Garden Club of Philadelphia Members' gardens lantern slide collection

Held at: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society [Contact Us]McLean Library, 100 N. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103

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Call Number:: GCP.Slides
Repository:: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Extent:: 5.85 linear feet
Language:: English
Preferred Citation:: [Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Garden Club of Philadelphia Members' gardens lantern slide collection, 1930, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library.
Date:: 1930
Creator:: Garden Club of America.
Form:: Lantern slides
Abstract:: The Garden Club of America was established in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the Garden Club of Philadelphia and eleven other garden clubs met to create a national garden club. Its purpose is to foster the knowledge and love of gardening and to restore and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and gardening and conservation efforts. This collection consists of 205 glass lantern slides, donated by the Garden Club of America, of Philadelphia area gardens and homes, including Andalusia, Stenton, Highlands, and Ludington. The collection also contains several portraits of notable Philadelphians and horticulturists and landscape plans. Included are 35mm slide reproductions of many of the lantern slides. The lantern slides date from the year 1930.

"The Garden Club of America was established in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the Garden Club of Philadelphia and eleven other garden clubs met to create a national garden club. Its purpose is to foster the knowledge and love of gardening and to restore and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and gardening and conservation efforts. The GCA was incorporated in Delaware in 1923, with its headquarters established in New York City. Today, local clubs are organized under twelve regional zones. The GCA continues its tradition of hosting flower shows and publishing material related to gardening in the United States."

Bibliography: The above historical note was taken directly from the Smithsonian Institute’s Archives of American Gardens finding aid for Garden Club of America Collection, which is available online: http://www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/res_ed/AAG/coll-gca.htm

This collection consists of 205 glass lantern slides, donated by the Garden Club of America, of Philadelphia area gardens and homes, including Andalusia, Stenton, Highlands, and Ludington. The collection also contains several portraits of notable Philadelphians and horticulturists and landscape plans. Included are 35mm slide reproductions of many of the lantern slides. The lantern slides date from the year 1930. The collection is arranged alphabetically.

There are multiple slides relating to Mrs. John Barnes Townsend, Mrs. Frederick W. Taylor, Mrs. C. Frederick C. Stout, Mrs. Isaac T. Starr, Mrs. Charles S. Starr (probably Marjorie Russell), Caroline Sinkler (1860-1949), Mrs. J. Clifford Rosengarten, Mrs. William R. Mercer (Martha Dana Mercer), Mrs. Stacy B. Lloyd (probably Rachel Lowe Lambert Lloyd Mellon), and Mrs. Robert Glendenning. Slides of early plans of Philadelphia, the John Bartram home, and Abington Friends Meeting House are also included in this collection. Sites documented include Dawesfield, Graeme Park, Johnson House, Lafayette at Barren Hill, Brookmead Farm and Ludington.

If there is a 35 mm slide reproductin, it is noted in the title as [35 mm].

This collection is rich in images and will prove valuable to researchers interested in the American Garden Club, prominent Philadelphia gardeners, Philadelphia gardens, and the landscape of Philadelphia, generally, during the 1930s.

This collection was donated in parts, by Emily Read Cheston and the Garden Club of America.

Organization

Garden Club of America.

Subject

Place

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Publisher: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Finding Aid Date: 2010.11.08
Sponsor: The creation of the electronic guide for this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project. Finding aid entered into the Archivists' Toolkit by Garrett Boos.
Access Restrictions: This collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions: Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.

Collection Inventory

Allison, Mrs. E. Page [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 78

Andrews, Mrs. Schofield [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 21

Andrews, Mrs. Schofield [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 9

Barklie, Mrs. Archibald.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 16

Barnes, Mrs. John H. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 66

Biddle, Mrs. Arthur.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 21

Biddle, Mrs. Charles [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 2

Biddle, Mrs. Charles [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 35-39

Bodine, Mrs. S. Laurence.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 17

Bodine, Mrs. S. Lawrence [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 5

Bodine, Mrs. S. Lawrence [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 72

Breck, Mrs. William R. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 50

Brown, Mrs. James Crosby.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 19

Brown, Mrs. James Crosby.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 19

Bullit, Mrs. O.H. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 23

Cadwalader, Mrs. Lambert [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 40336

Cadwalader, Mrs. Lambert [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 44

Cheston, Mrs. James [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 40304

Cheston, Mrs. Radcliffe, Jr. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 40399

Cheston, Mrs. Radcliffe, Jr. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 25

Cheston, Mrs. Radcliffe, Jr. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 42

Chew, Mrs. Benjamin.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 34

Clothier, Mr. & Mrs. Isaac [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 45-46

Clothier, Mrs. Isaac, Jr.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 40307

Clothier, Mrs. Isaac, Jr. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 59-60

Cooke, Mrs. Jay.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 30 - 31

Cooke, Mrs. Jay.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 30

Cooke, Mrs. Jay, II.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 24

Coxe, Mrs. Charles E.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 24

deSchauensee, Mrs. R.M. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 68

Drayton, Mrs. Frederick R.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 18

Drayton, Mrs. Frederick R. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 58

Evans, Miss Mary [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 49

Fife, Mrs. Charles Andrew [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 25

Flower: American Lotus [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 15

Flower: Franklinia Alata. (slide missing) [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 16

Frazier, Mrs. H.W., III.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 10

Frazier, Mrs. Persifor.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 2

Gibbons, Mrs. John [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 73-74

Gibson, Mrs. Henry C. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 39

Gilbert, Mrs. John [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 18

Gilpin, Mrs. John [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 11

Gilpin, Mrs. John [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #48-69 Item 63-65

