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FILE — Box: J, Folder: 3 Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, J:PL Detailed Listings-01

Plant list for East Lawn, between 1952-1974 Digital

Plant lists for East Lawn, between 1952-1974
Plant lists for East Lawn, between 1952-1974

Scope and Contents

Typescript plant list to accompany planting plans for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden area of East Lawn, C-4-02. List includes trees, shrubs, and groundcover.

Plant list undated, probably created between 1952-1974 during the period when the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Advisory Committee existed.

East lawn plant list is key for planting plan, C-4-01 created by R.J.M. [Richard J. Meyers].

Dates

  • Creation: between 1952-1974

Language of Materials

Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.

Conditions Governing Access

An appointment is required for access to these papers. To request an appointment, fill out the online form: http://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/access-and-hours/schedule-an-appointment.

For research queries, contact the staff of Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (library@doaks.org).

Extent

23 boxes (Approximately 2632 items including correspondence, expense reports, invoices, estimates, deposit records, book lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and plant lists.)

Subject

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository

Dumbarton Oaks holds archival collections in its Rare Book Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, and the Dumbarton Oaks Archives. The collections include: the papers of noteworthy scholars in the three fields that Dumbarton Oaks supports (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape); image collections depicting objects or sites of topical interest to scholars in the three fields; Beatrix Farrand’s personal archive of letters and original drawings that document the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden; and institutional records and architectural plans and drawings documenting the history of Dumbarton Oaks. For more information about hours and to make an appointment to consult any of the collections listed here, please fill out the request form: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/schedule-an-appointment

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