A FRIENDLY CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE WIDOW OF A PRESIDENT by Ann Scheid Lucretia Garfield’s correspondence with Charles Greene begins in May 1903, after she had spent some months in Pasadena. At the time, the Greenes had just completed plans for the Darling house in Claremont, and had several projects underway, including houses for Arturo Bandini, Josephine Van Rossem, Edith Claypole, and Jennie Reeve in Long Beach. How Mrs. Garfield learned …Read More
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Collective Curiosity
EXPLORING THE MAKING OF THE GREENE & GREENE ARCHIVES Over the past 7 years, I’ve visited the Greene & Greene Archives at The Huntington twice, once at the old Scott Gallery location and most recently at its new home at the Munger building. Each visit has been full of wonders such as family diaries, iridescent glass samples that resemble the glass in the Gamble House front door and dining room …Read More
The Gift
ROBERT JUDSON CLARK PAPERS COME TO GREENE & GREENE ARCHIVES by Ann Scheid ~ The recent gift of a collection from the papers of Robert Judson Clark, noted scholar of the Arts and Crafts movement, has greatly enriched our Greene and Greene Collection. Facilitated by Gamble House director Ted Bosley, who received the papers from Clark’s widow, Nancy, the gift consists of research files containing many rare items. Clark, a …Read More