Society of Landscape Architects

GUIDE TO THE MASTER LIST OF GARDEN DESIGN PROJECTS

1883-1983

The following list contains all of the known landscape design projects, numbering

134, cataloged in this landscape archive, beginning in 1883 when Frederick Sturges

requested the Olmsted firm “to visit a newly purchased site” on Round Hill Road, Town

of Fairfield. This early correspondence did not progress beyond the point of a preliminary

inquiry. Subsequently, this property was purchased by Walter B. Lashar who

commissioned Arthur A. Shurcliff to design the grounds for his estate, “Round Hill.”

The stone residence and handsome gardens were purchased in 1942 by the Jesuit Order

and the “newly purchased site” of 1883 became known as Bellarmine Hall on the campus

of Fairfield University.

The projects which were commissioned to three Fairfield resident landscape architects

are abundant in proportion to projects given to those 15 other members of the American

Society of Landscape Architects; among these three, Alice Orme Smith and Agnes

Selkirk Clark were to be honored as Fellows of the profession.

INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE LIST

The list has eight columns of information:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Owner Address Town Landscape

Architect

Date Plans Photos Correspondence

1. Name or owner of project. So far as possible this list gives names of individuals only

for projects involving the design of grounds with the exception of the Greenfield Hill

Schoolhouse and the Thaddeus Burr homestead.

2. Location by address. If street numbers have been redesignated, the former are indicated

in parentheses, such as 47 (1) Sturges Highway.

3. Location by town of Fairfield, Greens Farms, or Southport.

4. Identification of landscape architect. Includes biographical sketch and some

photographic portraits.

5. Time span of work on project taken from the date of plans prepared for the owner.

6. Y/N indicates yes or no for one or more plans executed for the owner by the landscape

architect or firm. Drawings are described by specific title, sheet measurements, and

medium, that is ink or pencil on vellum or tissue, blueline or blackline print, or

photocopy of plan.

7. Y/N indicates whether or not there is pictorial documentation of the projects using

photographs, slides, photocopies; or glass slides for Maitlands, now part of Fairfield

University and formerly the estate of Oliver Gould Jennings.

8. Y/N indicates whether or not there is additional information about the project, the

owners, or the landscape architects through correspondence, published articles, oral

documentation, memorabilia (published catalog, awarded medals), or letters of

verification for archival documentation.

This master list is a cross-index to the project information in the Fairfield

Historical Society’s Landscape Architecture Archives. Folders are arranged

alphabetically by landscape architect. Biographical and collection information is followed

by commissions arranged either alphabetically by owner of the property, or

chronologically by date of the drawings. Oversize drawings are stored in flat files or in an

oversize flat document box.

Ms B51

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHIVE

CONTAINER LIST

Part 1. Landscape Architects

Breed, Vera Poggi (1890-1967)

*Clark, Agnes Selkirk (1898-1983)

Coffin, Marian Cruger (1876-1957)

Farrand, Beatrix (182-1959)

Innocenti & Webel (1895-1968)

Jones, Helen Swift (1889-1982)

Kellaway, Herbert J (1868-1982)

Leavitt, Charles Welford (1871-1928)

Olmsted Brothers & Assoc. (1906-1970)

Ortloff & Raymore (1896-1967; 1895-1984)

Payson, Louise (1894-1977)

Ray, Eloise A (1905-1995)

Shipman, Ellen (1896-1950)

Shurcliff, Arthur A (1870-1957)

*Smith, Alice Orme (1889-1981)

Tibbitts, Armand R (1891-1987)

*Weeks, Susan Hubbell (1909-1991)

* denotes Fairfield resident

Box 1, folder 1-2, O/s folder I

Box 1, folder 3-8, O/s folder II

Box 1, folder 9

Box 1, folder 10, O/s folder III

Box 1, folder 11, O/s folder IV

Box 1, folder 12

Box 1, folder 13

Box 1, folder 14, O/s folder V

Box 1, folder 15-19, O/s folder VI

Box 2, folder 1-2, O/s folder VII

Box 2, folder 3-4

Box 2, folder 5-6, O/s folder VIII; Box 4

Box 2, folder 7-8, O/s folder IX

Box 2, folder 9-10, O/s folder X

Box 2, folder 11-20; Box 3, folder 1-4, O/s

folder XI-XIV

Box 3, folder 5; Box 4, O/s folder XV, Plastic

Tube

Box 3, folder 6, O/s folder XVI-XXII

Ms B51

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ARCHIVE

Part 2. Nursery Firms

Cronamere Alpine Nurseries

(see also DeBevoise in Part 3)

Waldley & Smyth, landscape contractors and

nursery

Wakeman Gardens

(see also medal awarded to Sarah Wakeman

Wood, in museum collection)

Part 3. Other Historic Gardens

George Brett Estate

Thaddeus Burr Homestead

Mrs. Charles DeBevoise

(see also medal designed in her honor,

museum 1987.53)

Miss Annie B Jennings Estate

O. G. Jennings Estate

Dr. Damuel Osgood’s “Waldstein”

Jonathan Sturges’ “The Cottage”

Alden H Vose’s “Daybreak”

General articles on Fairfield gardens

Box 3, folder 7

Box 3, folder 9-10

See Ms 30, folder M

Box 3, folder 11

Box 3, folder 12

Box 3, folder 13

Box 3, folder 14

Box 3, folder 15

Box 3, folder 16

Box 3, folder 17

Box 3, folder 18

Box 3, folder 19

Ms B51

VERA POGGI BREED

(1890-1967)

BOX 1

Series A. Biographical and collection information

Folder 1. Biography, collection summary, photographs of Vera

Breed and her parents

Correspondence of Dona E. Caldwell, 1988-1993

Folder 2 Copies of landscape drawings

Newspaper and magazine articles, 1938, 1964-67, 1984

Copy of Vera Poggi’s birth certificate, 1890

Series B. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin McFarland Hines, 546 Old

Academy Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1949-1980

Folder 2. Photographs of herb garden

Oversize folder I. Landscape drawings

Herb Garden, 1949, 17” x 11”, photocopies, 4 negative, 3 positive

see also “Genesis of the Herb Garden” folders 1 and 2

Topographic survey, 1952, 18” x 18”, sepia, by Andrew S.

