Eugene Sonnenberg Boerner papers, 1894-1968
Collection Number: 2639

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Eugene Sonnenberg Boerner papers, 1894-1968
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2639
Abstract:
Personal and family papers include legal documents; diaries; letters from friends and relatives; memorabilia and papers relating to his student days at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois.
Creator:
Boerner, Eugene Sonnenberg, 1893-1966.
Quanitities:
35 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Eugene Sonnenberg Boerner was a rose hybridist, horticulturist, and director of research for the Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, New York.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Personal and family papers include legal documents; diaries; letters from friends and relatives; memorabilia and papers relating to his student days at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois; financial and other records concerning his model farm "Gene's Landing," on Seneca Lake in New York. Professional papers include foreign and domestic correspondence on rose growing and judging; flower photographs; notes and patent books that describe and picture numerous rose varieties and perennials he developed; domestic and foreign parentage seedling books and hybridizing records; and many lectures, articles, photographs, and notes concerning floriculture and his work for Jackson & Perkins Company.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Eugene Sonnenberg Boerner papers, #2639. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Jackson & Perkins Company
Subjects:
Roses -- Hybridization.
Horticulture.
Floriculture.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Family Papers
Box 1 Folder 1
Boerner family Genealogical Materials
1895-1937
Scope and Contents
News articles, genealogical lists, birth certificate, photographs
Box 1 Folder 2
Paternal and Maternal (Arthur and Hermine Boerner) Items
1895-1915
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, father's obituary, German script books, nursery catalogs
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence & Memorabilia of other relatives
1907
Scope and Contents
Herman and Arthur Boerner
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence & Memorabilia of other relatives
1907
Scope and Contents
Herman, Arthur, Robert, and Alfred Boerner
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence & Memorabilia of other relatives
1908
Scope and Contents
Herman, Helene Boerner, Arthur Boerner Sr. & Jr., Robert Boerner, Alfred Boerner
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence & Memorabilia of other relatives
1908
Scope and Contents
Herman Boerner, Elsie Cady, Helene Boerner, Arthur Boerner, Sr. & Jr., Christine Pawlik, Alfred Boerner, Robert Boerner
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence & Memorabilia of other relatives
1908
Scope and Contents
Herman Boerner, Helene Boerner, Christine Pawlik, Arthur Boerner Sr. & Jr.
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence & Memorabilia of other relatives
1909-1913
Scope and Contents
Herman Boerner, Christine Pawlik, William Boerner, Eugene Boerner, Elsie Cady
Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence & Memorabilia of other relatives
1907-1908
Scope and Contents
Herman Boerner; school notes
Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence, drawings & Memorabilia of other relatives
1904-1965
Scope and Contents
Whitnall Park, (Robert Boerner, Alfred Boerner); Eugene Boerner, Helene Boerner, Arthur Boerner, Sr.
Box 3 Folder 2
Correspondence, notes & Memorabilia of other relatives
1906-1911
Scope and Contents
Helene Boerner, Carl Boerner, A.R. Boerner, Jr.
Box 3 Folder 3
Correspondence, News articles, school papers, school memorabilia
1908-1962
Scope and Contents
Albert Boerner, Roger Boerner, Cathy Karr, Quirin Family
Series II. Personal Papers
Box 6 Folder 1
Biographical Essays
1940-1966
Scope and Contents
Eugene S. Boerner(biographies); Chicago Horticultural Society, Syracuse Rose Society, Amen Rose Society, N.Y.S. Nurserymen's Association
Box 6 Folder 2
Biographical Articles
1916-1963
Scope and Contents
Eugene Boerner (biographies) clippings
Box 6 Folder 3
Biographical Articles
1964-1969
Scope and Contents
Eugene Boerner (biographies) clippings
Box 6 Folder 4
Correspondence
1904-1911
Scope and Contents
Herman Boerner, Arthur Boerner, Anne Boerner, Helene Boerner
Box 6 Folder 5
Correspondence
1911
Scope and Contents
Alfred, Robert, Helene, Albert, Jean, and Arthur Boerner, Christine Pawlik
Box 6 Folder 6
Correspondence
1911-1912
Scope and Contents
Helene, Arthur, Herman, Robert, and Alfred Boerner, Christine Pawlik
Box 6 Folder 7
Correspondence
1912
Scope and Contents
Anne, Herman, Helene, Arthur, Ida, and Jean Boerner, Christine Pawlik, Meta (?)
