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Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0229
Content Description
This collection consists of 5 letters written by Robert Marshall, addressed to "Family et al.". They describe his life and experiences in Wiseman, Alaska during a 1930 trip. While the first letter describes some of his exploration, the letters are largely non-botanical in nature. They instead focus on his experiences in Wiseman, including his living situation, activities, and conversations.
Dates:
1930–1931
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0144
Content Description
This collection contains Robert F. Martin’s handwritten notes (3 pieces) about the life of Thomas Walter (1740–1789) and his Flora Caroliniana (London, J. Fraser, 1788; HI call no. DS30 W234F); on “Walter names in Small” (9 pieces); and on modern names for Walter’s species in the Flora, with indications of which of Walter’s names were new genera and species (ca.100 pieces). Also found here are letters (6 items, some photocopies,...
Dates:
1938–1939, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0026
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence (including photocopies of her outgoing letters) concerning her activities and those of her correspondents, particularly activities relating to her determination of specimens of Apiaceae alt. Umbelliferae and her work on the family for a proposed North American flora under the editorship of Elmer D. Merrill and Henry A. Gleason of the New York Botanical Garden.
Dates:
1927–1952
Item
Identifier: HIBDARC-280
Content Description
De Virtutibus Scordii Herbae ("On the Virtues of the Herb Scordium") is a poem consisting of 7 leaves of latin manuscript, describing the plant Scordium, its growing conditions, and its medical applications. While the poem itself is muddled with mythological and classical allusions that obfuscate its botanical contents, it is of interest in its reference to noted 16th century botanist Valerius Cordus (1515–1544), known for his posthumous...
Dates:
ca.1545–1568
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0054
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a letterbook consisting of 263 letters from other scientists to Mertens with copies of many of Mertens' replies handwritten onto the original letters. The letters are tipped into a bound volume. This includes letters from Carl Adolphe Agardh (1785–1859), J. B. G. M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838), Louis August Deschamps (1765–1842), Rene Louiche Defontaines (1750–1833), Ambrose M. F. J....
Dates:
1797–1829 and n.d.
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0341
Content Description
This collection holds nine folders of materials pertaining to Dr. Morrison's work with Azaleas at Back Acres, his horticultural gardens and home in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Folders three and six contain personal correspondence from Dr. Morrison, largely regarding his work in the gardens and on hybridization of his Back Acres Azaleas. Most of the rest of the collection are materials created after his death, regarding the indexing, shipping, and ownership of the Azaleas and related...
Dates:
1958–1969, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0234
Content Description
This collection consists of a correspondence including:Letters and notes to and from Neal with Heinrich Leonhards Skuja (1892–1972), Frances Grace Smith (1871–1948), C.E. Snow (?), P.E. Spalding (?), Harold St. John (1892–1991), and Leonard D. Tuthill (1911–1988). An undated handwritten note from an unknown correspondent, Vlad (?).A handwritten letter dated June 17, 1957 from a correspondent known only as "Mary."An undated handwritten letter to...
Dates:
1931–1960, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0154
Content Description
This letter (Gainesville, Florida, 10 March 1915) was written by Nelson Lawrence T. Nelson (1862–1932) to “Effie,” his late wife’s sister. It concerns personal affairs including religious activities and acquaintances; some mention is made of his teaching and botanizing.
Dates:
1915
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0261
Content Description
The collection consists of Nordine's correspondence, either with the botanist and forester Charles Clemon Deam (1865–1953) or addressing matters involving Deam after his death with various correspondents. Inventories of specimens sent by Deam to Nordine and the Morton Arboretum are also included with several letters.
Dates:
1945–1974, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0238
Content Description
This collection includes:Postcards with prints of O'Gorman's illustrations of flowers, including two addressed from Ella Wallace Turok, an editor in Mexico City who worked on O'Gorman's book Mexican Flowering Trees and Plants, to the botanist Ida Kaplan Langman (1904–1991) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.A letter dated February 9, 1962 handwritten by O'Gorman and addressed to Langman.A typed list of corrections without a date for ...
Dates:
1953–1962, n.d.