Natchez -- Monmouth

Object Details

sova.aag.gca_ref9167
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General
"Monmouth is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated an Historic Landmark. The well-kept gardens have great appeal, and many visitors spend time here throughout the year. Native plants abound and enhance selected cultivated plant material. A special rose garden sets the theme for excellence in plant choices. The pear orchard revived and replanted from traditional earlier production of this and other fruits by John Quitman is also noteworthy."
"Highlighting the property is a small lake with a picturesque bridge. The bridge crossing leads to a gravel pathway directly in line with an approach to either an early cemetery where one of the first owners is buried, or a well marked nature trail into the natural forest part of Monmouth's property. The garden plan evolved into a beautiful year-round setting.
Persons associated with the property include: Lewis and Sarah Evans (former owner February 22, 1814 to December 21, 1817); Jonathan Thompson (former owner from December 21, 1817 to January 11, 1825); John Hankinson (former owner from January 11, 1825 to March 11, 1826); Calvin Smith (former owner from march 11, 1826 to 1858); Rosalie Quitman Duncan (former owner from 1858 to 1914); Alice Quitman Lovell (former owner 1914 to Jan 1, 1919); Eva C. Lovell (former owner from 1914 to January 1, 1919); W. W. Perry (former owner from Jan 1, 1919 to June 15, 1922); Lottie Perry (former owner from June 15, 1922 to ?).
Persons associated with the property include: Annie G. Gwin Barnum (former owner from ?); Anne Gwin Vaughan (former owner from ?); Lucien C. and Lawrence P. Gwin (former owner from ?); Ron and Mimi Miller (Historic Natchez Advisors in 1982); Ms. Elbert Hilliard (Mississippi Department of Archives and History, consultant in 1982); Danny Smith (Builder/Contractor); Bill Garbo (landscape architect); Bryan Graham (landscape architect); Harvey Cotton (horticulturist and manager); Larry Stewart (gardener and nature trail planner); Malcolm Robson (wood grainer, England).
Former owner
Evans, Lewis
Evans, Sarah
Thompson, Jonathan
Hankinson, John
Smith, Calvin
Duncan, Rosalie Quitman
Lovell, Alice Quitman
Lovell, Eva C.
Perry, W. W.
Perry, Lottie
Barnum, Annie G. Gwin
Vaughan, Anne Gwin
Gwin, Lucien C.
Gwin, Lawrence P.
Consultant
Miller, Ron
Miller, Mary Warren
Hilliard, Elbert
Contractor
Smith, Danny
Landscape architect
Garbo, William
Horticulturist
Cotton, Harvey
Gardener
Stewart, Larry
Landscape architect
Graham, Bryan
Provenance
Pilgrimage Garden Club
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Place
Monmouth (Natchez, Mississippi)
United States of America -- Mississippi -- Adams County -- Natchez
Topic
Gardens -- Mississippi -- Natchez
Former owner
Evans, Lewis
Evans, Sarah
Thompson, Jonathan
Hankinson, John
Smith, Calvin
Duncan, Rosalie Quitman
Lovell, Alice Quitman
Lovell, Eva C.
Perry, W. W.
Perry, Lottie
Barnum, Annie G. Gwin
Vaughan, Anne Gwin
Gwin, Lucien C.
Gwin, Lawrence P.
Consultant
Miller, Ron
Miller, Mary Warren
Hilliard, Elbert
Contractor
Smith, Danny
Landscape architect
Garbo, William
Horticulturist
Cotton, Harvey
Gardener
Stewart, Larry
Landscape architect
Graham, Bryan
Provenance
Pilgrimage Garden Club
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Sponsor
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
Custodial History
The Pilgrimage Garden Club facilitated the submission of this garden's documentation.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.GCA, File MS009
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Collection Rights
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, 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. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Bibliography
Garden has been featured in Perior, Timothy, Monmouth Plantation. a booklet. 1989 Garden has been featured in U. S. National Park Service. National Register for Historic Places. Inventory. Garden has been featured in Tyree, Mrs. Raymond, Natchez Antebellum Homes. 1964. Tom L. Ketchings Co. Natchez, MS. Garden has been featured in Pishel, Robert Gordon, Museum City of the Old South. Magnolia Publishing Co., Tulsa, Okla. 1959. Garden has been featured in Cooper, J. Wesley, A Treasure of Antebellum Homes. Southern Historical Publications. 1957. Garden has been featured in Cooper, J. Wesley, Ante-bellum Homes of Natchez. Southern Historical Publishing Co., 1970. Garden has been featured in Smith, Reid, and Owens, John, Majesty of Natchez. Paddle Wheel Publications. 1969. Garden has been featured in Oliver, Nola Nance, Natchez, Symbol of The Old South. Hastings House. NY, NY 1940. Garden has been featured in "Auction". Mississippi Republican, November 17, 1824. Garden has been featured in Monmouth ad. by John Henderson and Sons. Mississippi. November 17, 1824. Garden Has been featured in Moore, Edith Wyatt: "Fondly I Roam." "Monmouth" 1949. Natchez Times. (newspaper) Garden has been featured in Lambert, James: "Looking Back" Natchez Democrat. (newspaper) Garden has been featured in Historic American Building Survey, National Park Service, Department of Interior, Washington, DC. Catalogue, 1941. Garden has been featured in Adams County landmarks Inventory. Natchez Metropolitan Planning Commission. pictures. 1978. Garden has been featured in Article: "Quitman Descendant vista Natchez." The Natchez Decomrat, May 17, 1997. Garden has been featured in article "Monmouth rated on of America's top 50 inns." August 17, 1997.
