| An Abundant Arboretum Contributor(s): Lee, Sylvia Houston (Author) |
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ISBN: 1733935908 ISBN-13: 9781733935906 Publisher: Sylvia Houston Lee OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2019 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.32 lbs) 386 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a reader-friendly, short history of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum near Superior, Arizona. Information was obtained from archives and interviews. The story begins with a short biography of the founder, William Boyce Thompson, and ends when the University of Arizona and Arizona State Parks have joined the Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum as a triumvirate of co-administrators. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lee, Sylvia Houston: - Sylvia Houston Lee was born in 1941 in Houston, Texas, into a family with the surname of Houston but who were not related to Texas' hero Sam Houston. After obtaining a "fine arts" bachelor's degree she took graduate classes in anthropology, then graduated with a BSN and worked as an RN for the Indian Health Service. She gained skills for searching out researching archives and interviewing people from the anthropology classes and from inter-personal interactions as a nurse. After retiring, Sylvia began volunteering at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum and soon agreed to research and write the bistory of the arboretum. |