Dorothy Thomas Hardie papers

Collection

Identifier: LaRC-1092

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of personal, professional, and family papers of Dorothy Thomas Hardie of New Orleans, La. Included are handwritten correspondence, post cards, greeting cards, telegrams, photographs, negatives and slides, diplomas, certificates, architectural plans, landscape design client lists, ledgers, a drawing, a scrapbook with handwritten notes and pressed flowers, invitations and other items of social ephemera including New Orleans Carnival ephemera, articles and other printed items.

Dates

1848-1987

Creator

Hardie, Dorothy Thomas, 1910-1988 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Access is unrestricted.

Conditions Governing Use

Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.

Biographical / Historical

Dorothy Thomas Hardie (1910-1988) was a landscape architect and garden consultant in New Orleans. Originally named Dorothy May Thomas, she first married Reuben Carnal Penick (1906-1942) and later married Walter Stauffer Hardie (1907-1987). Her nickname was Baby. Travel photographs and post cards in the collection often feature gardens.