James A. G. Davey papers

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Biographical Note: James A. G. Davey, brother of Martin L. Davey, served in various capacities with the Davey Tree Expert Company but must be noted, in particular, for his wide ranging interests in plant life. Through the early part of the twentieth century, primarily the 1920's and 1930's, he and members of his immediate family travelled all over Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and South America creating and compiling an impressive photographic essay of the world's flora.

Scope and Content: The collection consists primarily of the photographs and negatives from James Davey's global excursions; arrangement is alphabetical by plant name (scientific and/or common). There is no way to accurately date these items, but most were taken during the 1920's and 1930's. Some dates can be inferred by considering the dates of a visit to a particular part of the world, e.g., photographs of African plant life were taken some time during the summer of 1928. Unfortunately, the dates for most visits are not available.

Two boxes in the collection contain magazine and journal articles arranged alphabetically by subject. There is a small amount of personal correspondence and documentation in Box 10.

1. Articles/ Post Cards: Africa Trip: various dates
2. Articles: Ailanthus glandulora: various dates
3. Articles: Apple Trees: various dates
4. Articles: American Elm Trees: various dates
5. Articles: Aspen Trees: various dates
6. Articles/ Post Cards: Australia Trip: various dates
7. Articles: Autumn: various dates
8. Articles: Betula alba/Birch, (European): various dates
9. Articles: Betula populifolla/ Birch: various dates
10. Articles: Binney Park/ Greenwich, Connecticut: various dates
11. Articles: Black Oaks: undated
12. Articles: Botanical Gardens: various dates
13. Articles: Boxwoods: various dates
14. Articles, Prints: British Isles/ Tree Life: various dates
15. Articles: California/ Plant Life: various dates
16. Articles: Cascare sagrada/ West Virginia: various dates
17. Articles: Castanea dentata/ Chestnut: various dates
18. Articles, Poem: Cedrus lebani/ Cedars of Lebanon: various dates
19. Articles: Central America, Mexico, and the Carribean: various dates
20. Articles, Post Cards: Conifers (General) and Evergreens: various dates
21. Articles: Corpus florida/ Dogwoods: various dates
22. Articles: Chinese Elms: various dates
23. Articles: Cupressus macrocarpa/ Cypress: various dates
24. Articles: Deodar Cedar: various dates
25. Articles: Douglas Spruce: various dates
26. Articles: Dwarf Evergreens: various dates
27. Articles: Dwarf Trees and Hedges: various dates
28. Articles: Eucalyptus: various dates
29. Articles: European Forests: various dates
30. Articles: European Plant Life: various dates
31. Articles: Evergreen Oak: various dates
32. Articles: Fagus americana/ Beech: various dates
33. Articles: Farmhouses of Canada: various dates
34. Articles: Ficus/ Fig: various dates
35. Articles: Fir Trees: various dates
36. Articles: Florida: various dates
37. Articles: Flowering Bushes and Trees: various dates
38. Articles: Flowering Trees: various dates
39. Articles: Flowers: various dates
40. Articles: Forests: various dates
41. Articles: Forestry: various dates
42. Articles: Fruit Trees: various dates
43. Articles: Gardener's Chronicle of America: various dates
44. Articles: General Interest/ Plant Life: various dates
45. Articles: Georgia/ Tree Life: various dates
46. Articles: Ginkgo biloba: various dates
47. Articles: Glacier Park: various dates
48. Articles: Handbooks/ Trees and Plants: various dates
49. Articles: Hawaiian Plant Life: various dates
50. Articles: "Historic and Unusual": various dates
51. Articles: Horse Chestnuts: various dates
52. Articles: House and Garden: various dates
53. Articles: Indiana's Constitutional Elm: various dates
54. Articles: Jamaica/ Plant Life: various dates
55. Articles: Junipers: various dates
56. Articles: Landscaping: various dates
57. Articles: Lightning: various dates
58. Articles: Liquidambar styraciflua: various dates
59. Articles: Liriodendron tulipifera/ Tulip Tree: various dates
60. Articles: Locusts: various dates
61. Articles: Louisiana/ Plant Life: various dates
62. Articles: Magnolias: various dates
63. Articles: Maryland/ Plant Life: various dates
64. Articles: Memorial Trees: various dates
65. Articles: Mexico/ Plant Life: various dates
66. Articles: Mount Ranier: various dates

