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The Rolla Kent Beattie Photograph Collection consists of negatives that relate to trips to Colorado, California, Hawaii, Florida, the District of Columbia, Japan, Formosa (Taiwan), Hong Kong, Indochina, Cambodia, Malaya, China, France, and England, where he visited shrines, temples, pagodas, gardens, parks, graves, exhibits, and tourist areas. The images document cultural and scenic aspects of the trips.

Content Description The U.S. National Arboretum Collection Cherry Tree Files contain materials related to the history of cherry trees introduced to the District of Columbia from Japan. The files were compiled by botanist Roland Maurice Jefferson beginning in 1973, during his career as a botanist at the U.S. National Arboretum, and after his retirement. One of the products of this research was the publication, The Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees of Washington, D.C.: A Living Symbol of Friendship (1977),...