Guide to the Benjamin Yoe Morrison (1891–1966) papers ,
1915–1965, n.d.
3.5 Linear Feet (10 boxes, 10 volumes, 6 oversize items)
Contents List
Container(s) | Description | Dates | Online | |
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
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1962–1963 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 2 |
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1946–1950 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 3 |
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1957–1963 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 4 |
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1946–1965 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 5 |
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1957–1958 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 6 |
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1961–1963 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 7 |
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1961–1962 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 8 |
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1962 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
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1945–1963 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 10 |
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1960–1962 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 11 |
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1950, n.d. | View |
Box 1 | Folder 12 |
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1958–1959, n.d. | View |
Box 1 | Folder 13 |
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1962 | View |
Box 1 | Folder 14 |
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1960 | View |
Box 2 | Folder 1 |
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1917–1965, n.d. | View |
Box 2 | Folder 2 |
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1949–1965, n.d. | View |
Box 2 | Folder 3 |
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1951–1966 | View |
Box 2 | Folder 4 |
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1954–1957, n.d. | View |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
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1960–1964, n.d. | View |
Box 2 | Folder 6 |
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1962–1965 | View |
Box 2 | Folder 7 |
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1960–1961 | View |
Box 2 | Folder 8 |
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1958–1961 | View |
Box 2 | Folder 9 |
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1961 | View |
Box 2 | Folder 10 |
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1957–1958, n.d. | View |
Box 2 | Folder 11 |
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1958–1961, n.d. | View |
Box 2 | Folder 12 |
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1963 | View |
Container(s) | Description | Dates | Online | |
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Box 3 | Folder 1 |
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View | |
Box 3 | Folder 2 |
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View |
Container(s) | Description | Dates | Online | |
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
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1960–1965 | View |
Box 3 | Folder 6 |
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1960-1965 | View |
Container(s) | Description | Dates | Online | |
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
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1939–1949 | View |
Box 4 | Folder 2 |
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1951 | View |
Box 4 | Folder 3 |
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View | |
Box 4 | Folder 4 |
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1947–1949, n.d. | View |
Container(s) | Description | Dates | Online | |
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
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View | |
Box 5 | Folder 6 |
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View | |
Box 6 | Folder 1 |
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View | |
Box 6 | Folder 2 |
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View | |
Box 6 | Folder 3 |
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View | |
Box 6 | Folder 4 |
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View | |
Box 6 | Folder 5 |
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1962, n.d. | View |
Box 6 | Folder 6 |
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1946 | View |
Box 6 | Folder 7 |
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View | |
Box 7 | Folder 1 |
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View | |
Box 7 | Folder 2 |
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1964–1965, n.d. | View |
Box 7 | Folder 3 |
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View | |
Box 7 | Folder 4 |
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View | |
Box 7 | Folder 5 |
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View | |
Box 7 | Folder 6 |
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1931 | View |
Box 7 | Folder 7 |
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1941 | View |
Box 7 | Folder 8 |
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1943–1944 | View |
Box 7 | Folder 9 |
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1955–1957 | View |
Biographical / Historical
Benjamin Yoe Morrison (1891–1966) was chief of the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction at the United States Department of Agriculture (1934–1948) and the first director of the United States National Arboretum (1937–1951). He helped to found the American Horticultural Society. After retirement he ran a nursery in Pass Christian, Mississippi.
Scope and Contents
The papers in this collection deal mostly with Morrison's activities after retirement (1951) when he lived and had his nursery in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The correspondence (1924–[1945–1965], boxes 1–2) concerns plant breeding and the exchange or sale of seeds and bulbs, as well as information about his work and that of fellow horticulturists, publication of his National Horticultural Magazine and business of the American Horticultural Society.
There are six boxes of manuscripts, reports and notes. Also found here are Morrison's libretto for Salve Regina (presumably copyrighted ca.1957) and certificates, letters of introduction and other personal documents (1915–1962).
Additional materials include sketchbooks and over 150 drawings in various media of Chinese and Japanese gardens and other scenes.
Finding Aid Note
This finding aid was created by Nancy Janda in 2020. This finding aid was placed online by J. Dustin Williams in 2020.
Processing Information
This collection was digitized by G. Boardman in 2016.