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Louise Bush-Brown Collection

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Louise Carter, born in 1897, graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women in 1916. After a variety of jobs, Carter came back to the school in 1924 as their director. In 1925, she married James Bush-Brown, the school's landscape designinstructor. Louise Bush-Brown went on to direct the school for 28 years, retiring in 1952. She was an integral part of the school's success. She also authored and co-authored several books with her husband, most notably American's Garden Book written in 1939. In 1953, she founded the Neighborhood Garden Association of Philadelphia, and won the National Recreation Award for the Neighborhood Garden Project in 1959.

This is a small collection of items that Louise Bush-Brown collected relating to horticulture, primarily items from the Botany Club of Germantown in Philadelphia. Additionally, there is a tablet dating from the fourth year of the reign of Amar-Sin, 2046-2038 B.C.

The collection is arranged by type of material.

Acquisition unknown.

Collection processed and finding aid completed in February 2016 by Holly Beth Wilson, Part Time Processing Archivist/Librarian Processing Archivist.

Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
February 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Louise Bush-Brown Collection is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the University, or the authors/creators or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

"Domestic Cookery, " handwritten recipes by Mrs. Carpenter, 1845.
Box 1 Folder 1
Botany Club of Germantown: correspondence, 1880-1883.
Box 1 Folder 2
Botany Club of Germantown: correspondence, 1884-1913.
Box 1 Folder 3
Botany Club of Germantown: minutes, 1880-1884.
Box 1 Folder 4
Botany Club of Germantown: photographs, 1884.
Box 1 Folder 5
Germantown Horticultural Society: "premium list" of plants, 1882.
Box 1 Folder 6
Scrapbook of prints and specimens, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
Tablet: receipt for gazelles, circa 2046-2038 B.C.
Box 2 Folder 1

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