Box 10--Articles, N through Y; Personal Files
Folder---Contents

1. Articles: Neglect of City Street Trees and Parks: various dates
2. Articles: New Hampshire/ Plant Life: various dates
3. Articles: New Zealand/ Plant Life: various dates
4. Articles: Norway Spruce: various dates
5. Articles: North Carolina: various dates
6. Articles: Nut Trees: various dates
7. Articles: Oak Trees: various dates
8. Articles: Ohio/ Plant Life: various dates
9. Articles: Olive Trees: various dates
10. Articles: Orange Blossoms: various dates
11. Articles: Orcharding: various dates
12. Articles: Orient/ Plant Life: various dates
13. Articles: Ornamental and Shade Trees: various dates
14. Articles: Palm Trees: various dates
15. Articles: Panama/ Plant Life: various dates
16. Articles: Paulownia Trees: various dates
17. Articles: Picca pungens/ Spruce: various dates
18. Articles: Pine Trees: various dates
19. Articles: Pinus caribaea/ Slash Pine: various dates
20. Articles, Photographs: Pinus contorta/ Lodge Pine: various dates
21. Articles: Pinus lambertiana/ Sugar Pine: various dates
22. Articles: Pinus ponderosa/ Yellow Pine: various dates
23. Articles: Pinus strobus/ White Pine: various dates
24. Articles: Pinus taeda/ Loblolly Pine: various dates
25. Articles: Plant Ecology: various dates
26. Articles: Planting: various dates
27. Articles: Plants/ Trees: various dates
28. Articles: Platanus occidentalis/ Sycamore: various dates
29. Articles: Poison Ivy: various dates
30. Articles: Profagation/ Grafting: various dates
31. Articles: Pruning: various dates
32. Articles: "Plymouth Antiquarian Record": August 7, 1930
33. Articles: Populus nigra italica/ Lombardy Poplars: various dates
34. Articles: Quercus alba/ White Oak: various dates
35. Articles: Robinias: various dates
36. Articles: Roystonea regia/ Royal Palm: various dates
37. Articles: Sassafras: various dates
38. Articles: Sciadopitys verticillata/ Umbrella Pine: various dates
39. Articles: Sequoia gigantea/ Giant Sequoia: various dates
40. Articles: Sequoia sempervirens/ Redwoods: various dates
41. Article, Poem: Silver Poplar: various dates
42. Articles: Soils and Roots: various dates
43. Articles: South Africa/ Plant Life: various dates
44. Articles: South America/ Plant Life: various dates
45. Articles: South Carolina/ Tree Life: various dates
46. Articles: South Sea Palms: various dates
47. Articles: Spring (The Season): various dates
48. Articles: Summer (The Season): various dates
49. Articles: Taxodium distichum/ Cypress: various dates
50. Articles: Tamarisks: various dates
51. Articles: Texas/ Tree Life: various dates
52. Articles: Torrey Pine: various dates
53. Articles: Tree Bark: various dates
54. Articles: Tree Butchery: various dates
55. Articles, Pamphlets: Tree Surgery: various dates
56. Articles: Tung Oil: various dates
57. Articles: Ulmus americana/ Elms: various dates
58. Articles: Wild Flowers: various dates
59. Articles: Winter (The Season): various dates
60. Articles: Wood: various dates
61. Articles: Yellowstone National Park: various dates
62. Personal Items: Correspondence: 1927-30
63. Personal Items: Correspondence/ Asia: 1923
64. Personal Items: Correspondence/ Australia: 1928-32
65. Personal Items: Correspondence/ Regarding Forests: 1931
66. Personal Items: Height Verification/ Eucalyptis: undated
67. Personal Items: Photographs/ Family: undated
68. Personal Items: Photographs/ James Davey: undated
69. Personal Items: Photographs/ Neighborhood: undated
70. Personal Items: Negatives/ Neighborhood: undated
71. Personal Items: Speeches/ Martin L. Davey: 1921-30

