{"id":348,"date":"2018-05-11T13:41:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T20:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wordpress\/?page_id=348"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:33:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T17:33:14","slug":"oral-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/hours-and-contacts\/history\/oral-history\/","title":{"rendered":"UWBG Oral History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oral History of Washington Park Arboretum, the Arboretum Foundation and the Center for Urban Horticulture<\/h3>\n

Find curated audio clips in the menu to the right.<\/h4>\n

\"Graham<\/p>\n

In 2010, a combined effort of many donors, led by John Wott, funded an oral history project, administered by the Miller Library. Carrie Bowman is supervising the project; Shelly Leavens was hired last November and spent the past ten months conducting research and interviewing people. People with long term associations with the Washington Park Arboretum, the Arboretum Foundation, and\/or the Center for Urban Horticulture were invited to participate. Carrie, with the help of many others, looked for narrators who fulfilled multiple roles within these organizations, as well as seeking narrators from outside them.<\/p>\n

The collection of interviews is an open door to our history. The intent of this phase of the project was to collect a variety of interviews, index them so that people can determine what was discussed, and organize them so that materials relevant to each interview are gathered in one place. Research materials, field notes, indexes, and narrator data sheets are all included with the interviews. This collection will remain in the Miller Library and will be available for public use. Read more about the project in an article by Carrie Bowman<\/a><\/strong> in the Fall 2011 issue of the Arboretum Bulletin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Narrators<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Dick
\nDick Brown<\/td>\n		\"Cyclamen
\nBarbara Carman (photo of her favorite flower)<\/td>\n		\"Dale
\nDale Cole<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Nancy
\nNancy Davidson Short<\/td>\n		\"Marion
\nMarion Docter<\/td>\n		\"Sylvia
\nSylvia Duryee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Paul
\nPaul Gibson<\/td>\n		\"Mrs
\nDonald Graham, Jr. (photo of hybrid Rhododendron ‘Mrs. Donald Graham’)<\/td>\n		\"Jean
\nJean Haigh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Barbara
\nBarbara Harris<\/td>\n		\"Donald
\nDonald Harris<\/td>\n		\"Grant
\nGrant Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Art
\nArt Kruckeberg<\/td>\n		\"Elizabeth
\nElizabeth Moses<\/td>\n		\"Lyn
\nLyn Sauter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Carol
\nCarol Simons<\/td>\n		\"Sheila
\nSheila Taft<\/td>\n		\"Harold
\nHarold and Tish Tukey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Jean
\nJean Witt<\/td>\n		\"John
\nJohn Wott<\/td>\n		Photo credits:
\n1. Barbara Carman – Cyclamen purpurascens from the CalPhotos Photo Database<\/a>, \u00a9 2004 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy 2. Donald Graham – Rhododendron ‘Mrs. Donald Graham’ (found in Rhododendron Portraits, D.M. van Gelderen and J.R.P. van Hoey Smith, 1992, Timber Press, p.231)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"Merrill<\/p>\n

This project would not have been possible without the
\ngenerous support of many people<\/strong>, including<\/p>\n

Arboretum Foundation
\nSteve and Peggy Garber
\nEmily Witt Kozie and Dan Kozie
\nElizabeth Ayrault Moses and Allen Moses
\nProf. and Mrs. H.B. Tukey
\nJohn A. Wott, Director Emeritus<\/p>\n

We extend sincere appreciation to all of you and also to
\nWendy Kelley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oral History of Washington Park Arboretum, the Arboretum Foundation and the Center for Urban Horticulture Find curated audio clips in the menu to the right. In 2010, a combined effort of many donors, led by John Wott, funded an oral history project, administered by the Miller Library. Carrie Bowman is supervising the project; Shelly Leavens was hired last November and spent the past ten months conducting research and interviewing people. People with long term associations with the Washington Park Arboretum,…<\/p>\n

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