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4.0.0.H254.People in Pacific Northwest horticulture: Emily Haig

Location: Archives workroom shelving
Summary
1 file box
Description
Folder labelled "Emily Haig: Biography
n.d., "Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives," photocopy form,  clipped with photocopies: 
12/6/1973, "Emily Haig: saving the environment since 1912;
1966 or later, "Mrs. Neil Haig/Biographical Information;
after 1961, re: opposing change in Billboard Control Act, Mrs. Neil Haig letter to Governor Daniel Evans;
n.d., re: saving native wildlife, Mrs. Neil Haig letter to Editor, Seattle Times;
2/1/1960, re: bee killing crop spray, Mrs. Neil Haig letter to Arthur S Flemming, Secretary, Pure Food and Drug Administration;
6/3/1959, re: bill establishing Arctic Wildlife Range, Alaska, Sen. Warren Magnuson letter to Mrs. Neil Haig;
6/1959, "Facts/about/Japan/ Chanoyu, The Japanese Tea Ceremony," 6 pp.;
4/17/1958, re: ranch water conservation, Mrs. Neil Haig letter to Department of Agriculture;
6/2/1957, re: "Council of Con" misinformation, Mrs. Neil Haig letter to Fred Packard.
8/27/1956, re: conservation instruction in state schools, Mrs. Neil Haig letter to Mrs. Pearl Wanamaker, State Supt. of Schools;
1961, "Togo Gardening Company," advertising photos, 4 pp. (2 copies).

Spring 1970, "Foster's Island, a Bird Sanctuary," WPA Bulletin, 2 pp.

Folder labelled "Emily Haig: Correspondence on Seattle Japanese Garden
7/5/1957-6/24/1971, multiple letters, with the following other items interfiled, all photocopies: 
3/11/1971, "University of Washington Arboretum Foundation Quarterly Board Meeting/Unapproved Minutes," 2 pp.
8/30/1970, "Report of the Japanese Garden."
6/11/1970, "Report/of the/Japanese Garden Committee."
n.d., "Japanese Garden Report."
6/13/1968, "Japanese Garden/Annual Report," 2 pp.
4/11/1968, "Japanese Garden Report."
6/8/1967, "Japanese Garden/Annual Report," 2 pp.
4/13/1967, "Japanese Garden."
12/6/1966, "The Friends of the University of Washington Arboretum, Inc.," 2 pp.
11/22/1966, "News Letter/A Message From The President," 3 pp.
6/30/1965, "Japanese Garden Committee Meeting."
6/10/1965, "Annual Report/of the/Japanese Garden Committee," 2 pp.
8/10/1964, handwritten notes re: Japanese Garden, 3 pp.
6/15/1964, "Japanese Garden Committee,"  membership list and meeting projections list.
Spring 1964, "Scheduled Tours of Japanese Garden - Spring 1964," 2 pp.
1963?, "Plans for our spring training course for new Arboretum guides who are interested in serving in the Japanese Garden have been completed."
2/21/1961, "Suggested Plants For Inclusion In A Japanese Garden," 3 pp.
9/28/1960, "Annual Report/of the/Special Projects Committee/University of Washington Arboretum Foundation Board," 3 pp.
July 1960, "Japanese Garden,"
5/3/1960, "Special Projects Committee/Report," 4 pp.
3/1/1960, "Report/of/Special Projects Committee," 2 pp.
1/12/1960, "Japanese Tea Garden - Progress Report."
1/5/1960, "Special Projects Committee," 2 pp.
10/29/1959, "Annual Report/of the/Special Projects Committee," 3 p-.
8/28/1958-2/3/1959, "Report of the Special Projects Committee," 2 pp.
1/27/1959, "Minutes of the Special Projects Committee of /Arboretum Foundation Board," 2 pp.
10/29/1958, "Annual Report of Special Projects Committee, Arboretum Foundation Board," 2 pp.
10/30/1957, "Project Committee Report."
9/12/1957, "Projects Committee," member list, "Report of Meeting Held Sept. 10,1957," 2 pp.
n.d., Minimum By-Laws and Job Descriptions for Arboretum Units,."
n.d., "Prentice Bloedel Arboretum Unit No. 86/ Report of Nominating Committee."
n.d., "Prentice Bloedel Unit Bulletin."
n.d., "Prentice Bloedel Unit Bulletin."
n.d., "Prentice Bloedel Unit/ News Bulletin," 2 pp.

Folder labelled "Emily Haig: Scrapbook Resources
Items enclosed in paper marked "Julie Coryell/Copies from the Scrapbook of Mrs. Neil Haig (Emily),  and
6/5/1960, "Dedication of a Tea Garden," program all photocopies:
n.d., history of the scrapbook, in pencil;
5/19/1959, "Ground-breaking in the Japanese Tea Garden," photo of Emily Haig (2 copies);
7/1971,  donation of scrapbook to Arboretum note, and post card Mt. Fuji, page of scrapbook;
1962, holiday card from Juki Iida, page of scrapbook;
10/9/1966, Juki Iida to Mrs. Neil Haig, envelope;
n.d., "Plan for the Japanese Garden/University of Washington Arboretum," typed, 5 pp.;
May1960, "James Fukuda and Juki Iida," photograph, (2 copies);
1965, "Happy New Year," greeting and envelope, page of scrapbook (2 copies);
n.d., "Merry Christmas," page of scrapbook;
1960, Holiday greeting from Juki Iida, page of scrapbook;
n.d., Holiday greeting from Juki Iida, page of scrapbook, with 2 photos;
n.d., Holiday greeting from Yoshiharu, from "the Holy Land (Jordan)";
1960, "Merry Christmas" from Virginia and Prentice Bloedel";
March 1961, "To the Hostesses for the Japanese Tea Garden";
12/8/1964, "New 'High Light'/In Tea Garden," news article with Arboretum Foundation letterhead;
n.d., "University of Washington Arboretum Garden," by Juki Iida, includes n.d., "Our Japanese Garden," and photos from Winter 1960 WPA Bulletin.

1964?, "My house is shown," photo.
May 1960, photo of James Fukuda and Juki Iida (10 copies).
5/4/1959, "The First Tea Ceremony in the Newly Built Tea House," 8 1/2"x11" photo, (4 copies, one with name labels).
n.d., Juki Iida home address.











SubjectsIkebana International, Arboretum Foundation, Seattle Japanese Garden
NamesHoyte, Eric, Iida, Juuki, Iida, Juuki, Kruckeberg, Mareen, Metheny, D., Elisabeth C. Miller (Elisabeth Carey Miller), Mulligan, Brian O., Sr. , Sorrells, Ken, Yamasaki, Dick, Yorozu, William Shinichi, Isaacson, Martha, Pringle, Hazel M., Allen, Sallie D., Bethel, James S., Bloedel, Prentice, Friends of the University of Washington Arboretum, Inc., Haig, Emily, Haig, Emily, Haig, Emily
Record ID # 661  ·  Accession date: 2022-08-23  ·  Last updated: 2026-10-13 11:41 PDT