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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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  • Laughlintown -- McCargo Garden

  • Millbrook -- McQuade Garden

  • Miscellaneous Planting and Growth Examples

  • Brown, Alexander C., Garden: terrace in spring, showing established plantings.

  • Short Hills -- Sinclaire Garden

  • Jennings Garden: site after landscaping.

  • Rye -- Hunter Garden

  • McGraw Garden: terrace about ten years after landscaping.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Unidentified Gardens in Palm Beach, Florida

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Myakka River State Park

  • Gherardi Garden

  • Short Hills -- McGraw Garden

  • Cooperstown -- Campbell Garden

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Short Hills -- Maher Garden

  • Bull Farm: stone walls under construction.

  • Poinier Garden: penstemon and daisy border.

  • Rumson -- Coe Garden

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Gherardi Garden

  • Cooperstown-- Campbell Garden

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • New Vernon -- Stallard Garden

  • Unidentified Landscape in Unknown Location

  • Scotch Plains -- Driftway Farm

  • Jennings Garden: site before landscaping and installation of garden borders.

  • Gherardi Garden

  • The Grace Edwards Garden: gate leading to the rill and gazebo.

  • Williamsburg -- Governor's Palace

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Cox Garden: back of house immediately after patio construction.

  • Beverly -- The Grace Edwards Garden

  • Thornedale

  • Dailey Garden: front of house after landscaping.

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: 'Wilhelmina Vuyk' azaleas in spring.

  • New Vernon -- Nichols Garden

  • Halbach Garden No. 1: terrace and stone wall shortly after completion.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Unidentified Garden in Nokomis, Florida

  • Short Hills -- Donavan Garden

  • Halbach Garden No. 1: view before terrace and brick walls were constructed.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location: tinted version of an illustration, "Design for Improving the Same," showing an "after" view of the property.

  • Annandale-on-Hudson -- Montgomery Place

  • Unidentified Landscape in Unknown Location

  • Hoyt, C. O., Garden: side yard before landscaping.

  • Poinier Garden: front of house, showing plantings of box, stewartia, holly, and azalea.

  • Cox Garden: back of house before landscaping.

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: rear entry area, showing mature plantings.

  • Morristown -- Watts Garden

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Unidentified Gardens in Palm Beach, Florida

  • Enterprise

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: garden in autumn.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Milwaukee -- Unidentified Garden

  • New Vernon -- Lee's Hill Farm

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Short Hills -- Kreitler Garden

  • Coe Garden: terrace area before landscaping.

  • Donavan Garden: site after landscaping installation, showing patio.

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

  • Osterville -- Hoyt Garden

  • Turnbull Garden: the house is on a an elevated ground, reinforced by a stone wall, with stone steps leading down to the lawn.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: spring azaleas, later eaten by deer, before relocation to Morristown Arboretum.

  • Brown, Alexander C., Garden: terrace in winter.

  • Coe Garden: terrace after expansion and landscaping.

  • Short Hills -- Beinecke Garden

  • McQuade Garden

  • Bush Garden: site before landscaping.

  • Scotch Plains -- Lee House

  • Unidentified -- Unidentified Garden in South Carolina

  • New Vernon -- Woods Garden

  • Mendham -- Wendover Farm

  • Summit -- Diefendorf Garden

  • Short Hills -- Kemmerer Garden No. 2

  • Halbach Garden No. 2: terrace area and screened porch, in spring.

  • Kemmerer Garden No. 2: back of house, showing terrace area.

  • Burrows Garden: house after landscaping.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Summit -- Porter Garden

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

  • Donavan Garden: site under construction, showing challenge of adjacent shopping center parking lot.

  • Penney Garden: back of house.

  • West Orange (Llewellyn Park) -- Burrows Garden

  • Short Hills -- Rumery Garden

  • Short Hills -- Kemmerer Garden No. 1

  • Smith Garden: main entrance and part of front of house.

  • Short Hills -- Cochrane Garden

  • Short Hills -- Ferguson Garden

  • Orangetown (Palisades) -- Niederhurst

  • Enterprise

  • Enterprise

  • Summit -- Rice Garden

  • Miscellaneous Sites: a barn on one of the Krom properties in Ulster County, New York.

  • Unidentified Garden in Unknown Location

  • Bush Garden: looking down the road from the garden site.

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