Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to the editor of Yomiuri Shimbun – includes letter from Jefferson to the people of Japan and two articles in Japanese , 1984

This subseries focuses on the dogwood/cherry seed exchange program in which American children collected dogwood seeds to exchange with the cherry seeds that Japanese children collected. During a program held at the Embassy of Japan, over one million seeds were exchanged. The information covers the media attention in addition to the process of collecting and sending the seeds to Japan. To see photographs and other information about the Japanese collecting cherry seeds during his expedition to Japan, see Subseries II.B. Asian Expeditions. Photographs, correspondence, telegrams, press releases, memorandum, articles, and an informational kit are included in this series. Some of the articles were published in elementary school magazines with teacher and student editions. Some letters and articles are in Japanese with a few English translations. The subseries is arranged chronologically.