Frederick Joseph Hermann (1906–1987) papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mainly of letters from Charles C. Deam (1865–1953), an expert on the trees, ferns and flowering plants of Indiana; he was for many years the state forester there. The letters concern Deam’s work on Juncus Linnaeus, his Flora of Indiana (Indianapolis, 1940), and other topics. There is at least one copy of a letter from Hermann, some lists of Hermann’s plants (determined by Deam?) and related items.
Dates
- Creation: 1934–1951
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
Frederick Joseph Hermann (1906–1987) spent his early career at the botanical gardens, University of Michigan, as a taxonomic assistant and teaching fellow (1933–1937), then as assistant curator and instructor (1937–1938). He later served as associate botanist (1938–1948) and botanist (1948–?) for the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Processing Information
This collection was digitized by G. Boardman in 2016.
- Title
- Guide to the Frederick Joseph Hermann (1906–1987) papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Nancy L. Janda
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives Repository