MenuInventory of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens records, 1932-2002
Abstract
The Gardens were a gift from Mary Duke Biddle in honor of her mother, Sarah P. Duke (Mrs. Benjamin N.). Construction began in 1932 and the site was open to the public in 1934. Ellen Shipman (1869-1950) designed the plans for both the construction and the plantings for the new gardens.
Collection contains materials pertaining to the origins and activities of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens including planting plans, calendars, correspondence, feasibility studies, and annual reports. Materials in the collection date from 1932-2002.
Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University Archives, Duke University
- Creator
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
- Title
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens records, 1932-2002
- Language of Material
- English
- Extent
- 12 Linear Feet, approx. 3,350 Items
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Collection Overview
General files contains materials pertaining to the origins and activities of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens including planting plans, calendars, correspondence, feasibility studies, and annual reports. Also in the collection is a VHS videocassette from 1996 "A Capital Campaign for the Center for the Duke Gardens," featuring Ted Koppel. The William Louis Culberson papers series contains administrative records pertaining to his directorship of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens from 1978-1998. Culberson was also Hugo L. Blomquist Professor of Botany and Chairman of the Department of Botany at Duke University. This material ranges in date from 1960-2002 and includes correspondence, reports, donor material, personnel files, newspaper and magazine clippings, plans and drawings, and material relating to the creation of the Doris Duke Center.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.
In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is required for use.
Use Restrictions
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Contents of the Collection
Browse List of Series
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Expand AllAnderson Street Parking Lot - Modifications, 1958
Box 1
Annual Report, 2001-2002 c.1
Box 1
Annual Report, 2001-2002 c.2
Box 1
Asiatic Arboretum Pool Gazing Arbor, 1991
Box 1
Asiatic Arboretum Pool Gazing Arbor Paving Plan, 1991
Box 1
Blomquist Gate
Box 1
Calendar, 1997
Box 1
Calendar, 1999-2000
Box 1
"A Capital Campaign for the Center for the Duke Gardens," with Ted Koppel, 1996 --VHS videocassette - [A99-1]
Box 1
"Center for the Duke Gardens," Feasibility Study for the, Sept. 1995
Box 1
Checklists of Plants, 1984-
Box 1
Correspondence, 1976-1994
Box 1
Daylilly Planting Plan, 1964
Box 1
Duke Gardens Through the Years/ Robert T. Durden, 1997
Box 1
Explanatory Notes in the I-40 extension location and storm draining study, 1975
Box 1
Garden Water Course Report, Moriece and Gary Landscape Architects, 1961
Box 1
Gohdes Scuppernong Grape Arbor, 1999 (A2000-67)
Box 1
Lily Pool Planting Plan, 1964
Box 1
Moriece and Gary - Status of Plant Materials Along the Watercourse Nursery Frame and Bed Plan, 1979
Box 1
Plans, 1964-
Box 1
Report of Sarah P. Duke Memorial Garden, 1934-1935
Box 1
Running Inventory and Planting Plan, 1958-1967 (9 folders)
Box 2
Spray Pond Report by William S. Leong Incl. watercolor drawings, 1963
Box 2
Stationery -- note cards [1999]
Box 2
Terrace Planting Plan, 1980
Box 2
Utility and Water Distribution, Report, Moriece and Gary, 1962
Box 2
Planting Plan for Proposed Water Garden, 1967
Oversize 3
Doris Duke Center
Box 2
Design drawing for Terrace-Pavilion, undated
Box 2
Peony Planting Plan, 1985
Box 2
The William Louis Culberson papers series contains administrative records pertaining to his directorship of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens from 1978-1998, and ranges in date from 1960-2002. A majority of the material ranges in date from 1990-99. This material is also restricted for twenty-five years from date of origin. Material present includes correspondence, reports, donor material, personnel files, newspaper and magazine clippings, plans and drawings, and material relating to the creation of the Doris Duke Center. Also present is a collection of correspondence from 1989 (foldered seperately) between Culberson and then University President, H. Keith H. Brodie, concerning the location of a proposed Art Museum on campus.
