Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton Records (RG4)
Archives, The LuEsther T. Mertz Library
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Collectors: |
Britton, Elizabeth G. (Elizabeth Gertrude), 1858-1934. |
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Title: |
Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton Records (RG4) |
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Dates: |
1882-1934 |
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Dates: |
bulk, 1885-1930 |
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Quantity: |
10.2 linear feet; 22 boxes |
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Call Phrase: |
E.G. Britton (RG4) |
Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton (1858-1934) was a bryologist, educator, and one of the founding leaders of the New York
Botanical Garden. Born Elizabeth Gertrude Knight in New York City 9 January 1858, she was the first of five daughters of James
and Sophie Anne (Compton) Knight. She spent part of her early childhood on her grandfather's sugar plantation in Matanzas,
Cuba. She graduated from the Normal School (now Hunter College) in 1875 and taught there as a critic teacher (1875-82) and
Tutor in Natural Science (1882-85). She married Nathaniel Lord Britton 27 August 1885. Their parallel botanical careers lasted
until their deaths within months of each other in 1934. Both are intrinsically associated with the creation of the NYBG, and
Elizabeth Britton became one of the foremost authorities in bryology of her time.
Elizabeth Knight joined the Torrey Botanical Club (1879), published her first paper in the club's bulletin (1883) and served
as Curator of Mosses (1884-85) and editor (1886-88). She and her Torrey Club associates, such as John Strong Newberry and
Nathaniel Lord Britton, were leaders in botanical science in the waning years of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th.
In 1893 she was the only woman nominated to be one of 25 charter members of the Botanical Society of America. She joined Columbia
College as an unofficial curator of its moss herbarium where she was instrumental in acquiring the collection of the Swiss
bryologist August Jaeger. Though she lacked an advanced degree, she oversaw the work of doctoral students at Columbia, including
Abel Joel Grout, who became a leading North American bryologist in the 20th century.
Mrs. Britton began her botanical career with the discovery of the fruit of the moss Eustichium norvegicum and the presence
of a rare curly grass fern Schizaea pusilla, in Nova Scotia in 1879. She was a fervent fieldworker and made extensive collections in the Adirondack and Appalachian Mountains,
Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Jamaica. In 1888 the Brittons sailed to England to examine the Bolivian collection of Henry Hurd Rusby
at the Kew Botanic Garden. This visit has become legendary as Mrs. Britton's inspiration to create a similar institution in
New York. On their return to New York they became involved with the Torrey Botanical Club to establish a botanic garden in
New York City, and Mrs. Britton became a prime mover in the fundraising efforts in the 1890s that led to its creation. In
1912 she became NYBG Honorary Curator of Mosses, an unpaid position, providing annual reports from 1914 to 1929. In 1906 the
NYBG purchased the William Mitten moss herbarium and she spent years on its reorganization and integration into the garden's
collection.
Mrs. Britton wrote 346 papers, 170 of which were on mosses, with many more on ferns and wild flower preservation. In 1889
she began a series of 11 papers titled "Contributions to American Bryology" that described the genera Orthotricum, Ulota, Physomitrium, Bruchia, and Scouleria. Soon afterwards she wrote a series of 8 articles, "How to Study the Mosses," for a popular botanic periodical, The Observer. In 1892 she published a list of the mosses of West Virginia and from 1903 to 1914 a series of 12 papers on moss taxonomy
in The Bryologist. While her research of the 1890s led toward a systematic study of the mosses of the eastern United States,
a proposed Handbook of Mosses of Eastern America, she abandoned this project in favor of shorter papers. She also contributed papers on moss systematics to the project known
as the North American Flora.
Early in the history of the NYBG she launched a public effort to raise people's consciousness about wild flower preservation.
In 1902 she helped organize The Wild Flower Preservation Society of America and published a series of articles on the subject
in the Journal of the NYBG (1912-29). In recent years Elizabeth Britton has become the focus of several studies on women in the sciences in the 19th
and early 20th centuries. Among her many distinctions, Mrs. Britton served as president of the Sullivant Moss Society (1916-19)
and chaired the Conservation Committee of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York (1925), but her stature as a brilliant, and
female, scientist makes her unique. At a time when professional opportunities for women were rigidly delimited, Elizabeth
Britton seems all the more outstanding through her leadership, influence, strong personality, and indomitable will. Her enthusiasm
and dedication to botany have left a lasting mark on the NYBG and its moss collections.
The Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton collection consists of correspondence, research and personal papers, and manuscripts
& typescripts, photographic material, artwork, and printing plates covering her teaching career at the Normal School and her
association with the Torrey Botanical Club and NYBG. Mrs. Britton's field notebooks are located in the NYBG Collectors' Field
Notebook collection. In some cases, her field notes are located in notebooks of associated collectors, especially Nathaniel
Lord Britton.
Access restrictions
This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz
Library staff.
