Series 2: Intermountain Region, 1931-1946

In 1931, Bassett Maguire began his professional botanical career at the Utah State University in Logan where he developed the Intermountain Herbarium, a collection that began with local plants but developed as a regional research collection. After joining NYBG in 1943, he continued for several years to lead botanical expeditions to the Intermountain region of the western United States. The series, arranged in one alphabetical listing, includes Maguire's doctoral dissertation from Cornell University in 1938, his field work, correspondence and early scholarship prior to his professional appointment at the Garden.