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McDonald, Kenneth. Thomas Fortune Collection.

Title: Thomas Fortune Collection. 1863- 1954.

Includes marriage certificate (1983), land grant (1872) and abstract of title (1883), mortgages, promissory note (1887), various receipts, contract for mail delivery (1919), high school entrance exam report for David Fortune (1893), offer to sell Kenneth McDonald farm to Thomas Fortune (1882), 2 cash books (1884-1908), etc.

ArchivalResource: 2 files.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/629758882 View

American Rhododendron Society. Papers of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society [manuscript], 1931-1981.

Title: Papers of the Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society [manuscript], 1931-1981.

Papers contain correspondence, by-laws, financial record books, minutes of the national Board of Directors' meetings, records of the Awards and Publications committees, and membership lists. Middle Atlantic chapter papers contain the records of the Secretary Treasurer, membership lists and correspondence. Topics include a controversy over the transfer of Research and Education Funds to the Research Foundation Account, the 1961 International Rhododendron Conference, national conventions especially 1980, the 1970 Pacific conference, the pollen bank, and the rhododendron rating project to classify varieties by height, hardiness, etc. Also the species glossary, the seed exchange program, the establishment of the Oregon test garden, the formation of the Middle Atlantic chapter, gold medal nominations for outstanding contributors to the society, a commemorative stamp, and the maintenance of rhododendron habitats in the Great Smokies. Correspondents include Dr. J. Harold Clarke, Edward B. Dunn, Fred C. Galle, Ruth Hansen, August Kehr, David Goheen Leach, Alfred S. Martin, Dr. Carl H. Phetteplace, George W. Ring, III, and Dr. Robert L. Ticknor.

ArchivalResource: 2800 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647820435 View

Le-Mac Nurseries. Papers of the Le-Mac nurseries 1934-1961.

Title: Papers of the Le-Mac nurseries 1934-1961.

Papers contain correspondence of nursery owners Kenneth and Sandra McDonald together with printed material on the azalea flower spot disease. Correspondents include Bellingrath Gardens, Sam Ensweller, Joseph B. Gable, Fred Lee, B.Y. Morrison, Tony Shammarello, and Neil W. Stuart.

ArchivalResource: 100 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48912025 View

Jones Studio (Boulder, Colo.),. Kenneth and Katherine McDonald portrait.

Title: Kenneth and Katherine McDonald portrait. 1904-1930.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427413713 View

McDonald, Kenneth. Papers, 1870-1899.

Title: Papers, 1870-1899.

Collection consists of papers pertaining to McDonald's tenure at the Black River Chapel in N.C.: documentation of his appointment and duties, letters concerning his death, and four sermons.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36097089 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