Papers of Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía and N. Floy Bracelin (Mrs. H. P.), 1929-1932 (inclusive)

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Papers of Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía and N. Floy Bracelin (Mrs. H. P.), 1929-1932 (inclusive)

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Sample field notebook for collecting data planned and prepared by Mrs. Mexia and Mrs. Bracelin for Mrs. Mexia's botanical collecting in Brazil and Peru in 1929-1932.

1 notebook.

Harvard University, Gray Herbarium

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Mexía, Ynés, 1870-1938

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Ynés Mexía was born May 24, 1870 in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., where her father, General Enrique A. Mexía, was serving as a representative of the Mexican government under President Porfirio Díaz. Her grandfather, José Antonio Mexía, was also a Mexican general, serving under President Antonio López de Santa Anna. Her mother, Sarah R. Wilmer of Maryland, was a descendent of Samuel Eccleston, Fifth Archbishop of Baltimore. Ynés Mexía spent her early childhood in Texas on a land grant where the t...

Bracelin, N. Floy, 1890-1973

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Botanist. Born on March 24, 1890 in Star Lake, Minnesota to Linda Lana Burfield Perry and Erwin Alonso Perry. Her married name was Bracelin, and she was known as "Bracie" to her friends and colleagues. A fuchsia and a salix were named after her: Fuchsia bracelinae and Salix lesiolepis bracelinae. Educated at UC Berkeley. Organized and documented the botanical collections of Ynés Mexía. Employed with California Academy of Sciences and later became a lifelong member. Dur...