A Guide to the Roy Clark Papers
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 10553-v
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Roy Clark Papers, Accession 10553-v, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
These papers were given to the Library by the American Rhododendron Society through Kendon Stubbs of the University of Virginia Library on February 14, 1992.
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the papers of Roy Clark of Olympia, Washington , ca. 200 items, 1935-1949, a grower of azaleas, camellias, and rhododendrons, owner of Rainbow Gardens and a member of the American Rhododendron Society , containing correspondence, plant and seed catalogs, price lists, and plant orders from the early years of rhododendron growing in the United States . The material is arranged alphabetically by the name of the nursery or correspondent.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- A. B. Lambert
- Charles O. Dexter
- F. W. Schumacher
- Galle, Fred
- George Campbell
- H. T. Conner
- Ihrig, Herbert
- Nearing, G.G.
- Roy Clark
- Toichi Domoto
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Boskoop, Holland
- Crichton, Alabama
- Darjeeling, India
- Olympia, Washington
- Penryn, Cornwall, England
- Seattle, Washington
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Victoria
- Winchester, England
- Woking, Surrey