A Guide to the Joseph Gable & Guy Nearing Correspondence
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 10553-l
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Joseph Gable & Guy Nearing Correspondence, Accession 10553-l, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
This collection was given to the Library by Dr. Fred S. Winter on May 12, 1988.
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Scope and Content
This addition to the Papers of the American Rhododendron Society consists of copies of correspondence between Joseph Gable (1886-1972) and Guy Nearing (1890-? ), 1930-1952, (ca. 400 items, 1 Hollinger box) concerning rhododendrons, a small portion of which was published in Hybrids and Hybridizers .
Also included is a group of rhododendron rating questionnaires sent out in 1964 by P. J. Sholomskas of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society to some of the then best known growers of rhododendrons in the Eastern United States .
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Guy Nearing
- Joseph Gable
- P. J. Sholomskas