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1.4.08. Elisabeth C. Miller Library in the news

Date statement: : 1983-2019
Summary:

 1 file box containing articles from various publications about the Elisabeth C. Miller Library
Description:
 Folder labelled 2001-present:
   2/27/2022, "How to (nonviolently!) deter the murder of crows digging up your lawn," Seattle Times, 2 pp. 
   3/2019, "Elisabeth C. Miller Library," p. 14 in The Botanical Artist, entire issue.
   3-4/2018, "2018 AHS Book Award Winners," American Gardener.
   7/2017, "Your Checklist/Go," Sunset, entire issue.
   Winter 2016, "Betty and the Books and Us," Garden Notes.
   Fall 2015, "A Brief History of the Elisabeth C. Miller Library," Garden Notes (2 copies).
   9/18/2015, "This Seattle Artist Wants to Share Her Slime Mold Revelation," printed copy of KPLU radio interview, 6 pp.
   Spring 2015, "Too Many Books," Garden Notes.
   8/14/2013, "Take a Break," UW Resource.
   Fall 2011, "A New Arboretum Collection is an Open Door to Our History," WPA Bulletin.
   11/7/2010, "Unique horticultural library has deep roots," Seattle Times.
   11/4/2010, "Miller Library 25th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday," Laurelhurst Blog.
   Fall 2010, "Flawless in Seattle/Plant Librarians' Meeting," Garden Notes.
   3/22/2009, "A Garden For All: Questions answered," West Seattle Herald, 2 pp. (download).1
   1/9/2008, "Miller Library," Northwest Horticultural Society (download).
   3/17/2007, "Here are three ways to shop in a more relaxed atmosphere," P-I.
   Spring/2007, "Cascadia in the Miller Library," WPA Bulletin.
   Summer/2006, "Powerful New Finding Tool for Miller Library Visitors," WPA Bulletin.
   2/12/2006, "Think Spring/Library Innovation," Seattle Times.
   12/21/2005, "Here's some help for finding plants," Seattle Times.
   12/2005, "Most Unusual Non-Seattle Public Libraries Library," Seattle magazine (3 copies).
   8/2005, "Rethinking Community Libraries in the 21st Century," CBHL Newsletter (2 copies).
      Summer 2005, "A New Community Library," WPA Bulletin (2 copies).
   6/1/2005, "Consider these books helpful garden tools," Seattle Times.
   5/25-31/2005, "Garden Wisely/Study Up," Seattle Weekly.
   5/19/2005, "Horticulture library marks 20th anniversary May 22," University Week (2 copies).
   5/17/2005, "UW horticulture library turns 20, offers public glimpse of 'treasures,'" uwnews.org.
   5/11/2005, "Garden Tools/Bulbs can brighten garden all summer," Seattle Times.
   5/4/2005, "Garden Tools/Some flowery cuttings need special treatment," Seattle Times.
   4/27/2005, "Garden Tools/Focusing on foliage for color and texture," Seattle Times.
   4/13/2005, "Garden Tools/Save rainwater for a sunny day," Seattle Times.
   4/6/2005, "Garden Tools/It's time to get starters for summer strawberries," Seattle Times.
   3/16/2005, "Garden Tools/Killing weeds without getting dirty or toxic," Seattle Times.
   3/9/2005, "Garden Tools/Pickings are plentiful at Spring Fruit Show," Seattle Times.
   3/2/2005, "Garden Tools/Native-plant resources to help with dry season," Seattle Times.
   Spring 2005, "An Informal Social History of Horticultural Heroes & the Elisabeth C. Miller Horticultural Library," WPA Bulletin (2 copies).
   2/16/2005, "Garden Tools/Biological insecticide targets caterpillars," Seattle Times.
   2/2/2005, "Garden Tools/Warm days signal pests to hatch," Seattle Times.
  1/26/2005, "Garden Tools/Getting to know plant cultivars," Seattle Times.
   1/20/2005, "Horticultural library puts down even better roots in UW's rebuilt Merrill Hall," Seattle P-I, 2 photocopies plus download.
     1/9/2005, "Garden Tools/Download a free landscape program," Seattle Times.
   1/2/2005, "Garden Tools/Hot on trail of slug, snail management," Seattle Times.
   1/2/2005, "Horticulture library to reopen in rebuilt building," Seattle Times (3 copies).
   Winter 2005, "New Center for Urban Horticulture Library Opens," Natural Sciences Library Newsletter, p.3 of 4-page letter.
   12/29/2004, "Garden Tool/Making your garden hummingbird friendly," Seattle Times.
   12/22/2004, "Garden Tools/Forum activity blossoms in winter," Seattle Times.
   12/15/2004, "Garden Tools/Cost-conscious gardening," Seattle Times.
   12/08/2004, "Garden Tools/Protecting roses, pots, hoses against a deep freeze," Seattle Times.
   12/1/2004, "Garden Tools/ Finding the perfect fir," Seattle Times.
   11/24/2004, "Garden Tools/Pruning prose," Seattle Times.
   11/17/2004, "Garden Tools/A hardy bunch," Seattle Times.
   11/3/2004, "Garden Tools/Turns leaves into mulch," Seattle Times.
   Oct/Nov/Dec 2004, "NHS Auction a Grand Success," Pacific Horticulture, 2 copies.
   10/28/2004, "Virtual resources help your non-virtual garden," Ballad News-Tribune, 3 pp. download
