John L. Creech Files, U.S. National Arboretum Collection

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Biographical Sketch
• Scope and Content Note
• Container List
• Selected Bibliography

Introduction

The John L. Creech Files of photographs, clippings, and publications are part of the larger U.S. National Arboretum Collection, MS 186. In 2017, Special Collections staff organized, described, and re-housed this sub-collection of materials due to frequent research use and deteriorating folder tabs. Special Collections Librarian Amy Morgan and volunteer Irene Blade re-housed seven linear feet of materials into 17 acid-free boxes. In 2019, Office Automation Assistant Raymond Williams keyed the container list into an Excel spreadsheet. In 2020, Special Collections Archivist Sara Lee compiled this supplemental finding aid.

Biographical Sketch

1920

Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

1941

Received a bachelor of science in Horticulture from Rhode Island State College (now the University of Rhode Island).

Commissioned as Second Lieutenant of Infantry, U.S. Army; called to active duty immediately

1943

Earned the Silver Star for heroic actions in World War II. As First Lieutenant of First Infantry Division of the U. S. Army, known as the “Big Red One”, during the Allied invasion of North Africa, he led a patrol deep into enemy lines.

1943-1945

Captured in North Africa by Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps and sent to the German-run prisoner of war camp for officers (OFLAG 64) in Poland. Ran a greenhouse as well as developed and maintained a two-acre garden plot used to feed 1, 500 men. Won a Bronze Star for his gardening efforts.

1947

Earned a master’s degree in Horticulture at the University of Massachusetts

Became an employee U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plant Introduction Station (Glendale Plant Propagation Unit, Maryland)

Year unknown

Joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Foreign Plant Exploration. Read an article in The National Horticultural Magazine (now The American Gardener) about plant explorers with the U.S. Office of Foreign Plant Exploration and Expedition that changed his career path

1953

Received a doctorate in botany from the University of Maryland

1953-1956

Served as president of the American Horticultural Society (AHS)

Dates unknown.

Conducted 10 plant exploration trips to Japan, Russia, Nepal, Taiwan and Yugoslavia

Date unknown.

Became director of the USDA plant exploration office

1972

Received the Royal Horticultural Society’s Gold Veitch Memorial Medal

1973-1980

Appointed third director of the U.S. National Arboretum in January 1973; negotiated the gift of 53 bonsai and 6 viewing stones from the people of Japan for America’s bicentennial celebration. Gift expected to become the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum.

1980

Retired as the third director of the U.S. National Arboretum to Hendersonville, North Carolina; introduced American nurserymen to Japanese horticulture – led tours to Japan

Pre-1987

Established with others the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, served as interim part-time director

1989

Received the Liberty Hyde Bailey Medal

2009

Died at age 89

Scope and Content Note

In the finding aid for the U.S. National Arboretum Collection written by Joe Howard in 1994, he identified the John L. Creech files as “Photographs and Illustrations [used in] Miscellaneous Publications Box 31 A-L”. Later, Special Collections staff located additional files in the library stacks representing subjects in alphabetical order starting with “M-W”. In 2017, the newly discovered Creech materials were added to the U.S. National Arboretum Collection. The boxes were placed in order following the already existing “A-L” files. Therefore, this finding aid includes documentation of Creech files that are not acknowledged in Howard’s finding aid.

The John L. Creech files contain black and white photographs of plants found in different geographic locations throughout the world. Photographs are mounted on paper with typewritten data. Details include subject name, negative number, size, recipient of print was and/or title of work containing the photograph, brief caption, expedition, or date. The majority of these photographs were taken during plant exploration trips.

Photographic files are in alphabetical order by folder name, which ranges from a person to plant, geographical location, activity related to plants, or an organization such as experiment station or garden club. Types of photographs include perennial plants, fiber plants, experiment stations, USDA employees, fertilizer, garden clubs, crop, fruit, grasses, aquatic flowering plants, trees, palm trees, shrubs, evergreen shrub, spices, quarantine, and vegetables.

Persons for which individually named files exist include Frederick V. Coville (first director of the National Arboretum), Dr. David and Graham Fairchild, Myra Haines, Peter Liu, Wilson Popenoe, Edward Simmonds, Homer C. Skeels, Walter Van Fleet, H. L. (Harvey Leroy) Westover, and W. E. (William Edwin) Whitehouse. This is not an exhaustive list of people shown in the collection photographs. Additional people appear in photographs and their names are indicated in captions.

