Core Arboretum

Scope and Contents Original Accession; 1756-1985; boxes 1-21 and two oversize folders Records of Earl L. Core, botanist, writer, editor, historian, and West Virginia University professor and Biology Department Head. Includes the correspondence, collected research materials, and writings of Dr. Core. The earliest correspondence, 1951-1960, deals mostly with his role as a botanist and West Virginia University Botany Department chair, and includes letters both to and from Dr. Core. Later...

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Correspondence file of Dean J. Lester Hayman, WVU. College of Pharmacy. This correspondence mainly concerns various WVU Committees, including, New Buildings, Arboretum, Inter-collegiate Relations, Admissions, and Student Fee Committees. Also included are letters from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

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One bronze plaque (1932; 18 x 24, with bas-relief profile of George Washington) commemorating the 200th anniversary (Bicentennial) of George Washington's birth. One letter (1997) authored by Jonathan R. Weems recording the history of the plaque. One photograph (undated) documenting an original location of the plaque.

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Bronze Plaque Commemorating Dogwood Tree Planting at Core Arboretum (11 in. x 14 in., 1953); 'A History of the Core Arboretum' (Weems, Jon; student paper; 15 pp; 1994).