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- catalog abstract "Compiled by J. G. Jack, primarily during his tenure at the Arnold arboretum, this collection consists of biographical information and correspondence, as well as publications, images, and research notes. J. G. Jack worked as a lecturer at the Arnold arboretum and was the first staff member, after Sargent, to visit Asia. The collection covers the time period from 1887-1949, with most materials coming from the 1930’s.".
- catalog contributor b754805.
- catalog contributor b754806.
- catalog coverage "Arnold Arboretum.".
- catalog date "1887".
- catalog description "Born in Chateauguay, Quebec, Canada on April 15, 1861, John George Jack was one of twelve children of Robert and Annie Jack. Jack became a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1882 where he made contacts that eventually let to employment at the Arnold Arboretum. In April 1886, Jack visited the director of the Arboretum Charles Sprague Sargent (1841-1927) at his Brookline estate Holm Lea. Jack taught forestry both at Harvard, often with Richard T. Fisher (1876-1934), the first director of the Harvard Forest, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also held a lectureship from 1899 to 1908. Soon after Jack joined the Arboretum he began collecting and documenting plants in the United States and abroad. During the summers of 1898 and 1900, Jack was an agent for the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1891, he visited botanic gardens in France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and England and in 1904, he and Arboretum taxonomist Alfred Rehder collected plant specimens and took photographs in the western United States and in Canada. In 1905, Jack became the first staff member after Sargent to visit Asia. He focused his travels on Korea and Japan. In addition to collecting seeds and herbarium specimens representing 258 plants, Jack took photographs of individual specimens and of landscape views and returned with 172 images, many of them as lantern slides, a format especially useful for his teaching. John George Jack, Arnold Arboretum Assistant Professor of Dendrology, Emeritus, died May 20, 1949 at age 88.".
- catalog description "Compiled by J. G. Jack, primarily during his tenure at the Arnold arboretum, this collection consists of biographical information and correspondence, as well as publications, images, and research notes. J. G. Jack worked as a lecturer at the Arnold arboretum and was the first staff member, after Sargent, to visit Asia. The collection covers the time period from 1887-1949, with most materials coming from the 1930’s.".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://arboretum.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/II_A-3_JGJ_2012.pdf".
- catalog description "Inventory available in library; folder level control.".
- catalog description "John George Jack Papers. Arnold Arboretum Library of Harvard University.".
- catalog extent "8 linear inches.".
- catalog issued "1887".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Arnold Arboretum.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Arboretums Massachusetts.".
- catalog subject "Jack, John G. (John George), 1861-1949.".
- catalog subject "Woody plants.".
- catalog title "John George Jack (1861-1949) Papers, 1887-1990.".
- catalog type "collection".