"People are Inspired by display gardens" lecture and accompanying slides
Creation: 1978Abstract
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
- Seibert, Russell J., 1914-2004 (Person)
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
No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.
There are no viewing or listening stations for analog audio, video, or film in the reading room. To access this material, please place a digitization request for the item(s).
Language of Materials
English
Related Names
Subject
- Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) (Organization)
- Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) (Organization)
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
