L.S.M. Curtinpapers, 1930-1953

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L.S.M. Curtinpapers, 1930-1953

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Papers (ca. 1930-1953) The papers of L.S.MCurtin document her professional and personal activities as an ethnobotanist inthe southwest region. The collection contains material relating to theethnobotanical fieldwork she pursued in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico as wellas the subsequent publication of her book (1949). The collection also includes materials pertaining toher various travels and personal and professional relationships with friends,colleagues, patrons, and publishers. By Prophet ofthe Earth

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Curtin, L. S. M. (Leonora Scott Muse)

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L.S.M. Curtin was an avid naturalist, ethnobotanist, and a published author. Her ethnobotanical research was primarily concerned with the use of herbs and plants being used as diet staples and medicine among southwestern ethnic and indigenous groups. She is the author of four published monographs and various journal articles. Her extensive ethnobotanical fieldwork led to the publication of her two most noted works, Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande(1947) and By Prophet of the Earth(1949), wh...