Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
Container List
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 1972 to Roland Maurice Jefferson
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 – 1981 on media coverage
Box 1 Folder 4 Letter from Hugh Bell Muller to Roland Maurice Jefferson 1981
Box 1 Folder 5 Correspondence between Roland Maurice Jefferson, Henry 1981 Marc Cathey, and Richard A. Farley – includes short article “NAL receives a rare publication.”
Box 1 Folder 6 Letter from Yoshiyuki Takishima of the Flower 1982 Association of Japan to Roland Maurice Jefferson
Box 1 Folder 7 Letter from Andrew B. Walker to Roland Maurice 1982 Jefferson
Box 1 Folder 8 Letter from Tadashi Furusho, Mayor of Adachi-ward 1985 (Tokyo), to Roland Maurice Jefferson
Box 1 Folder 9 Letter from Karen D. Klemp of the American Institute in 1985 Taiwan to Roland Maurice Jefferson
Box 1 Folder 10 Letter from Gordon Helman to Roland Maurice Jefferson 1987
Box 1 Folder 11 Correspondence between Roland Maurice Jefferson and 1987-2005 John L. Creech
Box 1 Folder 12 Correspondence between Roland Maurice Jefferson and 1990-2004 Isabel Shipley Cunningham
Box 1 Folder 13 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Frederick G. 1991 Meyer
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Box 1 Folder 14 Letter from Motokatsu Watanabe to Roland Maurice 1995 Jefferson
Box 1 Folder 14a Letter from John H. den Boer to Roland Maurice Jefferson 1995 regarding a crabapple database Box 1 Folder 15 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Jeff [no last 1995 name]
Box 1 Folder 16 Letters from Tadaoki Ishikawa, senior vice president of 1999 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
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 2003 Jefferson
Box 1 Folder 19 Letter from Mary Byrne to Roland Maurice Jefferson – 2004 includes condition report on the 1982 and 1986 Prunus expeditions
Box 1 Folder 20 Correspondence with Elizabeth C. Rea and Roland 2004 Maurice Jefferson, includes articles and a 1995 letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Ruth Dix
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 1988 of Takato Town (Japan)
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 http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 2 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
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, 1978 Roy C. Lancaster, and H.J. van de Laar
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 1978 with Colingwood Ingram, a renowned author and Japanese flowering cherry expert at his England home – photograph
Box 1 Folder 34 Plant material shipping invoice and notice to state plant 1979 quarantine official of shipment of imported plants and plant material
Subseries II.B. Asian Expeditions. 1981-1996.
Box 1 Folder 35 United States National Arboretum plant exploration 1981 and research proposal on “Introduction and documentation of superior Japanese cherry selections into the United States.”
Box 1 Folder 36 Jefferson, Roland M. “Japanese flowering cherry 1982 (Prunus Taxa) seeds collected during Japan expedition March 9, 1982-August 5, 1982.” (1982). – accession list
Box 1 Folder 37 Jefferson, Roland M. “Japanese flowering cherry 1982-1983 (Prunus Taxa) budwood collected during Japan expedition November 11, 1982-February 9, 1983.” – accession list
Box 1 Folder 38 Japanese student bringing Prunus ineisa to Roland 1982 Maurice Jefferson from collection area near Gotemba, Japan – photograph
Box 1 Folder 39 Japanese school children from city near Mount Fuji 1982 preparing to collect cherry seeds Gotemba, Japan - photograph http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 3 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
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 ca. 1982 planners of 1982 trip with Roland Maurice Jefferson – photograph
Box 1 Folder 43 Numerical location listing of cherry budwood 1982 collection from 1982 Japan expedition
Box 1 Folder 44 Prunus? a long river path in Tokyo, Japan - 1982 photograph
Box 1 Folder 45 Prunus incisa Hakone Mountain near Mount Fuji no 1982 seeds - photograph
Box 1 Folder 46 Prunus nippowica var. kurilewsis Yoshiyuki 1982 Takishima in very cold mountain area near Kami- Shinoro, Hokkaido, Japan - photograph
Box 1 Folder 47 Prunus yedoensis a long river path in Tokyo, Japan - 1982 photograph
Box 1 Folder 48 Prunus yedoensis a long river path in Tokyo, Japan - 1982 photograph
Box 1 Folder 49 Roland Maurice Jefferson in Ten shoji Park in 1982 Kitakami City (Morioka) April 27, 1982 - photograph
Box 1 Folder 50 Roland Maurice Jefferson on Hakone Mountain near 1982 Mount Fuji - photograph
