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Series I. Correspondence. 1972-2005. 30 folders. Series I.A. Roland Maurice Jefferson. 1972-2005. Box 1 Folder 1 Letter from C. Ingram of the Grange Benenden Cranbrook

to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1972

Box 1 Folder 2 Letter from Abbie O. Smith to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1975

Box 1 Folder 2a Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Takao Watanabe

1980

Box 1 Folder 3 Letter from Jane E. Collins to Roland Maurice Jefferson – on media coverage

1981

Box 1 Folder 4 Letter from Hugh Bell Muller to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1981

Box 1 Folder 5 Correspondence between Roland Maurice Jefferson, Henry Marc Cathey, and Richard A. Farley – includes short article “NAL receives a rare publication.”

1981

Box 1 Folder 6 Letter from Yoshiyuki Takishima of the Flower Association of Japan to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1982

Box 1 Folder 7 Letter from Andrew B. Walker to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1982

Box 1 Folder 8 Letter from Tadashi Furusho, Mayor of Adachi-ward (Tokyo), to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1985

Box 1 Folder 9 Letter from Karen D. Klemp of the American Institute in Taiwan to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1985

Box 1 Folder 10 Letter from Gordon Helman to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1987

Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence between Roland Maurice Jefferson and John L. Creech

1987-2005

Box 1 Folder 12 Correspondence between Roland Maurice Jefferson and Isabel Shipley Cunningham

1990-2004

Box 1 Folder 13 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Frederick G. Meyer

1991



Box 1 Folder 14 Letter from Motokatsu Watanabe to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1995

Box 1 Folder 14a Letter from John H. den Boer to Roland Maurice Jefferson regarding a crabapple database

1995

Box 1 Folder 15 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Jeff [no last name]

1995

Box 1 Folder 16 Letters from Tadaoki Ishikawa, senior vice president of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. to Roland Maurice Jefferson, with Jefferson’s “Introducing modern Japan.” (1995) and Linda Wheeler’s articles (1997, 1999) in Japanese and English

1999

Box 1 Folder 17 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Wybe Kuitert

1999

Box 1 Folder 18 Letter from Kevin W. Tunison to Roland Maurice Jefferson

2003

Box 1 Folder 19 Letter from Mary Byrne to Roland Maurice Jefferson – includes condition report on the 1982 and 1986 Prunus expeditions

2004

Box 1 Folder 20 Correspondence with Elizabeth C. Rea and Roland Maurice Jefferson, includes articles and a 1995 letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Ruth Dix

2004

Series I.B. Letters about Roland Maurice Jefferson. 1975-2004. Box 1 Folder 21 Letter from John L. Creech to Richard A. Farley

1975

Box 1 Folder 22 Letter from George A. White to J.M. Hirst

1979

Box 1 Folder 23 Letter from John R. Block to Henry Marc Cathey

1982

Box 1 Folder 24 Letter from Elizabeth C. Rea to Henry Marc Cathey

1982

Box 1 Folder 25 Letter from Tetsuo Koyama to Donald Egolf

1985

Box 1 Folder 26 Letter from Elizabeth C. Rea to Donald Egolf

1985

Box 1 Folder 27 Letter from Jeffrey S. Bauman to Sanpei Kitahara, Mayor of Takato Town (Japan)

1988

Box 1 Folder 28 Letter from Isabel Shipley Cunningham to Robin Groom

1997

Box 1 Folder 29 Letter from Isabel Shipley Cunningham to Thomas Elias 2003



Box 1 Folder 30 Letter from Kevin Conrad to Isabel Shipley Cunningham 2004 Series II. Expeditions. 1978-1996. 61 folders.

Subseries II.A. Europe Expedition. 1978-1979.

Box 1 Folder 31 Correspondence from George A. White to Otto Bunemann, Roy C. Lancaster, and H.J. van de Laar

1978

Box 1 Folder 32 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Ir. B. Roelofsen

1978

Box 1 Folder 33 Roland Maurice Jefferson during his 1978 trip to Europe with Colingwood Ingram, a renowned author and Japanese flowering cherry expert at his England home – photograph

1978

Box 1 Folder 34 Plant material shipping invoice and notice to state plant quarantine official of shipment of imported plants and plant material

1979

Subseries II.B. Asian Expeditions. 1981-1996.

Box 1 Folder 35 United States National Arboretum plant exploration and research proposal on “Introduction and documentation of superior Japanese cherry selections into the United States.”

