John M. Fogg photographic slides

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1 Laura Bell, Intern 2017/06/13 Archives of American Gardens P.O. Box Capital Gallery West, Suite 3300, MRC 506 Washington, DC

2 Table of Contents Collection Overview... 1 Administrative Information... 1 Biographical Note... 2 Scope and Contents... 2 Arrangement... 2 Names and Subjects... 2 Container Listing... 4 Series 1: Garden images... 4

3 Collection Overview Repository: Title: Identifier: Archives of American Gardens Date: Extent: 183 slides (photographs) (35mm, 0.1 cubic feet, 1 slide box) Creator: Fogg, John M. (John Milton), Language: English Summary: Collection consists of mm photographic slides that Dr. John M. Fogg took of a variety of arboreta, botanic gardens, plant nurseries, and other assorted gardens throughout the United States and Canada between 1955 and Administrative Information Provenance This collection was donated to the Archives of American Gardens by the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in Related Archival Materials Records relating to Dr. Fogg's professional career are located at the following repositories: The John Milton Fogg Papers, at the Barnes Foundation Archives in Merion, Pennsylvania, and the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania records at the Morris Arboretum Archives at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pensylvania. Processing Information The collection of slides was arranged and rehoused by AAG Volunteer Marca Woodhams in 2017, and described by AAG Intern Laura Bell in Slides from the collection were selected by Kelly Crawford, AAG Museum Specialist, and digitized for inclusion in the finding aid in Preferred Citation Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, John M. Fogg Photographic Slides Conditions Governing Access Collection is open for research. Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit all requests for appointments in writing. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu. Page 1 of 10

4 Conditions Governing Use Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for noncommercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Biographical Note Dr. John Milton Fogg Jr. (b d.1982), a botanist, was a professor of botany for over sixty years at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the director of the Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania between 1954 and In 1941 Fogg was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and named Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania in His career in botany was prolific. Throughout his career Fogg worked to survey the flora of Pennsylvania. He helped to establish a horticulture school at the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania where he served as its first botany instructor. In 1966, Dr. Fogg was appointed Director of the Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation. Fogg wrote and published dozens of books and articles about botany and plants throughout his career. Fogg died in 1982 at the age of 83. Scope and Contents The collection comprises mm photographic slides taken by Dr. John M. Fogg between 1955 and 1967 documenting a variety of trips to botanic gardens, arboreta, and plant nurseries in the U.S. and Canada. Photographs also include trips taken by Fogg and other members of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (later the American Public Gardens Association). Arrangement The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries: Series 1: Garden images Subseries 1: Gardens in the United States Subseries 2: Foreign Gardens Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Cultures: Botanists Botany Gardens Gardens -- Canada Page 2 of 10

5 Gardens -- Georgia Gardens -- Massachusetts Gardens -- Minnesota Gardens -- Missouri Gardens -- New Jersey Gardens -- North Carolina Gardens -- Ohio Gardens -- Tennessee Gardens -- United States Gardens -- Virginia Gardens -- Virginia -- Norfolk Gardens -- Washington (D.C.) Nurseries (Horticulture) Public gardens Types of Materials: Color slides Photographic slides Slides (35mm transparencies) Slides (photographs) Page 3 of 10

6 Container Listing Series 1: Garden images Slidebox 1 1.1: Gardens in the United States District of Columbia DC046: Washington -- National Arboretum, slides (photographs) (35mm.) Azaleas Gardens -- Washington (D.C.) Georgia GA120: Pine Mountain -- Callaway Gardens, 1965 Gardens -- Georgia -- Thomasville Massachusetts MA033: Jamaica Plain -- Arnold Arboretum, slides (photographs) (35mm) Bonsai Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Jamaica Plain Hedges Rhododendrons Shrubs Arnold Arboretum (Boston, Massachusetts) Boston (Mass.) MA101: Sandwich -- Shawme Farm (Dexter Garden), slides (photographs) (35mm) Gardens -- Massachusetts Rhododendrons Dexter Garden (Sandwich, Massachusetts) MA622: Weston -- Case Estates, slides (photographs) (35mm) Page 4 of 10

