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The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. Contact Curator for details.","These records are arranged into four series, with\n individual folders in alphabetical order within each series:\n 1) American Rhododendron Society Records (Boxes 1-7); 2)\n American Rhododendron Society Bound Volumes (Boxes 8-9); 3)\n Middle Atlantic Chapter Records (Boxes 10-12); 4) Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records (Box 12).","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","This collection consists of ca. 2,800 items (12 Hollinger\n boxes, 4 linear feet), 1931-1987, records of the \n American Rhododendron Society, the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, and \n Le-Mac Nurseries, \n Hampton, Virginia.","The \n American Rhododendron Societyseries\n contains correspondence, financial records, chapter-related\n materials, minutes of the National Board of Director's\n Meetings, records of the Awards and Publication Committees,\n membership lists, newsletters, and printed material.","The correspondence of the \n American Rhododendron Societyincludes\n that between various chapters and the national headquarters\n and the correspondence of several past national officers, such\n as Dr. \n J. Harold Clarke, \n Edward B. Dunn, \n Fred C. Galle, \n Ruth Hansen, \n August Kehr, \n A. S. Martin, Dr. \n Carl H. Phetteplace, \n George W. Ring, III, and Dr. \n Robert L. Ticknor.","Prominent topics in the first series include: the\n controversy concerning the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the \n International Rhododendron Conference\n (1961), National Conventions (1966-1971, \u0026\n 1980), the \n Pacific Conference of 1970, the \n Pollen Bank, the \n Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust, the \n Quarterly Bulletin, the rhododendron rating project, the rhododendron\n species glossary, the seed exchange, and the test garden of\n the \n American Rhododendron Societyin \n Portland, Oregon.","Series II consists of ten bound volumes of financial record\n books of the \n American Rhododendron Society, including\n a membership record book and an advertising record book.","The third series contains the records of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, chiefly the\n records of the Secretary-Treasurer, membership lists, and\n correspondence. The correspondence files include those of \n Kenneth McDonald, the \n Denmark Chapter, with political figures,\n the controversy over the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the\n formation of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, the Gold Medal\n nominations, and newsletter ideas.","The \n Le-Mac NurseriesRecords comprise the\n fourth series. These papers consist of two folders concerning\n Azalea Flower Spot Disease ( \n Ovulinia Azaleae Weiss), and\n correspondence between \n Le-Mac Nurseriesand \n Joseph Gable, \n Fred Lee, \n Tony Shammarello, \n Bellingrath Gardens, \n B. Y. Morrison, \n Neil W. Stuart, and \n Sam Ensweller. \n Kenneth McDonaldserved as the chairman of\n the \n Virginia Nurserymen AssociationCommittee\n concerning Azalea Flower Spot Disease control in the late\n 1940's.","All newsletters have been removed from this collection and\n placed in the open accession 10,553-c.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Le-Mac Nurseries","Research Foundation Account","International Rhododendron Conference\n (1961)","Pacific Conference of 1970","Pollen Bank","Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust","Middle Atlantic Chapter","Denmark Chapter","Virginia Nurserymen Association","American Horticultural\n Society","Birmingham Chapter","Research\n Foundation","Coosa\n Chapter","Middle Atlantic\n Chapter","Bellingrath Gardens","J. Harold Clarke","Edward B. Dunn","Fred C. Galle","Ruth Hansen","August Kehr","A. 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Wise of Charleston, West Virginia, on June 3,\n 1987. The Middle Atlantic Chapter Records and Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records were given to the Library by Dr. Sandra\n McDonald of Hampton, Virginia, on July 20, 1987."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 2800 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAny quotations from the records and volumes of the\n American Rhododendron Society (10,553-d-e) in any media\n must be approved in advance by the Society. The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. Contact Curator for details.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Any quotations from the records and volumes of the\n American Rhododendron Society (10,553-d-e) in any media\n must be approved in advance by the Society. The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. 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The correspondence files include those of \n Kenneth McDonald, the \n Denmark Chapter, with political figures,\n the controversy over the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the\n formation of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, the Gold Medal\n nominations, and newsletter ideas.","The \n Le-Mac NurseriesRecords comprise the\n fourth series. These papers consist of two folders concerning\n Azalea Flower Spot Disease ( \n Ovulinia Azaleae Weiss), and\n correspondence between \n Le-Mac Nurseriesand \n Joseph Gable, \n Fred Lee, \n Tony Shammarello, \n Bellingrath Gardens, \n B. Y. Morrison, \n Neil W. Stuart, and \n Sam Ensweller. \n Kenneth McDonaldserved as the chairman of\n the \n Virginia Nurserymen AssociationCommittee\n concerning Azalea Flower Spot Disease control in the late\n 1940's.","All newsletters have been removed from this collection and\n placed in the open accession 10,553-c."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. Contact Curator for details.","These records are arranged into four series, with\n individual folders in alphabetical order within each series:\n 1) American Rhododendron Society Records (Boxes 1-7); 2)\n American Rhododendron Society Bound Volumes (Boxes 8-9); 3)\n Middle Atlantic Chapter Records (Boxes 10-12); 4) Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records (Box 12).","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","This collection consists of ca. 2,800 items (12 Hollinger\n boxes, 4 linear feet), 1931-1987, records of the \n American Rhododendron Society, the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, and \n Le-Mac Nurseries, \n Hampton, Virginia.","The \n American Rhododendron Societyseries\n contains correspondence, financial records, chapter-related\n materials, minutes of the National Board of Director's\n Meetings, records of the Awards and Publication Committees,\n membership lists, newsletters, and printed material.","The correspondence of the \n American Rhododendron Societyincludes\n that between various chapters and the national headquarters\n and the correspondence of several past national officers, such\n as Dr. \n J. Harold Clarke, \n Edward B. Dunn, \n Fred C. Galle, \n Ruth Hansen, \n August Kehr, \n A. S. Martin, Dr. \n Carl H. Phetteplace, \n George W. Ring, III, and Dr. \n Robert L. Ticknor.","Prominent topics in the first series include: the\n controversy concerning the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the \n International Rhododendron Conference\n (1961), National Conventions (1966-1971, \u0026\n 1980), the \n Pacific Conference of 1970, the \n Pollen Bank, the \n Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust, the \n Quarterly Bulletin, the rhododendron rating project, the rhododendron\n species glossary, the seed exchange, and the test garden of\n the \n American Rhododendron Societyin \n Portland, Oregon.","Series II consists of ten bound volumes of financial record\n books of the \n American Rhododendron Society, including\n a membership record book and an advertising record book.","The third series contains the records of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, chiefly the\n records of the Secretary-Treasurer, membership lists, and\n correspondence. The correspondence files include those of \n Kenneth McDonald, the \n Denmark Chapter, with political figures,\n the controversy over the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the\n formation of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, the Gold Medal\n nominations, and newsletter ideas.","The \n Le-Mac NurseriesRecords comprise the\n fourth series. These papers consist of two folders concerning\n Azalea Flower Spot Disease ( \n Ovulinia Azaleae Weiss), and\n correspondence between \n Le-Mac Nurseriesand \n Joseph Gable, \n Fred Lee, \n Tony Shammarello, \n Bellingrath Gardens, \n B. Y. Morrison, \n Neil W. Stuart, and \n Sam Ensweller. \n Kenneth McDonaldserved as the chairman of\n the \n Virginia Nurserymen AssociationCommittee\n concerning Azalea Flower Spot Disease control in the late\n 1940's.","All newsletters have been removed from this collection and\n placed in the open accession 10,553-c.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Le-Mac Nurseries","Research Foundation Account","International Rhododendron Conference\n (1961)","Pacific Conference of 1970","Pollen Bank","Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust","Middle Atlantic Chapter","Denmark Chapter","Virginia Nurserymen Association","American Horticultural\n Society","Birmingham Chapter","Research\n Foundation","Coosa\n Chapter","Middle Atlantic\n Chapter","Bellingrath Gardens","J. Harold Clarke","Edward B. Dunn","Fred C. Galle","Ruth Hansen","August Kehr","A. 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The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. Contact Curator for details.","These records are arranged into four series, with\n individual folders in alphabetical order within each series:\n 1) American Rhododendron Society Records (Boxes 1-7); 2)\n American Rhododendron Society Bound Volumes (Boxes 8-9); 3)\n Middle Atlantic Chapter Records (Boxes 10-12); 4) Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records (Box 12).","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","This collection consists of ca. 2,800 items (12 Hollinger\n boxes, 4 linear feet), 1931-1987, records of the \n American Rhododendron Society, the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, and \n Le-Mac Nurseries, \n Hampton, Virginia.","The \n American Rhododendron Societyseries\n contains correspondence, financial records, chapter-related\n materials, minutes of the National Board of Director's\n Meetings, records of the Awards and Publication Committees,\n membership lists, newsletters, and printed material.","The correspondence of the \n American Rhododendron Societyincludes\n that between various chapters and the national headquarters\n and the correspondence of several past national officers, such\n as Dr. \n J. Harold Clarke, \n Edward B. Dunn, \n Fred C. Galle, \n Ruth Hansen, \n August Kehr, \n A. S. Martin, Dr. \n Carl H. Phetteplace, \n George W. Ring, III, and Dr. \n Robert L. 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Wise of Charleston, West Virginia, on June 3,\n 1987. The Middle Atlantic Chapter Records and Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records were given to the Library by Dr. Sandra\n McDonald of Hampton, Virginia, on July 20, 1987."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 2800 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAny quotations from the records and volumes of the\n American Rhododendron Society (10,553-d-e) in any media\n must be approved in advance by the Society. The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. Contact Curator for details.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Any quotations from the records and volumes of the\n American Rhododendron Society (10,553-d-e) in any media\n must be approved in advance by the Society. The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. Contact Curator for details."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThese records are arranged into four series, with\n individual folders in alphabetical order within each series:\n 1) American Rhododendron Society Records (Boxes 1-7); 2)\n American Rhododendron Society Bound Volumes (Boxes 8-9); 3)\n Middle Atlantic Chapter Records (Boxes 10-12); 4) Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records (Box 12).\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["These records are arranged into four series, with\n individual folders in alphabetical order within each series:\n 1) American Rhododendron Society Records (Boxes 1-7); 2)\n American Rhododendron Society Bound Volumes (Boxes 8-9); 3)\n Middle Atlantic Chapter Records (Boxes 10-12); 4) Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records (Box 12)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\n Papers, Accession 10553-d, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["American Rhododendron Society\n Papers, Accession 10553-d, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of ca. 2,800 items (12 Hollinger\n boxes, 4 linear feet), 1931-1987, records of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eMiddle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLe-Mac Nurseries\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHampton, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003eseries\n contains correspondence, financial records, chapter-related\n materials, minutes of the National Board of Director's\n Meetings, records of the Awards and Publication Committees,\n membership lists, newsletters, and printed material.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003eincludes\n that between various chapters and the national headquarters\n and the correspondence of several past national officers, such\n as Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eJ. 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These papers consist of two folders concerning\n Azalea Flower Spot Disease ( \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eOvulinia Azaleae Weiss\u003c/emph\u003e), and\n correspondence between \n \u003ccorpname\u003eLe-Mac Nurseries\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFred Lee\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eTony Shammarello\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eBellingrath Gardens\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eB. Y. Morrison\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eNeil W. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eSam Ensweller\u003c/persname\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eKenneth McDonald\u003c/persname\u003eserved as the chairman of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Nurserymen Association\u003c/corpname\u003eCommittee\n concerning Azalea Flower Spot Disease control in the late\n 1940's.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAll newsletters have been removed from this collection and\n placed in the open accession 10,553-c.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of ca. 2,800 items (12 Hollinger\n boxes, 4 linear feet), 1931-1987, records of the \n American Rhododendron Society, the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, and \n Le-Mac Nurseries, \n Hampton, Virginia.","The \n American Rhododendron Societyseries\n contains correspondence, financial records, chapter-related\n materials, minutes of the National Board of Director's\n Meetings, records of the Awards and Publication Committees,\n membership lists, newsletters, and printed material.","The correspondence of the \n American Rhododendron Societyincludes\n that between various chapters and the national headquarters\n and the correspondence of several past national officers, such\n as Dr. \n J. Harold Clarke, \n Edward B. Dunn, \n Fred C. Galle, \n Ruth Hansen, \n August Kehr, \n A. S. Martin, Dr. \n Carl H. Phetteplace, \n George W. Ring, III, and Dr. \n Robert L. Ticknor.","Prominent topics in the first series include: the\n controversy concerning the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the \n International Rhododendron Conference\n (1961), National Conventions (1966-1971, \u0026\n 1980), the \n Pacific Conference of 1970, the \n Pollen Bank, the \n Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust, the \n Quarterly Bulletin, the rhododendron rating project, the rhododendron\n species glossary, the seed exchange, and the test garden of\n the \n American Rhododendron Societyin \n Portland, Oregon.","Series II consists of ten bound volumes of financial record\n books of the \n American Rhododendron Society, including\n a membership record book and an advertising record book.","The third series contains the records of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, chiefly the\n records of the Secretary-Treasurer, membership lists, and\n correspondence. The correspondence files include those of \n Kenneth McDonald, the \n Denmark Chapter, with political figures,\n the controversy over the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the\n formation of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, the Gold Medal\n nominations, and newsletter ideas.","The \n Le-Mac NurseriesRecords comprise the\n fourth series. These papers consist of two folders concerning\n Azalea Flower Spot Disease ( \n Ovulinia Azaleae Weiss), and\n correspondence between \n Le-Mac Nurseriesand \n Joseph Gable, \n Fred Lee, \n Tony Shammarello, \n Bellingrath Gardens, \n B. Y. Morrison, \n Neil W. Stuart, and \n Sam Ensweller. \n Kenneth McDonaldserved as the chairman of\n the \n Virginia Nurserymen AssociationCommittee\n concerning Azalea Flower Spot Disease control in the late\n 1940's.","All newsletters have been removed from this collection and\n placed in the open accession 10,553-c."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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These items were collected by \n Bill Dale, Dr. \n Stuart Holland, and Miss \n Frances Gundry, a rhododendron study\n group whose purpose was to preserve the life and work of \n George Fraser.","Copies of letters from \n George Fraserto \n Joseph Gable, 1926-1939, with their\n accompanying transcripts comprise the largest portion of this\n collection. Only electrostatic copies of the Gable-Fraser\n correspondence are present in this collection; the originals\n are in the \n British Columbia Archivesin \n Victoria. Since all of his botanical and\n horticultural notes and records at his home were destroyed\n after his death, these copies of his letters to Gable are\n important sources of information about his work. \n George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n Bill Dale, \n Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n Stuart Hollandhas excerpts from Fraser's\n letters to \n Joseph Gablein Appendix A, pp. 55-69,\n arranged in four separate sections: rhododendron hybrids,\n general comments and observations concerning rhododendrons,\n comments about Fraser himself and his activities, and comments\n concerning trees.","The folder of miscellaneous correspondence also contains\n copies of three letters between \n Joseph B. Gable, \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and \n Clive L. Justice, President of the \n British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society, about Gable's correspondence\n with \n George Fraser, which discuss how Fraser\n helped and influenced Gable's early work with rhododendrons\n (1960). Also present in the miscellaneous correspondence\n folder is a letter from \n Bill Daleto \n Caroline Gableconcerning the project to\n preserve Fraser's horticultural work in \n British Columbia(1990 Feb 20).","There is a great deal of biographical information about \n George Fraserin this collection in the\n article by \n Bill Dale, \"The\n Cornwall-Pennsylvania-British Columbia Connection\" and \n George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n Bill Dale, \n Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n Stuart Hollandat the conclusion of their\n project to collect all available Fraser material.","Fraser was born at Draimie, Morayshire, Scotland, on\n October 25, 1854. At seventeen he began his apprenticeship at\n Gordon Castle with the gardener, John Webster, and continued\n working in Scotland until he immigrated to Canada in 1883. He\n first settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to British\n Columbia in 1888. Fraser lived and worked in his nursery on\n Vancouver Island for the last fifty years of his life,\n carrying on a vast amount of correspondence with other\n rhododendron growers and hybridizers. He was a fellow of the\n Royal Horticultural Society in London.