Charles C. Deam papers, 1881-1983, bulk 1900-1953.

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Charles C. Deam papers, 1881-1983, bulk 1900-1953.

Collection consists of diaries, correspondence, copies of published books, library records, financial records, notations on specimens, records of sale of Deam's library and herbarium to Indiana University, articles about him, information about his family, and a paper by Deam on the pharmacy business. Includes correspondence from Charles A. Weatherby, curator of Gray Herbarium at Harvard University.

5.2 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7377430

Indiana University

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Weatherby, Charles Alfred, 1875-1949

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Weatherby (Harvard, A.B. 1897; A.M. 1898) was interested in botany and volunteered at Gray Herbarium during summers. In 1931 he became Assistant Curator; Senior Curator in 1937; and Research Associate upon his retirement in 1940. Weatherby is best known as a fern specialist, but also researched in other areas, such as botanical nomenclature. From the description of Papers of Charles Alfred Weatherby, 1893-1948 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 177499575 ...

Deam family.

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Deam, Charles Clemon, 1865-1953

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Charles Clemon Deam was born in Bluffton, Indiana; he worked as a druggist and later became chief state forester in 1919. Deam published several books about grasses, trees and shrubs of Indiana. From the description of [Papers], 1896-1952. (Lincoln Library). WorldCat record id: 247135145 From the description of [Letters], 1904-1916. (Lincoln Library). WorldCat record id: 247135595 Deam was a taxonomic botanist known for his work on trees, plants, shrubs...