Harold Caparn collection, [ca. 1880s-1990s]
Collection Number: 8473
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Harold Caparn collection, [ca. 1880s-1990s]
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8473
Abstract:
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected
by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating and materials related
to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved in horticulture,
landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas John Caparn,
and Rhys Caparn.
Creator:
Chamberlain, Oliver
Quanitities:
2 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected
by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating to Harold Caparn such
as photographs, postcards, and publications. In addition, the collection includes
materials related to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved
in horticulture, landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas
John Caparn, and Rhys Caparn.
See related collections: William John Caparne painting, #8480, Thomas John Caparn
watercolors, #8481, and Rhys Caparn drawings, #8482, in the Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
Books - cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
- Bartlet, Margaret Farrington. Down the Mountain: A Book about the Ever-Changing Soil, 1963 Illustrations by Rhys Caparn
- Hale, Robert B. Rhys Caparn (signed by Rhys Caparn)
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Harold Caparn collection, #8473. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Harold Caparn was a landscape architect who was active in New York during the first
four decades of the twentieth century. He was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire,
England and was educated at the University of London and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
After arriving in the United States in September, 1889, he worked first in Pittsburgh
(1890-1897) and then, beginning in 1898, in Yonkers, New York. He moved his office
permanently to Manhattan beginning in 1902. From 1899 to 1904 he designed for the
New York Zoological Park[the Bronx Zoo] the Entrance Concourse, the central Baird
Court, as well as other parts of the landscape. He taught the first course on landscape
architecture offered by Columbia University in the summer of 1911 and tough there
until 1913. At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, after consulting on the design of the
Native Flora Garden in 1911, he was appointed landscape architect to the Garden in
January, 1912. He worked there for over thirty-two years and desiged many areas of
the site, including the Cranford Rose Garden, the Magnolia Plaza, the Osborne Garden,
the Herb Garden, the Horticultural Section, and the Systematic Section (now called
the Plant Family Collection). He also designed parks in Yonkers, Newark, and Manhattan,
park-like spaces such as the Woodland Garden at the 1939 World.s Fair and Lake View
Cemetery in Ithaca, New York, as well as landscape designs for private estates. He
was elected a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1905 and was
elected president in 1912.
Names:
Caparn, Harold A. (Harold ap Rhys), 1864-1945.
Chamberlain, Oliver, 1936-
Caparne, William John, 1856-1940.
Caparn, Thomas John, 1834-1925
Caparn, Rhys, 1909-1997.
Subjects:
Landscape architecture -- United States.
Landscape architects -- United States.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Harold Caparn
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Family Photographs
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
David Eugene English
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Scope and Contents
Harold's brother-in-law
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Margaret Jane (Caparn) English
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Scope and Contents
Harold's sister
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Ann Elizabeth (Price) Caparn
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Scope and Contents
Harold's mother
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Harold A. Caparn
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1889-1935, undated |
Box 1 | Folder 89 |
Harold A. Caparn
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
Associated Press Photo.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Assorted Caparn Family
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Photographs - Rhys and Clara Caparn
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Also one with Anne Elizabeth Caparn. ex Hubbard Collection.
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Photograph - Clara Howard Jones Royall Caparn with Rhys
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undated |
Scope and Contents
ex Hubbard Collection.
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Photograph - George Clarborne Royall
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undated |
Scope and Contents
2 3/4 years old. ex. Hubbard Collection
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Photographs - Sarah H. Bishop; Mourning Necklace and Locket; Open Locket Showing Photo
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Photocopies. Sarah H. Bishop. William H. Caparn. John F. Bishop (deceased husband
of Sarah Caparn Bishop)
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Photographs - Sarah Horner Caparn Bishop
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Portrait and Landscape 3 slighty enlarged and 1 normal size.
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Photographs - Sarah (Birkett) Gilstrap Caparn
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undated |
Scope and Contents
2nd wife Willam Horner Caparn. 2 different photos.
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Education and Career
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Letter of Appointment to H.A. Caparn for Instruction at Columbia University.
