
Table of Contents
Introduction
The John L. Creech Files of photographs, clippings, and publications are part of the larger U.S. National Arboretum Collection, MS 186. In 2017, Special Collections staff organized, described, and re-housed this sub-collection of materials due to frequent research use and deteriorating folder tabs. Special Collections Librarian Amy Morgan and volunteer Irene Blade re-housed seven linear feet of materials into 17 acid-free boxes. In 2019, Office Automation Assistant Raymond Williams keyed the container list into an Excel spreadsheet. In 2020, Special Collections Archivist Sara Lee compiled this supplemental finding aid.
Biographical Sketch
1920
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island
1941
Received a bachelor of science in Horticulture from Rhode Island State College (now the University of Rhode Island).
Commissioned as Second Lieutenant of Infantry, U.S. Army; called to active duty immediately
1943
Earned the Silver Star for heroic actions in World War II. As First Lieutenant of First Infantry Division of the U. S. Army, known as the “Big Red One”, during the Allied invasion of North Africa, he led a patrol deep into enemy lines.
1943-1945
Captured in North Africa by Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps and sent to the German-run prisoner of war camp for officers (OFLAG 64) in Poland. Ran a greenhouse as well as developed and maintained a two-acre garden plot used to feed 1, 500 men. Won a Bronze Star for his gardening efforts.
1947
Earned a master’s degree in Horticulture at the University of Massachusetts
Became an employee U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant Introduction Station (Glendale Plant Propagation Unit, Maryland)
Year unknown
Joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Foreign Plant Exploration. Read an article in The National Horticultural Magazine (now The American Gardener) about plant explorers with the U.S. Office of Foreign Plant Exploration and Expedition that changed his career path
1953
Received a doctorate in botany from the University of Maryland
1953-1956
Served as president of the American Horticultural Society (AHS)
Dates unknown.
Conducted 10 plant exploration trips to Japan, Russia, Nepal, Taiwan and Yugoslavia
Date unknown.
Became director of the USDA plant exploration office
1972
Received the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gold Veitch Memorial Medal
1973-1980
Appointed third director of the U.S. National Arboretum in January 1973; negotiated the gift of 53 bonsai and 6 viewing stones from the people of Japan for America’s bicentennial celebration. Gift expected to become the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum.
1980
Retired as the third director of the U.S. National Arboretum to Hendersonville, North Carolina; introduced American nurserymen to Japanese horticulture – led tours to Japan
Pre-1987
Established with others the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, served as interim part-time director
1989
Received the Liberty Hyde Bailey Medal
2009
Died at age 89
Scope and Content Note
In the finding aid for the U.S. National Arboretum Collection written by Joe Howard in 1994, he identified the John L. Creech files as “Photographs and Illustrations [used in] Miscellaneous Publications Box 31 A-L”. Later, Special Collections staff located additional files in the library stacks representing subjects in alphabetical order starting with “M-W”. In 2017, the newly discovered Creech materials were added to the U.S. National Arboretum Collection. The boxes were placed in order following the already existing “A-L” files. Therefore, this finding aid includes documentation of Creech files that are not acknowledged in Howard’s finding aid.
The John L. Creech files contain black and white photographs of plants found in different geographic locations throughout the world. Photographs are mounted on paper with typewritten data. Details include subject name, negative number, size, recipient of print was and/or title of work containing the photograph, brief caption, expedition, or date. The majority of these photographs were taken during plant exploration trips.
Photographic files are in alphabetical order by folder name, which ranges from a person to plant, geographical location, activity related to plants, or an organization such as experiment station or garden club. Types of photographs include perennial plants, fiber plants, experiment stations, USDA employees, fertilizer, garden clubs, crop, fruit, grasses, aquatic flowering plants, trees, palm trees, shrubs, evergreen shrub, spices, quarantine, and vegetables.
Persons for which individually named files exist include Frederick V. Coville (first director of the National Arboretum), Dr. David and Graham Fairchild, Myra Haines, Peter Liu, Wilson Popenoe, Edward Simmonds, Homer C. Skeels, Walter Van Fleet, H. L. (Harvey Leroy) Westover, and W. E. (William Edwin) Whitehouse. This is not an exhaustive list of people shown in the collection photographs. Additional people appear in photographs and their names are indicated in captions.
