Elizabeth C. Hall Papers (PP)
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Collectors: |
Hall, Elizabeth Cornelia. |
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Title: |
Elizabeth C. Hall Papers (PP) |
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Dates: |
1898-1989 |
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Abstract: |
Collection cotains correspondence, photographs, catalogs, awards, diplomas, yearbooks, scrapbooks, notes, and ephemera.
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Quantity: |
4.5 linear feet; 7 boxes. |
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Call Phrase: |
Elizabeth C. Hall (PP) |
Elizabeth Cornelia Hall (1898-1989) began her career at the NYBG as Head Librarian in 1937. She was appointed Sarah Gildersleeve
Fife Research Librarian from 1960 to 1962 and went on to serve as Associate Curator of Education from 1964 until her retirement
in 1967. During her thirty years at the NYBG, she gave advice to tens of thousands via telephone and correspondence; was an
active lecturer on many gardening and horticultural topics; taught adult education classes; led garden tours and was a frequent
contributor to library and gardening journals and newspapers including the New York Times. She was extremely influential in
the contemporary garden literature of the post World War II period. In 1969, the New York Botanical Garden awarded her its
Distinguished Service Award. Known to all as "Miss Hall", she was beloved and respected by all those who knew her.
Born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1898, she received a BA in chemistry from Radcliffe College in 1921 and a certificate from
the Ambler School of Horticulture (then called the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women) in 1934 and a masters degree
in library studies from the Columbia University School of Library Service in 1936. In 1937 she came to the NYBG as Head Librarian
from the Horticultural Society of New York where she was Librarian from 1930.
After she retired from the NYBG in 1967, she went back to the Horticultural Society to work as a volunteer. She had a prodigious
knowledge of rare books and helped the Society to catalog its collection in order to document the HSNY's holdings of important
early botanical literature for botanical institutions and museums worldwide. At the same time, she assisted T. H. Everett
in the compilation of his monumental ten volume work, The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture.
Together, they labored on the project for 14 years. After the encyclopedia was published, she worked from 1982 along with
T. H. Everett running the New York Botanical Garden Plant Information Service until her death.
The personal papers of Elizabeth C. Hall consist of correspondence, photographs, printed memorabilia, awards, notebooks, diplomas
and certificates. Included herein are copies of lectures given and articles written. Miss Hall's family are documented as
well as her professional career.
Access restrictions
This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz
Library staff.
Copyright
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should
be submitted in writing to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York
Botanical Garden.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
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Persons |
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Hall, Elizabeth Cornelia. |
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Subjects |
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Horticulture--Bibliography--Catalogs. |
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Librarians--Correspondence. |
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Librarians--United States--Biography. |
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Radcliffe College Students Yearbooks. |
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Places |
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.) |
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Organizations |
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New York Botanical Garden. |
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New York Horticultural Society--History. |
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Document Types |
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book catalog. |
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photographs. |
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yearbooks. |
New York Botanical Garden Archives
Records, [ca.1900]-1966.
Oral history project interview transcript, 1973.
Columbia University, Butler Library, Oral History Research Office
Box 20, Room 801
Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cornelia Hall: oral history, 1973.
Elizabeth C. Hall (PP), Archives, The New York
Botanical Garden.
This collection was donated to by Elizabeth C. Hall.
Processed June 2005 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-50678-04.
Series 1. Awards.
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Scope and Content:
Included herein are various plaques, coins, medals and certificates.
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Title |
Date |
1.1 |
NYC Housing Authority |
1962-1974 |
1.2 |
New York Botanical Garden |
1983 |
1.3 |
International Lilac Society |
1985 |
1.4 |
Distinguished Service Award |
1969 |
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Series 2. Photographs.
