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The Archives of American Gardens, housed in the Smithsonian's Horticulture Services Division, includes a collection of approximately 60,000 photographic images and records that document historic and contemporary gardens throughout the United States. The images, which show views from colonial times to the present, include a considerable range of garden features such as furniture and ornamentation, as well as all manner of design styles.

The nucleus of the Archives is the Garden Club of America Collection. Other collections include photographs, plans, and office files documenting the work of landscape architects Thomas Warren Sears, Perry Wheeler, and Robert M. Fletcher; publisher and horticulturist Dr. J. Horace McFarland; the Lewis and Valentine Nursery of Long Island, NY; and the Horticulture Services Division's own artifacts and activities.

The following is a list of major collections from AAG cataloged in Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS):

 
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The Townsend Garden 2004.
1 folder+ 9 35 mm. slides.

The Village of Arts and Humanities 1998.
1 folder+ 3 35 mm. slides.

The Villanova Conference Center ca. 1930-1938.
3 folders+ 4 35 mm. slides and 5 photoprints.

The Williamson Garden 2002.
1 folder+ 10 35 mm. slides.

Thomas Garden 1948-2000.
1 folder+ 21 35 mm. slides.

Thomas Garden 1990-1999
1 folder+ 26 35 mm. slides.

Thomas Warren Sears Collection, 1900-1966
Sears, Thomas W., 1880-1966
4564 glass negatives.
114 glass lantern slides
(33.6 linear ft.).

Thompson Garden 1986-1996
1 folder+ 31 35 mm. slides.

Thornbury ca. 1930.
1 folder+ 2 35 mm. slides.

Thorndale 1930-1984
1 folder+ 14 slides: glass lantern, hand colored.
27 slides (col.): 35 mm.

Thornewood 1920-1998.
2 folders+ 35 35 mm. slides, 12 photoprints and 43 glass lantern slides.

Thornlea 2003-2004.
1 folder+ 13 35 mm. slides.

Three Oaks 1951-2001.
2 folders+ 18 35 mm. slides.

Toad Hall 1999.
1 folder+ 7 35 mm. slides.

Tomkins Woods, 2004.
1 folder+ 3 35 mm. slides.

Topiary Garden at Old Deaf School Park 1990-2001.
1 folder+ 11 35 mm. slides.

Topsfield 1932-2001.
1 folder+ 14 35 mm. slides.

Toyota Motors--Regional Parts Distribution Center & Offices 1979.
1 folder+ 4 35 mm. slides.

Traugott Bagge House 2003.
1 folder+ 5 35 mm. slides.

Treetops 2001.
1 folder+ 5 35 mm. slides.

Trenton Garden III 2000-2001.
1 folder+ 7 35 mm. slides.

Tuckahoe 1930-1997.
1 folder+ 34 35 mm. slides.

Tuller Tract ca. 1945.
1 folder+ 4 35 mm. slides.

Tullie Smith House 1975-1984
1 folder+ 2 35 mm. slides.

Twin Gables ca. 1930-1986.
1 folders+ 13 35 mm. slides and 14 glass lantern slides.

Twyford 1962-1973.
2 folders+ 18 35 mm. slides; 2 120 mm. slides; 29 photoprints; 143 negatives.

Underoak 1998-2001.
1 folder+ 37 35 mm. slides.

Underwood Garden 1997
1 folder+ 9 35 mm. slides.

Unidentified Garden in Armonk, New York, No. 1 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 20 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden in Armonk, New York, No. 2 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 11 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden in Armonk, New York, No. 3 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 4 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden in Cedarhurst, New York, No. 1 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 12 photoprints.

Unidentified Garden in Cedarhurst, New York, No. 2 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 8 photoprints.

Unidentified Garden in Cedarhurst, New York, No. 3 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 1 photoprint.

Unidentified Garden in Connecticut, No. 1 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 3 photoprints; 14 negatives.

Unidentified Garden in Connecticut, No. 2 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 1 photoprint; 9 negatives.

Unidentified Garden in Connecticut, No. 3 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 1 photoprint; 12 negatives.

Unidentified Garden in Darien, Connecticut ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 1 photoprint; 11 negatives.

Unidentified Garden in Darien, Connecticut ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 1 photoprint; 11 negatives.

Unidentified Garden in Litchfield, Connecticut 1973.
1 folder+ 30 photoprints; 25 negatives.

Unidentified Garden in Massachusetts, No. 2 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 27 photoprints; 1 photonegative; 1 transparency.

