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CFM2006_08c Guide to the Michael A. Spencer Collection on Julian Nally, 1908-1977 Processed by Judith Beale; finding aid prepared by Judith Beale University of Central Florida, Special Collections and University Archives

P.O. Box 162666 Orlando FL 32816 Telephone: 407-823-2576.

Finding aid encoded by Judith Beale October 2006 Description is written in English Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard Descriptive Summary All the materials are written in English Michael A. Spencer Collection on Julian Nally 1908-1977 CFM2006_08c These papers were collected by Michael A. Spencer 1 Box; 0.2 linear feet Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,

P. O. Box 162666 Orlando, FL 32816, Telephone: 407-823-2576, E-mail: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu

Julian Nally grew bromeliads on the property that had once belonged to Henry Nehrling at Gotha, Florida. This collection mostly contains photographs of Nally's plants and family, but it also holds one letter to Nally from the Department of Agriculture. Selected Subjects and Access Points

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Nally, Julian Botany--Florida Tropical Plants Gardening--Florida Gardens--Florida Plants, Ornamental--Florida Horticulture--Florida Photographic prints Acquisition Information

Michael A. Spencer donated these materials to the University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Department in 2006.

Processing History

The materials were placed in pH neutral folders and some photographs were identified.

Access

The entire collection is open for research.

Some images are merely copies of originals held by Mr. Spencer; therefore, copyright permission will have to be obtained before publication.

Related Material

Michael A. Spencer also donated collections on Henry Nehrling and Theodore Mead. Please see the finding aids for those collections for further information.

Preferred Citation

Michael A. Spencer Collection on Julian Nally, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Biographical/Historical Note

Julian Nally was born in 1903; his father was Edward Julian Nally who became the president of RCA. Julian graduated from Princeton University and in 1932, he purchased the former Nehrling property known as Palm Cottage Gardens. There, he and his wife Margaret continued Nehrling's work growing bromeliads. He hybridized a bromeliad which he named Aechmea Maginali after his wife. Nally was a charter member of the Bromeliad Society, Inc. and served on the Board of Directors from 1951 through 1970. Julian Nally died in 1977.

Collection Scope and Content

This collection is divided into two series by type of document. Series I: Photographs, 1908-1972 documents Nally's work in growing plants. Images show the Nally home in Gotha as well as places from where he acquired plants and where he exhibited and commercially displayed them. Photographs also show members of the Nally family and household as well as other bromeliad growers in Central Florida. One images shows the Nally home in New York.

Series II: Correspondence, 1937 holds one letter from the Department of Agriculture to Julian Nally.

Contents List Series I: Photographs, 1908-1977. 2 folders.

Photographs show bromeliads, orchids and other plants. Plants at the Nally house in Gotha, commercial and exhibition displays of plants, nurseries in Costa Rica and Puerto Rico and natural Florida landscapes at the Koreshan Unity Grounds in Estero Florida are all shown in this series. Some images show plants for which Nally is famous such as Gloriosa Lilies and Aechmea Maginali. People and Places include family photographs of Julian Nally at various ages, his father Edward, his sister Mary Lee with her husband and his servant, Onie with his family. Also shown are other prominent growers of bromeliads in Central Florida, Jim Vosters, Althea Von Hyning and Don Boehme. One black and white photograph shows the Nally home in New York; copies of black and white photographs show the interior of Julian Nally's home.

Box Folder 1 1 Plants. 1960-1977. 1 2 People and Places. Circa 1908-1972. Series II: Correspondence, 1937. 1 folder

A single piece of correspondence from the Department of Agriculture to Julian Nally comprises this series.

Box Folder 1 3 Correspondence. 1937.