Kilmarnock -- Ditchley

Object Details

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General
Named for a home of the Lee family near Oxford, England, the Ditchley estate was settled in the 17th century on the Northern Neck of Virginia and looks out onto the Chesapeake Bay. The present mansion was built in 1752 by Kendall Lee. From 1651 on the property was owned only by members of the Lee and Ball families, direct descendants of Colonel Richard Lee, who received the original land grant. Ditchley was purchased In 1935 by Alfred I. du Pont and his wife, the former Jessie Ball. Spacious grounds with traditional plantings surround the house. The property is listed on the Historic American Buildings Survey.
Persons associated with the garden include: Kendall Lee (former owner, c. 1752); the Lee family (former owners, 1651- ?); the Ball family (former owners, 1651- ?); Alfred I. du Pont (former owner, 1935); and Jessie Ball du Pont (former owner, 1935- ?).
Former owner
Lee, Kendall
Creator
Ball family
Lee family
Former owner
Du Pont, Alfred I.
Du Pont, Jessie Ball
Collection Creator
Hollerith family
Collection Photographer
Hollerith, Lucia Beverly, 1891-1982
Collection Creator
Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929
Collection Photographer
Hollerith, Nannie Talcott, 1898-1985
Hollerith, Virginia
Collection Creator
Garden Club of America
Georgetown Garden Club
Place
Ditchley (Ditchley, Virginia)
United States of America -- Virginia -- Northumberland County -- Ditchley
Topic
Gardens -- Virginia -- Ditchley
Former owner
Lee, Kendall
Creator
Ball family
Lee family
Former owner
Du Pont, Alfred I.
Du Pont, Jessie Ball
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Hollerith Family slide collection
Hollerith Family slide collection / Gardens and Sites / Virginia
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.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.HOL, File VA181
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Hollerith Family Slide 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 Garden Club of Virginia Journal, XXXIII, No. 1 (January-February 1988), p. 17. Garden has been featured in Frances Archer Christian and Susanne Williams Massie, Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia (Richmond: Christian and Massie, Inc., 1962), pp. 155-157. Garden has been featured in The Garden Club of Virginia Journal, XXIX, No. 1 (January-February 1984), cover and p. 5.
Scope and Contents
The folder includes a worksheet and photocopies of articles and book excerpts about the site.
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
Ditchley related holdings consist of 1 folder (5 35 mm. slides)
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Record ID
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Kilmarnock -- Ditchley
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  • Hollerith Family slide collection
    sova.aag.hol
    GUID
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69ad45d03-dcb6-4ff5-9ec4-d646f1950f1d
    Creator
    Hollerith family
    Photographer
    Hollerith, Lucia Beverly, 1891-1982
    Creator
    Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929
    Photographer
    Hollerith, Nannie Talcott, 1898-1985
    Hollerith, Virginia
    Creator
    Garden Club of America
    Georgetown Garden Club
    Names
    Georgetown Garden Club
    Place
    Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
    Topic
    Gardening -- United States -- societies, etc
    Gardens -- United States
    Gardens -- Washington (D.C.)
    Creator
    Hollerith family
    Photographer
    Hollerith, Lucia Beverly, 1891-1982
    Creator
    Hollerith, Herman, 1860-1929
    Photographer
    Hollerith, Nannie Talcott, 1898-1985
    Hollerith, Virginia
    Creator
    Garden Club of America
    Georgetown Garden Club
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    Hollerith Family slide 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 Hollerith Family Collection includes approximately 2,200 35mm slides dating from 1952 to 1980 that document the horticultural interests and travels of sisters Virginia and Nan Hollerith, members of the Georgetown Garden Club in Washington, D.C. The images primarily show private and public gardens, plantations, and historic sites in the mid-Atlantic and the southeast regions of the United States. Included in the collection are slides documenting the activities of the Georgetown Garden Club and various floral arrangements.
    Biographical/Historical note
    Lucia, Nannie (Nan) and Virginia Hollerith were the daughters of inventor Herman Hollerith and his wife Lucia Beverly Talcott Hollerith. Other Hollerith children include Herman Hollerith, Jr. (1892-1982), Charles Hollerith (1893-1972), and Richard Hollerith (1900-1967). Herman Hollerith's invention of the punch card tabulating machine, which played an integral role in the creation of the modern information processing industry, was implemented in the 1890 census to summarize census data. His business, the Tabulating Machine Company, would ultimately become International Business Machines (IBM). Upon selling his business in 1911, Herman Hollerith purchased a Georgetown residence known as Mackall Square, and added to the property a second home, which was known as the Hollerith House. The three Hollerith sisters spent the bulk of their lives in residence at this Georgetown home and at the family's Mathews County, Virginia property, known as Brighton, or Mobjack Farm. Lucia Beverly Hollerith, the eldest of the six Hollerith children, was born in 1891. A visual artist, she studied at the Corcoran School of Art and taught floral arrangement at the National Cathedral School for Girls. Born in 1898, Nannie Talcott Hollerith, commonly addressed as Nan, appears to have been particularly engaged in the maintenance of the Hollerith family estate. Virginia Hollerith was born in 1902. The youngest of the Hollerith children, she published a biographical piece about her father in the Spring 1971 issue of Isis by the History of Science Society. Mrs. Lucia Hollerith, mother of the Hollerith children, co-founded the Georgetown Garden Club in 1924. The three sisters were active members throughout their lives, as well as active members of Christ Church in Georgetown, where they regularly contributed floral arrangements for the altar. These and other floral arrangements are documented in the collection, as are the Hollerith sisters' activities with the Georgetown Garden Club.
    Extent
    0.75 Cubic feet (approximately 2,500 35mm slides, 35mm)
    Date
    1952-1980
    Custodial History note
    Gift from the Hollerith estate through Mrs. Richard G. Brown, a Georgetown Garden Club member. The slides had been in the keeping of Laura Fisher.
    Archival Repository
    Archives of American Gardens
    Identifier
    AAG.HOL
    Type
    Collection descriptions
    Archival materials
    Slides (photographs)
    Citation
    Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Hollerith Family Slide Collection.
    Arrangement Note
    The Holleriths used a self-designed numbering system to organize their 35mm slides. They captioned most slides with the name of the garden or site shown in the slide.
    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
    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.
    Related Archival Materials note
    Related materials may be found in the Hollerith Family Papers at the Washington D.C. Historical Society's Kiplinger Research Library and Collections, the Papers of the Hollerith Family at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, the Barnard-Talcott Hollerith Family Papers in the Special Collections Research Center at The George Washington University, and the Papers of Herman Hollerith in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
    AAG.HOL
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69ad45d03-dcb6-4ff5-9ec4-d646f1950f1d
    AAG.HOL
    AAG
    Record ID
    ebl-1521747716617-1521747716665-0
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