Papers of Robert B. Wylie, 1890-1956.

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Papers of Robert B. Wylie, 1890-1956.

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Correspondence, editorials, notebooks, photographs (of Wylie's mother), research papers, and speeches on Wylie's teaching career in botany, including the Fiji-New Zealand expedition,1922. Correspondents include Henry S. Conard, Thomas H. Macbride, Jane Philpott, George B. Rigg, Fred J. Seaver, Bohumil Shimek, and Frank D. Venning.

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