   10/27/2004, "Garden Tools," Hands-on safety," Seattle Times.
   10/20/2004, "Garden Tools/12-month to-do list," Seattle Times.
   10-12/2004, "You May Like to Know . . .," Pacific Horticulture.
   9/29/2004, "Garden Tools/The right tree for me," Seattle Times.
   9/22/2004, "Garden Tools/Veggie quiz," Seattle Times.
   9/8/2004, "Garden Tools/Pests and plants," Seattle Times.
   9/1/2004, "Garden Tools/Conifer club," Seattle Times.
   8/18/2004, "Garden Tools/Fine vines," Seattle Times.
   8/4/2004, "Garden Tools/Night of 'Passions,'" Seattle Times.
   7/28/2004, "Garden Tools/How to keep harvest going," Seattle Times.
   6/30/2004, "Garden Tools/Basil symbolizes love - so give it a pinch," Seattle Times.
   6/23/2004, "Garden Tools/No will to till?/Tip, alternatives," Seattle Times.
   6/16/2004, "Garden Tools/Everything's coming up roses," Seattle Times.
   6/2/2004, "Garden Tools/Butterfly Weed," Seattle Times
   5/26/2004, "Garden Tools/Bite Into Blooms," Seattle Times.
   5/19/2004, "Garden Tools/Dare To Drip," Seattle Times.
   5/12/2004, "Garden Tools/Conservation Information," Seattle Times.
   Apr/May/June 2004, "Funds for Miller Library," Pacific Horticulture.
   4/23/2004, "Elisabeth C. Miller Horticultural Library," The Scout Report, vol. 10, no. 16, pp. 6-7, entire report plus email alert of the item and description of the Scout Report.
   4/21/2004,"Garden Tools/Sudden Oak Death," Seattle Times.
   4/14/2004, "Garden Tools/New on Antiques," Seattle Times.
   4/7/2004, "Garden Tools/How About Hosta?," Seattle Times.
   3/31/2004, "Garden Tools/Pesticide Concerns," Seattle Times.
   3/17/2004, "Garden Tools/Bio Trio," Seattle Times.
   3/10/2004, "Garden Tools/Bring in the Birds," Seattle Times.
   3/3/2004, "Garden Tools/Foliage facts," Seattle Times.
   2/18/2004, "Garden Tools/Be More Fruitful," Seattle Times.
   2/11/2004, "Garden Tools/Papers for Plans," Seattle Times.
   1/24/2004, "Garden Tools/Pruning Primers," Seattle Times.
   1/22/2004, "Merrill to take 'eco-friendly' structure," Daily, photocopy.
   1/4/2004, "Garden Tools/Seed Reading," Seattle Times.
   12/26/2003, "Garden Tools/Tool Time," Seattle Times.
   12/3/2003, "Garden Tools/Cut-Tree Care," Seattle Times.
   Winter 2003, "A Farewell from Valerie Easton," Garden Notes.
   11/19/2003, "Garden Tools/The Kindest Cut," Seattle Times.
   10/6/2003, "UW HORTICULTURE CENTER'S TRIAL BY FIRE," Seattle Times editorial, clipping.
   10/2/2003, "Seeds of renewal planted at bombed UW facility," P-I, clipping.
   10/1/2003, "UW to break ground today on new horticulture center," Seattle Times, download.  
   9/30/2003, "Center for Urban Horticulture begins rebuilding Merrill Hall," UW press release.
   9/17/2003, "Garden Tools/Bagged Bulbs," Seattle Times.
   9/3/2003, "Garden Tools/Seed and Feed," Seattle Times.
   8/27/2003, "Garden Tools/The Mysteries of Mulch," Seattle Times.
   7/9/2003, "You May Like to Know . . ./Miller Library Update," Pacific Horticulture.
   7/9/2003, "Garden Tools/It's Always Something," Seattle Times.
   6/11/2003, "Garden Tools/Healthy Critters," Seattle Times.
   5/25/2003, ""Horticulture left hanging" in "Clippings" by Valerie Easton," Seattle Times, clipping.
   4/16/2004, "Garden Tools/Party On," Seattle Times.
   4/13/2003, "Tours offer peek at region's best private gardens," Seattle Times.
   4/2/2003, "Garden Tools/Rhodie Aid," Seattle Times.
   3/26/2003, "Garden Tools/Sophisticated Notions," Seattle Times.
   3/12/2003, "Garden Tools/A Time to Prune," Seattle Times.
   3/5/2003, "Garden Tools/Check Your Calendar," Seattle Times.
   2/2003, "Readers' Letters/Lost gardens," Gardens Illustrated.
   1/22/2003, "Garden Tools/New Plants on the Block," Seattle Times.
   1/15/2003, "Garden Tools/Indoor Sport," Seattle Times.
   1/1/2003, "Garden Tools/Beginner Help," Seattle Times.
   12/2002, "Miller Library Staff and Volunteers," library document.
   10/25/2002, "Around the Sound: CUH project emphasizes security," P-I, photocopy with list of papers that carried the story.
   Fall 2002, "What's My Line?," WPA Bulletin.
   Fall 2002, "Staff Profile," Brian Thompson, College of Forest Resources Quarterly.
   9/29/2002, "The roots of reading: The Miller Library at the Center for Urban Horticulture," Seattle Times.
   9/2002, "Plant Answer Line for West Coast Gardeners," HortIdeas.
   8/7/2002, "Garden Tools/Salad Days," Seattle Times.
   Summer 2001, "Nature is visible, art concealed," WPA Bulletin.
   5/31/2002, "Time almost up for Merrill Hall fundraising," Daily, photocopy. 
   4/19/2001, "UW sets up answer line for plant information," P-I.
   2/01/2001, "UW Horticulture Center is reborn, finally," Seattle Times, clipping and download.
   2/01/2001, "UW to cover cost of replacing burned horticulture buildings," P-I.