Collection Restrictions
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Related Materials
Monmouth related holdings consist of 1 folder (21 35 mm. slides)
AAG.GCA_ref9167
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  • The Garden Club of America collection
    sova.aag.gca
    GUID
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb617385372-1028-4cb7-b07d-04fea2e51c47
    Creator
    Garden Club of America
    Names
    New York Flower Show
    Topic
    Gardens -- France
    Gardens -- Italy
    Gardens -- Japan
    Gardens -- Mexico
    Flower shows
    Gardening -- United States -- societies, etc
    Gardens -- England
    Landscape architecture
    Gardens -- United States
    Gardens -- Spain
    Gardens -- Scotland
    Creator
    Garden Club of America
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    The Garden Club of America collection
    Sponsor
    A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
    Summary
    The Garden Club of America Collection at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Gardens contains over 100,000 images (lantern slides, 35mm slides, photographs, and digital images) and garden files that document thousands of historic and contemporary gardens (public and private) across the United States. Each garden file includes a range of documentation such as descriptive information, photocopied articles from journals, newspapers, or books, planting lists, correspondence, and/or landscape plans and drawings. These files have been compiled by members of The Garden Club of America (GCA). Some of the gardens in the GCA Collection have been photographed over the course of several decades; others are documented at a single point in time. In addition to images of American gardens, there are glass lantern slides of the New York Flower Show (1941-1951) and trips that GCA members took to other countries, including Mexico (1937), Italy, Spain, Japan (1935), France (1936), England (1929), and Scotland. A number of the slides are copies of historic images from outside repositories including horticultural and historical societies or from horticultural books and publications. The GCA made a concerted effort in the mid-1980s to acquire these images in order to increase its documentation of American garden history. Because of copyright considerations, use of these particular images may be restricted.
    Accruals note
    The GCA continues to document American gardens and submit images and documentation to the Archives of American Gardens. Further accruals are expected.
    Biographical/Historical note
    The Garden Club of America was established in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the Garden Club of Philadelphia and eleven other garden clubs met to create a national garden club. Its purpose is to foster the knowledge and love of gardening and to restore and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and gardening and conservation efforts. The GCA was incorporated in Delaware in 1923, with its headquarters established in New York City. Today, local clubs are organized under twelve regional zones. The GCA continues its tradition of hosting flower shows and publishing material related to gardening in the United States. The GCA's glass lantern slides were used by The GCA for presentations and lectures about notable gardens throughout the United States dating back to colonial times. An effort was made in the late 1980s, in preparation of the 75th anniversary of the Garden Club of America's founding, to collect the disbursed slides. These slides were to eventually form the Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens. The informational value of this collection is extensive since a number of images of the more than 4,500 gardens represented show garden designs that have changed over time or no longer exist. While the majority of images document a range of designed upper and upper-middle class gardens throughout the U.S., the scope of the collection is expanding as volunteers photograph and document contemporary gardens including community and vernacular gardens. The gardens illustrate the design work of dozens of landscape architects including Marian Coffin, Beatrix Farrand, Lawrence Halprin, Hare & Hare, Umberto Innocenti, Gertrude Jekyll, Jens Jensen, Warren Manning, the Olmsted Brothers, Charles Platt, Ellen Biddle Shipman, and Fletcher Steele. Because of their proximity to the gardens, works of notable architects and sculptors may also be featured in the images.
    Extent
    37000 Slides (photographs) (35mm slides)
    33 Linear feet ((garden files))
    3,000 Lantern slides
    Date
    circa 1920-present
    Custodial History note
    The GCA's Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens was donated to the Smithsonian Institution in 1992; this became the core collection of the Archives of American Gardens.
    Archival Repository
    Archives of American Gardens
    Identifier
    AAG.GCA
    Type
    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Slides (photographs)
    Lantern slides
    Plans (drawings)
    Brochures
    Articles
    Correspondence
    Clippings
    Citation
    Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
    Rights
    Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, 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. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
    Genre/Form
    Plans (drawings)
    Brochures
    Articles
    Correspondence
    Clippings
    Lantern slides
    Slides (photographs)
    Restrictions
    Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
    AAG.GCA
    Large EAD
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb617385372-1028-4cb7-b07d-04fea2e51c47
    AAG.GCA
    AAG
    Record ID
    ebl-1562776092361-1562776095300-0
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