Box 4

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Correspondence with C.V.L. Lycett, secretary of Royal Horticulture Society - regarding congress. 3 copies of Preliminary Programme

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Correspondence with G.F. Streib; T.P. Wright; M.L. Barron and members of Study of Occupational Retirement Group letter from LHM; Notes on Retirement by LHM 10 Oct. 1954

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Correspondence with J.S. Knapp regarding Biographical material for Cornell University files; Who's Who in America; KC. Abbott copies of Biography

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Informational memos of status and salary changes

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Correspondence with various executives at McGraw-Hill (Eames and LHM) regarding publication of "An Introduction to Plant Anatomy" including royalties; new editions; English edition. Copy of IBM report of sales to bookstores

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Regarding Book, also Royalty Statements 1933-1941

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Various bulletins and publications from Organic Gardening, Emaus, PA; copy of manuscript "The Compost Pile" by LHM; copy of manuscript "Facts about Organic Gardening" by LHM; copy of manuscript "Truth about Organic Farming" by LHM; correspondence with W.B. Retz

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Papers include correspondence with other horticulturists, floriculturists, and pomologists mainly concerning the activities of the North American Lily Society, which he founded, the Northern Nut Growers Association, of which he was president, the American Society for Horticultural Science, and the American Horticultural Council; correspondence concerning the future of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University and the bread standards (1957-1958) set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration;...

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Correspondence with W.B. Retz; M.M. Hyzer; D.E. Lewis; C.L. Devilbiss; A. Beusch; edition of Rural New Yorker from W.B. Retz; manuscript "Organic Farming - Truths, half-truths and Fallacies" January 1952 LHM published as "Truth about Organic Farming in Rural NY"

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with C.E. Baker; R.I. Throckmorton; R.C. Allen; W.P. Judkins; M.H. McVickar; L.G. Klein; R. Rodale and Clarence Baker - re expose of Organic Gardening