Richard Alden Howard (1917–2003) papers
Content Description
The collection consists of:
“Harvard’s View of the Controversy over the Arnold Arboretum” (1954, 13 printed pages, two copies), a statement prepared by Dean McGeorge Bundy.
“The Harvard Corporation and the Arnold Arboretum” (1957, 5 printed pages, two copies), a talk by William L. Marbury.
“A Memorandum About the Arnold Arboretum” (1957, 8 typescript pages [copy]), author unknown.
Copy of the typed manuscript of the final decision (of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts?) in the controversy (1966, 40 pages). Both the majority and minority decisions are included; the majority found for the Corporation.
Dates
- Creation: 1954–1966
Biographical / Historical
Richard Alden Howard (1917–2003) was a professor of dendrology at Harvard University, as well as director of the Arnold Arboretum (1954–1977). The items in this collection concern Harvard University’s side of the Arnold Arboretum controversy, in which the Association for the Arnold Arboretum, Inc., charged that an act of the Harvard Corporation (19 January 1953) removing a large portion of the Arboretum library and herbarium from the Arboretum to Cambridge was a breach of trust.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Guide to the Richard Alden Howard (1917–2003) papers
- Author
- Chad Denton
- Date
- 2025
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository