A man and his garden : the story of Pierre S. du Pont's development of Longwood Gardens / by George E. Thompson, Sr., with the assistance of Richard G. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, George E., Sr.

Taylor, Richard G., author.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.).

Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954.

Du Pont, Pierre S.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, x, 203 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Other Title:

History of Longwood Gardens

Place of Publication:

Kennett Square, Pa. : Published by Longwood Gardens, Inc., 1976.

Contents:

The Garden-Peirce's Park

The Man-Pierre Samuel du Pont

The Purchase of Peirce's Park

Early Development of Longood

Pierre S. du Pont-The Farmer

The Open Air Theatre

Building the Main Conservatories

The Longwood Organ

The Italian Water Garden and the Conservatory Fountains

The Longwood Sundial

Longwood and Its "Corporations"

Area Road Improvements

Rebuilding the Chester County Hospital

Financial Aid to the Public Schools

Area Projects Involving P. S. du Pont

P. S. du Pont and his Employees

Relations with the Public at Longwood

Pierre du Pont's "Family"

Closing Years

Epilogue.

Notes:

"Originally published as weekly installments in the Kennett news and advertiser."

Cover and dust jacket designs by Joan Walter.

Maps on lining papers.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.

Kislak copy is "Third Printing, 1991".

Kislak copy has post-it note "Contained brochures about Longwood Gardens. Removed to Chef Fritz Ephemera Collection Box 2".

OCLC:

2150801