Photographs, [ca. 1890-1940]

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Photographs, [ca. 1890-1940]

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Miscellaneous photographs of plants, the museum building, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory and other New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) buildings, unidentified botanists, postcards showing NYBG buildings and grounds, and individual and group portraits of NYBG staff and administrators, ca.1890's-1940's. Individuals pictured include Harriet Barnes Pratt, Charles Barney Harding, William Campbell Steere, Frances W. Horne, and Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton. Also included is a photo album, 1935-1940, which documents improvements and repairs made to NYBG buildings and grounds including the Bronx Park East stone wall; museum roof (a WPA project); reconstruction of the Conservatory, 1937; repair of the Bronx River path; control of Dutch elm disease; and flood damage, 1936.

ca. 3 linear ft.

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New York Botanical Garden. Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

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Horne, Frances W., 1873-

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Harding, Charles Barney, 1899-1979.

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Pratt, Harriet Barnes, 1879-1969.

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Philanthropist. Pratt was a member of the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) Board of Managers from 1939-1969. From the description of Records, 1939-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155483224 ...

Steere, William Campbell, 1907-1989

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William Campbell Steere (1907-1988) was a botanist whose specialty was Arctic bryophytes. He served as Director of the New York Botanical Garden from 1958-1973. From the description of William Campbell Steere records, 1958-1988. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155483677 From the description of William Campbell Steere records 1958-1988. (New York Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 47152350 Professor of botany at University of Michigan a...

Britton, Elizabeth Gertrude

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Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton (1857-1934) was a bryologist, educator and one of the founders of the New York Botanical Garden. She served as Honorary Curator of Mosses from 1912-1929. she was born Elizabeth Gertrude Knight in New York City on January 9, 1857. After graduating from Normal School (Hunter College) in 1875, she taught Natural Science there until her marriage to Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1885. She was active in the Torrey Botanical Club as Curator of Mosses (1884-1885) and editor...

New York Botanical Garden

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