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","British Columbia Archives","British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society","George Fraser","Bill Dale","Stuart Holland","Frances Gundry","Joseph Gable","Joseph B. Gable","Clive L. 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Special\n Collections Dept.","British Columbia Archives","British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These papers were given to the Library on February 14,\n 1992, by the American Rhododendron Society, through Kendon\n Stubbs, Alderman Library, University of Virginia."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["70 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Fraser\n Papers, Accession 10553-w, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Fraser\n Papers, Accession 10553-w, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of about seventy items,\n [1926-1939], 1960 and 1988-1991, pertaining to the career of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003e(1854-1944) of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUcluelet, British Columbia\u003c/geogname\u003e(on the west\n coast of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVancouver Island\u003c/geogname\u003e), a pioneer rhododendron\n nurseryman and hybridizer. These items were collected by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eStuart Holland\u003c/persname\u003e, and Miss \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Gundry\u003c/persname\u003e, a rhododendron study\n group whose purpose was to preserve the life and work of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCopies of letters from \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, 1926-1939, with their\n accompanying transcripts comprise the largest portion of this\n collection. Only electrostatic copies of the Gable-Fraser\n correspondence are present in this collection; the originals\n are in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBritish Columbia Archives\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria\u003c/geogname\u003e. Since all of his botanical and\n horticultural notes and records at his home were destroyed\n after his death, these copies of his letters to Gable are\n important sources of information about his work. \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGeorge Fraser Plantsman\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ecompiled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Gundry\u003c/persname\u003e, and Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eStuart Holland\u003c/persname\u003ehas excerpts from Fraser's\n letters to \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003ein Appendix A, pp. 55-69,\n arranged in four separate sections: rhododendron hybrids,\n general comments and observations concerning rhododendrons,\n comments about Fraser himself and his activities, and comments\n concerning trees.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of miscellaneous correspondence also contains\n copies of three letters between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph B. Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStewartstown, Pennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eClive L. Justice\u003c/persname\u003e, President of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBritish Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, about Gable's correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003e, which discuss how Fraser\n helped and influenced Gable's early work with rhododendrons\n (1960). Also present in the miscellaneous correspondence\n folder is a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline Gable\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the project to\n preserve Fraser's horticultural work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBritish Columbia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1990 Feb 20).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere is a great deal of biographical information about \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003ein this collection in the\n article by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003e, \"The\n Cornwall-Pennsylvania-British Columbia Connection\" and \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGeorge Fraser Plantsman\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ecompiled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Gundry\u003c/persname\u003e, and Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eStuart Holland\u003c/persname\u003eat the conclusion of their\n project to collect all available Fraser material.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFraser was born at Draimie, Morayshire, Scotland, on\n October 25, 1854. At seventeen he began his apprenticeship at\n Gordon Castle with the gardener, John Webster, and continued\n working in Scotland until he immigrated to Canada in 1883. He\n first settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to British\n Columbia in 1888. Fraser lived and worked in his nursery on\n Vancouver Island for the last fifty years of his life,\n carrying on a vast amount of correspondence with other\n rhododendron growers and hybridizers. He was a fellow of the\n Royal Horticultural Society in London.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of about seventy items,\n [1926-1939], 1960 and 1988-1991, pertaining to the career of \n George Fraser(1854-1944) of \n Ucluelet, British Columbia(on the west\n coast of \n Vancouver Island), a pioneer rhododendron\n nurseryman and hybridizer. These items were collected by \n Bill Dale, Dr. \n Stuart Holland, and Miss \n Frances Gundry, a rhododendron study\n group whose purpose was to preserve the life and work of \n George Fraser.","Copies of letters from \n George Fraserto \n Joseph Gable, 1926-1939, with their\n accompanying transcripts comprise the largest portion of this\n collection. Only electrostatic copies of the Gable-Fraser\n correspondence are present in this collection; the originals\n are in the \n British Columbia Archivesin \n Victoria. Since all of his botanical and\n horticultural notes and records at his home were destroyed\n after his death, these copies of his letters to Gable are\n important sources of information about his work. \n George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n Bill Dale, \n Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n Stuart Hollandhas excerpts from Fraser's\n letters to \n Joseph Gablein Appendix A, pp. 55-69,\n arranged in four separate sections: rhododendron hybrids,\n general comments and observations concerning rhododendrons,\n comments about Fraser himself and his activities, and comments\n concerning trees.","The folder of miscellaneous correspondence also contains\n copies of three letters between \n Joseph B. Gable, \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and \n Clive L. Justice, President of the \n British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society, about Gable's correspondence\n with \n George Fraser, which discuss how Fraser\n helped and influenced Gable's early work with rhododendrons\n (1960). Also present in the miscellaneous correspondence\n folder is a letter from \n Bill Daleto \n Caroline Gableconcerning the project to\n preserve Fraser's horticultural work in \n British Columbia(1990 Feb 20).","There is a great deal of biographical information about \n George Fraserin this collection in the\n article by \n Bill Dale, \"The\n Cornwall-Pennsylvania-British Columbia Connection\" and \n George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n Bill Dale, \n Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n Stuart Hollandat the conclusion of their\n project to collect all available Fraser material.","Fraser was born at Draimie, Morayshire, Scotland, on\n October 25, 1854. At seventeen he began his apprenticeship at\n Gordon Castle with the gardener, John Webster, and continued\n working in Scotland until he immigrated to Canada in 1883. He\n first settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to British\n Columbia in 1888. Fraser lived and worked in his nursery on\n Vancouver Island for the last fifty years of his life,\n carrying on a vast amount of correspondence with other\n rhododendron growers and hybridizers. He was a fellow of the\n Royal Horticultural Society in London."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","British Columbia Archives","British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society"],"persname_ssim":["George Fraser","Bill Dale","Stuart Holland","Frances Gundry","Joseph Gable","Joseph B. Gable","Clive L. Justice","Caroline Gable"],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","British Columbia Archives","British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society","George Fraser","Bill Dale","Stuart Holland","Frances Gundry","Joseph Gable","Joseph B. Gable","Clive L. 