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: 2025-03-31 15:20:01
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
Stones, Margaret		Subject
Witt, Joseph A.		Creator
Steere, William C.		Creator
Mulligan, Brian O., Sr. , 1907-1996		Creator
Curtis, Winifred M.		Subject
de Malahide, Talbot	Creator (cre)	Subject

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