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Projects and subjects Kaufmann - Florence Yoch account book
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Projects and subjects depicted in Box 56A include Kaufmann, Louther Adobe, Millar, Minor, Kellogg, Morse, Murphy, Nuttal: Casa Alvarado, O'Melveny, Orange County Park, Oswald, Park, Pasadena Public Library, Perin, Pitcairn, Romeo and Juliet, Florence Yoch Sampler, Schultz, Selznick, Shipton Court, Shoshone Falls, Slemons, Smith, Stanton, and Sturgis. Slides in Box 56B include Sturgis, Taylor, Florence Yoch: Tara, Tiles and Rocks, Unitarian Church, Valentine, Van de Kamp, von Hasseln, and Vroman's. The slides in Box 56C depict various aspects of the Warner estate and Yoch and Council's projects there, and those in Box 56D continue with slides depicting the Warner estate, along with the projects Wilshire Country Club, Women's Athletic Club, and Frank Work house. Box 56D also contains slides depicting Yoch and Council's residences in Carmel and San Marino, California (the latter on Roanoke Road) and Florence Yoch's travel photographs and sketches. Slides in Box 56E depict Florence Yoch's travel sketches; account book; the "black album" (garden instructions); Yoch and Council; Yoch's parents; Santa Ana; Laguna Beach; Florence Yoch's notes; Jackson Ranch; and Il Brolino. Box 56F contains slides depicting Il Brolino and Yoch and Council's office account book.
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Set B
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Bound photograph album containing gelatin silver snapshots of buildings, landscapes, and garden features chiefly in Mexico, North Africa, and Spain, but also in other European countries; the album includes an index. Pages 3, 4, and 12 contain pasted-in notes by Yoch about a project for Harriet Doerr.
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Souvenir Postcard Albums
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Set of four volumes belonging to Yoch with postcards from Europe, Mexico, and Africa, some containing correspondence or annotations. Three albums have indexes; the volumes are labeled "F.Y." with numbers 1-4. Volume 1 contains approximately 180 postcards from Africa, Austria, Belgium, and England, several with brief handwritten annotations (65 pages). Volume 2 contains approximately 180 postcards from France, Germany, Holland, and Hungary (50 pages). Volume 3 contains approximately 390 photographs of Italy, Mallorca, Mexico, Spain, and Switzerland (98 pages); the album includes several loose items. Volume 4 contains approximately 170 items, including postcards and photographs depicting landscapes, flowers, people, missions, exteriors and interiors of homes, artwork, statues and frescoes, and other imagery; many of the works shown are from the Museo Nationale, and several photographs are probably by Yoch and Council (45 pages).
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Doerr residence, Pasadena, Calif
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Includes original and two copies of letter from Yoch to Doerr containing horticultural and garden instructions (1961); plus eight pages of Yoch's handwritten notes on gardening, some on small pieces of paper and one on the back of a bank check. Also contains photograph by George Waters of Mexican statue in garden (1988).
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Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. LXXXII, Part 3
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This collection contains the professional papers of American landscape architect Florence Yoch (1890-1972) relating to her work designing landscapes and gardens primarily in Southern California, but also in Northern California, Mexico, and other locales, chiefly with her partner Lucile Council (1898-1964) and their firm Yoch and Council. The collection includes approximately 2700 photographs; approximately 250 drawings and renderings, including 163 rolled drawings; approximately 600 postcards; office records; travel journals; research materials; writings; and artifacts. The materials date from 1869 to 2013, with the bulk of the collection relating to Yoch's work from 1918 until shortly before her death and representing 100 of her over 250 projects. The collection also includes research and administrative files of James J. Yoch, Florence Yoch's cousin, comprising photographs, approximately 2500 slides, notes, articles, bibliographies, correspondence, and publicity materials for his book, Landscaping the American Dream: The Gardens and Film Sets of Florence Yoch, 1890-1972 (Harry N. Abrams, Inc./Sagapress, Inc., New York, 1989) and for the exhibition he curated with Eric T. Haskell of Scripps College, "Personal Edens: The Gardens and Film Sets of Florence Yoch," which opened at the Huntington Library in 1992 before traveling to other locations.
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E. Negatives
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This collection contains the professional papers of American landscape architect Florence Yoch (1890-1972) relating to her work designing landscapes and gardens primarily in Southern California, but also in Northern California, Mexico, and other locales, chiefly with her partner Lucile Council (1898-1964) and their firm Yoch and Council. The collection includes approximately 2700 photographs; approximately 250 drawings and renderings, including 163 rolled drawings; approximately 600 postcards; office records; travel journals; research materials; writings; and artifacts. The materials date from 1869 to 2013, with the bulk of the collection relating to Yoch's work from 1918 until shortly before her death and representing 100 of her over 250 projects. The collection also includes research and administrative files of James J. Yoch, Florence Yoch's cousin, comprising photographs, approximately 2500 slides, notes, articles, bibliographies, correspondence, and publicity materials for his book, Landscaping the American Dream: The Gardens and Film Sets of Florence Yoch, 1890-1972 (Harry N. Abrams, Inc./Sagapress, Inc., New York, 1989) and for the exhibition he curated with Eric T. Haskell of Scripps College, "Personal Edens: The Gardens and Film Sets of Florence Yoch," which opened at the Huntington Library in 1992 before traveling to other locations.
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