A Guide to the H. Harold Hume Collection
Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
December 2008
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Provenance: |
Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold), 1875-1965. |
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Title: |
H. Harold Hume Collection |
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Dates: |
1898-1962 |
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Bulk dates: |
1937-1960 |
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Abstract: |
Personal, professional, and administrative papers of horticulturist and educator H. Harold Hume, as well as photographs, manuscripts
of his publications, and a collection of historical documents related to Florida agriculture. The collection contains documents
related to his administrative duties in the University of Floridas'a College of Agriculture, including records related to
the Experiment Stations at Lake Alfred and the Everglades.
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Extent: |
15.2 linear feet. (37 boxes and 1 microfilm reel) |
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Identification: |
Manuscript Collection 66 |
Of rural Canadian roots, H. Harold Hume's college training was received at the Ontario Agricultural College (Guelph), the
most respected school of agriculture in Cananda. He earned an M.S.A. from Iowa State and in 1899 Hume became head of the Department
of Botany and Horticulture at the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City. After five years of vacillating support from
the Florida legislature, Hume resigned his position and accepted a similar post at the North Carolina Experiment Station.
Fortunately for Florida, however, Hume's work with pineapples and other crops had established for him an excellent reputation.
Thus opportunities opened up which led Hume back to the land which he must have already come to love. Relinquishing his academic
career, Hume became associated with the Glenn St. Mary Nursery Company, one of the two oldest, and at the time, one of the
largest nurseries in the state. His active association with the Nursery lasted for twenty-five years; he concluded his tenure
as Chairman of the Board. During the same period Hume was president of the E.O. Painter Fertilizer Co. of Jacksonville.
In 1929 Florida agriculture faced a major crisis - that of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly. So great was the threat to the state's
fruit and vegetable industry that practically every state employee in agriculture and many from private industry were recruited
to fight the invasion. Hume was among these, and his work in the eradication campaign led in 1931 to his appointment as Assistant
Director of Experiment Stations. Since his previous association with the state, the number of employees in the experiment
station(s) had increased from four to seventy-five. In a few years Hume was promoted to Assistant Dean and then in 1938 was
appointed Dean of the College of Agriculture. In 1943 with the retirement of Wilmon Newell he acquired the title of Provost
of Agriculture which he held until his own retirement in 1949 at the age of 74.
With his release from administrative duties, Hume pursued his horticultural interests with renewed fervor. European travel
expanded his circle of camellia enthusiasts to include some of England and the Continent's foremost plantsmen and taxonomists.
His interest in Hollies deepened and he published a definitive work on the subject, his eighth major horticulture work. He
continued to play an active role on numerous boards and committees, including several of international scope. His vigorous
mind did not succumb until his ninetieth year.
This collection contains Hume's personal, professional, and administrative papers as Assistant Dean from 1931-38 (sparse for
those years), and then Dean of the College of Agriculture (1938-1943), Provost for Agriculture (1943-1949), and Acting President
of the University (September 1947), as well as for the thirteen years of active retirement during which time he came to be
even more widely recognized as a leading educator and one of America's foremost horticulturists of the twentieth century.
The collection is divided into three series. Included in the first series (MS66a) are chronologically-arranged correspondence,
various reports, an alphebetically-ordered subject/genre file, manuscripts, and photographs. The second series (MS 66b) is
comprised of various materials accumulated by Hume relating to agriculture in general or peripherally related to his professional
duties. The third series (MS66c) is made up of early drafts of several of his major works along with a number of miscellaneous
writings on a variety of subjects. Also included are public addresses and radio talks. Each series is described separately.
Access
Collection is open for research.
See Series 87 and Series 88 in the University of Florida Public Records Collection for Hume's correspondence during the years 1899-1904.
