Lord & Schryver Conservancy collection on landscapes at Gaiety Hollow and Deepwood Estate, 2012

The collection consists of two reports and supporting materials, produced in 2012, that relate to landscape design at Gaiety Hollow and the Deepwood Estate in Salem, Oregon, two sites that are associated with Salem landscape architects Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver. The documents in this collection are computer files in PDF, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel formats, stored on two compact discs.

The first report, titled "Gaiety Hollow Cultural Landscape Report," was written by Laurie Matthews, Robert Melnick, Rachel Edmonds, and Christina Frank of the firm MIG, with assistance from the Lord & Schryver Conservancy. This report provides a site history of Gaiety Hollow, which was the Salem home and office of Lord and Schryver, as well as a discussion of site conditions at the time of the report, and an evaluation of the landscape. The report includes biographical information about Lord and Schryver, technical drawings, historic and contemporary photographs, and an assessment of the site's historical significance. Supporting documents include separate PDFs of two landscape plans included in the report.

The second report, titled "Historic Deepwood Estate: Preservation Project," was produced by the Lord & Schryver Conservancy. This report describes the rehabilitation of historic gardens at the Deepwood Estate, which were designed by Lord & Schryver. The report includes descriptions of each project, photographs, landscape plans, lists of plants installed during rehabilitation, historical and technical documentation, financial information, and a bibliography. Accompanying materials consist of a Word document with a correction to the report, and two spreadsheets, one organized by date and one by plant, that list the installation of historic plantings in the gardens from 1931-1959.