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Steele's Nursery Orders
These nursery orders are in Steele's original binders in the way he originally organized them. The nursery orders are in 35 binders and span the years 1916 to 1967. These offer detailed information on plants, flowers, stone, etc. ordered for clients. Another helpful item on these nursery orders are the names of the nurseries used which could be helpful today in restoring Steele gardens.
Binder Number |
Client Name |
Year(s) |
Address |
Number of Nursery Orders |
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B1 |
Grahame Wood |
1923 - 1953 |
512 and 514 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
125 |
B2 |
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B3 |
Atkinson Allen Whitney Allen |
1916-1967 |
2 Oliver St., Rochester, NY 32 Oliver St., Rochester, NY |
281 |
B4 |
Helen Ellwanger |
1923-1959 |
625 Mount Hope Street Rochester, NY |
166 |
B5 |
George Dabney |
1924-1953 |
Main Street and Old Tannery Farm Medfield, Massachusetts |
210 |
B6 |
Philip Spalding |
1924-1928 |
287 Highland Street Milton, Massachusetts |
130 |
B7 |
Charles Clifford |
1926-1928 |
203 School Street Milton, Mass. |
172 |
B8 |
John S. Ellsworth |
1927-1951 |
65 Charles Street Boston, Mass 6 So. Market St. Boston, Mass 165 Walter St. Roslindale, Mass |
141 (135) |
B9 |
John S. Ellsworth |
1952-1961 |
Simsbury, Connecticut |
116 |
B10 |
Mabel Choate |
1927-1952 |
8 East 63rd Street, New York City |
136 |
B11 |
Albert Sargent |
1931-1948 |
337 Summer Street Manchester, Massachusetts |
117 |
B12 |
Standish Backus |
1930-1950 |
725 Lake Shore Road Grosse Points Shores, Michigan |
405 |
B13 |
Harry Stoddard |
1936 |
105 Madison Street Worcester, Massachusetts |
81 |
B14 |
Harry Stoddard |
1937 |
105 Madison Street Worcester, Massachusetts |
146 |
B15 |
Robert Bolcome |
1938-1939 |
112 Eastern Avenue Gloucester, Massachusetts |
191 |
B16 |
Robert Bolcome |
1940 |
112 Eastern Avenue Gloucester, Massachusetts |
193 |
B17 |
Robert Bolcome |
1940-1941 |
112 Eastern Avenue Gloucester, Massachusetts |
155 |
B18 |
Robert Bolcome |
1942-1949 |
31 Perkins street Gloucester, Massachusetts |
177 |
B19 |
Robert Bolcome |
1950-1956 |
31 Perkins street Gloucester, Massachusetts |
131 |
B20 |
John W. Wiggins |
1939-1959 |
80 William Street Worcester, Mass. |
155 |
B21 |
Charles Clifford |
1945-1961 |
155 Adams Street Milton, Mass. |
201 |
B22 |
Robert Stoddard |
1946-1959 |
19 Monmouth Road Worchester, Mass. |
140 |
B23 |
George Brasells |
1949 |
207 Gulf Road South Dartmouth, Mass. |
94 |
B24 |
John Bullard |
1950-1957 |
Nonquitt, Mass. |
75 |
B25 |
Clement Costello |
1950-1951 |