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These items were collected by \n Bill Dale, Dr. \n Stuart Holland, and Miss \n Frances Gundry, a rhododendron study\n group whose purpose was to preserve the life and work of \n George Fraser.","Copies of letters from \n George Fraserto \n Joseph Gable, 1926-1939, with their\n accompanying transcripts comprise the largest portion of this\n collection. Only electrostatic copies of the Gable-Fraser\n correspondence are present in this collection; the originals\n are in the \n British Columbia Archivesin \n Victoria. Since all of his botanical and\n horticultural notes and records at his home were destroyed\n after his death, these copies of his letters to Gable are\n important sources of information about his work. \n George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n Bill Dale, \n Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n Stuart Hollandhas excerpts from Fraser's\n letters to \n Joseph Gablein Appendix A, pp. 55-69,\n arranged in four separate sections: rhododendron hybrids,\n general comments and observations concerning rhododendrons,\n comments about Fraser himself and his activities, and comments\n concerning trees.","The folder of miscellaneous correspondence also contains\n copies of three letters between \n Joseph B. Gable, \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and \n Clive L. Justice, President of the \n British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society, about Gable's correspondence\n with \n George Fraser, which discuss how Fraser\n helped and influenced Gable's early work with rhododendrons\n (1960). Also present in the miscellaneous correspondence\n folder is a letter from \n Bill Daleto \n Caroline Gableconcerning the project to\n preserve Fraser's horticultural work in \n British Columbia(1990 Feb 20).","There is a great deal of biographical information about \n George Fraserin this collection in the\n article by \n Bill Dale, \"The\n Cornwall-Pennsylvania-British Columbia Connection\" and \n George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n Bill Dale, \n Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n Stuart Hollandat the conclusion of their\n project to collect all available Fraser material.","Fraser was born at Draimie, Morayshire, Scotland, on\n October 25, 1854. At seventeen he began his apprenticeship at\n Gordon Castle with the gardener, John Webster, and continued\n working in Scotland until he immigrated to Canada in 1883. He\n first settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to British\n Columbia in 1888. Fraser lived and worked in his nursery on\n Vancouver Island for the last fifty years of his life,\n carrying on a vast amount of correspondence with other\n rhododendron growers and hybridizers. He was a fellow of the\n Royal Horticultural Society in London.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","British Columbia Archives","British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society","George Fraser","Bill Dale","Stuart Holland","Frances Gundry","Joseph Gable","Joseph B. Gable","Clive L. 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Special\n Collections Dept.","British Columbia Archives","British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society"],"acqinfo_ssim":["These papers were given to the Library on February 14,\n 1992, by the American Rhododendron Society, through Kendon\n Stubbs, Alderman Library, University of Virginia."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["70 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Fraser\n Papers, Accession 10553-w, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Fraser\n Papers, Accession 10553-w, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of about seventy items,\n [1926-1939], 1960 and 1988-1991, pertaining to the career of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003e(1854-1944) of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUcluelet, British Columbia\u003c/geogname\u003e(on the west\n coast of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVancouver Island\u003c/geogname\u003e), a pioneer rhododendron\n nurseryman and hybridizer. These items were collected by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003e, Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eStuart Holland\u003c/persname\u003e, and Miss \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Gundry\u003c/persname\u003e, a rhododendron study\n group whose purpose was to preserve the life and work of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eCopies of letters from \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, 1926-1939, with their\n accompanying transcripts comprise the largest portion of this\n collection. Only electrostatic copies of the Gable-Fraser\n correspondence are present in this collection; the originals\n are in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBritish Columbia Archives\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria\u003c/geogname\u003e. Since all of his botanical and\n horticultural notes and records at his home were destroyed\n after his death, these copies of his letters to Gable are\n important sources of information about his work. \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGeorge Fraser Plantsman\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ecompiled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Gundry\u003c/persname\u003e, and Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eStuart Holland\u003c/persname\u003ehas excerpts from Fraser's\n letters to \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003ein Appendix A, pp. 55-69,\n arranged in four separate sections: rhododendron hybrids,\n general comments and observations concerning rhododendrons,\n comments about Fraser himself and his activities, and comments\n concerning trees.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe folder of miscellaneous correspondence also contains\n copies of three letters between \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph B. Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStewartstown, Pennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eClive L. Justice\u003c/persname\u003e, President of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBritish Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, about Gable's correspondence\n with \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003e, which discuss how Fraser\n helped and influenced Gable's early work with rhododendrons\n (1960). Also present in the miscellaneous correspondence\n folder is a letter from \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003eto \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline Gable\u003c/persname\u003econcerning the project to\n preserve Fraser's horticultural work in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eBritish Columbia\u003c/geogname\u003e(1990 Feb 20).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThere is a great deal of biographical information about \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Fraser\u003c/persname\u003ein this collection in the\n article by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003e, \"The\n Cornwall-Pennsylvania-British Columbia Connection\" and \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eGeorge Fraser Plantsman\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ecompiled by \n \u003cpersname\u003eBill Dale\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrances Gundry\u003c/persname\u003e, and Dr. \n \u003cpersname\u003eStuart Holland\u003c/persname\u003eat the conclusion of their\n project to collect all available Fraser material.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFraser was born at Draimie, Morayshire, Scotland, on\n October 25, 1854. At seventeen he began his apprenticeship at\n Gordon Castle with the gardener, John Webster, and continued\n working in Scotland until he immigrated to Canada in 1883. He\n first settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to British\n Columbia in 1888. Fraser lived and worked in his nursery on\n Vancouver Island for the last fifty years of his life,\n carrying on a vast amount of correspondence with other\n rhododendron growers and hybridizers. He was a fellow of the\n Royal Horticultural Society in London.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of about seventy items,\n [1926-1939], 1960 and 1988-1991, pertaining to the career of \n George Fraser(1854-1944) of \n Ucluelet, British Columbia(on the west\n coast of \n Vancouver Island), a pioneer rhododendron\n nurseryman and hybridizer. These items were collected by \n Bill Dale, Dr. \n Stuart Holland, and Miss \n Frances Gundry, a rhododendron study\n group whose purpose was to preserve the life and work of \n George Fraser.","Copies of letters from \n George Fraserto \n Joseph Gable, 1926-1939, with their\n accompanying transcripts comprise the largest portion of this\n collection. Only electrostatic copies of the Gable-Fraser\n correspondence are present in this collection; the originals\n are in the \n British Columbia Archivesin \n Victoria. Since all of his botanical and\n horticultural notes and records at his home were destroyed\n after his death, these copies of his letters to Gable are\n important sources of information about his work. \n George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n Bill Dale, \n Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n Stuart Hollandhas excerpts from Fraser's\n letters to \n Joseph Gablein Appendix A, pp. 55-69,\n arranged in four separate sections: rhododendron hybrids,\n general comments and observations concerning rhododendrons,\n comments about Fraser himself and his activities, and comments\n concerning trees.","The folder of miscellaneous correspondence also contains\n copies of three letters between \n Joseph B. Gable, \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, and \n Clive L. Justice, President of the \n British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society, about Gable's correspondence\n with \n George Fraser, which discuss how Fraser\n helped and influenced Gable's early work with rhododendrons\n (1960). Also present in the miscellaneous correspondence\n folder is a letter from \n Bill Daleto \n Caroline Gableconcerning the project to\n preserve Fraser's horticultural work in \n British Columbia(1990 Feb 20).","There is a great deal of biographical information about \n George Fraserin this collection in the\n article by \n Bill Dale, \"The\n Cornwall-Pennsylvania-British Columbia Connection\" and \n George Fraser Plantsmancompiled by \n Bill Dale, \n Frances Gundry, and Dr. \n Stuart Hollandat the conclusion of their\n project to collect all available Fraser material.","Fraser was born at Draimie, Morayshire, Scotland, on\n October 25, 1854. At seventeen he began his apprenticeship at\n Gordon Castle with the gardener, John Webster, and continued\n working in Scotland until he immigrated to Canada in 1883. He\n first settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to British\n Columbia in 1888. Fraser lived and worked in his nursery on\n Vancouver Island for the last fifty years of his life,\n carrying on a vast amount of correspondence with other\n rhododendron growers and hybridizers. He was a fellow of the\n Royal Horticultural Society in London."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","British Columbia Archives","British Columbia Chapter of the American\n Rhododendron Society"],"persname_ssim":["George Fraser","Bill Dale","Stuart Holland","Frances Gundry","Joseph Gable","Joseph B. Gable","Clive L. 