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1090 Centre Street records
Alfred J. Fordham, (1911-2000) Papers: Guide.
Alfred Rehder (1863-1949) papers, 1898-1949.
American Horticultural Society International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) Records, 1954-1977: Guide.
The collection includes the correspondences of members of the International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants (ICNCP). The bulk of the collection contains correspondences and documents that pertain to the registration of national and international cultivar names.
Annual Reports
This collection contains Reports of the Director of the Arnold Arboretum to the President of the University dating back to 1873 and the Annual Reports of the Director of the Arnold Arboretum beginning in 1878. Also included are Treasurer's Statements dated 1881-1929 and correspondence dated 1977-1984 regarding annual reports. The archives continues to collect these reports, and further accruals are expected.
Arnold Arboretum and Boston Parks Commission Records: Guide.
Arnold Arboretum Photograph Collection. Donald Wyman Images; Series D, E, F, G, 1936-1938
Donald Wyman was the Arnold Arboretum Horticulturist. These photographs depict individual plants as well as events and places at the Arboretum, and views of other locations.
Arnold Arboretum Plant Accession Records. Early Record Books: Guide.
The Arnold Arboretum’s plant-records system is the oldest continuously maintained system of its kind in North America. From the time of its founding, the Arboretum has had a record system that includes a standardized accession number assigned to every plant on the grounds for use in tracking its name and origin. Today accession records are maintained on BG-BASE™ a database linked to a mapping program that shows the location of each plant on a series of maps.
Arnold Arboretum. Records of Landscape-based Education Curriculum "Landscape Explorers: Uncovering the Power of Place."
Arnold Arboretum. Records of the Original Design of the Living Collections: A Finding Aid.
Arnold Arboretum. Records of the Video Production "An Introductory Tour of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University."
The collection consists of five ¾" videotapes and one VHS tape. A 12-minute tour from the Hunnewell Visitor Center to Peters Hill gives a concise overview of the 265 acres of woody plants and what it means to become a friend of the Arnold Arboretum.
Bernard Ross photographs
Bob Cook papers
This collection documents Bob Cook's (1946- ) work as Director of the Arnold Arboretum from 1989-2009. The Director's papers reflect a wide range of administrative functions including strategic planning, project management, fundraising, and community relations.
Boston Park Rangers Program, 1981-1988.
The late 1970s and early 1980s saw and upswing in violence and vandalism in Boston, which led to a subsequent drop-off in visitation to city parks. In response the Massachusetts Association for Olmsted Parks, The National Association for Olmsted Parks, Friends of the Public Garden and Common, and the Arnold Arboretum collaborated to create the Boston Park Ranger Program.
Boston Parks Commission partnership records
The Arnold Arboretum and Boston Parks Commission partnership records focus on the relations between the Arboretum and the city of Boston in administrating their shared responsibilities in the care and maintenance of the Arboretum. The bulk of the materials consist of correspondence from the office of the Director of the Arboretum to the Chairman of the Parks Commission.
Brooks, Ponds, and Watersheds
The Hardscape Projects: Brooks, Ponds, and Watersheds collection, 1996- was acquired by the Arboretum’s Archives in 2002 from Laura Tenny Brogna, Landscape Project Manager. The collection documents the history and condition of the Arboretum’s brooks and ponds. It also documents the Arboretum’s many watershed management projects with correspondence, notes, data, maps, photos, and slides. The date range of the collection is 1996-2006.
Charles Edward Faxon (1846-1918) papers, 1882-1918.
Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927) papers, 1868- : Guide.
Children’s Education Programs – Field Study Experiences, 1982- .
Collection on Asa Gray
The Collection on Asa Gray was assembled by the Archives of the Arnold Arboretum. Through the donation of an immense book and plant collection numbering in the thousands, Gray effectively created the botany department at Harvard. This archival collection consists primarily of photographs of Gray, his herbarium, and memorials in his honor.
