RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

The Green Animals Collection (PSNCA.H.009)

The Preservation Society of Newport County

424 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-847-1000
museumaffairs@newportmansions.org

Scope & content

The Green Animals Collection is comprised of photographs, ephemera, correspondence, publications and writings in various formats. The objects date from 1870-1990, and formats include photographic prints, journals, paper correspondence, postcards and other forms of ephemeral objects. The photographs depict the exterior and the interior of the estate, in particular the well-known topiary gardens, over the course of its lifetime. Further, images of the Brayton and Marvell families, as well as their friends and guests of the estate, offer a glimpse of several generations enjoying Green Animals.

This collection has been mostly digitized and is available for viewing online at newportalri.org