Copyright
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should
be submitted in writing to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York
Botanical Garden.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
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Persons |
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Andrews, Albert Le Roy, 1878-1964. |
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Best, George Newton, 1846-1926. |
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Evans, Alexander W. (Alexander William), 1868-1959. |
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Holzinger, John M. (John Michael), 1853-1929. |
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Macoun, James Melville, 1862-1920. |
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Subjects |
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Acrocarpous mosses. |
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Britton, Elizabeth G. (Elizabeth Gertrude), 1858-1934 -- Archives. |
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Mitten, William, 1819-1909 -- Herbarium. |
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Musci -- North America. |
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New York Botanical Garden Archives. |
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Pleurocarpous mosses. |
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Women botanists. |
New York Botanical Garden
RG4--Nathaniel Lord Britton Records, 1875-1934
RG4--Robert Statham Williams Records, 1888-1938
PP--William Mitten Papers, 1846-1910
RA--Wildflower Preservation Society of America Records, 1894-1933
Gray Herbarium and Arnold Arboretum Combined Libraries, Harvard University
James Franklin Collins Papers, 1884-1935
George Edward Davenport Papers, 1872-1907
Walter Deane Papers, 1881-1929
George Golding Kennedy Papers, 1864-1896
Thomas Morong Letters, 1874-1888
From Series 5: Artwork -- Two oversize drawings of Ms. Taylor have been separated and removed to the NYBG Art & Illustration Collection #59.
E.G. Britton (RG4), Archives, the New York Botanical Garden.
This collection was transferred to the New York Botanical Garden Archives.
Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, September 1999 with grant funding from The National Endowment for
the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD v. 2002 in October 2006 by Kathleene
Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).
Series 1. Correspondence.
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Scope and Content:
There are four boxes of correspondence with colleagues, personal friends, and social leaders covering the period from her
instruction at the Normal School through her NYBG career. Notable correspondents are Helen Brown, Edward Chamberlain, Alice
Eastwood, William Farlow, Jane Gray, John Holzinger, James Macoun, William Maxon, William Mitten, George Nichols, Henry Hurd
Rusby, Richard Spruce, Anne Morrill Smith, Josephine Elizabeth Tilden, Hugo de Vries, and Alfred Russell Wallace. There are
ten letters from Nathaniel Lord Britton (1891-98). One (29 May 1912) is a notice of her appointment as Honorary Curator of
Mosses, passed by the NYBG Board of Managers 23 May 1912. In some instances, correspondence to Elizabeth Britton appears in
the Nathaniel Britton collection, and vice versa. Such cases are not cross-referenced. It may be advisable to refer to each
collection for related correspondence, especially in cases where the same correspondent appears in both collections.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
1.1 |
Allen, Charles A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.2 |
Allen, Isabelle W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.3 |
Allen, John A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.4 |
Allen, Oscar Dana |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.5 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Committee on Nomenclature |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.6 |
Andrews, Albert LeRoy (4 files) |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.7 |
Anrep, A. V. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.8 |
Arthur, Joseph C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.9 |
Atkinson, George F. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.10 |
Austin, Mrs. Coe Finch |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.11 |
Autran, Eugene |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.12 |
Bailey, John William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.13 |
Bailey, Liberty Hyde |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.14 |
Bailey, William W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.15 |
Baker, Carl |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.16 |
Baker, John G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.17 |
Barbey, William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.18 |
Barbour, William C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.19 |
Barnes, Charles Reid |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.20 |
Bartlett, Harley Harris |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.21 |
Bartram, Edwin Bunting |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.22 |
Bassler, Harvey |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.23 |
Beal, William J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.24 |
Bebb, Michael S. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.25 |
Beckett, T. W. Major |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.26 |
Bell, William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.27 |
Benedict, Joel T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.28 |
Bennett, James Lawrence |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.29 |
Berlin |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.30 |
Bescherelle, E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.31 |
Bessey, Charles E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.32 |
Best, George Newton (4 files) |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.33 |
Biddlecome, Hannah J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.34 |
Bigelow, Edward F. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.35 |
Bingham, Mrs. R. F. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.36 |
Blankenship, Joseph |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.37 |
Blumer, Jacob C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.38 |
Boissier Herbarium |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.39 |
Bolander, Henry Nichols |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.40 |
Boodle, Leonard A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.41 |
Booth, Charles M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.42 |
Booth, Mary Ann Allard |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.43 |
Borgensen, C. A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.44 |
Boswell, Henry |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.45 |
Boulay, Nicholas J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.46 |
Bower, Frederick O. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.47 |
Bradshaw, |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.48 |
Braithwaite, Robert |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.49 |
Brandegee, Townsend Stith |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.50 |
Breidler, Joseph |
ca. 1883-1932 |
1.51 |
Brinkman, Alfred H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.1 |
Daly, Charles P. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.2 |
Damson, W. E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.3 |
Dana, Frances T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.4 |
Daniels, Francis E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.5 |
Davenport, George E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.6 |
Davidson, Alvin |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.7 |
Davis, John |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.8 |
Davis, William T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.9 |
Day, Mary A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.10 |
Dean, Bashford |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.11 |
Deane, Walter |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.12 |
De Cou, Branson |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.13 |
Demetrio, Carl Hermann |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.14 |
Denniston, Florence K. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.15 |
Department of Agriculture |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.16 |
Dieck, George |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.17 |
Dismier, Gabriel |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.18 |
Dixon, Hugh N. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.19 |
Dixon, Hugh N. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.20 |
Dobbin, Frank |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.21 |
Dodge, Raynal |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.22 |
Druce, George C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.23 |
Drury, Ella M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.24 |
Dunham, Elizabeth M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.25 |
Dunn, Louise B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.26 |
Dupret, Hippolyte |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.27 |
Durand, Elias Judah |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.28 |
Dutcher, Helen W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.29 |
Dyer, W. Thistleton |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.30 |
Earle, Franklin Sumner |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.31 |
East, E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.32 |
Eastwood, Alice |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.33 |
Eaton, Alvah A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.34 |
Eaton, D. C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.35 |