Box 7 Folder 1
Correspondence
1912
Scope and Contents
Arthur Boerner, Lenore Hughes, Christine Pawlik, Ida Berner, Edward K. Smith
Box 7 Folder 2
Correspondence
1913-1914
Scope and Contents
Helene, Ida, Herman, Arthur and Anne Boerner
Box 7 Folder 3
Correspondence
1914-1915
Scope and Contents
Edward K. Smith, Helene, Arthur and Anne Boerner, Eva Marburg
Box 7 Folder 4
Correspondence
1915-1916
Scope and Contents
Anne, Herman, Ida and Arthur Boerner, Eva Marburg
Box 7 Folder 5
Correspondence
1916
Scope and Contents
Eva Marburg, Ida, Albert, Arthur and Jean Boerner
Box 7 Folder 6
Correspondence
1917
Scope and Contents
Helene, Robert and Ida Boerner
Box 7 Folder 7
Correspondence
1918
Scope and Contents
World War I - Army Life; Ida Boerner
Box 8 Folder 1
Correspondence
1918-1921
Scope and Contents
World War I - Army Life; Ida Boerner
Box 8 Folder 2
Correspondence
1922-1942
Scope and Contents
Ida, Herman, Arthur, Bill, and Helene Boerner, Harvey Quirin
Box 8 Folder 3
Correspondence
1942-1949
Scope and Contents
Arthur and Alfred Boerner, Helen Mary Shaw
Box 8 Folder 4
Correspondence
1950-1953
Scope and Contents
Albert Boerner, Kay Karr, F. Pearson, various friends and relatives, Lincoln-Rochester Trust Co.
Box 8 Folder 5
Correspondence
1954-1955
Scope and Contents
Travel (U.S.), Alfred Boerner, F. Pearson, Lincoln-Rochester Trust Co.
Box 8 Folder 6
Correspondence
1956-1959
Scope and Contents
Liberty Hyde Bailey Memorial Fund; English, McCaughan and O'Bryan Law Office
Box 8 Folder 7
Correspondence
1959-1962
Scope and Contents
Cathy Karr, Helene Schlueter, English, McCaughan & O'Bryan Law Office
Box 9 Folder 1
Correspondence
1963-1964
Scope and Contents
W. Kordes, H. Kordes, F. Pearson, Edith Fox, Lincoln-Rochester Trust Co., Wertheim & Co.
Box 9 Folder 2
Correspondence
1964-1965
Scope and Contents
Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; Lyndon Johnson, Helene Boerner, Lincoln-Rochester Trust Co.
Box 9 Folder 3
Correspondence
1965-1968
Scope and Contents
F. Pearson, Robert Horn, Dean Charles Palm, Helene Schleuter
Box 9 Folder 4
Correspondence
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Anne Boerner, Eva Marburg
Box 9 Folder 5
Correspondence
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Alfred Boerner, Anne Boerner, Arthur Boerner
Box 9 Folder 6
Correspondence
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Eva Marburg
Box 9 Folder 7
Correspondence
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Eva Marburg
Box 9 Folder 8
Correspondence
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Helene Boerner, Herman Boerner, Ida Boerner
Box 9 Folder 9
Correspondence
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Jean Boerner
Box 9 Folder 10
Correspondence
date unknown
Box 10 Folder 1
Christmas Cards
1907-1948
Box 11 Folder 1
Christmas Cards
1950
Box 12 Folder 1
Christmas Cards
1951-1952
Box 13 Folder 1
Christmas Cards
1955-1957
Box 14 Folder 1
Christmas Cards
1959-1960
Box 15 Folder 1
Christmas Cards
1962
Box 16 Folder 1
Christmas Cards
1963-1965
Box 17 Folder 1
Diaries
1905-1965
Scope and Contents
Mainly notebooks, Personal and travel diaries
Box 18 Folder 1
Financial records
1914-1951
Box 19 Folder 1
Financial records
1951-1966
Scope and Contents
Check stubs; Personal, and household needs
Box 20 Folder 1
School Papers
1904-1910
Scope and Contents
High school notes, Wisconsin (Cedarburg High School)
Box 20 Folder 2
School Papers
1910
Scope and Contents
High school notes, papers, Wisconsin (Cedarburg High School)
Box 20 Folder 3
School Papers
1910
Scope and Contents
High School tests & memorabilia; student course notes, Cedarburg High School
Box 20 Folder 4
School Papers
1911-1912
Scope and Contents
Student Course notes, papers, exams, lab books, University of Wisconsin
Box 21 Folder 1
School Papers
1911-1912
Scope and Contents
Student Course notes, papers, exams, lab books, University of Wisconsin
Box 21 Folder 2
School Papers
1911-1916
Scope and Contents
School records, memorabilia University of Wisconsin
Box 21 Folder 3
School Papers
1916-1917
Scope and Contents
Student Course notes, School papers, exams, University of Illinois
Box 22 Folder 1
School Papers
1915
Scope and Contents
Student Course notes, School papers, exams, University of Illinois
Box 22 Folder 2
School Papers
1915-1917
Scope and Contents
Student Course notes, School papers, exams, University of Illinois
Box 22 Folder 3
School Papers
1915-1917
Scope and Contents
Student Course notes, School papers, exams, University of Illinois
Box 22 Folder 4
School Papers
1915-1917
Scope and Contents
Student Course notes, School papers, exams, University of Illinois