Folder labelled 1983-2000

     Spring-Summer 2000, "Visit the Elisabeth C. Miller Library," WPA Bulletin.
    4/30/1998, "Spring Screening," Home and Garden. 2 copies.
    9-10/1997, "75 great American garden books," American Gardener, 8 pp.
    4/23/1997, "Decoding the Daisy," Seattle Weekly.
    Spring 1996, "Successful Fund-Raiser for Miller Library," NHS Garden Notes.
Autumn 1995, "Library Resources: Climbers," NHS Garden Notes.
10/1995, "Miller Library: a resource for area gardeners," Northwest Garden News.
    9/6/1995, "A gardener's library," Univ. Herald.
   Autumn 1995, "Library Celebrates Tenth Anniversary," Garden Notes.
    4/13/1995, "Spring gardeners raise questions about roses, drought-resistant plants," Univ. Weekly.
    Autumn 1994, "Remembering Betty Miller," Garden Notes.
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. 2 copies plus the entire issue.
   12/1993, "Regional Gardening Books and How They Grow," Library Journal by Laura Lipton.
   Summer 1993, "The Elisabeth C. Miller Library/A Library for Gardeners," WPA Bulletin.  2 copies.
7/1992, "Gardening with less water," King County Library System News.
11/10/1991 "Be kinder and gentler: Get rid of that harmful, polluting leaf blower." Seattle Times/Seattle PI
    10/1990, "Bone up on botany . . . or just plain gardening," Sunset. 2 copies.
     6/28/1990, "Around the Sound, Gardening Enthusiasts," P-I.
6/27/1990, "Garden resource library," Ballard News-Tribune.
     5/31/1990, "Gardeners with questions turn to library with answers," Univ. week.  3 copies.
    1/26/1989, "etc. Harvesting Answers," Univ. Week.
    Autumn 1987, Miller Library--A Resource for Interiorscapers,' InteriorHort.
1/1987, "Seattle horticultural library open to the public," Sunset.
   Winter 1986, Progress in the Elisabeth C. Miller Horticultural Library,"  Horticulture Northwest. Photocopy and typed  copy.
    Winter 1985, "New Horticultural Librarians," WPA Bulletin.
    Spring 1984, "Book Collections from the Washington Park Arboretum," WPA Bulletin, entire Bulletin issue.
    8/1993, "Univ. of Washington Horticultural Library," HortScience.
    5/21/1993,  "$488,000 gift will establish horticultural library at UW," Seattle Times.

Additional folder: Typed articles (mostly by Valerie Easton, one co-authored with Laura Lipton) as submitted to NHS Newsletter (December 1990, circa spring 1990, and March 1988), Volunteer Newsletter (April 1990), and Rose Petals (Feb 1987).
Accession date: 2012-01-31 Last updated: 2024-07-30 11:03:18
Subjects: Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Elisabeth C. Miller Library--history

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