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Charles Thom papers
Collection
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
Collection
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
Peter Jacobus Van Melle papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-066
Scope and Contents
Van Melle wrote extensively on gardening and horticultural nomenclature. Papers include Van Melle's notes on junipers, conifers, bulbs, and other plants. Also included in this collection is correspondence on miscellaneous botanical topics. Institutional correspondents include Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California; University of California, College of Agriculture; the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG); Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Topics include a proposal to create a horticulture...
Dates:
circa 1920-1941
Violet Niles Walker papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-062
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of primarily incoming and outgoing correspondence from Violet Niles Walker. Most correspondence is related to the propagation of lilies, seed and bulb exchange, importation of seeds, and gardening advice. Other items include plant lists, photographs, and midcellaneous notes on the subject of lilies.
Dates:
1931-1945
Winona H. Welch papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-067
Scope and Contents
The Winona Welch Papers (1879-1987) documents Welch's Fontinalaceae and Hookeriaceae research and her career as curator of the Truman G. Yuncker Herbarium at DePauw University. Additionally it documents the transfer of the herbarium to NYBG in 1987 and the issue of Brittonia published as a Festschrift in Welch's honor. It contains photocopies, manuscripts, correspondence, postcards, notes, index cards, photographs, negatives, illustrations, slides. The collection is arranged into 15...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1879-1997, 1922-1987
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