Administrative Records, 1900-2000.

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Administrative Records, 1900-2000.

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This series consists of reports, minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership information, yearbooks, newspaper clippings, a copy of the Society's original constitution, and a scrapbook. A majority of the material, however, documents the society's field trips, its involvement in the Heritage Garden at the Georgia Executive Mansion, and the development of its scholarly publication Tipularia. Also included are unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, and newspaper articles by or about Georgia Botanical Society members, including Marie Mellinger. In addition, the series includes correspondence to and from Dr. John Kunkel Small (1869-1938), curator at the New York Botanical Garden in the early 20th century, regarding plant identifications. The earliest of this correspondence predates the founding of the Georgia Botanical Society, but was later collected by the Society.

3 boxes; 1.04 linear ft.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6949749

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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New York Botanical Garden

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Heath, Eugene Scofield, -1973.

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Mellinger, Marie B., 1914-2006.

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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 ...

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 ...