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April 3, 1911 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Appointment as Lecturer in Landscape Architecture from Columbia University
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1912 |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Consultation Hours for Summer Session, 1911
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1911 |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Harold A. Caparn's Obituary from the New York Times and the New York Harold Tribune
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September 25, 1945 |
Scope and Contents
Original and copies
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
American Planning and Civic Association passage of a resolution of sorrow
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February 5, 1946 |
Letters to Newspapers
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Letters in the New York Times "In Defense of the Bushes" (copy) and "The Artist and
the Artisan" (copy)
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Scope and Contents
Oiginal publication dates March 26, 1899 and January, 28, 1902
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Letter in the New York Times - "WHY NEW YORK IS UGLY" from August 2, 1904 (copy)
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Letter in the New York Times - "High Bridge" from December 7, 1916 (copy)
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Letter to Mayor LaGuardia
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October 1935 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding the problem of smoke pollution in New York City. Response is written by
Stanley Howe, the Secretary to the Mayor
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Letter in the New York Harold-Tribune - "Germ of Big Business"
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October 20, 1943 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding unions and New Deal Labor policy
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Letter in the New York Harold-Tribune - "Willkie, Then Dewey"
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March 4, 1944 |
Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Letter in the New York Harold - Tribune - " To Protect the Parks"
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June 28, 1944 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding Park Commissioner Robert Moses' findings of youth vandalism of parks.
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Material related to Jackson Hole Monument
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June-July 1944 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Letter in the New York Harold-Tribune - "Scientific Approach Needed"
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September 13, 1944 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding the "Advertising Council's campaign against venereal diseases.
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Letter in the New York Harold-Tribune - "Would Hang Ringleaders"
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September 1944 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Letter printed in the New York Herold-Tribune
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January 1945 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding smoke pollution. Also includes a copy of the letter sent to Mayor LaGuardia.
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Notes and Correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Handwritten Notes
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Contents in Greek, French, and English
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Handwritten Notes
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Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 22 |
F.D. Coster letter from Bard and Calkins
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November 22, 1928 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding work Harold had done for him. Contents of the folder also includes background
material on F.D. Coster who was later part of the McKesson and Robbins scandal.
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Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence with Carter Glass of the American Planning and Civic Association
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February 1943 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding appropriation for the National Resources Planning Board
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Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence with Cleveland Rogers of the City Planning Commission
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February 1943 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding utilization of empty skyscrapers
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Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence with Harvey Wiley Corbett and Ralph Courtney
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February 1943, June 1944 |
Scope and Contents
Manhattan as Garden City and free trade.
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Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence between George Yarwood and Johannes Steel on June 14, 1977 (copy)
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March 2010 |
Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence between George Yarwood and Rhy. Caparn Steel
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June-July 1977 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding Harold Caparn. Includes biographical information about Harold Caparn.
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Clients
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Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Harold Caparn's Client List - originals
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Original. The extant client list is from #488 to #667. Items of note of regional interest
are listed. Only 3 pages.
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Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Plans for National Soldiers Home in Johnson City, Tennessee
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Photo.
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Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Plan for the Grounds of D.A. Bullard in Schuylerville, New York
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Photo and handwritten legend
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Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Plan for the Grounds of Hon. Joseph E. Willard in Fairfax, Virginia
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Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Eaton Family Residence/ Jewish Center of Norwich.
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April 15, 2009 |
Scope and Contents
Approved Application of National Register of Historic Places. Form and photographs;
Eaton Robert
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Plan - Brooklyn Botanic Garden Systematic Section. 1928.
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. General Plan of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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September 1937 - November 1937 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Alfred Gunderson and H.A. Caparn regarding Evergreens. Handwritten
notes.
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Plan - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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November 17, 1938 |
Scope and Contents
Colored drawing of proposed expansion of plant species in Botanic Garden.
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Correspondence - Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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March 23, 1939 - March 24, 1939 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Alfred Gundersen and H.A. Caparn regarding Cypress Family.
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
"Spring Flowers at the Botanic Garden"
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1945 |
Box 1 | Folder 88 |
"Landscape Architects Who Have Designed Gardens for Some of Our Great Country Estates"
from Country Life in America 38, p. 49
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June 1920 |
Scope and Contents
H.A. Caparn featured in an article with Frederick Law Olmsted, James L. Greenleaf,
Ferruccio Vitale, Charles Welford Leavitt, Jr, Albert D. Taylor, Arthur R. Nichols
and George Kessler.
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Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Easton Estate. Design Home of R.D. Easton in Norwich, New York
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1920 |
Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Historic Sheffield Commission - Nitrate Village #1
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2008 |
Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Cayuga Heights, Ithaca Notes (copies)
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1920s |
Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Denison Park, Corning New York
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Box 1 | Folder 39 |
J.C. Willever estate in Millburn, New Jersey
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1909 |
Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Early Site Planning Photos of Denison Park in Corning, New York.
