Berckmans, Prosper Jules Alphonse, 1830-1910
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1830 - 1910
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS961
Scope and Contents of the Records
The Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection contains personal and business records pertaining to Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans, Sr. and other Berckmans family members. The collection documents the activities of Fruitland Nurseries, one of the first commercial horticultural nurseries in the South. The collection contains family records, including correspondence, journals, newspapers articles, and photographs. The collection also has business records of Fruitland Nurseries, including...
Dates:
1828-2000, 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