Archives Accession # 1

4.0.0.M85 Brian Mulligan papers

Date statement: : 1933-2010
Summary:

 1 file box containing correspondence and articles by or about Brian Mulligan. Several obituary notices and remembrances.

Description:

 Spring 2010, "Brian O Mulligan and the Making of the Washington Park Arboretum,"
March/April 2006, "In Memoriam/ The Arboretum Foundation acknowledges the passing of Margaret Mulligan," GroundWork.
Spring 1996, "Brian O. Mulligan, 1907-1996," Douglasia. 2 copies.
March 1996, "A tribute to Brian Mulligan," The Garden. 2 copies.
3/1996, "Brian O. Mulligan," American Nurseryman.
3/1996, "Brian O. Mulligan," AABGA Newsletter.
2/1996, "Brian Mulligan's death on January 4 was not a surprise to those at the Arboretum who knew of his heart surgery last autumn," Ground Work
1/20/1996, "Creating a Pleasure Garden for All (remarks by John A. Wott, Director of Arboreta)," at BM service, typescript, 3 pp.
1/17/1996, condolence letter to John Wott from Roy F. Forster.
1/14/1996, "People and plants lost friend in Mulligan," P-I. 2 copies.
1/12/1996, "Former arboretum director dies," Daily. 2 copies.
1/11/1996, "Service set to remember arborist Mulligan," University Week.
1/11/1996, obituaries from Olympian and Longview, WA Daily News, copied on same page.
1/11/1996, "Retired head of arboretum dies at 88," Herald.
1/11/1996, "Former director of UW Arboretum Brian Mulligan, 88, dies in Seattle," Tacoma News Tribune
1/5/1996, "Brian O. Mulligan - Director of arboretum from 1946 to 1972," UW press release, 2 pp.
1/4/1996, "Brian Mulligan - Chronology," typed sheet. 2 copies.
1/1996, Plastic envelope with obituaries from P-I, Univ. Week, and Seattle Times.
7/23/1995, "A Collector's Garden," Seattle Times.
Spring 1994, "Who's in a Name?," WPA Bulletin, 5 pp.
1994, International Dendrology Society Yearbook lists BM as Honorary Life Member.
Spring 1993, "Heronswood Hurrah," inside back cover of Heronswood Nursery catalog. 
6/1992, "AABGA Announces Award Winners," AABGA Newsletter.
6/13/1990, "The Mulligan Sorbus Collection in the Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle," BM remarks at dedication, 2 pp. typed.
Winter 1989/1990, "Brian Mulligan's Collaboration with Jean and Joe Witt," WPA Bulletin.
Fall 1989, "The Consummate Plantsman: Brian O. Mulligan," WPA Bulletin.
Summer 1989, "The Mulligan Sorbus Collection," WPA Bulletin, by Arthur Kruckeberg, 3 pp.  2 copies
3/9/1989, Typed notes from  interview on Washington Park Arboretum Sorbus collection (apparently Art Kruckeberg interviewing Brian Mulligan).
Spring 1989, "Brian Mulligan's Legacy of Vines," WPA Bulletin.
Oct-Nov/1986, "Brian Mulligan and the Golden Age of the Arboretum," Puget Soundings, 5 pp.
Fall 1985, "Brian O. Mulligan," WPA Bulletin, 3 pp. 2 copies.
8/15/1981, "Guest Special Issue . . . By Brian O. Mulligan," The Avant Gardener,  8 pp.
Winter 1978, "Another Honor for Brian Mulligan," WPA Bulletin, 7 pp. 2 copies.
Winter 1978, "Growth of a Collector's Garden - Part II," WPA Bulletin, 7 pp.
Fall 1978, "Growth of a Collector's Garden," by BM, WPA Bulletin.
Spring 1978, photo of hardback and softback copies of "Woody Plants in the University of Washington Arboretum Washington Park," compiled by BM. Photo appeared in Spring 1978 WPA Bulletin.