Eckfeldt, John W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.36 |
Ekblaw, Walter E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.37 |
Ellis, Job Bicknell |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.38 |
Engle, Horace M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.39 |
Ernst, Flora G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.40 |
Engelmann, George |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.41 |
Evans, Alexander W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.42 |
Evans, Alexander W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.43 |
Evans, Alexander W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.44 |
Evans, Alexander W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.45 |
Fairbanks, L. B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.46 |
Farlow, William G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.47 |
Fauntleroy, Juliet |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.48 |
Fawcett, William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.49 |
Faxon, Edwin |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.50 |
Felippone, Florentino |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.51 |
Fernald, Merritt L. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.52 |
Fishlock, Walter C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.53 |
Fisher, George L. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.54 |
Fitch, Mrs. D. B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.55 |
Fitzpatrick, Thomas J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.56 |
Fleischer, Max |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.57 |
Fleischer, Max |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.58 |
Flett, John B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.59 |
Foster, Albert S. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.60 |
Frye, Theodore C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.61 |
Ganong, W. F. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.62 |
Gardener, A. H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.63 |
Gardener, Nathaniel L. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.64 |
Garrett, Albert Osborn |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.65 |
Gaskill, Alfred |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.66 |
Gates, R. Ruggles |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.67 |
Gebhard, John C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.68 |
George, Edward |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.69 |
Gepp, Anthony |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.70 |
Gibson, R. J. Harvey |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.71 |
Gibson, William Hamilton |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.72 |
Glbert, Benjamin D. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.73 |
Gilman, Charles W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.74 |
Goodding, Leslie N. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.75 |
Goodsell, J. W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.76 |
Gorham Company |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.77 |
Gorman, Martin W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.78 |
Gratacap, L. P. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.79 |
Gray, Jane |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.80 |
Gray, R. S. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.81 |
Green, H. A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.82 |
Greene, Edward L. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.83 |
Gregory, Loriva Emily |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.84 |
Gresham, Bessie E. Johnston |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.85 |
Griffiths, David |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.86 |
Grout, Abel Joel |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.87 |
Gyorffy, Istvan |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.88 |
Hagen, Ingebrigt S. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.89 |
Handy, S. E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.90 |
Hariot, Paul A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.91 |
Harper, R. A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.92 |
Harris, Alice C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.93 |
Harris, Carolyn W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.94 |
Harris, William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.95 |
Harshberger, John W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.96 |
Hart, John H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.97 |
Hart, Mary E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.98 |
Hart, Minerva |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.99 |
Hart, Thomas P. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.100 |
Harvey, Francis L. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.101 |
Hasse, Hermann E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.102 |
Haynes, Caroline C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.103 |
Heiser, J. M. Jr. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.104 |
Helb, E. J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.105 |
Heller, Amos A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.106 |
Henderson, Louis F. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.107 |
Hennings, Paula C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.108 |
Henry, Joseph |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.109 |
Hervey, Alfonso B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.110 |
Hibbard, H. V. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.111 |
Hicken, Cristobal Maria |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.112 |
Hicks, Gilbert Henry |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.113 |
Higginson, Storrow |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.114 |
Hill, Ellsworth Jerome |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.115 |
Hioran, Brother |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.116 |
Hochreutiner, Benedict P. G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.117 |
Holden, Isaac |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.118 |
Hollick, Adeline A. T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.119 |
Hollick, Arthur |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.120 |
Holm, Theodor |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.121 |
Holzinger, John Michael |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.122 |
Holzinger, John Michael |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.123 |
Holzinger, John Michael |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.124 |
Holzinger, John Michael |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.125 |
Hood, Samuel C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.126 |
Hooper, Franklin William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.127 |
Hopkins, Andrew Delmar |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.128 |
Hornaday, William T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.129 |
Hough, Romeyn Beck |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.130 |
House, Homer Oliver |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.131 |
Howard, L. O. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.132 |
Howe, Marshall Avery |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.133 |
Howell, Jean Kirk |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.134 |
Howell, Thomas |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.135 |
Hulst, George D. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.136 |
Hunter, J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.137 |
Huntington, John Warren |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.138 |
Husnot, Tranquille |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.139 |
Hutchinson, J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.140 |
Hyatt, Eda Libby |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.141 |
Ingersoll, Helen Marcy |
ca. 1883-1932 |
2.142 |
Isaacs, Alice M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3 |
Jack, J. S. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.2 |
Jackson, Albert Bruce |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.3 |
Jackson, Sarah |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.4 |
Jaderholm, Elof |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.5 |
Jameson, Hampden Gurney |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.6 |
Jelliffe, Smith Ely |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.7 |
Jennngs, Otto Emery |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.8 |
Jessup, Henry Griswald |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.9 |
Johansen, F. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.10 |
Johnson, C. W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.11 |
Jorgensen, Eugen Honoratus |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.12 |
Kaiser, George B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.13 |
Kalbfleisch, Augusta |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.14 |
Kaurin, Christian |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.15 |
Kearney, Thomas Henry |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.16 |
Kellerman, William Ashbrook |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.17 |
Kellog, Elizabeth H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.18 |
Kelsey, Francis Duncan |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.19 |
Kennedy, George Golding |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.20 |
Kern, Friedrich |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.21 |
Kerr, Dora T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.22 |
Kew Botanic Garden |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.23 |
Killip, Elsworth, P. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.24 |
Kindberg, Axel |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.25 |
