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A physician by training, Timothy Field Allen was an enthusiastic botanist and served as the vice-president of the Torrey Botanical Club from 1873 until his death in 1902. His interest in algae led him to specialize in the family Characeae. Allen wrote many scientific papers on these plants and corresponded and exchanged specimens with students all over the world . In 1901 he presented to the Garden his specimens and his extensive collection of information on the Characeae. He is commemorated by the grass Danthonia Alleni Austin, Eriogonuum Alleni S. Watson, and by Sundrops of eastern Long Island, Kneiffia Alleni.
Allen was born in Westminster, Vermont, April 24, 1837, received a degree from Amherst in 1858 and an MD from University of the City of New York in 1861. From 1862 to 1864 he was an Assistant Surgeon of the United States Army. After the war Allen served as dean of the New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. He was largely instrumental in the establishment of the Flower Hospital and the Laura Franklin Free Hospital for Children. He died on December 5, 1902 in New York City.
The collection comprises materials on Characeae including correspondence, drawings, and parts of Allen's publication, Characeae Americanae.
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| The collection is organized into four series: | ||
| Series 1: Correspondence. | ||
| Series 2: Characeae of America, Part II. | ||
| Series 3:Chara drawings. | ||
| Series 4: Characeae of America, Part I. | ||
This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz Library staff.
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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| Allen, Timothy Field, 1837-1902 -- Archives. | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Characeae. | ||
Timothy Field Allen Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.
This collection was accessioned as 306 on 26 February 1981.
Originally processed in May 2001. Converted to EAD in December 2005 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-50678-04.
| Series 3. Chara drawings. |
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Scope and Content: Three folders of drawings |
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| Folder | Title | Date | |
| 1.12 | drawing | ca. 1870-1900 | |
| 1.13 | drawing | ca. 1870-1900 | |
| 2.1 | drawing | ca. 1870-1900 | |
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