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Undated |
Photographs of Work
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Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Fountain, Milford Park
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Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Cemetery
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Photos of pond with willow. Photo of mausoleum.
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Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Columbus Park, Yonkers, New York
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Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Grant Park in Yonkers, New York
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1905 |
Box 1 | Folder 41 |
J.H. Tanner Home in Ithaca, New York
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1915 |
Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Landscape work on Maitland F. Griggs estate in Ardsley, New York
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1910-1925 |
Scope and Contents
Includes advertisement for book.
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Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Sanatorium in Mt. McGregor, New York
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1913-1930 |
Scope and Contents
Sanatorium buildings and grounds. Refectory on right, then infirmary, then ward building
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Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Briarcliff Mansion
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1920 |
Scope and Contents
Photographs include Landscape Architecture, Interior and Daughters.
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Box 1 | Folder 45 |
W.J. Tully Estate in Locust, New York
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1918-1921 |
Scope and Contents
Photographs include home, landscaping, entrance, and rose garden.
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Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Masonic Home in Utica, New York.
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Original Postcard. Administration Building and Chapel. Client List 617
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Box 1 | Folder 47 |
Brooklyn College
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July 16, 1956 |
Scope and Contents
East Quad facing watchtower.
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Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Magazine and Photograph - "The Orchards" in South Hampton, New York
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
Built 1896. Architects McKim Mead and White. LA Olmstead Bro.
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Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
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1925-1932, undated |
Scope and Contents
Photographs include various shots, Japanese garden, plan of development of North Addition,
Armillary Sphere, "Cherry Walk", rose garden, plan for rose garden, sculpture "Roses
of Yesterday", systematic section, sketch of bridge, landscape, children's garden,
Jenkins Fountain and land bath.
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Box 1 | Folder 50 |
156 Fifth Avenue in New York, New York
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Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Strohmeyer in Newark, New Jersey
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Undated |
Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Unidentified Photographs of H.A. Caparn Projects
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Undated |
Music Related
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Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Correspondence with conductors and music critics
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1935-1942 |
Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Handwritten Manuscript on Music
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Undated |
Secondary Materials
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Roses
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Undated |
Scope and Contents
H. Horace McFarland Com. Harrisburg, PA
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Photograph - Photograph of drawing signed by H.A. Caparn
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Scene in Wyoming, NJ
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Box 1 | Folder 88 |
Photographs - Cemetery in need of Landscaping
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Woodlawn Cemetery NYC. Ex Hubbard Collection; Different views of cemetery scenes;
Photo used in article with his drawing showing effect of foliage.
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Box 1 | Folder 56 |
Review - "State Parks" by Harold A. Caparn
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November 1921 |
Scope and Contents
Original. National Municipal Review. Volume X, No. 11. For Rhys Caparn from Harriet
Adams (1956)
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Box 1 | Folder 57 |
Plans - Design Sketches by Harold Caparn
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1937, undated |
Scope and Contents
Sketches of seat, Central Park, fountain and Columbia University. Includes application
for American Society of Landscape Architects. Waldo Hutchinson Bench.
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Box 1 | Folder 58 |
Correspondence - Cold Spring Harbor (copies)
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1926-1927 |
Box 1 | Folder 59 |
Photographs
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Village One . Nirate Plant plans, Sheffield, Alabama. Chamberlain Landscapes and writings.
323 ff. 23 photographs.
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Box 1 | Folder 60 |
Document - Nomination for National Register of Historic Places
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1984 |
Scope and Contents
Nitrate Village No. 1 Historic District. United States Department of the Interior
National Park Services.
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Box 1 | Folder 61 |
Correspondence - New York World's Fair
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1936, undated |
Scope and Contents
To Harold A. Caparn from Rhys. New York Times Article "Advance Plan of World's Fair
Held 'Defeatist' "
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Box 1 | Folder 61 |
Book - The Horticultural Exhibition Gardens on Parade "At the New York World's Fair
1939" Woodland Garden.
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1939-1940 |
Scope and Contents
Souvenir Book. Photocopies of New York Times Articles: "A Restful Woodland Garden
Created for the World's Fair" (1940) and "Use of Water at World's Fair Holds Hints
for Gardeners" (1939)
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Box 1 | Folder 62 |
"Glacial Boulders in Gardens" by Harold Caparn
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March 9, 1944 |
Scope and Contents
2 originals. Written at age 79.
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Box 1 | Folder 63 |
Correspondence - Memorial letter from National Roadside Council.
