Anderson, A. P. (Alexander Pierce)

Scope and Contents The bulk of the records are a collection of laboratory notebooks in which Anderson meticulously recorded each of his experiments as well as the equipment and instruments he used during the experiments. The collection also includes several hundred patents from the U.S. Patent office, both of his own inventions and those of other inventors. The records also contain a few pieces of correspondence relating to his invention of the "puffing process" as well as a few articles written by Anderson...

Scope and Contents

This collection consists mostly of correspondence. After Dr. MacDougal left the employ of the NYBG in 1905, no further papers were deposited with the NYBG. The bulk of this collection is concerned with the attempt to establish a botanical research station in the tropics. It should be noted that Dr. MacDougal was employed by the University of Minnesota at the time of the creation of this Tropical Laboratory Commission.