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- Creator
- Howard, Francis Gilman, 1869-1937
- Call number
- MssCol 1443
- Physical description
- .8 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Language
- Materials in English
- Preferred Citation
Francis Gilman Howard papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Francis Gilman Howard (1869-1937) was an American landscape architect and designer of garden furniture and ornaments. Collection consists of Howard's correspondence, sketches, photographs, and clippings and other printed matter. Correspondence, ca. 1890s-1936, with architects and other colleagues, clients, friends, and family members concerns professional and personal matters.
Biographical/historical information
Landscape architect, and designer of garden furniture and ornaments active in New York. City and Noroton, Connecticut. Howard was originally from Maine.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
1955, Received from Mrs. Long
Processing information
Accessioned by JM, July 19,1988
Key terms
Names
- Bourbon, Edgar Serge de
- Des Garets, Jacques
- Frabasilis, Antonio
- Howard, Francis Gilman, 1869-1937
- Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909
- Louis, Alfred H.
- Mead, Frank
- Rogers, Oscar Wentworth
- Rogers, Rose Bryan
- Shapleigh, Bertram, 1871-1940
- Howard family
Subjects
- Furniture design -- New York (State) -- New York
- Landscape architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Places
- California -- Description and travel
- Cuba -- Description and travel
- Europe -- Description and travel
- Leeds (Me. : Town) -- Social life and customs
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328