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1945 |
Scope and Contents
Letter to Rhys from Executive Committee about Harold A. Caparns contributions to Council
upon discovery of his death. Minutes and envelope attached.
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Box 1 | Folder 64 |
"Art out-of-Doors"
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1979 |
Scope and Contents
American Gardens 1890-1930. A Selected Bibliography. The Hunt Botanical Library. and
Gardens.
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Box 1 | Folder 65 |
"Touring the Brooklyn College Landscape" (copy)
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1938, 1987 |
Scope and Contents
"A Guide to the Shrubs and Trees on the Brooklyn College Campus". By Maurice Volaski,
'87 and Dr. Roy E. McGowan as Faculty Advisor.
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Series II. Rhys Caparn
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Biographical Materials
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Box 1 | Folder 66 |
Government Documents
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1908, 1909, 1932-1939, 1958 |
Scope and Contents
Rhys Passport (1939 and 1958), Rhys and Johannes Steel Marriage Certificate (1935),
Rhys Marriage Announcement (1935), Rhys Certificate of Literacy (1932), Transcript
of Register of Births (1937) with note (1937)
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Box 1 | Folder 67 |
Academic Identification
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1929-1930, 1979-1980 |
Box 1 | Folder 68 |
Unidentified photographs and slide.
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1902, 1960, undated |
Box 1 | Folder 69 |
Sketch of Rhys by William Sharp (copy)
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undated |
Box 1 | Folder 70 |
Correspondence from Rhys to Harold
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March 7, 1923 |
Box 1 | Folder 71 |
Correspondence - Kenneth C. Royall, Rhys and Fredrick A. Colwell.
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1953, 1960 |
Scope and Contents
Letters regarding Rhys. Kenneth C. Royall biography (copy)
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Box 1 | Folder 71 |
Correspondence to Rhys from G.L. Caparn
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October 3, 1979 |
Box 1 | Folder 71 |
Correspondence from Friends
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1972, 1974 |
Box 1 | Folder 72 |
Letters to Oliver Chamberlain
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1980, 1983 |
Box 1 | Folder 73 |
Brief essay by Oliver Chamberlain on Rhys for Brearley School Alumnae Recognition
and Exhibit
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undated |
Box 1 | Folder 74 |
"The Colours of Memory"
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Poems from 1955. From personal library.
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Box 1 | Folder 75 |
Listing of works
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1955-1983 |
Scope and Contents
Original. Rhys. Drawing by Rhys on reverse.
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Box 1 | Folder 76 |
Biographical Materials
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Photograph - Rhys by Oliver Chamberlain
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1977 |
Scope and Contents
Backyard sculptor garden.
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Exhibition Catalogs
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Box 1 | Folder 77 |
Catalog - Spring Salon Catalog
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1936 |
Box 1 | Folder 77 |
4th Annual Membership Exhibition
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
American Artists Congress.
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Box 1 | Folder 77 |
1941 Annual Exhibition of Sculpture, Watercolors, Drawings and Prints
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Box 1 | Folder 78 |
50th-53rd Annual Exhibition: National Association of Women Artists
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1942-1944 |
Scope and Contents
American Fine Arts Galleries
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Box 1 | Folder 79 |
Collection. New York Six
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1950 |
Scope and Contents
by Petit Palais. Sculpture (French)
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Box 1 | Folder 79 |
Sixty-second annual exhibition
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1952 |
Scope and Contents
University of Nebraska. Nebraska Art Association.
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Box 1 | Folder 79 |
Caparn Selections from Thirty Years - Sculpture and Drawings
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1961 |
Box 1 | Folder 80 |
The Sculptors Guild: Sculpture 1948. Tenth Anniversary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition.
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1948 |
Box 1 | Folder 80 |
The Sculptors Guild: Sculpture 1953
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1953 |
Box 1 | Folder 80 |
The Sculptors Guild: Sculpture 1965
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1965 |
Box 1 | Folder 80 |
Sculpture 1966
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1966 |
Scope and Contents
The Sculptors Guild.
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Box 1 | Folder 80 |
The Sculptors Guild: Sculpture '68 (1968)
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1968 |
Box 1 | Folder 81 |
The Alfred Khouri Memorial Collection
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1963 |
Box 1 | Folder 81 |
Rhys Caparn Sculpture and Drawings
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1970 |
Box 1 | Folder 81 |
Rhys Caparn. Retrospective exhibition sculpture and drawings
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1974 |
Scope and Contents
Bethel Gallery; hand written pricing.