Container List

Box 001 – Ab - An

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
001	001	Abies species	Undated
001	002	Abutilon	1930, 1931
001	003	Acacia species	1904, 1942
001	004	Acanthoriza species	1940
001	005	Acer species	1927, 1940
001	006	Achradelpha species	1911, 1914, 1917
001	007	Achras sapota	1938
001	008	Acnistus	1942
001	009	Aconitum specia	Undated
001	010	Acrocomia species	1914, 1920
001	011	Actinea biennis	Undated
001	012	Actinidia species	1910, 1915, 1917
001	013	Adansonia digitata	1928
001	014	Aesculus species	Undated
001	015	Afghanistan	Undated
001	016	Africa	1928
001	017	Agave species	1906, 1907, 1919, 1943
001	018	Air-conditioning Unit - Glenn Dale, Maryland	1952, 1953
001	019	Alberia caffra	1941
001	020	Albizzia species	Undated
001	021	Allanthus	1946
001	022	Allium	1919
001	023	Alocasia species	Undated
001	024	Aloe	1945
001	025	Althaea species	Undated
001	026	Ambrosia species	1936
001	027	Amomum species	1926
001	028	Amphianthus species	Undated
001	029	Amygdalus species	1902, 1910-1916, 1934, 1936, 1956
001	030	Anacardium species	1913, 1917, 1936
001	031	Ananas	1925-26, 1928, 1934-1937
001	032	Andromeda species	1922
001	033	Andropogon species	Undated
001	034	Angelica	1940
001	035	Annona species	1914,1915,1917,1918,1931,1932,1941, 1944,1945-

Box 002 – An - Ba

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
002	001	Anthemis species	Undated
002	002	Anthemum species	Undated
002	003	Apios	1945
002	004	Apium species	Undated
002	005	Aplopappus species	1940
002	006	Apocynum Cannabinum L	1942
002	007	Arachis hypogaea	1904, 1941
002	008	Aralia species	1903, 1913, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1918
002	009	Araucaria btasiliensis	1914
002	010	Arctium species	Undated
002	011	Areca	1912, 1926
002	012	Areca catechu	1942
002	013	Aristicla pennata	Undated
002	014	Armour expedition	1932
002	015	Arracacha esculenta	1920, 1946
002	016	Arracacia species	1912, 1917, 1918, 1919
002	017	Artocarpus species	1913, 1916, 1920, 1929, 1941
002	018	Artomacon species	1940
002	019	Arundinaria species	1932-1933, 1936
002	020	Arundo donax	Undated
002	021	Asclepias species	1924, 1933, 1935, 1927, 1942, 1944
002	022	Asiatic Bean	1958
002	023	Asimina triloba (Pawpaw)	1893, 1931, 1941, 1943
002	024	Astragalus	1908, 1931, 1942, 1955 - 1957
002	025	Astrocaryum species	1932 - 1939
002	026	Atalantia species	1911
002	027	Attalea cohune	1918 - 1941
002	028	Atropa species	Undated
002	029	Averrhoa carambola	Undated
002	030	Azaleas	1935
002	031	Bactris	1942
002	032	Bamboos (Bambusa spp. and others)	1906, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1909, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930 - 1933

Box 003 – Be - Ca

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
003	001	Begonia species	1954 , 1959
003	002	Bell Station	1923 - 1953
003	003	Belou species	Undated
003	004	Berberies	1913
003	005	Bertholletia nobilis	1932
003	006	Blighia species	1914 - 1917
003	007	Bombax species	1914
003	008	Borassus	1926
003	009	Botanic Garden	1929
003	010	Botor tetragonoloba	1920
003	011	Bradford pear	1917, 1959, 1942
003	012	Brahea species	1914, 1940
003	013	Brazil	1914, 1932
003	014	Bromelia species	1914
003	015	Brooksville	1938
003	016	Bulbs	1913, 1917
003	017	Burkea	Undated
003	018	Burma view	1922
003	019	Byrsonima	1918
003	020	Cacara species	Undated
003	021	Cactus	1921, 1932, 1943
003	022	Caesalpinia	1943
003	023	Cajan species	1930
003	024	Cajuputi species	Undated
003	025	Calamus	1926
003	026	Calendula species	Undated
003	027	Calocarpum mammosum	1941
003	028	Camassia species	1940
003	029	Camellia species	1953
003	030	Camoensis	1916
003	031	Camphora officinalis	1904, 1905
003	032	Cananga odorata	1940
003	033	Canarium species	Undated
003	034	Candelilla	Undated
003	035	Canna species	1920
003	036	Cannellice species	1951
003	037	Capparis spinosa	1941
003	038	Capsicum species	Undated
003	039	Caragana	Undated
003	040	Carapa	1920
003	041	Carica species	1914, 1915-1916, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1928, 1931
003	042	Cariniana legalis	Undated

Box 004 – Ca - Co

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
004	001	Carissa species	1911, 1915-1916, 1916, 1920, 1933
004	002	Carludovica	1945
004	003	Carum species	Undated; used in 1960 publication
004	004	Carya species	1915, 1941
004	005	Caryocab brasiliensis	1914
004	006	Caryocaraceae caryocar	Undated
004	007	Casimiroa species	1916, 1917
004	008	Cassiafustula	1942
004	009	Castanea species	1909, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1930
004	010	Castanopsis species	1922
004	011	Castilla species	1904, 1907, 1923, 1940, 1942
004	012	Catalpa species	1915, 1953
004	013	Catha	1915
004	014	Cattle in thrace	1948
004	015	Cedrus species	1959
004	016	Ceiba	1943
004	017	Celtis species	1959
004	018	Centropogon	1948
004	019	Ceratonia species	1906, 1916, 1920
004	020	Cereus species	1915, 1920
004	021	Ceylon	1926, 1929
004	022	Chaenomeles	1915, 1926
004	023	Chaenomeles lagenaria	1948, 1949
004	024	Chalcas species	Undated
004	025	Chalk cliffs	1948
004	026	Chamaeobrea species	1914, 1917, 1939
004	027	Chapman Field	1924
004	028	Charts-relative strands of seedlings, understerilized media, and cyclinder machine	1940, 1941, 1960
004	029	Chenopodium	1915, 1918
004	030	Chico experiment station	1938
004	031	Chile	1922
004	032	Chinese caravans, views, etc. ( 1 of 2 )	1907, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1933
004	033	Chinese caravans, views, etc. (2 of 2)	1906, 1907, 1913, 1914, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931
004	034	Chionanthus	1945
004	035	Chloris species	1911, 1914, 1924, 1906
004	036	Chrysanthemum species	1906
004	037	Chrysothamnus species-rabbitbrush	1942, 1929, 1948,
004	038	Cibotium species	1939
004	039	Cicer species	1909, 1914, 1915
004	040	Cirsium species	1940
004	041	Cissus species	1959
004	042	Citrullus species	1916
004	043	Citrus species (1 of 2)	1913, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1931, 1954
004	044	Citrus species (2 of 2)	1913, 1914, 1915, 1906, 1919, 1922, 1945
004	045	Cladrastis	1944
004	046	Clausena species	1914
004	047	Cnicus species	Undated; used in 1960 publication
004	048	Cochlearia species	Undated
004	049	Cochliostema jacobianum	1943
004	050	Cocos	1913, 1916, 1920, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939

Box 005 – Co - Cy

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
005	001	Cocothrinax anomalus	1926, 1938, 1940
005	002	Coffea	1903, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1954
005	003	Coix lacryma-jobi	Undated
005	004	Cola species	1926
005	005	Colchicum species	Undated
005	006	Coleospadix	1932
005	007	Coleus species	1920
005	008	Collecting equipment	1944-1945
005	009	Collins, G.N. (Guy N.)	1923
005	010	Colocasia species	1911, 1913, 1916, 1918, 1929
005	011	Colombia	1920
005	012	Colpothrinac species	Undated
005	013	Combretum comosum	1919
005	014	Convallaria species	1947
005	015	Convalvulus arveuser	1942
005	016	Copernicia	1914, 1933
005	017	Cordia species	Undated
005	018	Cordeauxia species	1910
005	019	Coriander	1931
005	020	Cornus canadensis-Bunchberry	1950
005	021	Corylus species	1915
005	022	Corypha umbraculifera	1916
005	023	Costa rica view	1940, 1943
005	024	Coumarouna species	1942
005	025	Coville, Frederick V. (Frederick Vernon)	1937
005	026	Covillea	1921
005	027	Cracca	1930
005	028	Crataegus species	1914, 15, 16, 19, 20, 27, 1941
005	029	Crescentia	1943
005	030	Cryptostegia	1918, 42, 43
005	031	Cuba	1915, 16, 28, 31
005	032	Cucumis	1931, 1944
005	033	Cucurbita species	1928, 1948, 1954
005	034	Cudrania species	1914, 1915
005	035	Cupressus species	1959
005	036	Cyamopsis tertagonoloba	1946
005	037	Cycas species	1959
005	038	Cyclanthera pedata	Undated
005	039	Cydonia	1921
005	040	Cynara scelymus	Undated

Box 006 – Cy - Er

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
006	001	Cyphomandra	1914
006	002	Cypripedium spectabile	1912
006	003	Cyrilla species	1952
006	004	Cyrtosperum senegalense	1928
006	005	Cyrtostachys lakka	1920, 1941
006	006	Dahlia species	1923, 1943
006	007	Dalea spinosa	1940
006	008	Datura species	Undated
006	009	Daucus species	1924, 1924
006	010	Dellenia indica	1928
006	011	Delphinium	1940
006	012	Dendrocalamus species	1921, 1937
006	013	Dentaria species	1945
006	014	Deringa species	1919
006	015	Derris	1942
006	016	Dexeria corneto	1908
006	017	Diamorpha	1939
006	018	Digitalis	Undated
006	019	Dimocarpus species	1914, 1941
006	020	Dimorphotheca species	1960
006	021	Dioscorea species	2016-1955
006	022	Diospyros species	1911-1929
006	023	Dipterocarpus turbinatus	1922
006	024	Dipteryx odorata	1942
006	025	Dodonaea	Undated
006	026	Dolichos	1930
006	027	Dominican view	1922-1934
006	028	Dorsett's Brazilian bulletin	Undated
006	029	Dove cotls	1948
006	030	Dovyalis hebecarpa	1941
006	031	Dracaena	1942-1959
006	032	Dracontomelom species	1922
006	033	Duranta	1923
006	034	Durio	1932
006	035	Echeveria species	1910
006	036	Echinocereus	1940
006	037	Ecuadorean view	1940-1942
006	038	Edgeworthia species	1903, 1906, 1934
006	039	Egypt	1911
006	040	Eichhornia	1956
006	041	Elaeagnus species	1911
006	042	Elaeis species	1924, 1939, 1942
006	043	Eleocharis dulcis	1926-1957
006	044	Engelhardtia species	1922
006	045	England views	1959
006	046	Enlow	1940
006	047	Enterolobium cycloccarpum	1915
006	048	Ephedra	1958
006	049	Epigaea repens	1911
006	050	Epilobium	1945
006	051	Eremurus	1914
006	052	Eriobotrya japonica	1930
006	053	Eriodictyon	1940
006	054	Erlanson, Carl O.	1950
006	055	Erythea	1940
006	056	Erythrina	1922-1928
006	057	Erythroxylon coca	1934, 1943, 1947

Box 007 – Es - Gl

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
007	001	Escallonia	Undated
007	002	Escholtzia	1946
007	003	Eucalyptus species	1942
007	004	Eucnide urens	1940
007	005	Eucommia species	1911, 1942
007	006	Eugenia species	1915, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1923, 1938, 1941
007	007	Euphobia species	1937, 1954
007	008	Eutrema species	1903
007	009	Fairchild, Dr. David and Graham	1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1940
007	010	Fallugia	1940
007	011	Fatshedera	1938
007	012	Feijoa species	1918, 1933, 1938
007	013	Fern tree	1922, 1934, 1935
007	014	Feronia species	Undated
007	015	Fertilizer	1926
007	016	Ficus species	1907 thru 1942
007	017	Flacourtia ramontchi	1941
007	018	Florida	1928
007	019	Flower show	1954
007	020	Foeniculum	1926
007	021	Fouguieria	1940
007	022	Fourcroya macrophylla	1926, 1928
007	023	Fragaria species-Strawberries	1931
007	024	France views	1959
007	025	Franklinia species	1952, 1953
007	026	Fraximus potamophila	1942
007	027	Funtinnia elastica (?)	1942
007	028	Galloway, Dr. B.T. (Beverly Thomas) [Empty folder]	Undated
007	029	Garcinia	1906, 1915, 1927, 1928
007	030	Garden Club of America	1950
007	031	Gardens	Undated
007	032	Gaultheria species	Undated
007	033	Genipa species	1941
007	034	Gentry, H.S.	1942
007	035	Georgia	1943
007	036	Germinated experiments	1941
007	037	Gigantochloa robusta	1927
007	038	Ginko species	1930
007	039	Glenn Dale azaleas	1949-1953
007	040	Glenn Dale, Maryland	1945, 1953
007	041	Gleditsia sinensis	1915
007	042	Glycyrrhiza species	Undated

Box 008 – Go - He

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
008	001	Gordonia	1908
008	002	Gossypium species	1913, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1932
008	003	Goucher, Edward	1918
008	004	Grafting	1952, 1953
008	005	Granite	1939
008	006	Grasses	1953
008	007	Greenhouse, Inspecting , Sterilizing	1922, 1931
008	008	Grey, Robert M.	1931
008	009	Guadua species	1921
008	010	Guaiacum sanctum	1919
008	011	Guatemala views	1916, 1917, 1928, 1937
008	012	Guilielma speciosa	1920, 1941
008	013	Gutierrezia	1940
008	014	Gynocardia	Undated
008	015	Haines, Myra	1951
008	016	Haloxylon ammodendron	Undated
008	017	Hamamelis species	Undated
008	018	Harppephyllum species	1903
008	019	Hedera species	1959
008	020	Hedysarum	1934