Container List
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
001 | 001 | Abies species | Undated |
001 | 002 | Abutilon | 1930, 1931 |
001 | 003 | Acacia species | 1904, 1942 |
001 | 004 | Acanthoriza species | 1940 |
001 | 005 | Acer species | 1927, 1940 |
001 | 006 | Achradelpha species | 1911, 1914, 1917 |
001 | 007 | Achras sapota | 1938 |
001 | 008 | Acnistus | 1942 |
001 | 009 | Aconitum specia | Undated |
001 | 010 | Acrocomia species | 1914, 1920 |
001 | 011 | Actinea biennis | Undated |
001 | 012 | Actinidia species | 1910, 1915, 1917 |
001 | 013 | Adansonia digitata | 1928 |
001 | 014 | Aesculus species | Undated |
001 | 015 | Afghanistan | Undated |
001 | 016 | Africa | 1928 |
001 | 017 | Agave species | 1906, 1907, 1919, 1943 |
001 | 018 | Air-conditioning Unit - Glenn Dale, Maryland | 1952, 1953 |
001 | 019 | Alberia caffra | 1941 |
001 | 020 | Albizzia species | Undated |
001 | 021 | Allanthus | 1946 |
001 | 022 | Allium | 1919 |
001 | 023 | Alocasia species | Undated |
001 | 024 | Aloe | 1945 |
001 | 025 | Althaea species | Undated |
001 | 026 | Ambrosia species | 1936 |
001 | 027 | Amomum species | 1926 |
001 | 028 | Amphianthus species | Undated |
001 | 029 | Amygdalus species | 1902, 1910-1916, 1934, 1936, 1956 |
001 | 030 | Anacardium species | 1913, 1917, 1936 |
001 | 031 | Ananas | 1925-26, 1928, 1934-1937 |
001 | 032 | Andromeda species | 1922 |
001 | 033 | Andropogon species | Undated |
001 | 034 | Angelica | 1940 |
001 | 035 | Annona species | 1914,1915,1917,1918,1931,1932,1941, 1944,1945- |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
002 | 001 | Anthemis species | Undated |
002 | 002 | Anthemum species | Undated |
002 | 003 | Apios | 1945 |
002 | 004 | Apium species | Undated |
002 | 005 | Aplopappus species | 1940 |
002 | 006 | Apocynum Cannabinum L | 1942 |
002 | 007 | Arachis hypogaea | 1904, 1941 |
002 | 008 | Aralia species | 1903, 1913, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1918 |
002 | 009 | Araucaria btasiliensis | 1914 |
002 | 010 | Arctium species | Undated |
002 | 011 | Areca | 1912, 1926 |
002 | 012 | Areca catechu | 1942 |
002 | 013 | Aristicla pennata | Undated |
002 | 014 | Armour expedition | 1932 |
002 | 015 | Arracacha esculenta | 1920, 1946 |
002 | 016 | Arracacia species | 1912, 1917, 1918, 1919 |
002 | 017 | Artocarpus species | 1913, 1916, 1920, 1929, 1941 |
002 | 018 | Artomacon species | 1940 |
002 | 019 | Arundinaria species | 1932-1933, 1936 |
002 | 020 | Arundo donax | Undated |
002 | 021 | Asclepias species | 1924, 1933, 1935, 1927, 1942, 1944 |
002 | 022 | Asiatic Bean | 1958 |
002 | 023 | Asimina triloba (Pawpaw) | 1893, 1931, 1941, 1943 |
002 | 024 | Astragalus | 1908, 1931, 1942, 1955 - 1957 |
002 | 025 | Astrocaryum species | 1932 - 1939 |
002 | 026 | Atalantia species | 1911 |
002 | 027 | Attalea cohune | 1918 - 1941 |
002 | 028 | Atropa species | Undated |
002 | 029 | Averrhoa carambola | Undated |
002 | 030 | Azaleas | 1935 |
002 | 031 | Bactris | 1942 |
002 | 032 | Bamboos (Bambusa spp. and others) | 1906, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1909, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930 - 1933 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
003 | 001 | Begonia species | 1954 , 1959 |
003 | 002 | Bell Station | 1923 - 1953 |
003 | 003 | Belou species | Undated |
003 | 004 | Berberies | 1913 |
003 | 005 | Bertholletia nobilis | 1932 |
003 | 006 | Blighia species | 1914 - 1917 |
003 | 007 | Bombax species | 1914 |
003 | 008 | Borassus | 1926 |
003 | 009 | Botanic Garden | 1929 |
003 | 010 | Botor tetragonoloba | 1920 |
003 | 011 | Bradford pear | 1917, 1959, 1942 |
003 | 012 | Brahea species | 1914, 1940 |
003 | 013 | Brazil | 1914, 1932 |
003 | 014 | Bromelia species | 1914 |
003 | 015 | Brooksville | 1938 |
003 | 016 | Bulbs | 1913, 1917 |
003 | 017 | Burkea | Undated |
003 | 018 | Burma view | 1922 |
003 | 019 | Byrsonima | 1918 |
003 | 020 | Cacara species | Undated |
003 | 021 | Cactus | 1921, 1932, 1943 |
003 | 022 | Caesalpinia | 1943 |
003 | 023 | Cajan species | 1930 |
003 | 024 | Cajuputi species | Undated |
003 | 025 | Calamus | 1926 |
003 | 026 | Calendula species | Undated |
003 | 027 | Calocarpum mammosum | 1941 |
003 | 028 | Camassia species | 1940 |
003 | 029 | Camellia species | 1953 |
003 | 030 | Camoensis | 1916 |
003 | 031 | Camphora officinalis | 1904, 1905 |
003 | 032 | Cananga odorata | 1940 |
003 | 033 | Canarium species | Undated |
003 | 034 | Candelilla | Undated |
003 | 035 | Canna species | 1920 |