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Box 1 | Folder 81 |
Rhys Caparn
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1977, 1975 |
Scope and Contents
Washington Art Gallery (Invitation); hand written pricing.
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Box 1 | Folder 81 |
Caparn at 75. Selected sculptures, pastels and drawings
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Brief biography on back.
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Printed Materials
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Box 1 | Folder 82 |
Reviews - "Escape to the Present"
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1937, undated |
Scope and Contents
Original. Johannes Steel. New York Times review of "Escape to the Present" (August
8, 1937), The Saturday Review of Literature: Reviews of "Escape to the Present" (July
24, 1937), Business Card, Johannes Steel on Wall Street; Price List of Rhys's sculptures,
Obituatry (printed copy)
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Box 1 | Folder 83 |
Fairfield County and American Artist Magazines
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1980-1981 |
Scope and Contents
Regarding Ryhs' exhibition "The Years of Fulfillment"
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Box 1 | Folder 83 |
Rhys Caparn. The Years of Fulfillment
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October 1980 |
Scope and Contents
ARTnews. Art Magazine
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Box 1 | Folder 83 |
The Sunday Post Article - "Newtowner's sculpture in Brooklyn"
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undated |
Box 1 | Folder 84 |
Article in "Outlook" titled "Three Connecticut Abstractionists"
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November 1981 |
Scope and Contents
Stamford Museum & Nature Center.
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Box 1 | Folder 85 |
"The Newtown Bee"
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1984-1986 |
Scope and Contents
Three newspaper articles.
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Box 1 | Folder 86 |
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Report
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1980-1982 |
Scope and Contents
Rhys donates "Moonrise" to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in memory of H.A. Caparn. Business
card of Donald E. Moore (former president of Brooklyn Botanic Garden) is attached.
Handwritten note on card. Photocopy of photo used in magazine.
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Box 1 | Folder 87 |
Slides of Rhys Caparn's Work
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Series III. Other Caparn Family Members
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William H. Caparn
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Photograph - William H. Caparn
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Grandfather of H.A. Caparn. Photographed by S. Frost. Kirkgate Newark. Chamberlain
Collection.
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Photograph - William H. Caparn and Family
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1857 |
Scope and Contents
With Jane Smith, Mary Ann, Sarah Horner, Thomas John, George Miller, Robert, Daniel,
John Smith, Rebecca Elizabeth and Georgina Miller. Names handwritten on reverse. Thomas
John Caparn. Oliver Chamberlain. Notes on George Morland Paintings. Transcription
of Thomas John Caparn's note. Bill.
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Photograph - William H. Caparn and 11 children.
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. ID of family members L-R in photograph.
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Biography - "Furthering the History of the Family Caparn"
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Photocopy.
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Thomas John Caparn
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence - Invoice for two watercolors by George Morland
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undated, 2007 |
Scope and Contents
Barbis Fine Art Conservation LLC. "Two Figures with Donkey by George Morland" and
"Laundry" by George Morland. Mold Treatment, Remove one from paper mount, light wash
to reduce surface soiles, deacidified, retouched surace scratches and repaired tear.
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Photograph - Thomas John Caparn
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Original. Thomas John Caparn. 2 photocopies. Photo by M.L. Green. Summit, NJ
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Photography - Thomas John Caparn
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1910 |
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Thomas John Caparn. Print from original negative. Chamberlain Collection.
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Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Book - "Drawing Book"
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1853 |
Scope and Contents
Thomas John Caparn. His drawing book as youth. Age 19. Signed.
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
2 Advertisements for Thomas Caparn (and Arthur)
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1886 |
Scope and Contents
Copies
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Mary and Ann Elizabeth (Price) Caparn
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence - Letter to H.A. Caparn from his cousin Mary Caparn
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July 15, 1940 |
Scope and Contents
Original. Harold A. Caparn. Mary Caparn. Envelope from Harold to his brother, with
note to return.
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence - 80th Birthday Invitation
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1833, 1910 |
Scope and Contents
Original. Ann Elizabeth Price Caparn. 3 photos include 1910, 1833 watercolor and photocopy.
Original covers and uniform.
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Newspaper - Clippings "Artist's Tramcar", "Passing of Blind Artists" and "Cremation
of Mr. W. Caparne"
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October 1923, August 1940 |
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Letter from Mary Caparn (cousin) to Harold Caparn). 144 E 30th, N.Y., then
to Arthur T. Carparn. Short Hills.
