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John G. Borin papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-012
Scope and Contents
Collection contains scrapbooks filled with family photographs, postcards from varying locations around the world, newspaper and seed catalog clippings. Additionally, there are 2 hand-made botanical "reference" books, personal plant lists, unpublished papers about caring for plants in general, and a map of the World's Fair 1964-65. The collection consists of primarily personal memorabilia covering the span of his employment at the NYBG from 1923-1972.
Dates:
1915-1983
William Henry Brewer papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-013
Scope and Contents
The collection documents Brewer's career as Professor of Agriculture at Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University and his work on the Botany volumes of the Geological Survey of California, 1860-1880 under Josiah Dwight Whitney; including his collaborations with Asa Gray and Sereno Watson. It contains manuscripts, notes, correspondence, and galley proofs. The collection is arranged into three series.
Dates:
1860-1880
Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-04
Scope and Contents
The Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton collection consists of correspondence, research and personal papers, and manuscripts & typescripts, photographic material, artwork, and printing plates covering her teaching career at the Normal School and her association with the Torrey Botanical Club and NYBG. Mrs. Britton's field notebooks are located in the NYBG Collectors' Field Notebook collection. In some cases, her field notes are located in notebooks of associated collectors, especially...
Dates:
1788-1968; Majority of material found within 1885-1930
Nathaniel Lord Britton, Elmer Drew Merrill, and Marshall Avery Howe records
Collection
Identifier: RG-03-01
Scope and Contents
The Britton, Merrill, and Howe Records document the NYBG administrative careers of Britton, Merrill, and Howe as well as the history of the institution during their directorships (1880-1936). These records also overlap with the early years of William J. Robbins’ NYBG administrative career (1937-1958). The Britton, Merrill, and Howe Records are arranged in the following four series:
Administrative...
Dates:
1875 - 1946
Nathaniel Lord Britton records
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-05
Scope and Contents
The Nathaniel Lord Britton collection consists of correspondence, research and personal papers, manuscripts and typescripts, lecture notes, photography, certificates, and a suede-bound presentation volume. It covers his botanical career including graduate studies at Columbia College (1875-79), association with the Torrey Botanical Club, the founding and directorship of the New York Botanical Garden (1891-1929), and post-retirement years to his death in 1934. Information about Dr. Britton's...
Dates:
1875-1976; Majority of material found within 1888-1930
Dennis A. Brown records
Collection
Identifier: RG-07-01
Scope and Contents
The Dennis A. Brown records comprise the administrative records of the Department of Horticulture and Maintenance from 1959 to 1974. The collection includes reports and background materials for development, finance, maintenance, personnel, public relations and security.
Dates:
1959 - 1975
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-014
Scope and Contents
The Gertrude S. Burlingham collection consists of correspondence, research papers, photography, personal papers, and watercolor illustrations of fungi composed by her colleague Ann Hibbard, covering her 50-year career in mycology. Her field notebooks are located in the NYBG Collectors’ Field Notebook collection.
Dates:
1890 - 1951; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1947
Edward Angus Burt papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-015
Scope and Contents
The Edward Angus Burt papers consist of correspondence, research papers, manuscripts, and graphic material, including photographs and sketches. It covers his career at Middlebury College, Vermont, and at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis to 1926.
Dates:
1895-1926
Wendell Holmes Camp papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-016
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the research of Wendell Holmes Camp in the fields of taxonomy, horticulture, botanical exploration and education. Documentation of Camp’s activities in South America on behalf of the U. S. Government’s economic botany programs during World War II includes correspondence, reports, maps, determinations and analyses of Cinchona and other plants collected by Camp. A manuscript transcription, produced in 1986, of Camp’s field notebook is also included. Camp’s noteworthy...
Dates:
1916 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1932 - 1954
Mary Flagler Cary photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: PP-017
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs taken on the Cary Estate in Millbrook, New York and New York City. Most photographs are black and white Polaroids, while there is also a selection of color photographs. Numerous photos have been taken to document the growth of particular trees and shrubs on the property as can be seen in the date and time notations on the photos. Separate, handwritten notes are included but largely indecipherable.The photographs taken in New York City...
Dates:
1954-1963
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