Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton Records (RG4)


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Collectors: Britton, Elizabeth G. (Elizabeth Gertrude), 1858-1934.
Title: Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton Records (RG4)
Dates: 1882-1934
Dates: bulk, 1885-1930
Quantity: 10.2 linear feet; 22 boxes
Call Phrase: E.G. Britton (RG4)

Biography of Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton

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.


Scope and Content

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.


Arrangement

The collection is organized into seven series:
Series 1: Correspondence. 1883-1932. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 2: Research Papers. 1892-1920. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 3: Manuscripts & Typescripts. 1888-1930. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 4: Photography. 1882-1924. Arranged by subject.
Series 5: Artwork. 1901. Arranged by subject.
Series 6: Personal Papers. 1882-1934. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 7: Printing Plates. n.d. Arranged by subject.


Restrictions

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.


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Persons
Andrews, Albert Le Roy, 1878-1964.
Best, George Newton, 1846-1926.
Evans, Alexander W. (Alexander William), 1868-1959.
Holzinger, John M. (John Michael), 1853-1929.
Macoun, James Melville, 1862-1920.
Subjects
Acrocarpous mosses.
Britton, Elizabeth G. (Elizabeth Gertrude), 1858-1934 -- Archives.
Mitten, William, 1819-1909 -- Herbarium.
Musci -- North America.
New York Botanical Garden Archives.
Pleurocarpous mosses.
Women botanists.


Related Material

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


Separated Material

From Series 5: Artwork -- Two oversize drawings of Ms. Taylor have been separated and removed to the NYBG Art & Illustration Collection #59.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

E.G. Britton (RG4), Archives, the New York Botanical Garden.

Acquisition Information

This collection was transferred to the New York Botanical Garden Archives.

Processing Information

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).


Container List

 

Series 1. Correspondence.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Folder Title Date
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.

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.

Folder Title Date
16.2 Watercolors from photoengraving plates (10) 1901
16.3 Oversize drawings [see NYBG Art & Illustration Collection #59] 1901
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.

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.

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.

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.

Box Title Date
21 Illustrations of Mosses [17] n.d.
21 Illustrations of Mosses [17] n.d.

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