Botany, Economic
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
James M. Hester Executive records
Collection
Identifier: RG-03-05
Scope and Contents
The James M. Hester Executive records document his NYBG career, as well as the institution's activities during his term (1980-1989). The records have been arranged into eleven series.Series 1, Correspondence, includes subject and individual correspondence that document several of the major activities in which Hester was involved throughout the 1980s.Series 2, Administrative Records, includes NYBG's administrative records from Hester's Presidency. This series is divided...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1978 - 1989; 1959 - 1991
Charles M. Peters records
Collection
Identifier: RG-18-03
Scope and Contents
The Charles M. Peters records include administrative, research, and teaching materials documenting his work with the Institute of Economic Botany (now the Center for Plants, People, and Culture) at the New York Botanical Garden. Through correspondence, reports, field notes, articles, photographic slides, and audiovisual media, the collection documents his tropical ecology and forest management research in Central and South America and Southeast Asia, as well as his teaching career.
Dates:
1980 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1981 - 2010
Ina Vandebroek records
Collection
Identifier: RG-18-04
Scope and Contents
The Ina Vandebroek records consist of correspondence, notes, questionnaire responses, and grant documentation related to her ethnobotanical and community health research. The collection also includes presentations delivered by Dr. Vandebroek at professional and community events; materials documenting her participation in conferences and symposia; and records concerning her work with the Institute of Economic Botany (now called the Center for Plants, People, and Culture) at the New York...
Dates:
2000 - 2019; Majority of material found within 2005 - 2009