Huntington, civil engineer (#67-47.4)

SEE ALSO Herb Garden, 1965, 15” x 10” ink rendering by Eloise

A. Ray, R.L.A.

Rose Garden, 1980, by Barbara Maslen, not executed

Series C. Garden of Mr. Chester La Roche, 44 Morehouse Lane, Southport,

Conn., 1936-37


Bird’s eye sketch, no date, 10” x 16”, original

Sketch of wall fountain, no date, 8” x 10”, original

Sketch plan for property, April 3, 1936, 15” x 23”, original

“ “ “ “ April 6, 1936, 15” x 28”, original

“ “ “ “ April 22, 1936, 24” x 45”, original

“ “ “ “ May 5, 1936, 24” x 45”, original

“ “ “ “ October 12, 1936, 25” x 23”, original

Planting plan for flower garden, April 9, 1937, 19” x 13”, original

Ms B51

VERA POGGI BREED

(1890-1967)

BOX 1 (cont.)

Series D. Garden of Mrs. Richard Perry, 20 Old South Road (892 Harbor Road),

Southport, Conn., 1935


Plan for annual garden, May 29, 1935, 16” x 27”, original

Sketch (rough) of slope and flower border, no date, 8” x 6”, original

Sketch plan, June 1935, 24” x 34”, original

Series E. Garden of Mrs. Raymond C. Rose, 794 Sasco Hill Road, Southport,

Conn., 1927


Sketch plan, August 19, 1927, 45” x 22”, original

Presentation rendering, no date, 16” x 15”, original

Plan of drainage, August 31, 1937, 25” x 34”, blueprint

Site plan, no date, 34” x 25”, blueprint

Series F. Garden of Mr. Frank Shaw, 80 Mill Hill Terrace, Southport, Conn., n. d.


Topographic survey, 48” x 29”, by Andrew S. Huntington,

surveyor, blueprint

Series G. Garden of Mrs. Howard Williams, 80 Hoyden Hill Road, Fairfield,

Conn., 1932


Sketch plan for flower garden, June 1932, 15” x 17”, original, blueprint

Sketch plan for flower garden, June 1932, 15” x 18”, original

Planting plan for flower garden, July 1932, 14” x 19”, original,

blueprint (2)

NOTE: Vera Breed’s garden notebook is in possession of Mrs. James Weir (Marjorie,

her step-daughter) of Woodbridge, Conn..

The Wilton Library Association, Inc., 137 Old Ridgefield Road, Wilton, CT 06897, has

additional information. A Vera Breed Memorial Fund was established in her memory by

the Wilton Garden Club. She was president 1932-34 and 1945-48.

Ms B51

AGNES SELKIRK CLARK (Mrs. Charles Cameron)

(1898-1983)

BOX 1 (cont.)


Folder 3 Biography, collection summary, photograph, summary of

clients, resume

Correspondence of Dona Caldwell, 1987-1993

Series B. Garden of Mr. John Field, Sr., 1514 Hillside Road, Fairfield, Conn., n.d.

Folder 5 Photographs

Oversize folder II. Landscape drawings

Planting plan for sprint garden, n.d., 20” x 30”, blackline

Construction plan of spring garden, n.d., 22” x 33”, blackline

Series C. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stetson, 795 Hull’s Farm Road,

Southport, Conn., n.d.


Oversize folder II. Landscape drawings

Planting plan, n.d., 29” x 38”

Series D. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Weidlich, 702 Sasco Hill Road,

Fairfield, Conn., 1930

Oversize folder II. Landscape drawing

Construction and grading plan,1930, 44” x 36”

Series E. Photographs (and photocopies) of gardens

Folder 4 John Taylor Arms, 745 Old Academy Road, Fairfield,

Conn. (by Kenneth Clark, New Rochelle, NY)

Mrs. Philip M. Brett, Khakum Wood, Greenwich, Conn.

(by George H. Van Anda, New York, NY)

Mrs. C. Sanford Bull, “Endsleigh,” 470 South Street,

Middlebury, Conn. (by George H. Van Anda, New York,

NY)

Mr. and Mrs. C. Cameron Clark, 533 Merwin’s Lane,

Fairfield, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. John R. DeWitt, 1488 Brookside Drive,

Fairfield, Conn.

Ms B51

AGNES SELKIRK CLARK (Mrs. Charles Cameron)

(1898-1983)

BOX 1 (cont.)

Series E. (cont.)

Folder 5 Mrs. Spencer Goodwin, Hartford, Conn. (see article with

photograph in folder 8)

Mrs. Willis Hall, 219 Chestnut Hill Road, Litchfield, Conn.

(by C. Cameron Clark)

Mrs. William C. Harmon, 489 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield,

Conn. (by unknown photographer)

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Keator, 1099 Round Hill Road,

Fairfield, Conn. (possible commission)

Dr. C. L. Larkin, address unknown (by George H. Van

Anda)

Folder 6 H. K. Rigg, 360 Mine Hill Road, Fairfield, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith-Richardson, 124 Beachside

Avenue, Greens Farms, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Stetson, 26 Beachside Avenue,

Greens Farms, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stetson, 795 Hull’s Farm Road,

Southport, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Stoddard, 3245 Congress Street,

Fairfield, Conn. (see article with photograph in

folder 8)

Dr. S. Emlem Stokes, “Broadacres,” 631 Chester Avenue,

Morristown, N.J.

Folder 7 Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Upson, 358 Tranquility Road,

Middlebury, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. Galen Van Meter, 510 Sasco Hill Road,

Fairfield, Conn.

Mrs. Samuel H. Watts, 55 St. John’s Place, New Canaan,

Conn. (photographer unknown)

Mrs. T. Ferdinand Willcox, 64 Michigan Road, New

Canaan, Conn.

Series C. Articles, 1923-1944

Folder 8 Articles about Clark’s garden designs, 1923-1944

NOTE: Original photographs for which the FHS has photocopies, belong to Agnes

Selkirk Clark’s family. Consult the librarian about contacting family members.

NOTE: The bulk of Agnes Clark’s drawings were cataloged as part of manuscript

collection B54, Cameron Clark Architectural Collection

Ms B51

MARIAN CRUGER COFFIN, L.A.

(1876-1957)

BOX 1 (cont.)


Folder 9 Biography, collection summary

Photographs

Mr. Jonathan Godfrey, “The Oaks,” 479 Algonquin

Road, Fairfield, Conn.

Mr. Edgar W. Bassick, “The Oaks,” 479 Algonquin

Road, Fairfield, Conn.

