Archives Accession # 2

4.0.0.M55 People in Pacific Northwest horticulture: Elisabeth C. Miller

Date statement: Dates of articles in box: 1961-2014
Summary:

 2 file boxes containing over 25 articles and journals containing articles by and about Elisabeth C. Miller and a folder with more articles by and about Elisabeth C. Miller, and two envelopes containing photographs. 
Several obituary notices and remembrances. Clipping file in Box 2 begins with 1985.
2014 compilation of articles gathered by Martha Ferguson and bound in clear-front folder.

Description:

 9/7/2014, "A Force for Nature," Seattle Times. 2 copies.
9/18/2005, "The Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden," downloaded from garden website.
3/13/1996, Letters responding to "A gardener's garden" (2/28), Seattle Weekly.
2/28/1996, "A Gardener's Garden," Seattle Weekly, 9 pp.  2 copies.  
4/1995, "native garden," Washington, 6 pp., photocopy.
Autumn 1994, "Remembering Betty Miller," Garden Notes, 5 pp.  6 copies of the issue plus a printed copy of the article.
   3/21/1994, "Elisabeth Miller, 79; founded Washington Roadside Council," Seattle Times obituary.  3 copies.
   3/19/1994, "Horticulturist Elisabeth Miller dies," P-I.  2 copies.
   3/18/1994, Memo to staff from Clement Hamilton stapled with memorial service program 3/21.  Second copy of program.
Spring 1994, "Elisabeth Carey Miller -  In Memoriam," Newsletter of the Garden Conservancy, p. 6.
1/1994, "Mrs. Pendleton Miller Honored by the Chinese Garden Society," Seattle Chinese Garden Society Newsletter. 2 copies.
1/13/1994, "The lady and the bloomin' freeway," P-I, newsclip plus photocopy.
  1/15/1994, CH speech at Seattle Chinese Garden dinner honoring Betty Miller," by Clement Hamilton, 3 pp. typescript.  2 copies
Winter 1994, "Planting a Library: An Interview with Elisabeth C. Miller," Garden Notes (NHS). [3 copies.]
10/1993, "A Northwest fount of garden knowledge," Sunset.
Summer 1993, "The Elisabeth C. Miller Horticultural Library," WPA Bulletin.
Nov 1990 "Betty Miller Endows Chair, Gives Library Addition" The Campaign UW (photocopy).
10/1990, "Getting Charged Up in Seattle," American Horticulturalist.
6/8/1990 listed as registration of Ilex x meserveae 'Pendleton Miller,' clipping with short article, [No source.]
5/1990, "Local Horticulture Award (Individual), American Horticulturalist. [2 copies.]
4/1990, "Betty Miller's Soundside Medley," American Horticulturist, pp. 22-25.  2 copies of magazine plus photocopy.
Fall 1989, "Unusual Chinese ornamentals in the Pendleton Miller Garden," WPA Bulletin.
January 1988 "1988 AHS Awards Announced" (photocopy) from American Horticulturist.
1985 or later, resume of ECM current and former Governing Boards, Committees, her Honors and Awards, Publications, Significant Public Projects, Lectures, Horticultural Judging, Garden Tours, Other Memberships, 8 pp. typed.
Fall 1984, "Achievements to Date!," by Elisabeth C. Miller, Horticulture Northwest, pp. 65-70.
Fall 1984, "What Is a Species? What is a Hybrid?; Final Chapter," by ECM, The Atlanta Botanical Garden.  Issue plus copy.
Summer 1984, "What is a Species? What is a Hybrid; Part 2," by ECM, The Atlanta Botanical Garden.  Issue plus copy.
Spring 1984, paragraph on ECM advice to hesitate digging up plants, Horticulture Northwest, p. 4.
1984, "The Garden of Elisabeth C. Miller," pp. 127-31 in "The American Woman's Garden" by Rosemary Verey and Ellen Samuels, photocopy.