Alexander, Irving, 1995-1999
Box 4
Anatomical Gifts, 1998-1999
Box 4
Anderson, L.E., 1997
Box 4
Anderson, Taimi, 1995-1998
Box 4
Angell, Joan L., 1998
Box 4
Angier, Jonathan, 1997
Box 4
Asiatic Arboretum, 1991, undated
Box 4
Atkin, Tony, 1996-1998
Box 4
Baker, Cynthia, 1997
Box 4
Baver, Scott, 1996-1997
Box 4
Molly Bernheim Memorial, 1996-1997
Box 4
Billings, W.D., 1998
Box 4
Bishop, Sandra, 1997-1998
Box 4
Blomquist, undated
Box 4
Board of Advisors, 1993-1998
Box 4
Bonsberg, Sarah S., 1994-1995
Box 4
Bunting, Kay, 1997-1998, undated
Box 4
Burness, John F., 1997
Box 4
Brodie, Brenda, 1996-1996
Box 4
Byrd, Warren, 1994-1998, undated
Box 4
Campus Club, 1997-1998
Box 4
Carr, Jean, 1989-1998
Box 4
Center, architectural history, 1993-1998
Box 4
Center, campaign, 1996, undated
Box 4
Cole, Charity, 1998
Box 4
Coppridge, A.J., 1997
Box 4
Crovitz, Herbert F., 1997
Box 4
Daniel, Larry T., 1992-1999
Box 4
Curtin, Helen, 1995-1999
Box 4
Dark, Teresa P., 1996-1997
Box 4
Davis, Burke, 1995-1998
Box 4
Dawson, Mary H., 1997-1998
Box 4
Directorship, 1991-1998
Box 4
Dodson, Andrew, 1998
Box 4
Doell&Doell, ASLA, 1993-1994
Box 4
Drill, Elizabeth Craven, 1990-1998
Box 4
Doris, Duke, 1997
Box 4
Duke Endowment, 1996-1997, undated
Box 4
Durden, Robert F., 1990-2001
Box 4
Durham Merchants Association, 1997
Box 4
Eddleman, Edith, 1994
Box 4
Education Program, 1994, undated
Box 4
Elkins, Mary Alice, 1997
Box 4
Eshelman, P., 1997
Box 4
Feasbility Study, 1994, undated
Box 4
Finances, 1993-1994
Box 4
Fowler, Ruth, 1994-1997
Box 4
Frye, Lin, 1999
Box 4
Freeman, Pamela, 1995-1996, 1998
Box 4
Fuqua, Dorothy, 1996-1997
Box 4
Gebel, Emile L., 1994
Box 4
Gehman, Scott, 1996, 1998
Box 4
Gift Records, 1995
Box 4
Gohdes-Batin, B., 1997-1998
Box 4
Goodwin, Nancy, 1993-1997, 2002
Box 4
Gray, Tom, 1995
Box 4
Grigg, Mrs., 1996, 1998
Box 4
Hammett, Karen M., 1998
Box 4
Hamrick, Harvey, 1993-1998
Box 4
Hammrick, Ladd, 1996
Box 4
Hanes, Eldridge C., 1996-1997
Box 4
Hanes, F.M., 1997
Box 4
Harmel, Merel H., 1989-1990, 1995
Box 4
Harriet J. Phelps Charitable Trust, 1996-1997
Box 4
Hartlage, Richard, 1997
Box 4
Hayter, Reynolds, & Jewel Proposal, 1994
Box 4
Hemric, Chuck, 1994-1995, undated
Box 4
History, 1995-1998
Box 4
Horticulture Magazine, 1997
Box 4
Horton, Alice, book graphics, 1992, 1994-1999
Box 4
Intern Program, 1993, undated
Box 4
Jackson, Kathleen, 1993
Box 4
Jenkins, Harry, 1995, 1997
Box 4
Jewell, Linda, 1990
Box 4
Johnson, Carol, 1993-1994
Box 4
Jones, Paul, 1995
Box 4
Kanzaki, Hisae, 1995-1997
Box 4
Kellogg, Sally Ann, 1998
Box 4
Kennan, Thomas S., 1995-1997
Box 4
Keohane, Nan O., 1993-1998
Box 4
Kerckoff, 1997-1998
Box 4
Kirby Foundation, 1994-1997
Box 4
Koppel, Ted, 1996
Box 4
Koslofsky, Regis, 1994-1997
Box 4
Kramer, Paul, 1995-1996
Box 4
Kurtz, Carol, 1995-1998
Box 4
Labels for Plants and Books, 1995
Box 4
Ladd, Laura, 1996
Box 4
Landscape In-House, 1994
Box 4
Land-Use Study, 1994
Box 4
Le Duc, Alice, undated
Box 4
Langford, T.A., 1994-1998
Box 4
Leong, W.B.S., undated
Box 4
Leubuscher, F.H., 1988
Box 4
Lewis Street, 1992, 1998, undated
Box 4
Lindsay, R., 1997-1998
Box 4
Livingstone, B., 1996-1998
Box 4
Maziarz, D.M., 1998
Box 4
McAdoo, Jane, 1998
Box 4
McCracken, Sarah, 1996
Box 4
McEachren, John, 1990
Box 4
McIntyre, F.H., 1998
Box 4
Memorial Garden, 1992-1993
Box 4
Mertens, Joan R., 1998
Box 4
Meyer, Horst, 1994-1998
Box 4
Miller, Lynden, 1994
Box 4
Mission, 1994
Box 4
Nakayama, Yukio, 1998
Box 4
Nashold, A., 1996-1998
Box 4
Newborg, Barbara, 1997
Box 4
O'Brien, Carol, 1995
Box 4
Oliver, Thomas K., 1998
Box 4
Owens, Mike, 1997
Box 4
Pearce, John, 1993-1998
Box 4
Perry-Camp, Jane, 1996, undated
Box 4
Piva, John, 1994-1998
Box 5
Pless, Jack, 1995
Box 5
Powell, James, 1996-1997
Box 5
Price, Mary, 1996, undated
Box 5
Putman, C.E., 1994-1996
Box 5
Putman, Mary, 1996
Box 5
Panek, Mary, 1998
Box 5
Parking, 1992-1993
Box 5
Raulston, J.C., undated
Box 5
Rausch, G.L., 1996
Box 5
Rawn, W., A.I.A., 1996, undated
Box 5
Rees, Joe, 1997
Box 5
Reynolds, S., 1991-1995, 1998
Box 5
Reid, Charles, 1996-2001
Box 5
Robert, James S., 1995
Box 5
Rogers, Ralph P., 1994-1995
Box 5
Ross, Alan, 1998-1999, undated
Box 5
Ross, David, 1995
Box 5
Runte, Douglas W., 1994
Box 5
Schiebel, Nan, 1995-1997, undated
Box 5
Schlayer, Clotilde, 1997
Box 5
Semans, 1990-1998
Box 5
Semans, James, 1996, 1998
Box 5
Sharp, John D., 1996
Box 5
Sheehan, Cecil, undated
Box 5
Shelton Pond, 1991-1992
Box 5
Shepard, Robert, 1995, 1998
Box 5
Shibata, Michiko, 1997
Box 5
Shipman, E., 1994-1998
Box 5
Shipman Historical Marker, 1993-1994, undated
Box 5
Shipman Symposium, 1997-1998
Box 5
Siemer, Richard, 1994-1995
Box 5
Simes, Molly, 1995-1998
Box 5
Smith, Mark, 1995
Box 5
Spengler, Dot, 1998
Box 5
Stanley Smith Horitcultural Trust, 1996-1998
Box 5
Statuary, undated
Box 5
Steffeck, Ed, 1994-1996
Box 5
