Institute of Economic Botany (New York Botanical Garden)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Board of Trustees records
Collection
Identifier: RG-02-01
Scope and Contents
The Board of Trustees records consist of administrative files, minutes and supporting documentation for Board and committee meetings, Board member files, and material related to Board trips and retreats. Topics in this collection include Garden finances, design and construction projects, long-range planning, staff appointments, policy developments, departmental and committee reports, and general Garden updates. These records show the Garden’s growth and development, its relationships with...
Dates:
1891 - 2024
Records of the Institute of Economic Botany
Collection
Identifier: RG-18-01
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence and memoranda, publication manuscripts, photographs and illustrations. It contains documents relating to the founding of IEB, its ongoing activities and includes materials on the research projects with Pfizer, Merck, and AID. Includes Biosphere audio and video.
Dates:
1896-2004; Majority of material found within 1981-2004
Ghillean T. Prance records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-23
Scope and Contents
The collection covers Dr. Prance's 25 year career at the New York Botanical Garden from 1963 to the time of his departure in 1988. The collection consists entirely of correspondence and field notebooks. Dr. Prance held several administrative positions throughout his career at the NYBG but much of this correspondence is not arranged to reflect these positions because it was processed in keeping with the arrangement in which it was found. Therefore, there are several specific series left as...
Dates:
1963-1988
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- Audiocassettes 1
- Botanical exploration -- Brazil 1
- Botanical exploration -- Venezuela 1
- Correspondence 1
- Ethnobotany -- Southwest, New 1
- Financial records 1
- Flora of North America North of Mexico. 1
- Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Herbaria -- Data processing 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Plants -- Brazil 1
- Plants -- Venezuela 1
- Program for Economic Botany in Latin America and the Caribbean. 1
- Projeto Flora Amazônica -- Records and correspondence. 1
- Strategic planning -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Timber -- Brazil -- Pará (Brazil : State) 1 ∧ less
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