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Morrison, Benjamin Yoe

Subject ID: 25325

Last Name: Morrison
First Name: Benjamin
Middle Names: Yoe
Birth Date: 25 November 1891
Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia
Death Date: 24 January 1966
Death Place: Gulfport, Mississippi
Gender: male
HI Archives Collection #: 27 (personal papers), #341 (corresp.), #26, #48, #56, #61, #204,
Notes: Portrait in HI portrait collection. #27 B.Y. Morrison papers, 1915-[1945-1965], Finding Aid on HIBD Website. #341, 1 box -Morrison corresp. and biog. info. $26, letter. #61, letter. #204 -Popenoe family papers, ff 222, 371. #56 -corres. with C.R. Ball, 1936-1951. Head of Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, 1934. Director, U. S. National Arboretum.

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Collections #27 , 26 , 61 , 204

Alternate Names

  • Morrison, Benjamin Yeo
  • Morrison, Benjamin Yoe
  • Morrison, B. Y.

Specialties

Azaleas (Glendale Hybrids), Horticulture