Box 23 Folder 1
School Papers & Memorabilia
1914-1917
Scope and Contents
University if Illinois
Box 23 Folder 2
School Papers & Memorabilia
1914-1917
Scope and Contents
University if Illinois
Box 23 Folder 3
School Papers & Memorabilia
1914-1917
Scope and Contents
University if Illinois
Box 23 Folder 4
Military Papers
1918
Scope and Contents
Notes from service classes, Texas, U. S. Military training
Box 23 Folder 5
Military Papers
1918
Scope and Contents
Notes from service classes, Texas, U. S. Military training, Texas, U.S. Military training
Box 24 Folder 1
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1940-1943
Scope and Contents
Concerning farm labor, farms and farming, James Brennan, James Emerson
Box 24 Folder 2
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1943
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, James Emerson
Box 24 Folder 3
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1944
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, James Emerson
Box 24 Folder 4
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1944
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, James Emerson
Box 24 Folder 5
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1944
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Mrs. James Emerson, Margaret Kemper, Grange League Federation
Box 24 Folder 6
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1945
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Mrs. James Emerson, Bill Utting
Box 24 Folder 7
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1945
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Mrs. James Emerson, Margaret Kemper
Box 24 Folder 8
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1945
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, farms and farming, Mrs. James Emerson, War Food Administration
Box 24 Folder 9
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1946
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Mrs. James Emerson, Edward Joy Co.
Box 24 Folder 10
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1946
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Mrs. James Emerson,
Box 24 Folder 11
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1946
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, farms, and farming, Mrs. James Emerson, N.Y. Seed Improvement Cooperative Association
Box 24 Folder 12
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1947
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Mrs. James Emerson
Box 24 Folder 13
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1947
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farms and Farming, Mrs. James Emerson, N.Y. Seed Improvement Cooperative Association
Box 24 Folder 14
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1947
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farms and Farming, Mrs. James Emerson, John Kiehle, N.Y. Seed Improvement Cooperative Association
Box 24 Folder 15
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1948
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farms and Farming, Mrs. James Emeson, Lloyd Ridley, N.Y. Seed Improvement Cooperative Association
Box 25 Folder 1
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1948
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Mrs. James Emeson
Box 25 Folder 2
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1948
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farming, Mrs. James Emerson, Clinton Barnes, Margaret Kemper
Box 25 Folder 3
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1949
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, wheat growing, Mrs. James Emerson, N.Y. Seed Improvement Cooperative Association
Box 25 Folder 4
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1950
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farms and farming, farm equipment, wheat growing, F.L. Steward, Turnbull Tractors, N.Y. Certified Seed Growers Coop.
Box 25 Folder 5
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1951-1952
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, farms, farming, taxation, George Muth, James Brennan, Henry Christensen, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Box 25 Folder 6
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1953-1954
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Cattle Breeding and Marketing, Henry Christensen, Hillcrest Farms, Upper Kentland Farms
Box 25 Folder 7
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1955-1957
Scope and Contents
Concerning farm Labor, Farm Equipment, Robert Generaux, L.F. Beers Co., George Muth Co.