119Fairmount Street Lowell, Massachusetts |
107 |
B26 |
Helen Gilbert |
1955-1959 |
173 School Street Milton, Mass. |
121 |
B27 |
Helen Gilbert |
1960-1961 |
173 School Street Milton, Mass. |
115 |
B28 |
Allyn Forbes |
1956-1959 |
11 Fayerweather street Cambridge, Mass. |
121 |
B29 |
Allyn Forbes |
1960-1961 |
11 Fayerweather street Cambridge, Mass. |
77 |
B30 |
Client orders |
1963-1964 |
varies |
45 |
B31 folder 1 |
Edwin Stebbins |
1947-1950 |
935 East Avenue Rochester, New York |
13 |
B31 folder 2 |
Richard Wood |
1948 |
Red Roof Wawa, PA |
7 |
B31 folder 1 |
Copies of folder 1 |
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13 |
B31 folder 3 |
S.G. Etherington |
1922 |
50 East 42nd St. New York City |
6 |
B31 folder 4 |
Arthur L. Jackson |
1922-1923 |
153 Brattle St. Cambridge, Mass. |
37 |
B31 folder 5 |
Arthur L. Jackson |
1948-1953 |
153 Brattle St. Cambridge, Mass. |
4 |
B31 folder 6 |
John Steele |
1922-1945 |
Rochester, NY |
16 |
B31 folder 7 |
Esther Steele |
1946-1959 |
20 Monroe Avenue Pittsford, NY |
20 |
B31 folder 8 |
Clement Houghton |
1924 |
Suffolk Road Chestnut Hill, Mass. |
24 |
B31 folder 9 |
Russell Lowe |
1924 |
575 Blossom street Fitchburg, Mass. |
8 |
B31 folder 10 |
J.W. Taussig |
1924 |
Englewood, NJ |
12 |
B31 folder 11 |
Charles Loring |
1922-1928 |
7 Water Street Boston, Mass. |
11 |
B31 folder 12 |
Theodore little |
1924 |
Atlantic Avenue Cohassett, Mass. |
6 |
B31 folder 13 |
Downing Brown |
1924 |
Shelburne, NH |
3 |
B31 folder 14 |
William Barbour |
1926-1928 |
6900 Jefferson Avenue Detroit, Mich. |
6 |
B31 folder 15 |
Bradley Palmer |
1926-1928 |
53 State Street Boston, Mass. |
5 |
B31 folder 16 |
Herbert Brown |
1926 |
125 State Street Portland, Maine |
16 |
B31 folder 17 |
Herbert Brown |
1926-1927 |
125 state Street Portland, Maine |
12 |
B31 folder 18 |
Paul Morgan |
1924-1926 |
15 Belmont Street Worcester, Mass. |
42 |
B31 folder 19 |
Angelica Gerry |
1950 |
Delhi, NY |
4 |
B31 folder 20 |
William Parker |
1926-1928 |
North Easton, Mass. |
24 |
B31 folder 21 |
Henry Fay |
1946 |
36 Monument Street Concord, Mass. |
1 |
B31 folder 22 |
Richard Wood |
1926-1927 |
2100 Locust Street Philadelphia, PA |
6 |
B31 folder 23 |
Margery Hayden |
1926-1928 |
70 Pine Street Waterbury, Conn. |
49 |
B31 folder 24 |
Charles Clifford |
1935-1948 |
203 School Street Milton, Mass. |
14 |
B32 folder 25 |
Camden Library |
1929-1932 |
Camden, Maine |
59 |
B32 folder 26 |
Wm. H. Schofield |
1931 |
Peterborough, NH |
2 |
B32 folder 28 |
Henry de la B. Carpenter |
1929 |
Somerville, NJ |
2 |
B32 folder 29 |
Warren Emerson |
1929 |
105 Woodland Road Chestnut Hill, Mass. |
2 |
B32 folder 30 |
W.E. Schrafft |
1929 |
529 Main Street Charlestown, Mass. |
