Peters Hill Conservation Project.

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Peters Hill Conservation Project.

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The Peters Hill Conservation Project consists of IMS grant information, including the application, award notice, and performance reports, along with information regarding the hiring of David Giblin and his subsequent accession lists and assessments of Peters Hill specimens. Project participants consisted of Robert E.Cook, Director, and the Living Collections Committee,which included Peter Del Tredici, S. A. Spongberg, Susan Kelley, J. P. Willoughby, Jennifer Quigley, and David Giblin.

ca. .5 linear ft.

Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum, Horticultural Library, Jamacia Plain

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Arnold Arboretum

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The planning for the Arnold Arboretum Centennial celebration began in 1967 when Dr. Richard A. Howard, Arboretum Director from 1954-1978, appointed committees of supporters and visiting-committee members to raise funds for the upcoming event. The week-long celebration (May 21-28, 1972) opened with a banquet in a downtown Boston hotel that featured an address by William T. Stearn, famous taxonomist and botanist from the British Museum of Natural History. Events included a daylong symposium on "Po...

Arnold Arboretum. Living Collections Dept.

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The Living Collections Dept. laid the foundation for the Peters Hill renovation project in May 1994 with the publication of: Peters Hill renovation plan. The renovation work began in fall 1997 with the removal of the blacktop road leading to the summit, and in spring 1998 the work was completed with grading and plantings. In June 1998 a dedication ceremony marked the completion of the project. From the description of Record of the Peters Hill renovation, 1994-1999. (Harvard Universit...