Stetler, Nevin, 1994
Box 5
Storage, Greer Street, 1997
Box 5
Strohbehn, Barbara, 1995-1997
Box 5
Steinhardt, Michael, 1994
Box 5
Stern, Kay, 1995
Box 5
Strohbehn, John, 1995
Box 5
Sundial, 1988-1990, undated
Box 5
Teabeaut III, J.R., 1998-1999
Box 5
Telephones, Emergency, 1992
Box 5
Terrace Shop, 1995-1998
Box 5
Terraces, 1991-1992, 1996-1997
Box 5
Town and Country Garden Club, 1998
Box 5
Trask, Tallman, 1996-1998
Box 5
Trent Foundation, 1994-1995
Box 5
Video, 1994-1995
Box 5
Walker, Joseph E., 1995
Box 5
Warren Imports, 1986-1997
Box 5
Confidential, 1998
Box 5
Weintraub, E. Roy, 1995
Box 5
Whalen, Anna, 1996-1998
Box 5
White, Joe, 1995-1996
Box 5
White, Richard, A., 1997-1998
Box 5
White, Virginia, 1995-1996, 1998
Box 5
Wickersham, Faye, 1995, 1997
Box 5
Wilcox, Allen, 1998
Box 5
Wilkins, R.R., 1996
Box 5
Williams, L. Neil, 1998
Box 5
Willimon, William H., 1998
Box 5
Wister, John C., undated
Box 5
Witzleben, Charles, 1995-1997
Box 5
Wood, Carol, 1998
Box 5
Woodard, Sarah, 1996, 1997
Box 5
Zapolski, Todd, 1996
Box 5
Gardens of Peace, 1998
Box 5
Duke Garden Gift Index, 1981-1992
Box 5
Planting Lists, undated
Box 5
Campus Planting, 1960-1964, 1974
Box 5
First Counsel, Inc., 1995
Box 5
Ross, Johnston, & Kersting, Inc., 1995
Box 5
Doris Duke Center Material, Atkin, Olshin, & Lawson-Bell, A.A., 1999
Box 5
Doris Duke Center Material, Atkin, Olshin, & Lawson-Bell, A.A., 1998
Box 5
Doris Duke Center Material, Building and Grounds Committee, 1998
Box 5
Doris Duke Center, 1995-1997
Box 5
Doris Duke Center, 1998-1999, undated
Box 5
Doris Duke Center, Landscape drawings, 1996, undated
Box 5
General Correspondence, 1991-1997
Box 5
Printed Material, undated
Box 5
Correspondence, Culberson and H. Keith H. Brodie concerning site of proposed Art Museum, 1989
Box 5
Garden Drawings and Designs
Located on-site in oversize storage
Planting and Plot Plan, 1 sheet, diazo (2 copies), 1935 Dec.
Oversize Folder 1
Planting plan near the house of Dr. F. M. Hanes, 1 sheet, diazo, 1936 Jan.
Planting and plot plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1935 Dec.
Pool and Garden House, sections and details drawings, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 June
Oversize Folder 2
Construction drawing for Central Pool, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 June
Construction drawing for Pool A, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 June
Construction drawing for Pool B, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 Aug.
Planting plan for planting on bank, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 Sept.
Proposed office building, working drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 Oct.
Plan for naturalistic planting between garden and bank and woods, planting plan, 1 sheet, blueprint with colored pencil, 1937 Nov.
Proposed pergola for Duke Univ., working drawing drawn by J.S., 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 Nov.
Proposed pergola for Duke Univ., half plan of stairs, drawn by J.S., 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 Nov.
Proposed pergola for Duke Univ., working drawing drawn by J.S., 1 sheet, blueprint, revised 1937 Dec.
zproposed pergola for Duke Univ., half plan of stairs, drawn by J.S., 1 sheet blueprint, revised 1937 Dec.
Proposed pergola for Duke Univ., finial and newel post details, drawn by J.S., 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 Dec.
Planting plan for wild slope above pond, working drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint on linen, 1938 Jan.
Plan to show location of rock ledges above pond, working drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint on linen, 1938 Jan.
Planting plant for shrubs on bank behind garden house, working drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1938 April
Planting plan for the bank south of the Sarah P. Duke Memorial Garden, working drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1939 June
Finial detail drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint, undated
Plan showing location of garden, topographical map, 1 sheet, blueprint, undated
Plans of walks, section B working drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint, undated
Plan of walks, section A, 1 sheet, ink on linen, undated
Plan of walks, section B, 1 sheet, ink on linen, undated
Planting plan for the area around the pool, working drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint, undated
Proposed pergola for Duke Univ., section plans, 1 sheet, blueprint, undated
Section 1-L on center line, elevation drawing, 1 sheet, blueprint, undated
Topographical map, section of Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 1 sheet, blueprint, undated
Proposed office building, working drawing, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy, 1937 Oct.
