MONTGOMERY PLACE FLORA AND FAUNA CENSUS

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MP.2007.78

Description

Black two-ring notebook containing blue-lined paper, sixteen total pages with Violetta White Delafield's pencil-written inventory of Montgomery Place's flora and fauna, other pages blank: inventory categories include Trees, Conifers, Flowers, Ferns, Vines (crossed out), Shrubs (crossed out), Fungi, Grasses, Sedges (nothing listed under this category), Birds, and Animals; many of the common plant names followed by Latin names; many of the bird names followed by the letters "R" or "T;" inserted in notebook: 1927 Catalogue of Scientific Books, advertisement for Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, three sheets of paper with pencil-written lists of common and Latin plant names, pad of blank blue-lined paper, and packet of blank blue-lined paper.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Violetta White Delafield

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1925

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

D 122

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

11 in

Width

8-1/2 in

Depth

1-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 11 x 8 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. (27.9 x 21.6 x 2.9 cm)

Material

Paper, Metal, board, Cotton, adhesive

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Cloth cover soiled; metal hardware corroded; paper discolored; some paper torn at holes; papers listing Vine and Shrubs discolored and torn at right edges.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Violetta White Delafield

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found in file cabinet Second Floor Library.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 29A

Note Type

Department

Note

Library