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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
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0039
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a notebook, labeled as "Vol. II", containing handwritten notes for lectures on botany. There are also newspaper clippings and articles concerning various plants.
Dates:
1889–1895, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0068
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the first and second drafts, mainly handwritten by Burt, of a manuscript written as a cryptogamic section for the seventh edition of Asa Gray’s New Manual of Botany (New York, American Book Company, 1908; Hi call no. DS20 G778M 908), but never published. It was eliminated from the edition at the last minute due to size and scope constraints.
Dates:
ca.1903
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0086
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence with three individuals. Handwritten correspondence from Thomas Baillie MacDougall (1895–1973) to Carlson and her life partner, Kate Staley, is dated 1949 to 1967. Most of these letters are one to two pages in length and were sent from New York, New York, or Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. This set of letters includes 34 letters and five postcards, sometimes signed “D. Tomás,” and one 3" × 5" printed paper advertising the Hotel Tehuantepec (Mexico). The...
Dates:
1949–1973
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0235
Content Description
This collection consists of:Chase's correspondence with Mildred Gilman Wohlforth (1896–1994), the Library of Congress Copyright Office, C.T. Millspaugh (1854–1923), James Francis McBride (1892–1976), Walter V. Brown (1913–1977), Erik Ekman (1883–1931), and Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994), along with some letters written by A.S. Hitchcock (1865–1935) to Ekman. Correspondence about Chase from Wohlforth with Florence van Esteline (?), John Reeder (1914–2009), Charlotte Goodding...
Dates:
1889–1964
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0241
Content Description
This collection consists primarily of a 1909 copy of The Genera of Fungi by Frederic Edward Clements (1875–1945). The volume was adressed by Clements to Dr. Shear (1865–1956), and contains Dr. Shear's bookplate inside the front cover. The volume is heavily annotated by Dr. Shear, containing corrections and notes intended for his second edition of the publication. It is accompanied by a folder containing notes removed from the volume, handwritten by Cornelius...
Dates:
1909–1942
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0066
Scope and Contents
Most letters in this collection are from fellow pteridologist Ralph Curtiss Benedict (1883–1965) and concern American Fern Society meetings, Cobb's own study of ferns, and his health. Included is a copy of one reply (11 August 1962) to Benedict from Cobb. Several references to Rolla Milton Tryon Jr. (1916–2001) are made in these letters.
Dates:
1954–1965
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0265
Content Description
This manuscript is a 15th century copy of De Re Rustica (english: On Agriculture). De Re Rustica is originally a 12 book work, with the following contents:Book I: Discusses farm layout and staffing
Book II: Discusses soil, ploughing, and planting
Book III, IV, V: Discusses various species of trees and vines
Book VI, VII, VII: Discusses farm animals
Book IX: Discusses bees
Book X: Discusses gardening, written in...
Dates:
15th century
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0163
Content Description
This collection includes notes relating to the culture of and pests affecting Chinese cotton as well as American varieties, cotton manufacturing, and the progress of cotton grown in China (24 pieces). However, the bulk of the China notes concern plantings in Nanking, Shanghai, the Wuchang Experimental Station, and elsewhere (1919, ca.200 pieces). These notes were probably prepared for a publication, but this does not seem to have been completed. There are also notes on Florida cotton,...
Dates:
1891–1951, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0183
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 4 folders of notes, both handwritten and typed, primarily concerning the planting and growth of cotton. The first folder contains notes from a 1919 trip to China, and contains materials that were evidently intended for a large publication on cotton growth in China, which was never completed. Besides the notes which comprise the bulk of the collection, there are also other sparse materials such as photographs and manuscript drafts.
Dates:
1912–1929