Alfred J. Fordham, 1943-2000, Papers.

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Alfred J. Fordham, 1943-2000, Papers.

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The Alfred J. Fordham papers reflect his contribution to horticulture and botany as a plant propagator, lecturer, teacher, and author of over 50 published papers. The collection covers Fordham's arrival at the Arboretum in 1929 at the age of 18 and includes correspondence from the 1960s to the 1980s, primarily concerned with plant propagation issues specific to various species. Biographical information is included, but there are few details of Fordham's personal life or early education and how he became a student at the Arnold Arboretum. The Fordham papers also include publications, newspaper clippings, letters of recommendation and a cassette tape interview.

8 linear inches.

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...

Fordham, Alfred J., 1911-2000.

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Alfred J. Fordham was born January 22, 1911, in Roslindale, Massachusetts. The second of four children, Fordham was the son of Patrick William and Sarah Ellen Fordham. Mr. Fordham came to specialize in plant propagation. He focused on the study of dwarf and abnormal conifers, particularly seedlings raised from witches' broom seeds of various species of pines. Fordham studied barriers to germination of woody plants, seed dispersal, and techniques to speed up germination. He published more than 50...