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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.
Richard A. Howard papers
Richard A. Howard (1917-2003) was appointed Director of the Arnold Arboretum in 1954 and would lead the institution until 1978. A prolific researcher, photographer and writer, Howard published more than 325 scientific papers and was the author of 13 books in addition to compiling the definitive Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Howard’s papers reflect over 25 years of leadership and scholarly contributions to the sciences of botany and horticulture.
Richard Alden Howard papers
Collection Identifier: arn00014This collection consists of field notes, articles, correspondence, photographs, biographical information, research notes, botanical illustrations, ephemera, an oral history interview with Howard, and personal effects.
“The Controversy” records, 1945-1966.
The collection contains records of the legal dispute between The Association for the Arnold Arboretum, Inc. and the President and Fellows of Harvard College that became widely known as “The Arnold Arboretum Controversy.” After a protracted legal battle the outcome was finally adjudicated by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1966.
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- Repository
- Arnold Arboretum Archives 4
- Botany Libraries, Arnold Arboretum Library (Cambridge), Harvard University 1
- Creator
- Ashton, Peter S., (Peter Shaw Ashton), 1934- 2
- Bailey, Irving W. (Irving Widmer), 1884-1967 1
- Connor, Shiela 1
- Cook, Bob, (Robert E. Cook), 1946- 2
- Howard, Richard A. (Richard Alden) 4
- Sasaki Associates. 1 ∧ less
- Subject
- Arnold Arboretm Visiting Committee 3
- Finance 3
- "The Bailey Plan" 2
- "The Controversy" 2
- Herbarium 2
- Litigation 2
- Living Collections department 2
- Public Programs department 2
- Strategic planning 2
- Tropical plants 2
- Association for Arnold Arboretum, Inc. 1
- Botany -- China 1
- Botany -- Indonesia 1
- Botany -- Malaysia 1
- Botany -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. 1
- Botany, economic 1
- Case Estates 1
- Centennial 1
- Corporation reports 1
- Endowment reports 1
- Feasibility studies 1
- Fund raising 1
- Harvard Forest (Mass. : Forest) 1
- Icacinaceae 1
- Jamaica Plain (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Jungle survival 1
- LEarning About Plants (LEAP) program 1
- Marketing 1
- Public relations 1
- Research grants 1
- Survival skills 1
- Weld Hill 1
- Zoning 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Bailey, Irving W. (Irving Widmer), 1884-1967 2
- Dumbarton Oaks 1
- Harvard Medical School 1
- Harvard University. Graduate School of Design 1
- Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 1