Fletcher Steele Papers Regarding Naumkeag, 1926-1959

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Fletcher Steele Papers Regarding Naumkeag, 1926-1959

NKMSCOLL2

Category: Archive

Property: Naumkeag

Title: Fletcher Steele Papers

Type: Collection

Description: The Fletcher Steele Papers Regarding Naumkeag consist of Steele's order forms for plants, trees, flowers, tools, paint, and other materials used at Naumkeag; correspondence between Steele and Mabel Choate, George Norbert Kates (who was hired by Steele and Choate to do research in China and to purchase materials in China for the Chinese Garden), and various individuals and companies who worked on the Naumkeag gardens, including Choate's gardener, Robert R. Crighton; and writings by Steele about Naumkeag. Steele was a landscape architect from Rochester, NY, who mainly designed private gardens. Naumkeag is one of his few extant designs, which he worked on from 1926 to 1958 with the owner, Mabel Choate.

Creator: Steele, Fletcher

Date: 1926 - 1959

Extent: 6.0 linear feet (12 boxes. Other storage formats: 1 oversized folder.)

Object ID: NK.MS.Coll.2

People: Choate, Mabel, 1870-1958; Crighton, Robert R.; Kates, George Norbert, 1895-

Subjects: Landscape gardening

Rights: CC BY-NC-ND The Fletcher Steele Papers Regarding Naumkeag are the physical property of The Trustees of Reservations. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the archivist.

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Fletcher Steele Papers Regarding Naumkeag, 1926-1959

Series 2: Orders

Series 1: Correspondence

Series 3: Writings