Papers, 1841-1943.

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Papers, 1841-1943.

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Collection includes correspondence, notebooks, clippings, and miscellaneous papers. Many of the manuscripts and notebooks contain field notes from botanical expeditions, including notes on San Domingo, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and the Wasatch Mountains in the Utah Territory. There are two scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings--one dealing with the Mexican boundary surveys and the Santo Domingo Commission, the other containing clippings from the Chicago Evening journal in 1863-64 dealing with the exploration of the Far West. The collection also includes photocopies from the accession records of the ISU Library listing books from Parry's personal collection in the ISU Library, Iowa State professor L.H. Pammel's notes on Parry, and papers dealing with the cataloging of the Iowa State collection in 1942-43. Correspondents include Rosa Smith Eigenmann, W.H. Emory, George Engelmann, Asa Gray, Edwin James, Albert Kellogg, D.D. Owen, S.B. Parish, Emily R. Parry, A. Randall, John Torrey, and Sereno Watson.

28 v. + 1.8 linear ft. (2 document boxes)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Gray, Asa, 1810-1888

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Torrey, John, 1796-1873

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Randall, Adrian

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Parry, C. C. (Charles Christopher), 1823-1890

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Botanist and physician. Parry was born in Admington, Gloucestershire, England on August 28, 1823. When he was nine years old, his family moved from England to Washington County, New York. Parry earned an A.B. degree from Union College in 1842, then attended Columbia College as a graduate student, falling under the influence there of the botanist John Torrey. Earning an M.D. degree from Columbia in 1846, Parry settled in Davenport, Iowa, the same year and established a medical practice. Botanical...

Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887

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Kellogg, Albert, 1813-1887.

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James, Edwin T. (Edwin Thomas)

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Members of the family are dairy farmers operating Monument Farms Dairy of Middlebury, Vt. From the description of The James family of New England, 1983. (Sheldon Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 654411513 ...

Eigenmann, Rosa Smith, 1858-1947

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Indiana University student and wife of Professor Carl H. Eigenmann. Rosa Smith Eigenmann was an internationally known ichthyologist and the first librarian of the San Diego Society of Natural History. She wrote numerous articles of her studies and was considered an authority on fish. She studied at Indiana University under David Starr Jordan and was the first woman to be the president of the I.U. chapter of Sigma Xi, an honorary science society. From the desc...

Parry, Emily R.

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Engelmann, George, 1809-1884

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George Engelmann was a botanist and physician in St. Louis, Missouri and was chief scientific advisor to Henry Shaw on the development of the Missouri Botanical Garden. He bought the Bernhardi herbarium and the first books for the library on a trip to Europe for Henry Shaw in 1857-1858. His herbarium was given to the Garden by his son after his death. From the description of George Engelmann papers, 1831-1914. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772595 Botanis...

Watson, Sereno, 1826-1892

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Owen, David Dale, 1807-1860

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U.S. geologist. From the description of Letter, 1852, June 10 : Philadelphia, to Dr. Parry. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35201572 ...

Parrish, S. B.

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