Box 1 Folder 51 Roland Maurice Jefferson with Japanese cherry 1982 researchers - photograph
Box 1 Folder 52 Roland Maurice Jefferson with Yoshiyuki Takishima, ca. 1982 cherry researcher and guide during 1982 and 1986 Japan cherry seed collecting trips, Hakone Mountain near Mount Fuji – photograph
Box 1 Folder 53 School children that helped collect seeds of Prunus 1982 incise plants from wild area near Mount Fuji, Gotemba, Japan – photograph
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northern Honshu with Roland Maurice Jefferson – photograph
Box 1 Folder 55 Teachers discussing cherry seed collecting trip with 1982 school children in area near Mount Fuji, Gotemba, Japan – photograph
Box 1 Folder 56 Two photographs printed on same page: 1) 1988 ca. 1982-1988 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)
Box 1 Folder 57 Yoshiyuki Takishima and Roland Maurice Jefferson ca. 1982 by Prunus Sargenti cherry in Hokkaido, Japan
Box 1 Folder 58 Japanese cherry researcher photographing flowers - 1983 photograph
Box 1 Folder 59 Japanese cherry researchers photographing flowers - 1983 photograph
Box 1 Folder 60 Mr. Bunoda, cherry researcher and guide - photograph 1983
Box 1 Folder 61 Mr. Ogama and Roland Maurice Jefferson on Oshima 1983 Island, Japan – photograph
Box 1 Folder 62 Mr. Ogama (cherry researcher and guide) and Roland 1983 Maurice Jefferson on Oshima Island, Japan – photograph
Box 1 Folder 63 Mr. Oshima and team leading search for flowering 1983 cherries on Oshima Island, Japan – photograph
Box 1 Folder 64 Prunus yedoensis a long river bank in Kamakura, 1983 Japan – photograph
Box 1 Folder 65 Roland Maurice Jefferson with some members of The 1983 Flower Association of Japan – photograph
Box 1 Folder 66 Letter from Liz [no last name] to Roland Maurice 1984 Jefferson with accession records (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 240) http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 5 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
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 1985 Industry Station, Beltsville, Maryland – maps and charts (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 241)
Box 1 Folder 69 Plant exploration proposal Prunus exploration in 1985 Taiwan; Cheju and Ullung Islands, Korea; and Hokkaido and Nikko area, Japan in 1986
Box 1 Folder 70 “Prunus exploration in Taiwan; Cheju and Ullung 1985 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
Box 1 Folder 71 Travel authorization from February 19, 1986 to August 1985 16, 1986 to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan
Box 1 Folder 72 Jefferson, Roland M. “Prunus exploration in Taiwan; 1986 Cheju and Ullung Islands, Korea; Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan 1986.” - report
Box 2 Folder 73 Masatoshi Asari and Roland Maurice Jefferson 1986 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
Box 2 Folder 74 NA 58774 Prunus cerasoides var campanulata one 1986 seed plant of many growing on high mountains between 1600-1900 meters altitude from Ckia-Yi to Alishan Taiwan – photograph
Box 2 Folder 75 NA 58777 Prunus cerasoides var campanulata one 1986 seed plant of many growing on higher mountains between 1600-1900 meters altitude from Ckia-Yi to Alishan Taiwan – photograph
Box 2 Folder 76 NA 58818 Prunus incisa seed plant Mount Amagi- 1986 Yugashima – photograph
Box 2 Folder 77 NA 58818? SD plant Mount Amagi-Yugashima Ugusu 1986 Highlands, Izu Peninsula Honshu, Japan - photograph
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Highlands Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Japan– photograph
Box 2 Folder 79 Prunus incisa shrubs Mount Amagi-Yugashima, Izu 1986 Peninsula Honshu, Japan - photograph
Box 2 Folder 80 Prunus yedoensis on Takamatsu Lake in Morioka, 1986 Japan, seed source for NA # 58835 – photograph
Box 2 Folder 81 Prunus verecunda near Hokkaido Forest Experiment 1986 station Shintoku, Hokkaido, Japan – seed plant for NA 58899 (PI 510840) – photograph
Box 2 Folder 82 Prunus yedoensis a long water way in Kamakura, 1986 Japan – photograph
Box 2 Folder 83 Roland Maurice Jefferson walking among many 1986 research trees of Prunus sargenti at the Tokyo University Forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furand, Hokkaido, source of many seeds – photograph
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 1994 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
Box 2 Folder 87 Prunus yedoensis a long river bank in Morioka, Japan - ca. 1996 photograph
Box 2 Folder 88 Envelopes (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 242) n.d.
