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GARDEN HISTORY TOPICS

Eloise Butler

Eloise Butler's Writings

History / Events / Documents

People and Garden Curators

Then and Now - Historical Comparisons.

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Eloise Butler

Butler, Eloise – Brief history with photos

80th Birthday – Photos taken on Eloise Butlers 80th Birthday - 1931

100th anniversary Birthday Bash. – A summary of events on the 100th birthday anniversary of Eloise Butler - 2007

100th anniversary-100 years of Vision and Counting – Curator Susan Wilkins reflects on the legacy of Eloise Butler (2008)

Background on The Wild Gardener - Details on how Martha Hellander's book on Eloise Butler, was created with some funding help from The Friends.

Book - The Eloise Butler Years. A year by year account of the goings on in the Garden during Eloise Butler's tenure as Curator. This is an arrangement of the individual history years of 1907 through 1933. 298 pages. More details at this link. 2018

Book - Selected Writing of Eloise Butler. All 24 of the 1911 newspaper columns and the 32 essays about the Wild Botanic Garden that are individually listed below. PDF downloadable format. Details at link.

Eloise Butler and Claude Monet – A look at some common themes between these two in the use of plants.

Eloise Butler - Letters to Martha Crone - Letters written in the winter months of 1923-1933 in Malden MA to Martha Crone in Minneapolis. (PDF)

Last Rites Ceremony – Garden ceremony of May 5, 1933.

Memorial Plaque – Photo and description of her Garden Memorial

Notice of Death – Letter of Park Superintendent Theodore Wirth (1933)

Writings. Annals of the Wild Life Reserve, Newspaper columns, Garden experiences. Most have printable versions.

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