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William Jackson Bean (1863–1947) correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0067
Scope and Contents
The three letters in this collection were written by Bean to British ornithologist Heatley Noble (1862–1922) and mainly concern the genus Magnolia Linnaeus, which Bean was determining for him. The species mentioned are Magnolia conspicua (Magnolia denudata Desroussaux), Magnolia lennei (Magnolia hybrid), ...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920
Michael Schuck Bebb (1833–1895) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0059
Scope and Contents
There are 12 handwritten pages of drawings and notes concerning willows and, according to a notation by Carleton R. Ball, the manuscript of an account published, with descriptions of new species, in part in Charles F. Wheeler and Erwin F. Smith’s Catalogue of the Phaenogamous and Vascular Cryptogamous Plants of Michigan… (Lansing, W. S. George, 1881; HI call no. DS70 MI W562C). Also found here are three letters from Bebb in Rockford, Illinois, to Townshend S. Brandegee (13 February 1878) and...
Dates:
1878–1887, n.d.
Rudolph Beer (1873–1940) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0006
Scope and Contents Note
This collection was received from William T. Stearn on May 1962. It consists of nine file folders. The first eight folders each contain one article reprint and the original handwritten manuscript of the article. File folder 9 contains the handwritten manuscript for the article without the reprint.
Dates:
1905–1913
Charles Edwin Bessey (1845–1915) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0036
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mainly of Charles Edwin Bessey’s handwritten notes and drafts, including a “list of flowers analyzed” (1867, 22 pp.), a freshman botany lecture (1878, 16 pp.); notes on the importance of enthusiasm in teaching botany (1914, 4 pages); and notes to his friend and renowned botanist Asa Gray (2 pp.). In addition the collection includes papers on the topics “the Phyla, Classes, and Orders of Plants” (12 pp.); “Robert W. Furman’s Work on Forestry” (9 pp.); and Filices,...
Dates:
1867–1914, n.d.
May Margaret Blaine (1889–1973) correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0061
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mainly of personal letters to Blaine and some copies of her replies, discussing the correspondents' work, travel and families and the dolls they purchased for her throughout the world. Correspondents include William Andrew Archer (1894–1973), Harley H. Bartlett (1886–1960), Alan Beetle (1913–2003), Heber Loran Blood (1900–1948), Nina Floy Bracelin (also Mrs. H. P. Bracelin, 1890–1973), Thakur Rup Chand (1902–1994), Winifred Chapin, Carl O. Erlanson (1901–1975), David...
Dates:
1929–1964
Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987) correspondence
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: HIBDARC-0392
Content Description
The collection includes:Letters and postcards exchanged between Blunt and George H.M. Lawrence (1910–1978), Rachel Hunt (1882–1963), John Brindle (1911–1991), J.S.L. Gilmour (1906–1986), J.S. Maas (1928–1997), Katherine MacLean (?), Leonard Duke (1890–1971), Ian Rogerson (?),
Edward "Teddy" Croft-Murray (1907–1980), Henry R. Broughton (1900–1973), John C. Warner (1897–1989), Richard Louis Ormond
(1939– ), Jean Chirichigno (?), H. Guyford Stever (1916–2010), Phyllis M....
Dates:
1959–1987, n.d.
Francis Boott (1792–1863) notebooks
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0094
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three volumes of journals and notes. The first two volumes cover travel and specimen notes and inventories. The third volume is lecture notes, many of which may have been written by individuals other than Boott, namely the Harvard University botanist and medical doctor Jacob Bigelow (1787–1879).
Dates:
1814–1819
Botany Prize Examination, University of Aberdeen (1883) paper
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0307
Content Description
The collection is a one-page document titled "First Prize Examination" for the Botany class at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, listing six questions related to botany.
Dates:
1883
E. Lucy Braun (1889–1971) field notebooks and other materials
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0181
Scope and Contents Note
The field notebooks in this collection are a record of the work Braun did that ultimately led to her publication of Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America. They are divided into two sets: her "Deciduous Forest Notebooks," which cover her explorations throughout the region, and her "Kentucky Notebooks." The field notebooks are full of details regarding dates and locations of Braun's excursions, the routes she took, the plants she...
Dates:
1919–1955