Box 2 Folder 89 NA 58799 Prunus takesimensis Sed-Myum, Ullung n.d. Island, Korea - photograph
Box 2 Folder 90 NA 58819 Prunus sargenti SD. plant growing at crest n.d. of steep ravine about 1000 meters from old barn in Mattogahara Village, Minami-Aizu Gun, Fukushima - photograph
Box 2 Folder 91 Numerical listing of cherry budwood by plant n.d. quarantine and location numbers in Japan
Series III. Projects. 1918-2007. 71 folders. http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 7 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
Subseries III.A. Dogwood Seed Exchange. 1961-1998.
Box 2 Folder 92 Correspondence between John L. Creech, John Motz, and 1961 Douglas MacArthur II
Box 2 Folder 93 Article in Japanese (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 243) 1982
Box 2 Folder 94 Douglas Macarthur Elementary School children in 1982 Alexandria, Virginia cleaning dogwood seeds to be sent to Japan – photograph
Box 2 Folder 95 Douglas Macarthur Elementary School children with 1982 teacher Mrs. Zinmerman presenting dogwood seeds to Roland Maurice Jefferson at the United States National Arboretum – photograph
Box 2 Folder 96 Friendship in Flowers - in Japanese (See Oversize Box 5, ca. 1982 Folder 244)
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 1982 Cathey (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 245)
Box 2 Folder 100 Memorandum from Henry Marc Cathey to staff on 1982 television presentation
Box 2 Folder 101 Nishi-Nippon Shimbun (October 18, 1982). – article in 1982 Japanese with photograph of Jefferson
Box 2 Folder 102 One million seed exchange: Japanese ornamental cherry / 1982 American dogwood trees information packet
Box 2 Folder 103 Press release from Andrew Walker about the dogwood 1982 seed exchange, includes photographs of Roland Maurice Jefferson with a sample of the dogwood exchange mail
Box 2 Folder 104 Rackemann, Francis. “Gardening: National Arboretum 1982 swaps dogwood and cherry seeds with Japan.” The Evening Sun (November 4, 1982): B3.
Box 2 Folder 105 Telegrams between Johanna C. Flaim and William L. 1982 Davis of the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan
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Box 2 Folder 106 Letter from Lois Branche, Associate Editor of the Weekly 1983 Reader News Hunt to Margaret Brady with note to Roland Maurice Jefferson
Box 2 Folder 107 Roland Maurice Jefferson with over a million dogwood 1983 seeds collected by children and adults from all over the United States for Japan - photograph
Box 2 Folder 108 Scholastic science world 39, no. 14 (March 18, 1983). – 1983 includes Luebbe, Betsy. “Students save trees.” Scholastic science world 39, no. 14 (March 18, 1983): 10-12. and separate teacher’s edition
Box 2 Folder 109 Tom Abell at the United States National Arboretum 1983 greenhouse/ head house with dogwood seeds – photograph
Box 2 Folder 110 United States ambassador Mansfield addressing audience 1983 at Embassy in Tokyo when dogwood seeds were presented to the Japanese - photograph
Box 2 Folder 111 “U.S. presents dogwood seeds to Japanese assn.” Asahi 1983 evening news (January 7, 1983).
