Finding Aid -- Cultural Landscape Field Records

The Cultural Landscape Field Records contain documents from the years 1957-2008.

Table of Contents

Copyright and Restrictions
Scope and Content
Hierarchy
Container List

 

Copyright and Restrictions

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Scope and Content

The Cultural Landscape Field Records, 1957-2008.

Catalog Number: INDE 128586

Volume: 5 LF

Description: Contains photographs, annual reports, correspondence, planting plans, progress reports, surveys, inventories and drawings.

Organization:
Organized by project in chronological order.
Materials within each series arranged chronologically. Arranged into 8 Series:

• Series I: Magnolia Tribute Garden - Garden Club of America (GCA) Volunteers' Working Files
• Series II: Cultural Landscape Reports for Philadelphia Sites Outside INDE
• Series III: Rose Garden Planting Plans
• Series IV: Misc. Project Materials
• Series V: Cultural Landscape Inventory
• Series VI: Amy Santos Hamilton's Grounds Inventory & Maintenance / Landscaping Plans
• Series VII: Olmstead Trees Condition Assessment
• Series VIII: Separated Drawings
• Series IX: PLAQUES, STATUES and FEATURES

Restrictions: No

 

Container List

SERIES I: MAGNOLIA TRIBUTE GARDEN - GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA (GCA) VOLUNTEERS' WORKING FILES, 1958-2007

Folders 1-2: Photographs, 1958; 1996-1998
Folder 3: Garden Dedication, 1959
Folder 4: Maintenance Recommendations, 1991-1993
Folder 5: Annual Reports to Philadelphia Committee of GCA, 1992-2001
Folder 6: Fountain Repair Project, 1994-1996
Folder 7: Correspondence re: General Mgmt Plan, INHP Cultural Landscape Report, & Maintenance, 1994-2007
Folder 8: Repairs to St. Mary's Wall, 1998-1999

SERIES II: CULTURAL LANDSCAPE REPORTS FOR PHILADELPHIA SITES OUTSIDE INDE, 1967-2004

Folder 9: Physick House Garden Archeological Tests by John L. Colter, July/August 1967
Folder 10: Stenton Colonial Revival Garden (1910-1917) Cultural Landscape Inventory by Emily Cooperman, December 2000
Folder 11: Stenton's Cultural Landscape [Brochure,] September 2004

SERIES III: ROSE GARDEN PLANTING PLANS, 1967-2006

Folder 11.2: Rose Garden Planting Plan, 1967-1975
Folder 12: [Oversize Planting Plans & Photographs,] 1968-1972 - (Oversized Materials - Moved to Box 2)
Folder 13: DeSilva Court/Rose Garden Archeological Monitoring Summary Field Records, November 2006

SERIES IV: MISC. MATERIALS, 1980-2006

Folder 14: "Progress Report - Woody Plants in an Urban Park - INDE" (Contract #CX4000-0-005) by Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, March 30, 1980-July 31, 1980
Folder 15: [INDE] Report for Submission to the American Society of Landscape Architects 1982 Design Competition by Michael G. Funke & Gerald D. Patten, Denver Service Center
Folder 16: Press Packet for Groundbreaking of Garden at City Tavern, June 1984
Folder 17: The Development of a Tree-Ring Chronology for Dating Historical Structures in the Greater Philadelphia Area by Edward R. Cook & William Callahan, January 13, 1992
Folder 18.1: Drawings Produced by Anthony Ipri for Replacement of Exterior Lamps Parkwide. Reduced Size Reproductions with Annotations. April 4, 1997
Folder 18.2: Drain Assessment for INDE - Engineering Report, May 2003; Cost Estimate, Summary Report, Recommended Action, 2004
Folder 19: INDE Park Lights Survey 2005-2006. Prepared by INDE Cultural Resources Department, August 2006 (Oversized Materials - Moved to Box 2)
Folder 20: "The Gardens of Independence - A Four Season Guide to the Planting of Indepedence National Historical Park" [Brochure] UNDATED

SERIES V: CULTURAL LANDSCAPE INVENTORY, 1994

Folder 21: Cultural Landscape Inventory Phase I [& II,] Final Draft June 1, 1994
Folder 21.2: Cultural Landscape Inventory B&W Photos, Negatives and Contact Sheets, UNDATED

SERIES VI: AMY SANTOS HAMILTON'S GROUNDS INVENTORY & MAINTENANCE / LANDSCAPING PLANS, 2001-2002

Folder 22: Inventory of Maintenance Grounds, Existing Conditions & Plants List, Blocks 100, 200, 300 & 700, 2001-2002
Folder 23: Landscaping Plans, Blocks 100, 200, 300 & 700, 2001-2002 (Oversized Materials - Moved to Box 2)

SERIES VII: OLMSTEAD TREES CONDITION SURVEY

Folder 24: "INDE Condition Assessment of Trees: First Bank, Second Bank, & Washington Square," 2007 - 3 copies, 1 oversize
Folder 25: Washington Square Tree Condition Assessment, 2008

SERIES VIII: SEPARATED DRAWINGS

Drawer 124

Folder 1: Rose Garden Base Sheet, North Portion Area B, NHP-IND 3425, 1 sheet, 17 August 1966
Folder 2: Rose Garden Water Main Repair Drawing, North Portion Area B, NHP-IND 3045B, sheet 2 of 4, November 2006
Folder 3: Magnolia Garden Electric Line Repair, Layout Plan Area B, NHP-IND 3014A 1 sheet, Novemebr 21 2006 / October 1957
Folder 4: (Block 300) First Bank Landscape, Water Line Pipe Repair Drawing 1 sheet, Sprinkler System Layout Area As-Built, NHP-IND 3530, 2006 / Feb 12 1959

 

SERIES IX: PLAQUES, STATUES and FEATURES

Box 5

Folder 1: Plaque Inventory [notebook of xeroxed photos of plaques throughout the park and their locations, installation date, size with remarks,] UNDATED

Folder 2: Washington Square Information [notebook of news articles, images of plaques, monuments, statues, gates, walls, and troughs. Also includes " 'Trees Orginally Planted Washington Square, Philadelphia 1816-1817.' Based on original documents in the collections of The Anthenaeum of Philadelphia, East Washington Square. Copied for the Washington Square Association July 1993,] UNDATED