003 | 036 | Cannellice species | 1951 |
003 | 037 | Capparis spinosa | 1941 |
003 | 038 | Capsicum species | Undated |
003 | 039 | Caragana | Undated |
003 | 040 | Carapa | 1920 |
003 | 041 | Carica species | 1914, 1915-1916, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1928, 1931 |
003 | 042 | Cariniana legalis | Undated |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
004 | 001 | Carissa species | 1911, 1915-1916, 1916, 1920, 1933 |
004 | 002 | Carludovica | 1945 |
004 | 003 | Carum species | Undated; used in 1960 publication |
004 | 004 | Carya species | 1915, 1941 |
004 | 005 | Caryocab brasiliensis | 1914 |
004 | 006 | Caryocaraceae caryocar | Undated |
004 | 007 | Casimiroa species | 1916, 1917 |
004 | 008 | Cassiafustula | 1942 |
004 | 009 | Castanea species | 1909, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930 |
004 | 010 | Castanopsis species | 1922 |
004 | 011 | Castilla species | 1904, 1907, 1923, 1940, 1942 |
004 | 012 | Catalpa species | 1915, 1953 |
004 | 013 | Catha | 1915 |
004 | 014 | Cattle in thrace | 1948 |
004 | 015 | Cedrus species | 1959 |
004 | 016 | Ceiba | 1943 |
004 | 017 | Celtis species | 1959 |
004 | 018 | Centropogon | 1948 |
004 | 019 | Ceratonia species | 1906, 1916, 1920 |
004 | 020 | Cereus species | 1915, 1920 |
004 | 021 | Ceylon | 1926, 1929 |
004 | 022 | Chaenomeles | 1915, 1926 |
004 | 023 | Chaenomeles lagenaria | 1948, 1949 |
004 | 024 | Chalcas species | Undated |
004 | 025 | Chalk cliffs | 1948 |
004 | 026 | Chamaeobrea species | 1914, 1917, 1939 |
004 | 027 | Chapman Field | 1924 |
004 | 028 | Charts-relative strands of seedlings, understerilized media, and cyclinder machine | 1940, 1941, 1960 |
004 | 029 | Chenopodium | 1915, 1918 |
004 | 030 | Chico experiment station | 1938 |
004 | 031 | Chile | 1922 |
004 | 032 | Chinese caravans, views, etc. ( 1 of 2 ) | 1907, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1933 |
004 | 033 | Chinese caravans, views, etc. (2 of 2) | 1906, 1907, 1913, 1914, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931 |
004 | 034 | Chionanthus | 1945 |
004 | 035 | Chloris species | 1911, 1914, 1924, 1906 |
004 | 036 | Chrysanthemum species | 1906 |
004 | 037 | Chrysothamnus species-rabbitbrush | 1942, 1929, 1948, |
004 | 038 | Cibotium species | 1939 |
004 | 039 | Cicer species | 1909, 1914, 1915 |
004 | 040 | Cirsium species | 1940 |
004 | 041 | Cissus species | 1959 |
004 | 042 | Citrullus species | 1916 |
004 | 043 | Citrus species (1 of 2) | 1913, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1931, 1954 |
004 | 044 | Citrus species (2 of 2) | 1913, 1914, 1915, 1906, 1919, 1922, 1945 |
004 | 045 | Cladrastis | 1944 |
004 | 046 | Clausena species | 1914 |
004 | 047 | Cnicus species | Undated; used in 1960 publication |
004 | 048 | Cochlearia species | Undated |
004 | 049 | Cochliostema jacobianum | 1943 |
004 | 050 | Cocos | 1913, 1916, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
005 | 001 | Cocothrinax anomalus | 1926, 1938, 1940 |
005 | 002 | Coffea | 1903, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1954 |
005 | 003 | Coix lacryma-jobi | Undated |
005 | 004 | Cola species | 1926 |
005 | 005 | Colchicum species | Undated |
005 | 006 | Coleospadix | 1932 |
005 | 007 | Coleus species | 1920 |
005 | 008 | Collecting equipment | 1944-1945 |
005 | 009 | Collins, G.N. (Guy N.) | 1923 |
005 | 010 | Colocasia species | 1911, 1913, 1916, 1918, 1929 |
005 | 011 | Colombia | 1920 |
005 | 012 | Colpothrinac species | Undated |
005 | 013 | Combretum comosum | 1919 |
005 | 014 | Convallaria species | 1947 |
005 | 015 | Convalvulus arveuser | 1942 |
005 | 016 | Copernicia | 1914, 1933 |
005 | 017 | Cordia species | Undated |
005 | 018 | Cordeauxia species | 1910 |
005 | 019 | Coriander | 1931 |
005 | 020 | Cornus canadensis-Bunchberry | 1950 |
005 | 021 | Corylus species | 1915 |
005 | 022 | Corypha umbraculifera | 1916 |
005 | 023 | Costa rica view | 1940, 1943 |
005 | 024 | Coumarouna species | 1942 |
005 | 025 | Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon) | 1937 |
005 | 026 | Covillea | 1921 |
005 | 027 | Cracca | 1930 |
005 | 028 | Crataegus species | 1914, 15, 16, 19, 20, 27, 1941 |
005 | 029 | Crescentia | 1943 |
005 | 030 | Cryptostegia | 1918, 42, 43 |
005 | 031 | Cuba | 1915, 16, 28, 31 |
005 | 032 | Cucumis | 1931, 1944 |
005 | 033 | Cucurbita species | 1928, 1948, 1954 |
005 | 034 | Cudrania species | 1914, 1915 |
005 | 035 | Cupressus species | 1959 |
005 | 036 | Cyamopsis tertagonoloba | 1946 |
005 | 037 | Cycas species | 1959 |