Box 25 Folder 8
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1958-1960
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Cattle Breeding and Marketing, Robert Generaux, John Rice and Sons
Box 25 Folder 9
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1960
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, grape growing, cattle raising and marketing, Robert Generaux, Gold Seal Vineyards, John Rice and Sons
Box 25 Folder 10
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1961
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Robert Generaux, Utica Mutual Insurance Company
Box 25 Folder 11
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1962
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Robert Generaux
Box 25 Folder 12
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1963
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Robert Generaux, Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Box 25 Folder 13
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1963
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Cattle Breeding and Marketing, Robert Generaux, Hidden River Farms, Silver Spring Farms
Box 25 Folder 14
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1964
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, cattle breeding and marketing, Robert Generaux, Silver Spring Farms, Sinclair Refinery
Box 25 Folder 15
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1965
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Cattle Breeding, and marketing, Robert Generaux, various cattle buyers, American Polled Hereford Association
Box 25 Folder 16
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1966-1967
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Cattle breeding and marketing, Robert Generaux, Gold Seal Vineyards
Box 26 Folder 1
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1949-1952
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Frank Van Keuren & Miscellaneous
Box 26 Folder 2
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1952-1954
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Henry Christensen, William Dailey
Box 26 Folder 3
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1953-1956
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Maurice Babcock, Gerald Bornheimer
Box 26 Folder 4
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1958-1959
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, , Roger Den Haese
Box 26 Folder 5
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1959
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets
Box 26 Folder 6
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1959-1960
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Roger Don Haese
Box 26 Folder 7
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1960-1961
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, James Alexander, Neil Anderson
Box 26 Folder 8
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1962-1963
Scope and Contents
Concerning, Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Paul Hamilton, Don Heise
Box 26 Folder 9
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1963
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Bruce Campbell, William King
Box 26 Folder 10
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1963-1964
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Donald Homer, Mary Homer
Box 26 Folder 11
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1957-1965
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Robert Enos, Ronald Gage, Charles Garratt, Dan Generaux, George Clifford, Raymond Gysel, Robert Hager, Lloyd Hamilton, Bernice Hamilton, Bill Heise
Box 26 Folder 12
Gene's Landing, Correspondence
1959-1965
Scope and Contents
Concerning Farm Labor, Farm work sheets, Bruce Orenshire, Kenneth Payne, Forrest Peterson, John Reed, William Skinner, Tom Spedding
Box 27
Gene's Landing, Financial Records
1942-1966
Scope and Contents
Farm Account Books
Box 28 Folder 1
Personal Papers
1943-1960
Scope and Contents
Farm Financial documents
Box 28 Folder 2
Gene's Landing, Financial records
1950-1966
Scope and Contents
Farm Inventories
Box 28 Folder 3
Gene's Landing, Financial records
1929-1961
Scope and Contents
Farm Financial Records
Box 28
Gene's Landing, Financial Records
1924-1960
Scope and Contents
Farm Financial Records
Box 29
Gene's Landing, Financial Records
1940-1966
Scope and Contents
Check Stubs
Box 30
Gene's Landing, Financial Records
1949-1959
Scope and Contents
Check Stubs
Box 31
Gene's Landing, Financial Records
1960-1966
Scope and Contents
Check Stubs
Box 32 Folder 1
Gene's Landing, Financial Records
1943-1966
Scope and Contents
Farm Inventories, photostats, tax statements, farm tax
Box 32 Folder 2
Gene's Landing, Financial Records
1960-1966
Scope and Contents
Cattle Breeding and Marketing, Financial Records
Box 32 Folder 3
Gene's Landing
1958-1966
Scope and Contents
Advertisements, cattle registers, Cattle breeding and marketing
Box 32 Folder 4
Gene's Landing
1946-1966
Scope and Contents
Farms and Farming, Miscellaneous papers
Box 32
Gene's Landing
1949-1964
Scope and Contents
Notebook - Cattle Breeding
Box 37 Folder 1
Recipes and Correspondence
1941-1942
Scope and Contents
Rose Recipes, Rose Growing (history)
Box 37 Folder 2
Awards
1947-1966
Scope and Contents
American Rose Society, Rochester Bureau of Recreation, 500 Beef Club, Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Box 38
Memorabilia
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Steamboat menus, passport, pocket watch, spoons, pen, Miscellaneous articles
Series III. Business Papers
Box 39 Folder 1
General Correspondence and Papers
1912-1915
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, ads, notes, notebooks, business cards, University of Illinois, Jackson and Perkins Co.