Planting plan for trees and shrubs, section A, 1 sheet, electrostatic on paper, 1938 March
Planting plan for trees and shrubs, section B, 1 sheet, electrostatic on paper, 1938 March
Perennial planting plan, section B, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy on paper, 1938 April
Perennial planting plan, section C, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy on paper, 1938 April
Perennial planting plan, section D, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy on paper, 1938 April
Perennial planting plan, section A, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy on paper, undated
Area treatment around office and tool house, sketch, 1 sheet, diazo., 1958 Aug.
Oversize Folder 3
Area treatment around office, sketch, 1 sheet, diazo., 1958 Aug.
Hanes Memorial Garden and vicinity, landscape design drawing, 1 sheet, diazo w/pencil, 1958 Sept.
Anderson Street entrance, working drawing, modified from Leong by R.H. Fillmore, 1 sheet, pencil on tracing paper. 1958 Feb.; revised 1958 Oct.
Hanes entrance, drawn by R.H. Fillmore after William S. Leong design, 1 sheet, diazo, 1958
Memorial area approach, site plan, by H.J. Copeland based on Leong master plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1959 May
Master Plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1959 May
Anderson Street entrance general plan, site plan, R. H. Fillmore adapted from William S. Leong, 1 sheet, diazo, 1959 Oct.
Anderson Street entrance clearing plan, working drawing, by R.H. Fillmore adapted from William S. Leong, 1 sheet, diazo, 1959
Service building, rough drawing by R.H. Fillmore based on William S. Leong plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1960 Dec.
Anderson Street entrance, preliminary design, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 March
Anderson gates and post design, design development drawings, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 Dec.
Anderson gate entrance, elevation drawing by R. H. Fillmore, after William S. Leong, 1 sheet, pencil on tracing paper, 1961 Dec.
Anderson Street entrance, presentation drawing, 1 sheet, colored pencil on paper, 1961
Terrace-Pavilion fountain area, working drawings, 4 sheets, diazo, 1963 Sept.
Spray pond fountain plan, electrical, utility and mechnaical plans, 3 sheets, pencil on vellum, 1963
Terrace-Pavilion and fountain pool, structural plan, 4 sheets, pencil on vellum, 1963 Sept.
Blomquist Area, sketches, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1964
Master plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1959, revised 1964
Trellis design, plan and elevation drawing, William S. Leong , 1 sheet, diazo, 1965 Jan.
Main entrance, site plan, taken from Leong master plan, drawn by LTD, 1 sheet, diazo, 1969 June
Storm drainage, preliminary study, 1 sheet, diazo, 1975 Aug.
Master plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1977
Master plan, 1 sheet, sepia on vellum, 1959
Master plan, 1 sheet, diazo w/numerous pencil notes and calculations, 1959; revised 1967
Spray pond, site plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 July
Azalea court area, preliminary plot plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 Aug.
Azalea court area, preliminary plot plan with some planting notations, 1 sheet, diazo with colored pencil, 1961 Aug.
Spray pond, copy of Leong tracing with vegetion notes by R.H. Fillmore, 1 sheet, diazo w/pencil, 1963 Jan.
Fountain and vicinity, schematic planting plan, ultimate construction, 1 sheet, diazo, 1963 March
Fountain and vicinity, layout and grading plan, first construction, 1 sheet, diazo, 1963 March
Fountain and vicinity, layout and grading plan, ultimate construction, 1 sheet, diazo, 1963 March
South half of Duke Gardens gate showing post for new panel, 1 sheet, diazo, 1972 May
Master plan, unmarked, 1 sheet, mylar, 1977
Master Plan with corrections by Larry T. Daniel, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil, 1977 June 15; corrections 1977 June 17
Elevation drawing of steps, after William S. Leong, 1 sheet, pencil on graph vellum, undated
Terrace-Pavilion fountain area, section drawing along Sta.4+00, 1 sheet, pencil on graph vellum, undated
Azalea court area, schematic Plans A-F, 6 sheets, pencil on vellum, undated
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Vine Arbor, elevation and plan drawing per R.H. Fillmore, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1965 Jan.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Garden trellis, design drawing, 2 sheets, pencil on vellum, 1967 Nov.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Garden trellis, design drawing, reduced size, 1 sheet, pencil on tracing paper, 1971 May
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Vine arbor, working drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1976 Dec.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Master plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1976 Dec.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Master plan, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations and revisions, 1976 Dec.
Retention pond landscape plan, presentation drawing, 1 sheet, diazo with colored marker, 1982 Dec.
Oversize Folder 4
Entry plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991
Azalea court, plan and elevation drawings, Hayter Reynolds and Jewell, 2 sheets, diazo, 1992
Retention pond dam, working drawings, 6 sheets, diazo, 1992
Bird watching pavillion, working drawings, 3 sheets, diazo, 1998 June
Flood control scheme B-permanent pond, site plan, 1 sheet, diazo and colored marker, undated
Handicap ramp, topographical map, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Truckworthy bridge and garden plan, conceptual drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Asiatic Arboretum: Pool gazing arbor, progress plan and elevation drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991 March
Asiatic Arboretum: Pool gazing arbor, working drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991 May; revised 1991 June
Asiatic Arboretum: Pedestrian bridge, design development drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991 June
Asiatic Arboretum: Entrance gate, working drawings, 2 sheets, diazo, 1991 Aug.