1974, "The Pine Collection at the Washington Park Arboretum," by BM, International Dendrology Society Yearbook, 7 pp.  Reprint.
Summer 1972, "Brian O. Mulligan Retires," WPA Bulletin. 2 copies.
5/7-6/4/1968, "Trees for Landscaping in the Pacific Northwest," 55 pp. typed.
Fall 1969, "Director Mulligan Receives Honor,"  WPA Bulletin.
7/29/1968 note to Brian O. Mulligan and 2 brochures relating to The John F. Kennedy Park in County Wexford, Ireland.
5/7 to 6/4/1968, "Trees for Landscaping in the Pacific Northwest," by Joseph A. Witt and BM, paper for Factors in Environmental Planning in Western Washington conference, 55 typed pages.
5/3/1965, "Principle Arboreta in the United States" by Brian Mulligan, 3 typed pages. 
5/2/1965, "The Arboretum is Their Profession," Seattle Times.  Besides BM, includes Dirk Van Klaveren, Kamula Stevens, Pablo Abellera, and Romuald Okinczyc.
1/4/1965, "Descriptive List of Buxus plants" and letter from USDA, carbon copy.
1/3/1964, "Recommended Street Trees, City of Seattle & Puget Sound Area," by BM and J.A. Witt, typed list.
2/6/1963, letter to BM from Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
6/1957, "Some Impressions of the Western States of the U.S.A.," by E.H.M. Cox and P.A. Cox, 6 pp.  Reprint.
10/1953, "A Cistus Collection in Seattle," by BM, Journal of the California Horticultural Society, 10 pp.
2/27/1950, BM letter to Roland Koepf, Seattle Park Dept.
1949, "The Development of the University of Washington Arboretum, Seattle," Reprint from Proceedings of 25th National Shade Tree Conference, booklet.
5/27/1949, "The Development of the University of Washington Arboretum, Seattle," talk by BM at 16th Western Shade Tree Conference, Sacramento, CA. typescript, 9 pp. 2 copies.
11/16/1948, Letter, photo and park map from Ing. Alberto Ortega Rusquet, director of Vivero Forestal y Parque Zoologico Tropical, Havana, Cuba.
5/1948, "Amalanchier Cusickii Fernand," by BM, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 4 pp. Reprint.
10/1947, "Street Trees for Cities," 16 pp. booklet, with 1965 letter from BM and reply.
Spring /1947, "Meet Mr. Mulligan," WPA Bulletin, 3 pp.
1/10/1947, "Note on Entrance Lodge Near Madison Street Entrance To Arboretum," by BM. 1 p. typed.
12/18/1946, "Memorandum on subjects for discussion at meeting of the Arboretum Committee," 1 p. typed plus handwritten copy.
1/1946,"The National Pinetum, Bedgebury, Kent" reprint from Quarterly Journal of Forestry  with note: "B.O. Mulligan from Commander Gilliland to recall visit to Wisley June 2, 1946."  Reprinted 1977.
1943, "Catalog of Hardy Trees and Shrubs," 5 1/2" x 4" booklet, 127 pp. plus map of New York Botanical Garden.
11/1939, "Epigaea Hybrids," by BM, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 8 pp.  Reprint.
8/1933, photo of Thuja plicata near Gresham, OR.

1977, "Woody Plants in the University of Washington Arboretum Washington Park," compiled by BOM, spiral bound booklet 182 pp.

Accession date: 2011-12-20 Last updated: 2023-06-27 10:49:30
Subjects: Amelanchier cusickii, Epigaea hybrids, Pines, Washington Park Arboretum, Sorbus, Ash (tree)

Names	Role	Function
Mulligan, Brian O., Sr. , 1907-1996	Director (drt)	Subject
Okinczyc, Romuald		Subject
Abellara, Pablo		Subject
Stevens, Kamula		Subject
van Klaveren, R.		Subject

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