005 | 038 | Cyclanthera pedata | Undated |
005 | 039 | Cydonia | 1921 |
005 | 040 | Cynara scelymus | Undated |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
006 | 001 | Cyphomandra | 1914 |
006 | 002 | Cypripedium spectabile | 1912 |
006 | 003 | Cyrilla species | 1952 |
006 | 004 | Cyrtosperum senegalense | 1928 |
006 | 005 | Cyrtostachys lakka | 1920, 1941 |
006 | 006 | Dahlia species | 1923, 1943 |
006 | 007 | Dalea spinosa | 1940 |
006 | 008 | Datura species | Undated |
006 | 009 | Daucus species | 1924, 1924 |
006 | 010 | Dellenia indica | 1928 |
006 | 011 | Delphinium | 1940 |
006 | 012 | Dendrocalamus species | 1921, 1937 |
006 | 013 | Dentaria species | 1945 |
006 | 014 | Deringa species | 1919 |
006 | 015 | Derris | 1942 |
006 | 016 | Dexeria corneto | 1908 |
006 | 017 | Diamorpha | 1939 |
006 | 018 | Digitalis | Undated |
006 | 019 | Dimocarpus species | 1914, 1941 |
006 | 020 | Dimorphotheca species | 1960 |
006 | 021 | Dioscorea species | 2016-1955 |
006 | 022 | Diospyros species | 1911-1929 |
006 | 023 | Dipterocarpus turbinatus | 1922 |
006 | 024 | Dipteryx odorata | 1942 |
006 | 025 | Dodonaea | Undated |
006 | 026 | Dolichos | 1930 |
006 | 027 | Dominican view | 1922-1934 |
006 | 028 | Dorsett's Brazilian bulletin | Undated |
006 | 029 | Dove cotls | 1948 |
006 | 030 | Dovyalis hebecarpa | 1941 |
006 | 031 | Dracaena | 1942-1959 |
006 | 032 | Dracontomelom species | 1922 |
006 | 033 | Duranta | 1923 |
006 | 034 | Durio | 1932 |
006 | 035 | Echeveria species | 1910 |
006 | 036 | Echinocereus | 1940 |
006 | 037 | Ecuadorean view | 1940-1942 |
006 | 038 | Edgeworthia species | 1903, 1906, 1934 |
006 | 039 | Egypt | 1911 |
006 | 040 | Eichhornia | 1956 |
006 | 041 | Elaeagnus species | 1911 |
006 | 042 | Elaeis species | 1924, 1939, 1942 |
006 | 043 | Eleocharis dulcis | 1926-1957 |
006 | 044 | Engelhardtia species | 1922 |
006 | 045 | England views | 1959 |
006 | 046 | Enlow | 1940 |
006 | 047 | Enterolobium cycloccarpum | 1915 |
006 | 048 | Ephedra | 1958 |
006 | 049 | Epigaea repens | 1911 |
006 | 050 | Epilobium | 1945 |
006 | 051 | Eremurus | 1914 |
006 | 052 | Eriobotrya japonica | 1930 |
006 | 053 | Eriodictyon | 1940 |
006 | 054 | Erlanson, Carl O. | 1950 |
006 | 055 | Erythea | 1940 |
006 | 056 | Erythrina | 1922-1928 |
006 | 057 | Erythroxylon coca | 1934, 1943, 1947 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
007 | 001 | Escallonia | Undated |
007 | 002 | Escholtzia | 1946 |
007 | 003 | Eucalyptus species | 1942 |
007 | 004 | Eucnide urens | 1940 |
007 | 005 | Eucommia species | 1911, 1942 |
007 | 006 | Eugenia species | 1915, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1938, 1941 |
007 | 007 | Euphobia species | 1937, 1954 |
007 | 008 | Eutrema species | 1903 |
007 | 009 | Fairchild, Dr. David and Graham | 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1940 |
007 | 010 | Fallugia | 1940 |
007 | 011 | Fatshedera | 1938 |
007 | 012 | Feijoa species | 1918, 1933, 1938 |
007 | 013 | Fern tree | 1922, 1934, 1935 |
007 | 014 | Feronia species | Undated |
007 | 015 | Fertilizer | 1926 |
007 | 016 | Ficus species | 1907 thru 1942 |
007 | 017 | Flacourtia ramontchi | 1941 |
007 | 018 | Florida | 1928 |
007 | 019 | Flower show | 1954 |
007 | 020 | Foeniculum | 1926 |
007 | 021 | Fouguieria | 1940 |
007 | 022 | Fourcroya macrophylla | 1926, 1928 |
007 | 023 | Fragaria species-Strawberries | 1931 |
007 | 024 | France views | 1959 |
007 | 025 | Franklinia species | 1952, 1953 |
007 | 026 | Fraximus potamophila | 1942 |
007 | 027 | Funtinnia elastica (?) | 1942 |
007 | 028 | Galloway, Dr. B.T. (Beverly Thomas) [Empty folder] | Undated |
007 | 029 | Garcinia | 1906, 1915, 1927, 1928 |
007 | 030 | Garden Club of America | 1950 |
007 | 031 | Gardens | Undated |
007 | 032 | Gaultheria species | Undated |
007 | 033 | Genipa species | 1941 |
007 | 034 | Gentry, H.S. | 1942 |
007 | 035 | Georgia | 1943 |
007 | 036 | Germinated experiments | 1941 |
007 | 037 | Gigantochloa robusta | 1927 |
007 | 038 | Ginko species | 1930 |
007 | 039 | Glenn Dale azaleas | 1949-1953 |
007 | 040 | Glenn Dale, Maryland | 1945, 1953 |
007 | 041 | Gleditsia sinensis | 1915 |
007 | 042 | Glycyrrhiza species | Undated |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
008 | 001 | Gordonia | 1908 |
008 | 002 | Gossypium species | 1913, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1932 |
008 | 003 | Goucher, Edward | 1918 |
008 | 004 | Grafting | 1952, 1953 |
008 | 005 | Granite | 1939 |
008 | 006 | Grasses | 1953 |
