Papers of George Russell Shaw, 1903-1931 (inclusive).

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Papers of George Russell Shaw, 1903-1931 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/177499032

Consists of five field notebooks; annotated copies of his published works; letters, 1902-1904, mostly from Cyrus Guernsey Pringle; and photographs. Field notes are from Shaw's 1904 and 1905 Mexican trips.

ca. 1 linear ft.

Harvard University, Gray Herbarium

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Pringle, Cyrus G. (Cyrus Guernsey), 1838-1911

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Cyrus G. Pringle (1838-1911) was an American botanist who spent his career cataloging the plants of North America, especially in Mexico. He was born on May 6, 1838 in East Charlotte, Vermont. He enrolled at the University of Vermont but had to leave after a semester when his older brother died, so he could run the farm. He did fight in the Civil War, but was discharged after a short time. He went back to the farm and continued his work as a plant breeder where experimented with crops such as cor...

Shaw, George Russell, 1848-

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Shaw (1848-1937) was educated at Harvard (A.B. 1869 and A.M. 1872) and traveled to Mexico between 1903 and 1905 to study pines. His book The Pines of Mexico (1909) appeared as the first publication of the Arnold Arboretum; and the Genus Pinus as no. 5 (1914). From the description of Papers of George Russell Shaw, 1903-1931 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499032 George Russell Shaw (1848-1937), a native of Parkman, Maine was a 1869 graduate of Harvard Universit...