Articles, 1916-1931

Dona Caldwell correspondence, 1989

Ms B51

BEATRIX FARRAND, L.A.

(1872-1959)

BOX 1 (cont.)



Articles, 1951-1985

Correspondence, S. G. Bronson, 1890

Dona Caldwell correspondence, 1987

Series B. Landscape drawings

Oversize folder III. Greenfield Hill School, Hillside Road, Fairfield, Conn.

Sketch for grounds around the schoolhouse on the green, 1898,

22” x17”, photocopy of original in Reef Point Collection

The Green, Old Academy and Bronson Road, 1989, 18” x 24”,

photocopy of original in Reef Point Collection

Ms B51

INNOCENTI & WEBEL

(1895-1968)

BOX 1 (cont.)


Folder 11 Biography of principals, collection summary

Photographs

Articles, 1968-1982

Dona Caldwell correspondence, 1987-1989

Series B. Landscape drawings

Oversize folder IV. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sanford, 191 Main Street,

Southport, Conn.

Preliminary plan for the development of the property, 1967,

20” x 27”, photocopy

Proposed balconies for the residence, 1967, 34” x 18”, photocopy

Ms B51

HELEN SWIFT JONES

(1889-1982)

Box 1 (cont.)


Folder 12. Biography, collection summary

Exhibit catalog entry

Series B. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Sargent Eaton, 111 Cherry Lane, Fairfield,

Conn., n.d.

Folder 12. Landscape drawings

Rose garden and terrace, 18” x 15”, photocopy

Rear lawn and terrace of residence, 5” x 8”, photocopy

Photocopies of photographs of lawn and terrace

Ms B51

HERBERT JOHN KELLAWAY

(1868-1947)

BOX 1 (cont.)



Photocopy of aerial photograph, Annie B. Jennings estate


Obituary, 1947

Ms B51

CHARLES WELFORD LEAVITT, JR.

(1871-1928)

Box 1 (cont.)


Folder 14 Biographical sketches, collection summary

Photocopy of portrait

Article by Leavitt

Series B. Garden of J. F. Feder, “Spring Farm,” 216 Dunham Road, Fairfield,

Conn., 1919

Oversize folder V. Landscape drawings

Topographical survey with planting plan overlay, 36” x 56”,

photocopy

Topographical survey map, 36” x 56”, photocopy

Landscape plan at house site, 29” x 36”, photocopy

Ms B51

OLMSTED BROTHERS & ASSOCIATES, INC.

(1906-1970)

BOX 1 (cont.)

Series A. Historical and collection information

Folder 15 History, bibliography of the firm’s work, collection

Summary, Dona E. Caldwell correspondence, 1987-1993

Series B. Mr. Frederick Sturges, Round Hill Road, Fairfield, Conn.

Folder 16 Slides of drawings, and copies of manuscript letters, 1883,

between Olmsted firm and Frederick Sturges.

Series C. Miss Annie B. Jennings, “Sunnieholme,” Beach Road, Fairfield,

Conn., 1916

Folder 17 Photocopies of manuscript letters between Olmsted firm

and Annie B. Jennings

Series D. Mr. Henry Beale Spelman, 1050 Old Academy Road, Fairfield, Conn.

Folder 18 Slides of drawings, and photocopies of manuscript letters,

1926-1928, between Olmsted firm and Henry Spelman.

Oversize folder VI. Landscape drawings

Survey map of existing garden, 1927, 32” x 40”, photocopy

Series E. Mrs. Henry F. Noyes, “Churchside,” 39 Meeting House Lane,

Fairfield, Conn..

Folder 19 Slides of drawings, and photocopies of manuscript letters,

1926-1928, between Olmsted firm and Mrs. Noyes

Oversize folder VI. Landscape drawings

General planting plan, 1928, 21” x 37”, photocopy

Detail of arbor, fence and gates, 1927, 28” x 45, photocopy

Detail for pool, gate and shelter, 1927, 28” x 33”, photocopy

Planting study for flower garden, 1927, 28” x 40”. Includes client

comments

Ms B51

ORTLOFF & RAYMORE, R.L.A.

BOX 2


Folder 1 Biographies, collection summary, photographs of principals

Obituary of Henry Raymore, 1984

Dona Caldwell Correspondence, 1988-1990

Series B. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Mather K.Whitehead, “Burrwood,” 1555

Burr Street, Fairfield, Conn.

Folder 2 Photocopies of photographs

Oversize folder VII. Landscape drawings

General landscape plan, 1947, 30” x 52”, photocopy

Swimming pool and tennis court, 1949, 27” x 25”, photocopy

Planting plan for section of the garden, 1949, 19” x 23”, photocopy

Garden pool, 1950, 17” x 20”, photocopy

Partial planting plan for swimming pool area, 1952, 16” x 18”

Ms B51

LOUISE PAYSON

(1894-1977)

BOX 2 (cont.)



Obituary, 1977


Folder 4 Photographs of drawings and garden of Maynard Bird,

1514 Hillside Road, Fairfield, Conn..

Articles, 1949, 1966

Ms B51

ELOISE A. RAY

(1905-1995)

BOX 2 (cont.)

Series D. (cont.)

Oversize folder VIII. Landscape drawings

Revised plan for patio, August 1980, 18” x 13”, blueline

Scheme for east wall, August 1980, 11” x 17”, blueline

Elevation for treillage detail, August 1980, 14” x 18”, blackline

Design for treillage posts and screen and bench, July 1980,

17” x 22”, blueline

Plan for new gate, May 1983, 17” x 30”, blueline

Garden rendering, 1980, 7” x 15”, photocopy

Series E. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Eben Graves, Jr., 82 Congress Street,



Alternate suggestion for brick pattern and different terrace end,

1974, 20” x 20”, blueline

Series F. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Delos Blackburn, 130 North Cedar Road,



Design for a mini-garden, 1975, 15” x 19”, blueline

Series G. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Ellis, Jr., 600 Hull’s Farm Road,



Plan for house and drive location, 1977, 18” x 24”, blueline

Plan revision of above (2 copies)

Plan for kitchen garden, east/west section, 1977, 16” x 24”,

blueline

Preliminary plan, 1977, 22” x 22”, blueline

Plan for wood deck, 17” x 18”

Ms B51

ELOISE A. RAY

(1905-1995)

BOX 2 (cont.)