[Identification of item], H. Harold Hume Collection, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
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MS 66a: H. Harold Hume Papers, 1909-1962 (bulk: 1937-1960)
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Box 1 |
Correspondence (General). 1921-1941
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Box 2 |
Correspondence (General). 1942 May-Dec
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Box 3 |
Correspondence (General). 1943 Jan-May
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Box 4 |
Correspondence (General). 1944 May-Oct
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Box 5 |
Correspondence (General). 1943 Jun-1944 Apr
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Box 6 |
Correspondence (General). 1944 Nov-1945 Mar
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Box 7 |
Correspondence (General). 1945 Apr-Sep
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Box 8 |
Correspondence (General). 1945 Oct-1946 Feb
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Box 9 |
Correspondence (General). 1946 Aug-Dec
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Box 10 |
Correspondence (General). 1946 Mar-Jul
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Box 11 |
Correspondence (General). 1947 Jan-Jun
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Box 12 |
Correspondence (General). 1947 Jul-1948 Feb
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Box 13 |
Correspondence (General). 1948 Mar-1949 Dec
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Box 14 |
Correspondence (General). 1950 Jan-1951 May
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Box 15 |
Correspondence (General). 1951 Jun-1952 Dec
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Box 16 |
Correspondence (General). 1953-1954
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Box 17 |
Correspondence (General). 1955-1957
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Box 18 |
Correspondence (Personal). 1958-1962
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Box 19 |
Subject and Genre files
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Addresses and statements (by others) |
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Analytical chemistry notebook |
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Charts and tables |
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Citations |
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Correspondence, Personal (no date) |
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Fairchild Tropical Garden. 1939 |
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Fairchild Tropical Garden-Glen Saint Mary Nurseries. 1952-1960 |
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Income Tax Returns (scattered). 1909-1942 |
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Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Science (Reports). 1946-1948 |
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Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Science-Lignan Plant Exchange. 1944 |
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Lists (Horticultural) |
Box 20 |
Manuscripts (Various authors)
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Memos (c.). 1938-1948 |
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News Releases (Publishers) |
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Notes (Fragments of Botanical Notes) |
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Questionnaire |
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Societe Haitiano-Americaine Development |
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Societe Haitiano-Americaine Development-Agricole (By-laws) |
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Travel notes (fragmentary) |
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Trips (Botanical) |
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Photographs |
Box 21 |
Camellias #1
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Camellias #2 |
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Camellias #3 |
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Camellias #4 - People and Events |
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Citrus #1 |
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Citrus #2 |
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Citrus Industry and Trade |
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Color photos from brochures - Camellias |
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Family, friends, colleagues |
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Color photos from brochures - Camellias and others |
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Photos from brochures - Groves |
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Plants, Equipment, Misc. |
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Persimmon notes. 1912 |
Box 22 |
Lantern Slides
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Microreel Newspaper clipping scrapbook |
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MS 66b: Hume's Collection of Agricultural Documents, Circa 1930-1950.
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Box 1 |
Belling to Rolfs on Plant Breeding Experiment. 1910
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Bradford Farms (Raiford Prison). 1913 |
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China Tung Oil Co. 1935-1941 |
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Chinsegut Hill. 1932 |
Box 2 |
Citrus Experiment Station. 1935-1953
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Citrus Experiment Station. 1919-1931 |
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Citrus-Frozen Concentrate. 1955 |
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Citrus Marketing. 1934-1943 |
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Commercial Interests. 1910-1947 |
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Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board. 1928 |
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Crop Production Documents. 1946-1949 |
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Entomologists Experiment Station. 1896 |
Box 3 |
Environmental Concerns. 1951-1954
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Everglades Experiment Station. 1949-1959 |
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Everglades Experiment Station. 1932-1935 |
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Everglades Experiment Station. 1928-1929 |
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Everglades Experiment Station. 1926 |
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Everglades Experiment Station. 1925 |
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Everglades Experiment Station (1 of 2). 1924 |
Box 4 |
Everglades Experiment Station (2 of 2). 1924
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Everglades Experiment Station. 1921 |
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Everglades Experiment Station. 1911-1912 |
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Everglades Experiment Station. 1905 |
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Everglades National Park Assoc. 1930-1949 |
