S. F. (Sidney Fay) Blake correspondence, ca. 1920s- 1950s Circa 1920-1950

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S. F. (Sidney Fay) Blake correspondence, ca. 1920s- 1950s Circa 1920-1950

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This is professional correspondence concerned primarily with botanical nomenclature. Some of the letters touch on personal matters, and there is also a series with the Texas Research Foundation relative to the disposition of Blake's herbarium. The most substantial correspondence is with Liberty Hyde Bailey, Nathaniel Lord Britton, and Waldo Lee McAtee.

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Blake, S. F. (Sidney Fay), 1892-1959

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Sidney Fay Blake (1892-1959) was a taxonomic botanist recognized as an authority on botanical nomenclature. His area of specialization was the Compositae family. From the description of Sidney Fay Blake papers 1922-1953. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 43685646 S. F. Blake (1892-1959) was an ornithologist who collected bird specimens from around 1905-1956. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_747_pid_EAC...

Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954.

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Liberty Hyde Bailey was instrumental in separating Horticulture from Botany and establishing it as a distinct scientific pursuit. Born on a farm in Michigan in 1858, Liberty Hyde Bailey graduated from the Michigan Agricultural College with a degree in botany. After working with the renowned botanist Asa Gray at Harvard, he returned to Michigan to teach horticulture and landscape gardening. In 1888, he came to Cornell to build a new curriculum in practical and experimental horticulture. In 1904, ...

Texas Research Foundation

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McAtee, W. L. (Waldo Lee), 1883-1962

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Biologist and ornithologist. From the description of Papers of W. L. McAtee, 1803-1963 (bulk 1900-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77708968 Waldo Lee McAtee was a principal biologist and technical adviser at the Bureau of Biological Survey, US Dept. of Agriculture. From the description of Pamphlets, 1931-1956. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38515019 W. L. McAtee was a zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist. ...

Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934

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Nathaniel Britton worked on plant varieties from Central and South America. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_170_pid_EACP167 Nathaniel Lord Britton (1857-1934) was a leading founder and first Director of the New York Botanical Garden. He was born at New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y. He received his Ph.D. in Geology from Columbia College in 1881 where he studied with John Strong Newberry. In 1886 he was named Professor of Geology and...