Alfred Winslow Hosmer papers relating primarily to botany, [1872]-1902 (bulk 1887-1902).

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Alfred Winslow Hosmer papers relating primarily to botany, [1872]-1902 (bulk 1887-1902).

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Papers consist of letters 1887-1902 from various correspondents and of misc. botanical periodical issues, articles, and pamphlets [1872]-1896. All items but one (ALS from Lavinia B. Bates, 1887 Apr. 19) relate to botany (U.S., Massachusetts, and Concord); Bates letter thanks Hosmer for gift of photograph. Series Letters consists of letters and postcards from the following: Lavinia B. Bates; J.E. Chamberlin; George E. Davenport; Merritt L. Fernald; Frank S. Collins; William F. Ganong; G.L. Goodale; F.D. Kelsey; John M. Macfarlane; Frances H. Mead; Thomas Morong; J.R. Mulrain; and B.L. Robinson. Series Periodical issues (etc.) consists of: Fanny D. Bergen's "Popular American Plant-Names" in four parts, as printed in The Journal of American Folk-Lore (v. 5, no. 17, v. 6, no. 21, v. 7, no. 25, and v. 9, no. 34, 1892-[1896]; Mary E. Gilbreth's Dissemination of Plants Chiefly by Their Seeds (Cambridge, 1895); Horace Mann (Jr.)'s Catalogue of the Phaenogamous Plants of the United States, East of the Mississippi, and of the Vascular Cryptogamous Plants of North America (2nd ed., enlarged and corrected by B. Pickman Mann; Cambridge, [1872]); and three issues of Meehan's Monthly. (v. 1, no. 5, Nov., 1891, v. 5, no. 5, May, 1895, and v. 6, no. 7, July, 1896).

27 items : ill. ; 27 cm. or smaller.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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