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The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).","George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. 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Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"collection_ssim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["10553-h"],"unitid_tesim":["10553-h"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["George Ring III"],"creator_ssim":["George Ring III"],"creator_persname_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"creators_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. George Ring III of Fairfax, Virginia, gave his\n papers to the Library on February 10, 1988."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2832 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring III\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003eand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eRing's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBulletin\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Benson Gable\u003c/persname\u003e(1886-1972) of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStewartstown, Pennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e, a committee of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, especially about locating\n old letters between \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003eand Gable; \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003eabout the Gable chapter\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Yates\u003c/persname\u003e; and talks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003eabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003eis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003ewas later published as a\n chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003ewas the chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNearing Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmil Bohnel\u003c/persname\u003e, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003echapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003ebook of\n \"good doers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eTalks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003einclude: \"Value of \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eR. Yakusinianum\u003c/emph\u003efor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003eese nurserymen such as \n \u003cpersname\u003eKenichi Arisumi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eKoichiro Wada\u003c/persname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Beasley\u003c/persname\u003e, December 2, 1982), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHideo Suzuki\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInternational Rhododendron Body\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eRalph Sangster\u003c/persname\u003e, June 19, 1983); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTaiwan\u003c/geogname\u003especies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003e; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Berry\u003c/persname\u003e, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Raymond Goodrich\"\u003eRaymond\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJane Goodrich\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003e, 1975 (see \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003eand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n \u003cpersname normal=\"Henry Yates\"\u003eHenry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrostburg, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Horticultural Magazine\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(1932-1952); four of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003e's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a working notebook for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a notebook containing the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003eReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph"],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group","George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. 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J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":137,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:35:01.921Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu01844","ead_ssi":"viu_viu01844","_root_":"viu_viu01844","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu01844","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu01844.xml","title_ssm":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"title_tesim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"normalized_title_ssm":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"text":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987","10553-h","2832 items","Collection is open to research.","The original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).","George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. 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J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"collection_ssim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["10553-h"],"unitid_tesim":["10553-h"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["George Ring III"],"creator_ssim":["George Ring III"],"creator_persname_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. 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J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"creators_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. George Ring III of Fairfax, Virginia, gave his\n papers to the Library on February 10, 1988."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2832 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring III\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003eand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eRing's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBulletin\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Benson Gable\u003c/persname\u003e(1886-1972) of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStewartstown, Pennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e, a committee of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, especially about locating\n old letters between \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003eand Gable; \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003eabout the Gable chapter\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Yates\u003c/persname\u003e; and talks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003eabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003eis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003ewas later published as a\n chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003ewas the chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNearing Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmil Bohnel\u003c/persname\u003e, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003echapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003ebook of\n \"good doers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eTalks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003einclude: \"Value of \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eR. Yakusinianum\u003c/emph\u003efor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003eese nurserymen such as \n \u003cpersname\u003eKenichi Arisumi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eKoichiro Wada\u003c/persname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Beasley\u003c/persname\u003e, December 2, 1982), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHideo Suzuki\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInternational Rhododendron Body\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eRalph Sangster\u003c/persname\u003e, June 19, 1983); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTaiwan\u003c/geogname\u003especies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003e; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Berry\u003c/persname\u003e, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Raymond Goodrich\"\u003eRaymond\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJane Goodrich\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003e, 1975 (see \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003eand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n \u003cpersname normal=\"Henry Yates\"\u003eHenry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrostburg, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Horticultural Magazine\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(1932-1952); four of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003e's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a working notebook for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a notebook containing the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003eReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. 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Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).","George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. 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Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"creators_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. George Ring III of Fairfax, Virginia, gave his\n papers to the Library on February 10, 1988."