Series 5: Field Work, 1962-1971

This series contains notes, correspondence, reports, specimen lists and dissections drawn on site during Dr. Allen’s five grant-funded field trips to South American, Mexican, and European herbaria and botanical gardens. A personal journal recording her experiences during her first expedition offers insight into her personality and issues faced by female scientists of her era. Other drawings and illustrations done by Dr. Allen are located in the Botanical Art and Illustration Collection.