John Stokes and Mary's Gardens collection
ML.034
The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute
60.0 Linear feet
1938-2007
This collection contains the personal papers of John S. Stokes, Jr., and the records of his organization, Mary's Gardens. Materials in the collection date primarily from 1952 through 1990. The collection includes Stokes' manuscripts, correspondence, research materials, articles, photographs, audio recordings and ephemera related to his interests in Catholicism, the Blessed Virgin Mary, gardening, names and symbolism of plants and flowers associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mary's Gardens movement, social justice, civil rights, ecumenism and other related themes. Mary's Gardens records include press releases, newsletters, marketing materials, articles, garden plans, and ephemera on Stokes' organization (cofounded in 1951 with Edward McTague) based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Additionally, some materials deal with Stokes' website, also called Mary's Gardens (mgardens.org).
Mary's Gardens
Stokes, John S., (John Stodgell), 1920-2007
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in twelve series:
- Manuscripts and research
- Correspondence
- Articles and press
- Mary's Gardens records
- Mary's Gardens movement
- Catholic organizations and memberships
- Catholic pamphlets
- Gardening literature and ephemera
- Subject files
- Bonnie Roberson's papers
- Photographs, slides, and artifacts
- Audiovisual materials
Biography of John S. Stokes Jr.
John Stogdell Stokes, Jr., was born on October 21, 1920 in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. In 1942, Mr. Stokes earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Lehigh University. During the 1940s, he was employed by Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio and registered as a conscientious objector to World War II.
Mr. Stokes was raised as a Quaker and converted to Catholicism in 1946. The following year he moved to the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and married Helen Patricia Schriever, with whom he had five children.
Stokes developed an interest in medieval religious names, symbolisms and uses of flowers, particularly those associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary. Inspired by an article on a devotional garden planted in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Mr. Stokes cofounded "Mary's Gardens" with Philadelphia based partner Edward McTague in 1951.
Stokes publicized Mary's Gardens through articles in Catholic publications, newsletters, and mail-order distribution of seed packets that promoted plants and flowers honoring the Virgin Mary. He focused efforts both on his garden as well as fostering a broader Mary's Gardens movement. Bonnie Roberson of Hagerman, Idaho later joined the movement and corresponded extensively with Stokes on this topic. While promoting Mary's Gardens, Stokes also became active in civil rights and social justice movements and served as the director of the Wellsprings Ecumenical Center in Philadelphia. During the 1960s, he taught interfaith courses at churches and synagogues throughout the city. During this time, he met Marion Metelits, whom he would later marry in 1973.
Continuing to promote his garden and the Mary's Gardens movement, Mr. Stokes launched a website, mgardens.org, in 1995. Through his site, Mr. Stokes devoted the later years of his life to sharing his collection of flower photographs and extensive research on the Marian dimension of plants and flowers. According to his family, the site has helped to foster devotional gardens around the world, and Mr. Stokes is considered by many to be the founder of the Mary's Gardens movement.
Mr. Stokes passed away in Philadelphia on November 14, 2007 at the age of 87.
Access
This collection is open and available to the public for research in the Marian Library reading room. The materials are non-circulating.
Copyright Notice
The materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). The materials are available for personal, educational, and scholarly use. It is the responsibility of the researcher to locate and obtain permission from the copyright owner or his or her heirs for any other use, such as reproduction and publication.
Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Marian Library by John S. Stokes, Jr., in 2007 and transferred to the Marian Library in May 2013.
In addition to his archives, Mr. Stokes donated his website (mgardens.org), garden statues and statue molds, and personal library of literature on gardening, plants and flowers, Catholicism, and religion to the Marian Library.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the personal papers of John S. Stokes, Jr., and the records of his organization, Mary's Gardens. Materials in the collection date primarily from 1952 through 1990. The collection includes Stokes' manuscripts, correspondence, research materials, articles, photographs, audio recordings and ephemera related to his interests in Catholicism, the Blessed Virgin Mary, gardening, names and symbolism of plants and flowers associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mary's Gardens movement, social justice, ecumenism and other related themes. The collection also contains records of Stokes' organization, Mary's Gardens including press releases, newsletters, marketing materials, articles, garden plans, and other promotional materials. Additionally, some materials deal with Stokes' website, also called Mary's Gardens (mgardens.org).
