Bussey Brook Meadow Collection, 1977- : Guide.

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Bussey Brook Meadow Collection, 1977- : Guide.

The Bussey Brook Meadow Collection documents the management and use of the Bussey Brook Meadow from 1977 through the present. Series I: Community Gardens contains materials relating to the Community Gardens which operated in the meadow from 1979 to 1981 including correspondence, notes, legal documents, applications for plots, and newsletters for plot holders. This part of the collection was compiled by Margo W. Reynolds, Staff Assistant during the period she managed the gardens. Series II: Bussey Brook Meadow was compiled by the Archives to document management and use of the Bussey Brook Meadow and includes materials related to the Blackwell Footpath, the Arboretum's partnership with the Arboretum Park Conservancy, stewardship plans, a botanical survey, and interpretive signage. It contains correspondence, brochures, reports, maps, and signage dating from 1985 to the present.

8 linear inches.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8152675

Harvard University, Botany Libraries

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