1981

Box 1 Folder 36 Jefferson, Roland M. “Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus Taxa) seeds collected during Japan expedition March 9, 1982-August 5, 1982.” (1982). – accession list

1982

Box 1 Folder 37 Jefferson, Roland M. “Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus Taxa) budwood collected during Japan expedition November 11, 1982-February 9, 1983.” – accession list

1982-1983

Box 1 Folder 38 Japanese student bringing Prunus ineisa to Roland Maurice Jefferson from collection area near Gotemba, Japan – photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 39 Japanese school children from city near Mount Fuji preparing to collect cherry seeds Gotemba, Japan - photograph

1982



Box 1 Folder 40 Letter from John R. Block to Henry Marc Cathey

1982

Box 1 Folder 41 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to H.L. Barrows

1982

Box 1 Folder 42 Mr. Tsunoda, Japanese cherry research and one of the planners of 1982 trip with Roland Maurice Jefferson – photograph

ca. 1982

Box 1 Folder 43 Numerical location listing of cherry budwood collection from 1982 Japan expedition

1982

Box 1 Folder 44 Prunus? a long river path in Tokyo, Japan - photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 45 Prunus incisa Hakone Mountain near Mount Fuji no seeds - photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 46 Prunus nippowica var. kurilewsis Yoshiyuki Takishima in very cold mountain area near Kami-Shinoro, Hokkaido, Japan - photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 47 Prunus yedoensis a long river path in Tokyo, Japan - photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 48 Prunus yedoensis a long river path in Tokyo, Japan - photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 49 Roland Maurice Jefferson in Ten shoji Park in Kitakami City (Morioka) April 27, 1982 - photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 50 Roland Maurice Jefferson on Hakone Mountain near Mount Fuji - photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 51 Roland Maurice Jefferson with Japanese cherry researchers - photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 52 Roland Maurice Jefferson with Yoshiyuki Takishima, cherry researcher and guide during 1982 and 1986 Japan cherry seed collecting trips, Hakone Mountain near Mount Fuji – photograph

ca. 1982

Box 1 Folder 53 School children that helped collect seeds of Prunus incise plants from wild area near Mount Fuji, Gotemba, Japan – photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 54 Students with teachers and some family members day before collecting flowering cherry seeds at shrine in

ca. 1982



northern Honshu with Roland Maurice Jefferson – photograph

Box 1 Folder 55 Teachers discussing cherry seed collecting trip with school children in area near Mount Fuji, Gotemba, Japan – photograph

1982

Box 1 Folder 56 Two photographs printed on same page: 1) 1988 Roland Maurice Jefferson observing flowering cherry at the United States National Arboretum from seed collected during 1982-1983 expedition 2) ca. 1982 Students, teachers, and family members day before collecting flowering cherry seeds at shrine in northern Honshu with Roland Maurice Jefferson (same as Folder 54)

ca. 1982-1988

Box 1 Folder 57 Yoshiyuki Takishima and Roland Maurice Jefferson by Prunus Sargenti cherry in Hokkaido, Japan

ca. 1982

Box 1 Folder 58 Japanese cherry researcher photographing flowers - photograph

1983

Box 1 Folder 59 Japanese cherry researchers photographing flowers - photograph

1983

Box 1 Folder 60 Mr. Bunoda, cherry researcher and guide - photograph

1983

Box 1 Folder 61 Mr. Ogama and Roland Maurice Jefferson on Oshima Island, Japan – photograph

1983

Box 1 Folder 62 Mr. Ogama (cherry researcher and guide) and Roland Maurice Jefferson on Oshima Island, Japan – photograph

1983

Box 1 Folder 63 Mr. Oshima and team leading search for flowering cherries on Oshima Island, Japan – photograph

1983

Box 1 Folder 64 Prunus yedoensis a long river bank in Kamakura, Japan – photograph

1983

Box 1 Folder 65 Roland Maurice Jefferson with some members of The Flower Association of Japan – photograph

1983

Box 1 Folder 66 Letter from Liz [no last name] to Roland Maurice Jefferson with accession records (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 240)

1984



Box 1 Folder 67 Letter from Betty Rea to Donald Egolf

1985

Box 1 Folder 68 Locations of cherry plantings on the South Farm Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Maryland – maps and charts (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 241)

1985

Box 1 Folder 69 Plant exploration proposal Prunus exploration in Taiwan; Cheju and Ullung Islands, Korea; and Hokkaido and Nikko area, Japan in 1986

1985

Box 1 Folder 70 “Prunus exploration in Taiwan; Cheju and Ullung Islands, Korea; and Hokkaido and Nikko area, Japan in 1986.” (August 8, 1985). Plant exploration proposal submitted by Donald R. Egolf and Roland Maurice Jefferson with correspondence reviews

1985

Box 1 Folder 71 Travel authorization from February 19, 1986 to August 16, 1986 to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan

1985

Box 1 Folder 72 Jefferson, Roland M. “Prunus exploration in Taiwan; Cheju and Ullung Islands, Korea; Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan 1986.” - report