Collection on Benjamin Bussey
The Collection on Bejamin Bussey is comprised of personal papers, articles, correspondence, and photographs. Bussey was an entrepreneur, pursuing businesses in several industries, including silversmithing, overseas trading, and farming. Bussey also gave to a variety of philanthropic causes, including a bequest in his will to Harvard that would allow for the creation of the Bussey Institution and ultimately provide the land for the Arnold Arboretum.
Collection on H.H. Hunnewell
Collection on the Arnold family
Arnold’s will specified that a portion of his estate was to be used for “…the promotion of Agricultural, or Horticultural improvements.” In 1872, when the trustees of Arnold’s estate transferred $100,000 of the estate to Harvard College, Arnold’s gift was combined with 123 acres of the former Benjamin Bussey “Woodland Hill” estate to create the Arnold Arboretum.
Collection on the Sargent family
Cultural Resources Management Plan records
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- American Horticultural Society International Commission for the Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants (ICNCP). 1
- Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950 1
- Anderson, Isabel, 1876-1948 1
- André, Edouard François, 1840-1911 1
- Arnold Arboretum 12
- Ashton, Peter S., (Peter Shaw Ashton), 1934- 4
- Bailey, Irving W. (Irving Widmer), 1884-1967 1
- Boston (Mass.). Parks and Recreation Dept.. 1
- Boston Civic Design Commission. 1
- Boston Redevelopment Authority. 1
- Boston Water and Sewer Commission. 1
- Brogna, Laura Tenny 2
- Burley, John S., 1950-. 1
- Bussey Institution 1
- Bussey, Benjamin, 1757-1842 1
- Clark, Robert B. 1
- Connor, Shiela 1
- Cook, Bob, (Robert E. Cook), 1946- 2
- Dodge, William P. 1
- Donald Wyman, 1904-1993. 1
- Epsilon Associates. 1
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 1
- Faxon, Charles Edward, 1846-1918 1
- Fiala, John L. 1
- Fordham, Alfred J. (1911-2000) 1
- Harvard Forest (Research facility) 1
- Hatfield, Theophilus D. 1
- Hay, Ida, 1948- -- Archives 1
- Hayward, Allyson 1
- Hers, Joseph, 1884-1965. 1
- Howard, Richard A. (Richard Alden) 3
- Hunnewell, H.H., (Horatio Hollis Hunnewell), 1810-1902 1
- International Lilac Society. 1
- Jack, John George, 1861-1949. 1
- Koller, Gary, 1945- 1
- Kowalski, Lydia A., 1949- 1
- Leigh, Jennifer 1
- Massachusetts Association for Olmsted Parks. 1
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . 1
- Massachusetts Historical Commission. 1
- Massachusetts Historical Society 1
- Massachusetts Water Resources Authority . 1
- Massachusetts. Department of Conservation and Recreation. 1
- McKelvey, Susan Delano,1883-1964. 1
- Merrill, Elmer D. (Elmer Drew), 1876-1956 1
- Metcalf, Franklin P. (Franklin Post), 1892- 1
- Meyer, Frank N., 1875-1918. 1
- Moseley, Frederick Strong III. 1
- Palmer, Ernest Jesse, 1875-1962. 1
- Pennsylvania Chestnut Tree Blight Commission. 1
- Purdom, William, 1880-1921. 1
- Raup, Hugh Miller, 1901-1995. 1
- Rehder, Alfred, Curators, (1863-1949) 1
- Rock, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1884-1962 1
- Ross, Bernard 1
- Sargent, Andrew Robeson 1
- Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927 1
- Sargent, Ignatius 1
- Sasaki Associates. 1
- Sax, Karl, Director, (1892-1973) 1
