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Tom Woodham visual arts materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS514

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, slides, stereographs, and postcards that provide details about Woodham's professional and personal interests in horticulture and garden history. These images depict garden landscapes and designs as well as photographs of well known garden designers and writers such as Ryan Gainey (1944-2016), Peter Coats (1910-1990), and Sir Geoffery Jellicoe (1900-1996). Of special note are slides from Woodham's various lectures, which include images of decorative garden design elements.

Dates

  • approximately 1900-2006, undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.

Biographical / Historical

James Thomas "Tom" Woodham (1943- ) was born in Bishopville, South Carolina, and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees studying horticulture at Clemson University in 1965 and 1968. Woodham served with the United States Marine Corps from 1969-1972 during the Vietnam War. After his military service, he moved to Atlanta and co-founded The Potted Plant, a garden design nursery, along with Ryan Gainey (1944-2016) and Eve Davis, with whom he partnered for 19 years. Woodham also worked as garden editor and senior editor for Veranda magazine for 16 years. During that time he cultivated numerous friendships with well-known gardeners and garden writers around the world such as Penelope Hobhouse, Sir Roy Strong, and Dr. Julia Trevelyan Oman. Woodham is a contributing author of Perennials: Towards a Continuous Bloom (1991) and lectures and writes on a variety of horticultural, gardening, and garden design topics. Woodham serves as a Lifetime Trustee for the Atlanta Botanical Garden and helped establish the annual Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour in 1984. He is a past member of the Cherokee Garden Library Board and served on the Library's Acquisistions Committee for many years. Woodham is married to his long-time partner, Wilson H. Ellis Jr. (1951- ).

Extent

184 item(s) (146 color slides, 18 postcards, 12 color photographic prints, five black and white photographic prints, two stereographs, and one black and white negative)

Language

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by titles supplied by staff.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 2013, with subsequent additions.

Related Materials

Tom Woodham papers, MSS 1198, Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center

Bias in Description

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Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2024.

Title
Tom Woodham visual arts materials
Author
Jennie Oldfield
Date
November 2024
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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