Antibiotics: information and correspondence on NYBG isolations, undated

This series consists of 7 boxes of notes and records of experiments and research findings. Subject matter includes antibiotics and their action, cultures, plant morphology and biochemistry, floral and fungal growth, pathogens, chemical derivatives, and a variety of botanical topics. There are written notes, tables, lists, graphs, chemical formulae and processes, lab procedures, annotated reprints, photographs, and correspondence. Robbins received inocula for experimental cultures from his associates and subsequently named several series of experiments for these individuals. These include Baxter, Cardoso, Davidson, Gray, Jackson, Lopes, Nobles, Whetzel, White, and Wilkins series. Additional information may be found in related correspondence files and laboratory notebooks under these names.

The research records fall into the following categories: (a) species of organism; (b) plant physiology and biochemistry; (c) plant forms and functions; (d) named culture experiment series, (as above); (d) named and/or numbered experiments; (e) laboratory methods and procedures; and (f) bibliographic notes. See also Series 7: Abstracts; Series 8: Laboratory Notebooks; Series 9: Manuscripts & Typescripts; and the photographic media for related information. Also included is Robbins' personal, annotated copy of Asa Gray's Flowering Plants and Ferns.