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Title |
Farm Bookkeeping Ledger 1922-1933 |
Scope & Content |
Farm Bookkeeping Ledger book - 1922-1933 The Martha Brookes Hutcheson Papers collection contains personal papers, published articles, photographs, negatives and glass slides that were assembled by Martha Brookes Hutcheson regarding her career, family genealogy, family history, Merchiston Farm, and landscape gardening 1900 through 1959. This collection provides a unique glimpse into the design and professional life of Martha Brookes Hutcheson through her own eyes as she was the primary organizer of the records found within. |
Object Name |
Ledger |
Catalog Number |
BB1992.028.0002 |
Collection |
Bamboo Brook Collection |
Physical characteristics |
1 bound ledger book |
Creator |
Hutcheson, William A. |
Biographical History |
In 1910, Martha Brookes Brown married William Anderson Hutcheson. The following year they purchased Merchiston Farm, a 100-acre working farm, located in Gladstone, NJ. After the birth of her daughter, also Martha, in 1912, she closed her office and turned her focus to writing and lecturing. Martha's design philosophy and principles are explained in her 1923 book, Spirit of the Garden. In her writings, she prioritizes the use of native plants as a means to support healthy, natural habitats, shifting aesthetic preferences to balancing geometric and organic design models. Merchiston Farm became a workshop for her to practice, study, and experiment with new landscaping ideas. |
Year Range from |
1922 |
Year Range to |
1933 |
System of arrangement |
Papers Collection is organized under the Fonds BB2018.2. Image Collection, Accession Record is BB2010.1 and the Object IDs beginning MBHP Photo Albums which originally housed most of these images are processed under the accession BB2010.4 Negative Collection, Accession Record is BB2010.2 and the Object IDs beginning MBHPneg, there are over 5,000 photo negatives in the collection. Glass Plate Collection, Accession Record is BB2010.3 and the Object IDs beginning MBHGlass |
Subjects |
Farm life Money Bookkeeping |
Copyrights |
Records may be copied for use in individual scholarly or personal research; however, as with all materials in the Park Commission, researchers are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use the material from the collection. |
Level of description |
Item |