Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Archives

Content Description This collection consists of five letters (1855, photocopies) representing the correspondence of Lucas, Hall Town, Jefferson County, Virginia (later West Virginia), and William R. Prince (1795–1869) of the William R. Prince and Co. nursery, Flushing, Long Island. The first four letters are from Prince, concerning Lucas’s purchase of an order which “comprises so many rare species and varieties that it will require our personal attention throughout” (1 February 1855). In a letter of 12...

Scope and Contents Note This collection consists of an unpublished manuscript (138 pages), "Explication de Quelques Termes de Botanique," concerning botanical terminology and classification and the historical development of botany. Pages 1–88 concern pre-Linnaean classification, particularly the work of Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603), Robert Morison (1620–1683) John Ray (1627–1705) and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708). Pages 88–138 comprise a detailed discussion of the system of Carolus Linnaeus...

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This collection includes letters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture plant explorer Wilson Popenoe (1892–1975) had been held by Malo. Popenoe's correspondents in this collection include Ernesto Cásseres Hastings (1918–2019), Francis B. Lincoln (?), Art Schroeder (1913–2001), and Ralph Sharpe (?).

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This collection consists of 5 letters written by Robert Marshall, addressed to "Family et al.". They describe his life and experiences in Wiseman, Alaska during a 1930 trip. While the first letter describes some of his exploration, the letters are largely non-botanical in nature. They instead focus on his experiences in Wiseman, including his living situation, activities, and conversations.

Content Description This collection contains Robert F. Martin’s handwritten notes (3 pieces) about the life of Thomas Walter (1740–1789) and his Flora Caroliniana (London, J. Fraser, 1788; HI call no. DS30 W234F); on “Walter names in Small” (9 pieces); and on modern names for Walter’s species in the Flora, with indications of which of Walter’s names were new genera and species (ca.100 pieces). Also found here are letters (6 items, some photocopies,...

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This collection consists of correspondence (including photocopies of her outgoing letters) concerning her activities and those of her correspondents, particularly activities relating to her determination of specimens of Apiaceae alt. Umbelliferae and her work on the family for a proposed North American flora under the editorship of Elmer D. Merrill and Henry A. Gleason of the New York Botanical Garden.

Scope and Contents This collection includes a letterbook consisting of 263 letters from other scientists to Mertens with copies of many of Mertens' replies handwritten onto the original letters. The letters are tipped into a bound volume. This includes letters from Carl Adolphe Agardh (1785–1859), J. B. G. M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846), Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838), Louis August Deschamps (1765–1842), Rene Louiche Defontaines (1750–1833), Ambrose M. F. J....

Content Description This collection consists of a correspondence including:Letters and notes to and from Neal with Heinrich Leonhards Skuja (1892–1972), Frances Grace Smith (1871–1948), C.E. Snow (?), P.E. Spalding (?), Harold St. John (1892–1991), and Leonard D. Tuthill (1911–1988). An undated handwritten note from an unknown correspondent, Vlad (?).A handwritten letter dated June 17, 1957 from a correspondent known only as "Mary."An undated handwritten letter to...

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This letter (Gainesville, Florida, 10 March 1915) was written by Nelson Lawrence T. Nelson (1862–1932) to “Effie,” his late wife’s sister. It concerns personal affairs including religious activities and acquaintances; some mention is made of his teaching and botanizing.

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The collection consists of Nordine's correspondence, either with the botanist and forester Charles Clemon Deam (1865–1953) or addressing matters involving Deam after his death with various correspondents. Inventories of specimens sent by Deam to Nordine and the Morton Arboretum are also included with several letters.