Series 3: Manuscripts and Publications, 1904-1962

This series holds the whimsical aspects of Dr. Gleason’s career. One folder contains some lines of music and poetry composed by him and a number of verse parodies of the popular songs of the day. Other material includes a full run of the mimeographed community newsletter, "The Biolog", published at the summer station of the University of Michigan, during Gleason’s tenure. The original and a reference copy of the book, "Thumbnail Sketches of Botanists", invaluable for biographers of its subjects, is included in this series. A bound copy is in the library collection. Also in this series is a collection of essays on scientific and non-scientific topics, a long biographical essay on Nathaniel Lord Britton and an unidentified bibliography which touches on a variety of plant families and includes references dated before 1925.