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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 18, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::viu01856::Roy Clark Papers)//EN" "viu01856.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Roy Clark Papers A Collection in the Special Collections Department 10553-v

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #10553-v Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Roy Clark Papers 1935-1949 10553-v ca. 200 items English American Rhododendron Society Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

 Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

Roy Clark Papers, Accession 10553-v, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

These papers were given to the Library by the American Rhododendron Society through Kendon Stubbs of the University of Virginia Library on February 14, 1992.

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Scope and Content

This collection consists of the papers of Roy Clarkof Olympia, Washington, ca. 200 items, 1935-1949, a grower of azaleas, camellias, and rhododendrons, owner of Rainbow Gardensand a member of the American Rhododendron Society, containing correspondence, plant and seed catalogs, price lists, and plant orders from the early years of rhododendron growing in the United States. The material is arranged alphabetically by the name of the nursery or correspondent.

 Container List Galle, Fred 1947 G. Ghose & Co., Darjeeling, India 1947 & n.d. Goldsworth Old Nursery, Woking, Surrey n.d. Green Pastures Gardens, Seattle, Washington 1943 & n.d. Hillier & Sons, Winchester, England 1942 Homestead Nurseries, Boskoop, Holland 1947-1948 Ihrig, Herbert 1939-1941 Knap Hill Nursery Ltd. n.d. Layritz Nurseries, Victoria& Vancouver, British Columbia 1942-1944 Lem's Nursery, Seattle, Washington 1942-1943 Lindo Nursery 1941-1946 "Longview" Crichton, Alabama 1940-1944 Miscellaneous Correspondence & Printed including: H. T. Conner; Toichi Domoto, Charles O. Dexter, F. W. Schumacher, A. B. Lambert, and George Campbell 1940-1947, n.d. Nearing, G.G. 1939-1941 R. Gill & Son Himalayan Nurseries, Penryn, Cornwall, England n.d. R. Wallace & Co. Ltd. Trees and Shrubs n.d. Rainbow Gardens( Roy Clark) 1943-1949 Royal Botanic Garden 1943-1947 Royal Horticultural Society 1943-1947 Semmes Nurseries(formerly Kiyono Nurseries) 1940-1946 State Flower Nursery 1944 U. S. Department of Agriculture 1935-1949 W. Parker and Sons Nursery 1946 Wight Nurseries 1940-1943