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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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  • Halbach Garden No. 2: azaleas and end of stone wall border adjacent to rear entry area.

  • Smith Garden: entrance gate to patio.

  • Poinier Garden: back garden in summer.

  • Unidentified Location

  • Gherardi Garden

  • Wodell Farm

  • The Grace Edwards Garden: a view from the ogee arched gazebo of the rill; ladies are at the entrance of the water garden in the distance and at the side of the entrance of the gazebo.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Stevenson Garden

  • Penney Garden: lawn, water feature, and azaleas from terrace.

  • Short Hills -- Bumsted, Jr., Garden (No. 2)

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: azaleas in spring.

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: garden area before design by Helen Page Wodell, looking from side of house to back.

  • Millbrook -- Thornedale

  • Unidentified Garden in Florida

  • Englewood -- Escher Garden

  • Duff Garden: first summer of new landscaping.

  • Short Hills -- Watts Garden

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Salisbury -- Unidentified Garden (Thorn Garden?) in Salisbury, Connecticut

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • McGraw Garden: terrace area seen from side of house.

  • Springfield -- Residence of Mr. and Mrs. James M. and Cecily Symington

  • Campbell Garden: terrace garden in spring, several years after installation.

  • Princeton -- Webster Garden

  • Crigler Garden: a weeping cherry and azaleas.

  • Halbach Garden No. 1: beginning construction to extend terrace garden.

  • Brooks Garden: terrace/garden area.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: rose garden and pink dogwood.

  • West Orange (Llewellyn Park) -- Woodlands Stables, Llewellyn Park

  • Unidentified -- Unidentified Garden in Florida

  • Unidentified Garden in Virginia

  • United States

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Ferguson Garden

  • Summit -- May Garden

  • Kemmerer Garden No. 2: stone-lined drainage ditch (dry streambed) leading from back of house into brook.

  • Virginia

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

  • McKeown Garden: front of house a few years after landscaping installation.

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: garden border on top of wall, in spring.

  • Short Hills -- Brooks Garden

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Duff Garden: mature site four years after installation.

  • Bumsted Garden (No. 1): patio site under construction.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Kemmerer Garden No. 2: driveway area after construction and landscaping.

  • Coe Garden: house and terrace after landscaping.

  • Penney Garden: demolition of porch on house.

  • Poinier Garden: meadow in summer, looking toward back of house.

  • Hoyt, C. O., Garden: looking down hillside into back (left) and side (right) gardens.

  • Gladstone -- Poinier Garden

  • DeBary -- Enterprise

  • Short Hills -- Lamborn Garden

  • Montgomery Place

  • Elmore Garden: front of house two years after landscaping.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Penguin Gourd

  • Turnbull Garden: men at work in the back of the house.

  • Unidentified Interior

  • Montclair -- Unidentified Garden in Montclair, New Jersey

  • West Orange (Llewellyn Park) -- Jennings Garden

  • Kemmerer Garden No. 1: back patio and fountain.

  • Clinton -- Miscellaneous Sites

  • Bull Farm: detail of stone stairs and railing.

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

  • Madison -- Churchill Garden

  • Summit -- The Clearing (Reeves-Reed Arboretum)

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Bumsted Garden (No. 1): newly planted area by screened porch.

  • Short Hills -- Cox Garden

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: construction of terrace in progress.

  • Rumery Garden

  • Smith Garden: driveway and front entrance.

  • Campbell Garden: yard before installation of patio.

  • Short Hills -- Hall Garden

  • Unidentified Location

  • Smith Garden: perspective for walled brick patio.

  • Kinney Garden: garden house.

  • Poinier Garden: early spring meadow.

  • Elmore Garden: new garden in autumn.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Kemmerer Garden No. 2: back of house during terrace construction and landscaping.

  • Princeton -- Pearce Garden

  • Brown, Alexander C., Garden: house and site before construction of terrace and landscaping.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Dobbs Ferry -- Herter Garden

  • Bush Garden: site after landscaping.

  • Short Hills -- H. H. Hoyt Garden

  • Halbach Garden No. 1: terrace in winter.

  • Unidentified Gardens

  • Glass Lantern Lecture Slides

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Summit -- Truslow Garden

  • Millbrook -- Marshall Garden

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: back of house, showing construction of "ell" addition.

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