Papers of Hugh Miller Raup, (1933-1981)

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Papers of Hugh Miller Raup, (1933-1981)

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The bulk of the collection consists of black and white photographs of the Arnold Arboretum grounds and various staff members (including Alfred Redher) that were taken in the mid-1930s. Functional negatives are also available for many of the photographs. Also included are copies of two of Raup's Bulletin of Popular Information publications: "Notes of the Early Uses of Land Now in the Arnold Arboretum" and "Winter Hardiness of Trees and Shrubs Growing in the Arnold Arboretum." In addition, some of Raup's field notes on the growing conditions at the Arnold Arboretum and a field notebook (Notes on Chaenomeles Collection Taken in the Shrub Border at the Arnold Arboretum) with later additions by Edgar Anderson are included.

0.40 linear in. 1 box

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...

Raup, Hugh M. (Hugh Miller), 1901-1995

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Hugh Miller Raup was born on his family's farm in Springfield, Ohio on February 1, 1901 to Gustavus Phillip and Fannie (Mitchell) Raup. He attended Wittenberg College, receiving an A.B. in 1923. He arrived at Harvard as a Research Associate in 1932. Raup's association with Harvard included the Arnold Arboretum, the Black Rock Forest, the Harvard Forest, and the Department of Biology. In 1935, Raup published "Notes of the Early Uses of Land Now in the Arnold Arboretum." This study examined the hi...