Box 009 – In - Ma

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
009	001	Inodes species	1908, 1911, 1913, 1916
009	002	Ipomaea	1926
009	003	Iris	1929
009	004	Isoetes virginica	1939
009	005	Italy	1959
009	006	Japan	1933, 1935
009	007	Java	1926, 1929
009	008	Jerusalem	1919
009	009	Jessenia	1932
009	010	Jubaea species	1921, 1940
009	011	Juniperus species	1910
009	012	Juglans	1915, 1919, 1927, 1929
009	013	Kalmia peat	Undated
009	014	Kaoliang	1924, 1930, 1948
009	015	Kentia	1912, 1913
009	016	Kigella pinnata	1934, 1939
009	017	Kokia species	1913
009	018	Lactuca species	1926
009	019	Lagenaria	1909, 1926
009	020	Lagerstromia species	1949
009	021	Lansium species	1912
009	022	Larix species	1908, 1912, 1916
009	023	Latania	1932
009	024	Lawsonia inermis	1918, 1920, 1942
009	025	Lecythis	1932, 1944
009	026	Lespedeza	1929, 1930, 1931
009	027	Leucaena species	1920
009	028	Licuala	1932
009	029	Ligustrum ibolum	1951
009	030	Lilium species	1927, 1930, 1947
009	031	Litchi species	1913-1944
009	032	Lithocarpus species	1928, 1930
009	033	Liu, Peter	1930
009	034	Livistona	1932
009	035	Lobelia species	Undated
009	036	Lodoicea	1904-1931
009	037	Lonicera species	1912-1916
009	038	Lonochocarpus	1935, 1942-1943
009	039	Loropetalum	1917
009	040	Lotus	1926-1913
009	041	Luculia gratissima	1922
009	042	Lucuma	1922-1929
009	043	Lupinus	1940
009	044	Lycopersicuon	1946
009	045	Macadamia species	1916-1941
009	046	Machilus species	Undated
009	047	Macrozanonia macrocarpa	1961
009	048	Madagascar views	1942
009	049	Magnolia species	1921
009	050	Maize	1931
009	051	Majorana species	Undated
009	052	Malay archipelago	1928
009	053	Malorties	1908
009	054	Malus species	1943
009	055	Malvaceae	1929
009	056	Mammea	1928-1941
009	057	Manchurian landscape	1925

Box 010 – Ma - Na

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
010	001	Mangifera species	1906, 1909-1916, 1918, 1920-22, 1927, 1941
010	002	Manicaria saccifera	1904, 1924
010	003	Manihat esculenta (cassava), glaziovii	1913, 1917, 1918, 1928
010	004	Manure	1925
010	005	Maranta arundinacea	1918
010	006	Maritia flexuosa	1932
010	007	Matricaria chamomilla	Undated, used in 1960 publication
010	008	Mauritia setigera	1932
010	009	Maximiliana	1932
010	010	Maytenus	Undated
010	011	Medicago species	1911, 1926, 1943
010	012	Medicinal plants	1940, 1945
010	013	Mediterranean and Great Britain trip	1957
010	014	Mediterranean and Great Britain trip	1957
010	015	Mediterranean and Great Britain trip	1957
010	016	Mediterranean and Great Britain trip	1957
010	017	Meibomia species	Undated
010	018	Melaleuca	1916
010	019	Melicocca bijuga	Undated
010	020	Melinis species	Undated
010	021	Melocanna species	1922
010	022	Melon vines	1948
010	023	Mentha species	1932
010	024	Mentzelia	1940
010	025	Mesopotamia	Undated
010	026	Mexican views	1927
010	027	Meyer expedition-E.M. [Empty folder]	Undated
010	028	Michelia excelsa	Undated
010	029	Mida	1961
010	030	Mimulus	1940
010	031	Miscanthus	1914
010	032	Mistletoe	1943
010	033	Momordica	1941, 1960
010	034	Monstera	1921
010	035	Morocco view	1934, 1936
010	036	Morse, W.J. (William Joseph)	1929, 1936
010	037	Morus	1910
010	038	Musa	1928, 1934, 1943, 1940
010	039	Myrciaria species	1913, 1914
010	040	Myrica species	1910, 1920
010	041	Myristica fragrans	1933
010	042	Myroxylon	1943
010	043	Myrtus	1916
010	044	Nageia nagi	Undated
010	045	Nannorhops	1932
010	046	Narcissus species	1913, 1916

