Columbia University
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-04
Scope and Contents
The Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton records include correspondence, research materials, personal papers, manuscripts, typescripts, photographs, artwork, and printing plates. These materials document her teaching career at the Normal School (now Hunter College), her involvement with the Torrey Botanical Club, her role in founding and contributing to the Sullivant Moss Society, her research on the flora of the Caribbean and West Indies, and her work at the New York Botanical Garden.
Dates:
1802 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1935
William J. Robbins records
Collection
Identifier: RG-03-02
Scope and Contents
The William J. Robbins Records document Robbins' career as Director of NYBG from 1937-1958 as well as the history of the institution during this time period. The records are divided into nine series:
Correspondence, 1920-1980
Administrative Records, 1891-1980
Financial Records, 1930-1960
Education, 1930-1958
Publications,...
Dates:
1891 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1963
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- Subject
- Acrocarpous mosses 1
- Arboretums -- New York (N.Y.) 1
- Bayard Cutting Arboretum (Long Island, N.Y.) -- History 1
- Botany -- New York (State) 1
- Botany -- Research 1
- Bryology 1
- Financial records 1
- Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Musci -- Caribbean Area 1
- Musci -- North America 1
- Musci -- West Indies 1
- Personal papers 1
- Photoengravings (prints) 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Photographs 1
- Plant collecting 1
- Plants -- Identification 1
- Pleurocarpous mosses 1
- Printing plates 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Women botanists 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 ∧ less
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