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Arlow Burdette Stout records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-05-09
Scope and Contents The Arlow Burdette Stout Collection consists of correspondence, research records, lecture notes, personal papers, photographic material (photos, negatives, and lantern slides), photoengraving plates, artwork, journals, reprints, and awards. It covers his entire career at the NYBG (1911-47). There is a small selection of papers from his high school years (1899-1903) and graduate study at Columbia College (1911-13). The collection is a record of his research into the genetics and hybridization...
Dates: 1899 - 1956; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1955

William Codman Sturgis papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-058
Scope and Contents

The collection documents the myomycete collections and professional correspondence of William Codman Sturgis. It contains notebooks, watercolors and correspondence. The collection is arranged into two series.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1896-1934, 1904-1934

Norman Taylor papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-059
Scope and Contents The collection documents the professional career of Norman Taylor including his work as a horticulturalist, botanical explorer and author. Taylor traveled extensively and luxuriously. A significant amount of material has informational value related to his lifestyle. Other information contained in the collection concerns the workings of private, professional clubs--The Century Club, The Explorers Club and the Cosmos Club. It contains correspondence, manuscripts, bound volumes, journals,...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1631-1967, 1926-1967

Charles Thom papers

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Identifier: PP-060
Scope and Contents The Charles Thom collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, research notes, an index card file of mycological literature, photographs, negatives, drawings, and personal papers. It covers his USDA career with the Bureau of Chemistry from 1913 to his retirement in 1942 and post-retirement years to 1953. The bulk of his correspondence falls during the period he was Head of the Division of Soil Microbiology from 1928 with a wide range of mycologists and microbiologists in academia,...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1913-1955, 1928-1953

Torrey Botanical Society records

 Collection
Identifier: RA-007
Scope and Contents Formats in the collection include copies of club publications, correspondence, ledgers, software, photographs, film, glass plate slides, and copper printing plates. The collection covers financial records including banking files, IRS filings, insurance papers and ledgers; membership records including nominations and resignations; meeting minutes and announcements; field trip schedules; constitution and bylaws; committee reports; various card indexes. Editorial correspondence and financial...
Dates: 1844-2013

John Torrey papers

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Identifier: PP-061
Scope and Contents The collection largely consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence pertaining mostly to Torrey's work as a botanist and professor. Much of the scientific correspondence is in regard to identification of plants from the vast interior of the North American continent collected during government sponsored expeditions. Unrelated letters to and from other correspondents, some of which pre-date Torrey's birth, are also in the collection. It is unclear how Torrey came into possession of these...
Dates: 1768-1888; Majority of material found within 1806-1871

Carl A. Totemeier Jr. records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-07-03
Scope and Contents The materials were transmitted to the NYBG Archives from Totemeier's office in January 1993. The collection includes primarily correspondence, memoranda, and background information for Garden projects during his tenure.Also present are materials from prior years produced in large part by Carlton B. Lees who held several high ranking positions at NYBG (1972-1980), including Senior Vice President of Horticulture.In addition to general administrative records, a majpr...
Dates: 1971 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1985 - 1991

Percy Train papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-063
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of notebooks, research papers, index cards, and photographic material pertaining to plant specimen collection for Percy Train’s ethnobotanical research on medicinal uses of plants in aboriginal cultures of Nevada.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1926-1958, 1938-1940

Lucien Marcus Underwood papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-064
Scope and Contents

The Lucien Marcus Underwood collection consists of correspondence, research papers, manuscripts, lecture notes, and artwork covering the latter part of his botanical career, including that with the NYBG. The research papers include specimen catalogues and lists, some of which relate to the Underwood collection of the NYBG herbarium. Underwood’s field notebooks are separated from the present collection and are located in the Collectors’ Field Notebook collection.

Dates: 1882-1907

Anna Murray Vail papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-065
Scope and Contents

The Anna Murray Vail Papers document the botanical career of Ms. Vail, especially as it pertained to her research in the Asclepiadaceae and Leguminosae families. The collection contains some correspondence, research papers, manuscripts and field notebooks. The papers are arranged in three series.

