Table 1 Garden and landscape archives at the Dumbarton Oaks

Title Establishment Scope and materials Arrangement Access
Digitized Garden and Landscape Rare Books - Diverse drawings, plans, manuscripts - Partially online access
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives 2008-current Over 6,000 individual pieces of correspondence, drawings, and photographs 6 types of items Publicly available, online access
David Robbins Coffin Papers, 1918−2003 2009-2010 The American historian of Renaissance gardens and landscape architecture David R. Coffin’s personal papers and materials Inventory Partially available
British Gardens Aerial Photographs Study Collection - Aerial photographs of historic estates and gardens in the United Kingdom Inventory Appointment required
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens Film, ca. 1920s-1940s 2001-2012 Film on the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens - Available on the web page
Contemporary Landscape Design Collection 2001-2009 13 contemporary landscape designers(Diana Balmori, Ian H. Finlay, Richard Haag, Hiroki Hasegawa, Ron Herman, Patricia Johanson, Lorna Jordan, Bernard Lassus, Toru Mitani, Yoshio Nakamura) and their most significant projects(sketches, drawings, plans, images etc.) Thirteen series for each designer Appointment required
Seed Catalogues - Seed catalogues of European and American examples - Digitized access