Series H. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gavelick, 4250 Congress Street,



Layout for terrace, balcony, and walls, 1978, 18” x 24 “, blueline

(2 copies)

Fence and gate, west elevation, 1978, 9” x 25”, blueline

Alternate fence and gate design, 1978, 17” x 25”, blueline

Plan for drive improvements, 1978, 22” x 28”, blueline

Plan for masonry work, 1978, 19” x 30”, blueline

Sketch plan to show proposed terrace ines, 1978, 17” x 22”

Planting plan, 1978, 17” x 23”, blueline

Preliminary plan for terrace and wall design, 1978, 22” x 17”,

blueline

Study plan for terrace, 1978, 18” x 24”, blueline

Series I. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Victor DiBiasi, 654 Hillside Road, Fairfield,

Conn., 1981


Development of property, 1981, 17” x 22”, blueline

Planting plan and specifications, 1981, 19” x 13”, blueline

Flagstone pattern, 1981, 18” x 23”, blueline

Elevation of a simple board fence, 1981, 13” x 24”, blueline

Preliminary drawing for trellis, 1981, 24” x 21”, blueline

Detail of brick pattern for walk, 1981, 18” x 34”, blueline

Site plan, 1981, 15” x 24”, blueline

Elevation for fence, 1981, 14” x 24”, photocopy

Series J. Garden of Mrs. and Mrs. John E. Massengale 3rd, 160 Good Wives

River Road, Darien, Conn., 1981


Plan of rear steps, 1981, 18” x 23”, blackline

Planting plan, 1981, 23” x 24”, blackline

Ms B51

ELOISE A. RAY

(1905-1995)

BOX 2 (cont.)

Series K. Garden of Mrs. Ruth Glendinning, 1088 Harbor Road, Southport,

Conn., 1983


Revision for gates and railing treatment, 1983, 12” x 14”, blueline

Design for low fence at rear of property, 1983, 15” x 29”, blueline

Series L. Garden of Mrs.John S. Osborn, 201 Oldfield Road, Fairfield, Conn., n.d.


Design for a wood fence, 16” x 27”, blueline

Design for a lattice to be applied to existing fence, 18” x 24”,

blueline

Plan for a storage box, 18” x 26”, blueline

Series M. Unidentified planting plan


Planting plan, 11” x 17”, blueline

Ms B51

ELLEN MCGOWAN BIDDLE SHIPMAN (Mrs. Louis)

(1869-1950)

BOX 2 (cont.)

Series A. Biographical and collection information, 1988-1994


List of drawings of Vanderbilt garden in Cornell

University archives

Interview with Vanderbilt�s head gardener, Alfred

Schmid, August 3, 1988


Series B. Garden of Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss, 1078 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield,

Conn., 1926

Folder 8 Photographs and photocopies of drawings

Oversize folder IX. Landscape drawings

Concrete garden seat, 1926, 28” x 42”, photocopy

Side and front elevation of garden seat, 1926, 36” x 44”,

photocopy

Series C. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Vanderbilt, 35 Beachside Avenue,

Greens Farms, Conn., 1939-41

Folder 8 Photographs and photocopies of drawings

Oversize folder IX. Landscape drawings

Perennial planting plan for flower garden, January 1941,

25” x 27”, sepia print

Planting plan for bulbs for flower garden, September 1941,

21” x 28”, sepia print

Ms B51

ARTHUR A. SHURCLIFF

(1870-1957)

BOX 2 (cont.)


Folder 9 Biography, collection summary, notes


Folder 10 Articles, 1919, 1958, 1988

Series B. Garden of Mr. Walter B. Lashar, Esq., “Round Hill,” off Round Hill

Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1920

Folder 10 Photocopies of photographs of Japanese garden

(from Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School

of Design, Harvard University)

Oversize folder X. Landscape drawings

Japanese garden, 1926, 19” x 18”, blackline

Topographic site survey, 1920, 30” x 87”, blueline

Box 4 Photograph of Landscape drawings

Entrance court, 1920, 14” x 23”, watercolor

West garden and balustraded entrance court, 1920, 13” x 17”,

watercolor rendering

View of descent to formal garden, 1920, 10” x 17”, watercolor rendering

Sunken west garden, 1920, 11” x 16”, watercolor

Series C. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J.Vanderbilt, 35 Beachside Avenue,

Greens Farms, Conn.


Ms B51

ALICE ORME SMITH

(1889-1980)

BOX 2 (cont.)


Folder 11 Biography, portrait photograph and negative

Collection summary


Folder 12 photograph, Smith College Alumnae information,

speech, memorial tributes, obituaries, 1911-1980

Series B. Cambridge School Course Work

Folder 13 General schemes of private estates, blue lines

Example of general contract agreement

Architectural construction course

Landscape design I, II and III

Examinations

Course Oversize folder XI. Landscape drawings

Restoration of Nomini Hall, an old Virginia plantation

Construction details

Oversize folder XII. Landscape drawings

Fred Dolan, Boston, Mass., 1924

Rendering in pencil of residence and grounds, 12” x 17”

Melville N. Rothschild, Glencoe, Illinois, 1925

Swimming pool and bath house, 23” x 28 “, blueprint

Profile for proposed driveway on property, 15” x 34”, blueprint

Mrs. Shawn Kelly, Richmond, Mass., 1926

Entrance gate, 18” x 24”, blueprint and blueline

Full scale detail of farm gate, 28” x 43”, blueprint, blueline

Series C. Garden of Mr. Anthony Reese, 206 High Street, Pittsfield, Mass., 1927

Oversize folder XII. Landscape drawings, 1927

Plan for pool construction, 23” x 24”, ink on linen

Lattice fence, 23” x 46”, blueline (2 copies)

Series D. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Cate, 49 Kenilworth Street,

Pittsfield, Mass., 1928

Folder 14 Photographs , black and white and color

Series E. Garden of Mr. Andrew R. Smith, 250 Algonquin Road, Fairfield,

Conn., 1930

Folder 14 Sketch-photo rendering


Garden pool, 13-1/2” x 19”, blueprint

Ms B51

ALICE ORME SMITH

(1889-1980)

BOX 2 (cont.)