Box 2 Folder 112 Weekly reader news hunt 52, no. 23. 2nd ed. (April 8, 1983 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).
Box 2 Folder 113 Weekly reader news hunt teacher’s edition 52, no. 23. 2nd 1983 ed. (April 8, 1983). - includes Goodtime books: a weekly reader book club (April 1983).
Box 2 Folder 114 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to the editor of 1984 Yomiuri Shimbun – includes letter from Jefferson to the people of Japan and two articles in Japanese
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 1998 (Miyabe) Wilson) of the Hokodate forest government office – photograph
Box 2 Folder 117 The dogwood of the Hakodate forest government office – 1998 photograph
Box 2 Folder 118 The dogwood of the Hakodate forest government office – 1998 photograph http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 9 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
Box 2 Folder 119 Letter from Henry Marc Cathey to a participant in the n.d. dogwood seed exchange
Box 2 Folder 120 United States National Arboretum mailroom with worker n.d. sorting mail - photograph
Box 2 Folder 121 Stewart, Caroline. “Let a million dogwoods bloom! n.d. Repaying Japan for its cherry trees by a kid-to kid seed exchange.”
Subseries III.B. Potomac Park Cherry Trees. 1918-2007.
Box 2 Folder 122 Letter from Madame Yukio Ozaki to Mrs. Taft. 1918 Box 2 Folder Russell, Paul. “Americanizing the Japanese Cherry.” 1925 122a Reprint from American Forests and Forest Life. Washington, DC: The American Forestry Association. Box 2 Folder Obituary from the Evening Star, October 6, 1954. “Yukio 1954 122b Ozaki Dies at 95; Gave Cherry Trees to Washington.” Box 2 Folder Background information on “The Japanese flowering 1981 122c cherry trees of Washington, D.C.”
Box 2 Folder Information from Yukika Sohma (Mayor Ozaki’s 1981 122d daughter) to Roland Maurice Jefferson regarding “The Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees of Washington, D.C.: A Living Symbol of Friendship.” Box 2 Folder 123 Eiichi Nakahara, Chief of Hana-No-Kai Nursery, Roland 1981 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
Box 2 Folder 124 Marjorie Shorter, United States Department of Agriculture 1981 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
Box 2 Folder 125 Potomac Park cherry bud sticks being inspected at a United 1981 States Department of Agriculture laboratory in Beltsville Maryland - photograph
Box 2 Folder 126 United States Department of Agriculture plant quarantine 1981 inspector, Marjorie Shorter, inspecting cherry bud sticks for plant diseases and insect pests before they are sent to Japan – photograph http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 10 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
Box 2 Folder Letter to Roland Maurice Jefferson about Potomac Park 1986 126a stone lantern from Kanematsu Funatsu 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 ca. 1997 polyhouse – photograph
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 2003 capital region cherry tree replacement fund.”
Box 2 Folder Stone, Andrea. “Private donations sought for Mall: $350 2007 130a million needed for repairs and restoration to ‘America’s Front Yard!’ Box 2 Folder 131 The chief of farm Eiichi Nakahara with Roland Maurice n.d. Jefferson and three other men in a field - photograph
Subseries III.C. Normandale Japanese Garden Cherry Trees. 1981-2004.
Box 2 Folder 132 “Japanese delegation stops in Bloomington.” Sun 1981 Newspapers (January 28, 1981): 1, 6.
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.” 1982 Minneapolis Tribune (June 13, 1982): 12K.
