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1946/01/24: Roy Nordine to Jean Cudahy (3.85812)
Date: January 24 1946Creator: Nordine, Roy
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Roy Nordine to Jean Cudahy documenting his trip to New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. He toured the parks in Rochester, New York, also seeing their greenhouses, herbarium, label department, and pinetum. He was hosted by Mr. Pitkin and Mr. Horsey. In Boston, Dr. Merrill and Dr. Wyman hosted him. Nordine used their records and maps to chart his collecting trip. He collected 103 varieties of plant material. He attended the dinner commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the New England Botanical Club. He next visited the New York Botanical Garden but was unable to visit the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He moved on to Philadelphia to meet with Mr. Jenkins of the Hemlock Arboretum. He visited the Arthur Hoyt Scott Horticultural Foundation, the arboretum on Swarthmore College's grounds. Gardener Harry Woods showed him around. He collected fine specimens there. He visited Jenkins' private estate to see his collection of hemlocks. The Signers Walk is a walk on Jenkins' estate made with stones from the former homes of all but four of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. He visited the Morris Arboretum which is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania where Mr. Skinner showed him around. In the near future the Arboretum will be able to exchange plant material with them. Aside from the plant material collected, he made notes about plants the Arboretum should have, and he believes the personal connections he made on his trip will prove invaluable in future plant trades. He and Mrs. Nordine thanked Mrs. Cudahy for the tray they received as a Christmas present from her.
Extent: 3 sheets
1949/12/30: [John Wister] to Jean Morton Cudahy (3.85930)
Date: December 30 1949Creator: Wister, Dr. John C.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from [John Wister] to Jean Morton Cudahy asking her, and the Morton Arboretum, to help preserve a beautiful strip of the New Jersey coast line from development, a conservation project being undertaken by Dr. George H. Shull of Princeton and Dr. Richard Pough of the Natural History Museum of New York. It is in a general way a coastal version of the pine barrens. John Fogg of the University of Pennsylvania botany department is also interested in the project. Dr. Robbia [Robbins] and Dr. Avery of the New York and Brooklyn Botanical Gardens have officially agreed to help in any way they could. Wister believes Mrs. Cudahy's support will help in showing the national significance of the place, so he is giving her name to Dr. Shull and hopes she will consider the matter favorably.
Extent: 2 sheets
1950/01/04: C. E. Godshalk to Jean Morton Cudahy (3.85931)
Date: January 4 1950Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from C .E. Godshalk to Jean Morton Cudahy enclosing a letter from John Wister about preserving a portion of the Phipps estate along the New Jersey coast. Lowell says it is a fine piece of land and rich in botanical specimens. Godshalk suggests they wait to be contacted by Dr. Shull before deciding whether or not to do anything. It was 57 degrees yesterday, but now it is 8 degrees. Such sudden changes in temperature are liable to do considerable damage to plants. He saw Mark Morton, and he had improved from the week before. He hopes she had an enjoyable Christmas in New York with Mary Cudahy. The slides have not yet been returned from Eastman; he will send them to Mrs. Cudahy when he receives them.
Extent: 1 sheet
1951/04/23: Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy (3.85964)
Date: April 23 1951Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Clarence E. Godshalk to Jean M. Cudahy. Cool and rainy days have helped new plantings to get established. E. L. Kammerer noticed many visitors and cars on Sunday. Traffic is now one-way with new uniform signage. They need to limit the enrollment in Mrs. Watts classes. Her exhibit of Butterflies, Snakes and Birds in Thornhill is an attraction. Mr. Nordine went to Omaha and stopped to see Mr. DenBoer in Des Moines. Since the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboretums separated from the American Institute of Park Executives there's been little activity. He suggests three other organizations that they consider joining. Carl Fenninger of Tyler Arboretum and John Wister are in favor of joining the American Horticultural Council. He visited Mark Morton.
Extent: 2 sheets