Papers, ca.1946-1986.

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Papers, ca.1946-1986.

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The collection contains correspondence, clippings, printed materials, and fieldbooks relating to Cooley's activities in botany and nature conservation. Included are letters to Cooley regarding surveys of plant life, the establishment of nature preserves, monetary gifts to colleges and universities by Cooley, the formation of local chapters of the Nature Conservancy and other related materials. Also included in the collection are Cooley's fieldbooks, containing the names and locations of thousands of specie of plant life observed by Cooley, and two tapes of an oral interview with Cooley, conducted in the early 1980's. The collection is currently unprocessed.

9 boxes.

American Periodical Series I

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SNAC Resource ID: 6776264

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Nature Conservancy (U.S.). Lower Hudson Chapter

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Nature Conservancy (U.S.). Eastern New York Chapter

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Harvard University. Gray Herbarium

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