Thomas Harper Goodspeed: Correspondence Relating to Research on Tobacco, 1926-1950

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Thomas Harper Goodspeed: Correspondence Relating to Research on Tobacco, 1926-1950

Primarily copies of letters written by Goodspeed and his associate, Helen-Mar Wheeler, to various botanists, museums, botanical gardens, government agencies; and replies, exchanging information on tobacco, plant specimens, and viable seed. Some comment on response of tobacco to X-rays. Appended to some letters: plant specimens, photographs, lists of queries and specimens sent, with specific information on genetic, morphological and taxonomic characteristics.

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