Smith, John Donnell (1829–1928) items
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Smith’s partial catalog of 32 volumes of reprints of botanical publications; 2 letters (possibly copies) from Smith to William A. Kellerman (1850–1908) and Joseph N. Rose (1862–1928); and 4 letters to Smith from Nathaniel L. Britton (1859–1934), Jesse M. Greenman (1867–1951), Harlan P. Kelsey (1872–1959) and Andrew P. Morgan (1836–1907) about the collection, exchange and identification of plants.
Dates
- Creation: 1880–1909
Creator
- Smith, John Donnell, 1829-1928 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
Taxonomist John Donnell Smith (1829–1928) of Baltimore, Maryland, was a trustee of Peabody Institute in Baltimore (1888–1915) as well as a captain in the Confederate Army. In 1906 he donated his herbarium of more than 100,000 mounted specimens and his botanical library of over 1,600 volumes to the Smithsonian Institution. The herbarium is now kept as a historical collection in the U.S. National Herbarium.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (1 File Folder)
- Title
- Guide to the John Donnell Smith (1829–1928) items
- Author
- Nancy L. Janda
- Date
- 2022
- 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