Georgia Botanical Society Records, 1900-2007.

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Georgia Botanical Society Records, 1900-2007.

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The Georgia Botanical Society Records document the history and activities of the organization primarily through administrative records, surveys, printed material, correspondence, and research files, most of which was collected after the tenure of Eugene Scofield Heath. Administrative records, such as the Society's constitution, yearbooks, and meeting minutes provide a history of the organization. The bulk of the collection, however, consists of surveys of the flora of Georgia conducted by the Society's members. The organization also amassed journal articles, research papers, and newspaper articles regarding Georgia's native and cultivated plants and their geographical occurrence within the state. These surveys and collected research resulted in the publication of the Atlas of the Vascular Flora of Georgia. In addition, material detailing the Society's field trips, conservation activities, and prominent personalities is included. The collection also contains a small number of photographs, slides and herbarium.

27 boxes; 12.21 linear ft.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6946144

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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New York Botanical Garden

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Mellinger, Marie B., 1914-2006.

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Small, John Kunkel, 1869-1938

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John Kunkel Small (1869-1938), taxonomist, botanical explorer, author of 15 floras, 2057 genera, species and binomials, numerous field guides and more than 400 journal articles served the New York Botanical Garden from 1898 until his death in 1938. He was Curator of the Museums and Herbarium from 1898-1906, Head Curator from 1906-1934 and Chief Research Associate and Head Curator from 1934 until 1938. His early warnings on the ecology of Florida were the impetus for Everglades National Park. He ...

Heath, Eugene Scofield, -1973.

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Georgia Botanical Society

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The Georgia Botanical Society was founded in 1926 by Eugene Scofield Heath (d. 1973), who served as the organization's president until 1962. Heath formed the Society with fourteen "hand-picked" members. It remained an invitation-only organization with an Atlanta constituency until the early 1970s. Then during the 1970-71 presidential term of Marie B. Mellinger (1914-2006), the Society opened its membership to all those interested in learning about the state's flora no matter what their level of ...