Box 11--Photographs / Negatives, A through C
Folder---Contents

1. Negatives: Acacia meloxlyn: undated
2. Photographs: Acer platanoides: undated
3. Negatives: Acer platanoides: undated
4. Photographs: Acer saccharem: undated
5. Negatives: Acer saccharem: undated
6. Photographs: Africa Trip: undated
7. Negatives: Africa Trip: undated
8. Negatives: African Tulip: undated
9. Photographs: Ailanthus glandulosa: undated
10. Negatives: Ailanthus glandulosa: undated
11. Photographs: Air Plants: undated
12. Negatives: Air Plants: undated
13. Photographs: Ambrerstia urabilis: undated
14. Negatives: Ambrerstia urabilis: undated
15. Photographs: Apple Trees: undated
16. Negatives: Apple Trees: undated
17. Photographs: Auricarias: undated
18. Photographs: Australia Trip: undated
19. Negatives: Australia Trip: undated
20. Photographs: Australian Pines: undated
21. Negatives: Australian Pines: undated
22. Photographs: Aralia: undated
23. Negatives: Aralia: undated
24. Photographs: Bamboo: undated
25. Negatives: Bamboo: undated
26. Negatives: Banana Plants: undated
27. Photographs: Betula pendula/ Birch: undated
28. Negatives: Betula pendula/ Birch: undated
29. Photographs: Betula populifolia/ Birch: undated
30. Negatives: Betula populifolia/ Birch: undated
31. Negatives: Big Cone Spruce: undated
32. Photographs: Binney Park/ Old Greenwich, Connecticut: undated
33. Negatives: Binney Park/ Old Greenwich, Connecticut: undated
34. Photographs: Boxwoods: undated
35. Negatives: Breadfruit: undated
36. Photographs: Bridges: undated
37. Negatives: Bridges: undated
38. Photographs: Brownia: undated
39. Negatives: Brownia: undated
40. Photographs: Buncka Palm/ Mountain Cabbage: undated
41. Negatives: Buncka Palm/ Mountain Cabbage: undated
42. Photographs: Calabash: undated
43. Negatives: Calabash: undated
44. Photographs: California: 1920s
45. Negatives: California: 1920s
46. Photographs: California Peppers: undated
47. Negatives: California Peppers: undated
48. Photographs: California Pines: undated
49. Negatives: California Pines: undated
50. Photographs: California Sycamores: undated
51. Negatives: California Sycamores: undated
52. Photographs: Castanea dentata/ Chestnut: undated
53. Photographs: Cedrus atlantica/ Cedar: undated
54. Negatives: Cedrus atlantica/ Cedar: undated
55. Photographs: Cedrus lebani/ Cedars of Lebanon: undated
56. Photographs: Churches and Forts: undated
57. Negatives: Churches and Forts: undated
58. Negatives: Cocoa Plants: undated
59. Photographs: Coconut Trees: undated
60. Negatives: Coconut Trees: undated
61. Photographs: Crater Lake National Park: undated
62. Negatives: Crater Lake National Park: undated
63. Photographs: Canadian Buildings/ Quebec: undated
64. Negatives: Canadian Buildings/ Quebec: undated
65. Photographs: Catalupa/ Indian Bean: undated
66. Negatives: Catalupa/ Indian Bean: undated
67. Photographs: Cement Work/ Trees: undated
68. Negatives: Cement Work/ Trees: undated
69. Negatives: Cladrastis lutea: undated
70. Photographs: Colorado/ Tree Life: undated
71. Negatives: Colorado/ Tree Life: undated
72. Photographs: Conifers/ General: undated
73. Photographs: Colonial Houses: undated
74. Negatives: Colonial Houses: undated
75. Photographs: Cornus florida/ Dogwoods: undated
76. Negatives: Cornus florida/ Dogwoods: undated
77. Photographs: Cypressus guadaloupensis/ Tecate Cypress: undated
78. Negatives: Cypressus guadaloupensis/ Tecate Cypress: undated
79. Photographs: Cypressus macrocarpa/ Cypress: undated
80. Negatives: Cypressus macrocarpa/ Cypress: undated