9 |
B32 folder 31 |
Claude Branch |
1929-1931 |
15 Westminster St. Providence, RI |
13 |
B32 folder 32 |
Thomas Spencer |
1927-1944 |
Rochester, NY |
4 |
B32 folder 33 |
Sibley Memorial |
1931 |
Rochester, NY |
4 |
B32 folder 34 |
Porter Farrell |
1929 |
101 West 37th Street NYC |
25 |
B32 folder 35 |
Porter Farrell |
1930 |
101 West 37th Street NYC |
48 |
B32 folder 36 |
C.B. Rockwell |
1929-1933 |
Bristol, RI |
6 |
B32 folder 37 |
Allan Shelden |
1959-1960 |
Manchester, MA |
20 |
B32 folder 38 |
Wesson Seyburn |
1930-1934 |
2084 Firat National Bank Bldg. Detroit, Mich. |
40 |
B32 folder 39 |
John Bartol |
1931-1932 |
Milton, Mass. |
28 |
B32 folder 40 |
St. Francis House |
1933-1938 |
980 Memorial Drive Cambridge, Mass. |
39 |
B32 folder 42 |
Emily Swindells |
1937-1953 |
74 Prospect Street Rockville, CT |
53 |
B33 folder 43 |
Raymond Bentley |
1933-1936 |
Rochester, NY |
19 |
B33 folder 44 |
Raymond Bentley |
1946-1961 |
Rochester, NY |
46 |
B33 folder 45 |
Richard Cameron |
1938 |
Concord, Mass. |
21 |
B33 folder 46 |
Gilliat Schroeder |
1938-1939 |
Blossom Hill Wawa, PA |
10 |
B33 folder 47 |
E. Allen Stebbins |
1943 |
Rochester, NY |
2 |
B33 folder 49 |
Roy E. Bates |
1939-1940 |
67 Simpson Avenue West Somerville, Mass. |
2 |
B33 folder 48 |
Emily B. Swindells |
1939-1946 |
74 Prospect Street Rockville, CT |
8 |
B33 folder 50 |
Mabel Choate |
1940-1941 |
Stockbridge, Mass. |
3 |
B33 folder 51 |
John E. Ellsworth |
1940-1941 |
Simsburg, CT |
2 |
B33 folder 52 |
John S. Howe |
1941 |
1325 Canton Avenue Milton, MA |
3 |
B33 folder 53 |
Chester N. Greenough |
1943-1944 |
10 Juniper Road Belmont, MA |
28 |
B33 folder 54 |
Drescher Cemetery |
1943-1949 |
Mt. Hope Cemetery Rochester, NY |
16 |
B33 folder 55 |
Warner Cemetery |
1943 |
Mt. Hope Cemetery Rochester, NY |
2 |
B33 folder 56 |
South Lee Tavern |
1943-1944 |
South Lee, Ma |
2 |
B33 folder 57 |
W.E. Sedgwick |
1944 |
367 Beacon Street Boston, Mass. |
3 |
B33 folder 58 |
W.I. Williams |
1944 |
Wellesly Hills, MA |
2 |
B33 folder 59 |
Stewart S. Hatheway |
1944 |
95 Hilton rd. rye, New York |
20 |
B33 folder 60 |
Edward Jewett |
1944-1946 |
2659 clark Road Lapeer, Mich. |
5 |
B33 folder 61 |
Watson Cemetery lot |
1946-1953 |
Mt. Hope Cemetery Rochester, NY |
6 |
B33 folder 62 |
Ellery Sedgwick |
1945-1959 |
Beverly, Ma |
16 |
B33 folder 63 |
First Church Congregational |
1947 |
Methuen, MA |
7 |
B33 folder 64 |
Albert Spalding |
1948-1960 |
Great Barrington, MA |
5 |
B34 folder 65 |
Elizabeth Weld |
1946-1951 |
Brookline, MA |
21 |
B34 folder 66 |
Ralph Manny |
1945 |
Rye, NY |
4 |
B34 folder 67 |
Methuen Music Bldg. |
1946 |
Methuen, MA |
1 |
B34 folder 68 |
George Taber Jr. |
1946 |
