Stanford University Arboretum records, 1886-1994 (inclusive), 1886-1923 (bulk).

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Stanford University Arboretum records, 1886-1994 (inclusive), 1886-1923 (bulk).

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Daily journals kept by Thomas H. Douglas, 1889-1891, regarding weather, planting activities, and other work associated with campus landscaping; entry for April 29, 1891, mentions trees planted during visit of President Benjamin Harrison; list of trees and shrubs advised to be propagated at Palo Alto, signed by Frederick Law Olmsted, 1886; planting key for the Arboretum, 1923; and a report by Jones and Stokes Associates, "Biological assessment of the arboretum region of Stanford University for the Palm Drive reconstruction project, " 1994. Also includes several pressed leaves found in the 1889 journal.

.25 linear feet.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

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Jones & Stokes Associates

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Douglas, Thomas Williams

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