Stokes' manuscripts document published and unpublished works on topics including Marian symbolism of flowers and herbs, Catholic mysticism, medieval gardens, and the Mary's Gardens movement. The collection includes over fifty years of Stokes' personal and organizational correspondence, primarily related to his interests on Mary and flowers, Catholicism, gardening, and the Mary's Gardens movement. He corresponded extensively with a few individuals, primarily Bonnie Roberson and Brother Sean MacNamara. Some materials document Stokes' activities as a member or general interest in over eighteen Catholic and/or social justice organizations. These include, for example, the Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. The collection also contains pamphlets, subject files, and other ephemera relating to Stokes' broad research interests in gardening, flowers, plants, herbs, the environment, Catholicism, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Marian art and stamps, social justice, and civil rights.
Organizational records in the collection document the history and activities of Mary's Gardens, founded by John Stokes and Edward McTague in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1951. Additionally, materials in the collection document Stokes' activities in promoting the Mary's Gardens movement including planning devotional gardens at parishes and schools, primarily in the mid-Atlantic region and North America.
Photographs, slides, and negatives in the collection document Mary's Gardens, Marian plants and flowers, exhibits, events, groups, and individuals associated with Stokes' Mary Garden in Philadelphia and the Mary's Gardens movement.
The collection also contains the papers of Stokes' friend and Mary's Gardens affiliate, Bonnie Roberson. Roberson owned and operated Garden of Memories, a Mary Garden based in Hagerman, Idaho. She corresponded extensively with Stokes, primarily during the early 1980s before her death in 1983. Her papers also document her interest in Mary's Gardens for the blind and dish gardens, as well as her interest and involvement with Catholic and gardening organizations including, for example, the American Rose Society, the Herb Society of America, and the Idaho Council of Catholic Women.
Preferred Citation
[Item title], John Stokes and Mary's Gardens collection, circa 1938-2007. Marian Library, University of Dayton Libraries, Dayton, Ohio.
Flowers--Religious aspects--Christianity
Flowers--Symbolic aspects
Gardens--Religious aspects--Christianity
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Symbolism
Plants in the Bible
Manuscripts and research
circa 1954-circa
Bermuda trip literature and notes
1
1964
Flowers of Our Lady (submission package for Jubilee)
1
1961
Flowers of Our Lady and Mary's Gardens (slide lecture transcript)
1
1960
Flowers of the Virgin Mary
1
1983
Herbs and Flowers of the Virgin Mary
1
1981-1983
Herb of Grace
1
1980-1983
Herb Grower materials
1
circa 1982
Mariana 1
1
1964
Mary Garden Jubilee
2
1981-1982
Mary Garden Jubilee
2
1982
Mary Garden Jubilee
2
1983
Medieval Countryside in a Garden
2
1984
The Mystical Garden
2
1982-1983
Mystics with Hands
2
1979-1989
Mystical Rose of Knock
3
1983-1984
Our Lady's Solar Greenhouse
3
1982-1983
Paradise of Our Lady
3
1983-1984
Tropical plants research
3
1965
Manuscripts and research
3
circa 1952
Manuscripts and research
3
circa 1952-1961
Manuscripts and research
3
1954-1962
Manuscripts and research
4
1954-1962
Manuscripts and research
4
1955-1960
Manuscripts and research
4
1955-1960
Manuscripts and research
5
1982-1984
Manuscripts and research
5
1988-1989
Manuscripts and research
5
2002-2006
Garden guides
circa 1960-circa 2000
Mary's house plants for the blind / dish gardens for the blind
5
circa 1960
Popular plants for indoor/outdoor Mary's Gardens
5
circa 1960
Indoor dish garden planting and care
5
1963
200 flowers, shrubs, and trees for sunny Mary Gardens
5
1965
Plants of religious symbolism in the Medieval garden of the Bonnefont Cloister
