H. A. Allard Papers, . 1880-1953

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H. A. Allard Papers, . 1880-1953

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H. A. (Harry Ardell) Allard (1880-1963) was a native of Massachusetts, graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1905, naturalist, specialist in the United States Department of Agriculture, 1906-1946, and author of several hundred articles on biological subjects. The collection includes Allard's correspondence with other scientists, government departments, researchers, and his son, Howard F. Allard; an autobiography; extensive diary entries, 1899-1948; reading and field notes; illustrations and graphs; photographs; a bibliography of published works; and writings of Allard on natural history, plant behavior, photoperiodism, the tobacco mosaic virus, and various other subjects.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Allard, H. A. (Harry Ardell), 1880-1963

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Harry Ardell Allard (1880-1963) was a botanist with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for 40 years, working on collections of lichens and flowering plants, tobacco varieties, and interests in ornithology and entomology. When he retired in 1946, he had more than 200 publications to his name. He attended University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill graduating in 1905. In 1906 he joined the USDA, eventually working with the Office of Tobacco Investigations. While in this office, he be...