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John Caspar Wister Papers, 1900-1982 John Caspar Wister Papers, 1900-1982 COLLECTION SUMMARY Creators: Wister, John C., (John Caspar), 1887-1982 Dates: 1900-1982 Extent: 17 boxes (13 linear feet) Repository: La Salle University. Connelly Library. Department of Special Collections. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION John Caspar Wister (1887-1982), one of America’s most honored horticulturists, spent his youth at the house “Wister” (which stood at Wister and Clarkson Avenues, Germantown, Philadelphia), adjacent to the Belfield estate owned by his grandparents, their descendants, and now by La Salle University. A 1909 graduate of Harvard College, Wister studied at the Harvard School of Landscape Architecture and afterwards worked from 1911 to 1916 in landscape architects’ offices in Philadelphia and New York. During World War I, he served in France. After the war, he practiced landscape architecture on his own, first from the house “Wister” and later from his home in Swarthmore, PA. In 1929, he became Director of the Arthur Hoyt Horticultural Foundation, Swarthmore College; in 1946, he also became Director of the John J. Tyler Arboretum (Lima, PA); among many other administrative appointments, he served from 1930-1957 as vice- president and then president of the John Bartram Association. The author or editor of a dozen books on horticulture, he also wrote over five hundred articles and gave innumerable lectures around the country. He was honored by many dozens of horticultural groups, including the New York Botanical Garden, the Horticultural Society of New York, the Royal Horticultural Society of Great Britain, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and the Garden Club of America. At his death in 1982, the Philadelphia Inquirer aptly described John Caspar Wister as “the dean of American horticulturists.” SCOPE AND CONTENT The papers include correspondence, diaries and day books, manuscripts of lectures and publications, and garden and landscape plans. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: These papers were donated to the La Salle University’s Connelly Library by Laura Haines Belman. Processing Information: These papers were arranged by Dr. James A. Butler, Curator of the Wister Family Collection at La Salle University, and inventoried 2005. The papers were reprocessed in 2014 by Sarah Seraphin, Special Collections Librarian. Access: There are no special restrictions to access of this collection. It may be examined by library patrons under the normal rules and conditions of the Department of Special Collections. Use of Materials: The following is the acceptable citation for publication: John Caspar Wister Papers, Department of Special Collections, Connelly Library, La Salle University. CONTENTS Box 1: 1:1 Photograph of Mary Channing Wister (ca. 1890-1895), “taken at ‘Milton’ [Massachusetts], [no date but probably 1890 to 1895]; Wife of novelist Owen Wister 1:2 Letters from and to Gertrude Smith Wister (1905-1999), wife of John Caspar Wister 1:3 13 letters from John Caspar Wister to his mother-- mainly sent from abroad in 1922. Additional correspondence with family members; together with a 1979 account by John Caspar Wister of his various birthdays and a few ephemeral items from his life. 1:4 Photographs of John Caspar Wister, of the back of his Harvard Avenue Home in Swarthmore, PA, and of the Swarthmore College Campus. [4 photographs removed to oversized box.] 1:5 Biographical information about (and photographs of) Gertrude Smith Wister (1905-1999) 1:6 Wedding congratulations to John Caspar Wister and Gertrude Smith Wister, Spring 1960. Original folder marked “A few saved.” Includes letters from William Wister Haines, Frances Anne Wister Stokes and Walter Stokes (with original poems). 1:7 Obituaries of John Caspar Wister, 1887-1982 1:8 Photographs of John Caspar Wister. [2 photographs removed to oversized box.] 1:9 Biographical Information about John Caspar Wister. 1:10 Essay (27 pp.) by John Caspar Wister on “The Educational Value of the Study of Horticulture,” Harvard College, December 8, 1908. 1:11 List of lectures given by John Caspar Wister from 1919 to 1949. 1:12 “Garden Planting,” a lecture given by John Caspar Wister and dated December 1924; together with “Iris Notes, 1916.” 1:13 Letters to John Caspar Wister, 1955-1979. 1:14 Letters to John Caspar Wister, 1957. Box 2: 2:1 Typescripts of Four Lectures Delivered by John Casper Wister at the Philadelphia Unitarian Church in February 1938: (1) February 6, 1938: “How Far Is It Wise to Regulate Conduct by Law”; (2) February 13, 1938: “Is Censorship Ever Justified”; (3) February 20, 1938: “Is it Patriotic to Criticize or Defy the Government”; (4) February 27, 1938: “How Much and How are our Thoughts and Actions Influenced by Propaganda.” 2:2 Miscellaneous horticultural items and information on horticultural awards presented to John Caspar Wister; includes certificates and correspondence. [1 certificate removed to oversize box] 2:3 Photographs of John Caspar Wister’s Horticultural Medals 2:4 Letters to John Caspar Wister, spring 1958 2:5 General Correspondence of John Caspar Wister, 1937-1971; includes various biographical introductions to JCW, addresses at special events, news clippings, and a pamphlet containing a genealogy of the Eustis Family. 