Mary Elizabeth Sharpe papers Sharpe (Mary Elizabeth) papers 1914-1985

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Mary Elizabeth Sharpe papers Sharpe (Mary Elizabeth) papers 1914-1985

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Mary Elizabeth Sharpe (1884-1985) was a successful businesswoman (owner of a successful tea shop and candy room in New York City) when she married her husband Henry Sharpe in 1920. Mrs. Sharpe was a philanthropist with many interests but was best known for her efforts to beautify Brown University and the city of Providence, RI. A self-taught landscape architect, Sharpe established an annual tree fund and lead the fundraising efforts to create India Point Park, a Providence waterfront recreation area. This collection contains her personal files, blueprints, correspondence, day books, calendars, clippings, recipes, scrapbooks, records relating to landscaping and other community projects, gardening information, blueprints, and photographs.

22 linear feet (22 record center boxes)

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Brown University Library, Special Collections

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