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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

E. Dexter Davis papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-023
Abstract

Collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, newspaper clippings, plant lists, notes, and inventories.

Dates: 1930 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1930-1938
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / E. Dexter Davis papers

Otto and Isa Degener records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-04-07
Scope and Contents CONTENT WARNING: The Fritz Kuhle file includes government seals with swastikas, as well as references to racial purity and imprisonment in Berlin during World War II. Additionally, other parts of the collection – particularly Series 1 – contain outdated and derogatory language used to describe Asian and Pacific Islander communities.The Otto and Isa Degener records consist of correspondence, research materials, subject files, personal papers, and...
Dates: 1899 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1987
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Otto and Isa Degener records

Downtown Office records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-02
Scope and Contents The Downtown Office records consist of materials related to the fundraising activities of the Downtown Office following World War II, up to 1950. Since fundraising was the primary function of the office, most of the records focus on this activity, though the collection also includes general administrative materials.The records primarily document the work of Mildred Saffel, manager of the Downtown Office, with materials related to President Joseph R. Swan and Director William J....
Dates: 1943-1950; Majority of material found within 1944-1948
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Downtown Office records

Charles Barney Harding records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-07
Scope and Contents The Charles Barney Harding records contain material covering the period of Harding's tenure on the Board of Managers. While some records of note survive, most of Harding’s Garden-related documents were destroyed after his death. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence and proposals concerning the formation of the Mary F. Cary Arboretum, the construction of the Charles B. Harding Laboratory, alterations to the Museum building, and the budgetary challenges faced by...
Dates: 1947-1978; Majority of material found within 1950-1978
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Charles Barney Harding records

Carlton B. Lees records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-07-02
Abstract

Collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, journals, financial reports, committee notes and minutes, conference materials, publications, lists, inventories, grants and proposals, personnel files, and exhibition literature.

Dates: 1970-1986; Majority of material found within 1973-1983
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Carlton B. Lees records

Clarence McKenzie Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-040
Abstract

Incoming and outgoing correspondence, news clippings, obituary, articles.

Dates: 1915-1959
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Clarence McKenzie Lewis papers

Henry de la Montagne records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-06
Scope and Contents The Henry de la Montagne records primarily consist of correspondence related to fundraising, endowments, and routine internal operations of the Garden. The bulk of the collection pertains to the years when Montagne served as a volunteer administrator. The collection contains no personal or biographical information.These records represent only a small portion of Montagne's administrative files; at least an equal quantity can be found interfiled within the records of the directors...
Dates: 1926 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1937 - 1967
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Henry de la Montagne records

New York Horticultural Society records

 Collection
Identifier: RA-006
Abstract

Collection consists of membership and dues records, constitution, inspecting committee minutes, and a letter of unknown origin.

Dates: 1818-1872
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / New York Horticultural Society records

Charles M. Peters records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-18-03
Scope and Contents

The Charles M. Peters records include administrative, research, and teaching materials documenting his work with the Institute of Economic Botany (now the Center for Plants, People, and Culture) at the New York Botanical Garden. Through correspondence, reports, field notes, articles, photographic slides, and audiovisual media, the collection documents his tropical ecology and forest management research in Central and South America and Southeast Asia, as well as his teaching career.

Dates: 1980 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1981 - 2010
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Charles M. Peters records

Harriet Barnes Pratt records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-02-05
Scope and Contents The Harriet Barnes Pratt records document the period from her election to the Board of Managers at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in 1939 until her death in 1969. This collection does not contain personal or biographical information.The bulk of the materials consists of correspondence related to Pratt's involvement in fundraising and planning activities at NYBG. Topics include the post-World War II rebuilding of the Garden, construction of the Charles B. Harding Laboratory...
Dates: 1934 - 1969; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1969
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Harriet Barnes Pratt records

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