1986

Box 2 Folder 73 Masatoshi Asari and Roland Maurice Jefferson standing by an old Prunus yedoensis tree in an open field near Hakodate waterworks, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, seed source for NA 58838, tree is over 100 years old and said to be largest and oldest Yoskino cherry in Hokkaido, Japan – photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 74 NA 58774 Prunus cerasoides var campanulata one seed plant of many growing on high mountains between 1600-1900 meters altitude from Ckia-Yi to Alishan Taiwan – photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 75 NA 58777 Prunus cerasoides var campanulata one seed plant of many growing on higher mountains between 1600-1900 meters altitude from Ckia-Yi to Alishan Taiwan – photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 76 NA 58818 Prunus incisa seed plant Mount Amagi-Yugashima – photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 77 NA 58818? SD plant Mount Amagi-Yugashima Ugusu Highlands, Izu Peninsula Honshu, Japan - photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 78 Prunus incisa? Mount Amagi-Yugashima, Ugusu 1986



Highlands Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Japan– photograph

Box 2 Folder 79 Prunus incisa shrubs Mount Amagi-Yugashima, Izu Peninsula Honshu, Japan - photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 80 Prunus yedoensis on Takamatsu Lake in Morioka, Japan, seed source for NA # 58835 – photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 81 Prunus verecunda near Hokkaido Forest Experiment station Shintoku, Hokkaido, Japan – seed plant for NA 58899 (PI 510840) – photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 82 Prunus yedoensis a long water way in Kamakura, Japan – photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 83 Roland Maurice Jefferson walking among many research trees of Prunus sargenti at the Tokyo University Forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furand, Hokkaido, source of many seeds – photograph

1986

Box 2 Folder 84 Prunus yedoensis at Hirosaki Japan – photograph

ca. 1989

Box 2 Folder 85 Prunus yedoensis at Hirosaki, Japan - photograph

1989

Box 2 Folder 86 Letter from Elizabeth L. Ley to Roland Maurice Jefferson with detailed Prunus seed collection list from Taiwan, distribution lists of the 1986 expedition Prunus, and a 1987 letter from John L. Creech to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1994

Box 2 Folder 87 Prunus yedoensis a long river bank in Morioka, Japan - photograph

ca. 1996

Box 2 Folder 88 Envelopes (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 242)

n.d.

Box 2 Folder 89 NA 58799 Prunus takesimensis Sed-Myum, Ullung Island, Korea - photograph

n.d.

Box 2 Folder 90 NA 58819 Prunus sargenti SD. plant growing at crest of steep ravine about 1000 meters from old barn in Mattogahara Village, Minami-Aizu Gun, Fukushima - photograph

n.d.

Box 2 Folder 91 Numerical listing of cherry budwood by plant quarantine and location numbers in Japan

n.d.

Series III. Projects. 1918-2007. 71 folders.



Subseries III.A. Dogwood Seed Exchange. 1961-1998.

Box 2 Folder 92 Correspondence between John L. Creech, John Motz, and Douglas MacArthur II

1961

Box 2 Folder 93 Article in Japanese (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 243)

1982

Box 2 Folder 94 Douglas Macarthur Elementary School children in Alexandria, Virginia cleaning dogwood seeds to be sent to Japan – photograph

1982

Box 2 Folder 95 Douglas Macarthur Elementary School children with teacher Mrs. Zinmerman presenting dogwood seeds to Roland Maurice Jefferson at the United States National Arboretum – photograph

1982

Box 2 Folder 96 Friendship in Flowers - in Japanese (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 244)

ca. 1982

Box 2 Folder 97 Letter from Ingram S. Carner to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1982

Box 2 Folder 98 Letter from Paul C. Spector to Henry Marc Cathey

1982

Box 2 Folder 99 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Henry Marc Cathey (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 245)

1982

Box 2 Folder 100 Memorandum from Henry Marc Cathey to staff on television presentation

1982

Box 2 Folder 101 Nishi-Nippon Shimbun (October 18, 1982). – article in Japanese with photograph of Jefferson

1982

Box 2 Folder 102 One million seed exchange: Japanese ornamental cherry / American dogwood trees information packet

1982

Box 2 Folder 103 Press release from Andrew Walker about the dogwood seed exchange, includes photographs of Roland Maurice Jefferson with a sample of the dogwood exchange mail

1982

Box 2 Folder 104 Rackemann, Francis. “Gardening: National Arboretum swaps dogwood and cherry seeds with Japan.” The Evening Sun (November 4, 1982): B3.

1982

Box 2 Folder 105 Telegrams between Johanna C. Flaim and William L. Davis of the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan

1982



Box 2 Folder 106 Letter from Lois Branche, Associate Editor of the Weekly Reader News Hunt to Margaret Brady with note to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1983

Box 2 Folder 107 Roland Maurice Jefferson with over a million dogwood seeds collected by children and adults from all over the United States for Japan - photograph

1983

Box 2 Folder 108 Scholastic science world 39, no. 14 (March 18, 1983). – includes Luebbe, Betsy. “Students save trees.” Scholastic science world 39, no. 14 (March 18, 1983): 10-12. and separate teacher’s edition

1983

Box 2 Folder 109 Tom Abell at the United States National Arboretum greenhouse/ head house with dogwood seeds – photograph

1983

Box 2 Folder 110 United States ambassador Mansfield addressing audience at Embassy in Tokyo when dogwood seeds were presented to the Japanese - photograph

1983

Box 2 Folder 111 “U.S. presents dogwood seeds to Japanese assn.” Asahi evening news (January 7, 1983).