5
1965
Culinary and fragrant herbs of religious symbolism
5
1965
How to start a Mary Garden in Philadelphia
5
1965
Tropical plants with religious names
5
circa 1965
Parish Mary Gardens
5
circa 1980
100 plants for larger Mary Gardens
5
circa 2000
Mary's Gardens for Children teachers guide
5
circa 2000
Correspondence
1944-2007
Correspondence
6
1944-1951
Correspondence
6
December 1951-February 1952
Correspondence
6
March-April 1952
Correspondence
6
May-July 1952
Correspondence
6
August-October 1952
Correspondence
6
November-December 1952
Correspondence
6
January-February 1953
Correspondence
7
March-April 1953
Correspondence
7
May-July 1953
Correspondence
7
August-November 1953
Correspondence
7
December 1953-March 1954
Correspondence
7
April-June 1954
Correspondence
7
July-November 1954
Correspondence
8
December 1954-February 1955
Correspondence
8
March-May 1955
Correspondence
8
June-September 1955
Correspondence
8
October 1955-May 1956
Correspondence
8
June-November 1956
Correspondence
8
January-November 1957
Correspondence
8
December 1957-May 1958
Correspondence
9
June-November 1958
Correspondence
9
December 1958-May 1959
Correspondence
9
December 1959-March 1960
Correspondence
9
April-June 1960
Correspondence
9
July-August 1960
Correspondence
9
September-November 1960
Correspondence
10
December 1960-February 1961
Correspondence
10
March 1961
Correspondence
10
April-May 1961
Correspondence
10
June-September 1961
Correspondence
10
October 1961-February 1962
Correspondence
10
March-May 1962
Correspondence
10
June-August 1962
Correspondence
10
September-November 1962
Correspondence
11
December 1962-February 1963
Correspondence
11
March-July 1963
Correspondence
11
August-November 1963
Correspondence
11
December 1963-May 1964
Correspondence
11
June-November 1965
Correspondence
11
December 1964-February 1965
Correspondence
11
March-November 1965
Correspondence
12
1966-1967
Correspondence
12
1980-1981
Correspondence
12
1982-1984
Correspondence
12
1985-1987
Correspondence
12
1987-1988
Correspondence
13
1989
Correspondence
13
1992-1994
Correspondence
13
1995
Correspondence
13
1996
Correspondence
13
1996-1997
Correspondence
13
1998
Correspondence
14
1999
Correspondence
14
1999
Correspondence
14
2000-2001
Correspondence
14
2002
Correspondence
14
2003-2005
Correspondence
14
2006-2007
Bonnie Roberson
15
1958-1962
Bonnie Roberson
15
1962-1963
Bonnie Roberson
15
1963-1964
Bonnie Roberson
16
1964-1965
Bonnie Roberson
16
1965-1966
Bonnie Roberson
16
1965-1968
Bonnie Roberson
16
1968-1973
Bonnie Roberson
16
1976-1979
Bonnie Roberson
17
1980
Bonnie Roberson
17
1981
Bonnie Roberson
17
1981
Bonnie Roberson
17
1981
Bonnie Roberson
18
1982
Bonnie Roberson
18
1982-1983
Bonnie Roberson
18
1982-1983
Bonnie Roberson / correspondence on healing herbs
18
1982-1983
Bonnie Roberson / transcriptions of Stokes/Roberson recordings
18
1966
Sean MacNamara
19
1972-1981
Sean MacNamara
19
1982-1983
Sean MacNamara
19
1984-1985
Sean MacNamara
19
1986-1987
Sean MacNamara
20
1988-1989
Sean MacNamara
20
1990-1993
Sean MacNamara
20
1994-1996
Sean MacNamara
20
1997-2002
Sean MacNamara
20
2003-2007
Sean MacNamara / Knock Shrine Annuals
21
(oversized)
1984-1990
Sean MacNamara / Knock shrine ephemera
21
(oversized)
circa 1984
Sean MacNamara / articles
21
(oversized)
circa 1981
Nan Sears
22
1990
Nan Sears
22
1991
Nan Sears
22
1992-1993
Nan Sears
22
1994-1995
Ade Bethune
23
1958
Bernardine Sisters
23
1952
Charles Broschart
23
1963
La Douceur / La Salette
23
1963-1964
Diane Farr
23
1988-1991
Stokes family correspondence
23
1975-1987
Articles and press
1946-19889
Scope and Contents
This series includes a selection of the articles listed in Stokes' article inventory (http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/resources/m_garden/Archives_MGPress.html). The articles include those written by Stokes and his collaborators. The articles primarily cover topics including Marian plant symbolism and news or promotional material related to the Mary's Gardens movement.
