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Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0031
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mainly of letters Prain received from 1922 to 1924 and miscellaneous related items, some concerning the 1922 death of Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922). Also found here is a copy of a letter (27 February 1922) from Prain to Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934), discussing the nomenclature of various plants. Among the correspondents are Agnes (Balloch) Bayley Balfour (1857–1940), Frederick O. Bower (1855–1948) and Arthur W. Hill (1875–1941).
Dates:
1922–1924
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0184
Content Description
This is a typescript letter (Bodnant Gardens, Colwyn Bay, 20 June 1974, mimeographed?) to members of the Society, explaining Puddle’s reasons for resigning from official duties connected with the group, including his disagreement over various matters with the Society’s president, E. G. Waterhouse (1881–1977).
Dates:
1974
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: HIBDARC-0033
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: HIBDARC-0034
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0376
Content Description
1071 watercolor orchid paintings and pencil sketches by Rafael Lucas Rodriguez Caballero.18 sheets of informal sketches and/or handwritten notes; 29 sheets of reference copies.74 handmade orchid identification notecards.10 sets of handwritten and illustrated/illuminated descriptions of orchid genera and/or families.1 typewritten manuscript with 1-page handwritten description.27 notebooks with class notes, orchid observation notes,...
Dates:
1935–1980
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0076
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items relating to various botanists and plant genera. The first group of items relates to Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767?–1833): Haworth’s letter (Chelsea, 19 December 1831) to the Rev. Henry Thomas Ellacombe* (1790–1885) at Bitton, near Bath (Gloucestershire), referring to Ajax albicans, double jonquils, Ganymedes nutams Nob., Iris biflora, ...
Dates:
1831–1834, 1931–1948
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0035
Scope and Contents
This collection concerns his work with desmids, especially relating to his publications and including drafts and drawings; exchange and identification of specimens; the work and activities of fellow desmidologists; and personal affairs.Correspondents include Pierre Bourrelly (1910–1995), Hannah Croasdale (1905–1999), Franz Eckert, Kurt Förster (1918–1983), Rolf Grönblad (1895–1962), Willi Krieger (1886–1954), John Walter Guerrier Lund (1912–2015), Gunnar Nygaard (1903–2003),...
Dates:
1953–1963
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0037
Scope and Contents
This is a 16-page handwritten pamphlet, “Alphabetical Index to Dr. Shaw’s Naturalist Miscellany, to be filled up Annually as the Vols. are completed.” Entries are made for 23 volumes.
Dates:
1789–1813
Collection
Identifier: HIBDARC-0038
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, accounts and related miscellany. The persons involved include Col. Humphrey Waldo Sibthorp; Richard Waldo Sibthorp; Henry Sibthorp; Henry’s uncle, M. E. Sewell; Henry’s unnamed brother; Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp; Charles Waldo Sibthorp; and Mrs. Juliet Hawkins, addressed as “sister” by Richard Waldo Sibthorp. Also found here are documents, including Humphrey Sibthorp’s commission (1794) as colonel in the army, signed by King George III of...
Dates:
1781–1871
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: HIBDARC-0040
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with some handwritten notes on letters.A booklet titled "A Review of the Arnold Arboretum Controversy", dated April 1955, along with a copy of an excerpt and a table of contents. An article titled "A Denial of Justice and A Matter of Principle" dated March 15, 1956.A copy of the booklet, Ivan M. Johnston, A Correspondence between A Professor At Harvard and The President of the University (Jamaica...
Dates:
1949–1967, n.d.