2:6 General Correspondence of John Caspar Wister, 1967. 2:7 Letters to John Caspar Wister from Foreign Nurserymen (Dutch, French, and British), 1932-1955. Box 3: 3:1 Newspaper articles by and about Gertrude Smith Wister (nee Gertrude M. Smith), 1947-1950, 1974, 1985. 3:2 Miscellaneous publications: “Constitutional Innovations,” Speech of Hon. Thomas W. Phillips, Jr. of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Washington Government Printing Office, 1925 Philadelphia Leaders in Agriculture, by Stevenson Fletcher (1954). Includes entry for George Logan (1753-1871). Franklin’s Map and Guide of “Upper” Main Line Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Franklin Survey Company (1955). 3:3 “What We Can Do About the Introduction of Plants,” by John C. Wister. Excerpts from an address prepared for the regional meeting of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboretums at the National Shade Tree Conference, Santa Barbara, California, August 1955. [Reprint in The Garden Journal]. With: Lecture announcement for “European Gardens: A Lecture Covering the Beauty Spots of England, France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy,” by John C. Wister. [Buffalo, New York?, ca. 1925] 3:4 Horticultural publications containing articles Gertrude Smith Wister or John Caspar Wister as noted. American Horticultural Magazine, Jan. 1966; Winter 1968*; Summer 1968*; Fall 1968; Winter 1969; Summer 1971 (2 copies). Articles by Gertrude S. Wister in all issues except those with asterisks. American Horticulturist, vol. 57, no. 4 (1998). “The Tree Peony, King of Flowers,” by Gertrude S. Wister. American Rhododendron Society Bulletin, vol. 53, no. (1999). [no articles by GSW or JCW] Arboretum Bulletin, March 1944. “A General plan for Lilac Collections in Public Gardens,” by John Caspar Wister. Arnoldia, vol. 30, no. 4, (1970). “Frances Williams and Her Garden Adventures,” by Gertrude S. Wister. (3 copies) Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record: Plants and Gardens, vol. 18, no.1 (1962), vol. 25, no. 3 (1969). Articles by Gertrude S. Wister. Bulletin of John J. Tyler Arboretum, Bulletin 1 (April 1958) – Bulletin 42 (July 1968) Bulletin of the American Iris Society, no. 250 (July 1983). “In Memoriam: John C. Wister.” [Offprint] Daffodil and Tulip Year Book 1964. “Daffodils at Swarthmore College,” by Gertrude S. Wister. The Garden Journal, vol. 16, no. 4 (1966). “A Handful of Geraniums,” by Gertrude S. Wister. The Green Scene, vol. 1, no. 5 (1973). “Hemerocallis: Glory of Summer,” by Gertrude S. Wister. Horticulture, March 1964, March 1965, October 1971. Articles by Gertrude S. Wister. House and Garden, January 1949. “Flowering Crab Apples,” by Gertrude M. Smith. The National Horticultural Magazine, vol. 34, no. 1(1955). “The Tree Peonies,” by John C. Wister and Harold E. Wolfe. (2 copies) Native and Some Introduced Azaleas for Southern Gardens: Kinds and Culture. Georgia: Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, [1952?]. PHS News, vol. xi, no. 4 (1970). “Median Irises for May Color,” by Gertrude S. Wister. (3 copies) Box 4: 4:1 John Caspar Wister articles and manuscripts: (1) “Plant Names: A Botanical Nightmare, typescript 1951. (2) Some Notes on the Introduction of Garden Plants, typescript, undated. (3) “The John J. Tyler Arboretum (Painter Arboretum), offprint, 1947 (4) Woman’s Home Companion Leaflet, “All About Your Garden Specialty,” 1950. (5)“Notes on Trip [to New York and New England],” September 20-26, 1951 (6) “The Rhododendron Planting in the Woods Around the Outdoor Arboretum,” Swarthmore College, 1951. 4:2 Legal papers: original folder was marked “Gift of Wister Land to Philadelphia, Gift of Land on Squam Lake to N[ew] E[ngland] Forestry Foundation.” Also present is John Caspar Wister’s Last Will and Testament. 4:3 Clippings about John Casper Wister from Chester, PA, Times, July 16, 1951; Des Moines Register, July 28, 1948; Montclair Times, October 6, 1966. 4:4 Letters and cards (1982 and 1983) to Gertrude Wister on death of her husband John Caspar Wister. (Folder 1 of 2) 4:5 Letters and cards (1982 and 1983) to Gertrude Wister on death of her husband John Caspar Wister. (Folder 2 of 2) Box 5: Miscellaneous box of World War I materials kept by John Caspar Wister and by his family, including sheet music, newspaper clippings, military paperwork, war-time letters to and from John Caspar Wister. Box 5a: Oversized material from boxes 1-4 5a:1 [1:4] Photographs of John Caspar Wister, of the back of his Harvard Avenue Home in Swarthmore, PA, and of the Swarthmore College Campus. 5a:2 [1: 8] 2 photographs of John Caspar Wister 5a:3 [4:1] Together with Thelma K. Stevens, “Planting for a Campus,” New York Times, May 18, 1952 (about John Caspar Wister and the arboretum at Swarthmore College). 5a:4 Miscellaneous photos and exercises from John Casper Wister’s time at Harvard College. 5a:6 18 original sketches of plants, trees, flowers.
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