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Florida Daffodil Society records and papers of John C. and Linda M. Van Beck

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1212
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, articles, daffodil inventories, and reports from the Van Becks' daffodil research. Also a part of the collection are records from the Florida Daffodil Society which include correspondence, program and meeting information, financial reports, and minutes. The collection also includes promotional media, correspondence, and research from Linda and Sara's 2004 book, Daffodils in Florida. The Van Becks' support of...
Dates: 1990-2017

Hastings Seed Company records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS992
Scope and Contents of the Records

The collection primarily contains seed and nursery catalogs of H. G. Hastings and Company. The collection also includes business records and publications produced by H. G. Hastings and Company. Limited correspondence and newspaper articles provide some insight on the company’s operations. Unpublished manuscripts provide details about the company’s history and the mail order seed business in general.

Dates: 1894-1993, undated

Henry Hicks Papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS970
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains both personal and professional papers of Henry Hicks. Included in the collection are numerous Hicks Nurseries publications such as catalogs, price lists, solicitations, and monographs that Hicks authored to help educate and inspire potential gardeners. Also within the collection, are a large number of pamphlets that Hicks collected, reflecting a wide range of topics. Writings contain articles and papers that Hicks authored, including his Cornell thesis from 1892....
Dates: 1860-1953

Jarvis Van Buren autographed notecard

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Collection number: ahc.MSS790f
Scope and Content

This collection contains an autographed notecard by Van Buren which includes his place and date of birth.

Dates: undated

Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS961
Scope and Contents of the Records The Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans Collection contains personal and business records pertaining to Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans, Sr. and other Berckmans family members. The collection documents the activities of Fruitland Nurseries, one of the first commercial horticultural nurseries in the South. The collection contains family records, including correspondence, journals, newspapers articles, and photographs. The collection also has business records of Fruitland Nurseries, including...
Dates: 1828-2000, undated

Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans landscape architectural drawings

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Collection number: ahc.VIS278
Scope and Content

This collection contains drawings that provide details of the land owned by the Berckmans family in both Belgium and Augusta, Georgia. Also part of the collection is a landscape drawing by P. J. Berckmans Company for an estate in Eatonton, Georgia and color landscape plans produced by the lawn and garden fertilizer company Vigoro.

Dates: 1852-approximately 1920

Sarah B. Fay herbarium

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Collection number: ahc.MSS925f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of one bound herbarium of marine plants collected by Sarah B. Fay. The notebook includes several different types of seaweed such as kelp and algae. The specimens likely came from the coast of Massachusetts. Of special note, the herbarium contains species of seaweed such as: Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) and Porphyra leucosticta (Thuret).

Dates: approximately 1900

Seed and Nursery Catalog Collection

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Collection number: ahc.MSS988
Scope and Contents of the Records Nursery catalogs offer a wide variety of horticultural information, including plant introductions, agricultural development and examples of plant illustration. The Seed and Nursery Catalog Collection represents over 500 Seed, Nursery, and Supply companies. Using this collection, researchers can learn about plant cultivar introductions, verify when and how plants were used, study various types of gardening equipment, as well as gain insight into the changes in printing technology and the...
Dates: 1827-current, undated

Tom Woodham papers

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Collection number: ahc.MSS1198
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, clippings, postcards, and a landscape plan that provide details on Woodham's professional and personal interests in horticulture and garden history. Included in the collection is Woodham's correspondence with publishers and garden writers such as Penelope Hobhouse, Sir Roy Strong, and Dr. Julia Trevelyan Oman. Also a part of the collection is Augusta "Gussie" Cook's handwritten diary that describes her daily activities in rural Georgia in 1930. Of...
Dates: 1930-2006, undated

William W. Thompson's Le Conte Nursery documents

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Collection number: ahc.MSS940f
Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence on company letterhead and an envelope from William W. Thompson of Le Conte Nursery. The correspondence includes an order for 300 Spanish chestnut trees, sent to William H. Moon of Moon Nurseries in Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Of interest is a description of awards and details of the Le Conte Nursery orchards included in the letterhead.

Dates: 1888

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