Rye, NY |
3 |
B34 folder 69 |
Matthias Plum |
1946 |
Chatham, MA |
23 |
B34 folder 70 |
Matthias Plum |
1947 |
Chatham, MA |
25 |
B34 folder 71 |
Roy Rainey |
1946-1947 |
Chatham, MA |
21 |
B34 folder 72 |
Roy Rainey |
1947 |
Chatham, MA |
24 |
B34 folder 73 |
W.H. Taylor |
1946 |
Bass Rocks Gloucester, MA |
4 |
B34 folder 74 |
Lady Davis |
1947 |
New Brunswick, Canada |
5 |
B34 folder 75 |
Edwin Land |
1947-1948 |
Cambridge, MA |
26 |
B34 folder 76 |
Wells Farley |
1947-1956 |
Needham, MA |
3 |
B34 folder 77 |
Wellington B. Hay |
1949-1951 |
Mendham, NJ |
9 |
B34 folder 78 |
John Gardner Coolidge |
1955-1958 |
North Andover, MA |
2 |
B34 folder 79 |
Clarence Hovey |
1949-1954 |
Prides Crossing, MA |
7 |
B34 folder 80 |
William J. Mixter |
1953-1961 |
Woods Hole, MA |
5 |
B34 folder 81 |
Frances a. Crane |
1950-1953 |
Woods Hole, MA |
15 |
B34 folder 82 |
Frances Marden |
1949 |
Milton, MA |
4 |
B34 folder 83 |
Cushing Goodhue |
1950-1956 |
Manchester, MA |
35 |
B34 folder 84 |
James Chapman |
1950 |
Cambridge, MA |
3 |
B34 folder 85 |
Blake Bent |
1951-1956 |
Farmington, CT |
41 |
B35 folder 86 |
Philip Barney |
1951-1953 |
Farmington, CT |
34 |
B35 folder 87 |
Reginald Jenney |
1952-1954 |
Chestnut Hill, MA |
12 |
B35 folder 88 |
C.C. Costello |
1951 |
Magnolia, MA |
11 |
B35 folder 89 |
Wigglesworth Lot |
1952 |
Milton Cemetery Milton, MA |
4 |
B35 folder 90 |
Ellen D. Sharpe |
1952 |
Providence, RI |
2 |
B35 folder 91 |
Henry D. Sharpe |
1951-1952 |
Providence, RI |
3 |
B35 folder 92 |
John M. Bullard |
1953 |
South Dartmouth, MA |
10 |
B35 folder 93 |
George Putnam |
1954-1959 |
Manchester, MA |
24 |
B35 folder 94 |
George Denny |
1954 |
Milton, MA |
7 |
B35 folder 95 |
John Trahey |
1954-1957 |
Webster, NY |
14 |
B35 folder 96 |
George Dabney |
1955-1957 |
Dedham, MA |
6 |
B35 folder 97 |
Lewis Dabney |
1955-1959 |
Medfield, MA |
12 |
B35 folder 98 |
Albert Burrage |
1956 |
Ipswich, MA |
8 |
B35 folder 99 |
Stuart F. Smith |
1955-1957 |
Farmington, CT |
22 |
B35 folder 100 |
John Alden Carpenter |
1955 |
Beverly, MA |
2 |
B35 folder 101 |
Harold C. Townson |
1956-1957 |
Rochester, NY |
7 |
B35 folder 102 |
Nathan Hayward |
1957-1958 |
Manchester, MA |
11 |
B35 folder 103 |
Gannett Cemetery Lot |
1958-1961 |
Rochester, NY |
1 |
B35 folder 104 |
John Buffington |
1960 |
Milton, MA |
6 |
B35 folder 105 |
John S. Ellsworth Jr. |
1958-1959 |
Guilford, CT |
1 |
B35 folder 106 |
Robert Tibolt |
1961 |
Cohasset, MA |
3 |
B35 folder 107 |
Richard D. Wood |
1960 |
Chestnut Hill, PA |
8 |
B35 folder 108 |
Randell Thompson |
1961 |
Cambridge, MA |
23 |
B35 folder 109 |
Client Orders |
1925-1961 |
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26 |