Box 12--Photographs / Negatives, D through P
Folder---Contents

1. Photographs/ Negatives: Deodar Cedar: undated
2. Photographs/ Negatives: Deviations for Trees: undated
3. Photographs: Douglas Spruce: undated
4. Negatives: Douglas Spruce: undated
5. Photographs/ Negatives: Drasenia consienia: undated
6. Photographs/ Negatives: Englemann Spruce: undated
7. Photographs/ Negatives: Eucalyptus: undated
8. Photographs/ Negatives: Fagus americana/ Beech: undated
9. Photographs: Fagus sylvatica pendula/ Weeping Beech: undated
10. Negatives: Fagus sylvatica pendula/ Weeping Beech: undated
11. Photographs/ Negatives: Florida Plant Life: undated
12. Photographs/ Negatives: Flowering Bushes and Trees: undated
13. Photographs/ Negatives: Georgia Plant Life: undated
14. Photographs/ Negatives: Glacier Park: undated
15. Photographs/ Negatives: Ginko biloba: undated
16. Negatives: Guanga: undated
17. Photographs: Hawaiian Plant Life: undated
18. Photographs: Hawthorne (location): undated
19. Negatives: Hawthorne (location): undated
20. Photographs/ Negatives: Hickory: undated
21. Negatives: Honduras Plant Life: undated
22. Photographs: Indiana: undated
23. Negatives: Indiana: undated
24. Photographs: Italian Cypress: undated
25. Negatives: Italian Cypress: undated
26. Photograph: Jamaica Plant Life: undated
27. Negative: Jamaica Plant Life: undated
28. Negatives: Jamaica Ador: undated
29. Photographs: Jamaica Landscapes: undated
30. Negatives: Jamaica Landscapes: undated
31. Negative: Cryptomeria japonica/ undated
32. Photographs: Juniperus/ Junipers: undated
33. Negatives: Juniperus/ Junipers: undated
34. Negatives: Juniferus tirguiana: undated
35. Photographs/ Negatives: Libocedrus decurrens/ Cedar: undated
36. Photographs: Liriodendron tulipifera/ Tulip Tree: undated
37. Negatives: Liriodendron tulipifera/ Tulip Tree: undated
38. Photographs: Locusts: undated
39. Negatives: Locusts: undated
40. Photographs: Logwood: undated
41. Negatives: Logwood: undated
42. Photographs/ Negatives: Magnolias: undated
43. Photographs: Mount Ranier National Park: undated
44. Negatives: Mount Ranier National Park: undated
45. Photographs: New Zealand: undated
46. Photographs/ Negatives: Northern Street Scenes: undated
47. Photographs/ Negatives: Oak Trees in the South: undated
48. Photographs/ Negatives: Olive Trees: undated
49. Photographs: Ohio/ Ancient Earthworks and Monuments: undated
50. Negatives: Ohio/ Ancient Earthworks and Monuments: undated
51. Photographs: Open Tree Cavities: undated
52. Negatives: Open Tree Cavities: undated
53. Photographs: Oregon Dogwood: undated
54. Negatives: Oregon Dogwood: undated
55. Photograph/ Negative: Oxydendrum arborem: undated
56. Photographs: Populus nigra italica/ Lombardy Poplar: undated

Box 13--Photographs / Negatives, P through S
Folder---Contents

1. Photographs: Panama/ Plant Life: undated
2. Negatives: Panama/ Plant Life: undated
3. Photographs: Picca excelsa/ Spruce: undated
4. Negatives: Picca excelsa/ Spruce: undated
5. Photographs: Picca Pungens/ Spruce: undated
6. Negatives: Picca Pungens/ Spruce: undated
7. Photographs: Pinus austriaca/ Australian Pine: undated
8. Negatives: Pinus austriaca/ Australian Pine: undated
9. Photographs: Pinus caribaea/ Splash Pine: undated
10. Negatives: Pinus caribaea/ Splash Pine: undated
11. Negatives: Pinus cantorta/ Lodge Pine: undated
12. Photographs: Pinus lambertiana/ Sugar Pine: undated
13. Negatives: Pinus lambertiana/ Sugar Pine: undated
14. Negatives: Pinus radiata insignus/ Monterey: undated
15. Photographs: Pinus ponderosa/ Yellow Pine: undated
16. Negatives: Pinus ponderosa/ Yellow Pine: undated
17. Negatives: Pinus pungens/ Table Mountains: undated
18. Photographs: Pinus strobus/ White Pine: undated
19. Negatives: Pinus strobus/ White Pine: undated
20. Negatives: Pinus taeda/ Loblolly Pine: undated
21. Photographs: Pinus torreyana/ Torrey Pine: undated
22. Negatives: Pinus torreyana/ Torrey Pine: undated
23. Photographs: Planting Scenes/ Trees: undated
24. Photographs: Plantanus occidentalis/ Sycamore: undated
25. Negatives: Plantanus occidentalis/ Sycamore: undated
26. Photographs: Populus nigra italica/ Lombardy Poplar: undated
27. Negatives: Populus nigra italica/ Lombardy Poplar: undated
28. Photograph: Prickle-Pole Palm: undated
29. Negatives: Prickle-Pole Palm: undated
30. Photographs: Prunus serotina/ Wild Black: undated
31. Negatives: Prunus serotina/ Wild Black: undated
32. Photographs: Quercus alba/ White Oak: undated
33. Negatives: Quercus alba/ White Oak: undated
34. Photographs: Quercus phellos/ Willow Oak: undated
35. Negatives: Quercus phellos/ Willow Oak: undated
36. Photographs: Quercus virginiana/ Oak Trees: undated
37. Negatives: Quercus virginiana/ Oak Trees: undated
38. Photographs: Robinia pseudacacia: undated
39. Negatives: Robinia pseudoacacia: undated
40. Photographs: Roots and soils: undated
41. Negatives: Royal poincrana: undated
42. Photographs: Roystonca regia/ Royal Palm: undated
43. Negatives: Roystonca regia/ Royal Palm: undated
44. Photographs: Salal palmetto: undated
45. Negatives: Salal palmetto: undated
46. Negatives: Sandbox Tree: undated
47. Photographs: Saphora japorica: undated
48. Negatives: Saphora japorica: undated
49. Photographs: Sciadopitys verticillata/ Umbrella Pine: undated
50. Negatives: Sciadopitys verticillata/ Umbrella Pine: undated
51. Photographs: Seascapes: undated
52. Negatives: Seascapes: undated
53. Photographs: Sequoia gigantea/ Giant Sequoia: undated
54. Negatives: Sequoia gigantea/ Giant Sequoia (1): undated
55. Negatives: Sequoia gigantea/ Giant Sequoia (2): undated
56. Photographs: Sequoia sempervirens/ Redwoods: undated
57. Negatives: Sequoia sempervirens/ Redwoods: undated
58. Negatives: Signura vilae: undated
59. Photographs: Sille Cotton: undated
60. Negatives: Sille Cotton: undated
61. Photographs: Silver Poplar: undated
62. Negatives: Silver Poplar: undated
63. Negatives: Sorbus/ Elderleaved: undated
64. Photographs: South Africa: undated
65. Photographs: South Carolina: undated
66. Negatives: South Carolina: undated
67. Photographs: South Seas/ Plant Life: undated
68. Photographs: Switzerland: undated