Box 39 Folder 2
General Correspondence
1940-1950
Scope and Contents
Ray Hastings; Rose growing, rose judging, American Rose Society, Cornell University, L. Richard Guylay and Associates, Armstrong Nurseries
Box 39 Folder 3
General Correspondence
1951-1954
Scope and Contents
Ralph Dasher, A.M.S. Pridham, Rose growing (research), rose judging, Armstrong Nurseries, Star Roses, Stark Brothers Nursery
Box 39 Folder 4
General Correspondence
1955-1957
Scope and Contents
Ralph Dasher, Professor Griffith Buck, rose judging, Jackson and Perkins, Iowa State College, Swim and Weeks, Star Roses, American Horticultural Council
Box 39 Folder 5
General Correspondence
1958-1963
Scope and Contents
Robert Jordan, Rose Growing (research), rose judging, American Rose Society, Armstrong Nurseries, N.Y.S. Nurserymen's Association, Star Roses
Box 39 Folder 6
General Correspondence
1964
Scope and Contents
Rose Growing (research), University of Illinois
Box 39 Folder 7
General Correspondence
1965-1966
Scope and Contents
Professor Weinard, Fred Turner, Ann Dorner, Kaumheimer, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren & Norris, Attorneys; University of Illinois (centennial rose); Jackson & Perkins; Federal Trade Commission
Box 40
Foreign Business Correspondence
1933-1965
Scope and Contents
Rose Growing (research); Domenico Aicardi; Bagatelle Rose Garden; J.S. Baker; Bees Limited; G.A.H. Buisman; Heinrich Burkhard; Thomas Carlisle; A. Couteau; Marguerite Denoyel; G. DeRuiter; Alex Dickson
Box 41
Foreign Business Correspondence
1933-1965
Scope and Contents
Rose Growing (research); Jean Gaujard, Wilhelm Kordes; M. Leenders; E.B. LeGrice; Louis Lens; Moro Luciano; L.H. Moulin; National Rose Society
Box 42
Foreign Business Correspondence
1932-1958
Scope and Contents
Rose Growing (research); Charles Mallerin; Samuel McGredy; Quinto Mansuino & Nipoti; Francis Meilland; Amos Perry; Wilhelm Pfitzer; Herbert Robinson; Old Farm Nurseries; Royal Moerheim Nurseries
Box 43 Folder 1
Foreign Business Correspondence
1932-1965
Scope and Contents
Rose Growing (research); Countess Guilio Senni; H.. Shoesmith; Walter Slocock; Jan Spek; Mathias Tantau; G.A. Van Rossem; Harry Verschuren; Andre De Vilmorin; Harry Wheatcroft
Box 43 Folder 2
Trip Notes
1939-1965
Scope and Contents
Rose Growing Research
Box 43 Folder 3
Trip Notes
1951-1965
Scope and Contents
Tour itineraries
Box 44
Flower Notes
1955-1966
Scope and Contents
Small notebooks; Rose Growing Arizona, Rose Growing California
Box 45 Folder 1
Flower Notes
1943-1958
Scope and Contents
Flower growing (research); delphinium growing (research); chrysanthemum growing (research)
Box 45 Folder 2
Flower Notes
1953-1965
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous notes on rose observations at Cornell Rose Gardens and in Springfield, Illinois hospital; germination and hybridizing; rosedust formula, typed conversation with Roland Browne
Box 45 Folder 3
Flower Notes
1922-1962
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous notes, flower growing (hybridization)
Box 45 Folder 4
Flower Notes
1947-1962
Scope and Contents
Notes, bulletins, reprints
Box 45
Flower Notes
1947-1967
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous notes on Rose growing research and flower shows
Box 46
Parentage and Seedling Records
1956-1963
Scope and Contents
Notes and seedling books; Chrysanthemum growing (parentage records); flower growing (hybridizing notes); rose growing (hybridizing notes)
Box 47
Parentage and Seedling Records
1930-1965
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (seedling crosses records)
Box 48
Parentage and Seedling Records
1940-1945
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (domestic seedling records)
Box 49
Parentage and Seedling Records
1947-1949
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (domestic seedling records)
Box 50
Parentage and Seedling Records
1950-1952
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (domestic seedling records)
Box 51
Parentage and Seedling Records
1952-1955
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (domestic seedling records)
Box 52
Parentage and Seedling Records
1956-1958
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (domestic seedling records)
Box 53
Parentage and Seedling Records
1958-1965
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (domestic seedling records), rose growing (hybridizing records), delphinium growing (hybridizing records)
Box 54
Parentage and Seedling Records
1939-1945
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (foreign seedlings records)
Box 55
Parentage and Seedling Records
1946-1951
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on rose growing (foreign seedlings records)
Box 56
Parentage and Seedling Records
1952-1958
Scope and Contents
Notebooks on flower growing (foreign seedlings)
Box 57
Jackson & Perkins Miscellaneous papers
1950-1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and legal papers (copies); E.S. Boerner; Charles Perkins, Clarence Perkins, Ralph Perkins; Jackson & Perkins, Co.
