Papers of Orland E. White [manuscript], 1903-1968.

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White, Orland E. (Orland Emile), 1885-1972. Papers of Orland E. White [manuscript], 1903-1968.

Papers of Orland E. White [manuscript], 1903-1968.

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Papers of Orland E. White, professor of agricultural biology and director of the Blandy Experimental Farm of the University of Virginia. Also included are correspondence on the behalf of The American Rock Garden Society, Blandy Experimental Farm, as well as award certificates, biographical sketches, frost notes from Blandy Experimental Farm, photographs of Blandy Experimental Farm, family and general correspondence, herbarium plant collection lists, hereditary studies with castor oil beans, miscellaneous bills, miscellaneous scientific papers, papers concerning Mountain Lake Biological Station, notes from The Mulford Exploration of the Amazon Basin expedition, 1921-1922, O.E. White's journal as botanist for the Mulford expedition and photographs of the expedition, newspaper clippings, family photographs, miscellaneous photographs, notes on plant chimeras, plant lists and classifications, correspondence with the US Department of Agriculture, writings of O.E. White on Convolvulaceae, definitions for The Garden Dictionary, Epacridaceae, writings on rock gardens, short scientific papers, articles, book reviews, short stories, "A Tough Assignment," White's autobiography, and an oversize award certificate from the Mayor of San Simon Cochabamba Bolivia.

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