Brookline -- Greenough Garden

Object Details

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Owner: Greenough, Henry V., Mrs.
Landscape architect: Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950
Collection Landscape architect: Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950

Place: United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline; Greenough Garden (Brookline, Massachusetts)

Topic: Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Brookline

Owner: Greenough, Henry V., Mrs.
Landscape architect: Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950

See more items in: Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection; Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection / Gardens / Massachusetts

Extent: 1 Glass plate negative; 1 Lantern slide

Date: circa 1931

Container: Box 1; Box 3

Archival Repository: Archives of American Gardens

Identifier: AAG.SHP, File MA202

Type: Archival materials; Negatives; Slides; Glass plate negatives; Lantern slides

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Ellen Shipman garden photography 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 Judith B. Tankard, The Gardens of Ellen Biddle Shipman (Sagaponeck, NY: Sagapress, Inc., 1996), p. 145-147. Garden has been featured in Judith B. Tankard, Ellen Shipman and The American Garden (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2018), p. 191-193, 202, 270n7. Garden has been featured in "Variety of Form and Abundance of Bloom within a Small Area: The Garden of Mrs. Henry V. Greenough, Brookline, Massachusetts," House Beautiful, March 1931, p. 62.

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: Cornell University, Ellen Shipman Papers, Ithaca, New York.

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Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection

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General

About half of the negatives were originally housed in paper sleeves, most of which were labelled with the client name. The rest were in unlabelled boxes and account for most of the unidentified gardens in the collection. None of the photographic images were captioned or dated; the garden plans specify the client and location.

Landscape architect

Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950

Topic

Gardens -- United States

Provenance

Taylor Belcher, III and Anthony W. Belcher donated the collection to the Archives of American Gardens in 2021.

Landscape architect

Shipman, Ellen Biddle, 1869-1950

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Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection

Sponsor

Cataloging of the Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection was made possible with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Biographical / Historical

Ellen (Biddle) Shipman (1869-1950) was a pioneering landscape architect who designed hundreds of gardens throughout the United States from the late 1910s thoughout the 1940s. She was mentored by architect and landscape architect Charles A Platt and gained professional experience in his office. Shipman made a point of hiring women to work in her Manhattan office. Most of her commissions were for private clients, though she did design several public spaces including school campuses, library grounds, and memorials.

Extent

.48 Cubic feet (3 boxes, film negatives, glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, and autochromes)

Date

circa 1903-1950

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.SHP

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Ellen Shipman garden photography collection.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged geographically by state, according to the location of the garden.

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.

Existence and Location of Copies

The Ellen McGowan Biddle Shipman papers, 1914-1946, Collection Number 1259 in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University Library include copies of some of the images in this collection.

Content Description

The Ellen Shipman Garden Photography Collection consists of (350) film and glass plate negatives, glass lantern slides, and autochromes that document over fifty gardens designed by landscape architect Ellen Shipman. The negatives copy photographs and plans from Shipman's office and are not the original 'masters.'

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

Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections includes the Ellen McGowan Biddle Shipman papers, 1914-1946, Collection Number 1259.

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Record ID

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