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Cage, John. John Cage mycology collection, 1900-1991.

Title: John Cage mycology collection, 1900-1991.

Includes correspondence, journals, newsletters, pamphlets, ephemera and realia related to mushrooms.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52453780 View

Kennell, Austin, 1918-. Papers of Austin Kennell, 1952-1993 (bulk 1967-1973).

Title: Papers of Austin Kennell, 1952-1993 (bulk 1967-1973).

The papers contain personal and society correspondence, topical files, committee files, memoranda, minutes, activities files and membership lists pertaining to his rhododendron interests and involvement as Director, President, and Vice-President of the American Rhododendron Society and President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the Society. Personal correspondence files contain letters from both private rhododendron growers and nurseries. Organizational files consists chiefly of minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of the national society, correspondence with the executive secretary, Paula Cash, and other officers, and papers of various national committees. Middle Atlantic Chapter files include correspondence with members and minutes for meetings of the chapter and its Board of Directors. Topics of interest in the various files include a study of the Dexter rhododendron, articles in the Journal of the Society, and the pollen bank and seed exchange run by the Society. The papers also contain indexes to the Journal of the American Rhododendron Society, newsletters of the Middle Atlantic chapter, and brochures and other material from national conventions.

ArchivalResource: 7,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32671803 View

Clark, Roy, 1933-. Papers of Roy Clark [manuscript], 1935-1949.

Title: Papers of Roy Clark [manuscript], 1935-1949.

Papers of Clark contain correspondence, plant and seed catalogs, price lists and plant orders. Correspondents are nurseries and growers in the United States and abroad, including Sir George Campbell, Fred Galle, G. Ghose & Co., Goldsworth Old Nursery, Green Pastures Gardens, Hillier & Sons, Homestead Nurseries, Herbert G. Ihrig, Kiyono Nurseries, Knap Hill Nursery, Layritz Nurseries, Lem's Nursery, Lindo Nursery, "Longview," Peter Milan of Toichi Domoto Nursery, Guy G. Nearing, R. Gill & Son, R. Wallace & Company, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Royal Horticultural Society, Semmes Nurseries (formerly Kiyono Nurseries), State Flower Nursery, the United States Dept. of Agriculture, the National Park Service, W. Parker and Sons Nursery, and Wight Nurseries. Of interest is a letter, 1942 February 9, from Semmes Nurseries of Crichton, Ala., successor to Kiyono Nurseries, explaining that the operators are loyal Americans and that no income or profits from the business will benefit enemy aliens. Other topics discussed briefly include the difficulty of obtaining and shipping plants during World War II, and plant quarantines.

ArchivalResource: 200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833003 View