Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania Historic Image Collection Bulk, 1885-1950 1885-2000
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University of Pennsylvania. Morris Arboretum.
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The Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania is the official Arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was formerly owned by Quaker siblings John Thompson Morris (1847-1915) and Lydia Thompson Morris (1849-1932), who acquired the area through the purchase of two large estates and surrounding lands--Compton in 1887 and Bloomfield in 1913. When Lydia died in 1932, she left the gardens to the University of Pennsylvania as t...
Wherry, Edgar Theodore, 1885-
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"Edgar Theodore Wherry was born on September 10, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Friends Central School in 1902, he received a scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry in 1906 and a Ph.D. in Geology-Mineralogy in 1909. "He taught for five years as an assistant professor in the Geological Department of Lehigh University. In 1913, he became the assistant curator of mineralogy at the U.S. ...
Morris, John Thompson, 1847-1915
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John T. Morris was a member of the class of 1867 of Haverford College, though he entered in 1863 and left at the close of his sophomore year. He held various positions, including as president of I.P. Morris Co. He donated the infirmary to Haverford College, which was named the Morris Infirmary. From the description of ALsS, 1911, Philadelphia, PA [manuscript] / John T. Morris. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 427641101 ...
Fogg, John M. (John Milton), 1898-1982
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Dr. John Milton Fogg, Jr., was a botanist, University of Pennsylvania professor, Dean, and Vice Provost, director of the Morris Arboretum, instructor at the Arboretum School of the Barnes Foundation, and director of the Barnes Foundation Arboretum. From the description of John Milton Fogg Papers, 1931-1982. (The Barnes Foundation). WorldCat record id: 704650574 ...
Harshberger, John W. (John William), 1869-1929
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Botanist, naturalist, educator and author; B.S. and Ph.D., U. of Pennsylvania, (1892 and 1893); faculty, botany and biology, U. of Pennsylvania (1889-1929); officer and director of numerous professional societies; author of works on plant geography of North America; noted for research on various determining factors of plant distribution in North America. From the description of Papers, 1894-1929. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122492365 Philadelphia-born b...
Morris, Lydia Thompson, 1849-1932
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"The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania began in 1887 as 'Compton,' the summer home of Quaker siblings John and Lydia Morris. [Eventually, with the purchase of Bloomfield Farm in 1913, the property encompassed more than 166 acres.] The I.P. Morris Company, an iron-manufacturing firm founded by their father and later run by John Morris, was a source of family wealth. "The land the Morrises purchased in Chestnut Hill was barren, with poor soil that drained ...