Box 011 – Na - Ph

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
011	001	National Arboretum	1940, 1941, 1947, 1948
011	002	Neanthe bella	1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946
011	003	Nelumbium	1930
011	004	Neoglaziovia species	1911
011	005	Nephelium species	1909, 1910, 1931, 1941
011	006	Nicotiana	1914
011	007	Nipa fruticans	1929
011	008	Nursery	1917
011	009	Nymphaea	1949
011	010	Ocimum species	Undated
011	011	Oenothera	1940
011	012	Olea species	1906, 1911, 1916, 1923, 1927, 1943
011	013	Oncoba species	1923
011	014	Oncosperma tigillaria	1921, 1925
011	015	Oothrinax species	1927, 1957
011	016	Opsiandra	1935
011	017	Opuntia species	1906, 1926, 1940, 1942, 1947
011	018	Oryza species	1928, 1929, 1930, 1942
011	019	Oxalis species	Undated
011	020	Pacayito	1917
011	021	Pachira fastuosa	1931
011	022	Paeonia species	1914
011	023	Pahudia	Undated
011	024	Paliurus	1944
011	025	Palm	1920, 1931, 1935, 1939
011	026	Panax species	Undated
011	027	Pandanus	1940
011	028	Panicum species	1914, 1925
011	029	Papyrus species	1906
011	030	Parthenium	1927
011	031	Pasania species	1914-15
011	032	Passiflora	1910, 1916, 1922, 1925, 1941
011	033	Pastinaca	1928
011	034	Paurotis species	1924, 1926
011	035	Pedilanthus	1942
011	036	Pennisetum	Undated
011	037	Penstemon	1940
011	038	Pereskia	1941
011	039	Perilla	Undated
011	040	Persea americana (Trees)	1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1934
011	041	Peruvian view	1940
011	042	Petalonyx	1940
011	043	Phaseolus species	1918, 1926, 1930, 1943, 1958
011	044	Phellodendrum	1940
011	045	Philadelphus	1919, 1948
011	046	Phlox	1940
011	047	Phoenix	1902-1904, 1906, 1911-1913, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1929, 1919, 1934, 1941
011	048	Phyllanthus species	1915, 1941
011	049	Phyllocarpus septentrionalis	1920, 1922

Box 012 – Ph - Po

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
012	001	Phyllostachys species (1 of 2)	1903 thru 1946
012	002	Phyllostachys species (2 of 2)	1911 thru 1956
012	003	Physalis	1945
012	004	Phytelephas	1912, 1908, 1944
012	005	Phytolacca species	Undated
012	006	Picea schrankiana	1941
012	007	Pimenta officinalis	1929
012	008	Pimpinella species	Undated
012	009	Pinang	1932
012	010	Pinuela (Bromelia pinguin)	1941
012	011	Pinus species	1919-1946
012	012	Piper species	1953-1954
012	013	Pistacia species	1910-1951
012	014	Plant habitat	1940
012	015	Plant Industry Station	1945
012	016	Plant Introduction Stations	1916-1955
012	017	Plea europea	1953
012	018	Pleiospermium dubium	1948
012	019	Podophyllum species	Undated
012	020	Poinciana gilliesi	1942
012	021	Polakowskia species	1920
012	022	Polygala species	Undated
012	023	Popenoe, Wilson	1917, 20, 1932

Box 013 – Po - Rh

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
013	001	Populus species	1908, 1911, 1916
013	002	Portugal	1959
013	003	Portulacaria species	Undated
013	004	Pouteria species	Undated
013	005	Primula beesiana	1922
013	006	Primula sinopurprea	1922
013	007	Princepia species	1907, 1914
013	008	Pritchardia	1914-1940
013	009	Propagation	1941-1954
013	010	Protea	Undated
013	011	Prunus species	1910-1952
013	012	Pseudophoenix	1908, 1912, 1935
013	013	Pseudosasa species	1933-1935
013	014	Pseudotsuga species	1959
013	015	Psidium	1944
013	016	Psychotria	Undated
013	017	Punica species	1919. 1929, 1941
013	018	Puerto Rico	1963
013	019	Pyrus species	1911-1927
013	020	Quarantine	1935, 1942, 1943, 1945
013	021	Quercus species	1910, 1917, 1922, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1942
013	022	Rafflesia patama	1927
013	023	Raphanus species	1924, 1925
013	024	Raphia	1932
013	025	Raphia ruffia	1942
013	026	Rauwolfia species	1954
013	027	Regional coordinators	1952
013	028	Rhammus species	Undated
013	029	Rhapidophyllum	1926