1983

Box 2 Folder 112 Weekly reader news hunt 52, no. 23. 2nd ed. (April 8, 1983). – includes “Cherry seeds for the U.S. dogwood seeds for Japan.” and Goodtime books: a weekly reader book club for grades 2 and 3 (April 1983).

1983

Box 2 Folder 113 Weekly reader news hunt teacher’s edition 52, no. 23. 2nd ed. (April 8, 1983). - includes Goodtime books: a weekly reader book club (April 1983).

1983

Box 2 Folder 114 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to the editor of Yomiuri Shimbun – includes letter from Jefferson to the people of Japan and two articles in Japanese

1984

Box 2 Folder 115 Letters from Masatoshi Asari to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1987-1998

Box 2 Folder 116 The cherry (Prunus nipponica matsum. var. kurilensis (Miyabe) Wilson) of the Hokodate forest government office – photograph

1998

Box 2 Folder 117 The dogwood of the Hakodate forest government office – photograph

1998

Box 2 Folder 118 The dogwood of the Hakodate forest government office – photograph

1998



Box 2 Folder 119 Letter from Henry Marc Cathey to a participant in the

dogwood seed exchange

n.d.

Box 2 Folder 120 United States National Arboretum mailroom with worker sorting mail - photograph

n.d.

Box 2 Folder 121 Stewart, Caroline. “Let a million dogwoods bloom! Repaying Japan for its cherry trees by a kid-to kid seed exchange.”

n.d.

Subseries III.B. Potomac Park Cherry Trees. 1918-2007.

Box 2 Folder 122 Letter from Madame Yukio Ozaki to Mrs. Taft. 1918Box 2 Folder

122a Russell, Paul. “Americanizing the Japanese Cherry.” Reprint from American Forests and Forest Life. Washington, DC: The American Forestry Association.

1925

Box 2 Folder 122b

Obituary from the Evening Star, October 6, 1954. “Yukio Ozaki Dies at 95; Gave Cherry Trees to Washington.”

1954

Box 2 Folder 122c

Background information on “The Japanese flowering cherry trees of Washington, D.C.”

1981

Box 2 Folder 122d

Information from Yukika Sohma (Mayor Ozaki’s daughter) to Roland Maurice Jefferson regarding “The Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees of Washington, D.C.: A Living Symbol of Friendship.”

1981

Box 2 Folder 123 Eiichi Nakahara, Chief of Hana-No-Kai Nursery, Roland Maurice Jefferson, Adachi Ward Mayor Furushi with Adachi Ward Park Official Suzuki, discussing some of the budded Potomac Park cherries planted in rows at the nursery near Tokyo – photograph

1981

Box 2 Folder 124 Marjorie Shorter, United States Department of Agriculture plant quarantine inspector being interviewed by a Japanese newspaper reporter concerning condition of Potomac Park cherry bud sticks with Roland Maurice Jefferson standing nearby – photograph

1981

Box 2 Folder 125 Potomac Park cherry bud sticks being inspected at a United States Department of Agriculture laboratory in Beltsville Maryland - photograph

1981

Box 2 Folder 126 United States Department of Agriculture plant quarantine inspector, Marjorie Shorter, inspecting cherry bud sticks for plant diseases and insect pests before they are sent to Japan – photograph

1981



Box 2 Folder

126a Letter to Roland Maurice Jefferson about Potomac Park stone lantern from Kanematsu Funatsu

1986

Box 2 Folder 127 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Rob Defeo

1997

Box 2 Folder 128 Ruth Dix at the United States National Arboretum polyhouse – photograph

ca. 1997

Box 2 Folder 129 Letter from Thomas S. Elias to Roland Maurice Jefferson

1998

Box 2 Folder 130 News release from the National Park Service “National capital region cherry tree replacement fund.”

2003

Box 2 Folder 130a

Stone, Andrea. “Private donations sought for Mall: $350 million needed for repairs and restoration to ‘America’s Front Yard!’

2007

Box 2 Folder 131 The chief of farm Eiichi Nakahara with Roland Maurice Jefferson and three other men in a field - photograph

n.d.

Subseries III.C. Normandale Japanese Garden Cherry Trees. 1981-2004.

Box 2 Folder 132 “Japanese delegation stops in Bloomington.” Sun Newspapers (January 28, 1981): 1, 6.