Box 2 Folder 135 Normandale Japanese Garden newsletters 1984-1990
Box 2 Folder 136 Building and ground committee minutes about the 1990-2002 Hokkaido cherry trees
Box 2 Folder 137 Peterson, George. “Japanese trees to root here.” The 1990 Journal (April 23, 1990).
Box 2 Folder 138 Program for “A Japanese cherry tree planting ceremony” 1990 on April 27, 1990
Box 2 Folder 139 Cherry tree (hill) 7A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 140 Cherry tree (hill) 8A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
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Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 142 Cherry tree (hill) #2 Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 143 #1 Cherry tree (hill) 00A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 144 #1 Cherry tree (hill) 0A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 145 #1 Cherry tree (hill) 1A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 146 #1 Cherry tree (hill) 2A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 147 #2 Cherry tree (hill) 3A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 148 #2 Cherry tree (hill) 4A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 149 #2 Cherry tree (hill) 5A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 150 #2 Cherry tree (hill) 6A Normandale Community College 2002 Bloomington, Minnesota – photograph
Box 2 Folder 151 Normandale cherry cultivar letters (photographs included) 2002 Box 2 Folder Correspondence between Roland Maurice Jefferson and 2002-2004 151a Lynn Friefeld and Yvonne Bublitz of the Normandale Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota
Box 2 Folder 152 Correspondence between Thomas S. Elias, Lynn Friefeld, 2002 and Roland Maurice Jefferson
Box 2 Folder 153 Email from Lynn Friefeld and Yvonne Bublitz to Roland 2003 Maurice Jefferson
Box 2 Folder 154 Normandale cherry tree – photograph 2003
Box 3 Folder 155 Normandale cherry tree blossoms – photograph 2003
Box 3 Folder 156 Normandale cherry tree blossoms – photograph 2003 http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 12 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
Box 3 Folder 157 Normandale cherry tree blossoms – photograph 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 2003 in charge of buildings and grounds at Normandale College, Yvonne Bublitz, Lynn Friefeld, and Bunnie Aaze – photograph
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. 2004 Pellett
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 1975 Jefferson
Box 3 Folder Research grade-evaluation guide for Roland Maurice n.d. 163a Jefferson Box 3 Folder 164 Biographical notes on Roland Maurice Jefferson by Isabel n.d. Shipley Cunningham
Subseries IV.B. Special Presentations. 1984-2004.
Box 3 Folder 165 Program for the 55th Annual Ohio State University Short 1984 Course for Arborists, Nurserymen, Garden Center Operators, Turf and Landscape Maintenance Specialists and Landscape Contractors. Presentation by Roland Maurice Jefferson. “Sorting the Flowering Cherries.” Box 3 Folder Program for the Asia Symposium on Establishment of 1986 165a 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. Box 3 Folder Invitation sent to Roland Maurice Jefferson for the Japan 1987 165b 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, http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 13 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
1987. Box 3 Folder Program for the Celebration of the National Cherry 2004 165c Blossom Festival
Box 3 Folder 166 Program for the Special Lecture and Tree Planting 2004 Ceremony
Box 3 Folder Notes and news articles from Roland Maurice Jefferson’s n.d. 166a Japanese cherry lecture research Box 3 Folder 167 Bicentennial activities questionnaire filled out for the n.d. publication The Tidal Basin flowering cherry trees
Series V. Photographs. 1912-2005. 20 folders.