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Everglades Misc. 1911 |
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Experiment Stations. Everglades "Record of Deep Well Drilled at Everglades Experiment Station.". Circa 1931 |
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Experiment Station Fund. 1906-1918 |
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Experiment Stations. "Money Invested in Agricultural College Yields Big Returns". 1919 |
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Experiment Station. Projects, Station Descriptions. 1948-1949 |
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Experiment Stations. Records, Correspondence. 1943-1945, 1948 |
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Experiment Stations. Records and Correspondence. 1927-1928, 1931-1932, 1934, 1938. |
Box 5 |
Experiment Stations. Records and Correspondence. 1912/1936
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Experiment Stations. Records and Correspondence. 1905-1909 |
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Fairchild Tropical Garden by Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. Circa 1935 |
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Florida Agricultural Council- Citrus Subcommittee |
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Forage Crops. 1940-1942 |
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Forestry. 1939 |
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Growers Administrative Committee (Citrus). 1949-1968 |
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Highway Beautification. 1924 |
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Howard R. Fawcett Correspondence. 1929-1944 |
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Iris. 1932-1933 |
Box 6 |
Land Use Planning. 1941
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Land Use Planning. 1941-1942 |
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Livestock. 1948 |
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Miscellaneous-Interests. 1883-1957 |
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Official Correspondence. 1935-1951 |
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Other Ornamental Horticulture |
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Patents. 1914-1939 |
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Personal Effects |
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Policy. 1951-1954 |
Box 7 |
Printed Material. 1929-1941
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Printed Material. 1910-1918 |
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Printed Material. 1902-1909 |
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Printed Material. 1890-1900 |
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Ramie Production. 1947 |
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Report on Conditions of Wacico Grove. 1932 |
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Ruprecht, Dr. R. William. 1959 |
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Scientific Articles. 1938-1955 |
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Sea Island Cotton. 1940 |
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Sea Island Cotton. 1938-1939 |
Box 8 |
Speeches and Radio Talk. 1931-1936
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State Defense Council 1941. 1941 |
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Sub Tropical Experiment Station (Reports). 1938-1939 |
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Tobacco Experiment Station. 1922-1929 |
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War Manpower Commission. 1942 |
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Weeds and Pest Problems. 1952- |
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World War II-Dairy-Lab-Military Products. 1944 |
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World War II-Ellison's Scheme for the Obscuration Military Targets. 1942 |
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World War II- Federal register. 1942-1943 |
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World War II- National Fertilizer Assoc. War Notes. 1944-1945 |
Box 9 |
World War II- Fertilizer Assoc. War Notes. 1943
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World War II- Fertilizer Assoc. War Notes. 1942 |
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World War II- List of Fertilizer Companies in Florida. 1942 |
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World War II- Fertilizer Consumption Reports -Misc. Papers, Articles and Circulars. 1942 |
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World War II- Fertilizer Outlook Office of Materials and Facilities. 1943-1944 |
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World War II- Fertilizer Restrictions. Circa 1942 |
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World War II- Government Emergency Regulations Fertilizer. Correspondence Mowry, et. al. 1942 |
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World War II- Fertilizer Recommendations- Experiment Station. 1943 |
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World War II- The Fertilizer Review. 1942 |
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World War II- L.H. Kramer- Co-Chair of State Defense Council. 1942-1943 |
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World War II- Office of Price Administration Re "fertilizer". 1943-1944 |
Box 10 |
World War II- Post War Planning. 1944
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World War II- State Defense Council of Florida- Division of Agriculture. 1941 |
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World War II- Unusual Chemical Materials- Report. 1942 |
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World War II- USDA War Boards. 1942-1945 |
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MS 66c: H. Harold Hume Manuscripts
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This series is chiefly made up of the first drafts and edited proofs of a number of Hume's published works on Camellias, Hollies,
Zephryanthes, and other topics reflective of his wide horticultural interests. In addition to these may be found miscellaneous
short titles reflective of Hume's horticultural and professional activities. These include, for example, three presidential
or keynote addresses to the Florida State Horticultural Society ranging over a thirty year time span, material on natural
conservation, on beautification, and on horticultural history. Also added to this series is a box containing medals awarded
to Hume for his contributions to horticulture.
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Box 1-6 |
H. Harold Hume Manuscripts.
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Agriculture -- Florida -- Experimentation |
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Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde) 1858-1954 |
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Barbour, Thomas 1884-1946 |
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Small, John Kunkel 1869-1938 |
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Swingle, Walter T. |
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University of Florida. College of Agriculture. |
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