1981

Box 2 Folder 133 Cherry trees from Roland Maurice Jefferson timeline

1982-1990

Box 2 Folder 134 “Return favor, U.S. gives cherry – tree cuttings to Japan.” Minneapolis Tribune (June 13, 1982): 12K.

1982

Box 2 Folder 135 Normandale Japanese Garden newsletters

1984-1990

Box 2 Folder 136 Building and ground committee minutes about the Hokkaido cherry trees

1990-2002

Box 2 Folder 137 Peterson, George. “Japanese trees to root here.” The Journal (April 23, 1990).

1990

Box 2 Folder 138 Program for “A Japanese cherry tree planting ceremony” on April 27, 1990

1990

Box 2 Folder 139 Cherry tree (hill) 7A Normandale Community College Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph

2002

Box 2 Folder 140 Cherry tree (hill) 8A Normandale Community College Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph

2002

Box 2 Folder 141 Cherry tree (hill) #1 Normandale Community College 2002



Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph

Box 2 Folder 142 Cherry tree (hill) #2 Normandale Community College Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph

2002

Box 2 Folder 143 #1 Cherry tree (hill) 00A Normandale Community College Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph

2002


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2002


2002


2002


2002


2002


2002

Box 2 Folder 151 Normandale cherry cultivar letters (photographs included) 2002Box 2 Folder

151a Correspondence between Roland Maurice Jefferson and Lynn Friefeld and Yvonne Bublitz of the Normandale Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota

2002-2004

Box 2 Folder 152 Correspondence between Thomas S. Elias, Lynn Friefeld, and Roland Maurice Jefferson

2002

Box 2 Folder 153 Email from Lynn Friefeld and Yvonne Bublitz to Roland Maurice Jefferson

2003

Box 2 Folder 154 Normandale cherry tree – photograph

2003

Box 3 Folder 155 Normandale cherry tree blossoms – photograph

2003


2003




2003

Box 3 Folder 158 Normandale Japanese Garden – photograph

2003

Box 3 Folder 159 Normandale Japanese Garden – photograph

2003

Box 3 Folder 160 The Normandale team: Bernadine Bryant, Vice President in charge of buildings and grounds at Normandale College, Yvonne Bublitz, Lynn Friefeld, and Bunnie Aaze – photograph

2003

Box 3 Folder 161 Email from Yvonne Bublitz to Roland Maurice Jefferson

2004

Box 3 Folder 162 Roland Maurice Jefferson’s notes on a conference with Dr. Pellett

2004

Series IV. Documents and Notes. 1975-2004. 5 folders. Subseries IV.A. Biographical Documents and Notes. 1975. Box 3 Folder 163 Research grade – evaluation guide for Roland Maurice

Jefferson

1975

Box 3 Folder 163a

Research grade-evaluation guide for Roland Maurice Jefferson

n.d.

Box 3 Folder 164 Biographical notes on Roland Maurice Jefferson by Isabel Shipley Cunningham

n.d.

Subseries IV.B. Special Presentations. 1984-2004. Box 3 Folder 165 Program for the 55th Annual Ohio State University Short

Course for Arborists, Nurserymen, Garden Center Operators, Turf and Landscape Maintenance Specialists and Landscape Contractors. Presentation by Roland Maurice Jefferson. “Sorting the Flowering Cherries.”

1984

Box 3 Folder 165a

Program for the Asia Symposium on Establishment of Botanical Garden and the Development of Multi-Use Tree Species. Held at Chitou, Taiwan. Presentation by Roland Maurice Jefferson. “The United States National Arboretum, It’s Research and Education Programs, and It’s Role in Improving the Quality of Ornamental Flowering Cherries now in Cultivation.” In English and Japanese.

1986

Box 3 Folder 165b

Invitation sent to Roland Maurice Jefferson for the Japan Festival from the Ambassador of Japan. Brochure for Japan Festival including advertisement for the photography exhibit “Cherry Trees in Washington” curated by Roland Maurice Jefferson. Jefferson gave lecture on April 17,

1987



1987. Box 3 Folder

165c Program for the Celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival

2004

Box 3 Folder 166 Program for the Special Lecture and Tree Planting Ceremony

2004

Box 3 Folder 166a

Notes and news articles from Roland Maurice Jefferson’s Japanese cherry lecture research

n.d.

Box 3 Folder 167 Bicentennial activities questionnaire filled out for the publication The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees

n.d.