7 Gardens -- Massachusetts Ground cover plants Perennials Minnesota MN017: Chanhassen -- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, slides (photographs) (35mm) Gardens -- Minnesota University of Minnesota Missouri MO116: Grey Summit -- Recreation Area, 1963 Oct. 2 slides (photographs) (35mm) Gardens -- Missouri Outdoor recreation Pavilions Recreation MO017: St. Louis -- Missouri Botanical Garden -- Climatron, 1960 Oct. 4 slides (photographs) (35mm) Gardens -- Missouri Greenhouses Tropical plants New Jersey NJ426 : South Orange - Gotelli Garden, 1962 Evergreens Fir Gardens -- New Jersey New York NY341: Brooklyn -- Brooklyn Botanic Garden, slides (photographs) (35mm) Bonsai Gardens -- New York Gardens, Japanese Page 5 of 10

8 Ponds Rock gardens Shrubs Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) NY1185: Flushing -- Queens Botanical Garden, 1964 United States of America -- New York -- Queens County -- New York -- Flushing Gardens -- New York NY584: Geneva -- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, slides (photographs) (35mm) Agricultural buildings Apple trees Apples Fruit trees Peach NY1184: Geneva -- Stern's Nursery, slides (photographs) (35mm) Image(s) Automobiles Flowers Nurseries (Horticulture) -- United States Tulips NY163: Great River -- Westbrook Garden (Bayard Cutting Arboretum), slides (photographs) (35mm) Bayard Cutting Arboretum (Great River, New York) NY210: Newark -- Jackson & Perkins Rose Garden, slides (photographs) (35mm) Names: Jackson & Perkins Company Jackson and Perkins Rose Garden Rose gardens Roses United States of America -- New York -- Wayne County -- Newark Page 6 of 10

9 NY433: Old Westbury -- Old Westbury Gardens, slides (photographs) (35mm) United States of America -- New York -- Nassau County -- Westbury Flowers Greenhouses Historic houses Historic sites Houses -- brick Italian gardens Shrubs NY279: Oyster Bay -- Planting Fields Arboretum, slides (photographs) (35mm) Fields United States of America -- New York -- Nassau County -- Oyster Bay NY217: Rochester -- Durand-Eastman Park, slides (photographs) (35mm) Owner: Durand, Henry S., Owner Gardens -- New York -- Rochester Durand-Eastman Park (Rochester, New York) North Carolina NC001: Asheville -- Biltmore House & Gardens, slides (photographs) (35mm) Azaleas Formal gardens Fountains Gardens -- North Carolina Hedges Historic houses Ponds statues North Carolina -- Asheville Ohio Page 7 of 10

10 OH286001: Cleveland -- Unidentified Rose Garden, 1962 Arbors Gardens -- Ohio Rose gardens Ohio -- Cleveland OH287: Kirtland -- The Holden Arboretum, 1962 Buildings Gardens -- Ohio Shrubs OH285: Newark -- The Dawes Arboretum, slides (photographs) (35mm) Bonsai OH284: Wooster -- Secrest Arboretum, slides (photographs) (35mm) Gardens -- Ohio Oak Taxus Yew Pennsylvania PA827: Chester Springs -- Ker-Feal, 1960 Names: Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), Historic houses Historic sites Terraces (land forms) PA830: Feasterville -- Bergman garden, 1963 Rock gardens Shrubs Swimming pools PA011: Kennett Square -- Longwood Gardens, slides (photographs) (35mm) Page 8 of 10

11 Names: Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) Botany Conservatories Fountains -- Kennett Square Palms Rhododendrons Waterfalls PA826: Merion -- The Barnes Arboretum, slides (photographs) (35mm) Names: Barnes Foundation Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), Flowers Formal gardens PA829: Pottstown -- Welkinweir (Rodebaugh Estate), 1962 Image(s): Pottstown Welkinweir Evergreens Flowering shrubs Flowering trees Mountains Rivers Weeping willow PA828: Swarthmore -- The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College, slides (photographs) (35mm) Names: Swarthmore College. Scott Arboretum Daffodils Rose gardens PA426: Villanova -- Bloomfield (Ewing Estate), slides (photographs) (35mm) -- Villanova Houses United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Rosemont Page 9 of 10

12 PA431: Washington Crossing -- Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, slides (photographs) (35mm) Hills Tennessee TN045: Nashville -- Cheekwood, slides (photographs) (35mm Art museums Gardens -- Tennessee Virginia VA199: Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Gardens, slides (photographs) (35mm) Azaleas Dogwoods Formal gardens Gardens -- Virginia -- Norfolk Vista VA153: Wachapreague -- Gulf Stream Nursery, 1962 Gardens -- Virginia Nurseries (Horticulture) -- United States 1.2: Gardens in Canada Ontario, Canada CAN025: Burlington -- Royal Botanical Gardens, Fir Gardens -- Canada Hedges Lilacs Rock gardens Ontario Return to Table of Contents Page 10 of 10