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Manuscripts (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Records of the American Iris Society

 Collection
Identifier: RA-002
Scope and Contents

This collection consists primarily of the correspondence files of Robert Swan Sturtevant, the first Secretary of the American Iris Society. Principal correspondents include John C. Wister and Harry H. Everett. Also included are minutes, bulletins, a scrapbook, and photographs of various members and specific Society events. There are loose seed catalogs devoted entirely to the Iris as well as an index of seed catalog pages created by a member of the AIS.

Dates: 1913-1934
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Records of the American Iris Society

Edwin DeTurck Bechtel papers

 Collection
Identifier: PP-008
Scope and Contents The Edwin DeTurck Bechtel papers document his activities as a renowned amateur rosarian. The bulk of the collection comprises the manuscripts and copies of articles, reviews and speeches he wrote during the 1950s.Louise Bechtel, his wife, compiled three scrapbooks. "The Pursuit of the Rose" is a collection of Bechtel's published speeches and articles which she prepared in 1963 for the library of the New York Botanical Garden; another scrapbook includes photographs from the...
Dates: 1930-1971; Majority of material found within 1950-1959
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Edwin DeTurck Bechtel papers

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
Found in: The Archives of the New York Botanical Garden / Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton 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

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