Kindberg, N. C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.26 |
Kittredge, Elsie M (re: photo collection, April, 1915) |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.27 |
Knowlton, Frank Hall |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.28 |
Koenig, Adolph |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.29 |
Krout, Abraham F. K. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.30 |
Kunze, Richard Ernst |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.31 |
Ladd, Charles K. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.32 |
Land, William J. G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.33 |
Lange, Dietrich |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.34 |
Langlois, Auguste B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.35 |
Latterlee, Marion |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.36 |
Lawrence, William E. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.37 |
Le Brun, Maria Olivia |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.38 |
Lees, Richard |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.39 |
LeFevre, Jacques |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.40 |
Leiberg, John B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.41 |
Leiberg, John B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.42 |
Leiberg, John B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.43 |
Lemon, John Gill |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.44 |
Leon, Herman (Brother) [Sauget, Joseph Sylvestre] |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.45 |
Lesquereux, Leo |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.46 |
Letterman, George W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.47 |
Levier, Emilio |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.48 |
Lighthipe, Lewis Henry |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.49 |
Lillie, D. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.50 |
Limpricht, Wolfgang |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.51 |
Lindberg, Harald |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.52 |
Lindberg, Sextus Otto |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.53 |
Linn, Alonzo |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.54 |
Lippincott, Charles D. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.55 |
Livermore, M. A. C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.56 |
Lloyd, Francis Ernest |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.57 |
Loeske, Leopold |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.58 |
Lorenz, Annie |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.59 |
Lowe, Josephine D. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.60 |
Lowe, Rachel Lowell |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.61 |
Lyon, Adele |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.62 |
McAllister, T. H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.63 |
McBride, Thomas Huston |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.64 |
McDonald, Frances Eugene |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.65 |
McDougal, Daniel Trembly |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.66 |
McFarland, Frank Theodore |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.67 |
MacMillan, Conway |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.68 |
Macoun, James M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.69 |
Macoun, James M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.70 |
Macoun, James M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.71 |
Macoun, James M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.72 |
Macoun, James M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.73 |
Macoun, James M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.74 |
MacOwan, P. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.75 |
Malta, N. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.76 |
Manley, Maye |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.77 |
Mann, Martha R. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.78 |
Marble, Delia W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.79 |
Marshall, Nina Loring |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.80 |
Marshall Field & Company |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.81 |
Massee, George Edward |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.82 |
Maxon, Willliam Ralph |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.83 |
Maxon, Willliam Ralph |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.84 |
Maxon, Willliam Ralph |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.85 |
Meehan, Thomas |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.86 |
Mellor, Charles Chauncey |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.87 |
Menninger, C. F. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.88 |
Merriam, Clinton Hart |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.89 |
Merrill, Elmer Drew |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.90 |
Meyer, Annie Norton |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.91 |
Millspaugh, Charles F. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.92 |
Mitten, William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.93 |
Moller, Hjalmar |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.94 |
Mohr, Charles |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.95 |
Morong, Thomas |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.96 |
Morris Edward Lyman |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.97 |
Moor, Adele D. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.98 |
Moser, John |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.99 |
Mulford, Isabel |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.100 |
Muller, Karl |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.101 |
Nelson, Aven |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.102 |
Nelson, N. L. T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.103 |
Nevins, Mrs. R. H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.104 |
Nichols, George Elwood |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.105 |
Nichols, George Elwood |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.106 |
Nichols, George Elwood |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.107 |
Nicholson, William Edward |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.108 |
Norstedt, Otto |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.109 |
Northrop, Alice Rich |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.110 |
Nuttall, Lawrence William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.111 |
Re: Observer articles by E. G. Britton |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.112 |
Okamura, Shutai |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.113 |
Ostenfeld, Carl Hansen |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.114 |
Oras, Lee |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.115 |
Owen, Maria Louisa |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.116 |
Paris, Edouard Gabriel |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.117 |
Parish, Samuel Bonsall |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.118 |
Parmalee, George L. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.119 |
Pearson, William Henry |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.120 |
Pease, Frederick Noah |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.121 |
Peck, Charles Horton |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.122 |
Perkins, George Henry |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.123 |
Perrine, Laura Lavonia |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.124 |
Philibert, Henri |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.125 |
Phillips, E. J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.126 |
Pickett, Fermen Layton |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.127 |
Pierce, Farnow W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.128 |
Piper, Charles Vancouver |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.129 |
Pollard, Charles Louis |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.130 |
Pollock, Charles |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.131 |
Porter, Edna |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.132 |
Porter, John Bonsall |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.133 |
Porter, Thomas Conrad |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.134 |
Pound, Roscoe |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.135 |
Prain, David |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.136 |
Price, Sarah Frances |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.137 |
Pringle, Cyrus Guernsey |
ca. 1883-1932 |
3.138 |
Quackenbush, Alice T. A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.1 |
Ramirez, Jose |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.2 |
Rand, Edward Lothrop |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.3 |
Randel, J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.4 |
Rapp, Severin |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.5 |
Rau, Eugene Abraham |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.6 |
Ravenel, W. Dec. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.7 |
Redfield, John Howard |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.8 |
Reed, Minnie |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.9 |
Reimers, H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.10 |
Renauld, Ferdinand |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.11 |
Rendle, Alfred Barton |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.12 |
Richards, Herbert Maule |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.13 |
Riddle, Lincoln Ware |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.14 |
Ridley, Henry Nichols |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.15 |
Ries, Millie T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.16 |
Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.17 |
