This week is Preservation Week! A time to celebrate and bring awareness to the work that libraries, archives, and museums to do preserve the billions of objects held in repositories across the U.S. To celebrate Preservation Week, we thought we’d highlight some of the special objects held in the collections at Bok Tower Gardens. And you can bring home some of the special items from our collections with a new free download – printable Bookmarks!
The following items are some favorites from Bok Tower Gardens’ staff, volunteers, and friends-
Geert, carillonneur
Key for the Brass Door of the Singing Tower, created by Samuel Yellin (above)
David, president of Bok Tower Gardens
Letter from Helen Keller to Mary Louise Curtis Bok
Bonnie, volunteer
Wrought iron lamps created by Samuel Yellin
Tricia, director of education
Footage of President Calvin Coolidge speaking at the Dedication
Rice Krispies box with Snap, Crackle, and Pop visiting the Singing Tower as well as other souvenirs
Alex, former carillon fellow
Steinway piano at Pinewood Estate
Nancy March, member
Historic photographs and weekly reports
Call buttons and the kitchen sink at its stopper at Pinewood Estate
Melissa, director of development
The Ladies’ Home Journal Collection
Caryn, Pinewood Estate coordinator
Photographs and scrapbooks from the Buck family
LuAnn, friend of the Gardens
Key for the Brass Door of the Singing Tower, created by Samuel Yellin (above)
Tile floor of the Founder’s Room
Patrick, plant records manager
Original blueprints of the Gardens and associated correspondence
Joy, friend of the Gardens
Old signage from around the Gardens
Jaime, library & archival collections manager
Burrell Collection, materials from the builder, Horace H. Burrell
Mr. Bok’s scrapbook collection and the Müller scrapbook
Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (Order of the Netherlands Lion) medal, on loan from the Chancery of the Netherlands Orders of Knighthood
Leave a comment below and tell us some of your favorite items!