Naumkeag Garden, Mabel Choate, Stockbridge, Mass.

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Date

1965

GUSN

GUSN-330820

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Ephemera collection
Product catalogues
Agriculture and landscaping
Landscape architecture and gardening
Naumkeag Garden, Mabel Choate, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Description

The author describes the development of the garden over time at her father's summer estate in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Choate, a noted horticulturist and preservationist, worked with landscape architect Fletcher Steele to build on the garden layout originally created by Nathaniel Barrett. The description is dated summer 1956.

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Descriptive Terms

horticulturists
landscape architects
landscape architecture
gardens
women (female humans)
booklets

Physical Description

1 booklet ; 7 1/4 x 5 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.001.004.102

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2017.

Places

Stockbridge (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Choate, Mabel, 1870-1958 (Author)

Material Type

booklets

Other People

Barrett, Nathaniel Franklin, 1845-1919
Steele, Fletcher

Subjects

Naumkeag Garden (Stockbridge, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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