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Samuel Chester Damon papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-022

Scope and Contents

The Samuel Chester Damon collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, research notes, pencil sketches, and photographs during his graduate studies and position with the U.S. Army Quartermaster Depot.

Dates

  • 1947-1952

Creator

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

Samuel Chester Damon II (1923-1952) was a taxonomic mycologist born in Baltimore, Maryland 18 November 1923. He gained his B.A. in Botany (1944) at Brown University and Ph.D. (1951) at the University of Iowa. After service in the U.S. Navy in World War II he worked as Taxonomic Mycologist in the Research and Development Laboratories of the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot of the U.S. Army. Damon conducted research and published six articles on the genera Cheiromyces, Sepedonium, and related fungi. Some of his research was done at the New York Botanical Garden with the guidance of Donald P. Rogers. Damon’s life was cut short by Hodgkin’s disease at the age of 28. His herbarium was presented to, and is held by, the NYBG.

Extent

0.7 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

The collection is organized into four series:

  1. Series 1: Correspondence. 1947-1951. Arranged alphabetically.
  2. Series 2: Manuscripts and Typescripts. 1948-1951. Arranged alphabetically.
  3. Series 3: Research Papers. 1948-1952. Arranged alphabetically.
  4. Series 4: Photography.

Physical Location

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

Other Finding Aids

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Three notebooks in Series 2: Research Papers were transferred from the NYBG herbarium by William R. Buck (Curator, Institute of Systematic Botany, NYBG) in November 1999.

Processing Information

Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, December 1999 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in July 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).

Title
Samuel Chester Damon papers
Status
Completed
Author
David Rose
Date
December 1999
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, December 1999 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in July 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).

Revision Statements

  • July 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