Series V. Photographs. 1912-2005. 20 folders. Box 3 Folder 168 Seattle, Washington, port area where Japanese cherry trees

from Japan entered the United States 1912

Box 3 Folder 168a

On February 27, 1981 at a White House ceremony officiated by Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block, First Lady Nancy Reagan, presented a three foot Japanese flowering cherry in the name of friendship to Japanese Ambassador Yoshi Ogawara

1981

Box 3 Folder 169 Adachi Ward mayor Tadashi Furusho and the President Reagan cherry tree at Yuki Farm

1981

Box 3 Folder 170 Governor of Tokyo Shunichi Suzuki speaking at the planting of the President Reagan cherry tree

1982

Box 3 Folder 171 Mayor of Adachi Ward, Tadashi Furusho and Governor of Tokyo Shunichi Suzuki planting President Reagan Cherry tree in Tonari Park

1982

Box 3 Folder 172 Mayor of Adachi Ward Tadashi Furusho speaking at the President Reagan tree planting

1982

Box 3 Folder 173 School band with teacher at President Reagan cherry tree planting

1982

Box 3 Folder 174 Japanese sign President Regan Cherry tree planted November 18, 1982 (It’s amazing how much growth the Japanese could get from this tree in two years)

ca. 1984

Box 3 Folder 175 President Reagan Cherry tree

ca. 1985

Box 3 Folder 176 Remaining cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki’s 1912 gift to New York City in Central Park 90th and 5th avenue

1987



Box 3 Folder 177 Remaining cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki’s 1912 gift to

New York City in Central Park 90th and 5th avenue

1987

Box 3 Folder 178 Remaining cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki’s 1912 gift to New York City in Central Park 90th and 5th avenue

1987

Box 3 Folder 179 President Reagan cherry tree to the right of the stone marker

1998

Box 3 Folder 180 Head shot of Roland Maurice Jefferson

1998

Box 3 Folder 181 President Reagan Cherry tree (right of stone marker)

1999

Box 3 Folder 182 Botanists in charge of plant records at the United States National Arboretum: Kevin Tunison (1995-), Elizabeth L. Ley (1982-1994), and Roland Maurice Jefferson (1955-1980)

2002

Box 3 Folder 183 Head shot of Roland Maurice Jefferson

2005

Box 3 Folder 184 Garden display sign designed by Roland Maurice Jefferson that was once used at the United States National Arboretum

n.d.

Box 3 Folder 185 Metal photo plant label introduced by Roland Maurice Jefferson

n.d.

Box 3 Folder 186 Metal photo directional sign designed by Roland Maurice Jefferson that was once used at the United States National Arboretum

n.d.

Box 3 Folder 187 Metal photo directional sign designed by Roland Maurice Jefferson that was once used at the United States National Arboretum

n.d.

Box 3 Folder 187a

Mountain area in Ullung-Do, Korea, where some cherries were found.

n.d.

Series VI. Articles and Lectures. 1962-2006. 51 folders. Subseries VI.A. Articles Written by Roland Maurice Jefferson. 1962-1999. Box 3 Folder 188 Jefferson, Roland M. “Metalphoto – a promising new plant

labeling method.” The American Horticultural Magazine 41, no. 3 (July 1962): 171-173.

1962

Box 3 Folder 189 Jefferson, Roland M. “Crabapples at the National 1966



Arboretum.” The American Horticultural Magazine 45, no. 2 (April 1966): 231-236.

Box 3 Folder 190 Jefferson, Roland M. “Fuji – a new crabapple – and other doubles.” The American Horticultural Magazine 47, no. 1 (Winter 1968): 22-25.

1968

Box 3 Folder 191 Jefferson, Roland M. “History, progeny, and locations of crabapples of documented authentic origin”. National Arboretum Contribution no. 2 (April 1970): 1-107.

1970

Box 3 Folder 192 Jefferson, Roland. M. “Boxwood around the Lincoln Memorial.” American Horticulturist 54, no. 4 (Summer 1975): 6-10.

1975

Box 3 Folder 193 Jefferson, Roland M. “Differences between Ligustrum japonicum and L. lucidum.” American Nurserman 144, no. 1 (July 1, 1976): 22, 72-74.

1976

Box 3 Folder 194 Jefferson, Roland M. and Alan E. Fusonie. “The Japanese flowering cherry trees of Washington, D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 4 (December 1977): 1-66.

1977

Box 3 Folder 194a

Jefferson, Roland M. and Alan E. Fusonie. “The Japanese flowering cherry trees of Washington, D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 4 (December 1977) in Japanese.

1977

Box 3 Folder 195 Jefferson, Roland M. and Alan E. Fusonie. “The Japanese flowering cherry trees of Washington D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 4 (December1977) in English with Japanese translations.

1977-1999

Box 3 Folder 196 Jefferson, Roland M. and Alan E. Fusonie. “The Japanese flowering cherry trees of Washington D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 4 (December1977). in English with Japanese translations

1977-1999

Box 4 Folder 197 Jefferson, Roland. “Do you consider yourself useful enough to be saved from N-attack? Question of the week interviews at Sanno Hotel.” Pacific Stars and Stripes (May 23, 1982).

1982

Box 4 Folder 198 Jefferson, Roland M. and Kay Kazue Wain. “The 1984



nomenclature of cultivated flowering cherries (Prunus): the Sato-zakura group.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 5 (July 1984): 1-44.

