A memorial tablet placed by a garden path in memory of Mr. William Robertson Coe who gave his beloved "Planting Fields" to the people of the great state of New York so that it might be preserved and developed as a public arboretum. Under the auspices of the Coe Foundation, W. R. Coe gave the Buffalo Bill Museum many western paintings and sculptures, including the Remington Studio Collection. Perhaps his most important work through the foundation, however, was the development of American Studies programs throughout the country. In 1949 Coe read an article in the New York Times indicating that only one third of American colleges included United States History as a major. Coe began in 1952 by financing a summer refresher course in United States History for high school teachers at the University of Wyoming. A year later he endowed the University's American Studies program with a gift of $750,000. Altogether the University of Wyoming received over $2,500,000 in gifts and bequests, including the financing of the American Studies wing of the library, acquisition of books, endowment of a chair of American Studies, ten undergraduate scholarships, eight graduate fellowships, and endowment for summer programs of refresher courses. Coe also gave Yale University $500,000 to establish a professorship in American History. In all, Coe and the Coe Foundation sponsored summer programs at over 40 different colleges and universities, totaling more than $1,250,000.