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Ida Kaplan Langman (1904–1991) papers

 Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0179

Content Description

This collection spans Ida Kaplan Langman's life and career, containing a large variety of both personal and professional documents. Professional documents including teaching materials and grade transcripts, publication drafts, scientific society documents, and awards. Personal papers include holiday cards, legal documents, and health records. A large portion of the collection is professional correspondence, much of which concerns seeking information for publication of bibliographies.

Dates

  • Creation: 1919–1980

Biographical / Historical

Ida Kaplan Langman (1904–1991) was a botanist and bibliographer, especially interested in the history and bibliography of Mexican plants. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master's in Botany, and in 1964 published the book A Selected Guide to the Literature on the Flowering Plants of Mexico, her best known work, through the University of Pennsylvania Press. This publication, alongside her other botanical contributions, earned her awards and honors including the Oberly Memorial Award of the American Library Association for "best bibliography submitted in the field of agriculture or the related sciences" and a medal for special contribution to Mexican botany from the Botanical Society of Mexico. Langman also worked for the Hunt Institute from 1970 to 1973 as associate bibliographer, during which time she compiled a global list of botanical encyclopedias publsihed between 1730 and 1840. For more information on Ida Langman, see the article featuring her in Bull. Hunt Inst. Bot. Doc. 16(1), Spring 2004 (https://www.huntbotanical.org/publications/show.php?40).

Extent

3.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 2 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Guide to Ida Kaplan Langman (1904–1991) papers
Author
Christi Thomas
Date
8 June 2026
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository

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