Letter from Alden Hopkins, Williamsburg, Virginia to Members of the Garden Advisory Committee, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection, January 20, 1959 Digital
Scope and Contents
Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Alden Hopkins to the members of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Advisory Committee, Michael Rapuano, Robert Patterson, Bradford Williams, Leon Zach and the Dumbarton Oaks Director, John Thacher. He encloses two blackline prints covering the reconstruction of the Camellia Garden (96-03, revised 1-13-[19]59) and the completion of the new planting of the Ellipse (96-07, revised 1-15-[19]59). G. Morris Steinbraker & Son of Georgetown provided an estimate of $3,365.00 to complete the work, but it did not include rearrangement of Camillia plants, additional planting of bulbs, ground cover and evergreens. Hopkins tells them considerable rebuilding of the loosely constructed wall, addition of drainage, excavation of walks, stone bed edging, cap to wall, etc. needs to be done. The proposed planting will have to be adjusted on the ground because of the existing growth. Alden Hopkin's planting plan for the Ellipse is involve screening and color and includes plants such as Japanese holly hedge, dogwoods, hornbeam hedge, spring bulbs with a periwinkle border, and spring bulbs in the ivy ground color.
Dates
- Creation: January 20, 1959
Creator
- Hopkins, Alden, 1905-1960 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
23 boxes (Approximately 2632 items including correspondence, expense reports, invoices, estimates, deposit records, book lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and plant lists.)Creator
- Hopkins, Alden, 1905-1960 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Rapuano, Michael (Recipient, Person)
- Patterson, Robert W., 1905-1988 (Recipient, Person)
- Zach, Leon Henry (Recipient, Person)
- Thacher, John, 1904-1982 (Recipient, Person)
- Williams, Bradford D., 1897-1960 (Recipient, Person)
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