Series 1: Pat Holmgren, 1961-2014

This series contains material from Pat Holmgren dating from 1961 to 2014. It is comprised of two boxes or 2.6 linear feet. The series includes correspondence, material from a variety of professional organizations Pat was involved with, various items from her career at The New York Botanical Garden, and material from projects she participated in. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by last name. The remaining files in this series are arranged alphabetically by the title of the folder. Date ranges for folders are included were possible.

Prominent correspondents include Bill and Chris Anderson, Jeanne Janish, Henry Mockel, Frans Stafleu, Arnold Tiehm, and Margaret Williams all of whom have their own files.

Pat was involved with a number of professional organizations and the material in this series reflects that. The professional organizations represented are the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), the Association of Systematics Collections (ASC), the Botanical Society of America (BSA), the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT), the International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI), and the International Working Group on Taxonomic Databases for Plant Sciences (TDWG). The material includes documentation, minutes, projects, plans, awards, and other items that came out of the work and meetings these organizations.

Some material from Pat's time working at the New York Botanical Garden can be found in this series. This included documentation of the search for Vice President for Science and the Press Director, the science assessment panel and reports for the science division prepared by Pat.

The projects included in this series include the Species Plantarum Project which was taken on by the International Organization for Plant Information to record and publish taxonomic information on vascular plants worldwide. The material here is dated from 1989 to 1997. Frans Stafleu researched the history of NYBG and the material he produced in doing so is included in this series.