Maxon, William R. (William Ralph), 1877-1948
Person
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
Henry A. Gleason records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-10
Scope and Contents
The Henry Allan Gleason Records, 1921-1975, documents the scientific and administrative career of Dr. Gleason at the New York Botanic Garden. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence generated in his capacities as head curator, assistant director and acting director of the institution. Other materials are photographs and printed, typewritten and manuscript articles and botanical descriptions; especially material related to his life work- a comprehensive study of the flora of...
Dates:
1921-1983; Majority of material found within 1930-1950
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- Acrocarpous mosses 1
- Botany -- Research 1
- Bryology 1
- California Botanic Garden 1
- Correspondence 1
- Manuscripts (documents) 1
- Melastomataceae 1
- Musci -- Caribbean Area 1
- Musci -- North America 1
- Musci -- West Indies 1
- Pacaraima (Brazil) 1
- Personal papers 1
- Photoengravings (prints) 1
- Photograph albums 1
- Photographs 1
- Phytosociology -- History -- Sources 1
- Plant collecting 1
- Plants -- Guiana Highlands 1
- Plants -- Guyana 1
- Plants -- Identification 1
- Plants -- Venezuela 1
- Pleurocarpous mosses 1
- Printing plates 1
- Scientific expeditions -- Venezuela 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Women botanists 1 ∧ less
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