"In Search of Native Azaleas": Henry Skinner's 1951 Southern Collecting Trip archived webpages, 2005
Scope and Contents
This series contains archived webpages about Dr. Henry T. Skinner's 1951 trip through the southeastern and eastern United States, during which he collected samples and recorded descriptions of various rhododendtron species. The archived 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. This 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, which were taken in the areas of the southeastern United States that Dr. Skinner visited fifty years ago.
Reference List:
McDonald, S. (2005, September 7). Introduction. Azaleas.lib.virginia.edu. https://azaleas.lib.virginia.edu/introduction.html
Dates
- Creation: 2005
Creator
- From the Collection: American Rhododendron Society (Organization)
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Biographical / Historical
"Dr. Henry Thomas Skinner was born in England in 1907 and died in the U.S. in 1984. He was married to Anna M. Wood. He studied at the Wisley School of the Royal Horticulural Society, then came to the U.S. in 1927, where he obtained a B.Sc. from Cornell University in 1936; M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1938; and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania in 1952. He was curator of the Morris Arboretum from 1940-1943 and from 1945-1952, his work there having been interrupted by service in the USAAF in World War II from 1943-1945.He was director of the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. from 1952-1973.
Dr. Skinner served the plant community in many ways through work and committees during his lifetime, a prime example of this being his development of the U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone Map. He served as president of several plant organizations including the American Association of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta (1947), American Horticultural Society (1962-63), and vice president of the Royal Horticultural Society (1973-1984). He was the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Arthur Hoyt Scott Horticultural Medal (1963); Gold Medal, American Rhododendron Society (1965); Liberty Hyde Bailey Medal, American Horticultural Society (1972); Gold Medal, Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1973); and the Royal Horticultural Society’s Veitch Medal was presented to R.W. Skinner, a nephew, on behalf of Dr. Skinner (1983)."
Reference List:
McDonald, S. (2005, September 7). Introduction. Azaleas.lib.virginia.edu. https://azaleas.lib.virginia.edu/introduction.html
Extent
0.1632 Gigabytes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Processing Information
Captured once on September 18, 2023.
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States