Box 3 Folder 168 Seattle, Washington, port area where Japanese cherry trees 1912 from Japan entered the United States Box 3 Folder On February 27, 1981 at a White House ceremony 1981 168a 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
Box 3 Folder 169 Adachi Ward mayor Tadashi Furusho and the President 1981 Reagan cherry tree at Yuki Farm
Box 3 Folder 170 Governor of Tokyo Shunichi Suzuki speaking at the 1982 planting of the President Reagan cherry tree
Box 3 Folder 171 Mayor of Adachi Ward, Tadashi Furusho and Governor of 1982 Tokyo Shunichi Suzuki planting President Reagan Cherry tree in Tonari Park
Box 3 Folder 172 Mayor of Adachi Ward Tadashi Furusho speaking at the 1982 President Reagan tree planting
Box 3 Folder 173 School band with teacher at President Reagan cherry tree 1982 planting
Box 3 Folder 174 Japanese sign President Regan Cherry tree planted ca. 1984 November 18, 1982 (It’s amazing how much growth the Japanese could get from this tree in two years)
Box 3 Folder 175 President Reagan Cherry tree ca. 1985
Box 3 Folder 176 Remaining cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki’s 1912 gift to 1987 New York City in Central Park 90th and 5th avenue http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 14 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
Box 3 Folder 177 Remaining cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki’s 1912 gift to 1987 New York City in Central Park 90th and 5th avenue
Box 3 Folder 178 Remaining cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki’s 1912 gift to 1987 New York City in Central Park 90th and 5th avenue
Box 3 Folder 179 President Reagan cherry tree to the right of the stone 1998 marker
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 2002 National Arboretum: Kevin Tunison (1995-), Elizabeth L. Ley (1982-1994), and Roland Maurice Jefferson (1955- 1980)
Box 3 Folder 183 Head shot of Roland Maurice Jefferson 2005
Box 3 Folder 184 Garden display sign designed by Roland Maurice Jefferson n.d. that was once used at the United States National Arboretum
Box 3 Folder 185 Metal photo plant label introduced by Roland Maurice n.d. Jefferson
Box 3 Folder 186 Metal photo directional sign designed by Roland Maurice n.d. Jefferson that was once used at the United States National Arboretum
Box 3 Folder 187 Metal photo directional sign designed by Roland Maurice n.d. Jefferson that was once used at the United States National Arboretum Box 3 Folder Mountain area in Ullung-Do, Korea, where some cherries n.d. 187a were found.
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 1962 labeling method.” The American Horticultural Magazine 41, no. 3 (July 1962): 171-173.
Box 3 Folder 189 Jefferson, Roland M. “Crabapples at the National 1966 http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 15 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
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 1968 doubles.” The American Horticultural Magazine 47, no. 1 (Winter 1968): 22-25.
Box 3 Folder 191 Jefferson, Roland M. “History, progeny, and locations of 1970 crabapples of documented authentic origin”. National Arboretum Contribution no. 2 (April 1970): 1-107.
Box 3 Folder 192 Jefferson, Roland. M. “Boxwood around the Lincoln 1975 Memorial.” American Horticulturist 54, no. 4 (Summer 1975): 6-10.
Box 3 Folder 193 Jefferson, Roland M. “Differences between Ligustrum 1976 japonicum and L. lucidum.” American Nurserman 144, no. 1 (July 1, 1976): 22, 72-74.
Box 3 Folder 194 Jefferson, Roland M. and Alan E. Fusonie. “The Japanese 1977 flowering cherry trees of Washington, D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 4 (December 1977): 1-66.
Box 3 Folder Jefferson, Roland M. and Alan E. Fusonie. “The Japanese 1977 194a flowering cherry trees of Washington, D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 4 (December 1977) in Japanese.
Box 3 Folder 195 Jefferson, Roland M. and Alan E. Fusonie. “The Japanese 1977-1999 flowering cherry trees of Washington D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 4 (December1977) in English with Japanese translations.
Box 3 Folder 196 Jefferson, Roland M. and Alan E. Fusonie. “The Japanese 1977-1999 flowering cherry trees of Washington D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” National Arboretum Contribution no. 4 (December1977). in English with Japanese translations
Box 4 Folder 197 Jefferson, Roland. “Do you consider yourself useful 1982 enough to be saved from N-attack? Question of the week interviews at Sanno Hotel.” Pacific Stars and Stripes (May 23, 1982).
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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 1985-1986 enhancement of landscape tree germplasm; and germplasm evaluation and genetics of landscape shrubs.” (1985-1986). - Project report
Box 4 Folder 200 Asia symposium on establishment of botanical garden and 1986 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.