Asiatic Arboretum: Pathways, site plan, 1991 Aug.
Asiatic Arboretum: Pedestrian bridge, working drawings, 3 sheets, diazo, note: marked "Not for Construction," 1991 Sept.
Asiatic Arboretum: Entrance gate, site plan and elevation drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991
Asiatic Arboretum: Master plan, development drawing, 1 sheet, diazo with ink and colored pencil, undated
Asiatic Arboretum: Master plan, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
H.L. Blomquist Garden: General site plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1984 June
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Garden pond, presentation drawing, 1 sheet, colored pencil on mat board, 1991 May
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Garden pond, site plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Garden gate, design drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1993
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Garden gate, structural detail drawings, 6 sheets, diazo, 1995
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Garden gate weather vane, size criteria plan, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
H.L. Blomquist Garden: General site plan and shelter elevation drawings, 3 sheets, diazo, undated
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Shelton pond, working drawings, 3 sheets, diazo, undated
Asiatic Arboretum: Design development drawing (first draft), 1 sheet, diazo, circa 1985
Asiatic Arboretum: Pool gazing arbor, working drawing (marked Construction drawing), 1 sheet, diazo with colored marker, 1991 May
Asiatic Arboretum: Bridge and iris garden, presentation drawing, 1 sheet, diazo and colored pencil, 1991 June
Asiatic Arboretum: Pedestrian bridge, working drawings, 3 sheets, diazo, 1991 Aug.
Asiatic Arboretum: Entrance gate, working drawings, 2 sheets, diazo, 1991 Oct.
Asiatic Arboretum: Pond and shelter, presentation drawing, 2 sheets, diazo, 1993
Asiatic Arborteum: Eitokuji lantern, elevation and site plan drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1993 July
Asiatic Arborteum: Eitokuji lantern, design development drawing Option A, 1 sheet, diazo, 1993 July
Asiatic Arborteum: Eitokuji lantern, design development drawing Option B, 1 sheet, diazo, 1993 July
Asiatic Arborteum: Arched footbridge, design development drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1995 Sept.
Asiatic Arborteum: Arched footbridge, plan and detail drawings, 1 sheet, diazo, 1995 Oct.
Asiatic Arborteum: Entrance gate, concept drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Asiatic Arborteum: North end-proposed Asiatic Garden, site plan, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
H.L Blomquist Garden: Garden structure, working drawings, 7 sheets, diazo, 1984 Dec.
H.L Blomquist Garden: Shelter, plan and elevation drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, circa 1984
H.L Blomquist Garden: Millstones, location plan, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil, 1991 Sept.
H.L Blomquist Garden: Information kiosk, elevation drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1995 June
H.L Blomquist Garden: Gohdes Blomquist Garden grape arbor, working drawings, 3 sheets, ink jet, 1999 Feb.
Revised master plan, 1 sheet, diazo with colored marker, 1979 Oct.
Entry, plan and elevation drawing of information bollards, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991 July
Handicap access, site plan and elevation, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991 May; revised 1991 Aug.
Rose garden fountain, conceptual drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991 Sept.
Entrance information area, working drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1992
Bridge finial, detail drawings, full scale, 1 sheet, pencil and colored pencil on paper, 1993
Bridge finial, detail drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Master plan, exisiting conditions, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Rose garden pool, schematic drawings, 2 sheets, diazo, undated
Schematic drawing, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy, undated
Rose court, design drawings, 2 sheets, diazo, undated
Center for Duke Gardens, preliminary design drawings, 6 sheets, diazo, 1996 Oct.
Oversize Folder 5
Doris Duke Center for the Sarah P. Duke Memorial Gardens, design development drawings, 5 sheets, diazo, 1999
Topographical map of Sarah P. Duke Memorial Gardens, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, 1937 Aug.
Oversize Folder 6
Topographical map of Sarah P. Duke Memorial Gardens, 1 sheet, diazo, 1937 Aug.; Nov.
Contour topography map, George Love, engineer, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 Nov.
Campus map with parking lot locations and proposals, 1 sheet, diazo, 1950
Topographical map of Sarah P. Duke Memorial Gardens, by K.J. Tharp, 1 sheet, diazo, 1957 June
Campus layout showing existing and proposed drives and parking, drawn by Al Norton, engineer, W.K. Howard, 1 sheet, diazo, 1957
Hanes Memorial Garden, topographical plan, K.J. Tharp, engineer, drawn by K.R. Keene. This copy the working drawing of R.H. Fillmore, 1958
Topographical map of spray pond area, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 June
Illustrated Map, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy, undated
City of Durham, aerial and topographical with buildings noted, sheet 6E, 1 sheet, diazo, 1951 March
City of Durham, aerial and topographical with buildings noted, sheet 6F, 1 sheet, diazo, 1951 March
Topographical map (Tharp), 1 sheet, diazo, with supplemental notes on Haines and Anderson St. entrance, 1957; Notes added 1959
Tharp topographical map with supplementary data on water system, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil, 1960 Jan.
Tharp topographical map with supplementary data from W.H. Gardner Assoc., 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 Dec.
West Campus sanitary sewer plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1967 May
Duke University Medical Center, 1 sheet, diazo, 1971 Oct.