Box 14--Photographs / Negatives, T through X
Folder---Contents

1. Photographs: Talifsol: undated
2. Negatives: Talifsol: undated
3. Photographs: Tamarisks: undated
4. Negatives: Tamarisks: undated
5. Photographs: Tasmania/ Plant Life: undated
6. Photographs: Tasmania/ Trees: undated
7. Photographs: Taxodium distichum/ Cypress: undated
8. Negatives: Taxodium distichum/ Cypress: undated
9. Photographs: Teton Mountains: undated
10. Negatives: Teton Mountains: undated
11. Negatives: Thatch Palm: undated
12. Negatives: Ticus bengimanira: undated
13. Photographs: Tilia: undated
14. Negatives: Tilia: undated
15. Photographs: Tree Bracing: undated
16. Negatives: Tree Bracing: undated
17. Photographs: Tree Bark/ Fallen Trees: undated
18. Photographs: Tree Butchery: undated
19. Negatives: Tree Butchery: undated
20. Photographs: Tree Healing: undated
21. Negatives: Tree Healing: undated
22. Negatives: Triacanthos gleditsia: undated
23. Negatives: Tsuga canadensis pendula: undated
24. Photographs: Trytluina: undated
25. Negatives: Trytluina: undated
26. Photographs: Tsuga mertensiana/ Mountain Black: undated
27. Negatives: Tsuga mertensiana/ Mountain Black: undated
28. Photographs: Ulmus americana/ Elms: undated
29. Negatives: Ulmus americana/ Elms: undated
30. Photographs: U.S. Tourist Spots: undated
31. Negatives: U.S. Tourist Spots: undated
32. Photographs/ Negatives: United States/ Southern and Northern: undated
33. Photographs: Washington: undated
34. Negatives: Washington: undated
35. Photographs/ Negatives: Washington/ Dry Falls: undated
36. Photographs: Washingtonia filmentosa/ Washington Palm: undated
37. Negatives: Washingtonia filmentosa/ Washington Palm: undated
38. Photographs/ Negatives: Wood Block Filling: undated
39. Photographs: Yellowstone National Park: undated
40. Negatives: Yellowstone National Park: undated
41. Photographs/ Negatives: Yucca Plant: undated
42. Photographs: Xanthoxylum clara-herculis: undated
43. Negatives: Xanthoxylum clara-herculis: undated

Box 15--Miscellaneous Photographs / Negatives
Folder--Contents

This box contains 13 folders containing unidentified photographs and negatives of various plants and landscapes.

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