Oral history project interview transcript, 1973.

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Oral history project interview transcript, 1973.

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In this interview with Charles R. Long and Annette Hervey, Robbins discusses his career as a plant physiologist and administrator at the University of Missouri and the New York Botanical Garden, the relationship of the Garden to the City of New York, and the nature of scientific research, among other topics.

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Hervey, Annette Hochberg, 1920-1980.

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Annette Hochberg Hervey was a student of and then collaborator with William Jacob Robbins in his studies of antibiotics derived from asidiomycetous fungi and the nutritional and development characteristics of certain fungi and higher plants. She also studied plant tissue culture and orchids. Dr. Hervey served the New York Botanical Garden for 37 years and an educator and researcher. In 1971, she was named Coordinator of Special Programs. She was born in the Bronx, NY on April 20, 1920. She atten...

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Long, Charles R. (Charles Robert), 1936-

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Charles R. Long conducted work with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey in 1964. Co-authored Endangered plant species of the world and their endangered habitats : a compilation of the literature. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_75_pid_EACP74 ...

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