Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists mainly of correspondence related to Allen’s career and other positions he held. None of this correspondence was written during the UFC banana-collecting expedition to Southeast Asia, but letters of the previous and following periods make briefly references to it. Included are references to Allen’s collection of Central American orchids, palms and other plants; his work on orchids for publications; the botanical art of his wife, Dorothy Osdieck Allen (1911–1973);...

Scope and Contents This folder holds copies of published reviews. It also includes correspondence with the following individuals: Barnes, Gene; Smith, Lyman B.; Walker, Egbert H.; Cuatrecasas, Jose; Reitz, J. Wayne; Holdridge, L. R.; Barbour, Wm. R.; Fairchild, Alexander Graham Bell; Schultes, Richard Evans; Craggs, Hugh; Hess, Robert W.; S., [Alexander?] A.; Bailey, Irving Widmer; Cowgill, William H.; Hodge, Walter Henricks; Dayton, William A.; Dunlap, Vining Campbell; Monniche, Julia Trible (Mrs....