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Dargan Landscape Architects Inc. drawings

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS226
Scope and Content

This collection contains both residential and commercial landscape drawings for clients throughout the southeast United States. Also included are a few projects for international clients. The majority of projects are residential clients.

Dates: 1982-2008, undated

Dargan Landscape Architects Inc. records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1065
Scope and Content

This collection contains client files detailing landscape architecture plans, estimates, invoices, and correspondence. Also included are accounting and financial records, teaching and lecture materials, and professional correspondence with vendors and nurseries. Additionally, media files contain articles highlighting Dargan projects and events.

Dates: 1918-2010, undated; Majority of material found within 1979 - 2010

Earle Sumner Draper landscape architectural drawings

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Collection number: ahc.VIS216
Scope and Content

This collection contains a landscape drawing of the Blue Ridge Forest Resort, a 17,000 acre resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Tryon, North Carolina, and a perennial garden planting plan for the Cason J. Callaway Estate in LaGrange, Georgia.

Dates: 1925-1930

Edith Henderson papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS980
Scope and Contents of the Records The bulk of this artificial collection consists of weekly articles Henderson wrote for the Atlanta Journal/Constitution that provided practical design advice to readers. The collection contains articles from 1942, 1943, and 1950-1977. The collection includes some original manuscripts. More frequently, however, the articles included here are copies of the published version from the Atlanta Journal/Constitution. Occasionally,...
Dates: 1923-2005, undated

Edith Henderson visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS217
Scope and Content

This collection contains Henderson's landscape drawings for a residential property in Atlanta; an original rendering of the Clark Howell Homes, as part of the Housing Authority project in which Henderson took part; and over 200 of Henderson's slides on various gardening topics. Also a part of the collection are Henderson's pencil sketches of gardens, garden structures and statuary, as well as trees and landscapes.

Dates: 1933-1992, undated

Edward L. Daugherty visual arts material

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Collection number: ahc.VIS207
Scope and Content This collection contains drawings of projects including private gardens, corporate clients, schools, cultural institutions, large developments, parks, and cemeteries. Notable projects are the Atlanta Historical Society (Atlanta History Center), Atlanta Botanical Garden, Coca-Cola Headquarters Complex, Piedmont Hospital, Agnes Scott College, Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and a large cross section of private residences in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta. Also a part...
Dates: 1928-2013, undated

Franklin-Smith Associates documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS786f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence, contracts, and invoices for landscape work completed at the Memorial Garden at the Governor's Mansion. Also included are descriptions of stonework such as a limestone oval and a millstone. Of special interest are plant lists providing details of trees and shrubs used in the project.

Dates: 1985-1988

Franklin-Smith Associates landscape architectural drawings

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Collection number: ahc.VIS274
Scope and Content

This collection contains landscape plans for the Governor's Mansion Memorial Garden providing details of stone work, retaining walls, terraces, and benches. Drawings include identified trees, shrubs, and garden features.

Dates: 1985

J. Newton Bell, Jr. landscape architectural drawings

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Collection number: ahc.VIS271
Scope and Content

This collection contains landscape drawings of mostly residential projects, but also includes some commercial properties and parks in Griffin and other Georgia cities. Drawings include general landscape plans and plant lists as well as plans for walls, foundation plantings, and traffic islands. Of special interest is Bell's 1940 senior thesis drawing of a country estate for his parents.

Dates: 1940-1994, undated

J. Newton Bell, Jr. papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1133
Scope and Content

This collection contains articles, certificates, and handwritten notes from the professional career of J. Newton Bell. Also included in the collection are landscape architecture contract templates and plant resources such as catalogs and tree lists. Of special interest is a proclamation by the mayor of the City of Griffin, designating February 17, 2005 as J. Newton Bell, Jr. Day.

Dates: 1950-2005, undated

James R. Cothran visual arts material

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Collection number: ahc.VIS262
Scope and Content This collection contains slides, photographs, and negatives taken or collected by Cothran depicting topics such as botanists, naturalists, landscape designers and architects; horticultural, gardening and landscape topics; and historic gardens of the Southeast, other regions of the United States, and Europe. Material also includes images used in Cothran's lectures and books he authored. The majority of the collection consists of images taken by Cothran on his travels or collected during...
Dates: 1932-2011, undated

John Leon Hoffman Sr. landscape architectural drawing

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Collection number: ahc.VIS364
Scope and Content

This collection contains one set of landscape drawings (one original drawing and two blueprint copies) of the formal garden for the Cason J. Callaway Estate in LaGrange, Georgia. The estate includes a Neel Reid designed home and is located adjacent to the Hills & Dales Estate. Of special interest, Hoffman's landscape plan includes 240 'Clara Butt' tulips, an heirloom tulip variety.