Box 014 – Rh - Se

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
014	001	Rhapis	1932
014	002	Rheedia	1914, 1917, 1922, 1928
014	003	Rheum	1924
014	004	Rhizophora	1933, 1940
014	005	Rhododendron atlanticum	1949
014	006	Rhododendron hybrids	1942
014	007	Rhododendron species	1922-1950
014	008	Rhopaloblaste singaporensis	1926
014	009	Rhopalostylis	1914
014	010	Rhus	1942, 1943
014	011	Ribes species	1940
014	012	Ricinus species	Undated
014	013	Robinia	1939
014	014	Rock's miscellaneous illustrations	1922, 1923, 1924
014	015	Rollinia species	1914-1918
014	016	Rooting	Undated
014	017	Rosa species	1910, 1915, 1916, 1922
014	018	Roystones floridana	1924
014	019	Roystonia	1904, 1928
014	020	Rubus species	1911, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1928, 1926
014	021	Rudbeckia species	1960
014	022	Rumex species	1922, 1923
014	023	Russia	1911, 1934
014	024	Ryerson, K.A. (Knowles Augustus)	1931
014	025	Sabal	1912, 1921, 1931
014	026	Saccharum	1921, 1927, 1934, 1936
014	027	Safford	1923
014	028	Sagebrush	1904
014	029	St. Vincent Island-Views	Undated
014	030	Salix species	1914, 1915-1929
014	031	Salvia	1917-1940
014	032	Sansevieria species	1950
014	033	Sapranthus species	1916
014	034	Sasa species	1932-1933
014	035	Sassafras albidum	1941
014	036	Savannah views	1936
014	037	Schinus species	1916
014	038	Scirpus	1944
014	039	Schizandra chinensis	1915
014	040	Sclerocarya	Undated
014	041	Sechium edule	1915 thru 1939

Box 015 – Se - Spa

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
015	001	Sedum	1943
015	002	Semiarundinaria species	1939
015	003	Serenoa	1940
015	004	Shibataea species	1932
015	005	Shipping-packages etc.	1911 thru 1954
015	006	Siam views	1922
015	007	Sicana species	1941
015	008	Sicily	1959
015	009	Simmonds, Edward	1932, 1933
015	010	Simondsia	1953-1957
015	011	Sinocalamus species	1946
015	012	Sisal	1927
015	013	Skeels, Homer C.	1935
015	014	Smilax auriculata	1949
015	015	Soja max	1906 thru 1942
015	016	Sorbaria	1921-1927
015	017	Sorbus	1902-1927
015	018	Solanum species	1903 thru 1940
015	019	Spain	Undated
015	020	Spathodea species	1916-1928
015	021	Splagum moss	1941-1956

Box 016 – Ta - Va

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
016	001	Tas elmasi	1948
016	002	Tauga mertensiana	1934
016	003	Taxodium distichum	1935
016	004	Tectonia grandis	1930
016	005	Telfairia	Undated
016	006	Tephrosia	Undated
016	007	Terminalia	1928
016	008	Tetrastigma species	1916
016	009	Thea	1928
016	010	Theobroma	1913, 1917, 1920, 23, 1946
016	011	Thespesia	Undated
016	012	Thrinax	1904, 1912, 1932
016	013	Thunbergia	1928
016	014	Thuya species	1959
016	015	Thymus species	Undated
016	016	Tigridia pavonia	1927
016	017	Trachycarpus	1915, 1921
016	018	Trachylobium	1927
016	019	Trapa	1926, 1954
016	020	Tribroma species	Undated
016	021	Tricholaena	1914
016	022	Trifolium species	1901, 1906, 1953
016	023	Tripsacum laxum	Undated
016	024	Trithrina brasiliensis	1913, 1924
016	025	Triticum species	1926, 1927
016	026	Tropaeolum tuberosum	1928
016	027	Trtish River view	1941
016	028	Tunis views	1904
016	029	Turkestan view	1934, 1941
016	030	Turkish views	1948
016	031	Tutma melon	Undated
016	032	Ullucus tuberosa	Undated
016	033	Ulmus species	1912, 1915-16, 1929, 1931, 1934
016	034	Uncarina	1968
016	035	Undetermined	1927
016	036	United Fruit Company "Honduras"	1928
016	037	Utowana	1928
016	038	Vaccininum	1908, 1910, 1919, 1940