008 | 007 | Greenhouse, Inspecting , Sterilizing | 1922, 1931 |
008 | 008 | Grey, Robert M. | 1931 |
008 | 009 | Guadua species | 1921 |
008 | 010 | Guaiacum sanctum | 1919 |
008 | 011 | Guatemala views | 1916, 1917, 1928, 1937 |
008 | 012 | Guilielma speciosa | 1920, 1941 |
008 | 013 | Gutierrezia | 1940 |
008 | 014 | Gynocardia | Undated |
008 | 015 | Haines, Myra | 1951 |
008 | 016 | Haloxylon ammodendron | Undated |
008 | 017 | Hamamelis species | Undated |
008 | 018 | Harppephyllum species | 1903 |
008 | 019 | Hedera species | 1959 |
008 | 020 | Hedysarum | 1934 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
009 | 001 | Inodes species | 1908, 1911, 1913, 1916 |
009 | 002 | Ipomaea | 1926 |
009 | 003 | Iris | 1929 |
009 | 004 | Isoetes virginica | 1939 |
009 | 005 | Italy | 1959 |
009 | 006 | Japan | 1933, 1935 |
009 | 007 | Java | 1926, 1929 |
009 | 008 | Jerusalem | 1919 |
009 | 009 | Jessenia | 1932 |
009 | 010 | Jubaea species | 1921, 1940 |
009 | 011 | Juniperus species | 1910 |
009 | 012 | Juglans | 1915, 1919, 1927, 1929 |
009 | 013 | Kalmia peat | Undated |
009 | 014 | Kaoliang | 1924, 1930, 1948 |
009 | 015 | Kentia | 1912, 1913 |
009 | 016 | Kigella pinnata | 1934, 1939 |
009 | 017 | Kokia species | 1913 |
009 | 018 | Lactuca species | 1926 |
009 | 019 | Lagenaria | 1909, 1926 |
009 | 020 | Lagerstromia species | 1949 |
009 | 021 | Lansium species | 1912 |
009 | 022 | Larix species | 1908, 1912, 1916 |
009 | 023 | Latania | 1932 |
009 | 024 | Lawsonia inermis | 1918, 1920, 1942 |
009 | 025 | Lecythis | 1932, 1944 |
009 | 026 | Lespedeza | 1929, 1930, 1931 |
009 | 027 | Leucaena species | 1920 |
009 | 028 | Licuala | 1932 |
009 | 029 | Ligustrum ibolum | 1951 |
009 | 030 | Lilium species | 1927, 1930, 1947 |
009 | 031 | Litchi species | 1913-1944 |
009 | 032 | Lithocarpus species | 1928, 1930 |
009 | 033 | Liu, Peter | 1930 |
009 | 034 | Livistona | 1932 |
009 | 035 | Lobelia species | Undated |
009 | 036 | Lodoicea | 1904-1931 |
009 | 037 | Lonicera species | 1912-1916 |
009 | 038 | Lonochocarpus | 1935, 1942-1943 |
009 | 039 | Loropetalum | 1917 |
009 | 040 | Lotus | 1926-1913 |
009 | 041 | Luculia gratissima | 1922 |
009 | 042 | Lucuma | 1922-1929 |
009 | 043 | Lupinus | 1940 |
009 | 044 | Lycopersicuon | 1946 |
009 | 045 | Macadamia species | 1916-1941 |
009 | 046 | Machilus species | Undated |
009 | 047 | Macrozanonia macrocarpa | 1961 |
009 | 048 | Madagascar views | 1942 |
009 | 049 | Magnolia species | 1921 |
009 | 050 | Maize | 1931 |
009 | 051 | Majorana species | Undated |
009 | 052 | Malay archipelago | 1928 |
009 | 053 | Malorties | 1908 |
009 | 054 | Malus species | 1943 |
009 | 055 | Malvaceae | 1929 |
009 | 056 | Mammea | 1928-1941 |
009 | 057 | Manchurian landscape | 1925 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
010 | 001 | Mangifera species | 1906, 1909-1916, 1918, 1920-22, 1927, 1941 |
010 | 002 | Manicaria saccifera | 1904, 1924 |
010 | 003 | Manihat esculenta (cassava), glaziovii | 1913, 1917, 1918, 1928 |
010 | 004 | Manure | 1925 |
010 | 005 | Maranta arundinacea | 1918 |
010 | 006 | Maritia flexuosa | 1932 |
010 | 007 | Matricaria chamomilla | Undated, used in 1960 publication |
010 | 008 | Mauritia setigera | 1932 |
010 | 009 | Maximiliana | 1932 |
010 | 010 | Maytenus | Undated |
010 | 011 | Medicago species | 1911, 1926, 1943 |
010 | 012 | Medicinal plants | 1940, 1945 |
010 | 013 | Mediterranean and Great Britain trip | 1957 |
010 | 014 | Mediterranean and Great Britain trip | 1957 |
010 | 015 | Mediterranean and Great Britain trip | 1957 |
010 | 016 | Mediterranean and Great Britain trip | 1957 |
010 | 017 | Meibomia species | Undated |
010 | 018 | Melaleuca | 1916 |
010 | 019 | Melicocca bijuga | Undated |
010 | 020 | Melinis species | Undated |
010 | 021 | Melocanna species | 1922 |
010 | 022 | Melon vines | 1948 |
010 | 023 | Mentha species | 1932 |
010 | 024 | Mentzelia | 1940 |
010 | 025 | Mesopotamia | Undated |
010 | 026 | Mexican views | 1927 |
010 | 027 | Meyer expedition-E.M. [Empty folder] | Undated |
010 | 028 | Michelia excelsa | Undated |
010 | 029 | Mida | 1961 |
010 | 030 | Mimulus | 1940 |
010 | 031 | Miscanthus | 1914 |
010 | 032 | Mistletoe | 1943 |
010 | 033 | Momordica | 1941, 1960 |
010 | 034 | Monstera | 1921 |
010 | 035 | Morocco view | 1934, 1936 |
010 | 036 | Morse, W.J. (William Joseph) | 1929, 1936 |
010 | 037 | Morus | 1910 |
010 | 038 | Musa | 1928, 1934, 1943, 1940 |
010 | 039 | Myrciaria species | 1913, 1914 |
010 | 040 | Myrica species | 1910, 1920 |
010 | 041 | Myristica fragrans | 1933 |