Articles
24
1946-1951
Articles
24
1952
Articles
24
1952
Articles
24
1953
Articles
24
1953
Articles
25
1955
Articles
25
1956-1957
Articles
25
1958-1960
Articles
25
1961
Articles
26
1962
Articles
26
1963
Articles
26
1964
Articles
26
1965-1967
Articles
26
1968-1970
Articles
26
1971-1973
Articles
27
1974-1976
Articles
27
1977-1979
Articles
27
1982
Articles
27
1983
Articles
27
1984-1989
Mary's Gardens records
1951-circa 2000
Catalog drafts
28
circa 1952
Catalog drafts
28
circa 1951-1954
Catalogs
28
1951-1958
Catalogs and brochures
28
circa 1952-circa 1962
Letterhead
28
circa 1952-circa 1995
Newsletters
28
1951-circa 1980
Logo and marketing proofs
28
circa 1951-1960
Promotional materials
29
1952-1957
Promotional materials
29
1952-1965
Promotional materials
29
1961-1981
Publicity file
29
1958
Press file
29
1981-1984
Press releases
29
1952-1995
Orders, plant lists, correspondence
30
1951-1964
Inquiry and order records
30
1951-1956
Mailing records
30
1951-1956
Seed packet records
30
1951-1956
Order records
30
1955-1963
Catalog inquiries
30
1955-1963
Marian award inquiries
30
1964-1965
Testimonials
31
1951-1954
Financial notes
31
1952-1955
Copyright registration
31
1952-1955
Garden journal
31
1951-1964
Garden journal
31
1973-1990
Garden accessories
31
1951
Seed and plant lists
31
1957-1965
Seed packets
31
circa 1965
Seat of Wisdom / manuscript and publicity
31
1958
Philadelphia Flower Show
32
1968
Articles, brochures, ephemera
32
circa 1990
Press, articles, plant lists
32
circa 2000
The Mary Calendar (photocopies)
32
1998
"Mums the Word" plant database (printouts and notes)
32
1990-1991
Mary's Gardens website (printouts)
32
1997
Mary's Gardens website (printouts)
32
1999
Printers proofs / illustrations for articles and marketing materials
33
(oversized)
Mary's Gardens movement
1981-2007
History of Mary's Gardens Movement
34
1981
History of Mary's Gardens Movement
34
1981
History of Mary's Gardens Movement
34
1981
History of Mary's Gardens Movement
34
1981
History of Mary's Gardens Movement
34
1981
History of Mary's Gardens Movement
34
1981
History of Mary's Gardens Movement
34
1981
Brodeur Mary Garden
35
2000-2006
Brodeur Mary Garden correspondence
35
2000
Carroll House Mary Garden
35
1990-1991
Mary, Queen of the Universe shrine garden
35
circa 2005
St. Mary's Parish garden project
35
1998
National Shrine Mary Garden
35
2000
Victoria, British Columbia cloister garden
35
1998
Various Mary's Gardens ephemera
35
circa 2000
Woods Hole correspondence and ephemera
36
1981
Woods Hole correspondence and ephemera
36
1980-1982
Woods Hole correspondence and ephemera
36
1980-1982
Woods Hole correspondence and ephemera
36
1982-1984
St. Joseph's Church
37
1982-2007
Woods Hole news and press
37
1982
Woods Hole news and press
37
1982
Woods Hole articles
37
circa 1946-circa 1982
Woods Hole plant lists, garden plans, history
37
circa 1980
Woods Hole garden plans
37
1981
Woods Hole flower and garden notes
37
circa 1981
Woods Hole lectures
38
1982
Woods Hole nursery catalogs
38
1981
Mary's Gardens articles from Woods Hole
38
circa 1981
"Reflections from the Garden" by Gregory Davis
38
1997
Mary Garden of Verse (presented to Stokes by Mary Garden Associates)
38
1999
Tile from St. Joseph's / Woods Hole
