Jacksonville's Treaty Oak

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Jacksonville's Treaty Oak

Entry/Object ID

Library.2045

Tags

Library records not in public view, Library Rare books collection as of June 4 2023

Description

[20] pages : illustrations (1 folded) ; 23 x 29 cm Jacksonville's Treaty Oak by William Rivers. Illustrator: Brenda Council Cover title. Poems about the Treaty Oak. This first edition is a limited issue publication released to collectors in the year 1980 commemorating the Great Live Oak, Treaty Oak. 5000 copies printed but no indication of copy number owned by JHS as blank space in registered number field. Contents: Jacksonville's treaty oak -- In the making -- To treaty oak -- folded drawing of families picnicking under tree -- Love entwined -- Under a tree -- Rendezvous with a tree -- Old and tried -- Always -- About treaty oak -- Appendix(Suggested point system for grading an oak) -- Drawing of location. Acknowledgements: Mrs. Alfred I. DuPont who purchased the site presenting it to the city of Jacksonville, preserving the tree for posterity.. W. C. Rivers, Sr. "The tree is in a seven acre park maintained by the city of Jacksonville. The park land was deeded to the city on May 30, 1964 by Mrs. Alfred I. Dupont as a gift. The poems and artworks in this book are a tribute to Treaty Oak and to all trees whose beauty and permanence have enriched the lives of so many people. Originally known as the "The Great Oak" until Pat Moran, a newspaper reporter, gave it the name Treaty Oak". There are 4 large oaks in Duval County, which, when based on the grading system for oak trees, compare. They are the Timquan, Second Street, and Keystone Episcopal that attained some notoriety. But they can't match the the majestic spread of Treaty Oak." According to ancestry, Mr. Rivers was born in Jacksonville on Nov. 2, 1925 and died April 5, 1997.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Treaty Oak (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Historic trees -- Florida -- Jacksonville.

Publication Details

Author

Rivers, William C.

Publisher

Rivers Speciality Corp.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Jacksonville, Florida.

Call No.

Rare Book PS 3568 .I8335 J33 1980