"In Search of Native Azaleas": Henry Skinner's 1951 Southern Collecting Trip web archive
Collected by: University of Virginia
Archived since: Mar, 2022
Description: This website is part of the larger Rhododendron Society Records, MSS 10553 ( https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/uva-sc/resources/american_rhododendron_society_records). It contains documents describing Dr. Henry T. Skinner's 1951 trip through the southeastern and eastern United States, during which he collected samples and recorded descriptions of various rhododendron species. The website includes images of the two-volume, hand-written Record Book and Notes of Routes, with transcriptions, and images of the list of the Native Azaleas, as well as notes on the expense book that he kept during his travels. The Record Book and Notes of Routes provide the day-to-day detailed record in the field of what Dr. Skinner was discovering in 1951. The website also includes a transcription of an article that Dr. Skinner published in 1955 entitled, "In Search of Native Azaleas", and recent photographs of the various species of native azaleas. Reference List: McDonald, S. (2005, September 7). Introduction. https://azaleas.lib.virginia.edu/introduction.html.
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Creator:
American Rhododendron Society
Date:
2005
Format:
163.2 megabytes archived
Identifier:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/uva-sc/digital_objects/in_search_of_native_azaleas_henry_skinners_1951_so
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MSS 10553
Language:
English
Type:
Web sites
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