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University of Central Florida Arboretum Collection, 1984-2011

 

Summary

Creator:
University of Central Florida. Arboretum
Abstract:
This collection contains scrapbooks, loose materials, and publications related to the UCF Arboretum. Comprised mostly of photographs, the collection also contains pamphlets, articles, and concept drawings.
Extent:
6 boxes 3 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

University of Central Florida Arboretum Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Background

Scope and content:

Series I: Scrapbooks, 1984-2003 contains ten scrapbooks related to the UCF Arboretum as well as a small amount of loose scrapbook pages. The scrapbooks contain mostly photographs but also include related Arboretum articles, reports, pamphlets, and flyers.

Series II: Publications, 1988-2011 contains materials that were either produced by or about the Arboretum. It consists of brochures, flyers, newsletters, articles and papers.

Series III: Plans and Concept Drawings, undated contains the floor plans and concept drawings for a renovation of the Stockard Conservatory Greenhouse.

Biographical / historical:

The Arboretum of the University of Central Florida, founded in 1983, is an arboretum and botanical garden in Orlando, Florida, USA. Covering 80 acres it contains more than 600 species of plants, including more than 100 bromeliads, in cultivated gardens.

Acquisition information:
Alaina Bernard gifted these materials to the University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collection and University Archives in 2008 (CFU2008_17).
Processing information:

Collection processed by Jeffrey Baumiller, Nava Cohen, and Whitney Broadaway and finding aid prepared by Whitney Broadaway in 2008. Scrapbooks were sorted chronologically. Any loose materials were put into folders and organized in a separate box. In 2010-2011 the scrapbooks were dismantled and the photos removed from the acidic pages and placed in plastic sleeving for their protection. The finding aid was updated for consistency among all collections by Mary Rubin in 2012. The finding aid was placed into Archon, with adjustments made for Archon and resulting in edition 2, by Mary Rubin in 2015. The acquisition method field and the subjects were updated by Kryslynn Collazo in 2018, resulting in edition 3.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in three series by type of document.

Accruals:

Collection Identifier: CFU2008_17

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The entire collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

University of Central Florida Arboretum Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Location of this collection:
John C. Hitt Library
12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2
Orlando
FL
32816-8030
USA