Box 4 Folder 199 Jefferson, Roland M. “Evaluation, preservation and genetic enhancement of landscape tree germplasm; and germplasm evaluation and genetics of landscape shrubs.” (1985-1986). - Project report

1985-1986

Box 4 Folder 200 Asia symposium on establishment of botanical garden and development of multi-use tree species – Taiwanese and English. Article by Roland Maurice Jefferson. “The National Arboretum, Its Education and Research Program and Its Role in Improving the Quality of the Flowering Cherry Tree in the United States.” Pages 39-42.

1986

Box 4 Folder 201 Sakura symposium – pictures of Roland Maurice Jefferson on page 4 with dogwood seed exchange - Japanese

1989

Box 4 Folder 202 The international symposium on flowering cherries – Japanese and English

1990

Box 4 Folder 203 Jefferson, Roland M. “Washington’s cherry trees: more than meets the eye.” – expanded lecture given at the Japan Information and Cultural Center, Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1995

1995

Box 4 Folder 204 Jefferson, Roland M. “Introducing modern Japan: the history of cherry blossom trees in Potomac Park.” lecture series 4 (1995): 33-40. – extended lecture

1995

Box 4 Folder 205 Jefferson, Roland M. “Introducing modern Japan: the history of cherry blossom trees in Potomac Park.” (1995). Accessed March 23, 2004 and April 10, 2005 from http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/sakuralecture1.htm – extended lecture

1995

Box 4 Folder 205a

Unpublished slide lecture—Jefferson, Roland Maurice. “The Japanese Flowering Cherry: America’s Most Popular Flowering Tree.”

1998

Subseries VI.B. Articles about Roland Maurice Jefferson. 1975-2006.

Box 4 Folder 206 Selection from the U.S. National Arboretum Annual Report

1975-1976.

1975-1976

Box 4 Folder 207 “The National Arboretum and a gift to Japan.” One Regional Staff Letter (February – March 1981): 1, 4.

1981



Box 4 Folder 208 Morris, Linda Lowe. “Cherry blossom time: D.C.’s famous

trees mark a triumph of diplomacy.” Baltimore (April 2, 1981. (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 246)

1981

Box 4 Folder 209 Shearer, Lloyd. “Good turns.” Parade Magazine (April 1981): 14. [President Reagan cherry tree]

1981

Box 4 Folder 209a

Articles from Japanese newspapers about Roland Maurice Jefferson’s cherry work in Japan

1981, 1984, n.d.

Box 4 Folder 210 Walker, Charlie. “The story of the cherry blossom trees.” Constellation 8, no. 5 (May 1984): 3.

1984

Box 4 Folder 211 Article in Japanese

1984

Box 4 Folder 212 Creech, John L. “Asian natives for American landscapes: Prunus incise the flowering cherries of Japan.” American Nurseryman 161, no. 4 (February 15, 1985): 51-53.

1985

Box 4 Folder 212a

Wells, Rufus. “Minority Report.” United States Department of Agriculture. Reference to Roland Maurice Jefferson authoring a monograph on the names of cultivated Japanese flowering cherries.

1984

Box 4 Folder 213 FONA News (March 1985): 1-8. – includes “Can cherry trees survive in Minnesota? Myriad uses planned for exchange seeds.” FONA News (March 1985): 3.

1985

Box 4 Folder 214 Barnes, Peter. [“Book review of Jefferson, R. M. and Kay Kazue Wain. “The nomenclature of cultivated flowering cherries (Prunus): the Sato-zakura group.””] The Garden: Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 110, no. 9 (September 1985): 446.

1985

Box 4 Folder 215 Helman, Gordon. “Tree sleuths find cherry jubilee.” The Daily Plant City of New York Parks & Recreation 5, no. 781 (April 17, 1987). (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 247)

1987

Box 4 Folder 216 Santamour, Frank S. Jr. “A prescription for successful introductions.” The Public Garden 2, no. 4 (October 1987): 10-13, 33.

1987

Box 4 Folder 217 Diversity no. 14 (1988). - includes Cunningham, Isabel “The U.S. National Arboretum: Leader in ornamental plant germplasm collection.” Diversity no. 14 (1988): 28-29.

1988

Box 4 Folder 218 Reprint of Cunningham, Isabel S. “The U.S. National Arboretum: leader in ornamental plant germplasm

1988



collection…part III Exploration in Japan.” Diversity no. 14 (1988): 28-29.

Box 4 Folder 219 Gelernter, Carey Quan. “Life and limb: making a career of cherry tree has given this botanist hero status in Japan.” The Seattle Times (April 11, 1989): C1, C7.

1989

Box 4 Folder 220 “Cherry hero.” The Seattle Times (December 28, 1989): E.

1989

Box 4 Folder 221 Creech, John L. “A small flowering cherry for the future: from the slopes of Mount Fuji, an ornamental perfect for today’s cramped landscapes.” American Horticulturist (April 1993): 39-43.