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2832 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring III\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003eand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eRing's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBulletin\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Benson Gable\u003c/persname\u003e(1886-1972) of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStewartstown, Pennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e, a committee of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, especially about locating\n old letters between \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003eand Gable; \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003eabout the Gable chapter\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Yates\u003c/persname\u003e; and talks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003eabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003eis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003ewas later published as a\n chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003ewas the chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNearing Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmil Bohnel\u003c/persname\u003e, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003echapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003ebook of\n \"good doers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eTalks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003einclude: \"Value of \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eR. Yakusinianum\u003c/emph\u003efor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003eese nurserymen such as \n \u003cpersname\u003eKenichi Arisumi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eKoichiro Wada\u003c/persname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Beasley\u003c/persname\u003e, December 2, 1982), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHideo Suzuki\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInternational Rhododendron Body\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eRalph Sangster\u003c/persname\u003e, June 19, 1983); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTaiwan\u003c/geogname\u003especies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003e; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Berry\u003c/persname\u003e, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Raymond Goodrich\"\u003eRaymond\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJane Goodrich\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003e, 1975 (see \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003eand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n \u003cpersname normal=\"Henry Yates\"\u003eHenry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrostburg, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Horticultural Magazine\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(1932-1952); four of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003e's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a working notebook for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a notebook containing the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003eReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).","George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. 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Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"collection_ssim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["10553-h"],"unitid_tesim":["10553-h"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["George Ring III"],"creator_ssim":["George Ring III"],"creator_persname_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"creators_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. George Ring III of Fairfax, Virginia, gave his\n papers to the Library on February 10, 1988."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2832 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring III\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003eand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eRing's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBulletin\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Benson Gable\u003c/persname\u003e(1886-1972) of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStewartstown, Pennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e, a committee of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, especially about locating\n old letters between \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003eand Gable; \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003eabout the Gable chapter\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Yates\u003c/persname\u003e; and talks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003eabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003eis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003ewas later published as a\n chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003ewas the chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNearing Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmil Bohnel\u003c/persname\u003e, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003echapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003ebook of\n \"good doers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eTalks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003einclude: \"Value of \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eR. Yakusinianum\u003c/emph\u003efor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003eese nurserymen such as \n \u003cpersname\u003eKenichi Arisumi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eKoichiro Wada\u003c/persname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Beasley\u003c/persname\u003e, December 2, 1982), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHideo Suzuki\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInternational Rhododendron Body\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eRalph Sangster\u003c/persname\u003e, June 19, 1983); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTaiwan\u003c/geogname\u003especies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003e; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Berry\u003c/persname\u003e, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Raymond Goodrich\"\u003eRaymond\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJane Goodrich\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003e, 1975 (see \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003eand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n \u003cpersname normal=\"Henry Yates\"\u003eHenry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrostburg, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Horticultural Magazine\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(1932-1952); four of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003e's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a working notebook for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a notebook containing the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003eReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).","George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. 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Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"collection_ssim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["10553-h"],"unitid_tesim":["10553-h"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["George Ring III"],"creator_ssim":["George Ring III"],"creator_persname_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"creators_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. George Ring III of Fairfax, Virginia, gave his\n papers to the Library on February 10, 1988."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2832 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring III\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003eand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eRing's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBulletin\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Benson Gable\u003c/persname\u003e(1886-1972) of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStewartstown, Pennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e, a committee of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, especially about locating\n old letters between \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003eand Gable; \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003eabout the Gable chapter\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Yates\u003c/persname\u003e; and talks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003eabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003eis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003ewas later published as a\n chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003ewas the chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNearing Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmil Bohnel\u003c/persname\u003e, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003echapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003ebook of\n \"good doers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eTalks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003einclude: \"Value of \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eR. Yakusinianum\u003c/emph\u003efor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003eese nurserymen such as \n \u003cpersname\u003eKenichi Arisumi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eKoichiro Wada\u003c/persname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Beasley\u003c/persname\u003e, December 2, 1982), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHideo Suzuki\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInternational Rhododendron Body\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eRalph Sangster\u003c/persname\u003e, June 19, 1983); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTaiwan\u003c/geogname\u003especies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003e; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Berry\u003c/persname\u003e, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Raymond Goodrich\"\u003eRaymond\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJane Goodrich\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003e, 1975 (see \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003eand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n \u003cpersname normal=\"Henry Yates\"\u003eHenry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrostburg, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Horticultural Magazine\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(1932-1952); four of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003e's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a working notebook for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a notebook containing the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003eReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).","George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group","George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"collection_ssim":["George Ring III Papers \n 1925-1987"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["10553-h"],"unitid_tesim":["10553-h"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"creator_ssm":["George Ring III"],"creator_ssim":["George Ring III"],"creator_persname_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"creators_ssim":["George Ring III","Joseph Benson Gable","Caroline Gable","Guy Nearing","Phil Livingstone","Orlando Pride","Maletta Yates","Henry Yates","George Ring","Joe Gable","Phil Livingston","Frank West","Emil Bohnel","Kenichi Arisumi","Koichiro Wada","Walter Beasley","Hideo Suzuki","Ralph Sangster","Esther Berry","John Wister","Raymond","Jane Goodrich","Joseph Gable","Henry","Arisumi,\n Kenichi","Baldanza,\n Sam","Beasley,\n Walter G.","Behring,\n Rudy","Berry,\n Esther","Binford,\n Janet","Bohnel, Emil\n V.","Brockenbrough, Edwin C.","Case, L.