Dates: 1892-1905

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Correspondence 7
Horticulture -- Societies, etc. 3
Annual reports 2
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Lauraceae 2
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New York Botanical Garden 2
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Achlya 1
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Amanita 1
Amanita muscaria -- Photographs 1
Andros Island (Bahamas) -- Maps 1
Animal rights 1
Antibiotics -- Research 1
Arboretums -- New York (State) -- Long Island 1
Astragalus 1
Bacteriology -- Research 1
Bacteriophages 1
Bayard Cutting Arboretum (Long Island, N.Y.) -- History 1
Botanical exploration -- Amazon River Region 1
Botanical exploration -- Argentina 1
Botanical exploration -- Brazil 1
Botanical exploration -- California. 1
Botanical exploration -- Florida 1
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New York Botanical Garden 8
Robbins, William Jacob, 1890-1937 4
Steere, William Campbell, 1907-1989 4
Allen, Caroline Kathryn, 1904-1975 2
Becker, Herman F. (Herman Frederick), 1907-1985 2
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Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934 2
Brown, Addison, 1830-1913 2
Durand, Elias, 1794-1873 2
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 2
Harding, Charles B. 2
Hollick, Charles Arthur, 1857-1933 2
MacDougal, Daniel Trembly, 1865-1958 2
Maguire, Bassett, 1904-1991 2
Merrill, Elmer D. (Elmer Drew), 1876-1956 2
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 2
New York (N.Y.). Department of Parks and Recreation 2
New York Botanical Garden. Charles B. Harding Laboratory 2
Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928 2
Sullivant Moss Society 2
Allen, Timothy Field, 1837-1902 1
American Fern Society 1
American Institute of Biological Sciences 1
American Iris Society 1
Anchel, Marjorie 1
Anderson, A. P. (Alexander Pierce) 1
Anderson, Gladys P. (Gladys Pomeroy), 1888- 1
Andrews, Albert Le Roy, 1878-1964 1
Asheshov, Igor Nicholas, 1891- 1
Bailey, Jacob Whitman, 1811-1857 1
Bailey, William Whitman, 1843-1914 1
Baldwin, William, 1779-1819 1
Barksdale, Alma Whiffen, 1916-1981 1
Barneby, Rupert C. 1
Beals, A. Tennyson (1870-1955) 1
Bechtel, Edwin DeTurck, 1880-1957 1
Bechtel, Louise Seaman, 1894-1985 1
Best, G. N. (George Newton), 1846-1926 1
Bigelow, Howard E. (Howard Elson), 1923-1987 1
Blake, S. F. (Sidney Fay), 1892-1959 1
Borin, John G., 1905-1993 1
Brewer, William Henry, 1828-1910 1
Brinley, John R., 1861-1946 1
Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude, 1858-1934 1
Bu'Lock, J. D. (John Desmond) 1
Buckley, S. B. (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 1
Burrage, Albert C., 1859-1931 1
Burt, E. A. (Edward Angus), 1859-1939 1
Chamberlain, Edward B. (Edward Blanchard), 1878-1925 1
Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982 1
Clokey, Ira W. (Ira Waddell), 1878-1950 1
Cutting, Olivia Murray, 1855-1949 1
Cutting, William Bayard, 1850-1912 1
Darlington, William, 1782-1863 1
Davis, P. H. (Peter Hadland) 1
Dewey, Chester, 1784-1867 1
Dodge, William Earl (1832-1903) 1
Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953 1
Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 1
Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887 1
Engelmann, George, 1809-1884 1
Evans, Alexander W. (Alexander William), 1868-1959 1
Everett, Harry H. (Harry Harding), 1875-1949 1
Fawcett, William, 1851-1926 1
Feely, Muriel Bolte, 1920-2011 1
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 1
Gleason, Henry A. (1882-1975) 1
Greene, B. D. (Benjamin Daniel), 1793-1862 1
Greville, Robert Kaye, 1794-1866 1
Grimes, James W., 1953- 1
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 1
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1
Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell) 1
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 1
Horticultural Society of New York 1
Howe, Marshall A. (1867-1936) 1
Howell, John Thomas, 1903-1994 1
Hunt, Rachel McMasters Miller, 1882-1963 1
Irwin, Howard S. 1
Isely, Duane, 1918-2000 1
James, Olivia Bayard, 1892-1963 1
Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857 1
Kearney, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), 1874-1956 1
Knieskern, Peter D., 1798-1871 1
Lee, Frederic S. (1859-1939) 1
Lellinger, David B. 1
Lewis, G. P. 1
León, Hermano, 1871- 1
Lillian and Amy Goldman Stone Mill (New York, N.Y.) 1
Lorillard Snuff Mill (New York, N.Y.) 1
Low, Seth (1850-1916) 1
Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.) 1
MacDougall, Thomas 1
Macoun, James M. (James Melville), 1862-1920 1
Millspaugh, Charles Frederick, 1854-1923 1
Montagne, Henry de la, 1888-1982 1
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium 1
New-York Horticultural Society 1
Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890 1
Pittier, Henri, 1857-1950 1
Pratt, Harriet Barnes, 1879-1969 1
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