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Scope and Contents From the Series: Professional correspondence concerning acquisitions, loans and determinations of materials during Small's tenure as Curator of Museums. A narrative by Small of his discovery of the wild irises is attached to a letter to a Mr. DeForest. Copies, obtained from the Florida State Archives, of his correspondence (1927-1928) with Thomas Edison regarding their work together on sources of rubber are in this series. Other correspondence with staff of the Edison Botanical Research Co. is found...