Small, John Kunkel, 1869-1938.
Person
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Collection documents Small's tenure as the first Curator of Museums at the New York Botanical Garden; his published and unpublished floristic studies of Southcentral, Southeastern, Northeastern United States and Florida, New York, and Texas; and his studies of cacti, ferns, palms and vines.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
- Cycadales -- Florida. 1
- Edison Botanica Research Group. 1
- Edison Botanical Co. 1
- Everglades National Park (Fla.) -- History -- Sources. 1
- Filices -- Classification. 1
- Filices -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster County. 1
- Incandescent lamps--Technological innovations. 1
- Louisiana Irises -- Culture. 1
- Louisiana Irises -- Pictorial Works. 1
- Opuntia -- Identification. 1
- Palmae -- Florida. 1
- Palmae -- United States. 1
- Plants -- East (U.S.) 1
- Plants -- Florida -- Classification. 1
- Plants -- Louisiana -- Classification. 1
- Plants -- New York (N.Y) -- Bronx. 1
- Plants -- Northeastern States. 1
- Plants -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster County. 1
- Plants -- South Atlantic States. 1
- Plants -- Southern States. 1
- Plants -- Texas. 1
- Plants -- West Indies -- Classification. 1
- Rubber plants--United States--Research. 1
- Rubber plants--Utilization. 1
- Solidago -- Economic aspects 1
- Solidago--Industrial applications. 1 ∧ less
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