Box 4 Folder 201 Sakura symposium – pictures of Roland Maurice Jefferson 1989 on page 4 with dogwood seed exchange - Japanese
Box 4 Folder 202 The international symposium on flowering cherries – 1990 Japanese and English
Box 4 Folder 203 Jefferson, Roland M. “Washington’s cherry trees: more 1995 than meets the eye.” – expanded lecture given at the Japan Information and Cultural Center, Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1995
Box 4 Folder 204 Jefferson, Roland M. “Introducing modern Japan: the 1995 history of cherry blossom trees in Potomac Park.” lecture series 4 (1995): 33-40. – extended lecture
Box 4 Folder 205 Jefferson, Roland M. “Introducing modern Japan: the 1995 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 Box 4 Folder Unpublished slide lecture—Jefferson, Roland Maurice. 1998 205a “The Japanese Flowering Cherry: America’s Most Popular Flowering Tree.”
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 1981 Regional Staff Letter (February – March 1981): 1, 4. http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 17 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
Box 4 Folder 208 Morris, Linda Lowe. “Cherry blossom time: D.C.’s famous 1981 trees mark a triumph of diplomacy.” Baltimore (April 2, 1981. (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 246)
Box 4 Folder 209 Shearer, Lloyd. “Good turns.” Parade Magazine (April 1981 1981): 14. [President Reagan cherry tree]
Box 4 Folder Articles from Japanese newspapers about Roland Maurice 1981, 209a Jefferson’s cherry work in Japan 1984, n.d. Box 4 Folder 210 Walker, Charlie. “The story of the cherry blossom trees.” 1984 Constellation 8, no. 5 (May 1984): 3.
Box 4 Folder 211 Article in Japanese 1984
Box 4 Folder 212 Creech, John L. “Asian natives for American landscapes: 1985 Prunus incise the flowering cherries of Japan.” American Nurseryman 161, no. 4 (February 15, 1985): 51-53.
Box 4 Folder Wells, Rufus. “Minority Report.” United States 1984 212a Department of Agriculture. Reference to Roland Maurice Jefferson authoring a monograph on the names of cultivated Japanese flowering cherries. Box 4 Folder 213 FONA News (March 1985): 1-8. – includes “Can cherry 1985 trees survive in Minnesota? Myriad uses planned for exchange seeds.” FONA News (March 1985): 3.
Box 4 Folder 214 Barnes, Peter. [“Book review of Jefferson, R. M. and Kay 1985 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.
Box 4 Folder 215 Helman, Gordon. “Tree sleuths find cherry jubilee.” The 1987 Daily Plant City of New York Parks & Recreation 5, no. 781 (April 17, 1987). (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 247)
Box 4 Folder 216 Santamour, Frank S. Jr. “A prescription for successful 1987 introductions.” The Public Garden 2, no. 4 (October 1987): 10-13, 33.
Box 4 Folder 217 Diversity no. 14 (1988). - includes Cunningham, Isabel 1988 “The U.S. National Arboretum: Leader in ornamental plant germplasm collection.” Diversity no. 14 (1988): 28-29.
Box 4 Folder 218 Reprint of Cunningham, Isabel S. “The U.S. National 1988 Arboretum: leader in ornamental plant germplasm http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 18 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
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 1989 cherry tree has given this botanist hero status in Japan.” The Seattle Times (April 11, 1989): C1, C7.
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: 1993 from the slopes of Mount Fuji, an ornamental perfect for today’s cramped landscapes.” American Horticulturist (April 1993): 39-43.
Box 4 Folder 222 Wheeler, Linda. “Tidal Basin’s blossoming controversy.” 1997 The Washington Post (March 23, 1997): B1, B7.
Box 4 Folder 223 Flower Association of Japan. Flower Friends. no. 63 1998 (1998). - page 6 for article on Roland Maurice Jefferson’s Shinshrio, Japan lecture – Japanese
Box 4 Folder 224 Wheeler, Linda. “Cherry saplings make flowery debut.” 1999 The Washington Post (March 25, 1999): B3.