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Arthur Caparn
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Photograph - Arthur T. Caparn
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August 1893 |
Scope and Contents
Original. On cardboard. Photograph includes J Voigt, A. T. Caparn, H. Merkle and J.
McDonald on box. Pitcher and Manda Nurserymen. Seedsmen and Florists.
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Book - "The Caparn Family of Newark & Some of Their Descendants" by G. Hemingway
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1979 |
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. The Caparn Family. Hemingway's Notes and Queries
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Box 1 | Folder 55; |
Photographs - Harold and Arthur Together
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1920, 1925 |
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Harold A. Caparn, Arthur T. Caparn, Emily A. Caparn, Kathleen E. Caparn
and young girl. 2 photographs.
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Oliver Chamberlain Jr.
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Postcards - Collection of Oliver Chamberlain
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1908-1950, undated |
Scope and Contents
Regarding Landscape work and writings of H.A. Postcards include images of the Palisades
Interstate Park, J.B. Pound residency, Orange Park, New York World's Fair Music Hall,
Briarcliff Mansion, Residence of Webb Horton, Jackson Lake, Mt McGregor State Veterans
Rehabilitation Center, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Sanatorium Administration
Building, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Sanatorium Infirmary, Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company Sanatorium John Rogers Memorial Laboratory, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company Sanatorium Rest House Across Artist Lake, J.B Pound Hotels, The Palisades
on the Hudson, Park Road, Bear Mountain New York.
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Postcards - Collection of Oliver Chamberlain
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1899 |
Scope and Contents
Aerial View. Regarding writings of H.A. Great Naval Arch erected in honor of Admiral
Geo. Dewey, Hero of Manila, New York. Parade through Dewey Arch.
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
"Gardens by Design Informal garden design by Harold Caparn Consulting Landscape Architect
Brooklyn Botanical Garden 1912-1945"
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Photocopy. Oliver Chamberlain. Landscapes and writings of Harold Caparn.
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Articles by Oliver Chamberlain
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Photographs of landscape architecture done by Harold Caparn used by Oliver Chamberlain
for his book
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Includes Briarcliff Mansion.
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Copies of Photographs
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undated |
Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Copies of Photographs - used by Oliver Chamberlain for his book
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undated |
Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Report - "A History of Mountain Home" (copy)
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December 1984 |
Scope and Contents
Thesis by Susan Kay Hartman. East Tennessee State University
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Oliver Chamberlain Sr.
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Chamberlain Florist
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1924-1935 |
Scope and Contents
3 Photographs of Chamberlain Florists and photocopies, Short Hills, NJ. Catalog of
"Annuals and Perennials", Chamberlain, Florist. Parsonage Hill Road, Short Hills,
NJ. (1931); Photocopy of Mitchell Medal awarded to Oliver Chamberlain (1935) by Hentry
F. Mitchell Co. Philadelphia, PA. (1924-1935)
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Chamberlain Florist
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1924-1935 |
Scope and Contents
Photographs include Chamberlain Florist delivery truck, Oliver Chamberlain at door
to shop, Chamberlain Florist exterior, Chamberlain Florist interior, Chamberlain Florist
(greenhouse), Oliver Chamberlain's home, Oliver Chamberlain property (landscape),
Employee with truck (Chamberlain in the background), Nursery,
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Oliver Chamberlain
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1935-1940 |
Scope and Contents
Photographs include Estate Gardener, Oliver Chamberlain with Janet(1939); Kathleen,
Oliver Chamberlain and Oliver Jr.; Gardener's Cottage; Portion of Gardener's Cottage;
Oliver Chamberlain in Greenhouse; Lake next to Reade Estate; Oliver Chamberlain and
dog; (Reade Estate in Deal, NJ)... Small white envelope contains more photographs
from Reade Estate in Deal, NJ)
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Rosenwald Estate
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1940-1945 |
Scope and Contents
Art Installation by W. Lutz. Short Essay by Oliver Chamberlain regarding photograph.
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Rosenwald Estate
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1945 |
Scope and Contents
"Summerhome", Tennis Courts and side view of Alverthorpe
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Rosenwald Estate
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1940, undated |
Scope and Contents
Photographs include Oliver Chamberlain with estate pickup truck; 3 unidentified estate
gardeners for estate; 4 garden crew, Oliver Chamberlain with Oliver Jr and sister
Janet in front of truck. (c. 1940)
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Rosenwald Estate
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undated |
Scope and Contents
Photographs include "gardener's house", connected shed, potting shed, greenhouse,
view of greenhouse and Oliver Chamberlain in greenhouse.
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