Botanical exploration -- Brazil

Scope and Contents The William Baldwin Papers documents Baldwin' collections and plant classification studies in the United States and South America through his correspondence with scientists in the United States and England. There is one manuscript for a published article and the journal from which it was drawn. Baldwin's journal recording his experiences on the Long Expedition was removed to Columbia University in 1956. It contains correspondence, journals, a manuscript and a notebook. The collection is...

Scope and Contents The collection covers Dr. Prance's 25 year career at the New York Botanical Garden from 1963 to the time of his departure in 1988. The collection consists entirely of correspondence and field notebooks. Dr. Prance held several administrative positions throughout his career at the NYBG but much of this correspondence is not arranged to reflect these positions because it was processed in keeping with the arrangement in which it was found. Therefore, there are several specific series left as...

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The collection documents Rusby’s botanical explorations and studies of South American flora. Includes lists, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, lantern slides and field notebooks. The collection is arranged in four series.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, research papers, personal papers, maps, travel memorabilia, audio tape recordings (dictaphone), film (16mm), artifacts, and photographic material which includes positive and negative prints, glass negatives, and color slides. A portion of the photography appears in scrapbooks and bound publications. The collection covers most of Dr. Williams' career including botanical research and fieldwork with the Chicago (Field)...