Box 4 Folder 225 Elias, Thomas S. “U.S. National Arboretum revives 1999 historic cherries.” Agriculture Research 47, no. 4 (April 1999): 2.
Box 4 Folder 226 Lee, Jill. “Cherry blossoms: restoring a national treasure.” 1999 Agriculture Research 47, no. 4 (April 1999): 4-8.
Box 4 Folder 227 Friends of the United States National Arboretum. 1999 “Arboretum helps preserve cherry tree geneti heritage.” ARBOR friends (Summer 1999): 1.
Box 4 Folder 228 Chance, Willie. “Preserving the Yochino cherry.” Home 1999 and Garden (1999). Accessed April 28, 2005 from http://www.griffin.peachnet.edu/ga/houston/hg990418.htm l
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 2002 Washington, D.C.: a living symbol of friendship.” AllBookstores.com. Accessed on November 17, 2002 at http://www.allbookstores.com/book/078817360X.
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Box 4 Folder 231 Rose, Nancy. “January 2003 plant of the month Sargent 2003 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.
Box 4 Folder 232 Higgins, Adrian. “Beyond the Tidal Basin, there’s a cherry 2004 jubilee.” The Washington Post (April 8, 2004): H1, H6.
Box 4 Folder 233 “Web matches for Roland M. Jefferson.” AOL (March 28, 2005 2005). Accessed March 28, 2005 from http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/search?InvocatonType=chstrip 9&query=”Roland%20M.%20.
Box 4 Folder 234 National Agricultural Library. “Search request: keyword 2005 anywhere=Jefferson, Roland M.” AGRICOLA article citation database (September 23, 2005). Accessed September 23, 2005 from http://agricola.nal.usda.gov.
Box 4 Folder 235 Draft of Cunningham, Isabel S. “Roland M. Jefferson.” for 2006 publication in African American National Biography.
Box 4 Folder 236 Cunningham, Isabel S. “The U.S. National Arboretum: n.d. 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
Box 4 Folder 237 Gelernter, Carey Quan. “American botanist a hero in n.d. Japan.” Seattle Times (See Oversize Box 5, Folder 248)
Box 4 Folder 238 Great tree walk guide: the great trees of New York City. n.d. New York: City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation.
Box 4 Folder Perry, Thomas O. “Trees and Their Typical Ages and n.d. 238a Growth Rates.” Reference to Roland Maurice Jefferson on page 5. Box 4 Folder 239 Santamour, Frank S. Jr. “Strategies for urban tree n.d. improvement research with seldom-used species.” 72-75. Box 4 Folder “Program Exchanges Sugar Maple, Crabapple Seeds.” n.d. 239a From an unknown source. Topic relates to seed exchange with Russia.
Oversize Boxes
Box 5 Folder 240 Letter from Liz to Roland Maurice Jefferson with 1984 http://www.nal.usda.gov/speccoll/ 20 Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library: Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection
accession records (From Box 1, Folder 66)
Box 5 Folder 241 Locations of cherry plantings on the South Farm Plant 1985 Industry Station, Beltsville, Maryland – maps and charts (From Box 1, Folder 68)
Box 5 Folder 242 Envelopes (From Box 2, Folder 88) n.d.
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 ca. 1982 96)
Box 5 Folder 245 Letter from Roland Maurice Jefferson to Henry Marc 1982 Cathey (From Box 2, Folder 99)
Box 5 Folder 246 Morris, Linda Lowe. “Cherry blossom time: D.C.’s famous 1981 trees mark a triumph of diplomacy.” Baltimore (April 2, 1981. (From Box 4, Folder 208)
Box 5 Folder 247 Helman, Gordon. “Tree sleuths find cherry jubilee.” The 1987 Daily Plant City of New York Parks & Recreation 5, no. 781 (April 17, 1987). (From Box 4, Folder 215)
Box 5 Folder 248 Gelernter, Carey Quan. “American botanist a hero in n.d. Japan.” Seattle Times (From Box 4, Folder 237)
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