Robinson, C. B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.18 |
Rodway, Leonard |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.19 |
Roll, Julius |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.20 |
Roig y Mesa, Juan Tomas |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.21 |
Roivainen, H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.22 |
Romig, A. B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.23 |
Rose, Joseph Nelson |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.24 |
Re: Roses |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.25 |
Roth, Georg |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.26 |
Rothrock, J. T. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.27 |
Roumerguere, Casimir |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.28 |
Rudkin, W. A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.29 |
Rusby, Henry Hurd |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.30 |
Russell, Colton |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.31 |
Ruth, Albert |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.32 |
Ryan, Elling |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.33 |
Safford, William Edward |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.34 |
Sanford, Frances |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.35 |
Salmon, Ernest Stanley |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.36 |
Sanial, Marie L. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.37 |
Sargent, Frederich Leroy |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.38 |
Saunders, William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.39 |
Savage, Thomas Edmund |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.40 |
Schallert, Paul Otto |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.41 |
Scheepers, John |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.42 |
Re: Schiffner, Viktor |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.43 |
Schneck, J. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.44 |
Schneider, A. L. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.45 |
Schrenk, Joseph von |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.46 |
Scribner, Charles |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.47 |
Schwendener, Simon |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.48 |
Searing, Anna H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.49 |
Seth, Karl Adam Theodor |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.50 |
Seymour, Arthur Bliss |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.51 |
Sheldon, John Lewis |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.52 |
Sherring, Richard Vowell |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.53 |
Sherwood, Bertha Marion |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.54 |
Slater, Matthew B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.55 |
Slosson, Margaret |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.56 |
Small, Abbie M. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.57 |
Small, John Kunkel |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.58 |
Smith, Annie Morrill |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.59 |
Smith, Annie Morrill |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.60 |
Smith, Annie Morrill |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.61 |
Smith, Jared G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.62 |
Smith, John Donnell |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.63 |
Smith, W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.64 |
Smyth, Bernard Bryan |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.65 |
Solereder, Hans |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.66 |
Sonle, Caroline G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.67 |
Spalding, Volney Morgan |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.68 |
Spence, E. Jane |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.69 |
Spinner, D. H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.70 |
Spruce, Richard |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.71 |
Stanfield, Silas Walter |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.72 |
Standley, Paul C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.73 |
Stevens, Mary Louise |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.74 |
Stevenson, John Albert |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.75 |
Stewart, M. C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.76 |
Stillwell, L. W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.77 |
Stokes, Alfred Cheatham |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.78 |
Stokes, Frederick A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.79 |
Stone, Witmer |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.80 |
Straubenmuller, Gustave |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.81 |
Strong, Martha Prentice |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.82 |
Stultz, W. H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.83 |
Stuntz, Stephen Conrad |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.84 |
Suksdorf, Wilhelm Nikolaus |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.85 |
Taft, Mary A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.86 |
Talbott, Laura Osborne |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.87 |
Tatnall, Edward |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.88 |
Taylor, Elfreda Bennett |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.89 |
Thaxter, Roland |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.90 |
Theriot, Irenee |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.91 |
Thompson, Esther H. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.92 |
Thornton, Charles W. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.93 |
Tilden, Josephine Elizabeth |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.94 |
Tobey, Lillie S. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.95 |
Townsend, Charles Orien |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.96 |
Tracy, Samuel Mills |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.97 |
Traphagen, Frank Weiss |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.98 |
Trelease, William |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.99 |
True, Rodney Howard |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.100 |
Tuckerman, Edward |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.101 |
Turner, Dawson |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.102 |
Underwood, Lucien Marcus |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.103 |
Underwood & Underwood Company |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.104 |
Unidentified |
1802 |
4.105 |
Unidentified |
1869 |
4.106 |
Vail, Anna Murray |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.107 |
Van Brunt, Adelaide Stafford |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.108 |
Van Brunt, Cornelius |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.109 |
Vasey, George |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.110 |
Venturi, Gustav |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.111 |
Victorin, Frere Marie |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.112 |
Vilmorin, P. de |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.113 |
Vreeland, Frederick King |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.114 |
Vries, Hugo de & W. de |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.115 |
Vroom, James |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.116 |
Wadmond, Samuel Christenson |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.117 |
Wager, Horace A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.118 |
Waghorne, Arthur Charles |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.119 |
Walcott, W. D. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.120 |
Waldron, Lawrence Root |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.121 |
Wallace, Alfred Russell |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.122 |
Ward, Lester Frank |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.123 |
Warming, Eugene |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.124 |
Warner, Edith A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.125 |
Warnstorf, Carl |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.126 |
Waterfall, W. B. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.127 |
Waters, Campbell Easter |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.128 |
Watson, Sereno |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.129 |
Webber, Herbert John |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.130 |
Webster, George |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.131 |
Weese, A. O. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.132 |
Weigel, Theodore Oswald |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.133 |
Werner, William C. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.134 |
Wetherby, Albert G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.135 |
Weymouth, W. A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.136 |
Wheelock, Emily Hall |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.137 |
Wille, Nordal |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.138 |
Williams, Robert Statham |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.139 |
Williams, Mrs. Thomas A. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.140 |
Wilson, L. Gordon |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.141 |
Wilson, William Powell |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.142 |
Woodward, Martha G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.143 |
Wolle, Francis |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.144 |
Wortley, E. G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.145 |
Wright, Charles Henry |
ca. 1883-1932 |
4.146 |
Yuncker, Truman G. |
ca. 1883-1932 |
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Series 2. Research Papers.
