Donald Buermann Lawrence papers 1932-1996

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Donald Buermann Lawrence papers 1932-1996

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The collection consists of personal and professional papers of Donald Buermann Lawrence, a Professor of Botany at the University of Minnesota. It contains material largely related to glaciological expeditions to South America, New Zealand, Glacier Bay Alaska and the Juneau Ice Fields. Included are reports of his research, field notes, diaries, personal correspondence to family members, maps of areas he studied and photographs. Also included is a study he conducted in the Jamaican Rain Forest in 1932 for Johns Hopkins University. Field notes and joint publications of Elizabeth Gay Lawrence, wife of Donald Lawrence, can also be found in the collection.

6 record boxes, 1 oversize box, 10 slide boxes; 7.5 cubic feet

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University of Minnesota Libraries. University Archives [uarc]

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SNAC Resource ID: 6619336

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Sprague, Roderick, 1901-

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University of Minnesota. Dept. of Botany.

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Milner, A. M. (Alexander M.), 1952-

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Bond, Guy L. (Guy Loraine), 1904-1980

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Schoenike, R. E.

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Quispel, A. (Anton)

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Moyle, John B. (John Briggs), 1909-1977

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Cooke, William Bridge

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Crocker, Robert L. (Robert Lemeul), 1945-

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Howe, Robert Edward

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Cooper, William Skinner, 1884-....

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Lawrence, Donald B. (Donald Buermann), 1911-1996

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Lawrence, Elizabeth G.

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