Botany -- Study and teaching -- New York (N.Y.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edwin Bernard Matzke papers
Collection
Identifier: PP-044
Scope and Contents
The Edwin Bernard Matzke Collection (1915-1969) documents Matzke's career as an educator, his research in cytology and his personal relationships. It contains personal correspondence including post cards and greeting cards, a travel diary, professional correspondence, administrative correspondence, published and unpublished manuscripts, research material and lecture notes from his own student days through his time as professor and chair of the Dept. of Botany at Columbia University,...
Dates:
1915-1969; Majority of material found within 1931-1964
William C. Steere records
Collection
Identifier: RG-03-03
Scope and Contents
The William Campbell Steere Records document Steere's career as Director of NYBG from 1958-1972 as well as the history of the institution during this time period. Series 1, Correspondence, includes subject and individual correspondence. The correspondence documents many of the activities in which NYBG was involved, as well as other projects and organizations that Steere communicated with. This series overlaps with Series 11, Affiliations, and many of the subjects touched on in...
Dates:
1896 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1953 - 1973