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"People are Inspired by display gardens" lecture and accompanying slides

Creation: 1978
 Collection
Accession: 1991-241

Abstract

Russell J. Seibert (1914-2004) was the former director of Longwood Gardens. This collection consists of a typewritten script of a speech, a cassette recording of the speech, and accompanying slides.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978

Creator

Extent

30 item(s)

General Physical Description

29 transparencies : mostly Kodachrome ; 2 x 2 in. 1 item (audio cassette) : sound.

Biographical Note

American botanist Russell J. Seibert (1914-2004) was the former director of Longwood Gardens. Longwood Gardens is a series of formal display gardens on over 1,077 acres in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Seibert was the first director of Longwood Gardens and served from 1955 until 1979. He received his doctorate in botany from George Washington University in St. Louis.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of a typewritten script of a speech, a casette recording of the speech, and accompanying slides given by Dr. Russell Seibert in August 1978 at the XXth International Horticultural Congress in Sydney, Australia. Slides predominantly show Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennslyvania.

Location

GL Box 1.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Language of Materials

English

Related Names

Subject

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
"People are Inspired by display gardens" lecture and accompanying slides
Date:
2014
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository

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