38
circa 1981
Catholic organizations and memberships
1947-2006
American Council for the International Promotion of Democracy Under God
39
1949-1951
American Council for the International Promotion of Democracy Under God
39
1952-1955
American Council for the International Promotion of Democracy Under God
39
1955-1962
Catholic Action
39
1954-1962
Catholic Businessmen's Association
40
1955-1958
Catholic Interracial Council of Philadelphia
40
1951-1957
City-Wide Black Community Council
40
circa 1969
Council for the Study of the Shroud of Turin
40
2002-2006
Ecumenical Institute of Spiritual Life Conference
40
1966
Holy Name Society
40
1955-1960
Legion of Mary
40
circa 1982
National Catholic Society for Animal Welfare
40
1959-1963
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
40
circa 1953-1954
National Catholic Youth Organization
41
circa 1963
Our Mother of Consolation Parish
41
1947-1952
Parish Current Events discussion group
41
1957-1958
Philadelphia Christianform
41
1955-1958
Quaker meetings
41
circa 1981
Society of Mary
41
circa 1982
Wellspring
41
1969
Various religious and human rights newsletters
41
circa 1969-1970
Catholic print ephemera
circa 1950-circa 1975
41st International Eucharistic Congress
42
1976
Civil Rights
42
circa 1950-circa 1975
Men of the Sacred Heart
42
circa 1950-circa 1975
Religious orders / vocations
42
circa 1950-circa 1975
Religious orders / vocations
42
circa 1950-circa 1975
Right to Life
42
circa 1950-circa 1975
Youth / family
42
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic print ephemera / various
43
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic print ephemera / various
43
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic print ephemera / various
43
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic print ephemera / various
43
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic print ephemera / various
43
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic print ephemera / various
44
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic print ephemera / various
44
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic print ephemera / various
44
circa 1950-circa 1975
Catholic holy cards, postcards, ephemera
44
circa 1965-circa 1985
Miniature Christmas books
circa 1955
Pressed Flowers of the Holy Land booklet
circa 1904
Catholic pamphlets
circa 1926-circa 1960
Albert Dolan
46
circa 1941-circa 1947
Bible
46
circa 1928-circa 1953
Candle Light Guild bulletin
46
1956-1958
Charismatic Renewal
46
1974-1975
Church history
46
circa 1929-circa 1946
Communism
46
circa 1949-circa 1960
Comparative religion
47
circa 1950-circa 1960
Comparative religion
47
circa 1950-circa 1960
Conversion
47
circa 1960
D.F. Miller
47
circa 1954-circa 1963
Daniel Lord
47
circa 1945-circa 1950
Daniel Lord
47
circa 1945-circa 1951
Education
48
circa 1927-1961
Father Scott
48
circa 1945
Fatima
48
circa 1944-circa 1953
Freemasonry
48
circa 1926-circa 1947
Fulton Sheen
48
circa 1941-circa 1952
Fulton Sheen
49
circa 1941-circa 1952
Holy Week / Stations of the Cross
49
circa 1924-circa 1956
John O'Brien
49
circa 1937-circa 1949
Knights of Columbus
49
circa 1949-circa 1960
Liturgy
49
circa 1928-circa 1955
Marriage and Family
50