Become a Friend of Duke Gardens master plan map, 1 sheet, diazo with colored marker, 2nd ed., revised, 1991
Become a Friend of Duke Gardens master plan map, 1 sheet, electrostatic on paper, 2nd ed., revised, 1991
Master plan grid map, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Master plan map, 1 sheet, diazo with numerous pencil notes, undated
Master plan grid map, 1 sheet, electrostatic on film, undated
Topographical map of Durham showing Duke's West Campus and Athletic Fields, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Plot plan of West Campus, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Building locations map (supercedes plan drawn 1939 April 18), 1 sheet, diazo, undated
West Campus aerial survey and topographicap map, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Topographical map of Anderson Street entrance area, 1 sheet, diazo, 1965 Sept.
Iris garden, plot plan, George F. Hackney, 1 sheet, diazo and colored pencil, 1934-1935
Oversize Folder 7
Iris garden, plot plan, George F. Hackney, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1934-1936
Office building and tool house, shop drawing, Indiana Limestone Corporation, 1 sheet, blueprint with colored pencil, 1937 Nov.
Flood control dam and driveway, elevation drawing, William M. Platt, engineer, 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937 Dec.
General ground plan, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, Prepared from original drawing in the office of Wm. Platt, with additional data on topography, 1937 Dec.
Spralawn system, working drawing, Munz Spralawn Co., 1 sheet, blueprint, 1937; revised 1938
Bridge detail, side elevation drawing, George F. Hackney and Charles F. Knott, 1 sheet, diazo, 1949
Bridge, working drawings, George F. Hackney and Charles F. Knott, 2 sheets, blueprints, 1949
Preliminary sketches of Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Engineer W.K. Howard, drawn by George Owens, 1 sheet, diazo, 1959 Nov.
General development plan, Olmsted Brothers, 1 sheet, diazo, 1960 Feb.
Service building, west elevation and site plan, drawn by George Owen, 1 sheet, diazo, revised, 1960 March
Gate design development drawing, 1961 Feb.
Air condition spray pool, plan view and section drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 March
South lawn pool, working drawing after T.L. Hardy, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1962 Aug.
Seeded areas at entrance, plot plan, W.H. Gardner, Jr. and Associates, 1 sheet, diazo, 1962 Sept.
South lawn pool, working drawing, engineers: Gardner, Elsevier, and Kline, 1 sheet, diazo, revised, 1962 Nov.
Modern gates, as built 1961 drawing, drawn by LTD, 1 sheet, diazo, 1971 Dec.
Proposed sprinkler location, working drawing, 1 sheet, pencil and ink on diazo, revised 1975 April
Storage building, working drawings, 3 sheets, diazo, 1979 Oct.
Limestone benches, shop drawing, John J. Morton Co., Inc., 1 sheet, diazo with colored marker, 1985 Nov.
Oversize Folder 8
Donation depository, plan and elevation drawing Scheme C, 1 sheet, diazo, 1991
Plaque inscription drawing honoring the forty-two regional chairmen of the Capital Campaign for Arts and Sciences and Engineering, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy, 1992
Pylon and kiosk directory, detail drawings, SouthWood Corporation, 7 sheets, diazo, 1992
Office trailer, floor plan drawing, marked jobsite copy, 1 sheet, diazo, 1993 May
New parking garage, site plan and plant materials schedule, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy, undated (probably 1990's)
Bridge, presentations drawings, 2 sheets, colored pencil on mat board, undated
Sarah P. Duke Gardens bronze plaque, inscription drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Memorial entrance showing location of posts, working drawing, 1 sheet, pencil on tracing paper, undated
Memorial entrance showing location of posts, working drawing, 1 sheet, pencil on tracing paper, undated
Pergola, shop drawings, Carolina Steel and Iron Corp., 3 sheets, blueprints, undated
Plan suggesting the Hanes Memorial planting, working drawing, 1 sheet, ink on vellum, undated
Sprinkler plan, working drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Drive and fence layout plan, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil and colored pencil, 1961 April
Entrance gate, detail drawing received by R.H. Fillmore from Barnes Studios, Laverett, Mass., 4 sheets, diazo, and pencil on paper and tracing paper, 1961 Aug.
Portion of new boundary and proposed service road, site plan by T.L. Hardy, 1 sheet, diazo on vellum, 1962 Feb.
Reflecting pool, as built drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1962 March
South lawn pool, working drawing, T.L. Hardy, 1 sheet, diazo, 1962 Aug.
Modern gates, design drawings, by Barnes, 3 sheets, pencil on vellum and diazo, 1962
South lawn, drainage plan, T.L. Hardy with added notes by R.H. Fillmore, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1963 April
South lawn, drainage plan, T.L. Hardy, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1963 April
South boundary road experimental gully, planting plan, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, approved by R.H. Fillmore, drawn by Jan D. Beaumon, 1965 Oct.
South boundary road experimental gully, planting plan, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, approved by R.H. Fillmore, drawn by Jan D. Beaumon, 1965 Oct.; revised January 1966
South boundary road experimental gully, planting plan, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, approved by R.H. Fillmore, drawn by Jan D. Beaumon, with extra pencil notations on plant locations, 1965 Oct.; revised January 1966
Proposed fence, rough sketch by R.H. Fillmore, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, 1967 June
Proposed fence, rough sketch by R.H. Fillmore, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, 1967 June
Modern gates, as constructed drawing, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1971 Dec.
Drainage basin, 1 sheet, pencil on graph vellum, by Ed Steffeck based on W.S. Leong, 1978 March
Limestone benches, detail drawing of leg front and top slab corners, 1 sheet, diazo, 1987 Jan.
