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Lois W. Poinier slide collection

Smithsonian Gardens

Object Details

Garden designer
Poinier, Lois W.
Wodell, Helen Page
Cottrell, Lois Page
Topic
Landscape gardening
Gardens -- United States
Gardens -- Rhode Island
Gardens -- Pennsylvania
Gardens -- New York
Gardens -- New Jersey
Gardens -- Massachusetts
Gardens -- Connecticut
Gardens -- California
Provenance
Lois W. Poinier donated materials to the Archives of American Gardens in 2003, 2011, 2012, and 2014. The 2003 donation was facilited by Catha Rambusch of Wave Hill in Bronx, NY.
Garden designer
Poinier, Lois W.
Wodell, Helen Page
Cottrell, Lois Page
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Lois W. Poinier slide collection
Summary
The Lois W. Poinier Collection documents the work of Lois W. Poinier, a self-taught garden designer who designed scores of gardens, most of them in New Jersey.
Biographical/Historical note
Lois W. Poinier is a self-taught garden designer who began her career in association with her mother, Helen Page Wodell. Wodell, along with her sister, Lois Page Cottrell, established the garden design firm of Wodell & Cottrell, in Short Hills, New Jersey in 1931. The majority of Lois W. Poinier's design work was in New Jersey. She was a longtimestanding member of the Short Hills Garden Club in New Jersey and lectured on gardens and garden design.
Extent
154 Lantern slides
1 Album
2,243 Color slides
2.25 Cubic feet
Date
circa 1920-1999
Custodial History note
Materials in the Lois W. Poinier Collection were generated or compiled by Lois W. Poiner during the course of her garden design career.
Archival Repository
Archives of American Gardens
Identifier
AAG.PNR
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Lantern slides
Albums
Color slides
Slides (photographs)
Citation
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Lois W. Poinier slide 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
Slides (photographs)
Scope and Contents note
The Lois W. Poinier Collection contains 1,089 35mm slides documenting before-and-after images of almost 100 gardens designed by garden designer and Garden Club of America member Lois W. Poinier of New Jersey. Most gardens are located in New Jersey, but there are some in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. The collection includes some gardens designed by Poinier's mother, Helen Page Wodell, and aunt, Lois Page Cottrell, who practiced under the firm name of Wodell & Cottrell. The collection is particularly helpful as it shows the evolution of gardens under construction and in their 'finished' state. The collection also includes an album of images documenting gardens owned by Lois W. Poinier and her mother, Helen Page Wodell in New Jersey and Connecticut as well as an extensive slide lecture and script compiled by Poinier entitled "Ninety Years in a Garden" that documents the story and evolution of three of those gardens in New Jersey. Another series of glass lantern slides of numerous gardens dating from the 1920s and 1930s was used extensively for garden lecture purposes by both women. Finally, there are images by Lois W. Poinier of numerous private and public gardens throughout the United States and the United Kingdom that she visited.
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 link
Record ID
ebl-1521745806903-1521745806976-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb63644452d-e593-42da-931f-abb0a15e9d5d

In the Collection

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  • Palo Alto -- Sanders Garden (No.1)

  • Connecticut

  • Stonington -- Stonegate

  • Greenwich -- Godley Garden

  • Sharon -- Kings Hill Farm

  • New Canaan -- Worrell Garden

  • Massachusetts

  • Farmington -- Miss Porter's School

  • California

  • Greenwich -- See Garden

  • Palo Alto -- Sanders Garden (No.2)

  • Design work

  • Greenwich -- Dewart Garden

  • Greenwich -- Stanley Garden

  • Boston -- Wheelock College

  • Penney Garden: back yard with tree, looking toward house.

  • Bumsted Garden (No. 1): back yard in spring, after landscaping.

  • Florida

  • West Orange (Llewellyn Park) -- Elmore Garden

  • Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park: Garden after landscaping in spring.

  • Hoyt, C. O., Garden: back of house after landscaping.

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: front of house around the time of Helen Page Wodell Halbach's death.

  • Miscellaneous Plants and Bedding Examples

  • Stewart Garden

  • Elmore Garden: site before landscaping.

  • Miscellaneous Sites: part of a house built by a John Wilkinson soon after the American Revolution, presumably in the Hudson Valley, New York.

  • Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park: Garden and fountain in spring.

  • Pettigrew Garden

  • McGraw Garden: terrace several years after landscaping.

  • Short Hills -- Bumsted Garden (No. 1)

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: azaleas and flowering tree.

  • Halbach Garden No. 1: terrace seating area.

  • Bull Farm: completed wall face looking toward mountains.

  • Halbach Garden No. 1: gate to terrace.

  • Rumery Garden

  • Unidentified -- Unidentified Garden in Virginia

  • Turnbull Garden: a man and a wheelbarrow in the back of the house.

  • Englewood -- Cory Garden

  • Poinier Garden: back of house before remodeling and landscaping.

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: terrace area in spring.

  • Sewickley -- Jones Garden

  • Leeds -- Miscellaneous Sites

  • Short Hills -- Alexander C. Brown Garden

  • Kemmerer Garden No. 1: front of house 15 years after landscaping.

  • Duff Garden: first summer of new landscaping.

  • Unidentified Garden in Florida

  • Summit -- Chapman Garden

  • Hoyt, C. O., Garden: curving steps on hillside.

  • Long Island -- Garrett Garden

  • Massachusetts

  • Hunnewell Pinetum

  • Niederhurst: the lower terrace, designed by Marian Cruger Coffin.

  • Campbell Garden: house and terrace brick wall in spring, several years after installation.

  • New York

  • Poinier Garden: front lawn and spring borders.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Short Hills -- Campbell Garden

  • Ulster -- Benjamin Ten Broeck House

  • Short Hills -- Stewart Garden

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: garden area in spring.

  • Governor's Palace

  • Morristown (New Vernon) -- Dear Garden

  • Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site

  • New Jersey

  • Summit -- Turnbull Garden

  • Sarasota County -- Myakka River State Park

  • Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park: Front of house after landscaping, winter view.

  • Miscellaneous Sites: the Cornelis Lamberts Brink house in Saugerties, Ulster County, New York.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Reeves-Reed Arboretum

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Princeton -- Davis Garden

  • Smith Garden: view of brick-walled patio.

  • Unidentified Interior

  • Brooks Garden: front of house after re-landscaping.

  • South Carolina

  • Short Hills -- Pettigrew Garden

  • Unidentified Garden in Salisbury, Connecticut: Design for Playhouse/Perspective.

  • Hunnewell Pinetum

  • Haversham -- Jacobs Garden

  • Rhode Island

  • Gherardi Garden

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: garden border with rabbit and pink dogwood in fall foliage.

  • Bernardsville -- Hummel Garden

  • Short Hills -- McKeown Garden

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Bay Head -- Betty's Boat House Garden

  • Summit -- Reeves Garden

  • Bumsted, William, Garden: site before landscaping.

  • McGraw Garden: area to left of terrace several years after landscaping.

  • Short Hills-- Wallbridge Garden

  • Charles City -- Westover

  • Thornedale

  • Millbrook -- Edgewood (NY)

  • Basking Ridge -- Alexander Garden

  • Farnam Garden

  • Far Hills -- Hoopstick Farm

  • Short Hills -- Stevenson Garden

  • Miscellaneous Sites: a tenant house on the Joost Garrison farm in the town of Clinton, Dutchess County, New York.

  • Marshall Garden

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Palo Alto -- Sanders Garden
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