Unidentified Garden in Massachusetts, No. 3 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 3 photoprints.

Unidentified Garden in New Canaan, Connecticut ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 1 photoprint; 4 negatives.

Unidentified Garden in New Jersey, No. 1 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 2 transparencies.

Unidentified Garden in New Jersey, No. 2 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 9 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden in New York 1920.
1 folder+ 22 35 mm. slides.

Unidentified Garden in New York, New York, No. 2 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 10 photonegatives; 2 photoprints.

Unidentified Garden in New York, New York, No. 3 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 2 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden in New York, New York, No. 4 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 2 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden in New York, New York, No. 5 ca. 1960-1976.
1 folder+ 5 photonegatives; 3 photoprints.

Unidentified Garden in Oldwick, New Jersey 1996.
1 folder+ 2 35 mm. slides.

Unidentified Garden in Quogue, New York ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 22 photonegatives; 1 photoprint.

Unidentified Garden in Short Hills, New Jersey, No. 2 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 15 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden in Short Hills, New Jersey, No. 3, ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 3 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden in Short Hills, New Jersey, No. 4 ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 2 photonegatives.

Unidentified Garden(s) in New Canaan, Connecticut ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 1 photoprint; 2 negatives.

Unidentified Penthouse Rock Garden ca. 1960-1994.
1 folder+ 12 photonegatives; 13 photoprints.

Untermyer Family Slide Collection, ca. 1940
Untermyer, Samuel, II
119 glass lantern slides 4"X6".

Untitled Garden 1931-1985.
1 folder+ 9 35 mm. slides and 4 photoprints.

Untitled Garden 1946-1997
1 folder+ 14 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden 1973-1997
1 folder+ 13 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden 1986
1 folder+ 2 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden 1996.
1 folder+ 21 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden 1996.
1 folder+ 21 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden 1996-1997
1 folder+ 11 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden 2001.
1 folder 13 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden (Asheville, North Carolina) 1998.
1 folder+ 8 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden ca. 1992
1 folder+ 21 35-mm. slides.

Untitled Garden, Fair Haven, New Jersey 1998.
1 folder+ 1 35 mm. slide.

Untitled Garden (Hingham, Massachusetts) 1999.
1 folder+ 12 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden, Houston, Texas 1986.
1 folder+ 14 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Arch Cape, Oregon 2000.
1 folder+ 14 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Bel Air, California 1986-1991
1 folder+ 25 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Beverly Hills, California 1979-1986.
1 folder+ 22 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Beverly Hills, California 1989-1993.
1 folder+ 14 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Greenwich, Connecticut 1990.
1 folder+ 44 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Hillsborough, California 1993-1997
1 folder+ 27 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Hollywood, California 1988-1992.
1 folder+ 13 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Los Angeles, California 1984-1992.
1 folder+ 16 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Los Angeles, California 1986-1987
1 folder+ 11 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Los Angeles, California 1986-1992.
1 folder+ 20 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Los Angeles, California 1988-1991.
1 folder+ 20 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Mendham, New Jersey 1986-1994.
2 folders+ 23 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Palm Beach, Florida 2000.
1 folder+ 14 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Pasadena, California 1988-1992.
1 folder+ 14 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Portland, Oregon 1995-1996.
1 folder+ 17 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in San Marino, California 1985-1991.
1 folder+ 35 19 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in San Marino, California 1985-1992.
1 folder+ 23 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Santa Barbara, California 1984-1986
1 folder+ 19 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden in Santa Barbara, California 1997
1 folder+ 12 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden, Little Silver, New Jersey 1997-1998.
1 folder+ 6 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden, New Vernon, New Jersey 199-?-1998.
1 folder+ 10 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden, Pebble Beach, California 1999.
1 folder+ 15 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden, Red Bank, New Jersey 1997.
1 folder+ 11 35 mm. slides.

Untitled Garden, Upper Montclair, New Jersey 1997.
1 folder+ 9 35 mm. slides.

Upper Middle Road 2004.
1 folder+ 4 35 mm. slides.

Upson-Howard Place ca. 1930.
1 folders+ 2 glass lantern slides.

Urban Harvest Gardens 199-?-200-?.
1 folder+ 12 35 mm. slides.

Valley Mill Farm ca. 1930-1938.
2 folders+ 2 35 mm. slide and 9 photoprints.

Vernon Manor I, ca. 1930-1969.
1 folder+ 13 35 mm. slides.

