Records of the Arnold Arboretum Controversy, 1945-1998

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Records of the Arnold Arboretum Controversy, 1945-1998

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The Records of the Arnold Arboretum Controversy documents reflect over 15 years of struggle and debate by the staff, friends, and the Arnold Arboretum Associates to protect the resources and funding of the Arnold Arboretum from the Harvard Corporation Bailey Plan, which sought to remove herbarium specimens and library materials, and re-direct Arboretum funds to the Botany Departments in Cambridge. Included are court records, correspondence, and news clippings from coverage of the Controversy in the media. The bulk of materials were compiled during the course of the Controversy by Arboretum staff.

2.7 linear ft. (10 boxes)

Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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Bailey Plan.

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Association for the Arnold Arboretum.

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The Association for the Arnold Arboretum, Inc., an independent group of 600 members, was organized in July 1953 as a nonprofit Massachusetts corporation to aid in the protection, preservation, support, and advancement of the Arnold Arboretum. Its creation was prompted by the Harvard Corporation’s decision in January 1953 to remove most of the Arboretum’s herbarium and library from Jamaica Plain to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in accordance with the previously approved "Bailey Plan." Th...