Box 017 – Va - Wh

Box	Folder	Title/Description	Date(s)
017	001	Valeriana species	Undated
017	002	Van Fleet	Undated
017	003	Vanilla	1909, 1916
017	004	Various photographs	1957, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970
017	005	Various photographs for Dr. Williams "ginseng" article and negatives turned over to new crops from original file	1932, 1961
017	006	Vegetables-Cassava, Yautia, Pai ts'ai, Tamopan persimmon, Water chestnut, Roselle, Botor (pea), Soybean, Chayote, Arracacha, Edible Canna, Arrowroot, Japanese radish, Roots of the Horseradish tree, and Dasheen	1926, 1931
017	007	Photographs used in publication "Vegetable gardening in the Caribbean area" by H. (Harold) F. Winters and G. (George)W. (William) Miskimen	1957, 1962
017	008	Verbena	1940
017	009	Vermicelli	1924
017	010	Viburnum	1916, 1934
017	011	Vicia species (Mongolian vetch)	1930
017	012	View of Tigris River	1948
017	013	Vigna	1930
017	014	Vitis species	1909-1911-1918-1916-17, 1925
017	015	Wallichia	1914-1946
017	016	Washingtonia	1913
017	017	Westover, H.L. (Harvey Leroy)	1931
017	018	Whitehouse, W.E. (William Edwin) and H.L. (Harvey Leroy) Westover expedition	1931-1940

Selected Bibliography

Sources Used for Finding Aid:

Amalie, Adler Ascher. "A Bonsai Collection from Japan for the Bicentennial Includes: A Rare Gift Centuries in the Making One Tree 150 Years Older than the United States in the Making." The Sun (1837-1994), Jul 18, 1976. https://search.proquest.com/docview/538530704?accountid=6126

---. "Bringing the World's Plants to Your Backyard: Dr. John L. Creech, Director of the National Arboretum, has Explored Asia and Europe to Benefit American Gardeners and Farmers." The Sun (1837-1994), Dec 02, 1979. https://search.proquest.com/docview/538269355?accountid=6126

Baker, Glady L. United States, Agricultural History Branch. Century of Service: The First 100 Years of the United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, DC: Centennial Committee, USDA, 1963.

"Doings of the Day." The Washington Post (1923-1954), Dec 01, 1948. https://search.proquest.com/docview/151999757?accountid=6126

"Garden Club Activities." The Washington Post (1923-1954), Jul 05, 1953. https://search.proquest.com/docview/152593387?accountid=6126

"Garden Notes." The Washington Post (1923-1954), May 15, 1949. https://search.proquest.com/docview/152170538?accountid=6126

Howard, Joseph H. “Archives of the National Arboretum: a finding aid, draft version.” Beltsville, Maryland: National Agricultural Library, 1995. https://archive.org/details/CAT30938087/page/18/mode/2up

"'Metasequoia Tree' Lecture Scheduled." The Washington Post (1923-1954), Oct 26, 1953. https://search.proquest.com/docview/152542015?accountid=6126

“Obituaries: John L. Creech.” Asheville Citizen-Times. Aug 8, 2009. https://www.newspapers.com/image/198591476/?article=c36c142e-4925-4eac-a3d8-1e7f01f6d484&focus=0.3721017, 0.06271692, 0.5234855, 0.24022985&xid=2378

“Remembering horticulture icon Dr. Creech.” Tryon Daily Bulletin. August 25, 2009. Accessed 3/26/20. https://www.tryondailybulletin.com/2009/08/25/remembering-horticulture-icon-dr-creech/

The University of Rhode Island. Military Science and Leadership (Army ROTC) College of Arts and Sciences. “John L. Creech” Captain, WWII, Biography.” https://web.uri.edu/rotc/meet/john-l-creech/

"2, 080 AT U. OF M. WILL GET DEGREES: EXERCISES ARE TO BE HELD AT COLLEGE PARK TODAY." The Sun (1837-1994), Jun 06, 1953. https://search.proquest.com/docview/541640855?accountid=6126

Related Collections at the National Agricultural Library:

Agricultural Artifacts Collection (John L. Creech’s plant exploration bag). Manuscript Collection 217.

Collection of Expedition Photographs from the Office of Plant Exploration. Manuscript Collection 280.

Roland Maurice Jefferson Collection. Manuscript Collection 347.

https://www.nal.usda.gov/finding_aids/roland-maurice-jefferson-collection

U.S. National Arboretum Collection, 1910-1985. Manuscript Collection 186.

https://archive.org/details/CAT30938087/page/18/mode/2up

U.S. National Arboretum Collection Cherry Tree Files. Manuscript Collection 408.

https://www.nal.usda.gov/finding_aids/united-states-national-arboretum-collection-cherry-tree-files

Related Collections at Other Institutions:

National Archives and Records Administration. Record Group 54.3.17.: Records of the Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction

https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/054.html#54.3.17

U.S. National Arboretum. Roland M. Jefferson Papers.

Contact the Museum Specialist for more information. 202-245-5766.

https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/washington-dc/national-arboretum/