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American Camellia Society, (1958)

Manuscripts

American Camellia Society, (1958)

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Included: Report of Treasurer Statement of Receipts and Disbursements; letters to Members of the Governing Board and ACS Officers and Directors; Rating Camellias - A Proposed Standard Method by David L. Feathers [reprint]; Message from the President; Report Chairman Intersociety Relations Committee; Report of the Secretary; Profit & Loss Statement; Membership by States; Partial Agenda, Meetings of the Board of Directors and Governing Board; Score Card; What's New in Camellias by Ralph Peer; Interspecific Hybrids for Amateurs by Ralph Peer; 41st International Flower Show: Special to American Camellia Quarterly; Audit Report; Men's Garden Club of Greater Port Arthur [Hickson, A.J.], 1959; and Sweetheart Announced as 1959 ACCS Choice by Ralph Peer

See also: Ackerman, Paul; Ashby, Howard E.; Barnes, A. Emmett and Jr.; Brown, Arthur C.; Buckley, W. Clarence; Dowd, Frank; Du Brul, George; Fulton, W.P.; Gish, Merle S. and Rose; Griffiths, Austin, Jr.; Habel, J.M., Jr.; Harn, Sam P.; Harris, Aubrey C.; Huette, Frederic; Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold), 1875-1965; Judice, Ernest A.; Katz, Jessie W. and Sigmund J.; Lee, Hoyt W.; McLean, David W.; McKinney, J.R.; McKnight, T.K.; Marbury, Stuart Leslie; Parsons, Alison J.; Price, Kenneth G.; Rowell, Milo, 1903-1977; Seibels, Calder W.; Sewell, John Niles; Sharp, Morrie L.; Solomon, Arthur W.; Strother, Dave C.; Wannamaker, L. Caston; Wilmot, Roy J. and Roy P.; Wolfe, Herbert S. (Herbert Snow); and Wood, William T.

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Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Production date

1947-1960.

Call number

mssPeer

Creator

Peer, Ralph Sylvester (1892-1960)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peer II, January 2017 and July 2017.

Associated people

Arnold-Forster, W. (1898-)

Erdman, Robert Park, (1878-1966.)

Griffin, Frank. (1875-1965.)

Hertrich, William, (1904-)

Hume, H. Harold (1910-1978.)

Lammerts, Walter E. (1879-1959.)

Lawrence, George H. M. (1898-)

Londonderry, Edith Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, (1884-1972.)

Metcalf, Edwards H. (1914-2004.)

Satomi, Eikichi, (1892-)

Seddon, T. E. Y.

Seibert, Russell J.,

Wheeldon, Thomas,

Associated organizations

American Horticultural Council.

Armstrong Nurseries (Ontario, Calif.)

American Camellia Society.

Huntington Botanical Gardens.

Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.

Los Angeles Camellia Society.

Magnolia Gardens and Nurseries.

Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)

South Carolina Camellia Society, Inc.

Southern California Camellia Society.

Southern Music Publishing Co.

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