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Plant collecting

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton records

 Collection
Identifier: RG-04-04
Scope and Contents

The Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton records include correspondence, research materials, personal papers, manuscripts, typescripts, photographs, artwork, and printing plates. These materials document her teaching career at the Normal School (now Hunter College), her involvement with the Torrey Botanical Club, her role in founding and contributing to the Sullivant Moss Society, her research on the flora of the Caribbean and West Indies, and her work at the New York Botanical Garden.

Dates: 1802-1968; Majority of material found within 1885-1935

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 Additionally, other parts of the collection – particularly Series 1 – contain outdated and derogatory language used to describe Asian and Pacific Islander communities.The Otto and Isa Degener records consist of correspondence, research materials,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