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Frederick Andrews Walpole (1861–1904) diaries
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-95
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three of Walpole's diaries. The first (March–April 1882) concerns Walpole's train trip from Illinois to California; a walk of 177 miles from Redding, California, to Jacksonville, California; his search for land in southern Oregon, culminating in the purchase of property near Medford; accounts (1883–1885) relating to supplies, farm wages, board and other expenses for this period; and plans for a house. The second diary (January 1900–December 1901) includes accounts...
Dates:
1882–1903
Truman George Yuncker (1891–1964) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-51
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters to Yuncker, many requesting determination of Cuscuta and exchange of specimens. Some letters concern his work on the genus for the North American Flora (New York, New York Botanical Garden, 1921); publication of his dissertation, Revision of the North American and West Indian Species of Cuscuta (Urbana, Illinois, University of Illinois, 1921, Illinois Biological Monographs...
Dates:
1833–1953