Box 57
Jackson & Perkins Miscellaneous papers
1958-1965
Scope and Contents
Financial reports; Jackson & Perkins, Co.
Box 58
Jackson & Perkins Miscellaneous papers
1924-1966
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports; Jackson & Perkins Co.
Box 59
Jackson & Perkins Catalogs
1941-1963
Box 60
Jackson & Perkins Catalogs
1940-1966
Box 61
Jackson & Perkins Catalogs
1946-1966
Scope and Contents
Brochures & Catalogs; Perkins-Dewilde wholesale nursery; Kordes Nursery (Germany)
Series IV. Professional Papers
Box 62
Flower Patent Books
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Flower growing (plant patent books), rose growing, mum growing
Box 63 Folder 1
Professional Correspondence
1949
Scope and Contents
All American Rose Selections; Fred Edmunds, Ray Hastings, Herbert Swim
Box 63 Folder 2
Professional Correspondence
1949-1950
Scope and Contents
All American Rose Selections; L.R. Guylay, John Armstrong, Ray Hastings, E. Dering
Box 63 Folder 3
Professional Correspondence
1950
Scope and Contents
All American Rose Selections; John Armstrong, George Welch, Ray Hastings, E. Dering
Box 63 Folder 4
Professional Correspondence
1950-1953
Scope and Contents
All American Rose Selections; E. Dering, L.A. Dean, Ray Hastings, E.A. Piester, Herbert Swim
Box 63
Professional Organization Reports
1942-1960
Scope and Contents
Organizational reports and cards; National Association of Plant Patent Owners
IV.A. Articles and Speeches
Box 64 Folder 1
Professional Articles
1938-1964
Scope and Contents
Lectue at Ohio State University, speeches on roses at various meetings; American Rose Society, N.Y.S. Nurserymen's Association; Park Superintendent Association; International Rose Conference-London; Garden Clubs
Box 64
"The Bases of Heredity"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript article on heredity
Box 64
"Birth of a Rose"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript article on rose development
Box 64
"Budded Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript article on Rose growing
Box 64
"A Call to Arms"
1943
Scope and Contents
typescript article - Victory Gardens
Box 64
"Climbers"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript article - rose growing
Box 64
"Climbing Roses"
1952
Scope and Contents
typescript article - rose growing
Box 64
"Degrees of Relationship in Breeding"
date unknown
Box 64
"Delphiniums"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - Delphinium growing (hybridizing)
Box 64
"Europe Before the War"
1939
Scope and Contents
typescript - (Pre-War European hybridizing)
Box 64
"Fall Planting"
1943
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
"Fall Planting of Roses"
1943
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
"Fall Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
"The Floribunda Rose"
1966
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Floribunda Rose Pinocchio"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Floribunda Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Floribunda Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Floribunda Roses"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Floribundas, Everybody's Roses of Today"
1953
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
"The Floribunda of the Future"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
"The Forgotten Story"
1949
Scope and Contents
Radio Script - Jackson & Perkins, Co.
