Papers of Peter Shaw Ashton, 1978-1989.

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Papers of Peter Shaw Ashton, 1978-1989.

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The archival collection consists of administrative records and budgets, Mercer fellowships, grant proposals, special projects, staff meeting agendas and minutes, etc. These documents span the years from 1978-1989. Specific highlights include the verification project to update the Arboretum's living collection, the computerized mapping project, the Children's Field Study Program, the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) program, and the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Rose Garden design and installation.

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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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...

Kowalski, Lydia A., 1949-

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Ashton, Peter S.

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Peter Shaw Ashton served as director of the Arnold Arboretum from 1978-1987. Born in England, he was educated at Cambridge University, receiving a B.A., M.A. in 1956, and in 1962 a Ph. D. in botany. Ashton is considered a world authority on dipterocarp trees, giant Asian rain forest trees better known as Philippine mahogany. He served as lecturer and senior lecturer in botany at Aberdeen University in Scotland from 1966-1978. During this period he spent significant time in leading field research...