010 | 042 | Myroxylon | 1943 |
010 | 043 | Myrtus | 1916 |
010 | 044 | Nageia nagi | Undated |
010 | 045 | Nannorhops | 1932 |
010 | 046 | Narcissus species | 1913, 1916 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
011 | 001 | National Arboretum | 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948 |
011 | 002 | Neanthe bella | 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946 |
011 | 003 | Nelumbium | 1930 |
011 | 004 | Neoglaziovia species | 1911 |
011 | 005 | Nephelium species | 1909, 1910, 1931, 1941 |
011 | 006 | Nicotiana | 1914 |
011 | 007 | Nipa fruticans | 1929 |
011 | 008 | Nursery | 1917 |
011 | 009 | Nymphaea | 1949 |
011 | 010 | Ocimum species | Undated |
011 | 011 | Oenothera | 1940 |
011 | 012 | Olea species | 1906, 1911, 1916, 1923, 1927, 1943 |
011 | 013 | Oncoba species | 1923 |
011 | 014 | Oncosperma tigillaria | 1921, 1925 |
011 | 015 | Oothrinax species | 1927, 1957 |
011 | 016 | Opsiandra | 1935 |
011 | 017 | Opuntia species | 1906, 1926, 1940, 1942, 1947 |
011 | 018 | Oryza species | 1928, 1929, 1930, 1942 |
011 | 019 | Oxalis species | Undated |
011 | 020 | Pacayito | 1917 |
011 | 021 | Pachira fastuosa | 1931 |
011 | 022 | Paeonia species | 1914 |
011 | 023 | Pahudia | Undated |
011 | 024 | Paliurus | 1944 |
011 | 025 | Palm | 1920, 1931, 1935, 1939 |
011 | 026 | Panax species | Undated |
011 | 027 | Pandanus | 1940 |
011 | 028 | Panicum species | 1914, 1925 |
011 | 029 | Papyrus species | 1906 |
011 | 030 | Parthenium | 1927 |
011 | 031 | Pasania species | 1914-15 |
011 | 032 | Passiflora | 1910, 1916, 1922, 1925, 1941 |
011 | 033 | Pastinaca | 1928 |
011 | 034 | Paurotis species | 1924, 1926 |
011 | 035 | Pedilanthus | 1942 |
011 | 036 | Pennisetum | Undated |
011 | 037 | Penstemon | 1940 |
011 | 038 | Pereskia | 1941 |
011 | 039 | Perilla | Undated |
011 | 040 | Persea americana (Trees) | 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1934 |
011 | 041 | Peruvian view | 1940 |
011 | 042 | Petalonyx | 1940 |
011 | 043 | Phaseolus species | 1918, 1926, 1930, 1943, 1958 |
011 | 044 | Phellodendrum | 1940 |
011 | 045 | Philadelphus | 1919, 1948 |
011 | 046 | Phlox | 1940 |
011 | 047 | Phoenix | 1902-1904, 1906, 1911-1913, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1929, 1919, 1934, 1941 |
011 | 048 | Phyllanthus species | 1915, 1941 |
011 | 049 | Phyllocarpus septentrionalis | 1920, 1922 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
012 | 001 | Phyllostachys species (1 of 2) | 1903 thru 1946 |
012 | 002 | Phyllostachys species (2 of 2) | 1911 thru 1956 |
012 | 003 | Physalis | 1945 |
012 | 004 | Phytelephas | 1912, 1908, 1944 |
012 | 005 | Phytolacca species | Undated |
012 | 006 | Picea schrankiana | 1941 |
012 | 007 | Pimenta officinalis | 1929 |
012 | 008 | Pimpinella species | Undated |
012 | 009 | Pinang | 1932 |
012 | 010 | Pinuela (Bromelia pinguin) | 1941 |
012 | 011 | Pinus species | 1919-1946 |
012 | 012 | Piper species | 1953-1954 |
012 | 013 | Pistacia species | 1910-1951 |
012 | 014 | Plant habitat | 1940 |
012 | 015 | Plant Industry Station | 1945 |
012 | 016 | Plant Introduction Stations | 1916-1955 |
012 | 017 | Plea europea | 1953 |
012 | 018 | Pleiospermium dubium | 1948 |
012 | 019 | Podophyllum species | Undated |
012 | 020 | Poinciana gilliesi | 1942 |
012 | 021 | Polakowskia species | 1920 |
012 | 022 | Polygala species | Undated |
012 | 023 | Popenoe, Wilson | 1917, 20, 1932 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
013 | 001 | Populus species | 1908, 1911, 1916 |
013 | 002 | Portugal | 1959 |
013 | 003 | Portulacaria species | Undated |
013 | 004 | Pouteria species | Undated |
013 | 005 | Primula beesiana | 1922 |
013 | 006 | Primula sinopurprea | 1922 |
013 | 007 | Princepia species | 1907, 1914 |
013 | 008 | Pritchardia | 1914-1940 |
013 | 009 | Propagation | 1941-1954 |
013 | 010 | Protea | Undated |
013 | 011 | Prunus species | 1910-1952 |
013 | 012 | Pseudophoenix | 1908, 1912, 1935 |
013 | 013 | Pseudosasa species | 1933-1935 |
013 | 014 | Pseudotsuga species | 1959 |
013 | 015 | Psidium | 1944 |
013 | 016 | Psychotria | Undated |
013 | 017 | Punica species | 1919. 1929, 1941 |
013 | 018 | Puerto Rico | 1963 |
013 | 019 | Pyrus species | 1911-1927 |
013 | 020 | Quarantine | 1935, 1942, 1943, 1945 |
013 | 021 | Quercus species | 1910, 1917, 1922, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1942 |
013 | 022 | Rafflesia patama | 1927 |
013 | 023 | Raphanus species | 1924, 1925 |
013 | 024 | Raphia | 1932 |
013 | 025 | Raphia ruffia | 1942 |
