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Box 1

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Contains 125 Results:

Correspondence - New York World's Fair, 1936, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 61
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To Harold A. Caparn from Rhys. New York Times Article "Advance Plan of World's Fair Held 'Defeatist' "

Dates: 1936; undated

Book - The Horticultural Exhibition Gardens on Parade "At the New York World's Fair 1939" Woodland Garden., 1939-1940

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 61
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Souvenir Book. Photocopies of New York Times Articles: "A Restful Woodland Garden Created for the World's Fair" (1940) and "Use of Water at World's Fair Holds Hints for Gardeners" (1939)

Dates: 1939-1940

"Glacial Boulders in Gardens" by Harold Caparn, March 9, 1944

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 62
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2 originals. Written at age 79.

Dates: March 9, 1944

Correspondence - Memorial letter from National Roadside Council., 1945

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 63
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Letter to Rhys from Executive Committee about Harold A. Caparns contributions to Council upon discovery of his death. Minutes and envelope attached.

Dates: 1945

"Art out-of-Doors", 1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 64
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American Gardens 1890-1930. A Selected Bibliography. The Hunt Botanical Library. and Gardens.

Dates: 1979

"Touring the Brooklyn College Landscape" (copy), 1938, 1987

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 65
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"A Guide to the Shrubs and Trees on the Brooklyn College Campus". By Maurice Volaski, '87 and Dr. Roy E. McGowan as Faculty Advisor.

Dates: 1938; 1987

Government Documents, 1908, 1909, 1932-1939, 1958

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 66
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Rhys Passport (1939 and 1958), Rhys and Johannes Steel Marriage Certificate (1935), Rhys Marriage Announcement (1935), Rhys Certificate of Literacy (1932), Transcript of Register of Births (1937) with note (1937)

Dates: 1908; 1909; 1932-1939; 1958