Dates: 1920-1930

Judith B. Tankard papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1081
Scope and Content This collection contains chiefly photocopies of articles, papers, clippings, and other research material covering a variety of landscape history topics. Also included is biographical research on women landscape architects such as Rose Ishbel Greely and Marian Cruger Coffin. Additionally, seminar materials from the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Radcliffe Seminars Program from the Landscape Institute of Harvard University provide further information on American and...
Dates: 1905-2017, undated

Judith B. Tankard visual arts material

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Collection number: ahc.VIS410
Scope and Contents This collection contains photographs, slides, and postcards that document Tankard's career in landscape history research, lecturing, and writing. Included in the collection are images of Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg, Virginia, owned by John Lee Pratt (1879-1975) and Lillian Thomas Pratt (1876-1947). Also a part of the collection are house and garden images documenting Tankard’s research and travels in North America and Europe. These images highlight the work of landscape architects such...
Dates: 1869-2019, undated

Julia O. Martin Landscape Design visual arts materials

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Collection number: ahc.VIS182
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of landscape plans, photographs, negatives, and slides created by Atlanta landscape designer, Julia Orme Martin, from 1971 to 1995. The collection consists of primarily landscape designs for residential properties in the neighborhoods of Ansley Park and Buckhead, in Atlanta, Georgia. Of particular note are the drawings pertaining to the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia as well as those pertaining to the Tompkins property on West Wesley Road in Atlanta, Georgia....
Dates: 1971-1995, undated

Julia O. Martin papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1137
Scope and Content

The majority of this collection contains correspondence, estimates, ledgers, proposals, and planting studies that provide a history of Julia O. Martin's career as principal of Julia O. Martin Landscape Design. Martin's resume and clippings offer details of her personal and professional life. Of special note are Martin's garden design sketches included in various planting studies.

Dates: 1937-1997, undated

Landscape architectural drawings of Violet Bank

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Collection number: ahc.VIS277
Scope and Content This collection contains landscape drawings that provide details of the garden and landscape history at the Violet Bank estate in Griffin, Georgia. A planting plan by the C. A. Dahl Company shows the layout of the property including the house, driveway, and formal garden. Of note, this drawing erroneously cites Mrs. H. W. Barnes as Mrs. H. 'G.' Barnes. Also a part of the collection are garden sketches by an unknown landscape architect which provide plant variety names and describe trees,...
Dates: 1924-1985

Laura Berry Campbell's garden photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS379
Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs taken by Reeves Studios of the gardens of Laura and John Bulow Campbell's property at 2958 Andrews Drive. The images highlight a boxwood terrace garden with tulips, a central pool featuring a Leda and the Swan bronze statue, garden tile, and a grassy allee flanked by dogwoods in bloom. Of special note are several millstones, popular decoration in gardens of that time period.

Dates: approximately 1941

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

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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

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Smith, William T. (William Tingle) 4
Franklin-Smith Associates 3
Bell, J. Newton (Jewell Newton) 2
Callaway, Cason J. (Cason Jewell) 2
Clark Howell Homes (Atlanta, Ga.) 2
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Dargan Landscape Architects, Inc. 2
Dargan, Hugh Graham 2
Dargan, Mary Palmer 2
Daugherty, Edward L. 2
Franklin, Daniel Berry 2
Georgia Governor's Mansion (Atlanta, Ga.). Memorial Garden 2
Henderson, Edith, 1911- 2
Jekyll, Gertrude 2
Julia O. Martin Landscape Design 2
Martin, Julia Orme 2
Shipman, Ellen, 1869-1950 2
Tankard, Judith B. 2
American Society of Landscape Architects. Georgia Chapter 1
Anderson, Richard, 1947- 1
Ashford Park Nurseries (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Atlanta Historical Society 1
Bibb County Flower Club (Macon, Ga.) 1
Butts family 1
Butts, Norman C. 1
C. A. Dahl Co. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Callaway, Virginia Hand 1
Campbell, John Bulow, 1870-1940 1
Campbell, Laura Berry 1
Capital City Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Chastain Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Chatham Manor (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1
Coffin, Marian Cruger 1
Cothran, James R. 1
Courts, Virginia Orme Campbell 1
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens 1
Daugherty/Anderson and Associates 1
Draper, E. S. (Earle Sumner) 1
Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 1
Gainey, Ryan 1
Garden Club of Georgia. 1
Greely, Rose 1
Greenwood Gardens (Short Hills, N.J.) 1
Hitchcock, Susan L. 1
Hoffman, John Leon 1
Hutcheson, Martha Brookes Brown 1
Jensen, Jens 1
John L. Hoffman & Co. 1
Lowthorpe School of Landscape Architecture 1
Luytens, Edwin, 1869-1944 1
Monroe's Landscape and Nursery Co. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Monroe, William L., 1892-1965 1
Monroe, William L., 1925-1999 1
Norman C. Butts Nursery (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Pauley, William C. (William Crooks) 1
Peachtree Garden Club (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Pratt Family 1
Pratt, John Lee, 1879-1975 1
Pratt, Lillian Thomas, 1876-1947 1
Reeves Studios (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Richard Anderson Landscape Architect Inc. 1
Stewart, Thomas J., Mrs. (Ann Octavia Burden), 1886-1979 1
Towery, Sarah G. 1
Vineville Garden Club (Macon, Ga.) 1
Violet Bank (Griffin, Ga.) 1
William T. Smith and Associates Inc. 1
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