Object Details
- 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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1521747716617-1521747716665-0
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