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William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0078
Dates:
ca.1928–ca.1960
Trelease, William (1857–1945) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0043
Scope and Contents
The letters in this collection relate mainly to Trelease’s determinations of Piperaceae, particularly Piper Linnaeus and Peperomia Ruiz & Pavon, and occasionally of Loranthaceae; a few relate to specimens of Cuscuta, sent to Yuncker through Trelease. There is also a group of letters (ca.1929) relating to a biographical memoir of John Merle Coulter, a book Trelease was writing for the National Academy of Arts...
Dates:
1893–1944
Twentieth Century Botanists correspondence and other materials
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0048
Dates:
1873–1970
Ignatius Urban (1848–1931) papers
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0049
Scope and Contents
This collection includes one pocket notebook (17 × 11cm) entitled "Itinera et vitae collectorum in Martii Flora Brasiliensis..." of 120 numbered pages with one additional page and one file folder of various sized pages of detailed notes to accompany the notebook. All is handwritten in German.
Dates:
ca.1882–1919, n.d.
Egbert Hamilton Walker (1899–1991) correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0050
Dates:
1958–1976
Frederick Andrews Walpole (1861–1904) diaries
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0095
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-0051
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