Conditions Governing Use:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Custodial History:

Found with Baird/Lusby gift of books.

Preferred Citation:

Ursula Fairfax Harrison Baird Gardening Notebook, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information:

Gift.

Biographical Information:

Ursula Harrison Baird is the daughter of Fairfax Harrison. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Gardening notebook of Ursula Fairfax Harrison Baird, wife of Charles L. Baird.  Notes are mostly a record of the names (often specific varieties), amount ordered, prices and vendors of the flowers and seeds ordered.  A few letters from gardening supply outlets are inserted in the notebook, along with loose handwritten notes by Ursula Baird.

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Gardening--History--20th century
• Gardening--Virginia
• Notebooks