Papers of Henry T. Skinner [manuscript], 1932-1984.

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Papers of Henry T. Skinner [manuscript], 1932-1984.

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Correspondence, printed material, articles, talks, photographs, newsclippings. The papers contain personal files pertaining to his life and work with ornamental plants, particularly azaleas; membership in professional and horticultural organizations, directorship of the Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania, and the National Arboretum. His correspondence files date chiefly from his 1972 retirement. Topics include horticultural meetings, preservation and other environmental issues, fund-raising, and the identification, care and propagation of plants. Of interest is a letter from E.D. Hirsch, Jr. concerning a test garden for rhododendrons at the University of Virginia. The collection also contains his dissertation, "Character patterns in the early flowering azaleas of the Southern United States," and research material for it including collecting trip record books. Skinner's topical files contain biographical material, as well as correspondence, articles, photographs and reports on azaleas, the Nantahala National Forest; the U.S.D.A.'s plant hardiness zone map for which Skinner was responsible; rhododendrons; talks given by Skinner and several articles by him including "In search of native azaleas," and "The geographical charting of plant climatic adaptability." Correspondents include Ezra Taft Benson, Earl Butz, Henry F. Dupont, S.I. Hayakawa, Lady Bird Johnson, August Kehr, George S. McGovern, Martha Prince, Herman E. Talmadge (form letter), Charles Van Ravenswaay, John C. Wister, and Anthony Montague Rowe for Sir Winston Churchill.

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