Elisabeth C. Miller Library — Seattle Botanic Gardens
2 boxes of audio recordings and transcripts.
Box 1: One audio CD containing 9/7/2010 Arboretum history talk given by John Wott for Volunteer Guide Training. Eight cassette tapes of 1985 and 1986 interviews conducted by Pat Danford, with Arboretum volunteers: Betty Dorland (7/15/1985), Jeannine Curry (8/5/1985), Mary Ellen Mulder (8/6/1985), Mary McDiarmid (8/16/1985), Gertrud Volke (undated), Nan Ballard (4/9/1986), Vivian Mead (10/29/1986), Ward Horn (undated). Transcripts of the above 1985/86 interviews made in 2022 and 2023; 116 pages. Box 2: 10 cassette tapes and typed transcript drafts from 1982 volunteer guide training: 2 tapes containing John Bierlein lecture. 2 tapes containing James Clark lecture. 2 tapes containing Joe Witt lecture on magnolias. 1 tape containing Harold Tukey lecture on CUH and Joe Witt lecture on angiosperms. 1 tape in gray case containing Vera Frazier lecture "How to Interpret Nature to Children Through School Programs" including discussion with Jan (Pirzio-Biroli?), Sharon (?), Peg Eagle, and Sheila Taft. 1 tape in gray case containing "what does a curator do" remarks and "How to identify and key conifers" lecture, both by Joe Witt (labeled "1978 Arboretum Advisory Committee" but seems to be a 1982 recording over an older tape). 1 tape in clear case containing Brian Mulligan lecture on Hamamelidaceae (side 1) and Dee Woodley-Johnson lecture "Ethnobotany of Northwest Plants" (side 2).
| Location | Note |
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| Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Archives compact shelving [1] |