Glendenning, Mary and Ellen [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 18

Glendenning, Mrs. H. Percival.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 35

Glendenning, Mrs. Robert [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 17

Glendenning, Mrs. Robert [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 27

Glendenning, Mrs. Robert [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 31

Glendenning, Mrs. Robert.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 32 - 34

Groff, Mrs. John [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 81

Hacker, Mrs. Caspar W. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 48

Harris, Mr. & Mrs. H. Frazer [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 21

Harris, Mr. & Mrs. H. Frazer [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #48-69 Item 48-52

Harris, Mr. J. Andrew, Jr. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 2

Harris, Mrs. Frazer [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 24-25

Harris, Mrs. H. Frazer.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 36

Harrison, Mrs. George L. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 26 - 27

Harrison, Mrs. George.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 11

Haughton, Mrs. Richard [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 69-70

Haughton, Richard [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 30-34

Hemphill, Mrs. Anne Price [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 79

Historic: Imaginary View of Philadelphia [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 1

Historic: Abington Friends Meeting [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 5

Historic: Early Plan of Philadelphia [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 2

Historic: Enlarged section of map [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 4

Historic: House of John Bartram [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 14

Historic: Map of 1750 [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 3

Historic: Pen-coyd [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 7

Historic: Portrait of John Bartram [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 13

Historic: Stenton [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 40433

Historic: Wyck House [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 8

Hoffman, Mrs. Benjamin R. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 40-41

Howard, Mrs. Edgar B.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 29

Jeanes, Mrs. Henry S. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #48-69 Item 57

Jeanes, Mrs. Henry, Jr. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 65

Jenks, Mrs. John S. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 18

Johnson, Mrs. Alba B.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 12

Johnson, Mrs. Alba B. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 36

Keen, Mrs. Frank Adams [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 80

Lippincott, Mrs. Walter H.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 20

Lloyd, Horatio Gates [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 30

Lloyd, Mr. & Mrs. Horatio [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #1-47 Item 47

Lloyd, Mrs. Stacy [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 43

Lloyd, Mrs. Stacy B.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 1

Lloyd, Mrs. Stacy B.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 21 - 22

Lloyd, Mrs. Stacy B. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 28 - 29

Ludington [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 16

Ludington.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 20

Ludington.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 22

Ludington, C. Townsend [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 4

Martin, Mrs. Willis T. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #48-69 Item 68-69

Meigs, Mrs. John F. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 20

Mercer, Mrs. William R.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 13

Mercer, Mrs. William R.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 23

Mercer, Mrs. William R. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 24

Mercer, Mrs. William R. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 32

Mercer, Mrs. William R. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 37-38

Mercer, Mrs. William R. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 40462

Montgomery, Mrs. R.L. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 24

Morgan, Mrs. Marshall S.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 14

Morgan, Mrs. Marshall S.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 16 - 17

Morgan, Mrs. Randall [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 29-30

Morris, Mrs. Sam [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 22

Morton, Mrs. Arthur [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 31

Nalle, Mrs. Richard T. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 28

Nalle, Richard T. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #48-69 Item 66-67

Neilson, Mrs. Lewis [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 14

Neilson, Mrs. Lewis.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 40241

Newbold, Mrs. Fitz Eugene [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 67

Newbold, Mrs. John S.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 23

Newbold, Mrs. John S.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 25 - 26

Newbold, Mrs. John S. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #48-69 Item 58-59

Packard, George R. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 52-53

Packard, Mrs. George R.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 33

Packard, Mrs. John H.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 27

Packard, Mrs. John, III [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 31

Page, Mrs. Robert H.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 13

Page, Mrs. Robert H. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 4

Parsons, Mrs. Lewis H. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 55-57

Paul, Mrs. A.J. Drexel [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 10

Paul, Mrs. A.J. Drexel [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 17

Paul, Mrs. A.J. Drexel [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 62-3

Pepper, Mrs. B. Franklin [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 17

Pepper, Mrs. B. Franklin [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #48-69 Item 62

Pepper, Mrs. Franklin [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 32-34

Platt, Mrs. Charles [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 19-20

Platt, Mrs. Charles, 3rd [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 1

Platt, Mrs. Charles, 3rd [35 mm].

Box 22 A-1 #48-69 Item 60-61

Poe, Mrs. Edgar Allen [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 40526

Poe, Mrs. Edgar Allen [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 14-16

Poe, Mrs. Edgar Allen.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 32

Poe, Mrs. Edgar Allen [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 7

Prichett, Mrs. Ida.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 15

Rauch, Mrs. R. S.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 25

Rauch, Mrs. Rudolph [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 54

Roberts, Mrs. G. Brinton [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 42

Roberts, Mrs. Percival, Jr.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 14

Rosengarten, Mrs. A.J. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 1

Rosengarten, Mrs. A.J. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 15 - 16

Rosengarten, Mrs. F. [35 mm].

Box 22 B-2 #1-35 Item 19

Rosengarten, Mrs. Frederic [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 35-36

Rosengarten, Mrs. J. Clifford [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 51

Rosengarten, Mrs. J. Clifford [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 35

Rosengarten, Mrs. J. Clifford.

Box 22 C-2 #1-37 Item 37

Rosengarten, Mrs. J. Clifford [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 41

Rotan, Mrs. Samuel [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #1-50 Item 26

Scott, Mrs. Arthur Hoyt [35 mm].

Box 22 B-1 #51-81 Item 75-77

Scull, Mrs. William.

Box 22 C-1 #1-34 Item 1

Seeler, Mrs. Edgar V. [35 mm].

Box 22 A-2 Item 30