013 | 026 | Rauwolfia species | 1954 |
013 | 027 | Regional coordinators | 1952 |
013 | 028 | Rhammus species | Undated |
013 | 029 | Rhapidophyllum | 1926 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
014 | 001 | Rhapis | 1932 |
014 | 002 | Rheedia | 1914, 1917, 1922, 1928 |
014 | 003 | Rheum | 1924 |
014 | 004 | Rhizophora | 1933, 1940 |
014 | 005 | Rhododendron atlanticum | 1949 |
014 | 006 | Rhododendron hybrids | 1942 |
014 | 007 | Rhododendron species | 1922-1950 |
014 | 008 | Rhopaloblaste singaporensis | 1926 |
014 | 009 | Rhopalostylis | 1914 |
014 | 010 | Rhus | 1942, 1943 |
014 | 011 | Ribes species | 1940 |
014 | 012 | Ricinus species | Undated |
014 | 013 | Robinia | 1939 |
014 | 014 | Rock's miscellaneous illustrations | 1922, 1923, 1924 |
014 | 015 | Rollinia species | 1914-1918 |
014 | 016 | Rooting | Undated |
014 | 017 | Rosa species | 1910, 1915, 1916, 1922 |
014 | 018 | Roystones floridana | 1924 |
014 | 019 | Roystonia | 1904, 1928 |
014 | 020 | Rubus species | 1911, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1928, 1926 |
014 | 021 | Rudbeckia species | 1960 |
014 | 022 | Rumex species | 1922, 1923 |
014 | 023 | Russia | 1911, 1934 |
014 | 024 | Ryerson, K.A. (Knowles Augustus) | 1931 |
014 | 025 | Sabal | 1912, 1921, 1931 |
014 | 026 | Saccharum | 1921, 1927, 1934, 1936 |
014 | 027 | Safford | 1923 |
014 | 028 | Sagebrush | 1904 |
014 | 029 | St. Vincent Island-Views | Undated |
014 | 030 | Salix species | 1914, 1915-1929 |
014 | 031 | Salvia | 1917-1940 |
014 | 032 | Sansevieria species | 1950 |
014 | 033 | Sapranthus species | 1916 |
014 | 034 | Sasa species | 1932-1933 |
014 | 035 | Sassafras albidum | 1941 |
014 | 036 | Savannah views | 1936 |
014 | 037 | Schinus species | 1916 |
014 | 038 | Scirpus | 1944 |
014 | 039 | Schizandra chinensis | 1915 |
014 | 040 | Sclerocarya | Undated |
014 | 041 | Sechium edule | 1915 thru 1939 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
015 | 001 | Sedum | 1943 |
015 | 002 | Semiarundinaria species | 1939 |
015 | 003 | Serenoa | 1940 |
015 | 004 | Shibataea species | 1932 |
015 | 005 | Shipping-packages etc. | 1911 thru 1954 |
015 | 006 | Siam views | 1922 |
015 | 007 | Sicana species | 1941 |
015 | 008 | Sicily | 1959 |
015 | 009 | Simmonds, Edward | 1932, 1933 |
015 | 010 | Simondsia | 1953-1957 |
015 | 011 | Sinocalamus species | 1946 |
015 | 012 | Sisal | 1927 |
015 | 013 | Skeels, Homer C. | 1935 |
015 | 014 | Smilax auriculata | 1949 |
015 | 015 | Soja max | 1906 thru 1942 |
015 | 016 | Sorbaria | 1921-1927 |
015 | 017 | Sorbus | 1902-1927 |
015 | 018 | Solanum species | 1903 thru 1940 |
015 | 019 | Spain | Undated |
015 | 020 | Spathodea species | 1916-1928 |
015 | 021 | Splagum moss | 1941-1956 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
016 | 001 | Tas elmasi | 1948 |
016 | 002 | Tauga mertensiana | 1934 |
016 | 003 | Taxodium distichum | 1935 |
016 | 004 | Tectonia grandis | 1930 |
016 | 005 | Telfairia | Undated |
016 | 006 | Tephrosia | Undated |
016 | 007 | Terminalia | 1928 |
016 | 008 | Tetrastigma species | 1916 |
016 | 009 | Thea | 1928 |
016 | 010 | Theobroma | 1913, 1917, 1920, 23, 1946 |
016 | 011 | Thespesia | Undated |
016 | 012 | Thrinax | 1904, 1912, 1932 |
016 | 013 | Thunbergia | 1928 |
016 | 014 | Thuya species | 1959 |
016 | 015 | Thymus species | Undated |
016 | 016 | Tigridia pavonia | 1927 |
016 | 017 | Trachycarpus | 1915, 1921 |
016 | 018 | Trachylobium | 1927 |
016 | 019 | Trapa | 1926, 1954 |
016 | 020 | Tribroma species | Undated |
016 | 021 | Tricholaena | 1914 |
016 | 022 | Trifolium species | 1901, 1906, 1953 |
016 | 023 | Tripsacum laxum | Undated |
016 | 024 | Trithrina brasiliensis | 1913, 1924 |
016 | 025 | Triticum species | 1926, 1927 |
016 | 026 | Tropaeolum tuberosum | 1928 |
016 | 027 | Trtish River view | 1941 |
016 | 028 | Tunis views | 1904 |
016 | 029 | Turkestan view | 1934, 1941 |
016 | 030 | Turkish views | 1948 |
016 | 031 | Tutma melon | Undated |
016 | 032 | Ullucus tuberosa | Undated |
016 | 033 | Ulmus species | 1912, 1915-16, 1929, 1931, 1934 |
016 | 034 | Uncarina | 1968 |
016 | 035 | Undetermined | 1927 |
016 | 036 | United Fruit Company "Honduras" | 1928 |
016 | 037 | Utowana | 1928 |
016 | 038 | Vaccininum | 1908, 1910, 1919, 1940 |
Box | Folder | Title/Description | Date(s) |
---|---|---|---|
017 | 001 | Valeriana species | Undated |
017 | 002 | Van Fleet | Undated |
017 | 003 | Vanilla | 1909, 1916 |
017 | 004 | Various photographs | 1957, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970 |