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Scope and Content:
This series consists of 58 files of research papers and 5 boxes of bibliographic index cards relating to moss systematics.
These consist of botanical descriptions, annotations of lists and catalogues, and notebooks, some with accompanying sketches.
Notebooks and annotated publications (e.g. Musci Appalachiani by Coe Finch Austin) appear in Box 6. An annotated copy of Musci Austro-Americani by William Mitten (1869) appears in Box 7. Notes are organized variously by family, genus, geographical region, or habitat;
some material relates to bryological organizations. The index cards pertain to the Acrocarpus and Pleurocarpus genera of mosses. Field notebooks of collection data, volumes 43-45, 52, 67-68, 132-155, 171, 172, 174, 177-181, and 222
(1892-1923) are located in the Collectors' Field Notebooks collection.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
4.147 |
The American Bryological Society, Constitution |
ca. 1892-1920 |
4.148 |
American Code of Botanical Nomenclature |
1907 |
4.149 |
Assorted notes on mosses (2 files) |
ca. 1892-1920 |
4.150 |
Drummond's Mosses of Scotland (Musci Scotia) |
1824 |
4.151 |
Ehrhart's (Friedrich) Genera |
ca. 1892-1920 |
4.152 |
Exchanges and Accessions of Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
4.153 |
Japanese Mosses |
1908 |
4.154 |
List of Adirondack Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
4.155 |
Lists of Desiderata |
ca. 1892-1920 |
4.156 |
Lists of Mosses from the Canada Arctic Expedition |
ca. 1892-1920 |
4.157 |
List of mosses from A. G. Wetherby |
ca. 1892-1920 |
4.158 |
Mosses from the Isle of Pines, Cuba |
1916 |
4.159 |
Mosses from the Stomachs of Reindeer |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.1 |
Notes on Adirondack Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.2 |
Notes on Campylostelium |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.3 |
Notes on Dicranum |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.4 |
Notes on Georgia |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.5 |
Notes on Kindberg's List of European and North American Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.6 |
Notes on Mexican Zygodons |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.7 |
Notes on Mitten Herbarium |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.8 |
Notes on Princeton University Herbarium |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.9 |
Notes on Pottiaceae |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.10 |
Notes on Trichostomum and Tortula |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.11 |
Notes on Ulota |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.12 |
Notes and Sketches, Hookeria, et al |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.13 |
The Orders and Families of Mosses of the North American Flora |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.14 |
Review of the Lycopodiaceae of Mexico |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.15 |
Specimens loaned to Professor Brotherus |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.16 |
Sullivant Moss Society, Constitution |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.17 |
Warnstorf's Arrangement of Sphagna |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.18 |
West Indian Mosses, proof |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.19 |
West Indian Mosses I, annotated |
ca. 1892-1920 |
5.20 |
West Virginia Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
6.1 |
Descriptive Notes on Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
6.2 |
Determinations of Collections |
ca. 1892-1920 |
6.3 |
European Herbaria, Determination of Collections, et al |
ca. 1892-1920 |
6.4 |
The Families of Mosses after Engler and Prantl, Alphabetic Index |
ca. 1892-1920 |
6.5 |
The Families of Mosses after Engler and Prantl, Systematic Index |
ca. 1892-1920 |
6.6 |
Index Rerum: Notes and Correspondence |
ca. 1892-1920 |
6.7 |
Musci Appalachiani, by C. F. Austin, annotated copy |
187 |
6.8 |
Muscologica Gallica, by T. Husnot, annotated copy |
1887 |
6.9 |
Plant Descriptions and Sketches |
Nov-Dec, 1925 |
Box |
Title |
Date |
7 |
Musci Austro-Americani, by G. Mitten, annotated copy, 1869 |
ca. 1892-1920 |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
8.1 |
The Bahama Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.2 |
The Bahama Mosses: Acrocarpus |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.3 |
Caucasian Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.4 |
Central American Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.5 |
Desiderata of Calymperes and Syrrhopodon |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.6 |
Hawaiian Island Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.7 |
Mosses collected by George B. Brainerd |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.8 |
Mosses, Isle of Pines, Cuba |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.9 |
Notes on Fissideutaceae |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.10 |
Notes on Jamaican Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.11 |
Notes for North American Flora, Eucalypta |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.12 |
Notes, North American Flora, Volume 15 |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.13 |
Puerto Rican Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.14 |
Puerto Rican Mosses, 1913 |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.15 |
West Indian Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
8.16 |
Miscellaneous Notes on Mosses |
ca. 1892-1920 |
Box |
Title |
Date |
9 |
Bibliography, Index cards - Acrocarpus I |
ca. 1892-1920 |
10 |
Bibliography, index cards - Acrocarpus II |
ca. 1892-1920 |
11 |
Bibliography, index cards - Acrocarpus II, III, IV |
ca. 1892-1920 |
12 |
Bibliography, index cards - Pleurocarpus I |
ca. 1892-1920 |
13 |
Bibliography, index cards - Pleurocarpus II |
ca. 1892-1920 |
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Series 3. Manuscripts & Typescripts.
