Prance, Ghillean T., 1937-
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Herbarium Office
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-12
Scope and Contents
The herbarium records were organized as a central file for routine Herbarium activities, from the inception of the herbarium to 1997. Large gaps in the files exist, but additional administrative papers of the Herbarium may be found within the records or papers of individuals who served in an administrative capacity. The records encompass the work of various head curators and administrators as well as curatorial and other herbarium staff, including Richard Cowan, Arthur Cronquist, Patricia...
Dates:
1897-1997; Majority of material found within 1937-1996
Boris A. Krukoff records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-19
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Krukoff collection is devoted to extensive notes, reprints, clippings, and background materials for his research on medicinal plants. It also includes correspondence and memoranda on the various drug plant projects he conducted at Merck, literature surveys and reference books. Four albums contain photographs from Merck projects in Guatamala and Costa Rica.The organization of the collection follows Krukoff's original exhaustive lists. Many of the sixteen series...
Dates:
1926-1983
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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- Subject: New York Botanical Garden Archives. X
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- New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium -- Records and correspondence. 2
- Association for Tropical Biology -- Records and correspondence. 1
- Botanical exploration -- Brazil. 1
- Botanical exploration -- Venezuela. 1
- Cinchona -- Analysis. 1
- Erythrina -- Classification. 1
- Flora of North America North of Mexico. 1
- Herbaria -- Data processing. 1
- Institute of Economic Botany (New York Botanical Garden) 1
- Krukoff, B. A. -- Archives. 1
- Medicinal plants -- Research. 1
- Menispermaceae 1
- Merck & Co. 1
- New York Botanical Garden -- Automation. 1
- New York Botanical Garden -- History -- Sources. 1
- Plants -- Brazil. 1
- Plants -- Venezuela. 1
- Projeto Flora Amazônica -- Records and correspondence. 1
- Strychnos 1
- Timber -- Brazil -- Para (State) 1
- William and Lynda Steere Herbarium. 1 ∧ less
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