017 | 005 | Various photographs for Dr. Williams "ginseng" article and negatives turned over to new crops from original file | 1932, 1961 |
017 | 006 | Vegetables-Cassava, Yautia, Pai ts'ai, Tamopan persimmon, Water chestnut, Roselle, Botor (pea), Soybean, Chayote, Arracacha, Edible Canna, Arrowroot, Japanese radish, Roots of the Horseradish tree, and Dasheen | 1926, 1931 |
017 | 007 | Photographs used in publication "Vegetable gardening in the Caribbean area" by H. (Harold) F. Winters and G. (George)W. (William) Miskimen | 1957, 1962 |
017 | 008 | Verbena | 1940 |
017 | 009 | Vermicelli | 1924 |
017 | 010 | Viburnum | 1916, 1934 |
017 | 011 | Vicia species (Mongolian vetch) | 1930 |
017 | 012 | View of Tigris River | 1948 |
017 | 013 | Vigna | 1930 |
017 | 014 | Vitis species | 1909-1911-1918-1916-17, 1925 |
017 | 015 | Wallichia | 1914-1946 |
017 | 016 | Washingtonia | 1913 |
017 | 017 | Westover, H.L. (Harvey Leroy) | 1931 |
017 | 018 | Whitehouse, W.E. (William Edwin) and H.L. (Harvey Leroy) Westover expedition | 1931-1940 |
Selected Bibliography
Sources Used for Finding Aid:
Amalie, Adler Ascher. "A Bonsai Collection from Japan for the Bicentennial Includes: A Rare Gift Centuries in the Making One Tree 150 Years Older than the United States in the Making." The Sun (1837-1994), Jul 18, 1976. https://search.proquest.com/docview/538530704?accountid=6126
---. "Bringing the World's Plants to Your Backyard: Dr. John L. Creech, Director of the National Arboretum, has Explored Asia and Europe to Benefit American Gardeners and Farmers." The Sun (1837-1994), Dec 02, 1979. https://search.proquest.com/docview/538269355?accountid=6126
Baker, Glady L. United States, Agricultural History Branch. Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, DC: Centennial Committee, USDA, 1963.
"Doings of the Day." The Washington Post (1923-1954), Dec 01, 1948. https://search.proquest.com/docview/151999757?accountid=6126
"Garden Club Activities." The Washington Post (1923-1954), Jul 05, 1953. https://search.proquest.com/docview/152593387?accountid=6126
"Garden Notes." The Washington Post (1923-1954), May 15, 1949. https://search.proquest.com/docview/152170538?accountid=6126
Howard, Joseph H. “Archives of the National Arboretum: a finding aid, draft version.” Beltsville, Maryland: National Agricultural Library, 1995. https://archive.org/details/CAT30938087/page/18/mode/2up
"'Metasequoia Tree' Lecture Scheduled." The Washington Post (1923-1954), Oct 26, 1953. https://search.proquest.com/docview/152542015?accountid=6126
“Obituaries: John L. Creech.” Asheville Citizen-Times. Aug 8, 2009. https://www.newspapers.com/image/198591476/?article=c36c142e-4925-4eac-a3d8-1e7f01f6d484&focus=0.3721017, 0.06271692, 0.5234855, 0.24022985&xid=2378
“Remembering horticulture icon Dr. Creech.” Tryon Daily Bulletin. August 25, 2009. Accessed 3/26/20. https://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2009/08/25/remembering-horticulture-icon-dr-creech/
The University of Rhode Island. Military Science and Leadership (Army ROTC) College of Arts and Sciences. “John L. Creech” Captain, WWII, Biography.” https://web.uri.edu/rotc/meet/john-l-creech/
"2, 080 AT U. OF M. WILL GET DEGREES: EXERCISES ARE TO BE HELD AT COLLEGE PARK TODAY." The Sun (1837-1994), Jun 06, 1953. https://search.proquest.com/docview/541640855?accountid=6126
Related Collections at the National Agricultural Library:
Agricultural Artifacts Collection (John L. Creech’s plant exploration bag). Manuscript Collection 217.
Collection of Expedition Photographs from the Office of Plant Exploration. Manuscript Collection 280.
Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection. Manuscript Collection 347.
https://www.nal.usda.gov/finding_aids/roland-maurice-jefferson-collection
U.S. National Arboretum Collection, 1910-1985. Manuscript Collection 186.
https://archive.org/details/CAT30938087/page/18/mode/2up
U.S. National Arboretum Collection Cherry Tree Files. Manuscript Collection 408.
https://www.nal.usda.gov/finding_aids/united-states-national-arboretum-collection-cherry-tree-files
Related Collections at Other Institutions:
National Archives and Records Administration. Record Group 54.3.17.: Records of the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction
https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/054.html#54.3.17
U.S. National Arboretum. Roland M. Jefferson Papers.
Contact the Museum Specialist for more information. 202-245-5766.
https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/washington-dc/national-arboretum/