New York Botanical Garden Archives.

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The collection consists of one item. This is a manuscript list of plants in Clarke's herbarium, which are not included in Britton and Brown's Illustrated Flora.

Scope and Contents The Mary Strong Clemens Papers (1912-1934) documents three collecting expeditions by Mary Strong and Joseph Clemens. It contains typewritten and mimeographed determination lists, photographs and transmittal correspondence. The photographs document their expedition through Chihli and Shan-tung provinces in China, 1912-1913 and contain views of monuments and daily life in China at that period. The determination lists document their work in Borneo and Java. The collection is arranged into two...

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The records include business files, financial records, membership lists, correspondence and memoranda, annual meeting activities, newsletters and photographs.

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The collection consists of books, pamphlets, photographs, research notes, correspondence, transcriptions, journal articles, clippings, sketches, microfilm, prints, a statue and commemorative memorabilia.

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The Samuel Chester Damon collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, research notes, pencil sketches, and photographs during his graduate studies and position with the U.S. Army Quartermaster Depot.

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The Warren Dean collection consists of photocopied reports, articles, reprints, correspondence, and a typescript relating to the botany, economy, and history of rubber-producing trees of Brazil, especially Hevea brasiliensis. An associated collection of journals, reports, and trade publications was removed and integrated into the collection of the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, a bibliography of which is included in the collection below.

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The Bernard Ogilvie Dodge collection consists of correspondence; research, business, and personal papers; manuscripts and typescripts; and graphic material such as photographs, diagrams, charts, lantern slides, and watercolor illustrations pertaining to his career at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (1924-28), the NYBG (1928-47), and post-retirement work to 1957.

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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.