COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating to Harold Caparn such as photographs, postcards, and publications. In addition, the collection includes materials related to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved in horticulture, landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas John Caparn, and Rhys Caparn.
Dates
- [ca. 1880s-1990s]
Creator
- Chamberlain, Oliver (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
2 cubic feet. (2 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating and materials related to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved in horticulture, landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas John Caparn, and Rhys Caparn.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Harold Caparn Box 1
Family Photographs Education and Career Letters to Newspapers Notes and Correspondence Clients Photographs of Work Music Related Secondary Materials
Series II. Rhys Caparn Box 1
Biographical Materials Exhibition Catalogs Printed Material
Series III. Other Caparn Family Members Box 2
William H. Caparn Thomas John Caparn Mary and Ann Caparn Arthur Caparn Oliver Chamberlain Jr. Oliver Chamberlain Sr.
SEPARATED MATERIAL
Books - cataloged individually in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
- Bartlet, Margaret Farrington. Down the Mountain: A Book about the Ever-Changing Soil, 1963 Illustrations by Rhys Caparn
- Hale, Robert B. Rhys Caparn (signed by Rhys Caparn)
Physical Description
Correspondence, photographs, postcards, and publications.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Joaquin Brito and Marcie Farwell
- Date completed:
- October 2015
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, March 2015
- Date modified:
- Kristen Reichenbach, August 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Joaquin Brito and Marcie Farwell
- Date
- March 2015
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu