Isabel Shipley Cunningham collection on Frank Nicholas Meyer. [1898-2005]

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Isabel Shipley Cunningham collection on Frank Nicholas Meyer. [1898-2005]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41333074

This collection comprises two and a half linear feet of the papers of Frank N. Meyer. Isabel S. Cunningham collected these materials while doing research for her book, Frank N. Meyer: plant hunter in Asia. The collection consists of photocopies of original correspondence, documents, and articles. Copyright does not belong to this repository. The National Archives houses the originals in the Records of Frank N. Meyer, Plant Explorer (1902-1918).

4 boxes ; 26 x 8 x 39 cm.

National Agricultural Library, NAL

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SNAC Resource ID: 7436046

National Agricultural Library, NAL

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Cunningham, Isabel Shipley, 1919-

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Dutch botanist. From the description of Isabel Shipley Cunningham collection on Frank Nicholas Meyer. [1898-2005] (National Agricultural Library). WorldCat record id: 41333074 Botanist and plant explorer. From the description of Isabel Shipley Cunningham collection on Howard Scott Gentry. [1940-1995] (National Agricultural Library). WorldCat record id: 99455432 ...

Meyer, Frank Nicholas

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Frank N. Meyer was born Frans Meijer in Amsterdam in 1875. His family was not well off financially so young Frans was sent to work at the Amsterdam Botanical Gardens at age 14 as a gardener's helper. He proved an able assistant and worked his way up to the position of head gardener in charge of the experimental garden. His aptitude caught the attention of the director of the experimental garden Hugo de Vries who became his mentor and encouraged him to take some university courses on botany. Meye...