Archives Accession # 48

1.1.18. Arboretum history: 1969/70 floral displays and exhibits

Date statement: : 1969-1970
Summary:

 1 file box containing 3 folders

Description:

 Folder on 1970 Flora of Tasmania exhibit:
1970, "Garden Center Bulletin" (Cleveland), including article on the exhibition when in Cleveland.
1969-70 letters about a traveling exhibition of watercolor paintings by Margaret Stones published in "The Endemic Flora of Tasmania."   
Subscription invitation to buy "The Endemic Flora of Tasmania, Part Two"; unfolded on the reverse is Stones's 1964 color print of Eucalyptus cordata.

Folder stamped "Arboretum Historical Collection" and labelled "Building Fund Proposal, circa 1970:"
Budget proposal for "Arboretum Floral Hall Complex." 41 pages.

Folder on 1969 Ericaceae Educational Exhibit (which was part of the XI International Botanical Congress of 1969):
"Woody Plants of the Ericaceae Family Grown in the Pacific Northwest," 14 pp. stapled booklet.
"Report: Ericaceae Educational Exhibit," 13 pp. booklet three-hole punched. Includes unlabeled photos, originally pasted but now loose.  Packaged in plastic bag labelled "Donations for the Lib." from Dorothy Brauss. Also in the bag: 10/8/1969 letter praising Rhododendron chrysanthemum from Radcliffe B. Pike and 10/11/1969 clipping "Heathers Easy To Grow Here," P-I.
"Ericaceae Exhibit Master List," 4 pp. mimeograph.
33 unlabeled color photos of exhibit, 3 1/2 x 5".
6 unlabeled black and white photos of exhibit, 5/x/7".
5 unlabeled black and white photos of exhibit, 8 x 10", 3 on board.
17 color slides in envelope, 1 labelled "Mr. H. H. Miller," 5 labelled "Brauss," 5 labelled "JWT."
3 negatives in strip, 1 x 1 1/2, in envelope, unlabeled.

Accession date: 2012-01-31 Last updated: 2025-12-27 09:52:48
Subjects: Ericaceae (Heath family), Washington Park Arboretum--infrastructure, Washington Park Arboretum--history, Washington Park Arboretum, University of Washington--University Libraries, Washington Park Arboretum--correspondence, Endemic Flora of Tasmania

Names	Role	Function
Friends of the University of Washington Arboretum, Inc..		Source
Witt, Joseph A., -1984		Creator
Steere, William C.		Creator
Mulligan, Brian O., Sr. , 1907-1996		Creator
Pierce, Isabel, 1902-1982		Subject
Pierce, Lawrence J., -2004 (104 years of age)		Subject
Paulsen, Rae		Subject
Olsen, Sue		Subject
O'Brube, Helen		Subject
Mulligan, Margaret		Subject
Miller, Elisabeth C. (Elisabeth Carey Miller), 1914-1994		Subject
Metheny, D.		Subject
Berg, Warren		Subject
Ballard, Nan		Subject
Allen, Sallie D.		Subject
Caperci, James		Subject
Caperci, Betty		Subject
Gardiner, Jeanne		Subject
Jezik, Laura		Subject
Kruckeberg, Mareen, 1925-2003		Subject
Brauss, Dorothy		Subject

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