Box 64
"The Future of the Rose"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (hybridization)
Box 64
"Grey Pearl"
1945
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (species' names)
Box 64
"The Grey Pearl"
1944
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (Grey Pearl Species)
Box 64
"The Home Garden Quartet of Roses"
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
"How to Landscape Your Home with Roses"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing, Landscaping
Box 64
"Hybridizer"
1961
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (hybridizing)
Box 64
"Hybridizing"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (hybridizing)
Box 64
"Hybridizing at Newark"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"The Hybridizing of Plants"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Hybrid Tea Rose Mary Margaret McBride"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (hybridizing)
Box 64
"The Inside Story of Jiminy Cricket"
1955
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda roses)
Box 64
"Instructions for Applying the Methyl Cellulose Terramycin Paste to Crown Gall"
1956
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower growing (disease treatment)
Box 64
"Jackson & Pekins Company"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript article
Box 64
"Let's Do Our Gardening"
1939
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening
Box 64
"The Life of a Rose"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"The Life History of a New Rose"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"McGredys of Ireland"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - Samuel McGredy, Son Nursery of Ireland
Box 64
"Many Years of Work are Necessary to Produce New Roses for You"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
"Naming New Introductions"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"New and Recent Perennials"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Newark, New York Festival of Roses"
1944
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing, Newark (Wayne County)
Box 64
"Newark, New York, the Rose Capitol of America"
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (flower shows), Newark (Wayne County)
Box 64
"The Newer Perennials"
1939
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower growing (Perennials)
Box 64
"Newer Perennials for Cut Flowers and Gardens"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript article - Better perennials for florists and gardens
Box 64
"New Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - Descriptions of new floribundas and hybrid tea roses
Box 64
"New Roses"
1949
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (hybridizing)
Box 64
"New Roses"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety), rose growing (hybrid tea variety)
Box 64
"New Roses for 1940"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"New Roses for 1942"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Parade of Modern Perennials"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - short article on new perennials growing in company garden
Box 64
"Parade of Modern Roses - 1940 Edition"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Perennials"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening (Perennials)
Box 64
"Perennials"
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening (Perennials)
Box 64
"Perennials"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening (Perennials)
Box 64
"Perennials"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening (Perennials)
Box 64
"Perennials"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening (Perennials)
Box 64
"Perennials"
1943
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening (Perennials)
Box 64
"Perennials for 1939"
1939
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening (Perennials)
Box 64
"Perennials for the Garden"
1944
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower gardening (Perennials)
Box 64
"The Perfect Rose Climate"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Pinocchio's Famous Family"
1951
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Planting & Germination of Seeds"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Plant Patent"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower growing (plant patents)
Box 64
"Progress in Rose Hybridizing"
1949
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"The Pruning of Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Queens to Reign in Every Garden"
1950
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Refurbishing the Border"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript -
Box 64
"Report on Some of the Newer Roses"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"A Resume of Budded Plants"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"The Rose"
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (history)
Box 64
"The Rose Capitol of the United States
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - growing roses (Newark, N.Y.)
Box 64
"Rose Culture Practical Hobby"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Rose Europe and the World War"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript article - rose growing, World War II, unfinished
Box 64
"Rose of the Future"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"The Rose of the Future"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (Floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (Floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Roses"
1947
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (Floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Roses"
1947
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (Floribunda variety)
Box 64
"Roses After the War"
1947
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses"
1951
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (Baltimore, Maryland)
Box 64
"Roses and the World War"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses for 1942"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses for 1952"
1952
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (Floribunda variety) rose growing (hybrid teas)
Box 64
"Roses for Color"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses for the New Homeowners"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses for Your Home"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses in 1954"
1953
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses in Europe"
1948
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses in Europe"
1947
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses in Europe"
1949
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Roses in the World War"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - Rose Growing (Spain, Holland, Italy, France)
