Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934
Person
Found in 3 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
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
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- Correspondence 2
- Acrocarpous mosses 1
- Administrative reports 1
- Andros Island (Bahamas) -- Maps 1
- Bryology 1
- Cactaceae 1
- Financial records 1
- Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York 1
- Library buildings 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
- Plants -- Bahamas 1
- Plants -- Canada. 1
- Plants -- Cuba. 1
- Plants -- Florida 1
- Plants -- Jamaica 1
- Pleurocarpous mosses 1
- Polygala 1
- Printing plates 1
- Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Women botanists 1 ∧ less
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