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Gary J. Samuels papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-053

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, photographs, and personal papers covering portions of Dr. Samuels’ career with the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the NYBG, and the USDA Agriculture Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland.

Dates

  • 1970-2000
  • Majority of material found within 1973-1984

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz Library staff.

Conditions Governing Use

Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should be submitted in writing to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York Botanical Garden.

Biographical / Historical

Gary J. Samuels (born 1944) is a mycologist and authority on the taxonomy of the Hypocrealean fungi. He was born in Grove City, PA and obtained his B.Sc. (1966) in botany at the Pennsylvania State University and M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1971) in biology at Columbia University. During his graduate education he held a fellowship at the New York Botanical Garden. He studied under Clark T. Rogerson and completed a dissertation on the taxonomy of the genus Nectriopsis. In 1973 Dr. Samuels joined the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Plant Diseases Division and continued his studies of the Hypocreales. He became a Research Associate of the NYBG in 1985. Dr. Samuels has conducted extensive fieldwork in South America and New Zealand and has compiled An Annotated Index to the Mycological Writings of Franz Petrak. He is currently employed as a research botanist by the USDA Agriculture Research Service (Systematic Botanical and Mycological Laboratory) in Beltsville, Maryland where he has conducted research on the Hypocrea schweinitzii complex, phylogenetic analysis of ascomycetes, and the genus Trichoderma as a biological control agent.

Extent

0.8 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The collection is organized into four series:

Items

  1. Series 1: Correspondence. Circa 1970-2000. Arranged alphabetically.
  2. Series 2: Reports. 1971-1990. Arranged alphabetically.
  3. Series 3: Photographs. 1967 and 1978.
  4. Series 4: Personal Papers. Circa 1983-1995. Arranged alphabetically by subject.c

Physical Location

Archives, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden.

Other Finding Aids

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Dr. Gary Samuels donated the collection to the New York Botanical Garden in June 2000.

Related Materials

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN:

RG4--Kent Dumont Records

RG4--Clark T. Rogerson Records

Processing Information

Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, January 2001 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in August 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).

Status
Completed
Author
David Rose
Date
January 2001
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, January 2001 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in August 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).

Revision Statements

  • August 2006: Converted to EAD by Kathleene Konkle.

Repository Details

Part of the The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden Repository

Contact:
New York Botanical Garden, Mertz Library
2900 Southern Boulevard
Bronx NY 10458 United States