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Franklin Sumner Earle records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-04-09
Scope and Contents

The Franklin Sumner Earle records consist of correspondence during the period of his work at the NYBG and immediately after (1901-1907). Watercolor illustrations of Caribbean fungi composed by Esther J. Skehan Earle (F. S. Earle’s wife) are part of the William A. Murrill collection (Series 6: Artwork) and are housed in the NYBG Art & Illustration collection. Field notebooks are located in the Collectors’ Field Notebook collection.

Dates: 1896 - 1907

Thomas A. Edison papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-025
Scope and Contents The collection documents the research of the Edison Botanical Corporation in its search for a natural rubber source native to the United States. It contains carbon copies of typewritten transcriptions of 46 of the 53 research notebooks and Experiments 974-1334 towards the invention of the Electric Lightbulb. These were transcribed by Mrs. Lillian Roth of Irvington N. J. in 1963 from the microfilmed versions located at Edison National Historic Site in W. Orange N. J. They were given to Harold...
Dates: 1880 - 1964; Majority of material found within 1927 - 1930

Job Bicknell Ellis papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-026
Scope and Contents The Job Bicknell Ellis collection consists of correspondence, research papers, catalogues, a hand-sewn pouch of loose notes, and artwork which includes two volumes of watercolor illustrations as well as pen and ink and pencil sketches entitled Figures of North American Fungi, in slip-cased covers. Most of the material relates to the later part of his career (from c. 1880) of collecting and identifying fungi, with representative correspondence from a broad range of mycologists and botanists...
Dates: 1857 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1903

Thomas H. Everett papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-027
Scope and Contents

The papers of T. H. Everett cover his entire career at the NYBG and include memorabilia from earlier years. The collection consists of biographical materials, lectures, articles, awards, resource materials, consultation projects, encyclopedia manuscripts, photographs, slides and negatives.

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Dates: 1925 - 1986

William Cashman Ferguson papers

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Identifier: PP-028
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the correspondence and research notes related to the accompanying manuscript entitled Contributions to the Flora of Long Island.

Dates: 1921 - 1930

(George) Clyde Fisher papers

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Identifier: PP-029
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise class notebooks at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summer School in 1903 and 1904; botany notes from Johns Hopkins University between 1910 and 1912 and an essay "Economic importance of fungi," 1904.

Dates: 1903 - 1912

Henry A. Gleason papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-030
Scope and Contents The Henry Allan Gleason Papers, 1835-1973, documents the life and career of Dr. Gleason before and after his association with the New York Botanic Garden. The bulk of the material consists of manuscripts produced by Dr. Gleason during his retirement—a three-volume autobiography, "The Short and Simple Annals of Henry A. Gleason"; reminiscences of his contacts with the leading botanists of his age; and historical and scientific essays. Other materials are brochures and memorabilia related to...
Dates: 1835 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1964

Henry A. Gleason records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-04-10
Scope and Contents The Henry Allan Gleason Records, 1921-1975, documents the scientific and administrative career of Dr. Gleason at the New York Botanic Garden. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence generated in his capacities as head curator, assistant director and acting director of the institution. Other materials are photographs and printed, typewritten and manuscript articles and botanical descriptions; especially material related to his life work- a comprehensive study of the flora of...
Dates: 1921 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1950

Roger Delmon Goos papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-031
Scope and Contents

The Goos papers comprise typescripts, research notes, and photographs relating to Helicosporae, spores with a single axis curved through at least 180 degrees.

Dates: undated

Jean Gordon papers

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Identifier: PP-032
Scope and Contents The collection of Gordon's personal papers includes Gordon's background notes and clippings for her publications, catalogs, booklets, publicity, and book reviews, as well as posters, bibliographic index cards, and photographs. The entire collection relates to her interest in roses with correspondence scattered among these papers.The many artifacts that Gordon collected and a part of her book collection are on permanent loan (2003) to the recently-reestablished Rose Museum in St....
Dates: circa 1950-1980

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Maguire, Bassett, 1904-1991 2
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Sullivant Moss Society 2
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Anchel, Marjorie 1
Anderson, A. P. (Alexander Pierce) 1
Anderson, Gladys P. (Gladys Pomeroy), 1888- 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
Bu'Lock, J. D. (John Desmond) 1
Buckley, S. B. (Samuel Botsford), 1809-1884 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
Eastwood, Alice, 1859-1953 1
Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842 1
Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887 1
Engelmann, George, 1809-1884 1
Everett, Harry H. (Harry Harding), 1875-1949 1
Feely, Muriel Bolte, 1920-2011 1
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 1
Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 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
Hollick, Charles Arthur, 1857-1933 1
Holton, Isaac F. (Isaac Farwell) 1
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 1
Howell, John Thomas, 1903-1994 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
Lellinger, David B. 1
Lewis, G. P. 1
Lyceum of Natural History (New York, N.Y.) 1
MacDougall, Thomas 1
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981, Robert, 1888-1981 1
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium 1
Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890 1
Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840 1
Raper, John R. 1
Sandwith, Noel Yvri, 1901-1965 1
Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834 1
Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864 1
Spellenberg, Richard 1
Steere, William Campbell, 1907-1989 1
Sturtevant, Robert Swan, 1892-1955 1
Sullivant, William Starling, 1803-1873 1
Sørensen, N. A. (Nils Andreas), 1909-1987 1
Tiehm, Arnold 1
Torrey, John, 1796-1873 1
Torrey, Raymond H. 1
Tuckerman, Edward, 1817-1886 1
Wherry, Edgar T. (Edgar Theodore), 1885-1982 1
Wister, John C. (John Caspar), 1887-1982 1
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