\n C.","Childers, M.\n M.","A.\n A.","Clarke,\n George","Clarke, J.\n Harold","Cox, Peter\n A.","Davis, Ross\n B., Jr.","Delp,\n Weldon","Deul, Carl\n A.","Elliott,\n Jim","Fetterhoff,\n Bill","Foster, H.\n Lincoln","Fuller,\n Henry","Gable,\n Caroline","Gartrell, R.\n D.","Groszkiewicz,\n Ted","Haag, Russ","Velma","Hinerman, D.\n L.","Hobbie,\n Dietrich","H. Roland Schroeder,\n Jr.","Holsonbach,\n [Alin]","Kehr,\n August","Kellam,\n Don","Kennell,\n Austin","King, Robert\n P.","Kuhn,\n Howard","Leach, David\n G.","Lehmann, Carl\n Adam","Livingston,\n Phil","McDonald,\n Sandra","May,\n Marion","Maynard,\n Walter","Miller,\n George","Mossman, Frank\n D.","Murcott,\n Richard","Neal, John","Nearing, Guy\n G.","Oleri,\n Mary","Orr,\n Porter","Parker,\n Ed","Patrick,\n John","Pennington,\n Ralph W.","Phetteplace, Carl H.","Potter, Basil\n C.","Pride, Orlando\n S.","Rachinsky,\n Mike","Ring, Tom","Rosenthal,\n Jack","Sangster,\n Ralph C. J.","Shammarello, Anthony","Sheild,\n Francis Warren","Shevchenko,\n Terry","Skonieczny,\n Jim","Smith,\n A.W.","Smith,\n Cecil","Spady, Herbert\n A.","Steele,\n Dick","Suzuki,\n Hideo","Thomson,\n William","Ticknor,\n Robert L.","Tolstead, W.\n L.","Wada K.","Ward, Cyril\n H.","West,\n Franklin Howard","White,\n Frank","Wildfong,\n Milton","Wister, John\n C.","Withers, D.\n D.","Wrzesinski, Conrad J.","Yates,\n Maletta","Gable,\n Joseph","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Gable Study Group","Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Nearing Study Group","Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee","International Rhododendron Body","American Horticultural\n Society","Azalea Society of America","Berry Garden","Bovees Nursery","Dexter Rhododendron Cultivar","Robin Hill Azaleas","Potomac Valley\n Chapter","Holly Hills, Inc.","LEM Nursery","Linwood Hardy Azaleas","Massachusetts Chapter","National Arboretum","Pacific Rhododendron Society","Planting Fields Arboretum","Pollen Bank","Potomac Valley Chapter","Royal Horticultural Society","Species Foundation","University of Washington\n Arboretum","Gable Rhododendron Study\n Group","Gable Study\n Group"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Mr. George Ring III of Fairfax, Virginia, gave his\n papers to the Library on February 10, 1988."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2832 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to research.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to research."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17).\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The original alphabetical arrangement of this collection\n has been preserved, with the individual folders in reverse\n chronological order. The catalogs have all been placed\n together, and the notebooks' original order has been\n maintained.","The papers are arranged in three series: 1) Correspondence\n Files (Boxes 1-8), 2) Papers re the Joseph Gable Study Group\n (Boxes 9-11), 3) Nursery and Supply Catalogs (Boxes\n 12-17)."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["George W. Ring is employed by the U.S. Department of\n Transportation as a highway research engineer and has been a\n rhododendron enthusiast and hybridizer since about 1964. He\n has served as the Eastern Chairman of the American\n Rhododendron Society Ratings Committee, the Chairman of the\n Gable Study Group, a Director and past President of the\n Potomac Valley Chapter, and former President of the American\n Rhododendron Society."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eGeorge Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["George Ring III\n Papers, Accession 10553-h, Special Collections Department, University of\n Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring III\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003eand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eRing's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eBulletin\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Benson Gable\u003c/persname\u003e(1886-1972) of \n \u003cgeogname\u003eStewartstown, Pennsylvania\u003c/geogname\u003e, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e, a committee of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society\u003c/corpname\u003e, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003eCaroline Gable\u003c/persname\u003e, especially about locating\n old letters between \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003eand Gable; \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003eabout the Gable chapter\n in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Yates\u003c/persname\u003e; and talks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003eabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003eis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003ewas later published as a\n chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003ewas the chairman of the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein the correspondence of \n \u003cpersname\u003ePhil Livingston\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNearing Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eEmil Bohnel\u003c/persname\u003e, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003echapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n \u003ccorpname\u003eAmerican Rhododendron Society\u003c/corpname\u003ebook of\n \"good doers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eTalks by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003einclude: \"Value of \n \u003cemph render=\"underline\"\u003eR. Yakusinianum\u003c/emph\u003efor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003eese nurserymen such as \n \u003cpersname\u003eKenichi Arisumi\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eKoichiro Wada\u003c/persname\u003e(see also \n \u003cpersname\u003eWalter Beasley\u003c/persname\u003e, December 2, 1982), and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHideo Suzuki\u003c/persname\u003e; the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eInternational Rhododendron Body\u003c/corpname\u003e( \n \u003cpersname\u003eRalph Sangster\u003c/persname\u003e, June 19, 1983); \n \u003cgeogname\u003eTaiwan\u003c/geogname\u003especies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n \u003cpersname\u003eOrlando Pride\u003c/persname\u003e; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n \u003cpersname\u003eEsther Berry\u003c/persname\u003e, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFrank West\u003c/persname\u003e, \n \u003cpersname normal=\"Raymond Goodrich\"\u003eRaymond\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eJane Goodrich\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Ring\u003c/persname\u003e, 1975 (see \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Wister\u003c/persname\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Gable\u003c/persname\u003eand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eSeveral of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n \u003cpersname\u003eGuy Nearing\u003c/persname\u003e(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n \u003cpersname normal=\"Henry Yates\"\u003eHenry\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eMaletta Yates\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFrostburg, Maryland\u003c/geogname\u003e. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eOther notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe National Horticultural Magazine\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e(1932-1952); four of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Gable\u003c/persname\u003e's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a working notebook for \n \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHybrids and Hybridizers\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; a notebook containing the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003eReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGable Study Group\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eA third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of \n George Ring IIIof \n Fairfax, Virginia, consist of 2,832 items\n (17 Hollinger boxes, 5.5 linear feet), 1925-1987, chiefly\n correspondence, printed material, working notebooks, and\n questionnaires, all pertaining to his membership in the \n American Rhododendron Societyand his\n interest in the hybridizers of rhododendrons, both\n contemporary and past.","Ring's correspondence with other rhododendron enthusiasts\n and members of the \n American Rhododendron Society, arranged\n alphabetically by correspondent or topic, constitute the first\n series of his papers and includes such general topics as\n advice about growing rhododendrons, the exchange of plants,\n pollen, seed, and cuttings, orders from nurseries, articles in\n the \n Bulletin, and requests that he give talks before various\n plant societies. Files on several rhododendron projects are\n also found in this first series.","The most prominent topic in this collection is the stellar\n contributions of nurseryman and fruit grower \n Joseph Benson Gable(1886-1972) of \n Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, in pioneering\n the development of hardy hybrids of rhododendrons, such as\n those found in his own special collection at \"Little\n Woods.