Records of the 1972 Arnold Arboretum Centennial, 1970-1973

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Records of the 1972 Arnold Arboretum Centennial, 1970-1973

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This collection contains records of the Arnold Arboretum celebration between 1970 and 1973. The records were solicited and assembled in 1973 by Sheila Connor, the Arnold Arboretum Research Archivist. Included are minutes of the Centennial Committee, correspondence relating to the planning of the Centennial Celebration, news clippings, and photographs.

4 linear ft. (17 boxes).

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...

Howard, Richard Arthur, 1879-1941

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Chvany, Peter J.

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Stearn, William T. (William Thomas), 1911-2001

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