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Scope and Content:
Separate from the albums included in this collection are a series of snapshots, formal portraits and family members. Several
oversized photographs are included in Box 4.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
2.1 |
Award ceremony at City Hall |
1974/1975 |
2.2 |
Dinner party |
undated |
2.3 |
E.C. Hall |
1898-1967 |
2.4 |
E.C. Hall |
ca. 1980s |
2.5 |
Family/relatives |
various |
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Series 3. Personal Papers.
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Scope and Content:
Separate from the albums included in this collection are a series of snapshots, formal portraits and family members. Several
oversized photographs are included in Box 4.
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Title |
Date |
2.6 |
Financial information/Wills |
undated |
2.7 |
Funeral arrangements/ Death certificates |
1898/1939-1942 |
2.8 |
Marriage records/invitations |
1891/1939/1946 |
2.9 |
Miscellaneous family articles |
ca. 1950-1986 |
2.10 |
Telegrams--family deaths |
1920/1953/undated |
3.1 |
Miscellaneous-Boat registration/license |
1918 |
3.2 |
Passports |
various |
3.3 |
Genealogy |
1941 |
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Series 4. Lectures.
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Scope and Content:
The text of many of Miss Hall's lectures are contained herein along with advertising notices.
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Title |
Date |
3.4 |
Lectures |
ca. 1939 |
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Series 5. Plant Information Office Subject Files.
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Scope and Content:
Miss Hall operated the Plant Information Office along with T H Everett on a volunteer basis from 1982 through her death in
1989. These files contain correspondence with various acquaintances, societies and clubs, press interviews and files relating
to the daily operations of the Plant Information Office.
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Title |
Date |
4.1 |
Africa |
1982-1989 |
4.2 |
Aged women |
1982-1989 |
4.3 |
Alabama |
1982-1989 |
4.4 |
Alexander, E.J. |
1982-1989 |
4.5 |
Ambler campus |
1982-1989 |
4.6 |
American Rock Garden Society |
1982-1989 |
4.7 |
Artist |
1982-1989 |
4.8 |
Australia |
1982-1989 |
4.9 |
Azaleas |
1982-1989 |
4.10 |
Bamboos |
1982-1989 |
4.11 |
Baum, Vicki |
1982-1989 |
4.12 |
Bible plants |
1982-1989 |
4.13 |
Book publishers |
1982-1989 |
4.14 |
Brooks, Karl L. |
1982-1989 |
4.15 |
Cabot, Frank |
1982-1989 |
4.16 |
Canada |
1982-1989 |
4.17 |
Central Park |
1982-1989 |
4.18 |
China |
1982-1989 |
4.19 |
Clark, Phil |
1982-1989 |
4.20 |
CT/RI maps |
1982-1989 |
4.21 |
Crokett, L.J. |
1982-1989 |
4.22 |
Cross Estate |
1982-1989 |
4.23 |
Duveen, Anneta |
1982-1989 |
4.24 |
English gardens |
1982-1989 |
4.25 |
"Famous people I have met" |
1982-1989 |
4.26 |
Fisher, Robert B. |
1982-1989 |
4.27 |
Fitch, Charles Marsden |
1982-1989 |
4.28 |
Fogg, Jack |
1982-1989 |
4.29 |
Garden book club |
1982-1989 |
4.30 |
Garden writers |
1982-1989 |
4.31 |
Gibbons, Eve |
1982-1989 |
4.32 |
Graf, Alfred B. |
1982-1989 |
4.33 |
Herb and Chemurgic Garden |
1982-1989 |
4.34 |
Herb Society of America |
1982-1989 |
4.35 |
Hill, Anna Gilman |
1982-1989 |
4.36 |
Horticulture Society of America |
1982-1989 |
4.37 |
Horticulture Society of New York |
1982-1989 |
4.38 |
Hortus Club |
1982-1989 |
4.39 |
Houseplants |
1982-1989 |
4.40 |
Houston, Mrs. F.P |
1982-1989 |
4.41 |
Humor |
1982-1989 |
4.42 |
Irwin, Howard S. |
1982-1989 |
4.43 |
Japan |
1982-1989 |
4.44 |
Jekyll, Gertrude |
1982-1989 |
4.45 |
Kline, Charles |
1982-1989 |
4.46 |