Vernon Manor II, 1971-1989.
2 folders+ 25 35 mm. slides; 35 negatives; 17 photoprints.

Verona Columns Park 1925-1985.
1 folder+ 31 35 mm. slides.

Villa dei Fiori 1999-2005.
1 folder+ 17 35 mm. slides.

Villa Leoncini 1997
1 folder+ 14 35 mm. slides.

Villa Narcault, 2001.
1 folder+ 10 35 mm. slides.

Villa Turicum 1912
1 folder+ 2 35 mm. slides.

Virage du Charles 2000.
1 folder+ 10 35 mm. slides.

Virginia House ca.1950-1981.
2 folders+ 16 35 mm. slides.

Virginia Spencer Garden 2005.
1 folder+ 11 35 mm. slides.

Vixen's Lair 1971-1987.
3 folders+ 23 35 mm. slides; 5 photoprints.

Volk Garden 1985-1999
2 folders+ 29 35 mm. slides.

Vollum Garden 1996
1 folder+ 20 35 mm. slides.

Voorhees Garden 2000-2001.
1 folder+ 18 35 mm. slides.

W. Atlee Burpee & Co. Collection, 1873-1978 1890-1930.
W. Atlee Burpee & Co
12,715 items.
155 linear ft.

W. K. Symmes Residence [199-?]-1999.
1 folder+ 6 35 mm. slides.

Wales ca. 1940.
1 folder+ 3 35 mm. slides.

Walled Garden 2001-2004.
1 folder+ 8 35 mm. slides.

Wardenia 2002.
1 folder+ 11 35 mm. slides.

Waterlot ca 1960.
1 folder+ 1 8 X10 photoprint.

Waterman Garden 2001-2002.
1 folder+ 21 35 mm. slides.

Watts Garden 1997
1 folder+ 17 35 mm. slides.

Watts Garden ca. 1930.
1 folders+ 5 glass lantern slides.

Waveny ca. 1925-2000.
2 folders+ 8 glass lantern slides and 7 35 mm. slides.

Waverley Farm 1999
1 folder+ 15 35 mm. slides.

Weatherill Garden 2001.
1 folder+ 15 35 mm. slides.

Webster Garden 1958-1963.
1 folder+ 9 35 mm. slides.

Welcome Hall 1970-1999.
2 folders+ 20 35 mm. slides.

Weld 1904-1999.
4 folders+ 65 slides, 29 photoprints, and 57 glass plate negatives.

Well-Sweep Herb Farm 1985-1986.
2 folders+ 12 35 mm. slides.

Wendy White's Spiritual Retreat 2005.
1 folder+ 22 35 mm. slides.

Westover ca.1930-1996.
4 folders+ 18 35 mm. slides and 29 glass lantern slides.

Whilton 2005.
1 folder+ 16 35 mm. slides.

White Garden 1930-1970.
1 folder+ 4 glass slides, 3 35 mm. slides.

Whitemarsh Hall 1920-1985
1 folder+ 1 photoprint: b&w.
45 slides (col.); 35 mm.

Whitney Garden 1996.
1 folder+ 10 35 mm. slides.

Wildwood, 1999.
1 folder 7 35 mm. slides.

William Core Duffy Garden ca. 1920
1 folder+ 7 35-mm. slides.

William Lyman Phillips Collection, 192-?-193-?
Phillips, William Lyman, d. 1966
1 folder+ 32 glass lantern slides.

William Trent House 1996
1 folder+ 12 35 mm. slides.

Winchester House 1996-1997
1 folder+ 23 35 mm. slides.

Winden 1915-1998.
1 folder+ 13 35 mm. slides.

Windfermere 1909-1931.
1 folder+ 18 photoprints.

Windmill Farm, ca. 1976-1983.
1 folder+ 1 photoprint; 6 35 mm. slides.

Windy Hill 1998-1999.
1 folder+ 23 35 mm. slides.

Winnetka Butterfly Garden 1998-2000.
1 folder+ 16 35 mm. slides.

Woods' C̉ote 2005.
1 folder+ 13 35 mm. slides.

Wormsloe ca. 1930-1986.
1 folders+ 6 35 mm. slides and 4 glass lantern slides.

Wright Garden 2002.
1 folder+ 11 35 mm. slides.

Wye Plantation 1940-1985.
1 folder+ 7 35 mm. slides.

Wyndmoor ca. 1930.
1 folder+ 8 35 mm. slides.

Wynnewood 193-?-2000.
1 folder+ 7 35 mm. slides.

 

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