Save the Redwoods League, 1912-1932

This series contains letters transmitting determinations, loans and receipts for Paleobotanic materials sent to the NYBG during Dr. Hollick’s tenure. Other correspondence relates to Dr. Hollick's research. Particularly notable in this series is Hollick’s 25 year correspondence with E.C. Jeffrey of the Phanerogamic Botany Laboratory at Harvard. Together they investigated the Cretaceous flora of Staten Island, New Jersey and Martha’s Vineyard. Hollick’s field notes for these studies are located in the Field Notebook Collection. Correspondence from the U.S. Geologic Survey contains the records of Dr. Hollick’s appointments. Other correspondence with the U. S. G. S. is filed alphabetically under the individual correspondent. See especially K, for Hollick’s correspondence with Knowleton. Correspondence with the Merriam Co. in the M folder contains his revisions on paleobotanical terms for Webster’s Dictionary, 1927. Correspondence with Charlotte H. Schmidt transmits the “List of Fossil Plant Genera and Living Plants Found Fossil” compiled by her and reviewed by Hollick in 1919. The list itself is located in Series 8: Manuscripts. Correspondence in Series 8: Manuscripts is found in the scrapbook dedicated to Hollick's article in on Paleobotany in The New International Encyclopedia. Correspondence related to Hollicks Alaska Expedition is located in Series 9: Alaska Expedition. One manuscript found in Series 3: Correspondence is “Glacial Reliefs South of and In the Last Moraine” located in the Botanical Society of America folder. Correspondence related to Dr. Hollick's field work in Alaska is found in Series 9: Alaska Expedition.