phinds Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 My friend David Clark is trying to locate the Jesup Wood Collection which is rumored to be somewhere in Memphis, possibly at a university/college or maybe at a public or private museum or some kind of research institute. Anyone happen to know what such institutions there are in Memphis that might have anything to do with wood? Thanks, Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Are you referring to Memphis TN, or Memphis NY, or Memphis IL, or Memphis Egypt? I live about 80 miles from Memphis TN, might be able to track something down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted July 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Are you referring to Memphis TN, or Memphis NY, or Memphis IL, or Memphis Egypt? I live about 80 miles from Memphis TN, might be able to track something down there. TN. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 No luck finding it yet, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 No luck finding it yet, sorry.I appreciate the effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) http://hcope.com/jessup/ This guy knows. Anybody know this guy? Couldn't find that barn so removed the image. Edited August 4, 2015 by C Shaffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 5, 2015 Report Share Posted August 5, 2015 Thanks, Shaffer! I tried to look up the domain registry for hcope.com. Unfortunately for us, the owner's email is hidden behind a privacy wall. I sent a request to the public address, maybe they will respond, maybe not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 (edited) I saw that Mike but cannot find that barn on a satellite sweep of Agricenter's property so removed my post.Also a sad change from this... Edited August 6, 2015 by C Shaffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Well, I'll pass that info on to David. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Well, I'll pass that info on to David. Thanks. No reply from the hcope.com domain owner (yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 I got a reply from the person who owns that website. Said the collection was in an old barn near Germantown TN, belonging to the Ag center. That was several years ago. He / she was able to purchase some of the pieces, so the collectin may be dispersed by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Thanks for following up on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 9, 2015 Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 I got a reply from the contact at Agricenter. It reads: "Contact John Charles Wilson. He is President of Agricenter. His office number is 901-757-7777. Dial 0 for operator." I'll be happy to contact Mr. Wilson, or your friend can call directly, if he prefers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2015 Fantastic. You've done David's work for him. Thank youPaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 (edited) Thanks again for this information. I spoke to Mr. Wilson yesterday and David will be calling him tomorrow.The collection is intact and owned by the ag. center that Mr. Wilson heads up. Some of the pieces are out on loan but can be recalled on demand. David's next step in talking to Wilson is to ascertain the condition of the pieces.Mr Wilson IS interested in selling the collection so David is very happy. Hope it works out for him. EDIT: Oh, and at some point I hope to have better pics of the collection and I'll post them here. Edited August 16, 2015 by phinds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Paul, I got another message from Hayes Copeland, owner of that website. He provided a photo of the five pieces he purchased and restored. Located in Sallisaw, OK, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 looks like he did a great job, compared with those dusty ones sitting in the barn. Sounds like Wilson mislead me since he said the collection was still entirely owned by the ag center but with some pieces out on loan, not sold outright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 How long has Wilson overseen the collection? He may have been informed incorrectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 That could be. I didn't think to ask. My task was to just get a solid contact person for David, and you've done that for me. I'll post here what the follow through is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 17, 2015 Report Share Posted August 17, 2015 Mr. Copeland did mention that his visit, and subsequent purchase, took place several years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 What is the significance of this collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 What is the significance of this collection? Just that people just don't DO collections like it any more so getting one intact is a coup for a Xylarium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 ntact is a coup for a Xylarium I have no idea what that means. Let me ask a different way. I have just read that Mr. Jesup attempted to collect one trunk and one foliage specimen from native trees to the United States in the late 1800's.Is this collection only relevant because of it's age, or is there something more like that it is actually an inclusive sampling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 One more message from Mr. Copeland. He says: "The 5 pieces are on display at Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith, Arkansas. They are in the Elvis Presley Barber Shop Museum." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phinds Posted August 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 One more message from Mr. Copeland. He says: "The 5 pieces are on display at Fort Chaffee near Fort Smith, Arkansas. They are in the Elvis Presley Barber Shop Museum."Thanks. I'll pass that on to David. I have no idea what that means. Let me ask a different way. I have just read that Mr. Jesup attempted to collect one trunk and one foliage specimen from native trees to the United States in the late 1800's.Is this collection only relevant because of it's age, or is there something more like that it is actually an inclusive sampling?I really can only repeat what I said. Such collections just are not done any more. They COULD be done, but it isn't happening. Any collection of a substantial number of species from any one area (the US for example) is appealing to a xylarium and I suppose there is some cache from it being a collection that was put together back in the days when such things WERE done and were done with some care (provenance of samples can be an issue). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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