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James R. Cothran papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS989
Scope and Contents of the Records
This collection contains research materials collected by James R. Cothran including seed and nursery catalogs; information regarding botanists, naturalists, landscape designers and architects, and landscape architectural firms; horticultural, gardening and landscape topics; historic gardens of the Southeast region; and professional materials including correspondence, papers authored, and awards received. The collection consists primarily of photocopies of research material including seed and...
Dates:
1744-2012, undated
Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company landscape architectural drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS218
Scope and Content
This collection contains landscape drawings of both William L. Monroe, Sr. and William L. Monroe, Jr., as part of the Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company, and represent a wide variety of clients including residential, commercial, churches, and parks. Of special note is a landscape plan of Chastain Woods for Chastain Memorial Park.
Dates:
1934-1987, undated
Norman C. Butts photographs and postcards
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS268
Scope and Content
This collection contains photographs and postcards which provide details of the personal, military, and professional career of Norman Butts in New York, France, and Georgia. Included are images of his early family life, college years at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and landscaping projects in Atlanta, Georgia. Both Butts' work with Ashford Park Nurseries in Brookhaven and his own Atlanta landscaping business are represented. Of special interest are photographs of the gardens and...
Dates:
1880-1946, undated
Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans landscape architectural drawings
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS278
Scope and Content
This collection contains drawings that provide details of the land owned by the Berckmans family in both Belgium and Augusta, Georgia. Also part of the collection is a landscape drawing by P. J. Berckmans Company for an estate in Eatonton, Georgia and color landscape plans produced by the lawn and garden fertilizer company Vigoro.
Dates:
1852-approximately 1920
William L. Monroe, Sr. family photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS234
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photographs of William L. Monroe, Sr. and family members, wife Ila Smith Monroe, and children Evelyn Doris Monroe and William (Billy) L. Monroe, Jr. The majority of the images were taken in Monroe Gardens at 1896 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, Georgia, adjacent to Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Company. Of special interest are background features of the garden, such as the lodge, chapel, bomb shelter, and stone terracing, which provide details on the garden plan created...
Dates:
1920-1953
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- Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Co. (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
- Monroe, William L., 1892-1965 2
- Monroe, William L., 1925-1999 2
- Ashford Park Nurseries (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Berckmans, Louis Mathieu Edouard, 1801-1883 1
- Berckmans, Prosper Jules Alphonse, 1830-1910 1
- Butts family 1
- Butts, Norman C. 1
- Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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- Cothran, James R. 1
- Fruitland Nurseries (Augusta, Ga.) 1
- Monroe Gardens (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Monroe family 1
- Monroe, Evelyn D. (Evelyn Doris) 1
- Monroe, Ila S. (Ila Smith) 1
- Norman C. Butts Nursery (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
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