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Gilchrist's Flowers, (Guelph, Ont.) (78)

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George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana (40)

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The George Washington Flowers Collection of Southern Americana (sometimes referred to as the George Washington Flowers Memorial Collection) honors George Washington Flowers, a trustee of Trinity College (Durham, N.C.) from 1897-1918. Some of his children graduated from Trinity College, including Robert Lee Flowers, President of Duke University from 1941-1948. The collection was established and endowed by his children for the purpose of collecting materials concerning the history and literatur...

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Flowers, J. S. (10)

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Flowers, Ruth Cave, 1903-.... (9)

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Flowers, Robert Lee, 1870-1951 (11)

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Robert Lee Flowers (1870-1951) spent his entire professional career at Duke University. From 1891 to 1951, Flowers served in a variety of capacities, including professor (1891-1924), vice president of the business division (1925-1941), president (1941-1948), and chancellor (1948-1951) of Duke University. Robert Lee Flowers was born at York Collegiate Institute, Alexander County, North Carolina, on November 6, 1870, the son of George Washington and Sarah Hayn...

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Flowers, John (3)

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Flowers, Verla (3)

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Although she had numerous accomplishments of her own, pioneering Seattle dance teacher, choreographer and dancer, Verla Flowers (1913-2002), is best remembered through her association with her most famous student, Mark Morris. Flowers, who grew up in Seattle's North End and attended the West Woodland School and Ballard High School, first learned dancing from her mother, Augusta (who later would be a social dancing instructor at the Cornish School). Her dance training...

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Flowers, Martha (3)

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Martha Flowers (1926-2022) was a singer, performer, and the first Black faculty member in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was known for her role as Bess in the production of Porgy and Bess which toured internationally in the 1950s and whose cast also included Maya Angelou, with whom Flowers developed a lifelong friendship. Flowers performed around the world prior to joining the faculty at UNC in 1973 and settling in Chapel Hll, NC, and she remai...

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Flowers, Walter E., -1952 (4)

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Walters Flowers came to Spokane in 1902. He attended Whitworth College and later taught botany there. He was an honorary curator at the Eastern Washington State Historical Society several years before his death in 1952. Walter E. Flowers was born in Nebraska, came to Spokane in 1902 and held a long term position as a Botany professor at Whitworth College. He was also an honorary curator for the Grace Campbell Memorial Museum (predecessor to E.W.S.H.S.) and donated collec...

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Battle of Flowers Association (San Antonio, Tex.) (6)

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The first Battle of Flowers parade took place in San Antonio on April 24, 1891 to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Based on a tradition from Spain, participants threw flowers from horse-drawn carriages in a mock battle. Currently, the parade is produced by the Battle of Flowers Association, a non-profit women's organization based in San Antonio, Texas. Chartered in 1914, the Battle of Flowers Association had its origins in an 1891 pa...

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