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February 22, 2024
Joel's Wisdom in the Garden: Remembered by Mandy Katz
In fond memory of Curator Joel T. Fry (February 22, 1957–March 21, 2023) Almost one year past the date of Joel’s surprising illness and death, I still find myself in...
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Slavery & Freedom at Bartram’s Garden
Research paper by Joel T. Fry (2019), presented at Investigating Mid-Atlantic Plantations.
Stories We Know: Recording the Black History of Bartram’s Garden and Southwest Philadelphia
Research by Sharece Blakney with contributions by Antoine Akines, Sade Black, Chris Bolden-Newsome, Joel T. Fry, Tykia Jerry, Ahmad Muhaimin, Aislin Pentecost-Farren, Qiana Ganges, and Aseel Rasheed (2017).
Jogging Along with and without James Logan: Early Plant Science in Philadelphia
Research paper by Joel T. Fry (2014), presented at James Logan and the Networks of Atlantic Culture and Politics, 1699–1751.
Moses Bartram’s Account Book, 1778–1788: Notes Made by a Philadelphia Apothecary
Essay by Eleanora Gordon Baird, MD (2003).
The Bartram Women: Farm Wives, Artists, Botanists, and Entrepreneurs
Essay by Merril D. Smith (2001).
Franklinia Alatamaha, A History of That “Very Curious” Shrub
Essay by Joel T. Fry (2000).
Archaeological Research at Historic Bartram’s Garden
Essay by Joel T. Fry (1998).
The Pond at Bartram’s Garden
Essay by Joel T. Fry (1997).
Preserving the Bartrams’ Living Legacy
Essay by Pamela Allenstein (1995).
The Introduction of the Poinsettia at Bartram’s Garden
Essay by Joel T. Fry (1994).
John Bartram Carr, the Unknown Bartram
Essay by Joel T. Fry (1994).
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