Box 64
"Roses of Today"
1950
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Rose Starlite"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Secretary's Corner"
1941
Scope and Contents
Report
Box 64
"Some of the Roses for 1944-1945
1944
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Spreading European War Makes U.S. Rose Capitol"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Spring Care of Roses"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Started Budded Rose Plants for 1942"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Summer Care for Fall Bloom"
1944
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"The Time to Plant Roses"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Trends in Roses"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (history)
Box 64
"Your Garden and the War"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - Gardens and Gardening
Box 64
"The Versatile Floribunda Rose"
1951
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"The Versatile Floribunda Rose"
1951
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Victory Garden Program"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - Flower growing, Victory Garden
Box 64
"Victory Gardens"
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - Gardens and Gardening
Box 64
"Winter Covering of Roses"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
"Winter Covering of Tree Roses"
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript
Box 64
Advertisement
1939
Scope and Contents
rose gardening
Box 64
Untitled
1939
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose gardening
Box 64
Untitled
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - World's Fair
Box 64
Untitled
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower growing (perennials)
Box 64
Untitled
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - Travel (Pre World War II Europe)
Box 64
Untitled
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (experimentation)
Box 64
Untitled
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower growing (delphiniums)
Box 64
Untitled
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - Newark (Wayne Co.) rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1941
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (hybridizing)
Box 64
Untitled
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - Flower growing, Victory Gardens
Box 64
Untitled
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - Victory Gardens; flower growing; (flower shows); Jackson & Perkins
Box 64
Untitled
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (hybridizing)
Box 64
Untitled
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - Newark (Wayne Co.) rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1942
Scope and Contents
typescript - Jackson & Perkins; flower growing, (flower shows)
Box 64
Untitled
1943
Scope and Contents
typescript - Discussion of the Finger Lakes Hardy Strain of delphinium
Box 64
Untitled
1943
Scope and Contents
typescript - Flower growing (perennials)
Box 64
Untitled
1943
Scope and Contents
typescript - Flower growing (insect destruction)
Box 64
Untitled
1943
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1944
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1945
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1945
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1946
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
Untitled
1947
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1947
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (post war activities)
Box 64
Untitled
1947
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1949
Scope and Contents
typescript - Gardens and Gardening
Box 64
Untitled
1940
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1950
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1951
Scope and Contents
typescript - All American Rose Selection
Box 64
Untitled
1953
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1956
Scope and Contents
typescript - Newark (Wayne Co.) rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
1962
Scope and Contents
typescript article
Box 64
Untitled
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - flower growing
Box 64
Untitled
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing (floribunda variety)
Box 64
Untitled
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing
Box 64
Untitled
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript - rose growing and marketing
Box 64
Untitled
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typescript article - unfinished
Box 64
"Rose History"
date unknown
Scope and Contents
typed notes - rose growing (research), (history)
Series V. Photographs
Box 4 Folder 1
Family Photographs
1895-1969
Box 5 Folder 1
Family Photographs
1895-1969
Box 33
Photographs
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Photos - E.S. Boerner
Box 34
Photographs
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Photos - Gene's Landing
Box 35
Photographs
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Photos - Gardens, flower shows
Box 36
Photographs
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Photos - Gene's Landing
Box 65
Photograph Scrapbook & Miscellaneous Photos
date unknown
Scope and Contents
Photos - E.S. Boerner
Box 67
Photographs
1937-1966
Scope and Contents
Photos - Belgium, Bermuda, Caribbean, England
Box 68
Photographs
1937-1965
Scope and Contents
Photos - England, France, Germany
Box 69
Photographs
1937-1965
Scope and Contents
Photos - Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Newfoundland, Spain, Labrador & Greenland, Switzerland
Box 70
Photographs
1943-1964
Scope and Contents
Photos - Arizona, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia
Box 71
Photographs
1939-1962
Scope and Contents
Boerner Botanical Garden, Jackson & Perkins, rose growing
Box 72
Photographs
1961
Scope and Contents
Roses, West - place unknown, Jackson & Perkins Gardens
Series VI. Slides, Movie Film, Sound Recordings
Box 66
Slides
1940-1966
Scope and Contents
Gene's Landing
Box 67
Slides
1937-1966
Scope and Contents
Gene's Landing; Belgium
Box 68
Slides
1937-1965
Box 69
Slides
1937-1965
Box 70
Slides
1943-1964
Box 71
Slides
1939-1962
Box 72
Slides
date unknown
Scope and Contents
slides: regular and large
Box 73
Movie Film
date unknown
Scope and Contents
"Rose Festival", "Planting Roses", "Million Dollar Rose", "Arranging Roses", "Rose Breeding", "Modern Roses on Parade"
Box 73
Phonograph Records and tape recordings
1945-1955
Scope and Contents
Song "All America Rose"; "Fall Planting of Roses", "Rose Festival 1945", Home Gardner; Farm News-Interview 1951, Phil Alamp; All-America Rose Selection; Ma Perkins radio show 1953
Box 74
Miscellaneous Material
date unknown