Series F. Garden of Alice Orme Smith, 509 Burr Street, Fairfield, Conn., 1936-39



Oval & wall garden, construction drawing, 20” x 25”

Bluestone paving layout, construction drawing, 20” x 25”

Topographical map, revised, 30” x 40”, blueprint

Topographic map, 14” x 37”, ink on mylar

First floor plan of residence, 22” x 32”, blueline

Series G. Gardens of the New York World�s Fair, Flushing Meadow, New

York, 1939



Sketch of portion of Hortus, Inc., 20” x 21”, blueprint

Series H. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Langner, 38 Langner Lane,

Weston, Conn., 1950

Folder 15 Photographs and slides


Detail of lattice for new entrance court, 16” x 21”, blueprint

Lattice and gate for end of brick terrace, 10” x 14”, pencil on tissue

Tissue of urn on fence post, 19” x 12” pencil on tracing paper

Series I. Garden of Mr. Louise Rosenberg, 501 Mine Hill Road, Fairfield,

Conn., 1951


Planting sketch, 17” x 28”, blackline

Series J. Gardens of the American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Conn., 1940-66



Contour map of property, 1940, 18” x 24”, blueline

Topographic map, 1953, 30” x 23”, blackline print, blueprint

Topographic map, 1955, blueprint

Revised topographic survey, 1959, 24” x 36”

Plot plan, 27” x 33”. blueprint

Preliminary layout plan, 16” x 24”, blueline print

Parking plan, 31” x 22”, blueline

Curved bench near great scotch pine tree, 1963, 13” x 16”, pencil

on tissue, blueline print

Watercolor sketch, 1955

Ms B51

ALICE ORME SMITH

(1889-1980)

BOX 2 (cont.)

Series K. Garden of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, East Main Street, Stratford,

Conn., 1954

Oversize folder XIII. Landscape drawings

Planting plan, 29” x 33”, pencil on vellum

Series L. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman, Lone Town Road,

Redding, Conn., 1955



South and north elevations, 32” x 43”, blueprint

Road layout & grading plan, 25” x 49”, original

Series M. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Marion W. Smith, 753 Sasco Hill Road,



Terrace trellis work fence, 22” x 36”, original

Terrace lattice, 24” x 36”, blueline

Series N. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Marion W. Smith, 1160 Pequot Avenue,




Planting plan, 21” x 35” blueline

Series O. Garden of Mrs. Belle D. Hayes, 987 Pequot Avenue, Southport,

Conn., 1958


Series P. Garden of Senator and Mrs. William Benton, 9 Sasco Point,




Plan for water-wheel in garden, 31” x 34”, blueline

Topographical map, 1960, 31” x 26” blueline

Series Q. Gardens of the Discovery Museum, 4450 Park Avenue, Bridgeport,

Conn., 1961


Site plan, revised, 23” x 36”, blueline

Plan for stairs in sunken garden, 17” x 25” blueprint

Entrance road, parking, lighting, 13” x 38”, pencil on tissue

Ms B51

ALICE ORME SMITH

(1889-1980)

BOX 2 (cont.)

Series R. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Harwood, 360 Mine Hill Road,

Fairfield, Conn., 1965 (see also Agnes S. Clark for same address)


Series S. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kirkpatrick, Biltmore Forest, N.C.,

1965-1972



Plan of proposed driveway, retaining wall and drainage grading,

18” x 30”, original

Sketch plan for grounds, 1972, 30” x 34”, blueline

Series T. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rogers, 4800 Congress Street,

Fairfield, Conn., 1966.


Letter, 1968

Articles, 1967, 1995


Special floral display refrigerator, 8” x 11”, original

Floral stock refrigerator, 11” x 14”, original

Cutting garden, 22” x 31”, blueline print

Entrance road and service court, 27” x 31”, blueline

Graded lawn for croquet court, 16” x 18”, blueline

Rendering of house and grounds, pencil on paper

Layout for lawn irrigation

Sun-heated pit, 16” x 22”, original, blueline

Four preliminary design elevations, 1965, 32” x 42”, blackline

Patio and pool plan sections

Ms B51

ALICE ORME SMITH

(1889-1980)

BOX 2 (cont.)

Series U. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Winslow Jones, Pleasant Valley

Road, Poverty Hollow, Redding, Conn., 1967-1970

Folder 20 Photocopies and photographs of gardens and plans

Obituary of Alfred Winslow Jones, 1989


Topographic map, 1967, 20” x 30”, blueline

Profile of driveway for tennis courts, 1967, 20” x 26”, blueline

Topographic map, , 1967, 21” x 30”, blueline

Proposed general plan, 1968, 21” x 33”, original

Sketch plan, 19” x 31”, original

Planting plan around residence, 1968, 27” x 47”, original

Plan of area screened dining addition, 13” x 18”, original

Planting plan for bloom adjacent to pool, 1968, 24” x 30”, original

Plan for bridge, 23” x 29”, original

Bridge construction, 24” x 29”, original

Plot plan of two lakes, bridge & road, 8” x13”, photocopy

Plan of area to be graded and sodded, 1969, 17” x 26”, original

Herb garden, 1969, 15” x 27”, blueline (2 copies)

Topographic map, 24” x 36”, blueline

Site plan for proposed bath house, 30” x 36”, blueline

Bath house plan and elevations, 30” x 36”, blueline

Pavilion plan & elevations, 30” x 37”, blueline

(the last three plans were by Goldstone and Dearborn, Architects,

New York)

BOX 3

Series V. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hughes, 750 Harbor Road,


Folder 1 Color slides

Oversize folder XIV. Landscape drawings

Sketch plan, 22” x 27”, photocopy

Series W. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Gustavo Vidal, Hillsdale, N.Y., 1968-69


Sketch plan for property, 1968, 20” x 35”, original

Garden plan, 1969, 13” x 23”, original

Series X. Garden of Dr. Jean Luke, Holly Hill Road, Katonah, N.Y., 1969

Folder 2 Photographs and negatives


Planting plan, 24” x 31”, blueline

Ms B51

ALICE ORME SMITH

(1889-1980)

Box 3 (cont.)