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Scope and Content:
Manuscripts and typescripts include annotated botanical lists, drafts of published articles, book reviews, and two files of
NYBG reports of the "Honorary Curator of Mosses." All pertain to moss systematics. There are 4 typescripts of collaborative
publications with G. B. Kaiser and Robert Statham Williams and translations of an article by P. Vuillemin and of the journal
of Nicolas Valverde on an expedition to Turquino, Cuba. In some cases pencil sketches accompany the notes and manuscripts.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
14.1 |
"The Bahama Mosses: Pleurocarpus" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.2 |
Biographical note on August Jager |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.3 |
Book Reviews by E. G. Britton et al |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.4 |
"Bryological Notes III: Swartz'Types of Jamaican Mosses |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.5 |
"Dicranaceae" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.6 |
"The GenusZygodonin North America" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.7 |
"Haitian Mosses" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.8 |
"Mosses of the Bahamas" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.9 |
"Mosses of the Danish West Indies and Virgin Islands" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.10 |
"Mosses of El Yunque" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.11 |
"Musci of Bermuda" fromFlora of Bermuda |
1918 |
14.12 |
"The North American Species ofTrichomanes" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.13 |
"Notes on Nomenclature, XII" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.14 |
"On the GenusCampylopus. . . with Description of New Species from West Virginia" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.15 |
"Report of the Chairman of the Division ofBryophyta" |
April 2, 1898 |
14.16 |
Reports of the Honorary Curator of Mosses |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.17 |
"The Rare Mosses of Bashbish Falls" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.18 |
"Splachnobryumin North America" |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.19 |
"The Sword Moss,Bryoziphium norvegicum(Brid.) Mitt." |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.20 |
"Mosses from Indiana" by E. G. Britton & G. B. Kaiser |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.21 |
"Central American Mosses" by E. G. Britton & R. S. Williams |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.22 |
"The Mosses of Porto Rico" by E. G. Britton & R. S. Williams |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.23 |
"Notes on Galapagos Island Mosses" by E. G. Britton & R. S. Williams |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.24 |
"Desiderata in Bryum" by Dr. Andrews |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.25 |
Plantae Wrightianae e Cuba Orientali…by Asa Gray |
August 14, 1860 |
14.26 |
Nova Genera and Species Plantarumby Olof Swartz |
1788 |
14.27 |
"The Ascent of the Peak of Turquino, Cuba" by Nicolas Valverde (translation by E. G. Britton) |
ca. 1880-1930 |
14.28 |
Correspondence of Fred W. Ramsden, Santiago, Cuba |
April 17, 1860 |
14.29 |
"The Luminous Appearance ofSchistostega osmundaceae" (by P. Vuillemin), translation |
ca. 1880-1930 |
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Series 4. Photography.
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Scope and Content:
Photo subjects include the Knight family, including portraits of Elizabeth alone and with her mother. There are portraits
of Nathaniel Lord Britton, and one of John Strong Newberry (1892) inscribed to Elizabeth Britton. There are many unidentified
nature scenes of lakes, meadows, farmlands, woodlands, and other scenic and floral subjects. One photo depicts the Brittons
at a picnic at Middlesex Falls, Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1924. One envelope contains photos taken by Lucien Marcus Underwood
in Switzerland, including shots of the Matterhorn
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15.1 |
Elizabeth Knight and family |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.2 |
Forest and other scenes |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.3 |
Nature scenes |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.4 |
Park scenes |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.5 |
Personal and family portraits |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.6 |
Personal and family portraits; nature studies |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.7 |
Personal and social |
1912, 1924 |
15.8 |
Portrait of E. G. Britton, negative |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.9 |
Postcard and notes re: Christmas holly |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.10 |
Urban scenes |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.11 |
Various scenic and floral subjects |
ca. 1911 |
15.12 |
Photoengraving of ladyslipper |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.13 |
Printing plate, Mosses, American Lyceum of Natural History, Volume 1, Plate 23 |
ca. 1882-1924 |
15.14 |
Mounted photograph, 116th Street entrance to Columbia University |
1889 |
16.1 |
Photo scrapbook, plant specimens |
1889 |
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Series 5. Artwork.
