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Box 3

 Container

Contains 50 Results:

Biographical notes on Roland Maurice Jefferson by Isabel Shipley Cunningham , n.d.

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 164
Identifier: Subseries IV.A.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This series includes Jefferson's 1975 work evaluation and Cunningham's biographical notes on Jefferson. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: n.d.

Program for the 55th Annual Ohio State University Short Course for Arborists, Nurserymen, Garden Center Operators, Turf and Landscape Maintenance Specialists and Landscape Contractors. Presentation by Roland Maurice Jefferson. “Sorting the Flowering Cherries.” , 1984

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 165
Identifier: Subseries IV.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes programs and a questionnaire. The programs, which do not mention Jefferson, are for the 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival and for a special lecture at a Tree Planting Ceremony. The questionnaire was part of the bicentennial activities and the answers were used for the publication, The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees, which the latter is not included. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1984

Program for the Asia Symposium on Establishment of Botanical Garden and the Development of Multi-Use Tree Species. Held at Chitou, Taiwan. Presentation by Roland Maurice Jefferson. “The United States National Arboretum, It’s Research and Education Programs, and It’s Role in Improving the Quality of Ornamental Flowering Cherries now in Cultivation.” In English and Japanese Programs., 1986

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 165a
Identifier: Subseries IV.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes programs and a questionnaire. The programs, which do not mention Jefferson, are for the 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival and for a special lecture at a Tree Planting Ceremony. The questionnaire was part of the bicentennial activities and the answers were used for the publication, The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees, which the latter is not included. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1986

Invitation sent to Roland Maurice Jefferson for the Japan Festival from the Ambassador of Japan. Brochure for Japan Festival including advertisement for the photography exhibit “Cherry Trees in Washington” curated by Roland Maurice Jefferson. Jefferson gave lecture on April 17, 1987., 1987

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 165b
Identifier: Subseries IV.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes programs and a questionnaire. The programs, which do not mention Jefferson, are for the 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival and for a special lecture at a Tree Planting Ceremony. The questionnaire was part of the bicentennial activities and the answers were used for the publication, The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees, which the latter is not included. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 1987

Program for the Celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival , 2004

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 165c
Identifier: Subseries IV.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes programs and a questionnaire. The programs, which do not mention Jefferson, are for the 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival and for a special lecture at a Tree Planting Ceremony. The questionnaire was part of the bicentennial activities and the answers were used for the publication, The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees, which the latter is not included. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 2004

Program for the Special Lecture and Tree Planting Ceremony , 2004

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 166
Identifier: Subseries IV.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes programs and a questionnaire. The programs, which do not mention Jefferson, are for the 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival and for a special lecture at a Tree Planting Ceremony. The questionnaire was part of the bicentennial activities and the answers were used for the publication, The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees, which the latter is not included. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: 2004

Notes and news articles from Roland Maurice Jefferson’s Japanese cherry lecture research , n.d.

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 166a
Identifier: Subseries IV.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes programs and a questionnaire. The programs, which do not mention Jefferson, are for the 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival and for a special lecture at a Tree Planting Ceremony. The questionnaire was part of the bicentennial activities and the answers were used for the publication, The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees, which the latter is not included. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: n.d.

Bicentennial activities questionnaire filled out for the publication The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees , n.d.

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 167
Identifier: Subseries IV.B.
Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series:

This subseries includes programs and a questionnaire. The programs, which do not mention Jefferson, are for the 2004 National Cherry Blossom Festival and for a special lecture at a Tree Planting Ceremony. The questionnaire was part of the bicentennial activities and the answers were used for the publication, The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees, which the latter is not included. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Dates: n.d.

Seattle, Washington, port area where Japanese cherry trees from Japan entered the United States, 1912

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 168
Identifier: Series V.
Scope and Content Note From the Series: Photographs include the President Reagan Cherry Tree (which Jefferson propagated from the 1912 Japanese cherry tree that First Lady Taft planted), its presentation to Japan by First Lady Nancy Reagan, its planting in Japan, and its growth. Other photographs are of the cherry trees in New York City's Central Park, plant signs from the United States National Arboretum that Jefferson designed, and the first three United States National Arboretum botanists in charge of plant records. The...
Dates: 1912

On February 27, 1981 at a White House ceremony officiated by Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block, First Lady Nancy Reagan, presented a three foot Japanese flowering cherry in the name of friendship to Japanese Ambassador Yoshi Ogawara, 1981

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 168a
Identifier: Series V.
Scope and Content Note From the Series: Photographs include the President Reagan Cherry Tree (which Jefferson propagated from the 1912 Japanese cherry tree that First Lady Taft planted), its presentation to Japan by First Lady Nancy Reagan, its planting in Japan, and its growth. Other photographs are of the cherry trees in New York City's Central Park, plant signs from the United States National Arboretum that Jefferson designed, and the first three United States National Arboretum botanists in charge of plant records. The...
Dates: 1981