Series Y. Garden of Webb, Dean, Stevens Museum of Old Wethersfield,

Conn., 1970

Folder 3 Brochure


Sketch plan for Deane House, 18” x 17”, original, blue lines (2)

Plan for Deane House, 19” x 30”, original

Alternate plan for Deane House, 22” x 31”, original (separate

detail of bed design included, 14” x 14”)

Courtyard for Webb house, 22” x 18”, original, blueline (2)

Series Z. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. William Payson, 137 Rose Hill Road,

Southport, Conn., 1970-71

Folder 4 Advertisement with color photograph


Topographic map, 22” x 20”, blueline

Road elevation from drive entrance to Harbor Road, 1970,

7” x 15”, original (Meno sketch)

Sketch plan and ground development, 1971, 24” x 29”, original

Revised sketch plan, road, walkway, 1971, 21” x 32”, original

Series Aa. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee, 62 Center Street, Southport,

Conn., 1970


Sketch for terrace (bird’s eye view), 16” x 16”, original

Terrace and flowers, 21” x 38”, original

Series Bb. Garden of of Mr. Mrs. Harry E. Peterson garden, 26 Jerico Drive, Old

Lyme, Conn., 1972



Sketch plan of entrance drive, 30” x 32”, blueline

Plot map, 11” x 17”, ink on graph paper

Ms B51

ALICE ORME SMITH

(1889-1980)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series Cc. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. John N. Goslin, 103 Beachside Avenue,

Greens Farms, Conn., 1974


Series Dd. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Williamson, 510 Park Avenue,

Bridgeport, Conn., n.d.


Planting plan for oval garden, 32” x 35”, blueprint

Construction drawing for oval garden, 31” x 35”, blueprint

Series Ee. Garden for Black Rock Point Development, Fairfield, Conn., n.d.


Plot plan, lot no. 42, 30” x 45”, pictorial rendering, plan view,

elevation, original, blueline

Series Ff. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Bryant, 575 Hull�s Farm Road,

Southport, Conn.

Folder 4 Photograph

Series Gg. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. Maxim Eddy, 990 Hull�s Farm Road,

Southport, Conn.

Oversize folder XIV. Landscape drawing

Series Hh. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R. Spiker, 13 Bayberry Lane,

Westport, Conn.


Series Ii. Garden of Mrs. Alden Vose, 9 Brookside Road, Westport, Conn.


Series Jj. 1001 Hillside Road

Folder 4 Restoration photographs

*Note: see also World War I medals awarded to Smith in the museum collection

Ms B51

ARMAND R. TIBBITTS

(1891-1987)

Box 3 (cont.)



Articles

Series B. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Riegel, 1155 Sasco Point,

Fairfield, Conn., 1918-1968

Folder 5 General plan of property (photocopy)

Oversize folder XV. Landscape drawings

Rock garden and garden house, 1930, 18” x 29”, original, blueline

Rose garden, with list of roses, 1968, 20” x 15”, original, blueline,

blackline

Cemetery plot at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fairfield, Conn., 1964, rev.

1965 original, blueline

Box 4 Photographs

Plastic Tube General plan of the property, January, 1925, 34” x 52”,

colored blackline

Series C. Garden of James D. Skinner, Fairfield, Conn.

Box 4 Sketch plan of summer house, 16” x 20”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)



Dona Caldwell correspondence,1987-1988

Series B. Residential commissions, 1931-1976

Sub-series 1. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Bascom, Waterford,

Conn., 1968

Oversize folder XVI. Landscape drawings

Landscape sketches--profiles, 30” x 41”, original

Planting plan, 25” x 32”, original

Sub-series 2. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Beardsley, Middlebury,

Conn., 1957


Landscape and planting plan, 24” x 36”, original

Grading plan and elevations, 25” x 36”, original

Sub-series 3. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bernstein, 216 Dunham

Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1964 (see also Charles W. Leavitt

for “Spring Farm,” 1918)


Site plan, 27” x 36”, original

Terrace plan and sketch, 31” x 41”, photocopy, original

Terrace construction drawing, 17” x 31”, original

Planting plan and sketch of entrance, 30” x 36”, photocopy

Sub-series 4. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Berta, North Road,

Easton, Conn., 1976


Landscape design and planting plan, 30” x 36”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B. Residential commissions, 1931-1976 (cont.)

Sub-series 5. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. James Biggs, 183 Rowland Road,



Plan of terrace and planting, 27” x 29”, original

Sub-series 6. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blumberg, Forest Hills

Drive, West Hartford, Conn., 1966



Sub-series 7. Garden of Mrs. Maxwell Bogin, 333 Cornell Road,



Landscape plan, 30” x 27”, original

Sub-series 8. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. William Boyd, 3330 Old Academy



Plan and sketched elevation, 30” x 27”, original

Sub-series 9. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Brodhead, 163 Southgate

Road, Southport, Conn., 1971


General landscape plan, penciled planting, 17” x 24”, original

Sub-series 10. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brome, Sheldon Road,

West Suffield, Conn., 1961


General landscape plan, 28” x 40”, original

Landscape sketches, 27” x 36”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 11. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. S. Nelson Buell, 510 Barlow



Proposed terrace, plan and elevation, 29” x 29”, original

Masonry details, 17” x 30”, original

Sub-series 12. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Campbell,

Middlebury, Conn., 1967


Extended planting plan, 30” x 40”, original

Sub-series 13. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Carlton, 55 Eleven

O'Clock Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1968


General landscape plan, 29” x 18”, original

Details of landscape plan, 30” x 42”, original

Sub-series 14. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carroll, Oenoke Ridge,

New Canaan, Conn., 1956


General landscape and planting plan, 26” x 16”, original

Sub-series 15. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Carter, 777 Burr

Street, Fairfield, Conn., 1964


Planting plan, terrace and shed, 24” x 42”, original

Sub-series 16. Garden of Mrs. David E. Cunningham, 365 Old Mill



Terrace detail, 22” x 29”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 17. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. R. N. Davie, North Drive,

Middlebury, Conn., 1956

Oversize folder XVII. Landscape drawings


Grading plan, 28” x 35”, original

Sub-series 18. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Oakley R. DeLamater, 667 Burr

Street, Fairfield, Conn., 1965


Plan of entrance court, 30” x 40”, original

Sub-series 19. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. Robert DeMartin, 12 Old Orchard

Park, Fairfield, Conn., 1973


Planting plan and sketches, 31” x 35”, original

Landscape planting plan, 28” x 26”, original

West elevation sketch, 18” x 21”, original

Sub-series 20. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. DeWind, Briggs Hill Road,

Sherman, Conn., 1965


Landscape and planting plan, 30”x 42”, original

Sub-series 21. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. John Douglas, Stag Lane,

Greenwich, Conn., 1969


Landscape sketches, 31” x 42”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 22. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. George DuPont, 831 Hillside



Planting sketch for perennial border, 14” x 21”, original

Sketches and planting plan, 24” x 21”, original

Sub-series 23. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Evans, 510 Barlow

Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1931 (see Buell)

Folder 6 Photograph of lawn and garden beds


Design plan, 29” x 19”, blueprint

Sub-series 24. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Evans, Southport

Woods Drive, Southport, Conn., 1970


Porch planting and elevation, 21” x 17”

Sub-series 25. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. John Field, 239 Collingwood

Avenue, Fairfield, Conn., 1934


Proposed patio garden, 29” x 22”, blueprint

Construction of patio, 29” x 22”, blueprint

Sub-series 26. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Serge Gagarin, 974 Banks North



General site plan, 29” x 36”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 27. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. MacEllis K. Glass, 40 Pine Ridge




Perennial borders, 14” x 20”, original

Sub-series 28. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gould, Wantagh, Long

Island, 1959



Sub-series 29. Garden of Mrs. Hubert U. Grabau, 236 Whiting Pond




Sub-series 30. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Gregory, 60 Sasco River Lane,




Front elevation, 16” x 36”, original

Sub-series 31. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gropper, 141 Anchorage

Drive, Bridgeport, Conn., n.d.


Detail, pool profile, section A-A, 13” x 36”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 32. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hawley, 43 Hickory

Lane, Fairfield, Conn., 1966

Oversize folder XVIII. Landscape drawings

Sketch and planting plan, 21” x 39”, original

Sub-series 33. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Heim, 109 Sycamore




Sub-series 34. Garden of Mr. Ernest Hillman, Jr., 3226 Congress Street,

Fairfield, Conn., n.d.


Detail plan of steps (brick), 13” x 19”, original

Sub-series 35. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hoagland, Aspetuck

Corners, Easton, Conn., 1963


Perspective of house, southwest elevation, 19” x 26”, original

Planting and general landscape plan, 28” x 36”, original

Sub-series 36. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hughes, 5210

Congress Street, Fairfield, Conn., 1956



Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 37. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kemper, 349 Beach Road,

Fairfield, Conn., n.d.


Plan and elevation of flower border, 19” x 18”, original

Herb garden planting plan sketch, 19” x 18 “, yellow tissue

Sub-series 38. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Kurtz, 542 Merwin’s




Details, 24” x 30”, original

Sub-series 39. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Allen Leff, 53 West Rock

Avenue (New Haven?), Conn., 1974



Site plan, 22” x 17”, original on graph paper

Sub-series 40. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Matthews, Birch Drive,

Easton, Conn., 1970


Wall treatment, 22” x 23”, original

Sub-series 41. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. McCarthy, 8 Stag

Lane, Greenwich, Conn., 1964


Partial landscape plan, 29” x 42”, original

Terrace and wall details, 25” x 35”

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 42. Garden of Mrs. Winifred Merrifield, 3 Rex Lane, Greens

Farms, Conn., 1976


Perennial border plan, 17” x 22”, original

Sub-series 43. Garden of Miss Delight Merwin, 439 Beach Road,



Terrace addition, 16” x 24”, original (not executed)

Sub-series 44. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. H. Waller Miller, Coller Drive,

Carmel, New York, 1960



Sub-series 45. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Moore, 1050 Old

Academy Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1965 (see also Olmsted

Brothers for additional designs in 1927-1928 for Spelman garden)


Landscape plan, changes to existing garden, 26” x 36”, original

Pool detail, 16” x 16”, original

Sub-series 46. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill, P. Moore, Logan Road,

New Canaan, Conn., 1958



Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 47. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. V. Gibney Patterson, 1536

Redding Road (Beechwood Lane), Fairfield, Conn., 1968

Oversize folder XIX. Landscape drawings

Deck elevation, 28” x 38”, original (not executed)


Sub-series 48. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Paulin, Freeborn Road,

Easton, Conn., 1972


Planting plan and north elevation, 14” x 23”, original

Sub-series 49. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. J. Donaldson Paxton, 208 North

Cedar Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1969



Sub-series 50. Garden of Mrs. and Mrs. William Paxton, 225 Taintor



Sketch and elevations, 28” x 34”, original


Planting detail, 10” x 12”, original

Foundation planting plan, 32” x 40”, original

Sub-series 51. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. John Peacock, Mendham, N.J.


General plan, 30” x 36”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 52. Garden of Mrs. Richard Perry, 892 Harbor Road,



Planting and grading plan, 21” x 30”, original

Sub-series 53. Garden of Miss Virginia Perry, 968 Harbor Road,

Southport, Conn., n.d.

Folder 6 Photographs of entrance drive construction

Sub-series 54. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan Pincus, 280 Woodstock

Avenue, New Haven, Conn., 1966



Sub-series 55. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Pope, 2031 Redding



Planting plan for lower terrace, 18” x 27”, original

Sub-series 56. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. P. Gerald Presson, 10 Gray Lane,

Westport, Conn., 1969



Sub-series 57. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. William Reeves, 155 Westway


Folder 6 Photographs of small terrace


Proposed terrace, 18” x 22”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 58. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Edward V. Sands, 67 Westway


Oversize folder XX. Landscape drawings


Sub-series 59. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. William Simpson, 780 Redding



Existing planting, 23” x 30”, blueline

General design plan, 22” x 27”, photocopy

Perennial border, 18” x 27”, photocopy

Sub-series 60. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. William O. Sires, 68 Dave’s Lane,




Sketch elevation, 19” x 31”, original

Sub-series 61. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. William O. Sires, 68 Pequot




Sketch elevation, 21” x 28”, original

Sub-series 62. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Skinner, 105 Burr Street,



Plot plan, 10” x 16”, original

Plan, 21” x 32”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 63. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth Smith, 3113

Bronson Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1969


Plan, 21” x 17”, original

Rose bed and fountain, 15” x 19”, original

Sub-series 64. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Steinbreder, Jr.,

931 Mine Hill Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1966


Plan and sketches, 35” x 33” (not executed)

Sub-series 65. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Stetson, 1 (50) Sturges

Highway, Westport, Conn., 1955



General plan with profiles, 31” x 40”, original

Sub-series 66. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Moreau Stoddard, 392 Brett



Detail, retaining wall and steps, 19” x 27”, original

Sub-series 67. Garden of D. Bowman Stratton, Jr., 84 Old Orchard Park,




Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 68. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. George Strouthopoulos,

318 Dunlea Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1973



Sub-series 69. Garden of David and Carol Sturges, “The Witchhazels,”

Killingworth, Conn., 1973



Sub-series 70. Garden of Jeremy N. Sturges, 1135 Mill Plain Road,




Sub-series 71. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Leon E. Thomas, Jr., 1369 Burr

Street, Fairfield, Conn., n.d.

