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Arthur Wallis Exell (1901–1993) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0110
Content Description
This collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous materials belonging to taxonomist and collector Arthur Wallis Exell (1901–1993).Letters (all handwritten and signed):1. Exell to Le Testu, n.p., n.d. (ca.1951). French, 2 pagesExell discusses Georges Le Testu’s (1877–1967) offer to leave his herbarium to the British Museum; remarks that he is working on the Conspectus Florae Angolensis (Lisboa, Portugal, 1937) with Francisco...
Dates:
1884–1971
David Grandison Fairchild (1869–1954) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0012
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mainly of correspondence between Fairchild and Barbour Lathrop (1847–1927), as well as one letter to Fairchild’s wife, Marian Hubbard Graham Bell (1880–1962), from Lathrop. Included with the letters are pages of typed and handwritten transcript of these letters and two others not in this collection.
Dates:
1901–1925
Henry Barron Fielding (1805–1851) correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0180
Content Description
This collection includes 18 letters to Fielding. In most of the letters the writers refer to plants they are sending Fielding, either collected themselves or by others.
Correspondents* Bentham, George (1800–1884)
Vienna, 18 April 1837, one page, 26.2 × 22.1 cm
Forwards plants from Parreyss from Sieber’s collection, along with Arabian plants he collected for Fielding. 2 Queen Sq. Pl., London, 16 March 1842, 4 pages, 17.6 × 11.1 cm
Relates to published...
Dates:
1835–1843, n.d.
Thomas Jefferson Fitzpatrick (1868–1952) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0114
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the following items: One postcard (postmarked 2 March 1895) written by Fitzpatrick from Iowa City, Iowa requesting a copy of Bulletin No. 16 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Division of Botany.Notebook, 1921: “Field notes and sketches of region near Colorado Springs–Austin Bluffs–Gravel Slides at or near Minnehaha Alpine Lab”.Labeled photographs (11) of plant life in the area and related U.S. Geological Survey...
Dates:
1895–1923
Macer Floridus, Pseud. [Odo de Meung / Odo Magdunensis], De viribus herbarium manuscript fragments
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0267
Scope and Contents Note
This collection includes two cropped, handwritten leaves from De Viribus Herbarum, estimated to be from the mid-12th century, making these the oldest items in the Hunt Institute's collection. The pages contain information on the healing properties of sage and wild thyme as well as fragments of the descriptions of other plants.
Dates:
circa 1150
General Autograph Collection (GAC)
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0370
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over 1,700 handwritten letters from mostly American and European botanists. The letters' dates range from the 17th to the 20th century.
Dates:
1685 - 1993
John Scott Lennox Gilmour (1906–1986) correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0057
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Gilmour’s correspondence concerning such topics as possible positions at Kew (1929); his acceptance of the post of assistant director there (1931); and an article (1932–1933) on the Cambridge herbarium, which he hoped to have published in the Journal of Botany and which was eventually published by Cambridge University Press. Other correspondence relates to the publication of descriptive notes to accompany sets of exsiccata (Schedae)...
Dates:
1928–1950
Joseph Basil Girard (1846–1918) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0055
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three letters (1873–1874) and part of a fourth (n.d.), all from George Engelmann in St. Louis to Girard, concerning the flora of Camp Apache, Arizona, where Lt. Girard was serving as a U.S. Army surgeon. Engelmann asks questions about the flora, gives information and collects advice, and refers to various botanical works. Plants referenced include Agave, Cactaceae, Juniperus, ...
Dates:
1873–1880, n.d.