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Small, John Kunkel, 1869-1938.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas A. Edison papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-025
Scope and Contents The collection documents the research of the Edison Botanical Corporation in its search for a natural rubber source native to the United States. It contains carbon copies of typewritten transcriptions of 46 of the 53 research notebooks and Experiments 974-1334 towards the invention of the Electric Lightbulb. These were transcribed by Mrs. Lillian Roth of Irvington N. J. in 1963 from the microfilmed versions located at Edison National Historic Site in W. Orange N. J. They were given to Harold...
Dates: 1880-1964; Majority of material found within 1927-1930

John Kunkel Small records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-04-29
Scope and Contents The John Kunkel Small Collection documents Small's tenure as the first Curator of Museums at the New York Botanical Garden; his published and unpublished floristic studies of Southcentral, Southeastern, Northeastern United States and Florida, New York, and Texas; and his studies of cacti, ferns, palms and vines. Color plates and an original watercolor illustrating his discovery and publication of ninety species of wild Irises in Louisiana are also found in the collection. It contains...
Dates: 1892-1938; Majority of material found within 1908-1935

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Bambusa--Utilization. 1
Cactaceae -- East (U.S.). 1
Climbing plants -- North America. 1
Compositae -- Pictorial Works. 1
Convolvulaceae. 1