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Scope and Content:
There are 9 colored photo engravings of mosses (mounted and framed) and four plates of Alexandrina Taylor's diagrammatic studies
for "Life History of Schizaea pusilla" published in the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Volume 28, 1901. Two oversize drawings of Ms. Taylor have been separated and removed to the NYBG Art & Illustration Collection
#59.
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Date |
16.2 |
Watercolors from photoengraving plates (10) |
1901 |
16.3 |
Oversize drawings [see NYBG Art & Illustration Collection #59] |
1901
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17.1 |
Moss series: Plate 1, untitled |
1901 |
17.2 |
Moss series: Plate 2, Hypnum serrulatum |
1901 |
17.3 |
Moss series: Plate 3, Hypnum boscii (cirriphyllum) |
1901 |
17.4 |
Moss series: Plate 4, Hypnum recurvans |
1901 |
17.5 |
Moss series: Plate 5, Barbula brevipes |
1901 |
17.6 |
Moss series: Plate 7, Hypnum curvifolium |
1901 |
17.7 |
Moss series: Plate 8, Brachythecium rutabalum |
1901 |
17.8 |
Moss series: Plate 9, Plagiothecium denticulatum |
1901 |
17.9 |
Moss series: Dendroalsia, by Alexandrina Taylor, mounted |
1901 |
17.10 |
Moss series: Untitled, by Alexandrina Taylor (2) |
1901 |
17.11 |
Moss series: Moss, untitled |
1901 |
17.12 |
Diagrams for Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Volume 28: Plate 1, Schizaea pusilla |
1901 |
17.13 |
Diagrams for Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Volume 28: Plate 2, Schizaea pusilla |
1901 |
17.14 |
Diagrams for Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Volume 28: Plate 3, Life History of Schizaea pusilla |
1901 |
17.15 |
Diagrams for Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Volume 28: Plate 4, Life History of Schizaea pusilla |
1901 |
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Series 6. Personal Papers.
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Scope and Content:
The series consists of an address book, diaries, scrapbooks, correspondence, clippings, and a small box of personal effects.
There are 2 files of news clippings and correspondence (1917-27) regarding the preservation of trees and other flora of New
York City parks. There is a diary of the Britton's wedding vacation (1885) and trip to Kew Botanic Garden (1888) each with
a typed transcription. The wedding diary also includes a journal kept by Nathaniel Lord Britton on a U.S. Geological Survey
expedition to the American west in 1882. There is a bound leather volume (entitled "Zoe") by Miriam Barnett Fridenberg, inscribed
to Elizabeth G. Knight. One scrapbook contains personal correspondence and clippings relating to the Normal School, and one
photo scrapbook has been disassembled and filed.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
18.1 |
Address Book |
c 1895 |
18.2 |
Announcements and notices |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.3 |
Correspondence and news clippings, parks and playgrounds |
1917-1927 |
18.4 |
Diary Notes |
1888 |
18.5 |
Diary of Trip to Kew, 1888 / Diary of Wedding Trip |
1885 |
18.6 |
Diary of Trip to Kew, transcription |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.7 |
Diary of Wedding Trip, transcription |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.8 |
Diary of Wedding Trip, transcription of N. L Britton journal, U.S. Geological Survey |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.9 |
Journal, "Notes in Gardens" |
1899-1901 |
18.10 |
Literary notes on ferns, moss, et al |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.11 |
NYBG Memorial and Resolution on Elizabeth Knight Britton |
1934 |
18.12 |
News clippings and notes |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.13 |
Old Stone House, Staten Island |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.14 |
Miscellaneous papers |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.15 |
"Zoe" by Miriam Barnett Fridenberg |
January, 1909 |
18.16 |
"E. G. Britton" by Mrs. David Oak (childhood reminiscence) |
ca. 1882-1934 |
18.17 |
"Elizabeth Gertrude Britton" in Notable American Women |
1968 |
Box |
Title |
Date |
19 |
Scrapbook, correspondence and clippings, E. G. Knight |
1882 |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
20.1 |
Photo scrapbook, family and friends |
n.d. |
20.2 |
Photo scrapbook, family and friends |
n.d. |
20.3 |
Photo scrapbook, family and friends |
n.d. |
20.4 |
Photo scrapbook, Central Park, NY, et al |
n.d. |
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Series 7. Printing Plates.
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Scope and Content:
There are four boxes of correspondence with colleagues, personal friends, and social leaders covering the period from her
instruction at the Normal School through her NYBG career. Notable correspondents are Helen Brown, Edward Chamberlain, Alice
Eastwood, William Farlow, Jane Gray, John Holzinger, James Macoun, William Maxon, William Mitten, George Nichols, Henry Hurd
Rusby, Richard Spruce, Anne Morrill Smith, Josephine Elizabeth Tilden, Hugo de Vries, and Alfred Russell Wallace. There are
ten letters from Nathaniel Lord Britton (1891-98). One (29 May 1912) is a notice of her appointment as Honorary Curator of
Mosses, passed by the NYBG Board of Managers 23 May 1912. In some instances, correspondence to Elizabeth Britton appears in
the Nathaniel Britton collection, and vice versa. Such cases are not cross-referenced. It may be advisable to refer to each
collection for related correspondence, especially in cases where the same correspondent appears in both collections.
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Date |
21 |
Illustrations of Mosses [17] |
n.d. |
21 |
Illustrations of Mosses [17] |
n.d. |
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