South lawn irrigation plan, working drawing, by William H. Sparrow, Jr., 1 sheet, diazo, 1987 July
Site upgrade plan (Duke Facilities Management), 1 sheet, electrostatic on paper, 1989 Feb.
36th Parallel Monument, design development drawing by Larry T. Daniel, 1 sheet, pencil on graph paper, 1989 May
36th Parallel Monument, design development drawing with size notations, by Larry T. Daniel, 1 sheet, pencil on graph paper, 1989 May
Grading graph (fountains area?), 2 sheets, pencil and colored pencil on graph vellum, undated
Limestone benches, working drawings, 4 sheets, pencil on vellum, undated
Miscellaneous grading plan, 1 sheet, pencil on graph vellum, undated
Pumphouse addition, elevation drawing, 1 sheet, electrostatic copy, undated
Retention pond cleanout, working drawings, 3 sheets, diazo, undated
Rose garden with pool in center, working drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Spray pond area, simplified plot plan, W.H. Gardner Assoc., 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, undated
Sprinkler system for greenhouse, 1 sheet, diazo, 1960 Oct.
Parking lots, Yearby and Anderson, working drawings, 2 sheets, diazo, 1975
Atlas St. extension and parking lots I, II, VI, VII, working drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 June
Baker parking lot, A street widening and parking lot, working drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 June
Terrace Shop, working drawings, 5 sheets, blueprints, 1996
Garden Water Course: Topographical plan with plants numbered, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil, 1961 Dec.
Garden Water Course: Topographical plan, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, 1961 Dec.
Garden Water Course: Storm drainage plan, Moriece and Gary, 1 sheet, diazo, 1961 Oct.; revised 1961 Dec.
Garden Water Course: Grading and drainage plan, Moriece and Gary, 1 sheet, diazo, 1962 March
Garden Water Course: Site Layout and details, Moriece and Gary, 1 sheet, diazo, with 2 overlays, pencil on graph vellum, 1962 March
Garden Water Course: Sketch by R.H. Fillmore, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1966 Dec.
Garden Water Course: Revised plan, 1 sheet, pencil on tissue paper, 1962 Dec.
Garden Water Course: Topographical map of water course, 1 sheet, diazo, undated
Service Building(s): Working drawings, 4 sheets, blueprints, 1959-1960
Service Building(s): Working drawings, W.K. Howard, engineer, drawn by George Owen, 4 sheets, diazo, 1960 Jan.
Service Building(s): Design proposal, Carr Harrison Pruden and DePasquale, architects, 2 sheets, diazo, 1965 Aug.
Service Building(s): Working drawings, Carr Harrison Pruden and DePasquale, architects, 7 sheets, blueprints, 1966 Sept.
Service Building(s): Topographical survey map of area, 1 sheet, diazo, 1965 Sept.
Service Building(s): Proposed plan, R.H. Fillmore, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1966 Sept.
Service Building(s): Working drawing of machinery shed, R.H. Fillmore, Larry T. Daniel in consultation with James A. Ward, 1 sheet, pencil on graph vellum, 1974 Jan.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Master plan, from William S. Leong master plan 1976, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1977 April
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Pond and shelter, master plan, 1 sheet, pencil on graph vellum, 1981 Oct.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Site plan, 1 sheet, diazo, 1975 March
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Garden bridge area, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1975 Sept.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Master plan, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1975 Dec.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Tree plan, 2 sheets, pencil on vellum, 1976 Jan.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Site plan, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1976 Feb.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Spring planting plan, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, 1975 March; updated 1976 June
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Master plan (revised), 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1976 Oct.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Planting plan (as planted), 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1976 Oct.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Planting plan (as planted), 1 sheet, diazo with pencil additions, 1976 Oct.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Planting plan, 1 sheet, pencil and colored pencil on graph vellum, undated
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Map of H.L.Blomquist Garden, drawn by Marcus H. Olsen with tree and herbaceous plantings marked, 1 sheet, pencil on graph vellum, 1974 June
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Bridge, elevation and detail drawing, by Larry T. Daniel, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1972 Feb.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Bridge, proposed site plan, by Larry T. Daniel, 1 sheet, diazo, 1972 May
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Vine arbor, site plan, after David L. Longland, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1976 Jan.
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Vine arbor, schematic drawing, 1 sheet, diazo, 1977 March
H.L. Blomquist Garden: Miscellaneous planting plans, 3 sheets, pencil on vellum, undated
Concept drawings, 9 sheets, diazo, undated
All diazo, pencil and 1 sheet unless noted.