Fall 1982, "Horticultural Research in China," by Betty Carey Miller, Horticulture Northwest,  pp. 51-2. 2 copies of issue, 1 photocopy.
Spring 1982, "There Is Always A Garden," Puget Soundings, 3 pp. 2 copies.
Summer 1981, "1981 Medal Winners," Garden Club of America Bulletin, list and photo, pp. 68-9.
10/1979, "Seattle's Freeway Park," American Forests, 4 pp. Complete issue plus photocopy.
Spring 1979, "Investment in Environmental Horticulture Provides Plant Survival and Low Maintenance," by ECM, WPA Bulletin.
Winter 1978, "Challenge to Maintain the Green Scene," by ECM, WPA Bulletin.
6/2-4/1976, "Treasure our Earth Horticultural Festival," trifold. ECM chair of steering committee.
July 1975, "Award winning horticulturalists," excerpt paragraph and photo.
Summer 1974, "Why Green Turns Brown," by ECM, American Horticulturalist, p. 4-13.
9/1973, "The Pacific Northwest Tour," by John M. Fogg, Jr., Newsletter of the Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation.  Includes visit to ECM garden, pp. 4-5. Issue plus excerpt.
1972, "Ornamental Plants Hardy in the Northwest," 76 pp. softbound book.
1972, "Complete Book of Garden Ornaments . . . ," by Daniel Foley, page on "Saint Fiacre, The Gardeners' Patron" photocopy.
1/1970, "Horticulture at the XI International Botanical Congress," Newsletter of the Arboretum of the Barnes Foundation.  Miller Garden mentioned p.3. Issue plus copy.
1970, "Proceedings, XI International Botanical Congress," 334 pp. book.  EDM chair of Citizens' Committee, photo, p. 6.
1969, "Subcommittees of Host Committee," International Botanical Congress Proceedings, p. 6.  List and photo.
1967-68, "Zone IX Horticultural Report," Garden Club of America Horticultural Committee Annual Report, pp. 38-39. 2 copies.
July 1967, "Seattle Garden Club, Washington," Garden Club of America Bulletin, p. 194.
1966-67, Garden Club of America Horticultural Committee Annual Report, lists ECM as vice chair.
11/1966, "Horticulturally Speaking: Part II," by ECM, Bulletin of the Garden Club of America, pp. 21-24. Complete issue plus photocopy.
Spring 1966, "Seattle Plant Science Exhibit," by ECM, WPA Bulletin.
5/1965, "Garden paths shouldn't be straight but they can be narrow,"  Sunset.  Photo only.
3/1965, "Non-Slip Cedar Rounds," by ECM, Bulletin of Garden Club of America, p. 16.  2 copies.
12/1963, "You can have your tree and keep it too," Sunset.
9/1963, "Sunset's Garden Guide," photo of Millers, p. 170.  2 copies.
Spring 1961, "Ground Cover Color," by ECM, WPA Bulletin.
n.d., "Environmentally Tolerant Trees, Shrubs and Ground Covers," Rev. Ed., booklet,27 pp. ECM co-chair of American Horticultural Society Environmental Horticulture Committee, booklet publisher.
n.d., one page summary of ECM connection to Miller Library, and NHS establishment of Endowment Fund for the library. [No source.]

Folder labelled "M. history from Dan," including photos, ink drawing marked "Jack Whitefish," and 11/20/1987 letter from Morton Arboretum Curator of Rare Books Ian MacPhail [2 copies].

Report cover with photocopies of multiple articles about or by ECM.
Envelope marked "Library Photos" with photos of ECM and contact prints.
Envelope marked "Photos of Betty Miller," 6/1989 and 4/1990 plus 2 undated.

Accession date: 2011-12-20 Last updated: 2023-04-26 11:48:23
Subjects: Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden, Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle Garden Club

Names	Role	Function
Miller, Elisabeth C., 1914-1994		Source

Location	Note
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