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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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  • Unidentified Location -- Elliot Garden

  • Stockbridge -- Naumkeag

  • near Hudson River -- Unidentified Garden

  • Dear Garden: rear of house before landscaping.

  • Washington -- Evermay

  • Cincinnati -- Unidentified Gardens

  • Nantucket -- Unidentified Gardens

  • Washington -- Trentman Garden

  • Philadelphia -- Demonstration Garden Area

  • Cox Garden: back of house two years after landscaping.

  • Martha's Vineyard -- Unidentified Garden(s)

  • Walnut Creek -- Ruth Bancroft Garden

  • Dear Garden: mature landscape several years after installation.

  • Oregon

  • Philadelphia -- Unidentified Gardens

  • West Gloucester (?) -- Febiger Garden

  • Perthshire -- Doune Park

  • Philadelphia -- Morris Arboretum

  • Philadelphia -- Boxly

  • Gladstone -- Vixen's Lair

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

  • Dear Garden: front of house during landscaping installation.

  • Pennsylvania

  • New Jersey

  • Convent -- Houmas House

  • Alexander Garden: site after completion of landscaping.

  • Marquardt Garden: front of house before landscaping.

  • St. Louis -- Unidentified Gardens

  • St. Francisville -- Rosedown

  • Hoyt, H. H., Garden: back of house before initial landscaping.

  • Short Hills -- Briar Patch

  • Hoyt, H. H., Garden: looking up toward house from lower garden.

  • New Orleans -- Longue Vue Gardens

  • Lisle -- The Morton Arboretum

  • Meadowbrook -- Meadowbrook Farm

  • Princeton -- Lambert Garden

  • Greenwich -- Unidentified Gardens

  • West Point -- United States Military Academy at West Point

  • San Simeon -- Hearst Castle

  • Washington -- Dumbarton Oaks

  • Millbrook -- Welwyn

  • Kent — Chartwell

  • Marquardt Garden: front of house in spring, after landscaping.

  • Illinois

  • Hoyt, H. H., Garden: back of house after initial landscaping.

  • Montecito -- Las Tejas

  • South Carolina

  • St. Davids -- Chanticleer & Minder House

  • Portland -- International Rose Test Garden

  • Palo Alto -- Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden

  • Crieff — Drummond Castle

  • Washington -- Bond Garden

  • Cold Spring -- Stonecrop

  • Mill Neck -- Doubleday Garden

  • Mickleton — Hidcote Manor Garden

  • Washington -- Gray Garden

  • Hoyt, H. H., Garden: expanded terrace garden in early spring.

  • Alexander Garden: site during construction.

  • Garrison-on-Hudson -- Boscobel Restoration

  • Hoyt, H. H., Garden: looking from terrace near house into lower garden.

  • Carmel (?) -- Unidentified Garden

  • Great Barrington -- Great Pine Farm

  • Nairn -- Cawdor Castle

  • Washington -- The White House

  • Seattle -- Washington Park Arboretum

  • Washington -- United States National Arboretum

  • Portland -- Unidentified Gardens

  • Alexandria -- Mount Vernon

  • Alexander Garden: site after completion of landscaping.

  • Ohio

  • Washington -- Unidentified Gardens

  • Heaver, West Kent -- Heaver Castle

  • Scotland

  • Alexander Garden: site before landscaping, showing preliminary ground work.

  • District of Columbia

  • Maine

  • Perth — Keillour Castle

  • Conwy -- Bodnant Garden

  • Dear Garden: new landscaping installation in rear of house.

  • Portland -- Portland Japanese Garden

  • Wellesley -- Hunnewell Arboretum

  • Santa Barbara -- Valentine Garden

  • East Moseley, Surrey -- Hampton Court Palace

  • Banchory — Crathes Castle

  • Boston -- Miscellaneous Flower Shows & Exhibits

  • East Lothian — Greywalls

  • Stockbridge -- The Mission House

  • Pocantico Hills -- Kykuit

  • Dear Garden: rear garden after landscaping installation.

  • Lake Forest -- Farwell Herb Garden

  • Irvington -- Unidentified Garden

  • Alexander Garden: site during planting.

  • Hoyt, H. H., Garden: lower garden in spring.

  • Glen Cove -- Bogheid

  • Baltimore -- Tyrconnell

  • Lamborn Garden: garden after landscaping by Helen Page Wodell.

  • Marquardt Garden: terrace area several years after installation and landscaping.

  • United Kingdom

  • New York -- International Flower Show, The

  • Argyll — Crarae

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Palo Alto -- Sanders Garden
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