Omaha -- Feagler Garden

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General: "A private, suburban garden composed of multilevel garden rooms and structural components for outdoor living and entertaining. Both a garden room and a potting/work area provide access on different levels to the terrace with areas of grass and brick and steps up to seating and eating areas, and a brickwork hot tub. A brick path and steps lead through an iron gate into a shade garden designed in quadrants around a fountain, with two north-south brick paths on two levels. Redbud, whitebud, ash, maple, pear and crabapple trees shade the groundcovers of hosta, epimedium, vinca and pachysandra, which; are accented by tulips and mertensia in the spring. The property turns to the west to create an inverted 'L' shape. This sunny back area contains an iron arch, a rose-covered arbor, grass surrounded by English-style perennial borders containing a wide variety of flowers, and ends with a wooden pergola and bench behind a small lily pond."; Persons associated with the property include: Alton and Mabel Bailey (former owners, 1940-?); Dr. and Mrs. Morton Root (former owners); Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCallister (former owners); Joe Vinolas (former owner, 1967-1978); Francis Simonds (designer, 1970s); Harlan Hamernik (nursery dealer, 1970s); Brian Kinghorn (landscape designer, 1980s); Marty Neely (designer, 1980s); Louis Vash (contractor/builder, 1990); and Frank Weber (artist, 1996).

Former owner: Bailey, Alton; Bailey, Mabel; Root, Morton, Mrs., Dr.; Root, Morton, Dr.; McCallister, Jack, Mrs.; McCallister, Jack; Vinolas, Joe
Designer: Simonds, Francis
Nursery dealer: Hamernik, Harlan
Landscape designer: Kinghorn, Brian
Designer: Neely, Marty
Contractor: Vash, Louis
Artist: Weber, Frank
Provenance: Loveland Garden Club
Collection Creator: Garden Club of America

Place: Feagler Garden (Omaha, Nebraska); United States of America -- Nebraska -- Douglas County -- Omaha

Topic: Gardens -- Nebraska -- Omaha

Former owner: Bailey, Alton; Bailey, Mabel; Root, Morton, Mrs., Dr.; Root, Morton, Dr.; McCallister, Jack, Mrs.; McCallister, Jack; Vinolas, Joe
Designer: Simonds, Francis
Nursery dealer: Hamernik, Harlan
Landscape designer: Kinghorn, Brian
Designer: Neely, Marty
Contractor: Vash, Louis
Artist: Weber, Frank

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Archival Repository: Archives of American Gardens

Identifier: AAG.GCA, File NE004

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 the Omaha Sunday World-Herald, May 18, 1975. Garden has been featured in the Omaha Sunday World-Herald, June 11, 1995.

Scope and Contents: The folder includes a narrative history, copies of two newspaper articles about the garden, a description and worksheet, a map of the neighborhood in which the garden is located, and five related pictures and six related slides of the garden. The garden is noted for its multilevel rooms and structural components for outdoor living.

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: Feagler Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (20 35 mm. slides)

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The Garden Club of America collection

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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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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.

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