1993

Box 4 Folder 222 Wheeler, Linda. “Tidal Basin’s blossoming controversy.” The Washington Post (March 23, 1997): B1, B7.

1997

Box 4 Folder 223 Flower Association of Japan. Flower Friends. no. 63 (1998). - page 6 for article on Roland Maurice Jefferson’s Shinshrio, Japan lecture – Japanese

1998

Box 4 Folder 224 Wheeler, Linda. “Cherry saplings make flowery debut.” The Washington Post (March 25, 1999): B3.

1999

Box 4 Folder 225 Elias, Thomas S. “U.S. National Arboretum revives historic cherries.” Agriculture Research 47, no. 4 (April 1999): 2.

1999

Box 4 Folder 226 Lee, Jill. “Cherry blossoms: restoring a national treasure.” Agriculture Research 47, no. 4 (April 1999): 4-8.

1999

Box 4 Folder 227 Friends of the United States National Arboretum. “Arboretum helps preserve cherry tree geneti heritage.” ARBOR friends (Summer 1999): 1.

1999

Box 4 Folder 228 Chance, Willie. “Preserving the Yochino cherry.” Home and Garden (1999). Accessed April 28, 2005 from http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/ga/houston/hg990418.html

1999

Box 4 Folder 229 “Restoring the historic cherry trees.” Japan Now : 8.

ca. 1999

Box 4 Folder 230 “Book details: The Japanese flowering cherry trees of Washington, D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” AllBookstores.com. Accessed on November 17, 2002 at http://www.allbookstores.com/book/078817360X.

2002



Box 4 Folder 231 Rose, Nancy. “January 2003 plant of the month Sargent Cherry (Prunus sargentti) tree zone: 4.” Minnesota Nursery & Landscape Association (January 2003). Accessed on July 2, 2003 from http://www.mnlandscape.org/plantofmonth.phtml?key=25.

2003

Box 4 Folder 232 Higgins, Adrian. “Beyond the Tidal Basin, there’s a cherry jubilee.” The Washington Post (April 8, 2004): H1, H6.

2004

Box 4 Folder 233 “Web matches for Roland M. Jefferson.” AOL (March 28, 2005). Accessed March 28, 2005 from http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/search?InvocatonType=chstrip9&query=”Roland%20M.%20.

2005

Box 4 Folder 234 National Agricultural Library. “Search request: keyword anywhere=Jefferson, Roland M.” AGRICOLA article citation database (September 23, 2005). Accessed September 23, 2005 from http://agricola.nal.usda.gov.

2005

Box 4 Folder 235 Draft of Cunningham, Isabel S. “Roland M. Jefferson.” for publication in African American National Biography.

2006

Box 4 Folder 236 Cunningham, Isabel S. “The U.S. National Arboretum: leader in ornamental plant germplasm collection.” Diversity no. 12-15. Selective reprint four part series of Cunningham’s articles published in four issues combined in one publication

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Box 4 Folder 237 Gelernter, Carey Quan. “American botanist a hero in Japan.” Seattle Times (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 248)

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Box 4 Folder 238 Great tree walk guide: the great trees of New York City. New York: City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation.

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Box 4 Folder 238a

Perry, Thomas O. “Trees and Their Typical Ages and Growth Rates.” Reference to Roland Maurice Jefferson on page 5.

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Box 4 Folder 239 Santamour, Frank S. Jr. “Strategies for urban tree improvement research with seldom-used species.” 72-75.

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Box 4 Folder 239a

“Program Exchanges Sugar Maple, Crabapple Seeds.” From an unknown source. Topic relates to seed exchange with Russia.

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Oversize Boxes Box 5 Folder 240 Letter from Liz to Roland Maurice Jefferson with 1984


accession records (From Box 1, Folder 66)

Box 5 Folder 241 Locations of cherry plantings on the South Farm Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Maryland – maps and charts (From Box 1, Folder 68)

1985

Box 5 Folder 242 Envelopes (From Box 2, Folder 88)

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Box 5 Folder 243 Article in Japanese (From Box 2, Folder 93)

1982

Box 5 Folder 244 Friendship in Flowers - in Japanese (From Box 2, Folder 96)

ca. 1982

Box 5 Folder 245 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Henry Marc Cathey (From Box 2, Folder 99)

1982

Box 5 Folder 246 Morris, Linda Lowe. “Cherry blossom time: D.C.’s famous trees mark a triumph of diplomacy.” Baltimore (April 2, 1981. (From Box 4, Folder 208)

1981

Box 5 Folder 247 Helman, Gordon. “Tree sleuths find cherry jubilee.” The Daily Plant City of New York Parks & Recreation 5, no. 781 (April 17, 1987). (From Box 4, Folder 215)

1987

Box 5 Folder 248 Gelernter, Carey Quan. “American botanist a hero in Japan.” Seattle Times (From Box 4, Folder 237)

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