circa 1941-circa 1956
Mary
50
circa 1933-circa 1960
Non-Catholic / Other Christian faiths
51
circa 1945-1955
Politics
51
circa 1940-1960
Politics
51
circa 1940-1960
Prayers / Novenas / Devotions
51
circa 1924-circa 1956
Professional ethics / morality
52
circa 1929-circa 1962
Race
52
circa 1944-circa 1955
Richard Binder
52
1947
Rosary
52
circa 1937-circa 1954
Sacraments and Ten Commandments
52
circa 1949-circa 1960
Sacred music and art
53
circa 1949-circa 1956
Saints
53
circa 1940-circa 1960
Saints
53
circa 1940-circa 1960
Secularism, agnosticism, atheism
54
circa 1950-circa 1960
Secularism, agnosticism, atheism
54
circa 1950-circa 1960
Sin / Purgatory
54
circa 1904-circa 1952
Social justice
55
circa 1940-circa 1960
Social justice
55
circa 1940-circa 1960
Theology and Doctrine
55
circa 1941-circa 1947
Theology and Doctrine
55
circa 1935-circa 1949
Trappist
56
circa 1940-1948
Youth
56
circa 1949-circa 1960
Various Catholic pamphlets
57
circa 1940-circa 1960
Gardening literature and ephemera
1946-1999
Seed and garden supply catalogs
58
1955-1976
Seed and garden supply catalogs
58
1955-1984
Gardening pamphlets
58
1946-1960
USDA Farmers' Bulletins / Home and Garden Bulletins
58
circa 1946-circa 1958
Gardening articles and advertisements
59
1953
Ozark Gardens
59
1965-1966
Ozark Gardens
59
1967
Herb Grower / Herbalist / Country Beautiful
59
1960-1982
Horticulture / American Gardener
59
1983-1999
Garden society bulletins
60
circa 1965
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society News
60
1964-1967
Morris Arboretum Bulletin
60
1963-1967
Subject files
circa 1946-circa 1977
Action and organization
61
1956
Anti-Communist
61
1955
Anti-subversive literature
61
1955-1957
Anti-traditional
61
1946-1949
Astrology book catalogs
61
1970-1972
Astrology charts and research
61
1970-1977
Astrology charts
61
1969-1977
Bella Dodd
62
1954
Cornell Extension slide series transcripts
62
1961
Cornell Department of Floriculture slide series transcripts
62
circa 1961
Deviation and subversion
62
circa 1956
Family
62
1953-1964
Indecent and immoral literature
62
1954-1957
Journalism education
62
1951-1957
Marian shrines/garden ornaments
62
1956-1960
Philadelphia art
63
circa 1963
Sanctification
63
1956-1959
Theology, philosophy, ethics
63
1953-1956
Various
63
circa 1953-circa 1959
Marian stamps
1963-1971
Catalogue of Marian Stamps
64
1966
Supplement to the Catalogue of Marian Stamps
64
1967-1969
Marian Philatelist with index
64
1963-1965
Marian Philatelist
64
1966-1968
Marian Philatelist
64
1969-1971
Card reference files
circa 1965
Lectures
65
circa 1965
Names and legends
65
circa 1965
Writers
65
circa 1965
Nature poems
65
circa 1965
Christ poems
65
circa 1965
Mary poems
65
circa 1965
St. Francis poems
65
circa 1965
Holy Land poems
65
circa 1965
Theo-Botany
65
circa 1965
Primordial
65
circa 1965
Nature in Old Testament
65
circa 1965
Parables of Christ
65
circa 1965
Plant blessings
65
circa 1965
Garden prayers
65
circa 1965
Mary in Old Testament
65
circa 1965
Mariology
65
circa 1965
Visionaries
65
circa 1965
Appearances
65
circa 1965
Fathers
65
circa 1965
Missal
65
circa 1965
Mary in New Testament
65
circa 1965
Breviary
65
circa 1965
Legends
65
circa 1965
Research materials
65
circa 1965
Figures
65
