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Box 1

 Container

Contains 75 Results:

Letter from Isabel Shipley Cunningham to Thomas Elias , 2003

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: Subseries I.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The letters in Subseries I.B. refer to Jefferson's work with cherry trees, expeditions, publications, and lectures. Letters from Elizabeth C. Rea, the President of the Friends of the United States National Arboretum, refer to funding Jefferson's expeditions to Japan. Many of the letters are often requests or responses to proposals to work with Jefferson on different projects. Some of the projects include requests for being a speaker at events or working on a collaborative publication. The...
Dates: 2003
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series I. Correspondence / Subseries I.B. Letters about Roland Maurice Jefferson

Letter from Kevin Conrad to Isabel Shipley Cunningham , 2004

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: Subseries I.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The letters in Subseries I.B. refer to Jefferson's work with cherry trees, expeditions, publications, and lectures. Letters from Elizabeth C. Rea, the President of the Friends of the United States National Arboretum, refer to funding Jefferson's expeditions to Japan. Many of the letters are often requests or responses to proposals to work with Jefferson on different projects. Some of the projects include requests for being a speaker at events or working on a collaborative publication. The...
Dates: 2004
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series I. Correspondence / Subseries I.B. Letters about Roland Maurice Jefferson

Correspondence from George A. White to Otto Bunemann, Roy C. Lancaster, and H.J. van de Laar , 1978

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: Subseries II.A.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

During this expedition to Europe, Jefferson studied cherries and crabapples and arranged for bud wood of some these trees, in addition to plants of Abelia, to be brought into the United States. He traveled to Holland, England, and Germany. This subseries contains correspondence, shipping material forms, and a photograph documenting his travels. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1978
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series II. Expeditions / Subseries II.A. Europe Expedition

Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Ir. B. Roelofsen , 1978

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: Subseries II.A.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

During this expedition to Europe, Jefferson studied cherries and crabapples and arranged for bud wood of some these trees, in addition to plants of Abelia, to be brought into the United States. He traveled to Holland, England, and Germany. This subseries contains correspondence, shipping material forms, and a photograph documenting his travels. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1978
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series II. Expeditions / Subseries II.A. Europe Expedition

Roland Maurice Jefferson during his 1978 trip to Europe with Colingwood Ingram, a renowned author and Japanese flowering cherry expert at his England home – photograph , 1978

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: Subseries II.A.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

During this expedition to Europe, Jefferson studied cherries and crabapples and arranged for bud wood of some these trees, in addition to plants of Abelia, to be brought into the United States. He traveled to Holland, England, and Germany. This subseries contains correspondence, shipping material forms, and a photograph documenting his travels. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1978
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series II. Expeditions / Subseries II.A. Europe Expedition

Plant material shipping invoice and notice to state plant quarantine official of shipment of imported plants and plant material , 1979

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: Subseries II.A.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

During this expedition to Europe, Jefferson studied cherries and crabapples and arranged for bud wood of some these trees, in addition to plants of Abelia, to be brought into the United States. He traveled to Holland, England, and Germany. This subseries contains correspondence, shipping material forms, and a photograph documenting his travels. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1979
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series II. Expeditions / Subseries II.A. Europe Expedition

United States National Arboretum plant exploration and research proposal on “Introduction and documentation of superior Japanese cherry selections into the United States.” , 1981

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: Subseries II.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The focus of the subseries is on the articles, correspondence, photographs, maps, charts, and other papers from Jefferson's expeditions to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. These cover Jefferson's expedition to Japan from 1981-1983, where he collected bud wood from cherry trees and started the dogwood seed exchange program. His 1986 expedition took him to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to study Prunus (cherry trees). The photographs show Jefferson in the field, various cherry...
Dates: 1981
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series II. Expeditions / Subseries II.B. Asian Expeditions

Jefferson, Roland M. “Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus Taxa) seeds collected during Japan expedition March 9, 1982-August 5, 1982.” (1982). – accession list , 1982

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: Subseries II.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The focus of the subseries is on the articles, correspondence, photographs, maps, charts, and other papers from Jefferson's expeditions to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. These cover Jefferson's expedition to Japan from 1981-1983, where he collected bud wood from cherry trees and started the dogwood seed exchange program. His 1986 expedition took him to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to study Prunus (cherry trees). The photographs show Jefferson in the field, various cherry...
Dates: 1982
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series II. Expeditions / Subseries II.B. Asian Expeditions

Jefferson, Roland M. “Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus Taxa) budwood collected during Japan expedition November 11, 1982-February 9, 1983.” – accession list , 1982-1983

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: Subseries II.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The focus of the subseries is on the articles, correspondence, photographs, maps, charts, and other papers from Jefferson's expeditions to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. These cover Jefferson's expedition to Japan from 1981-1983, where he collected bud wood from cherry trees and started the dogwood seed exchange program. His 1986 expedition took him to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to study Prunus (cherry trees). The photographs show Jefferson in the field, various cherry...
Dates: 1982-1983
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series II. Expeditions / Subseries II.B. Asian Expeditions

Japanese student bringing Prunus ineisa to Roland Maurice Jefferson from collection area near Gotemba, Japan – photograph , 1982

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Identifier: Subseries II.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: The focus of the subseries is on the articles, correspondence, photographs, maps, charts, and other papers from Jefferson's expeditions to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. These cover Jefferson's expedition to Japan from 1981-1983, where he collected bud wood from cherry trees and started the dogwood seed exchange program. His 1986 expedition took him to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to study Prunus (cherry trees). The photographs show Jefferson in the field, various cherry...
Dates: 1982
Found in: National Agricultural Library Special Collections / Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection / Series II. Expeditions / Subseries II.B. Asian Expeditions