Oversize folder XXI. Landscape drawings

Covered terrace, 25” x 29”, original

Sub-series 72. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Tigh, 3 Grove Street,

Essex, Conn., 1966



Sub-series 73. Garden of Mrs. H. Potter Trainer, 1125 Oldfield Road,



Patio plan, 18” x 18”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 74. Garden of Dr. and Mrs. Richard L. Van deBerghe,

1060 Mine Hill Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1966



Sub-series 75. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Warner,

164 Greenfield Hill Road, Fairfield, Conn., 1956




Sub-series 76. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Warner, 1368 Hillside

Road, Fairfield, Conn., n.d.


Garden plan, 18” x 30”, original

Proposed pool, 18” x 16”, original

Sub-series 77. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Webster, Lyme,

Conn., 1960, 1966



Sketch of site, 12” x 14”, original

Proposed new driveway, 18” x 32”, original, blueline print

Sub-series 78. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Wellman, Bayberry

Lane, Westport, Conn., 1970




Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series B (cont.)

Sub-series 79. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Whitson, Kettle

Creek Road, Weston, Conn., 1968



Sub-series 80. Garden of Mr. and Mrs. G. Sherman Windsor, Vershire,

Vermont, 1947


Sketch for the farm, 31” x 41”, original

Series C. Student work at Lothorpe School, Groton, Mass., 1932

Oversize folder XXI. Landscape drawings for senior thesis, of estate of

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Warren, Jr., Greenfield Hill, Conn.

General design plan, 17” x 22”, negative stat print

General grading plan, 30” x 38”, blueprint

General planting plan and key, 30” x 38”, blueprint

Perennial Garden, 22” x 27”, blueprint

Landscape details, 30” x 32”, includes wall fountain, blueprint

Landscape details, 30” x 323”, includes section of brick and

flagstone steps, blueprint

Main house elevation, 17” x 22”, negative stat print

Series D. Commercial commissions, 1938-1973

Sub-series 1. Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Conn., 1973

Folder 6 Correspondence

Oversize folder XXII. Landscape drawings


Planting plan for parking area, 24” x 36”, original, blueline

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

Box 3 (cont.)

Series D (cont.)

Sub-series 2. Brooklawn Country Club, Bridgeport, Conn., 1938


Foundation planting plan and sketch for garden design,

28” x 56”, original

Sub-series 3. City National Bank, Fairfield, Conn., 1973


Planting plan and sketches, 28” x 26”, original

Sub-series 4. Connecticut National Bank, Black Rock Branch, n.d.


Planting sketches, 26” x 36”, original

Sub-series 5. Howard Johnson’s Milford Motel, Milford, Conn., n.d.



Elevations and sketches, 27” x 41”, original

Sub-series 6. Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.., 1968


Sketch of bedding plant areas, 27” x 16”, original

“Index,” March 1967, 26” x 20”, blueline

Sub-series 7. Peoples’s Savings Bank, 1963-1970

Black Rock Turnpike Office, 1963


Proposed planting, 24” x 35”, original

Ms B51

SUSAN H. WEEKS

(1909-1991)

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series D (cont.)

Sub-series 7 (cont.)

Paradise Green Branch, Main Street, Stratford, 1970



Grading plan, 19” x 18”, original

Westport Branch, East State Street, Westport, Conn., 1966


Landscape sketch plan, 21” x 28”, original

Sketch plan, 21” x 17”, original

Sub-series 8. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, Conn., 1960


Proposed cloister garth, 23” x 15”, original

Sub-series 9. Seymour Congregational Church, Seymour, Conn., 1958


Planting sketches, 31” x 36”, original

Ms B51

NURSERY FIRMS

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series A. Cronamere Alpine Nurseries, Inc.

Folder 7 Collection summary

Color slides and photocopies of Cronamere Alpine

Nursery gardens


Folder 7-A Articles, 1944-1959

Folder 8 Nursery catalog

Series B. Wadley & Smyth Landscape Contractors and Nursery

Folder 9 History and collection summary


Folder 10 Articles, 1911-1932, 1995, and photographs of the E. T.

Bedford Estate, Shore Road, Greens Farms, Conn., 1910

Box 4 Photograph of E. T. Bedford house

Ms B51

OTHER HISTORIC GARDENS

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series A. George Brett Estate, 91 Brett Road, Fairfield, Conn.

Folder 11 Color slides of the pinetum

Photocopies of book illustrations of gardens

Series B. Thaddeus Burr Homestead, 739 Old Post Road, Fairfield, Conn.

Folder 12 Color slides of residence and grounds

Photocopies of book illustrations

Program (partial) of decorator’s showcase at Burr

Homestead, May 4, 1980

Series C. Gardens of Mrs. Charles DeBevoise, Shore Road, Greens Farms, Conn.

Folder 13 Photocopies of illustrations of rock garden at E. T.

Bedford estate

Series D. Annie B. Jennings Estate, “Sunnieholm,” Old Post Road, Fairfield, Conn.


Portrait of Annie B. Jennings (reproduction)

Correspondence concerning the collection, 1990, 1995

Articles

Series E. O. G. Jennings Estate, “Maitlands,” North Benson Road, Fairfield,

Conn. (now McAuliffe Hall, Fairfield University)


Photocopy of catalog illustration

Donald Caldwell correspondence, 1990-1992

Series F. Reverend Dr. Samuel Osgood’s home, “Waldstein”

Folder 16 Color slides, article

Ms B51

OTHER HISTORIC GARDENS

BOX 3 (cont.)

Series G. Jonathan Sturges Residence, “The Cottage,” 449 Mill Plain Road,

Fairfield, Conn..


Photocopy of photograph

Articles

Box 4 Color photocopies of photographs of house and garden

Elevation and floor plan of house, photocopy

Series H. Alden Hampton Vose Estate, “Daybreak,” Prospect Road, Greens

Farms, Conn.


Oral history of “Daybreak” with Evan Harding

Biography of Evan Harding

Articles

Gold medal award

Resume of Evan H. Harding

Daybreak Nurseries Conservatory history

Series I. General articles on Fairfield gardens, 1978, 1987

Folder 19 Articles, 1978, 1987

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