Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934
Person
Found in 5 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
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
Nathaniel L. Britton, Elmer D. Merrill, and Marshall A. Howe records
Collection
Identifier: RG-03-01
Scope and Contents
The Britton, Merrill, and Howe Records document the NYBG administrative careers of Britton, Merrill, and Howe as well as the history of the institution during their directorships (1880-1936). These records also overlap with the early years of William J. Robbins’ NYBG administrative career (1937-1958). The Britton, Merrill, and Howe Records are arranged in the following four series:
Administrative...
Dates:
1875-1946
Nathaniel Lord Britton records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-05
Scope and Contents
The Nathaniel Lord Britton collection consists of correspondence, research and personal papers, manuscripts and typescripts, lecture notes, photography, certificates, and a suede-bound presentation volume. It covers his botanical career including graduate studies at Columbia College (1875-79), association with the Torrey Botanical Club, the founding and directorship of the New York Botanical Garden (1891-1929), and post-retirement years to his death in 1934. Information about Dr. Britton's...
Dates:
1875-1976; Majority of material found within 1888-1930
Frances W. Horne papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-036
Scope and Contents
The Frances Horne Papers consists of photocopied typescripts, correspondence, research notes, and related artwork One typescript is collected in a bound volume. The artwork has been separated from the collection and transferred to the NYBG Art & Illustration Collection #35.
Dates:
1924-1966; Majority of material found within 1930-1935
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- Correspondence 3
- Financial records 2
- Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York 2
- Acrocarpous mosses 1
- Administrative reports 1
- Andros Island (Bahamas) -- Maps 1
- Audiocassettes 1
- Botanical artists 1
- Botany -- Research 1
- Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934. Flora Borinquena. 1
- Bryology 1
- Cactaceae 1
- Cactaceae -- Puerto Rico 1
- Library buildings 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 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 -- Bahamas 1
- Plants -- Canada. 1
- Plants -- Cuba 1
- Plants -- Florida 1
- Plants -- Identification 1
- Plants -- Jamaica 1
- Plants -- Puerto Rico -- Pictorial works 1
- Pleurocarpous mosses 1
- Polygala 1
- Printing plates 1
- Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Strategic planning -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Women botanists 1 ∧ less
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