circa 1965
Use
65
circa 1965
Dedication
65
circa 1965
Symbols and emblems
65
circa 1965
Saints
65
circa 1965
Quote cards
66
circa 1965
Ecumenism
66
circa 1965
Respect and love
66
circa 1965
Dialogue
66
circa 1965
Solidarity
66
circa 1965
Personal renewal
66
circa 1965
Church renewal
66
circa 1965
Social renewal
66
circa 1965
Jewish-Christian
66
circa 1965
Negro-White
66
circa 1965
War and peace
66
circa 1965
International trade
66
circa 1965
Housing
66
circa 1965
Education
66
circa 1965
Employment
66
circa 1965
Population and food
66
circa 1965
History
66
circa 1965
Prophecy
66
circa 1965
Secularity
66
circa 1965
Atheism
66
circa 1965
Church and state
66
circa 1965
Freedom and Church
66
circa 1965
Scripture
66
circa 1965
Sacraments
66
circa 1965
Prayer
66
circa 1965
Marriage/celibacy
66
circa 1965
Communism
66
circa 1965
Sun
66
circa 1965
Moon
66
circa 1965
Mercury
66
circa 1965
Venus
66
circa 1965
Mars
66
circa 1965
Jupiter
66
circa 1965
Saturn
66
circa 1965
Research references
66
circa 1965
Plants/flowers - British
67
circa 1965
Plants/flowers - Latin American
67
circa 1965
Plants/flowers - Spanish
67
circa 1965
Plants/flowers - Germany
68
circa 1965
Names (Q.M.)
68
1950-1954
Names
69
1955-1964
Tropical and subtropical annuals
69
1965
Tropical and subtropical perennials
69
1965
Tropical and subtropical perennials trees and shrubs
70
1965
H & HH as house plants
70
1965
Warm temperate annuals (half-hardy)
70
1965
Warm temperate perennials (half-hardy)
70
1965
Warm temperate trees and shrubs (half-hardy)
70
1965
Cold temperate annuals (spring hardy)
70
1965
Cold temperate biennials (winter hardy)
70
1965
Cold temperate perennials (winter hardy)
70
1965
A-Z
70
1965
Bonnie Roberson's papers
circa 1955-1983
Correspondence
1958-1983
John Stokes
71
1958-1962
John Stokes
71
1963-1965
John Stokes
71
1965-1968
John Stokes
71
1973
John Stokes
71
1980
John Stokes
72
1980
John Stokes
72
1980-1981
John Stokes
72
1981
John Stokes
72
1981
John Stokes
72
1981
John Stokes
73
1981
John Stokes
73
1982
John Stokes
73
1982-1983
John Stokes
73
1983
Benedictine sisters
74
circa 1961
Alfred Boeddeker
74
circa 1973
Catholic Union of the Sick in America (CUSA)
74
circa 1972
Brother Sean MacNamara
74
circa 1971-1982
Brother Sean MacNamara
74
circa 1980-1982
Madonna House Apostolate
74
1966-1982
Merrill Maynard
74
circa 1967-1971
Father Fred Nelson
75
1977-1982
"Turista" Hungarian correspondence
75
circa 1966
Woods Hole
75
1981-1982
Correspondence
75
circa 1960-circa 1975
Correspondence and ephemera
75
circa 1961-1983
Garden of Memories records
1962-1982
Catalogs and brochures
76
1962-1965
Press releases and newsletters
76
circa 1965-1982
Exhibits
76
1962-1964
Organizations, projects, and ephemera
circa 1962-1982
American Rose Society
76
circa 1960-circa 1962
American Rose Society article drafts
76
circa 1962
Herb Society of America
76
circa 1962-1969
Herb Society of America
76
circa 1964-circa 1971
Herb Society of America
77
circa 1972-circa 1976
Idaho Council of Catholic Women
77
circa 1964-circa 1975
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
77
circa 1960
St. Leo Bulletin
77
circa 1960-circa 1967
Catholic catalogs and ephemera
77
circa 1965
Catholic / gardening articles
78
circa 1963-circa 1980
