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These items were collected by \n         Bill Dale, Dr. \n         Stuart Holland, and Miss \n         Frances Gundry, a rhododendron study\n         group whose purpose was to preserve the life and work of \n         George Fraser.","Copies of letters from \n         George Fraserto \n         Joseph Gable, 1926-1939, with their\n         accompanying transcripts comprise the largest portion of this\n         collection. Only electrostatic copies of the Gable-Fraser\n         correspondence are present in this collection; the originals\n         are in the \n         British Columbia Archivesin \n         Victoria. Since all of his botanical and\n         horticultural notes and records at his home were destroyed\n         after his death, these copies of his letters to Gable are\n         important sources of information about his work. \n         George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n         Bill Dale, \n         Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n         Stuart Hollandhas excerpts from Fraser's\n         letters to \n         Joseph Gablein Appendix A, pp. 55-69,\n         arranged in four separate sections: rhododendron hybrids,\n         general comments and observations concerning rhododendrons,\n         comments about Fraser himself and his activities, and comments\n         concerning trees.","The folder of miscellaneous correspondence also contains\n         copies of three letters between \n         Joseph B. Gable, \n         Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and \n         Clive L. Justice, President of the \n         British Columbia Chapter of the American\n         Rhododendron Society, about Gable's correspondence\n         with \n         George Fraser, which discuss how Fraser\n         helped and influenced Gable's early work with rhododendrons\n         (1960). Also present in the miscellaneous correspondence\n         folder is a letter from \n         Bill Daleto \n         Caroline Gableconcerning the project to\n         preserve Fraser's horticultural work in \n         British Columbia(1990 Feb 20).","There is a great deal of biographical information about \n         George Fraserin this collection in the\n         article by \n         Bill Dale, \"The\n         Cornwall-Pennsylvania-British Columbia Connection\" and \n         George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n         Bill Dale, \n         Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n         Stuart Hollandat the conclusion of their\n         project to collect all available Fraser material.","Fraser was born at Draimie, Morayshire, Scotland, on\n         October 25, 1854. At seventeen he began his apprenticeship at\n         Gordon Castle with the gardener, John Webster, and continued\n         working in Scotland until he immigrated to Canada in 1883. He\n         first settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to British\n         Columbia in 1888. Fraser lived and worked in his nursery on\n         Vancouver Island for the last fifty years of his life,\n         carrying on a vast amount of correspondence with other\n         rhododendron growers and hybridizers. He was a fellow of the\n         Royal Horticultural Society in London.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","British Columbia Archives","British Columbia Chapter of the American\n         Rhododendron Society","George Fraser","Bill Dale","Stuart Holland","Frances Gundry","Joseph Gable","Joseph B. Gable","Clive L. 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These items were collected by \n         Bill Dale, Dr. \n         Stuart Holland, and Miss \n         Frances Gundry, a rhododendron study\n         group whose purpose was to preserve the life and work of \n         George Fraser.","Copies of letters from \n         George Fraserto \n         Joseph Gable, 1926-1939, with their\n         accompanying transcripts comprise the largest portion of this\n         collection. Only electrostatic copies of the Gable-Fraser\n         correspondence are present in this collection; the originals\n         are in the \n         British Columbia Archivesin \n         Victoria. 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Justice, President of the \n         British Columbia Chapter of the American\n         Rhododendron Society, about Gable's correspondence\n         with \n         George Fraser, which discuss how Fraser\n         helped and influenced Gable's early work with rhododendrons\n         (1960). 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