Lacey, A. |
1982-1989 |
4.47 |
Lectures |
1982-1989 |
4.48 |
Letterman show |
1982-1989 |
4.49 |
Library guide |
1982-1989 |
4.50 |
Linnaean Society of New York |
1982-1989 |
4.51 |
Lukins, Beatrice |
1982-1989 |
4.52 |
Maguire, Bassett |
1982-1989 |
4.53 |
McCool |
1982-1989 |
4.54 |
McDonald, Elvin |
1982-1989 |
4.55 |
McDonnell, Irene |
1982-1989 |
4.56 |
Merrell, Elinor |
1982-1989 |
4.57 |
Metro Hort |
1982-1989 |
4.58 |
Mexico |
1982-1989 |
4.59 |
Nursery sources |
1982-1989 |
4.60 |
Norway |
1982-1989 |
4.61 |
New Zealand |
1982-1989 |
4.62 |
New library master plan |
1982-1989 |
4.63 |
Plant explorers |
1982-1989 |
4.64 |
Plant Information Office |
1982-1989 |
4.65 |
Plant quarantine |
1982-1989 |
4.66 |
Poem |
1982-1989 |
4.67 |
Poisonous house plants |
1982-1989 |
4.68 |
Press |
1982-1989 |
4.69 |
Puerto Rico |
1982-1989 |
4.70 |
Rickett, H.W. |
1982-1989 |
4.71 |
Roses |
1982-1989 |
4.72 |
Schmidt, Esther |
1982-1989 |
4.73 |
Scholtz, Elizabeth |
1982-1989 |
4.74 |
Simmonds, Harvey |
1982-1989 |
4.75 |
Society of Women Geographers |
1982-1989 |
4.76 |
South Africa |
1982-1989 |
4.77 |
State flowers |
1982-1989 |
4.78 |
Staten Island Botanic Garden |
1982-1989 |
4.79 |
Steere, William C. |
1982-1989 |
4.80 |
Slides |
1982-1989 |
4.81 |
Small, George K. |
1982-1989 |
4.82 |
Thanks |
1982-1989 |
4.83 |
Torrey Botanical Club |
1982-1989 |
4.84 |
Weber, William A. |
1982-1989 |
4.85 |
Westchester Trails Association |
1982-1989 |
4.86 |
Wilder, L.B. |
1982-1989 |
4.87 |
Wave Hill |
1982-1989 |
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Series 6: 1967 Retirement albums.
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Scope and Content:
These three (3) albums were compiled on the occasion of Miss Hall's retirement from the Garden and include personal photographs
from her travels as well as letters of congratulation and testimony from various individuals.
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Series 7: 90th Birthday celebration.
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Scope and Content:
These materials relate to the 1988 celebration held at the Garden in honor of Miss Hall's 90th birthday. Included are a scrapbook
and several small photograph albums.
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Series 8: Plaque.
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Scope and Content:
This plaque holds the printing plate used by the New York Times to print the feature story on Miss Hall which ran in the paper
March 31, 1988 in honor of her 90th birthday celebration.
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Series 9: Radcliffe College.
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Scope and Content:
This series contains several photographs and four yearbooks from Radcliffe College dated 1918-1921.
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Series 10: Diplomas.
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Scope and Content:
Various academic diplomas and certificates.
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Series 11: Catalog of Printed Books of the Horticulture Society 1481-1900.
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Scope and Content:
This catalog was compiled by Miss Hall in order to sell the rare book holdings of the Horticultural Society of New York at
auction.
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Series 12: Vertical File.
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Scope and Content:
This wooden box contains a file written on index cards with names and addresses of nurseries and contacts arranged by plant
subject. It was perhaps used in the operations of the Plant Information Office.
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