- Service Employees International Union. 1
- Shaw, George Russell, 1848-1937 1
- Spongberg, Stephen A. 1
- Tenny Brogna, Laura. 1
- United States Department of Agriculture 1
- United States Department of Agriculture. 1
- United States. National Park Service.. 1
- Weaver, Richard Edwin, 1943-. 1
- Wilson, Ernest Henry, 1876-1930 1
- Wilson, Mary Jane McClintock 1
- Wister, John C., (Wister, John C. (John Caspar)), 1887-1982 1
- Yokohama Ueki Kabushiki Kaisha. 1
- del Tredici, Peter 2 ∧ less
- Subject
- Finance 7
- Herbarium 6
- "The Bailey Plan" 4
- "The Controversy" 4
- Botany -- China 4
- Research grants 4
- Arnold Arboretm Visiting Committee 3
- China -- Description and travel 3
- Fund raising 3
- Living Collections department 3
- Public Programs department 3
- Public relations 3
- Scientific expeditions 3
- Strategic planning 3
- Apples 2
- Bussey Brook 2
- Case Estates 2
- Corporation reports 2
- Dwarf trees 2
- Endowment reports 2
- Harvard Forest (Mass. : Forest) 2
- Horticulture 2
- Jamaica Plain (Boston, Mass.) 2
- Lilacs 2
- Litigation 2
- Nurseries (Horticulture) 2
- Photographs 2
- Plant collecting -- China 2
- Tropical plants 2
- Weld Hill 2
- Zoning 2
- Agriculture -- Experimentation 1
- Arboretums -- Massachusetts 1
- Arnold Arboretum 1
- Arnold Arboretum - Pictorial Works 1
- Association for Arnold Arboretum, Inc. 1
- Azaleas 1
- Birds 1
- Boston (Mass.) 1
- Botanical illustration 1
- Botany -- Indonesia 1
- Botany -- Japan 1
- Botany -- Korea 1
- Botany -- Malaysia 1
- Botany -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. 1
- Botany -- Taiwan 1
- Botany, economic 1
- Brookline (Mass.) 1
- Budgets 1
- Butterflies 1
- Centennial 1
- Centre Street 1
- Chestnut Hill (Mass.) 1
- China 1
- Collective labor agreements 1
- Conifers 1
- Cytology 1
- Dawn redwood 1
- Deeds 1
- Deforestation -- China 1
- Diaries 1
- Diversity in the workplace 1
- Dogs 1
- Dwarf shrubs 1
- Economic Plants -- China 1
- Economic Plants -- Manchuria 1
- Feasibility studies 1
- Fertilization of plants 1
- Fir 1
- Forests and forestry 1
- Goldsmith Brook 1
- Grafting 1
- Gypsy moth 1
- Hunnewell Building 1
- Hunnewell Estate 1
- Icacinaceae 1
- Job descriptions 1
- Jungle survival 1
- LEarning About Plants (LEAP) program 1
- Labor unions 1
- Laboratories 1
- Leases 1
- Maps 1
- Marketing 1
- Mission statements 1
- Orchids 1
- Park rangers 1
- Payrolls 1
- Personnel management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc 1
- Peters Hill 1
- Peters family 1
- Pine 1
- Plant accessions 1
- Plant breeding -- Research 1
- Plant collecting 1
- Plant distribution 1
- Plant genetics 1
- Plant propagation 1
- Planting (Plant culture) 1
- Plants -- Effect of radiation on 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Howard, Richard A. (Richard Alden) 4
- Bailey, Irving W. (Irving Widmer), 1884-1967 2
- Rock, Joseph F. (Joseph Francis), 1884-1962 2
- Ames, Oakes, 1874-1950 1
- Dumbarton Oaks 1
- Farrand, Beatrix, 1872-1959 1
- Faxon, Charles Edward, 1846-1918 1
- Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 1
- Harvard Forest (Research facility) 1
- Harvard Medical School 1
- Harvard University. Graduate School of Design 1
- Massachusetts Historical Society 1
- Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 1
- Merrill, Elmer D. (Elmer Drew), 1876-1956 1
- Shaw, George Russell, 1848-1937 1 ∧ less