\"","Several files in the first series discuss the efforts of\n the \n Gable Study Group, a committee of the \n Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, formed in 1973, whose objective was to\n establish a listing of Gable evergreen azaleas and\n rhododendrons known to be growing in gardens and arboretums.\n Among these are: correspondence of \n Caroline Gable, especially about locating\n old letters between \n Guy Nearingand Gable; \n Phil Livingstoneabout the Gable chapter\n in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; \n Orlando Prideabout Gable (November 19,\n 1978) and copies of Gable letters (November 28, 1978); \n Maletta Yatesabout Gable's collaborative\n relationship with her husband, \n Henry Yates; and talks by \n George Ringabout the contributions of\n Gable (July 1980 and n.d.). Much of the material pertaining to\n Joe Gableis located in the second series,\n which will be described later. The results of the work of the \n Gable Study Groupwas later published as a\n chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers. \n George Ringwas the chairman of the \n Gable Study Group.","Other studies or surveys represented in Ring's papers\n include: \n Hybrids and Hybridizersin the correspondence of \n Phil Livingstonand \n Frank West; the \n Nearing Study Group(see also \n Emil Bohnel, September 11, 1980); the\n Rating Project which attempted to rate various rhododendrons\n according to their performance in severe cold and heat\n conditions (Ring was the \n Eastern Chairman of the Rating\n Committee); and the \"Good Doer\" Rhododendron Survey\n of all \n American Rhododendron Societychapters.\n This survey resulted in a compilation of rhododendrons and\n azaleas which grow best for each area of the country to be\n included in the national \n American Rhododendron Societybook of\n \"good doers.\"","Talks by \n George Ringinclude: \"Value of \n R. Yakusinianumfor\n Hybridizing\" (October 24, 1982); \"Rhododendrons and Hot\n Weather\" (September 1980); \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Instructions\" (June 1980); \"The Gable Azaleas\" (July 1980);\n \"Rhododendron Hybridizing\" (1979); \"Small Rhododendrons and\n Azaleas for Rock Gardens in the Washington, D.C. Area\"\n (January 29, 1978); \"Species vs Hybrids\" (January 14, 1978);\n \"Talk for Peg\" (April 28, 1977); and \"Talk Given at Anna\n Arundel Community College (September 1975).","Other undated talks include: \"Rhododendron Growers and New\n Introductions,\" \"The Best of the East for Western Gardens,\"\n \"Who is a Hybridizer?, \"An Absolutely Up-to-Date Method of\n Growing Rhododendrons and Azaleas from Seed,\" \"Hybrids and\n Species Selected by Joseph Gable,\" \"Culture of Rhododendrons\n and Azaleas,\" and \"Hybridizing and Growing Rhododendrons.\"","Other topics include: Ring's correspondence with \n Japanese nurserymen such as \n Kenichi Arisumi, \n Koichiro Wada(see also \n Walter Beasley, December 2, 1982), and \n Hideo Suzuki; the \n International Rhododendron Body( \n Ralph Sangster, June 19, 1983); \n Taiwanspecies of rhododendrons (John\n Patrick, May 21, 1973); \"A Fifty Year Report on Rhododendrons\n in Western Pennsylvania\" by \n Orlando Pride; \"hardy\" forms of\n rhododendron species ( \n Esther Berry, December 1, 1977); and a\n photograph of \n John Wister, \n Frank West, \n Raymondand \n Jane Goodrichand \n George Ring, 1975 (see \n John Wister).","The second series contains several notebooks of research\n material pertaining to \n Joseph Gableand his career as a\n hybridizer and other material which formed the basis for two\n chapters in the book, \n Hybrids and Hybridizers, \"Joseph Benson Gable\" and \"Contemporary\n Hybridizers.\"","Several of these notebooks contain copies of old letters\n between Gable and \n Guy Nearing(1890-?), who corresponded\n (ca. 1930-1950) about hybridizing thousands of rhododendrons\n and exchanged ideas and methods, and letters between Gable and\n Henryand \n Maletta Yatesof \n Frostburg, Maryland. Yates collaborated\n with Gable for many years, growing many of Gable's seedlings\n and developing several azalea and rhododendron hybrids from\n them.","Other notebooks include: one with articles about\n rhododendrons from \n The National Horticultural Magazine(1932-1952); four of \n Joe Gable's own working notebooks\n concerning rhododendrons, including notes of his hybrids\n (1925-1935), a rhododendron bed list (1932), inventory (1936)\n and azalea cuttings (1936); a notebook containing the\n questionnaires sent out to Eastern rhododendron hybridizers in\n order to identify contemporary hybridizers working to develop\n attractive plants hardy for particular areas of the country\n for a chapter in \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a working notebook for \n Hybrids and Hybridizers; a notebook containing the \n Gable Study GroupReturns used for the\n Gable chapter; and a Gable notebook which contains transcripts\n of the notebooks and file cards kept by Gable and other\n miscellaneous material relevant to the \n Gable Study Group.","A third series contains an alphabetical arrangement of\n various nursery and supply company catalogs."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n "],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Contact Curator for details.","These records are arranged into four series, with\n individual folders in alphabetical order within each series:\n 1) American Rhododendron Society Records (Boxes 1-7); 2)\n American Rhododendron Society Bound Volumes (Boxes 8-9); 3)\n Middle Atlantic Chapter Records (Boxes 10-12); 4) Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records (Box 12).","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n for the Humanities","This collection consists of ca. 2,800 items (12 Hollinger\n boxes, 4 linear feet), 1931-1987, records of the \n American Rhododendron Society, the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society, and \n Le-Mac Nurseries, \n Hampton, Virginia.","The \n American Rhododendron Societyseries\n contains correspondence, financial records, chapter-related\n materials, minutes of the National Board of Director's\n Meetings, records of the Awards and Publication Committees,\n membership lists, newsletters, and printed material.","The correspondence of the \n American Rhododendron Societyincludes\n that between various chapters and the national headquarters\n and the correspondence of several past national officers, such\n as Dr. \n J. Harold Clarke, \n Edward B. Dunn, \n Fred C. Galle, \n Ruth Hansen, \n August Kehr, \n A. S. Martin, Dr. \n Carl H. Phetteplace, \n George W. Ring, III, and Dr. \n Robert L. Ticknor.","Prominent topics in the first series include: the\n controversy concerning the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the \n International Rhododendron Conference\n (1961), National Conventions (1966-1971, \u0026\n 1980), the \n Pacific Conference of 1970, the \n Pollen Bank, the \n Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust, the \n Quarterly Bulletin, the rhododendron rating project, the rhododendron\n species glossary, the seed exchange, and the test garden of\n the \n American Rhododendron Societyin \n Portland, Oregon.","Series II consists of ten bound volumes of financial record\n books of the \n American Rhododendron Society, including\n a membership record book and an advertising record book.","The third series contains the records of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, chiefly the\n records of the Secretary-Treasurer, membership lists, and\n correspondence. The correspondence files include those of \n Kenneth McDonald, the \n Denmark Chapter, with political figures,\n the controversy over the transfer of Research and Education\n Funds to the \n Research Foundation Account, the\n formation of the \n Middle Atlantic Chapter, the Gold Medal\n nominations, and newsletter ideas.","The \n Le-Mac NurseriesRecords comprise the\n fourth series. These papers consist of two folders concerning\n Azalea Flower Spot Disease ( \n Ovulinia Azaleae Weiss), and\n correspondence between \n Le-Mac Nurseriesand \n Joseph Gable, \n Fred Lee, \n Tony Shammarello, \n Bellingrath Gardens, \n B. Y. Morrison, \n Neil W. Stuart, and \n Sam Ensweller. \n Kenneth McDonaldserved as the chairman of\n the \n Virginia Nurserymen AssociationCommittee\n concerning Azalea Flower Spot Disease control in the late\n 1940's.","All newsletters have been removed from this collection and\n placed in the open accession 10,553-c.","See the \n \n University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n Collections Dept.","American Rhododendron Society","Middle Atlantic Chapter of the American Rhododendron\n Society","Le-Mac Nurseries","Research Foundation Account","International Rhododendron Conference\n (1961)","Pacific Conference of 1970","Pollen Bank","Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust","Middle Atlantic Chapter","Denmark Chapter","Virginia Nurserymen Association","American Horticultural\n Society","Birmingham Chapter","Research\n Foundation","Coosa\n Chapter","Middle Atlantic\n Chapter","Bellingrath Gardens","J. Harold Clarke","Edward B. Dunn","Fred C. Galle","Ruth Hansen","August Kehr","A. 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Wise of Charleston, West Virginia, on June 3,\n 1987. The Middle Atlantic Chapter Records and Le-Mac\n Nurseries Records were given to the Library by Dr. Sandra\n McDonald of Hampton, Virginia, on July 20, 1987."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["ca. 2800 items"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAny quotations from the records and volumes of the\n American Rhododendron Society (10,553-d-e) in any media\n must be approved in advance by the Society. The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. Contact Curator for details.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Any quotations from the records and volumes of the\n American Rhododendron Society (10,553-d-e) in any media\n must be approved in advance by the Society. The Records of\n the Middle Atlantic Chapter and Le-Mac Nurseries (10,553-f)\n are unrestricted. 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