Bed numbering/lettering scheme,1957
Oversize Folder 9
Section A, 1957
Section A, 1957 Spring
Section B, 1957 Spring
Fall 1957-Spring 1958, pencil on tracing paper, 1957-1958
Spring for Summer 1958, 1958
Fall 1958, 1958
Spring 1959, 1958
Spring 1960, 1959
Summer 1960, 1959
Fall 1960, 1959
Spring 1960, 1959
Spring 1961, 1960
Spring 1961, 1961
Summer 1961, 1961
Fall 1961, 1961
Spring 1961, 1961
Summer 1961, 1961
Fall 1961, 1961
Spring 1962, 1961
Spring 1962, 1961
Spring 1962, 1962
Summer and Fall 1962, 1962
Fall 1962, 1962
Spring 1963, 1962
Spring 1963, 1962
Summer and Fall 1963, 1962
Fall 1963, 1962
Peony planting plan, marked From Cherry Hill Nurseries, West Newbury, Mass. B.E.K. and R.A.F., 1962
Reference Map, 1958; 1962
Planting plan, bed M-4, 1 sheet, pencil on paper, 1963
Planting plan, bed L-4, 1 sheet, pencil on paper, 1963
Ideas for 1963-1964, 1963
Fall 1963, 1963
Spring 1964, 1963
Spring 1964, 1964
Summer 1964, 1964
Fall 1964, 1964
Spring 1965, 1964
Ideas for 1965-1967, 1965
Spring 1965, 1965
Summer 1965, 1965
Fall 1965, 1965
Spring 1966, 1965
Spring 1966, 1966
Summer 1966, 1966
Fall 1966, 1966
Spring 1967, 1966
Ideas for 1967-1968, 1967
Spring 1967, 1967
Summer 1967, 1967
Fall 1967, 1967
Spring 1968, 1967
Spring 1968, 1968
Summer 1968, 1968
Fall 1968, 1968
Spring 1969, 1968
Spring 1969, 1969
Summer 1969, 1969
Fall 1969, 1969
Spring 1970, 1970
Summer 1970, 1970
Fall 1970, 1970
Spring 1971, 1970
Summer 1971, 2 sheets, 1971
Fall 1971, 1971
Ideas for 1972, 1972
Fall 1972, 1972
Fall 1974, 1974
Planting plan, Spring 1975, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, 1975
Fall 1969, 1969
Spring 1970, 1969
Spring 1970, 1970
Summer 1970, 1970
Fall 1970, 1970
Spring 1971, 1970
Spring 1971, 1971
Fall 1971, 1971
Fall 1971, 1971
Spring 1972, 1971
Spring 1972, 1972
Summer 1972, 1972
Spring 1973, 1972
Spring 1973, 1973
Summer 1973, 1973
Fall 1973, 1973
Spring 1974, 1974
Spring 1974, 1974
Summer 1974, 1974
Summer 1975, 1975
Fall 1975, 1975
Spring 1976, 1976
Summer 1976, 1976
Fall 1976, 1976
Spring 1977, 1977
Fall 1977, 1977
Spring 1978, 1977
Summer 1979, 1979
Spring 1980, 1979
Fall 1980, 1980
Summer 1981, 1981
Fall 1980, 1979
Daylily planting plan, by BEK, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1963
Peony planting plan, taken from Cherry Hill plan, 1 sheet, pencil on vellum, 1963
Peony planting plan, section M2 and N2, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, circa 1975
Peony planting plan, section M3 and N3, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, circa 1975
Peony planting plan, section M1 and N1, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, circa 1975
Peony planting plan, section M4 and N4, 1 sheet, diazo with pencil notations, circa 1975
Historical Note
taken from the Sarah P. Duke Garden website http://www.hr.duke.edu/dukegardens/history.htm
Much of the Gardens is located in a valley that the planners of Duke University in the early 1920s hoped to turn into a lake, but funds were short. For once, that problem was a blessing! Consequently, the idea of a lake with elegant fountains was abandoned and the first plants at this site were made in the early 1930s, a result of the vision and enthusiasm of Dr. Frederic M. Hanes, an early member of the original faculty of the Duke Medical School.
Dr. Hanes possessed a special love for gardening and was determined to convert the debris-filled ravine, by which he walked daily, into a garden of his favorite flower, the iris. He persuaded his friend, Sarah P. Duke, widow of one of the University's founders, Benjamin N. Duke, to give $20,000 to finance a garden that would bear her name.
In 1935, more than 100 flower beds (in the area which would become today's South Lawn) were in glorious bloom with 40,000 irises, 25,000 daffodils, 10,000 small bulbs, and assorted annuals, all of which were washed away in heavy summer rains and the flooding stream. By the time of Sarah P. Duke's death in 1936, the original gardens were destroyed. Dr. Hanes convinced her daughter, Mary Duke Biddle, to construct a new garden on higher ground, as a fitting memorial to her mother. Ellen Shipman (1869-1950), a pioneer in American landscape design, was selected to the plans for both the construction and the plantings for the new gardens.
Duke Gardens is considered Shipman's greatest work and a national architectural treasure, most of the some 650 other gardens she designed having long since disappeared.
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens today consists of four major parts: the original Terraces and their immediate surroundings, the H.L. Blomquist Garden of Native Plants (a representation of the flora of the southeastern United States), and the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum (devoted to plants of eastern Asia). There are five miles of allées, walks, and pathways throughout the Doris Duke Center and surrounding gardens.
Administratively, the Gardens are currently (2000) part of Facilities Management.
Subject Headings
Related Material
- Sarah P. Duke Gardens Reference Collection. (University Archives, Duke University.)
- Kramer (Paul J.) Papers, 1856-1994 (bulk 1927-1974). (University Archives, Duke University.)
- Frederic Moir Hanes papers, 1927-1968. (Medical Center Library Archives, Duke University.)
- University Archives Photograph Collection, 1861-2006. (University Archives, Duke University.)
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sarah P. Duke Gardens records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Sarah P. Duke Gardens records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1974, 1997, 1999.
Processing Information
Processed by Sherrie Bowser, November 2006; updated by Joshua Larkin Rowley, October 2008
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, January 2007
Updated by Sherrie Bowser, June 2007
Updated by Joshua Larkin Rowley, October 2008
Accessions 76-182, A91-99, A97-67, A99-1, A99-18, UA2006-0056 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.