Catholic / gardening ephemera
78
circa 1963-circa 1980
Dish gardens scrapbook
78
circa 1975
Dish gardens photographs and ephemera
78
circa 1965
"Floral Symbolism and the Mary Garden" article
78
circa 1965
Herb research and ephemera
79
circa 1962-1982
Idaho songs and music
79
circa 1963
Madonna House Booklist
79
circa 1979
Regina Laudis, O.S.B. / Bethlehem, Connecticut
79
circa 1963
Symbolic plant names
79
circa 1960
Unicorn tapestries
79
circa 1981
Mary's Gardens movement
circa 1952-circa 1983
Mary Gardens for the blind
79
circa 1952-circa 1963
Mary's Gardens testimonials
80
1951-1954
Mary's Gardens scrapbook
80
1962-1960
Mary's Gardens scrapbook
80
1962-1965
Mary's Gardens scrapbook
80
circa 1962-1966
Marian scrapbook
80
circa 1966
Hilltop Mary Garden
80
circa 1970
St. Mary's Anglican church garden
80
circa 1967
Mary's Gardens information packets
80
circa 1981
Mary's Gardens promotional packets
80
circa 1975
Photographs and slides
circa 1960-circa 1980
Photographs and slides
81
circa 1960-circa 1980
Photographs and slides
81
circa 1960-circa 1980
Photographs and slides
81
circa 1960-circa 1980
Photographs and slides
81
circa 1960-circa 1980
Photographs, slides, and artifacts
circa 1952-circa 2000
Photographs
circa 1952-circa 1982
Stokes portraits in Mary's Gardens
82
1982
Garden of Memories
82
circa 1963
Dish gardens
82
circa 1963
St. Joseph statue
82
circa 1958-circa 1982
Seat of Wisdom statue
82
circa 1960
Madonna and Child statue
82
circa 1958-circa 1982
Garden of Paradise of Our Lady statue
82
circa 1960-circa 1982
Mary's Gardens and statues
83
circa 1960
Mary's Gardens and statues
83
circa 1960
Mary's Gardens and various
83
circa 1952-circa 1981
Mary's Gardens and various
84
circa 1963-circa 1995
Marian statues and shrines
84
circa 1955-circa 1982
Gardens, Catholic events, other
84
1981
Flowers, Mary gardens, other
84
circa 1952-1963
Negatives
85
1950-1958
Negatives
85
circa 1955
Slides
circa 1952-circa 1990
Mary's Gardens and exhibits
86
1959-1969
Philadelphia flower show
87
1968
Mary calendar
87
circa 1952
Slide lecture
87
circa 1960
Flowers
87
circa 1990
Mary's Gardens for the blind
88
circa 1980
Slide lecture
88
circa 1960
Flowers of Our Lady
88
circa 1980
Various
88
circa 1970-circa 1990
Woods Hole
89
circa 1952-circa 1980
Angelus tower and Garden of Our Lady
89
circa 1963-circa 1986
Our Mother of Consolation garden and dedication
90
circa 1983
Chestnut Hill garden
90
circa 1964-circa 1990
Bermuda
90
1964
St. Huberts High School
90
circa 1970
Ravenhill Academy
90
circa 1965
Catholic art and floral symbolism
91
circa 1988
Bonnie Roberson's Mary Garden
92
circa 1962-1965
Flower Species #2
92
circa 1967-1976
Flower Species #2
93
circa 1967-1976
Slides for Lecture #1
94
circa 1960
Various
94
circa 1960-circa 1990
Dish gardens
95
circa 1965
Mary statues
95
circa 1965
Mary's Gardens flowers
96
1952
Artifacts
1938-1965
Mary's Gardens printing plates
97
circa 1965
Exchange Club of Detroit medal
97
1938
Audiovisual materials
1954-2007
5" tape reels
98
1954-1964
5" tape reels
99
1964-1965
5" tape reels
100
1965
5" tape reels
101
1965-1966
5" tape reels
102
1967-1982
CD, DVD, and floppy discs
103
1999-2007
7" tape reels
105
1954-1965
Cassette tapes
105
1980-1998